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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1912
Page
4
Harvey L. Steele circulation manager swears to the gross and net circulation figures for The San Antonio Daily and Sunday Light for June 1912. The statement covers average totals and notes samples, leftovers, and returns.
Senators will decide if William Lorimer may keep his seat amid bribery allegations. The story intertwines Clarence Funk's not guilty verdict in a related affair with Edward Hines and messes of alleged funds, infidelity, and shadowed investigations.
The San Antonio, Rockport, and Mexican railroad offers to build to Crowther Harbor Island and the Rio Grande with San Antonio paying staged sums only after delivery. Promoters claim the city will profit within two years and urge immediate funding to secure the line, warning competitor cities may beat it to Texas’ top status.
In a Chicago courtroom Henning and his attorney Daniel Donohoe left before verdict as Funk proved not to have been in the hotel for five years. Henning, charged with conspiracy, is missing and a $500 reward awaits. Prosecution of Funk collapsed, seen as a desperate bid by Lorimer supporters to smear a man who testified against him.
The piece critiques the American preoccupation with financial success and the tolerance of social, business, and political misdeeds by wealthholders. It contrasts American attitudes with European skepticism of a “race of shopkeepers” and calls for reflection on national values regarding capitalism.
Analyzing attitudes toward wealth, the piece notes Americans increasingly downplay money as a sole measure of worth. It cites Bryan’s convention stand againstendorsed candidates by Belmon t and Ryan, and recalls Rockefeller’s unpopularity despite vast wealth. The public is learning wealth does not guarantee privilege or influence.
A Philadelphia Record cautionary tale describes finding a pawn ticket for a diamond scarf pin pledged for 15 dollars. The finder bought the pin from the broker for 15 dollars and 1.80 interest, later learning from an expert that the jewel was worth far less. The scheme relies on faked tickets dropped on sidewalks to lure unwary redeemers.
A college president confronts a student on campus about drinking. The student hesitates then replies that he does not drink so early in the morning. Report appears in Ladies Home Journal.
A high priest and two henchmen torment a Jewish prisoner for faith. The prisoner escapes from a subterranean cell to a candlelit hall and finds a door to freedom just as two inquisitors return, revealing a final torture of hope.
Answers explains how tides vary by region describing dangerous tidal races around coasts. It notes the global ocean moon influence and contrasts open ocean wave speed with slower near shore currents. The piece cites Cape Horn to Cape of Good Hope, the Caldr on of the Spotted Seas whirlpool near Scotland, and the Amazon tidal wall thirty feet high.
The Countess of Warwick urged voting rights for women at a New York dinner. She argued the old Victorian view that only masculine coarse rules worth while is fading as women prove sensitivity and refinement belong in public life. She compared suffrage to a sailor choosing tools suited to the task.
The World’s Work offers simple farm buying rules for city buyers. Key points urge visiting land, consulting a disinterested expert, weighing neighbors’ cautions, matching farm to finances and goals, and considering hidden costs beyond the price. Also study environment and balance home life with business needs.
Joseph Horner notes in Cassier’s Magazine that hydraulic engineers extend their reach as new industries grow. Presses adapt to compress cotton, wool, hay, hides, scrap iron and more for export, driven by pumps without accumulators, fueling steel, rubber, and electrical trades.
A verse asserts unprecedented greatness surpassing Washington Grant Jefferson Madison and all presidents, claiming superiority over country customs laws and even God. It references SEE SHIPPEY as a marker or signature mentioning a ship context or person. The piece expresses bold self-promotion and provocative lineage claims.
The New York World notes slow Vatican machinery and privately released 1912 cardinal list after recent consistory. It records four deaths Gruscha Paczyna Moran Cavicchioni and a college now at 63 members with bishops priests and deacons including Gibbons Richelmy Gasparri and Bourne among others.
The bachelor misidentifies a violin number at an orchestra by a companion who reveals the piece as Mendelssohn's Wedding March. He buys a ring the next day, following the moment of recognition and the couple’s implied engagement.
A man boasts of a trained cat named Billups that will ignore raw meat. After a demonstration, the cat disappears from a room and is later found in a mulberry tree ten feet high, licking the meat while the owner throws a rock at it. The witnesses laugh at the failed claim.
Portable motive power for boats gains notice for both leisure and work. The Jewell row boat motor weighs 26 pounds, attaches quickly, runs quietly, and is used by lumber camps and yachts. Navy departments may test it this season, as Cassier's Magazine notes June edition.
A New York Sun item notes the colonel proclaims he is through and urges ending the confrontation. The quote underscores a demand for unity and closure in the dispute. The piece frames the commander’s stance as decisive and final.
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