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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1916
Page
3
New York health department reports 1 death and 89 new infantile paralysis cases in the last 24 hours, marking a rise in fatalities and a drop in new cases from the previous day. The toll remains high with total child deaths mounting.
First Lieutenant Henry Brinkerhoff of the Third Infantry is relieved from Walter Reed General Hospital and to join his regiment. Captain Lucius Holbrook of the Quartermaster Corps is reassigned to the southern department. Captains Walton Lewis and Daniel Lewis resign. Major Frazier of the Twenty Sixth Infantry is relieved from active service. Colonel Charles Penrose will await orders at Fort Russell. Captain Francis Lincoln granted fourteen day leave. Captains Whaley and Snyder will proceed to Fort Sam Houston for the southern department.
The document notes the resignation of First Lieutenant Albert J. Hoskins Medical Reserve Corps accepted by the president. It also records leaves of absence for fifteen days for Colonel George W. Miver inantry three months and four days for Hoskins and ten days for First Lieutenant Albion R. Rockwood in the ordnance department.
A motor boat collision on Portage Lake near Houghton at midnight leaves James W. Pryor 35 his wife and two children and another child from C E Westcott of Houghton drowned.
Austin officials announce the state ad valorem tax for 1916 17 will be about ten cents lower than the prior year. Intangible tax figures are roughly $1 000 000 less than last year. The board will meet soon to set the rate.
Stockholm July 24. In line with the royal decree banning foreign belligerent submarines from Swedish territorial waters, a general order directs the Swedish naval and military forces to attack foreign submarines in Swedish waters unless recognized as neutrals or merchant ships.
San Antonio school board president Wal ton D Hood returns from a tour of the North and East with plans to propose military training in high schools. He may consult Lt Steever on the Wyoming plan used in Washington and says the program requires no extra cost, funded by a physical director and guns/equipment provided by the government.
Washington July 24 a favorable report on a bill to appropriate 35 000 dollars for a monument to John Ericsson inventor and constructor of the civil war monitor was filed today by the House library committee.
Dr Frederick Terrell chair of the Bexar county Republican group received an invitation from the Republican national committee and campaign committee to attend the notification ceremony at Carnegie Hall New York Monday evening July 31 where Charles Evans Hughes will be officially named Republican presidential candidate.
Judge W F Ezell granted San Antonio Traction Company an injunction to stop an individual from soliciting staged injury claims and filing exaggerated suits. The ruling cites evidence that the defendant and agents solicited claimants, paid advances, and urged exaggeration of injuries to obtain money. An appeal to the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals is expected within ten days.
A group of women suffragists met with President Wilson to gauge his stance on national woman suffrage via the Susan B. Anthony amendment. He did not commit but asked questions, and the delegation felt encouraged. They noted Wilson’s past support for state action and hinted he might shift.
Texas farmer Smith Taylor arrested in Longview for remarks to acquaintances that suggested knowledge of the Huntsville Alabama killings. He arrived in Birmingham in custody, refused requisition papers, and will be transferred to Huntsville where a warrant exists. Taylor says he knows nothing beyond newspaper reports.
Charleston reports new flood warnings as heavy rains swell rivers along the coast. The Waccamaw is forecast to crest similar to 1908 levels with the Pee Dee rising to dangerous levels and flooding expected to continue indefinitely as new crests arrive this week.
The defendant argued the remedy against the Traction Company should not be an injunction. The court notes this contention may form the basis of an appeal to the higher court.
Augustus A Dresher aged 84 died at his home 214 Elm street at 5 pm Sunday. A native of Germany he lived in San Antonio 62 years after the Civil War arrival. He served as a first sergeant in the Fourth United States Cavalry during the war. He belonged to San Antonio Lodge No 11 I O O F Milam Lodge No 2 A O U W and E O CC Old Post G A R. The funeral from Ricbe chapel at 9:30 am Tuesday with interment in National cemetery. Services by E O CC Old Post and San Antonio Lodge.
Johanna Souter 74 died at home 322 Scott Street where she had lived 30 years. A County Cork Ireland native, she had resided in San Antonio 44 years and is survived by three sons W T Souter J Souter and F J Souter all of San Antonio and several grandchildren. Funeral from her residence and St Patrick's Church Wednesday morning with burial in St Mary's cemetery.
Sigmund Dutschel aged 26 died at 9 15 Sunday morning in a San Antonio hospital. A native of Austria he had resided in San Antonio about eight months. Survived by his widow and one small child. Body held by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co until funeral arrangements are made.
Mrs. W. O. Camp, 35, died at a San Antonio hospital at 8 o clock Sunday morning. A Texarkana native, she had been in San Antonio only a short while. The body, with her husband, was sent to Texarkana Sunday night for burial by Shelley Loring Undertaking Company.
Joseph Hujek, 61, died at a San Antonio hospital at 10 o clock Sunday night. A native of Texas, he lived in Moravia. He had been in San Antonio only a few hours. He is survived by his widow and three sons, Edward of Seymour, Texas, and Al.
Fred and William of Moravia figure in a notice listing four Moravia daughters Mrs Anna Ducek Mrs Lillie Johnslow and Misses Mary and Edith Hujek The body was sent to Moravia Monday by the Pierce-Robinson Undertaking Company and Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co is credited for automobile service.
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