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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
5
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Pacific Limited passenger train en route east from San Francisco derailed near Fairdale Illinois last night. Twenty five passengers were shaken up and one person is seriously injured according to company reports.
Austin dispatch reports the Texas Legislature will delay business until after the Tuesday inauguration of Governor Ferguson and Lieutenant Governor Hobby followed by an inaugural ball. The session will open with a joint meeting to canvass election votes and oaths of office to be administered by Chief Justice Phillips. The piece notes plans for a four year term proposal, salary increases, and a push to abolish or consolidate commissions rather than create new ones, plus funding for the State Institution for the Blind.
Mrs. H. Chwalie of 2317 North Flores Street credits Tanlac with curing indigestion catarrh and kidney trouble. She says the medicine cleared her head eased gas and constipation and left her feeling strong and renewed. Wagner Drug Co and E. J. H. Meier sell Tanlac locally.
State Department investigates the sudden death of Louis d Antin an American citizen and former ambassadorial advisor in Mexico City near San Luis Potosi. His wife and relatives fear foul play while d Antin had been summoned to Mexico by General Carranza.
The legislature weighs a request to finish and equip the institution. Dr E E Bramilette recommends the extra funds, with $15000 for grounds beautification and fencing. Senator Caldwell expects smooth passage, aiming to rush the bill through both houses after House approval. A slate of new House bills includes witness payment in felonies and a rural school bill of 2 million dollars.
A constitutional amendment would place telephone companies under the Railroad Commission. A Senate committee of Henderson Caldwell and Clark was appointed by Lt Governor Hobby to study Sunday mail delivery to the Senators. Senator Parr urged consideration of his bill to transcribe records from the parent county to a new county, but it was ordered printed and deferred.
Senator Clark obtained approval for a resolution directing the State Penitentiary Commission to provide a statement of back debts incurred before January 1 1915. The move abandons appointing an auditing committee to review claims approaching one million dollars. Senator Henderson introduced a joint resolution proposing an override.
In a Popular Bluff Missouri letter, Mrs Allin B Timmons credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling her to bear a child. The note promotes the product as a cure for sterility and invites readers to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
Dayton introduces a senate bill prohibiting lavish or corrupt spending in primaries and requiring candidates to certify they have not violated the act. Permissible costs are travel, hotel bills, stenography, stationery, postage, and telecom. Violations carry fines up to 1000 dollars. Other senate measures include licensing for lawyers and anti trespass provisions on railroads plus creation of the 81st Judicial District and a five year quail protection act.
Japanese battle cruiser Tsukuba blew up in Yokosuka harbor after an unexplained magazine explosion. One hundred fifty three dead and 157 wounded, many seriously. Ship details: laid down 1906, 817 crew, 13 760 tons, 440 feet, armed with multiple 12, 6, 4.7 and 93 inch guns. Most officers ashore, rescue operations ongoing. Yokosuka naval station lies 13 miles from Yokohama.
The Bavarian king telegrammed the German emperor to offer congratulations on the proclamation and pledged Bavarian support to continue the fight until peace is enforced, according to an Amsterdam Reuters dispatch.
The Carbonate Copper Company of San Antonio filed its charter in Austin on January 15. Capital stock is $10,000. Incorporators include LF L. Porch and W. Schwartz of San Antonio and W. F. Miller of Marathon, along with other parties.
The Supreme Court held that transporting women in interstate commerce under the Mann act covers personal immoral escapades, not just commercial vice. Caminetti and Diggs of Sacramento and Hays of Alva were affirmed in their convictions with a divided court led by Justice Day.
Congressman elect J. J. Mansfield of Columbus will represent the Ninth Texas district after March 4 and is circulating weekly letters from Washington. He notes eastern prejudice over Germany and munition profits, arguing for peace and reflecting on how Texas voters might view federal policy and the president.
In Austin on a Sunday incident Representatives Tilson of Hale and Veatch of Johnson nearly burned as their bath robes caught fire while attempting to light a stove. They quickly extinguished the flames with no material damage, and later treated the event as a joke.
The executive board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations met in Baltimore on January 15 and received committee reports before the Twenty-fifth Biennial Council opens the next day.
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