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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
4
A brief note describes the San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette Evening Daily and Sunday Morning, formed on January 20, 1881, and notes their exclusive leased wire AP day report service.
The notice outlines carrier options and pricing for daily, Sunday, and weekly mail delivery with advance payments. It instructs readers to provide both old and new addresses when changing paper delivery and to notify the office if delivery is irregular. Contact numbers and multiple office locations are listed for the New York Chicago and Boston offices.
The writer argues Mr. Bryan faces a critical test in foreign and domestic duties. He must handle delicate California Japanese tensions, Panama Canal treaties, South American matters, and the Mexican situation. Peace plans meet mixed international reception while Japan threats loom, demanding prudent, creditable action to bolster U S prestige and defend legal rights.
The article argues rising tension between Japan and the United States due to California's anti alien land bill. It notes President Wilson's pause on military moves during stalled talks and suggests an imminent risk of war, with reticence from the State Department.
The Montenegrins evacuated Scutari as international forces seized the city amid a looming balance of power in Europe. Russia’s stance loomed large, with fears it might oppose unity of European powers though its own interests aligned with protecting Montenegro’s position. The piece reflects on disarmament ideals versus real state interests and the leverage of military power in international relations.
The passage notes that the flaw in the critics’ logic would only be exposed by a war in which they themselves fought. It underscores the moral hazard of urging others into conflict while avoiding personal sacrifice and shows how direct experience of war tests claims.
The piece argues the United States pursues a dubious arms shipment policy to Mexico amid Huerta and Constitutionalists. It cites Ernesto Fernandez y Artegua’s protest to the State Department and notes U.S. practice favors neither side while recognizing no constituted Mexican government. Unofficially, sympathy leans Constitutionalists, yet no arms should flow without clear recognition.
London Daily News sketches a large English student mock funeral at Cambridge with thousands watching. An undergrad returns to be buried, the procession filling nearly half a mile of streets. Costumes vary with Chinese outfits and pajamas popular. a nurse and baby figure also attract attention at the railway station.
The article notes highly skilled artificial ears indistinguishable from real, made by molding the remaining ear or parts, with the mold being the main cost. Vulcanized rubber is preferred for its pliability, then pasted or set in place.
The 1869 London suffrage meeting saw early ally Charles Kingsley with John Stuart Mill. In 1870 he withdrew, arguing that capable women opposed the movement while unwise, loud women patronized it. He favored women’s access to medical education to clarify gender relations.
The Orient cites The Hat Wearers and The Tanin denouncing “hat-wearing Albania” as Turkish contempt for hats. Turks favor fez and view moral standing by dress, while American readers debate fashion as a sign of character, noting Americans’ difficulty judging turbans.
A disheveled German cashier Gustav Keller hides in a Paris cafe after a manhunt begins when a newspaper portrait lists him as missing from Dresden. He carries 300,000 marks in securities and fears pursuit, eventually fleeing as patrons eye him. The satchel docks with the bank loot.
The Waco Times-Herald reports the Fiesta San Jacinto feature was a replica of the proposed Alamo monument. Judge A B Storey urged timely tribute to the Alamo defenders and praised the plan to draw world attention. Photos from Bromley survive as prints now sold to fund the monument, at 10 cents with ticket purchases.
A Centralia Kansas high school girl fashioned a muff from muskrat skins. She trapped the animals, tanned the furs, and sewed the muff herself, showcasing her handiwork.
A reader questions why crystal wax onions cost 10 cents per pound in San Antonio while Eastern markets pay 2 to 5 cents. The letter cites a published price limit, notes freight and storage costs, and asks if San Antonio retailers overcharge consumers compared to New York, Kansas City, and Chicago markets. A CONSUMER.
The United States bureau of chemistry identifies adulterated graham flour including sweepings of the mill as an ingredient. It defines genuine graham flour as unbolted wheat meal from sound mature air-dried wheat and condemns misbranding urging imitation flour be labeled accordingly. It questions whether sweepings should be barred even from imitation products.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes that Mr. Bryan may try his peace plan on Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, but warns it will likely strain the rivets of political compromise.
The Detroit Free Press warns that President Wilson will view wage reductions caused by the new tariff as a personal affront. The piece frames the tariff as forcing labor concessions and political risk for the administration.
In a streetcar scene two young Black women ignore an older, neatly dressed Black woman who greets them. They mock her as old and out of touch while white riders listen silently, reflecting social tensions and class attitudes in the moment.
The Chicago Tribune calls Victoriano Huerta the chief danger in Mexico to the United States. It describes him as a reckless military adventurer risking war for personal gain, capable of betraying superiors and seeking any ally who offers help. The piece argues the US should not recognize Huerta until he resigns or is deposed and a provisional government is formed.
The colonel notes in his biography that he was a sickly boy and his wish for a third term suggests he has overcome his earlier weakness. A Knickerbocker Press commentary links resilience to extended leadership ambitions.
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