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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
6
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A Chicago police officer named Michael Kane, an enthusiastic hobby ichthyologist, trains a carp to live out of water. He walks the carp in Jackson Park, but a cord breaks and the fish drowns, leaving Kane insisting the lesson proves his theory.
Commissioner Patterson proposes amending the Texas bank guaranty law to allow preemptive assessments on stockholders of shaky banks to prevent failures. The author argues earlier intervention could avert collapses like West Texas Bank & Trust, calling such banks consumptive and urging preventive measures by the banking commissioner.
The commissioner of banking could assess stockholders before a bank fails to save the institution. If the bank stays open, stockholders may recover losses through assessments and preserve public confidence, accounts, and prestige. If recovery fails, the guaranty law applies.
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina urges a larger navy and denounces local pork barrelling in Congress. He chairs the naval affairs committee and warns that rivers and harbors projects drain national resources. He calls for a veto of the rivers and harbors bill if passed.
Henry Ford and the colonel publicly clash over preparedness policy. The colonel visited Henry’s hometown to give an address, and Ford agreed to meet but repeatedly postponed citing headaches, busyness, or being unavoidably detained.
The piece compares Henry and a colonel, praising the colonel as an extraordinary, sui generis figure with virile public presence. It argues Henry’s mild criticism won’t burden the colonel, warning that a fight would contradict pacifism while noting a Ford trucks clash analogy.
After observing motorists in San Antonio, the report concludes some drivers place speed above safety, risking pedestrians and other road users. The scene highlights ongoing concerns about traffic discipline and the need for enforcement or awareness campaigns.
Critics claim the great preparedness parade in New York was manufactured by a deranged mind with 150,000 men celebrating a single idea against their will, denying any force used to compel participation.
Dr. A. J. Barton of the Texas Anti Saloon League argues recent liquor statistics cited by Associated Press papers come from a monopoly source. He asks whether prohibitionists misunderstand that Uncle Sam keeps official books.
Fort Worth Record blames Mexican bandits for repeated raids across the Rio Grande. It calls for hunting down and exterminating the invaders, denouncing them as savages and a menace to peaceable citizens on the American side.
A Chicago doctor’s accidental skin dusting technique powders skin from a patient onto a wound, acting like grass roots spreading to cover ground. If proven durable, it may eliminate the need for painful skin graft transfers.
The Birmingham Ledger argues that if major parties pursue war rhetoric they would mobilize young men under the flag, leaving no room for a peace party. It notes Henry Ford's money favors peace but shields him from backing a party, suggesting he supports peace outside politics.
The Waco Tribune argues railroads deserve fair treatment as Texas recovers from World War I and expects renewed investment. It notes long delays in railroad investment, urges that roads and public interests are linked, and calls for Texas to gain 10,000 miles of railway with a fair-minded policy.
The Houston Post argues thrift should be taught early through school savings banks to build lifelong value. It suggests child thrift improves with habit, noting Northern centers’ apparent thrift may reflect immigrant or foreign-born parentage, while natives in the South tend toward improvidence.
Gustave returns from the front to find his wedding feast without guests or food. Germaine awaits in bridal dress as the family drinks to France's fortunes. The groom, hungry, eats the wedding dinner alone from his own haversack, while guests look on.
Houston Post reports Governor Ferguson challenged by a telegram to President Wilson. Postmaster Armistead proposed a deal Wilson usually rejects, prompting a counterproposal from Ferguson. Texas Democrats unite behind Wilson, questioning Washington’s alleged secret trade and leadership over 600,000 Texas Democrats.
The season features fashion sets combining hats and shoulder capes or neckpieces, often in taffeta. Notable details include brown chip straw hats with pleated taffeta bands, satin rosettes, and ostrich neckpieces. The styles range from simple to dressy, paired with tailored or semi-tailored outfits for smart street wear.
The piece argues that endorsing national prohibition would fracture northern Democrats and harm President Wilson’s re election bid. It condemns a factional push tied to Tom Love and a secret deal alleged by Postmaster Armistead, urging a states rights stance on prohibition and cautioning against betrayals that could damage Love’s image.
The Mineral Wells Index notes a recent Fatherland issue unleashing a sharp anti-Wilson tirade. It questions legality of its mail circulation while defending free speech and press in a controversial exchange. Nearby Glasgow reports a suburb built with electric heating cooking lighting and cleaning.
A tested recipe explains a two part cake with plain batter and a fruit filled portion. It instructs mixing butter sugar flour milk eggs cream of tartar soda raisins citron spice and extra flour, baking, layering with a milk sugar butter filling, and finishing with icing coconut and cherries.
In Lorraine a pair of twins Jeannet and Jeannot serve together and face death in battle. A Bavarian patrol kills one, the other dies soon after, both wounded in identical fashion. Their secret love for Mathilde, the village teacher’s daughter, remains unspoken and mourned by all.
An Austin Statesman summary notes a study in a Dutch university city showing high tobacco use among schoolboys. Among 2360 boys in better schools 64 percent smoked with 23 percent regular and 42 percent spasmodic use. In people’s schools 74 percent smoked, 36 percent regularly.
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