San Antonio Light and Gazette Leased Wire Greatly Expanded
The San Antonio Light announces its 1916 six month circulation figures for daily and Sunday editions, with totals of 22 062 and 26 756 respectively. It cites audits by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and claims higher paid circulation in San Antonio than any other paper.
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New York
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Fifth Ave
Chicago
Paul Block
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German commerce raider in Atlantic sinks dozen ships
The article notes a second German raider at large in the Atlantic over the past month, claiming twelve Allied ships destroyed. It discusses difficult blockades, weather aiding escape, and British pursuit with likely capture or return anticipated soon.
Lawson's Leak Charges Trigger House Rules Probe
The House rules committee pursues a drawn out inquiry into Thomas W. Lawson's leak charges with an apparent aim to minimize exposure. Law son urged secrecy and offered to name alleged figures privately, while committee members resisted and pressed for public naming.
Lawson Faces House Rules Panel Over Leaks and Names
The piece argues the committee refused Lawson’s demand to disclose names and then pressed him to reveal suspects publicly. It contends the panel sought to shape public opinion, undermining evidence gathering, while Lawson challenged their tactics and claimed the committee could have secured tangible proof if honest.
National Revenue Plan Draws Fire as Corporations Tax Considered
A critical editorial attacks a new administration plan to raise up to 500 million dollars to cover the treasury deficit. It argues taxing corporate profits is flawed, overestimates public indifference, and could burden investors rather than merely rich beneficiaries.
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Treasury
Garner
Tax Plan Critics Warn of Hidden Costs and Burdens
The analysis argues that with stock values falling the public would pay the bill under any tax, as corporations would raise prices to shift the burden to consumers. Only railroad rates are restricted, while inher itance tax, bonds, and certificates would deepen debt and create illusory values, masking true fiscal realities.
Pennsylvania Crude Oil Prices and War News
Pennsylvania crude oil rose to 2.95 on January 5. Berlin reports a drop in the trench disease ratio from 51 to 38 per 1000 men, with the note that soldiers do not live long enough to fall ill in this war.
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Pennsylvania
Berlin
Rockefeller Jr Sees Labor Skill over Financiers for Executives
John D. Rockefeller Jr. argues future corporate leaders will be chosen for their ability to work with labor, not for financier status. He notes he learned this in Colorado through several small experiences.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
John
Colorado
Navy losses ease Japanese fleet threat on California coast
After the Milwaukee and submarine H-3 were sunk off California, the menace of a Japanese fleet is reduced. The piece notes that if American naval officers cannot navigate those waters, the Japs probably cannot either. It mentions an English applicant for U S citizenship denied for not stating if he was an anarchist. The columnist argues such honesty should be obvious.
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Federal Court
Chicago
Law opens door for foreign ships in coastwise trade
The law allows government purchases of foreign-built ships for coastwise use, offering the Shipping Board a powerful tool to break monopolies. It could create broad usefulness by developing new routes even if no ships are bought for foreign trade beyond those needed to start unprofitable routes.
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Shipping Board
Philadelphia Record
Panama Canal bonds sold during war and debt to endure
The Indianapolis Star notes a plan to sell 50 million dollars in Panama Canal bonds for a war effort. It argues the bonds are lasting debt that will bear interest long after peace is declared and leaders involved have passed away.
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Mc44ro
L Indiapanolis Star
Publicity in campaigns judged harmful by Senator Owen
Senator Owen of Oklahoma argues publicity harms campaigns and that people must be informed through newspapers. He says wrong men and wrong measures resist the searchlight, but the public has a right to know who they are and what they advocate to choose better candidates.
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Owen
Oklahoma
Houston
Austria Presses For Peace With German Backing
Austria seeks peace as Germany proposes terms. The emperor and empress appeal to the pope. Count Andrassy defends the move in Budapest and says allied terms will be relayed to President Wilson. The Budapest-Hungarian source notes Austria pushed the proposal with Baron Burian guiding requests.
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Austria
Count Andrassy
Budapest
Wilson
London Morning Post
Baron Burian
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Possible Recall of Pershing’s Troops in Mexico
The New York Post reports a potential recall of Pershing’s troops, long delayed by Carranza’s objections. With Carranza waiving the question, Washington could order the troops home, ending their months in Chihuahua where withdrawal previously risked U.S. reaction.
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Pershing
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Chihuahua
New York Post
English Firm Wins Navy Shells Low Bid Shock
The Navy Department opened bids for 14 inch and 16 inch armor piercing shells. English firm Madfields Limited offered 3000 shells in sixteen months at 513 dollars each, beating American rivals Crucible Steel and Midvale Steel on price and delivery. The Times Star notes astonishment at foreign bid and faster, cheaper delivery during wartime.
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Navy Department
Madfields, Limited
Crucible Steel Company
Midvale Steel Company
Cincinnati Times-Star
Farm Loan Act Seen From Investor Standpoint
Frank R. Wilson explains how the Farm Loan Act channels pooled farmers mortgages into Federal Land Bank bonds. The bonds are first mortgages secured by land, exempt from taxation, issued in small denominations, offering low interest funded by government backing. Tomorrow discusses impact on tenant farming and landless issues.
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Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Washington, D. C
United States
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
Uncle Sam
Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States Secret Service
Letters to the Light Readers debate militarism and praise market feature
In letters signed by E. P. Lipscombe and O. G. Harris, writers discuss pacifist use of militarism, ask about U S military identity, and praise the Local Markets feature as valuable. The editors remind letters must be signed for publication.
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Light
G. Harris
The Candidate Faces Sleeper Cabman Audience
The candidate opened a campaign speech in a rural district but most of the hall left early. Only one attentive listener, a cabman, remained and paid by the hour, prompting the speaker to extend his address briefly before finally finishing.
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Chicago Herald
Widow With Six Children Causes Stir In Vicar Family
A widowed clergyman without telling his grown daughters writes home from a trip that he married a widow with six children. The revelation triggers tears as one daughter asks where the widow is, and the vicar reveals he married the widow to another man.
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Toronto Mail and Express
Prince Niemoyowski Named Polish Viceroy by German Emperor
London dispatch reports Prince Waclaw von Niemoyowski appointed viceroy of Poland by the German emperor. The Poland council proclaims revival of the state, ready to form a constitutional regime and to build a disciplined army for independence.
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London
Waclaw von Niemoyowski
Poland
Warsaw
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Prince Niemoyowski
Reuter’s
Provisional State Council of
Alabama Governor Exonerates Guardsmen at Nogales Report
Alabama Governor Charles Henderson released a report criticizing slow actions from distant officers and the War Department while defending guardsmen in Nogales. He notes 29 guardsmen sick with pneumonia and urges their return to Alabama and immediate demobilization, with further probes planned in Douglas.
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Arizona
Alabama National Guard
Charles Henderson
Alabama
Henderson
Alabama Brigade
National Guard
Department of War
Washington
Douglas
Kentucky Guardsmen Ordered Home From Border
Three Kentucky national guard companies at El Paso will be sent home by orders to General Funston. Previously officers selected which units would go, but at Kentucky governor's request Funston will return one company from each of the three regiments.
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Washington, D. C
Kentucky National Guard
el Paso
Funston
War Department
Riddle Answered by Student in Examination
A reader recalls a humor puzzle where a student, asked how long fifteen men would reap a field already harvested by twenty, writes a clever reply. The examiner reads the line: The field having already been reaped by the twenty men, could not be reaped by the fifteen.
Majestic Vaudeville Bill Delights with Petticoats Act
The Majestic Theater offers a strong variety bill led by Frederick Bowers' song revue with nine performers and a dog. The program links jokes on chocolate and strawberry with musical drops, features Chief Caupolican as a comic dancer, and closes with Ad ventures in Fairyland and acts by O'Donnell Blair Janis West Schoen and Mayne for a well balanced, satisfying show.
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Majestic Theater
Majestic
Frederick ¥. Bowers
Chief Caupolican
Sylvia Loyal
Pierrot
O'Donnell
Blair
Janis
West
Schoen
Mayne
Experience Draws Big Audiences in Fort Worth and Dallas
Despite three days of bad weather the morality play Experience has attracted large crowds since its Sunday opening at the Grand Opera house. The production features eighty two characters across ten scenes and has drawn sustained excitement, with four remaining performances ending with Saturday matinee and night shows.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Grand Opera House
A World of Pleasure Brings Winter Garden Extravangaza
The New York Winter Garden prepares a lavish spectacle titled A World of Pleasure. It claims unprecedented pretension and grandeur in its latest touring show. It opens at the Grand Opera house for four days starting Sunday with a matinee Wednesday.
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Winter Garden
Grand Opera House
Strand to Open Real Tabloid Comedy Weeklies
Beginning next Sunday January 1 the Strand presents a real tabloid comedy season with Milton Schuster Company of 25 to perform A Prince for a Day. The stage will be enlarged with new carpets and furniture and prices raised only slightly with 25 cents for best seats and 15 cents for balcony. The bill will change weekly and novelties will be added during the San Antonio run.
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Strand
Milton Schuster Company
Texas
San Antonio
New Bill and Photo-Drama At Princess Theater
A full change of bill for today’s vaudeville at the Princess theater will also be in effect Friday and Saturday. The feature film Friday the Thirteenth stars Robert Warwick and is directed by Emil Chautard, a famed French director. It adapts Thomas W. Lawson’s Frenzied Finance about Wall Street and includes Robert Brownley, the Napoleon of Wall Street, and his father Peter Brownley, an adversary of a judge.
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Princess
Princess Theater
Robert Warwick
Emil Chautard
Thomas W. Lawson
Wal Street
Robert Brownley
Napoleon
Wall Street
Peter Brownley
A Complex Tale of Love and Betrayal on Wall Street
Lee Sands of Virginia faces ruin after a falsé tip from senior Brownley. Beulah Brownley travels to New York and becomes Bob Brownley’s private secretary. She aids a rival firm to corner the Browns, but Bob learns her motives, saves the day, and he and Beulah elope. The plot then accelerates through rapid, dramatic scenes.
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Virginia
Brownley
Beulah
New York
Bob Brownley
Bob
Brownleys
San Antonio School Board Approves Charter Revision Plan
The San Antonio School Board met to discuss the final report of the charter revision committee. A special session Friday at 2:30 p.m. will seal approval granting seven trustees, female and male seats, and giving the superintendent full control over educational matters and teacher appointments.
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San Antonio
Austin
Mary Frances Bates
J. T. Smith
Winchester Kelso
Robert J. Harding
J. O. Meusebach
Canadians Raid German Trenches North of Arras
A Canadian force of British troops raided about a thousand yards of German trenches north of Arras in dawn and snow. They returned with 100 prisoners including a company commander and former Strassburg chemistry professor, plus two machine guns and a trench mortar.
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Associated Press
France
London
Arras
Straseburg
Somme
Rate Regulation by State Favored in Senate Action
Senator Bailey guiding a concurrent resolution in Austin urging the Texas delegation to support measures limiting the Interstate Commerce Commission and preserving state control over intrastate freight rates. The move follows the Supreme Court Shreveport rate decision upholding state rates as just and reasonable. A second resolution honored Admiral Dewey on the Senate adjournment.
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Shreveport
Admiral Dewey
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