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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1917
Page
6
City ordinance prohibits keeping monkeys apes or baboons within San Antonio unless securely confined. Rules require cages to be clean and inspected, with strict distance and control conditions. A license fee applies for breeding, and violations are misdemeanors with fines up to 25 dollars. public zoos exempt. Passed June 21, 1917.
The ordinance regulates dog ownership within San Antonio, requiring licenses, registration, and metal tags for each dog over three months. It establishes impound pens, officer duties, fees, penalties, and sale of unredeemed dogs, with notices published on Sundays and Thursdays.
The document outlines penalties and procedures for dogs at large in San Antonio. It prescribes humane but strict measures including killing or removing diseased dogs, mandatory confinement for exposed animals, and police enforcement. It sets fines up to fifty dollars for violations and repeals Harris' Revised Criminal Ordinance 1899.
The city commissioners amend the March 10 1917 ordinance regulating local street transportation. Sections Two and Three specify license suspension and route changes to exclude the business district after September 18 1917 with allowances for limited Camp Wilson and Post Office detours and surrender options. The measure, signed June A D 1917 by the mayor, preserves the ordinance’s penalty clause while repealing conflicting provisions.
A travel ad notes a round trip to Cloudcroft New Mexico on July 8 with cool climate and a fare of 21 dollars offered by Southern Pacific.
Police arrested two men and a woman on bootlegging charges and sixteen others, including four soldiers and sixteen people total for vagrancy, from raids led by Inspector Massey, Captain Brown and Sergeant Jacobs at hotels and rooming houses. Detectives Kohr Green James and Sergeant Jacobs made early arrests, finding two quart bottles of beer on a suspect and arresting a nearby saloon proprietor. A Mexican laborer and a civilian woman selling bottled beer were also taken into custody.
Sessue Hayakawa stars in The Jaguar's Claws with Fatty Arbuckel in The Butcher's Boy as the Empire Theater presents the final performances of a double bill. Pathe News No. 50 features scenes of the Manchuria wreck and a Venice bathing parade while Princeton confers degrees on allied ambassadors. El Jaguar terrorizes northern Mexico, targets oil field managers, and clashes with Phil Jordan and Beth Thomas as drama unfolds with abductions, battles, and a searing pursuit.
Governor Ferguson announced the appointment of the Grubbs Vocational College board of managers to oversee the Arlington school. The local board includes Frank McKnight James Ditto J P Fielder Webb Ross and Leslie Coulter. The college will be under the Agricultural and Mechanical College board of directors.
In Society Tuesday. Red Cross Circle of Council of Jewish Women meets at 9 30 a m in Wolff and Marx auditorium. Children's Auxiliary to Highland Park Red Cross Circle meets at 3 30 p m at the school. Highland Park Red Cross Circle meets at 4 p m at the school. Ladies Aid Society of Grace English Church holds cake sale at Olff and Marx building. City Mission Board meets at 11 a m in Travis Park Methodist Church. Ladies Auxiliary of the Elks Club holds card party at 2 30 p m. Missionary Society of Laurel Heights Methodist Church meets at 10 a m with Mrs F L Carson. Motor transportation class begins with Miss Kate Buckman as chairman and includes a list of names.
Miss Mary Howard and her guest Miss Willie Hayes of Clarksville Tennessee returned from Houston and Galveston where they have received much social attention.
Mrs Corwin T Priest and her daughter Virginia and son William have left for Wisconsin. Miss Virginia will spend the summer at a girls camp.
Miss Mary Shelton of Waco is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Mc Millan.
Hostesses for the polo games tea at Fort Sam Houston Sunday afternoon included Mrs. Paul C. Raborg, Miss Flavia Hadley, Miss Catherine Winn, Mrs. James H. Reeves, Mrs. George W. Martin, Mrs. Sterling Price Adams, Miss Dorothy Forsyth, Miss Octavia Bullis and Mrs. William S. Wells.
Miss Katherine Dinwiddie is visiting her aunt Mrs. H. C. Schumacher of Houston.
All club members with homemade candy for the soldiers' recreation fund celebration at the fair grounds on July 4 are asked to send it to the Woman's Club by noon that day. A committee will collect and deliver it to the grounds. The civic department handles refreshments and an ample menu will be available including ice cream cake candy and drinks. The program features military stunts talks music and drills coordinated by the Woman's Club department.
Swift and Company reports San Antonio beef sales for the week ending June 80 with domestic beef averaging 12.48 cents per pound.
Judge Calhoun of the Fifty third District Court fixed 10 a m next Saturday July 7 for a hearing on the temporary injunction in the case of P S Atkins of Austin versus Curtis Hancock and other state highway commission members. Atkins seeks to restrain collection of the automobile registration fee claiming the highway law is unconstitutional. The commission continues its business as usual.
Miss Hazel Hornsby and her aunt Miss Helen Hornsby of Austin were among excursionists aboard the steamer Christopher Columbus which met an accident on the Milwaukee River Saturday but they escaped harm. The report came via telegram to Judge John W Hornsby county attorney of Travis County and Hazel and Helen Hornsby’s father and brother.
Preliminary arrangements for the state convention of post office clerks and carriers are set for Tuesday and Wednesday in San Antonio. The Gunter Hotel will host the event with a 9 am registration and 9:30 am reception in the ballroom.
The Remount four and the Seventh Field Artillery polo teams won opening games of the Armstrong cup at Trent Field Fort Sam Houston. Remount defeated Third Cavalry 7 1 2 to 2 1 2, Seventh Field Artillery beat Third Cavalry Freebooters 4 to 2. Captain Winn starred for Remount. Captain Dawley led Seventh Field Artillery.
Austin Texas July 2 Detailed information on mobilizing boys aged 16 to 21 for farm work has been sent to county school superintendents by T C Jennings state labor department as state director of the United States Boys Working Reserve formed by the Federal Department of Labor. The reserve aims to provide labor for emergency shortages while cooperating with existing boys organizations and enrolling eligible youths through county superintendents.
The report to the Department of Labor in Washington will follow. Boys must take an oath similar to the enlistment oath used in the army.
Advertisement for MODERN built-in furniture from Morgan Doors Steves Sash and Door Co. Highlights custom installations and contemporary design options for homes. Includes contact information and showroom details.
John F Stevens leads the American Railroad Commission and embassy staff in Petrograd as they are welcomed at a Russian Orthodox church during a formal visit amid ongoing diplomatic engagements.
A special Kazah Cathedral ceremony marks a first in church history with a foreign faith community taking part. The event signifies an unusual collaboration and inclusive observance beyond traditional rites.
Upson Board reports London’s yearly soot fallout amounts to about 25 pounds for each inhabitant. This conservative estimate reflects the city’s air pollution levels and the burden on households and public health.
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