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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
5
Ann Pennington stars in Susie Snowflake a musical comedy at the Empire beginning Thursday with shows Friday and Saturday. Pennington plays a Broadway dancer who stirs a staid town supported by Leo Delaney William Courtleigh Arcia Harris and Billie Wilson in a well balanced company.
Robert Bacon former ambassador to France toured the milk y establishment at Fort Sam Houston on Wednesday with General Anston. Bacon sits on the American Red Cross directing board and with Col. Richard Pearson Strong plans to inspect militia forces in Brownsville. A lieutenant from New York artillery on duty with his regiment in the Brownsville district accompanied them.
Delegates of the South's Endeavorers met in Atlanta for their first convention devoted to sectional work and activities. The event follows last year's Chicago gathering that aimed to unify the effort across regions.
An advertisement claims a pain free method to remove hairy growths using delatone. It advises mixing a stiff paste with water, applying to the skin for about two minutes, then rubbing off to remove hairs. Warnings urge using genuine delatone to avoid disappointment.
Efforts were made to establish a southern union patterned after the Canadian model. When the Chicago convention withheld recognition, a southern extension committee was formed under Dr Ira Landrith of Nashville to direct regional work through Sunday under the World Christian Endeavor Union.
The Imperial Council session in Buffalo New York conducted officer elections and selected next year’s meeting city. H F Niedringhaus of St Louis was advanced to imperial potentate and Minneapolis was favored to host the 1942 convention as Arab patrol drills entertained over 100 temples.
London dispatch reports Mrs Annie Besant a leader in India's home rule movement barred from entering the Bombay presidency under the Defense of India act. Besant, elected president of the Theosophical Society of London in 1907, has lectured in America and is not widely covered on Indian home rule in this country.
Thousands of Elks from across the United States marched in a big street parade in Baltimore with music from 35 bands. Grand Esquire Robert J. Lawlor of Niagara Falls served as chief marshal as floats and designs impressed spectators. A later anecdote recalls a tipsy rider confusing a streetcar.
Washington July 13 officials at the State Department held a long conference on the German submarine Deutschland. Officials said the ship is a purely merchant vessel and no legal objection blocks granting it peaceful merchantman privileges. Cabinet decision expected after tomorrow's meeting and news of its sailing may be withheld to avoid aiding allies.
Count von Bernstorff and two German officials arrived in Baltimore from New York to inspect the submarine Deutschland and congratulate its commander. Plans discussed include possible American built merchant submarines to run between Baltimore and Bremen with Simon Lake as consulting engineer.
A group of young ladies joins the girl rookies camp at Birchwood as part of preparedness efforts. The photograph highlights their participation and the camp environment.
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung asserts the Deutschland voyage will not end the British blockade. It says the journey may provoke sensational American coverage but will not alter the U S posture toward Germany.
Eleonore Preusser, 27, died at home on School Street Wednesday night. A Uniontown, Missouri native, she had lived in San Antonio the past year. She is survived by husband Paul and two daughters, and by her parents Otto and Mrs Husechen of Uniontown. Body sent to Uniontown for burial by Sloan & Huagy Undertaking. husband and two daughters accompanied it.
Sheiley Loring Undertaking Co offers automobile equipment and services. Goth phones 71 for inquiries and listings.
Senator Pomerene remarks at a June wedding dismissing cynics as wet blankets. A jokey exchange about the bride’s future beauty follows with a bachelor’s skeptical reply and a soft, hopeful aside about love’s kindness.
Social notices list events including a Dixie Shirt Waist Dance on Saturday July 15 at W. O. W. Hall with Willett's Orchestra and an Improvement Club meeting at Fannin school. Also notes a Farmers Institute in Austin July 17 18 and local thefts and a car collision with dismissals.
A New York physician warns that acid stomachs irritate and inflame the stomach lining, hindering digestion and causing most stomach troubles. Regular medicines fail. neutralizing the acid with a teaspoonful of bisulated magnesia after meals prevents acidity and allows ordinary foods to be eaten with less distress.
George Wheeler who ran the boys camp for the state YMCA at Georgetown is being considered to lead a girls camp August 1 to 10 at Glen Rose under the Methodist Episcopal Church of the South. He will accept if he can be away from the locals.
A special meeting of the San Antonio school board scheduled for 4 PM was postponed because a quorum was not reached. No new time was set, but the session will be rescheduled later this week to seek bids on two-room additions to four schools.
O'Connell Loan Co offers loans on diamonds jewelry and watches at 112 East Houston Street with advertising.
Militia company of Rockford lodge No. 69 arrives in San Antonio as a well trained fighting unit. Cobble Horace F. Wilson, lawyer, 516-17 State Bank Bldg. Cr. 8281. Baptist Young People Union to meet at First Baptist Church 8 o'clock Friday evening for inaugural two month gap program. Cr. 33388.
Publicity drive by San Antonio Shriners at the imperial conclave in Buffalo New York draws heavy local press attention. Delegates A H Cadwallader Jr Walton D Hood Robert Burns and C A Soule led advance to secure city display and even sought mayoral approval to salute Buffalo with a Texas salute as coverage expanded.
Vigorous protest by the United States to Turkey over the governor general of Syria breaking into French and British consulates at Beirut and stealing archives after the American consul sealed their doors. The presence of Syrians in the consular records was reported as a death warrant.
Mrs Thomas asks why operators are women. Mr Thomas replies that managers know workers in love with their jobs, and women love their work at the switchboard. The exchange workers' dedication is emphasized in the dialogue about telephone operation.
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