San Antonio Light Circulation Figures and Policy
The San Antonio Light reports its six month circulation ending March 31, 1917. Daily average 19 779 copies, Sunday 22 378 copies. Audit Bureau certification used by advertisers. claims higher paid circulation in San Antonio than any other paper. Advertising rates and office contacts listed.
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México
Crockett
San Antonio
United States
NW York
Paul Block, Inc
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Masters Blde
Boston
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust
Detroit
San Antonio Light
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Canada
America
Europe
Jeffersons Mock Speech Foretells Texas and Ferguson Tale
The piece recounts a satirical prophesy attributed to Jefferson about lands in the Mississippi valley, a future University of Texas, a governor James E. Ferguson, and clashes with UT faculty. It notes Jefferson later writing the Declaration, founding a party, and becoming president.
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Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi Valley
France
Spain
Mexico
Texas
United States
University of Texas
James E. Ferguson
Jefferson
Democratic Party
Tax rebate question from San Antonio reader
A San Antonian asks why The Lieut did not publish the amount of the rebate on auto taxes. The state tax charges thirty five cents per horsepower plus a three dollar registration. The piece notes anger at the fee and criticizes lawmakers for not considering motorists.
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San Antonian
Texas
Tue Licur
San Antonio
State tax shift clouds auto license fees and refunds
The article argues that state tax overrides local auto licenses effective July 1 1917 creating six months of unfulfilled local privilege. It questions whether cities should refund six months of prepaid fees while local authorities lost power to grant licenses as the state takes over. It recalls prior midstream license changes from 1916 to 1917 and laments possible penalties for ownership.
Philosophies in Combat and World War Motive
The piece argues war is driven by philosophy, not material force. It contrasts Allied and German worldviews, citing a German philosopher who urged reverence for the state and Nietzsche’s ideas that glorified force and questioned morality, leaving contemporary readers to see philosophy shaping conflict.
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Nietsche
Two Philosophies in Clash as War Hangs Eternal
Adolphus Lassen and Von Bernhardi defend state power and double standards while Treitschke extols conquest of weaker nations. In contrast a Nazareth teacher proclaims peace through righteousness. The piece frames a mortal struggle between imperial and moral philosophies with survival at stake.
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Adolphus Lassen
von Bernhardi
Lassen
Treitschke
Nietsche
Nazareth
Germans claim another important military victory
One of the German aviators dropped a bomb on a school house in London. The report notes the attack as part of ongoing air operations over the city.
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London
Supreme Court Recess Shifts Focus to War Efforts
As the Supreme Court recesses for the summer the nation can devote more attention to the ongoing war. The public mood shifts toward intensified support and wartime mobilization as legal matters pause.
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United States Supreme Court
Germany to force own peace terms, says Hindenburg
Hindenburg asserts Germany can impose its own peace terms, likely mirroring those in the President's message to Russia. He adds they will not be hard to enforce if success is achieved.
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Hindenburg
Germany
Russia
Tornado Hits Pumpkin Center Oklahoma Wipes Town
Coincident with British mine blasts and Pershing's landing in England and the San Salvador quake news arrives that Pumpkin Center Oklahoma has been wiped out by a tornado. The note ends by calling the times perilous.
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General Pershing
England
San Salvador
Pumpkin Center
Oklahoma
Kaiser Voices Faith in German Strength Amid War Talk
The Kaiser says God’s aid has granted German troops super-human force to perform excellent acts. The Public Ledger notes this reflects Kultur’s idea of Germans as a chosen people and underscores the surprising claim of British and French offensive failures.
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von Hindenburg
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Irish in the War and Allied Effort
The Beaumont Enterprise notes thousands of Irishmen serve with British forces in France though Ireland is not subject to the draft. It argues the Irish in America back the entente cause and the United States war effort against Germany.
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Ireland
France
England
United States
Germany
Beaumont Enterprise
The Question of Saving and War Bond Outreach
The piece notes uncertainty about how quickly workers with wages and smaller salaries will engage with the Liberty Loan. It argues that Britain, France, and Germany have expanded bond purchases, and asserts Americans, being better off and more numerous, can match or exceed that breadth with equal patriotic effort.
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England
France
Germany
New York Journal of Commerce
Kaiser’s contemptible army remark echoes as Pershing’s force nears front
The Chicago Evening Post notes the Kaiser’s repeat remark about a contemptible little army and warns that Pershing with 25,000 American troops could unsettle German lines. It observes the Allied shift since 1914 and since 1916 July 1, with the American arrival likely to demand respect.
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Pershing
Mons
Marne
Chicago Evening Post
Wilson speaks of serving mankind at Memorial Day
In his Arlington address President Wilson reiterates that America was born to serve mankind in God’s providence. He warns against war profiteer rhetoric and urges public focus on service as the nation’s purpose. The Chicago News backs this framing and counters insinuations of manipulated aims.
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Arlington Cemetery
Wilson
America
Chicago News
Mexico tensions and foreign threats loom over a restless republic
The article argues Mexico risks being surrounded by frontiers and exploited by foreign powers. It catalogs potential invasions from Texas and Arizona, Guatemala, Tampico oil disputes, and even Japan, while internal factions including Carranza Obregon Villa Zapata and Diaz swirl. The piece says Mexico chiefly desires to be left alone, aligning with Latin sentiment echoed by the New York Evening Post.
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Mexico
Rio Grande
Texas
Arizona
Felix Diaz
Guatemala
Carranza
Tampico
Japan
Obregon
Villa
Diaz
Zapata
Murguia
Brazil
Argentina
New York
Allies 10 Send Student Fliers to Trio Country Supremacy in Air
Washington June 16 Plans by the Defense Council aircraft Production Board envision turning the United States into a primary training base for allied pilot students. French British plants would manufacture battle craft. American plants develop a new battle type, with initial funding of about 600 million dollars and potential one billion total.
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Washington, D. C
United States
The
Defense Council
Aircraft Production Board
Squier
War Department
Howard Sk. Coffin
Thorugh
Coffin
Paris
Germany
Love or Justice at Empire Theater Ends Today
Louise Glaum stars in Love or Justice a Lambert Hillyer drama about a woman from the underworld reforming a young lawyer through devotion. The program also includes Secrets of the Beauty Parlor a Keystone comedy.
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Louise Glaum
Ince Siren
Empire Theater
Lambert Hillyer
Underworld
Soldiers Hear Red Cross Program at San Antonio Base Hospital
From the galleries of the Base Hospital at Sam Houston convalescent soldiers enjoyed a literary and musical program arranged by the San Antonio Chapter American Red Cross. Performers included Miss Dinah Pothemus, Miss Mora Briggs, Miss Minna Burg, Miss Beatrice Burg, Miss Rheta Mayer, Miss Minnie Rose, Mrs Mamie Reynolds-Nennison, and Eleanor Forrester Parker.
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Sam Houston
San Antonio
American Red Cross
Dna Pothemus
Mora Briggs
Frederick Abbott
Minna Burg
Beatrice Burg
Land of the Sky Blue Water
Rheta Mayer
Minnie Rose
Mamie Reynolds- Nennison
America
Eleanor Forrester Parker
General Parker
Miss Polhemus
Burned by Balloon Injures Army Lieutenant Near Nebraska City
Lieut P A Post of the United States army was slightly burned when a large army balloon exploded near Nebraska City Nebraska at about 830 PM Friday. Post who is stationed at the government aviation school in Omaha had alighted and was about to ascend again when the gas bag exploded in an unknown manner. He received medical attention and returned to Omaha.
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Post
Army
Lincoln
Neb
I’. A. Post
United States Army
Nebraska City
Government Aviation
Omaha
Grace Gazette Receives Legion of Honor in Paris
Miss Grace Gazette of Chicago, artist and Latin Quarter resident, awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor for services to the French hospital organization. She developed appliances aiding the treatment of difficult fractures.
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Wiss Cross
Paris
Grace Gaazette
Chicago
Latin Quarter
Legion of Honor
Federal head tax bars Mexicans from U S entry
The $8 head tax on Mexicans and other foreigners entering the United States is described as hindering labor agents. Officials say it blocks recruitment, adds to costs for agents, and keeps many needed workers from Texas farms, including those who had returned to Mexico during military registration.
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United States
Texas
Mexico
Suede
San Saba and Dallas visitors crowd San Antonio hotels
Arrivals at the St Anthony Menger and Gunter include Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Clark of San Saba and Mrs. R. E Knight with son M. H Knight from Dallas. Others from Gar land, Weimar, Eagle Pass, Pearsall, Fre dericksburg, and Paris lodge at local hotels.
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Ben ©. Anderson
Crystal City
Texas
Lanier
Harold W. Fisher
Dallas
St. Anthony
C. B. Shaffer
Youngstown
Emil Fahrenthold
Weimar
Menger
Gunter
C. E. Shults
Don Carlos Hotel
Llano
BE. 8. Easton
Eagle Pass
J. S. Hill
Beatrice Hill
Galveston
St. Anthony Hotel
Thomas J. Martin
Fredericksburg
A. B. Capers
Fort Worth
W. Trickey
Lena Mae
Irma Trickey
Ruth Madson
Paris
Freda Shaller
Canadian
The
Fire damages homes and warehouse in local blazes
Firefighters battled a roof blaze at J. H. Scott’s home 326 East Fest Street shortly before 6 am. Spontaneous ignition sparked a warehouse fire on Lamar Street at 8 pm Friday, damaging rope oil and paint. Ten gallons of gasoline burned on South St Mary's Street near Maverick-Clark Printing at 11 am with welding flames.
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J. H. Scott
East Fest Street
Lamar Street
Walnut
Cherry Streets
South St. Mary's Street
Maverick-Clark
San Antonio Traction Company
Not a Bean Is Lost in Chicago Produce Wagon Incident
Chicago June 16 a produce wagon dragged a wheel into a car track causing two cases of peas and jeans to spill. Traffic officer Horatius Mahoney set a roadblock as autos and wagons paused. Spectators advised on how to raise vegetables on asphalt while the officer and wagon driver reclaimed the scattered foodstuffs.
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Chicago
Madison
Dearborn
Wilon
Horatius Mahoney
Fund Grows Slowly for Protestant Orphans Home
A fund to cover rising costs for the Protestant Orphans Home has reached 254 dollars to support 180 children. Saturday’s subscriptions include Mrs Bruce Brough 10, Bruce Brough 10, Mrs A B Weakley 10, Miss Magenia June 2, and a friend 2, with more expected.
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Protestant Orphans Home
Bruce Brough
A. B. Weakley
Magenia
San Antonio
Government Seizes Steel Shipping Fleet to Build War Vessels
The government will take over about two million tons of steel shipbuilding in American yards under the war budget bill, with Goethals predicting up to three million tons ready in eighteen months. Vessels will be chartered to private operators, while the Shipping Board and Fleet Corporation gain power to speed up construction and regulate labor.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
Congress
Goethals
United States
The
General Goethals
Navy
Denman
Builder to construct wooden ships in Pascagoula
Henry Piaggio a large ship builder from Orange Texas will construct five or more wooden ships in Pascagoula Mississippi with about five hundred workers. The project will cost over a million dollars and mirrors his work at Orange where several ships of the same type are under construction.
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Pascagoula, Mias
Henry Piaggio
Orange
Tex
Editorial policy note on signed submissions
The paper states that all items intended for publication must be signed by the writer and editors will not publish names unless desired. Anonymous contributions receive little weight and typewritten or stamped signatures are considered anonymous. Publication of a four letter note does not imply endorsement by The Light's Daily.
Dallas Reader Praises Over Idle Land Tax Editorial
A Dallas letter to the editor commends the June 12 1917 editorial Over Idle Land Tax, praising its fundamentals and urging other papers to adopt the light. The writer notes that progress often follows upheaval and cites the war as the source of some good.
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Dallas
Texas
Farewell Plan For Camp Funston Men In San Antonio
Mothers and friends await the wagons at the Sap depot to bid Camp Funston men farewell as they pass through San Antonio Saturday evening. A women led committee with Boy Scouts arranges a reception with refreshments and possibly music for troops en route to Leavenworth and Fortress Monroe. Dallas plans a large reception awaiting the first exans leaving for the war in Europe.
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Camp Funston
San Antonio
Art Leavenworth
Fortress Monroe
Sap Depot
William Aubrey
A. B. Weakley
Boy Scouts
Texas
Dallas
Euurope
Leavenworth
Sup
Army Orders List Changes in Officers and Transfers
Today in Washington D C June first 194? officers updated with retirements promotions and transfers Major Harold B Fiske deleted from detached officers list Captain Leo J Dillow promoted and reassigned to captain W B Shields medical corps moved to New York for aviation examination Second Lieutenant Austin Adams of the Thirty seventh Infantry sent to Fort Sam Houston as detail personnel
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Washington, D. G
Leo J. Dillow
Engineers
Harold B. Fiske
Adjutant General
Adjutant General's Department
W. 8. Shields
Southern Department
New York
Austin A. Adams
Infanuy
Fort Sam Houston
Conscription Case Hearings Set For Five Defendants
Preliminary hearing for five men charged with failure to register for military duty will be held Monday at 9 oclock before U S Commissioner R L Edwards. The group, brought from Gonzales by deputy John L Dibrill, marks first hearings of this kind in the district covering Texas New Mexico and Arizona. Arrests continue district wide with hearings in nearest federal court division and returnable to San Antonio. no San Antonio arrests yet.
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R. L. Edwards
U. S
San Antonio
Gonzales
John L. Dibrell
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Robert L. Barnes
Bureau of Investigation
Nine liquor arrests in federal bootlegging roundup
Friday night nine people were detained for violations of the federal liquor sale statute to soldiers. Three Mexicans face liquor selling charges, two soldiers for buying, and four soldiers for intoxication, with a bootlegging dive near Monterey and Leona Streets identified. Police and military police actions yielded multiple detentions and an ongoing investigation into liquor sourcing.
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Monterey
Leona
Massey
Brown
Burrows
First Violation Reported In Clean-Up Arrests
The first arrest under the city commission cleanup orders occurred at 11 p.m. Friday in the Trans-San Pedro district. A Cameron Street resident, a negro woman, was booked for conducting a disorderly house. Police say maximum penalties will apply if the courts find guilt. each day under the law is a separate offense. Several black women were also jailed on vagrancy charges.
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City Commission
Kilday
Castenyan
Trans-San Pedro
Cameron Street
Slacker Becker Sentenced in Draft Case
Frederick J. Becker, a native-born American employed in a German case, was sentenced to one year in prison under the selective draft act for willfully failing to register. He pleaded guilty saying his sympathies were with Germany as his wife and three children watched in Federal Court.
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Philadelphia
Frederick J. Becker
Germany
Jewish Publications Display at Atlantic City
The Jewish Publication Society of America will be represented in Atlantic City this season by Rabbi J Korn. He covers the Southern states with the society, and the office at the Grossman Hotel will hold a full display of publications daily except the Sabbath.
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Jewish Publication Society of America
Atlantic City
Rabbi J. Korn
Grossman Hotel
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