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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1916
Page
8
Travel ad notes a Southern Pacific round trip fare of 23 dollars 45 cents for a U. Co. reunion in Birmingham with dates May 14 15 18.
United States customs collector Henry C. S. Smith in San Antonio notes rising imports from Mexico over the past weeks. A major shipment consisted of 33 drums of crude glycerine valued at $16,305.10, shipped from Piedras Negras and bound for a bonded warehouse in San Antonio. Glycerine price trends rise with ammunition needs. duty is one cent per pound. A public auction of over $1,000 worth of Mexican cigars and drawn work will occur at the federal building after smugglers flee when river guards fired on them near Laredo. Seizures include 422,12730 cigars and two lots of cigars. the border seizure is among the largest in years. The 33 drums arrived in San Antonio Saturday morning.
A Norris Taverner bill suggests a nationwide referendum after diplomatic breaks precede any war declaration. At least 1 percent in 25 states must petition, with ballots listing voters name and address and district. Senate debate shows opposition and push to Foreign Relations Committee.
Advertisement notes a 60 cent round trip fare to Sutherlane Springs and return every Sunday with a 7:55 a m departure on the Southern Pacific line.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings leaves Monday for Fort Sam Houston to discuss the mobilization of Texas troops with General Funston. It is not yet clear whether Hutchings will accompany the militia to the border or wherever they are assigned.
J C Pritchett aged 22 died at a San Antonio sanitarium at 2 am Saturday. A Texas native he had lived in San Antonio eight months and served four years in the US Navy. The body will be sent to Bynum Texas Saturday night for interment by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
Anton Eggel 31, San Antonio photographer and Tennessee native, dies in local hospital after 8 a.m. Saturday. His body will be sent to Coleman Texas Saturday night by Shelley-Loring Company. Camille Shaw McLaurin 58, of 122 West Park Avenue, dies Friday night at home. Native of South Carolina, survived by two sons and two daughters. Funeral Saturday at 4 p.m. from home with Dr. Arthur Jones officiating. burial at Mission Burial Park.
Local ad for Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment and services with two phone lines listed as 971. Adv. placement highlights available inventory and contact options for customers seeking auto parts and related gear.
Army announces numerous duty assignments travel for lieutenants from aviation and infantry units. Officers dispatched to Fort Sam Houston Texas Frankford Arsenal Philadelphia and Columbus New Mexico with several medical corps officers reporting. Leave of absence granted to several officers and a border duty assignment for Colonel George O Cress.
A stream of guests from across Texas and the nation arrives in San Antonio. Notables from New York, Chicago, Houston and Paris register or stay at the St. Anthony, Menger, and Gunter hotels including J. W. Watkins J. S. Patrick J. G. Miller and J. W. Bailey among others.
H. F. Miller, secretary and business manager of the Chicago Association of Commerce, will visit San Antonio in a week or ten days to gather information about the city and surrounding country for Chicago papers. He will be a guest of the Chamber of Commerce during the visit. Carrington received Miller's letter stating the purpose and scope of the tour to report to the Chicago press.
Advertisement notes a Sunday round trip to Sutherland Springs priced at 60 cents with service by the Southern Pacific, departing at 7:55 am.
A notice notes a Southern Baptist convention in Asheville with a fare of 39 dollars and 90 cents. The event runs May 13 to 16 with a through sleeper available until May 15 and mentions Southern Pacific Adv.
Representative Oscar Callaway will tour his district to discuss preparedness in Fort Worth. Henry Breckenridge, ex assistant secretary of war, will speak on preparedness under opposing groups. Callaway plans to attend Breckenridge's talk on May 22 and then respond the next night in Fort Worth.
Thirty business and financial establishments in Washington and Texas will allow employees to attend military training camps at Fort Oglethorpe and Plattsburg. Employers promise continued salaries and advancement while workers are away. More institutions are expected to follow suit.
Burglars struck four residences within a three block radius on Friday night. Only Fentiman 1305 Avenue B yielded a haul including silver, jewelry, a smoking jacket, and pins. Clock thefts occurred at Booth 1123 Avenue B with a mantel clock and alarm clock taken, later found in Adams yard. Puckett 1301 Avenue B reported no thefts. City detectives work the cases with no success yet.
Palm Heights and San Fernando residents will receive free mail delivery starting July 1. Postmaster George D. Armistead announced the plan, noting it follows a March recommendation and relies on local property owners agreeing to lay sidewalks where missing. The start is contingent on Treasury conditions.
The Central Christian and First Presbyterian Sunday schools hold a joint picnic at Landa's Park New Braunfels. A special train carried picnickers from the I&GN station at 9 am returning at 5 30 pm. A baseball game between school teams is planned with swimming and bathing at the improved pool.
Smith Motor Wheels is listed with Portage Tire at 2218 S Alamo Ady. This ad fragment shows a local auto service pairing and street address in the era.
A round trip fare of 23 dollars 45 cents offers travel May 13 14 15 on Southern Pacific. Adv.
Advertisement listing fishing tackle products and Portage Tire Co located at 221 South Alamo, inviting customers to shop.
A surge in naval enlistment applications followed President Wilsons call for militia. Recruiter C. O. Evans accepted six applicants and sent them to naval training stations. The new recruits include Paul Richard Richter Edgar Newton Dyer Victor Helmuth Enckevart Felix Cadena Benjamin Gallaspy and Roe Williams Dawes.
A burea u meeting of the convention bureau of the Chamber of Commerce is set for 4 30 Monday afternoon Preparation aims to schedule several May conventions in San Antonio including the state Democratic convention May 23 24 25 the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers convention May 29 30 31 and the Texas State Sunday School convention May 25 28 George J Roark assistant secretary will report on his Dallas trip where he helped secure the Elks convention for San Antonio next year and secured the Knights of Pythias convention for 1918 and invited the State Council of Carpenters for 1918.
Henry Rudolph of Carmi Illinois reports nightly bladder trouble and backache improved by Foley Kidney Pills. He says the pills let him sleep through the night without getting up and helped rheumatic pains and stiff joints.
At a Yoakum school board meeting J H Burnett of Bartlett was elected superintendent to succeed C A Peterson who resigned to join Kingsville. Burnett will arrive in Yoakum about July 1. U C C V W reunion Birmingham round trip fare listed for May 13 14 15 16.
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