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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1916
Page
2
Memphis labor strike by 400 street railway workers escalates as a bomb blast during a parade injures and kills bystanders. Police form a wedge, seize suspects, and search for anarchist links while hospitals treat the wounded and crowds participate in the somber aftermath.
Baltimore July 22 The undersea Deutschland nears departure as clearance papers are filed at the customs house. The ship sits secured off Locust Point while officials weigh final action. Rumor says she may slip at dawn or by tomorrow night to rendezvous with the Bremen at the Capes.
A massive blast in San Francisco sent dark smoke over a street where dozens of injured and dead lay in the gutter. Mothers with children stood amid torn clothing as onlookers witnessed a grisly scene of suffering.
New York reports 39 deaths and 135 new cases of infantile paralysis as the disease spreads through the city. A baby dies roughly every forty minutes and another new case arrives about every ten minutes, with Dr Simon Flexner due to arrive to discuss stronger prophylaxis measures.
In a tense contest Colquitt and Brooks lead in the race for seats on the Texas Court of Civil Appeals. The article lists district results with multiple candidates and vote counts across first through ninth districts, naming S. A. McMeans George W. Graves N. O. Rector Anson Rainey Robert Owen William Knight B. Frank Buier Will Boyce W. D. Fisher John M. Conley L. B. Hightower Jr. W. E. Middlebrook A. E. Davis A. G. Brooke Hugh Scott and others.
Preliminary totals from multiple districts list candidates leading in several races. In First district Eugene Black 6067 and Charles Todd 3050. Second Martin Dies 3488 and C W Howth 3141. Fourth Sam Rayburn 6761 Andrew Randell 44380 and Dr. Wiley 441. Sixth Rufus Hardy 2406 W A Bedford 758 J L Adams 210. Seventh A W Gregg 619 Lewis Fisher 611 J W Campbell 99 J Fred Cook 329. Ninth George Schleicher 1155 A B Davidson 1331 James Mansfield 1790 George Burgess 14838. Eleventh J D Robinson 2714 Tom Connally 4428 Tom McCullough 2638. Twelfth Oscar Calloway 3354 ry Wilson 4492 James Swayne 208. Thirteenth Congressmen Stephens 2972 Reuben Ellerd 3372 Marvin Jones 5539 W H Prescott 676. Sixteenth Thomas L Blanton 5295 W R Smith 4793 R N Gresham 1334.
The Democratic primary nominates numerous Texas Senate members with no opposition. The list includes district holders and new nominees across multiple districts such as Waco Seguin Denton and Fort Worth along with many others, outlining holdovers and new appointees for the Thirty-fifth Legislature.
The Texas House of Representatives nominees were announced Saturday in the Democratic primary. Districts listed include First R H Jones De Kalb Second W D Lanier Atla ciehth Eleventh F C Fuller Cold Springs Fifteenth Place Harry V Fisher Houston Place 4 R H Holland Houston Seventeenth A L Benson Texas City Forty second Place 2 D C McMillin Whitewright Forty fourth Place 4 C
Partial returns show Colquitt leading in the Archer County race with 1935 votes, Culberson 1479, Henry 712, Campbell 5676, and Brooks 142 for congress at large. Jeff McLemore leads Bexar county voters for congressman at large with 2861. Daniel E. Garrett follows with 1130.
The only injunction in the primary election bars Charles F. Stevens, who opposed the ring candidates, from Precinct No. 6 polling site. District Judge 8S. G. Tayloe of the Forty-fifth District Court issued the order yesterday afternoon.
Justice of the Peace Ben S. Fisk issued a temporary injunction directed at Stevens for allegedly interfering with voters at Precinct No. 6 in Bexar County Texas. Deputy Sheriff George Millard served the order as Stevens was removed from the polling place amid challenges to voters’ eligibility.
Washington July 22 The Senate under Senator Chamberlain military committee chair struck 36 million from the 330 million army appropriation bill reported to the Senate. Chamberlain explained that the items recommended for removal were nonessential and would reduce costs.
The document notes omitted provisions for emergencies and signals troops are unlikely to be needed in Mexico. It reports removal of increases for officers and enlisted men on foreign duty, and large cuts in transportation, camp gear, clothing, and cavalry horses, while gun and ammunition boosts remain.
Mrs Hetty Green's will was admitted to probate in Bellow Falls Vermont with kin present. The estate is estimated at 100 to 150 million dollars and New York may seek to overturn probate claiming residency for inheritance tax. Vermont has no parent to child inheritance tax.
James Kendall fifteen month old son of Rev. H. S. Kendall Baptist minister of San Angelo died after drinking gasoline. The incident occurred while his father repaired an automobile at home.
A fish and crab dinner is planned at Koehler Park tomorrow as a community event. Proceeds support park activities and local programs.
Eddie O'Donnell suffered a compound left arm fracture in the thirteenth lap when his Hoskin Special plunged through a fence onto tracks at the new speedway. The accident caused by a broken steering knuckle halted the 50 mile race after 14 laps and awarded to W. W. Brown. O'Donnell's mechanician Jim Murphy escaped unharmed. Ralph De Palma won the 100 mile derby in 1:42:54.
In the dash race Rickenbacher moved ahead again but a mishap to his second Maxwell car early in the event sidelined him from the competition.
Chicago detectives believe Jean Crones left his mark in Waukesha Wisconsin and tie the poisoner of Archbishop Mundelein to near Chicago. Crones' name appeared in a public restroom wall and handwriting matches. Detectives with Charles Furthman pursue leads across Wisconsin summer resorts.
Puck quips about June in a humorous notice while the Moscow museum of agriculture celebrates its fiftieth anniversary as Europe’s oldest museum of its kind.
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