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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
4
The Brownsville Herald and San Antonio favor eventual peaceful rule in Mexico with Carranza or Huerta able to ensure order. They warn lasting peace requires resolving deep social and economic causes, including land reform and fair taxation, to end lifelong unrest.
A city column urges the Board of Health and Police to curb low hanging tree branches and overgrown shrubs that block sidewalks. It warns of public danger and possible nine million dollar damage suits, advocating notices to property owners and enforcement.
The passage argues that the United States would prefer current disorder in Mexico if it promises future peace, rather than accept a stable peace that could provoke future rebellions and conflict at home. It frames present turmoil as a trade for eventual stability.
The Senate tariff lobby probe exposes filibustering special interest senators ex members on the floor privileges and franking abuse. It cites concrete examples including Senator Lodge of Massachusetts using free franking for sugar interests, highlighting how these practices affect legislation.
The piece questions Democratic support for Philippine independence and argues that motives beyond altruism drive the stance. It critiques the idea of using Moro uprisings as a justification and cautions against linking independence to warlike behavior or punitive policies.
Premier Romanones says loss of Cuba spurred Spain to rapidly expand at home. Agriculture and mining advance, general business booms, and railways struggle to keep pace after a railway orders 3000 cars from foreign builders.
Sergius Koltschin, a physician arrested as a supposed revolutionary, saves wounded men amid a burning freight wreck in Russia. Officials later learn he survived and, though officially dead, lives in Paris with his family.
The Bulletin of the Authors' League of America declares film is no longer an experiment but an institution with a market for good plots and agencies creating departments for exclusive handling of moving picture plays. The telephone wires of the United States are long enough to reach many distant places.
A reader compliments the health department for ordering weed removal on private property but urges city parks near San Pedro and Beacon Hill to be weeded first. The author notes park weeds are dense and tall and suggests city action without penalizing residents. Publico signs the letter.
The Memphis News-Scimitar reports the June 12 opening of the Galveston to Corpus Christi intercoastal canal. A 200 mile nine foot depth inland waterway enables transport of farm products, with light draft vessels already moving along the route. Plans include more canals from the Mississippi to Galveston and onward toward New Orleans, the North Atlantic coast, and even Mexico.
A short play titled The perfidious policeman or Tricked by an Arm of the Law was staged in San Antonio. Four characters appear a young automobilist a cop a bartender and a judge with scenes in a street a saloon and a police court ending with a five dollar verdict.
A Beaumont Enterprise dispatch from Fort Worth reports the Agricultural and Mechanical College directory plans no action to obtain a president until after Texas Legislature’s special session. The piece notes Milner’s resignation slated for September and questions timing amid potential bond measures and Bralley’s Austin role.
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