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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1917
Page
4
The San Antonio Light lists daily and Sunday rates for carrier and mail delivery, including Mexico options. Details show monthly and yearly terms with advance payment, spanning domestic and Mexican subscriptions.
The notice lists Paul Block Inc. offices in New York at 250 Fifth Ave Chicago at Mallers Building Boston at Safe Deposit & Trust Building Detroit at Kresge Building.
The six months ending September 30 1916 show a daily average circulation of 22062 for the daily edition and 26756 for the Sunday edition. Net paid averages are 20477 and 24424 respectively. Audit Bureau of Circulation certifies the figures as authoritative. The paper claims to guarantee advertisers 50 percent more paid circulation direct to homes in San Antonio than any rival.
As the Sixty fourth Congress neared adjournment prohibition zealots pressed the Webb resolution amid concerns over national security. Editors warn that focusing on temperance could jeopardize defense and preparedness as Congress moves into a likely special session in April.
An editorial on war of misperception noting two peoples view themselves as right while war is used to settle disputes. It argues human imperfections enable war and calls for broader self awareness through history’s inherited lessons. The piece critiques national egos and the age of supposed enlightenment failing to bridge viewpoints.
Government prepares to organize railroad workers into a reserve corps to operate rails under military management in war. Emphasizes railroads as essential for troop movement and for sustaining civilian needs, seeking minimized disruption to freight and supplies.
A rumor claims President Villa is ill and has not issued interviews from El Paso for nearly a week, though no official confirmation has been released and sources remain unverified.
China severed diplomatic relations with Germany, with potential notice served in Chinese a restraining factor as Berlin may not yet be aware of the move.
The British War Office notes Germans on the Bapaume line are retreating faster than British forces can pursue them. This cautious assessment reflects the pace of pursuit rather than a halt in operations.
The piece argues there are no impeachment grounds against the governor and that the remaining eleven reasons are irrelevant. It presents a defense that impeachment is not warranted due to lack of valid charges and insufficient justification.
A census of Leavenworth prison shows only one illiterate person among several thousand confined there. It notes an ignorant person lacks brains to enter a federal prison and typically receives thirty days in jail.
Members of the Legislature have drafted several poems about the two dollars a day allowance and also penned bills that are described as poems using a slang expression.
A London dispatch reports order restored in Petrograd though many partisans of the old regime continue firing from roofs and garrets at troops and residents, indicating a fragile calm after unrest.
Following the czar's abdication a growing cadre of former rulers spans Europe. The loss of sovereign power expands beyond Russia with more monarchs ousted and potential yet to fall.
General Lyautey resigns after deputies hooted when he attempted to read a statement in the Chamber of Deputies. The question is posed what actions a French war minister would take if faced with an American impeachment hearing.
The Minnesota militiaman who prophesied 10,000,000 Germans in the United States rising against the government will serve five years in Fort Leavenworth. The remark underscores how a writer's pen can pose a danger to its wielder.
The piece notes Count Zeppelin hailed by Emperor William as the greatest German of the era has died. It contrasts his air mastery with the Wright brothers’ achievements in America, suggesting much glory was shared by both pioneering aviators.
The U S Senate passed a rule amending its rules by 76 to 8 to require two thirds to stop filibusters. The move aims to end marathon speeches blocking majority measures and temper obstruction in the upper chamber.
Prairie View Normal students celebrate Sam Houston Memorial Day by raising $100 as a gift toward a memorial in Houston. The Houston Post notes General Houston was a friend to the negro and to Texans, and commends the gesture by the colored youth.
Post master General Burleson will make first, second, and third class postmasters competitive after April 1, ending partisan control of many federal posts. Proponents of merit celebrate a long overdue reform while politicians fear loss of patronage power.
The Galveston Tribune argues the National Guard mustered out after a year of border patrols faces unfair loss. It contends a universal military obligation would prevent patriots from losing time and money while others profit from service.
Marchers and flags mark a lengthy St Patrick’s Day procession led by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Irish soldiers, city officials, and priests attended with Father J F Cassidy delivering the sermon at St Patrick’s Church. The evening program at Beethoven Hall includes a play The Hedge School a Gilbert lecture and performances of Irish songs and reels ending with The Star Spangled Banner.
A humorous tale recalls an Irish judge on the Connaught circuit fifty years ago who feigned deep concentration by sipping tau-de-vie from a hidden ink well under his quill. A witness quips about drinking, provoking the judge to ask if he was drunk, while the ink well confirms his sobriety in the memorable courtroom moment.
Police searched in vain for a man who tried to halt two cars near South Presa and Devine Streets at 1 30 Friday night. He appeared unarmed and fled after failed attempts to stop a Jenner car and a second vehicle with two women inside.
Alberto J. Pani, a Mexican ministerial candidate tied to Carranza, arrives in San Antonio en route to Mexico City. He denies alliance rumors with Obregon and Lilos Diaz, declines to discuss a cabinet post, and says he is now a private citizen after resigning from the Constitutional Railways of Mexico.
The 1913 German law allows dual citizenship if the home state consents before foreign naturalization and requires German consul involvement. It also permits restoration of citizenship to those who renounced earlier, even across generations, a concept not recognized by the United States which imposes strict oath and renunciation requirements for naturalization.
A young woman praises Longfellow's verse to a Colonel in a campaign scene, while he dismisses poetry as drivel. She quotes The Day is Done and the line about tents folding, prompting the pair to joke that Arabs will steal anything, in a satire from Everybody's Magazine.
The Independent Club of the West Side formally endorsed Sam C. Bell for mayor and a slate including George Lowther, James Garland, J. R. Lambert, and Louis Heuermann for city posts at Market Hall. The meeting drew under 1000 attendees with city workers leading cheering while notable figures like Jake Rubiola and Bart Crowther spoke in support.
Mae Murray appears in On Record at the Empire today with a Triangle comedy Paramount scenic and a Bray cartoon on the program. The star notes jail scenes in a Bertillon room were staged with real officers and measurements, then teased she would never return to such a place.
H. B. Dickinson of the local real estate firm announces his bid for San Antonio tax commissioner seat, opposing current owner James F. Garland. He claims no special interests back him, urges independent voters to judge his business record, argues taxes burden the poor, cites tax inequities, supports the coliseum without raising taxes, and lists 226 Losoya Street as his headquarters.
The Majestic presents K A Rolfe's Bride Shop with sixteen in the company including Andy Tombes and Ellen Boyle in the prima donna role. The show closes tonight at the InterState playhouse with a matinee tomorrow and a final performance tomorrow night.
Charlies Chaplin appears at the Queen Theater in The Hock Shop a 2000 foot comedy. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star in The Great Secret a $100000 Metro serial with Clue from the Slowdike. Grace Darling and Harry Sox appear in Beatrice Fairfax The Missing Nightwatchman is the week’s drama. Sunday the Queen offers five features in over 14000 feet of pictures.
September Morn a dance musical at the Grand Opera House tonight and Sunday features a large company and chorus. The plot centers on two impostors claiming to be the originators of the famous painting and includes stars William Moore Ruth Wilkins Maud Williams Billy Murphy and others.
The article describes egg composition with white and yolk ratios, water and albumen content, and minerals. It explains albumen as a protein plus carbon and sulfur, notes yolk oil forming an emulsion, and mentions digestibility of raw versus coagulated albumen. It cites eggs in antidotes to poisons, forming insoluble compounds.
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