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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
15
Governor Ferguson issued June 19 pardons to ninety two African American inmates now in the state penitentiary. Recipients will receive pardons in time to return to their former homes by June 9.
Scare spread through Corpus Christi as three enormous shapes appeared over the city, resembling aircraft. Pioneers recall Spanish man o war frigate birds, uncommon along the coast, drawing vivid reactions from residents yesterday afternoon.
Residents report sighting enormous birds near town, measuring ten to fifteen feet from tip to tip. Yesterday's flock prompted many children to hurry home as the creatures loomed overhead.
British music hall artists protest the influx of American vaudeville acts. A deputation seeks a labor importation bill in Parliament to keep Americans out as many actors have joined the colors. Two through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily. Southern Pacific.
Senator John Hollis Bankhead plans to attend the Texas Good Roads Association convention in San Antonio on August 10, 11 and 12 if the Senate is not in session and no Alabama duties intervene. He chairs the Senate post offices and post roads committee and helped push the forthcoming good roads measure. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas may also attend if schedules permit, as an advocate of highway legislation and border road projects from Brownsville to El Paso.
Thomas Watt Gregory Jr of Austin, son of the attorney general, will attend the Plattsburg civilian training camp next month along with Franklin K Lane Jr. from Princeton, showcasing preparedness. He will train like other rookies without any advantage from his father’s high official position in the Wilson administration.
Chicago June 9 The second annual automobile derby at the speedway was postponed due to rain until 1 30 p m Sunday creating a revised schedule for entrants and spectators.
The first Texas Music Teachers Association annual convention closes with a concert and banquet at the St. Anthony Hotel. Officers are elected including Manchester as president and Graham as secretary treasurer after a merged post. The Austin meeting next year will set the time.
A banquet is planned at the St Anthony Hotel at 10 o'clock on Friday evening. Local organizers invite attendees to join the event and notes on dress and program are expected.
In Mexico City on June 9 General Benjamin Hill ordered all food stock owners to report stocks to the government within three days under threat of confiscation. Rewards of 20 percent are offered for tips on concealed goods. A new price scale based on actual costs and imports records is to be enforced with penalties for noncompliance. The fomento department plans to annul Huerta era concessions. Germany adopts solidified alcohol cubes for cooking and heating purposes.
The Texas City Transportation Company valuation was set at 4,898,083 by the railroad commission, including docks and real estate, about 3 million less than the prior engineer estimate of 7,300,000, with the difference mainly from real estate values. Also notice of public auction at the San Antonio Customs House on June 23 1916 for seized goods including Mescal and cigarettes.
In San Angelo Texas on June 9 two men accused of stealing W B Carters car two weeks earlier waived a preliminary hearing and were bound over to the grand jury in 500 dollars each. They remain jailed. A joke ends the item with a brief courtroom quip about a poet and faith.
The Baby Health Conference at St Mark's parish house closes Saturday after a week of exams and clinics. Sponsored by the San Antonio Council of Mothers Public Health Nurse Association the city health board and the UT extension, the event aims to finish all examinations by Saturday morning. About 660 babies registered plus over 25 additional infants aged under six months to five years were examined with Dr. B L Arms of UT assisting throughout.
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