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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1916
Page
1
Early returns from Bexar county show the district clerkship race between Andres Coy and Judge Osceola Archer tight with Archer ahead by a small margin. Other county offices tilt toward Newton for county attorney and McAskill for district attorney while Ferguson wins the county governor race amid a light turnout.
A massive bomb exploded at Stewart and Market during a civilian parade in San Francisco. Seven people died and forty were wounded, with authorities seeking anarchist suspects amid a city-wide stunned response and police investigations into the device left in a suitcase. Names of dead include Mrs. Howard Knapp and George L. Lawlor, among others.
Congressman James L. Slayden won renomination in the Fourteenth district with a 2767 vote lead from 5 of 11 counties, totaling 7835 votes. County breakdown shows Slayden carrying several counties while Adkins drew support in areas like Bexar and Mexican precincts on the West Side, aided by German-American voters.
In the army appropriation bill the Senate approved 750000 for buying extra land adjoining Fort Sam Houston and for building supply depots and terminals. Secretary of War Baker is authorized to begin construction of buildings stores shops yards and terminals for multiple military departments at the earliest date. Senator Sheppard presided as president pro tempore during the debate.
Early returns from 150 counties report Ferguson ahead of Morris by about 15 000 votes for renomination as governor with margins fluctuating as totals accumulate. U S senator race led by Colquitt over Brooks and Culberson in third, while submission supporters edge Robertson law backers by more than 17 000.
East Texas faces unsettled conditions Sunday and Monday while West Texas should be generally fair on Sunday and Monday.
ST LOUIS temperatures 90 clear NE wind 10 miles Sunday sunny with 90 high. CHICAGO 86 clear NW wind 8 miles Sunday sunny with 99 high. MILWAUKEE 88 partly cloudy NE wind 10 miles Sunday sunny with 92 high. KANSAS CITY 90 clear E wind 6 miles Sunday sunny with 92 high. NEW YORK 78 cloudy W wind 12 miles Sunday cloudy with 80 high. BOSTON 80 cloudy S wind 10 miles Sunday cloudy with 84 high. WASHINGTON 62 cloudy W wind 6 miles Sunday cloudy with 86 high.
Preliminary returns from the Texas Election Bureau show district races across the state. Early tallies indicate contest outcomes pending final certification as votes continue to be counted in multiple districts.
Indianapolis July 22 James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet died at his home about 11 o clock tonight from a heart attack suffered earlier in the day He rose from a modest beginning as a sign painter and fiddler to become a beloved author whose dialect verse and popular songs brought him wealth and fame He had been honored by Yale in 1902 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1904.
An agreement ending the garment workers strike and lockout was reached at a conference in New York. All major issues were compromised and final details to be settled Monday. A two year contract will be signed by both sides to replace the old protocol and submitted to the strikers for ratification.
Fire, suspected incendiary, destroys the Mexican Central Railroad station in Juarez. Intense excitement follows the blaze as Villista sympathizers are believed responsible. The railroad is controlled by the Carranza government.
Columbus New Mexico reports that Army intelligence officers arrested Guy Johnson a registered scout with the punitive expedition on alleged post office funds embezzlement charges tied to Fort Smith Arkansas.
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