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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1916
Page
21
In Kansas City negotiations, Justice officials and railroad attorneys tentatively agree not to enforce Adamson Act provisions until Supreme Court rules on constitutionality. The agreement, effective January 1, with prosecutions halted, restricts new suits and actions attacking the law while appeals proceed.
In Kansas City the railroads and government lawyers tentatively agree on a test case for the Adamson eight hour law. They sent the proposal to Attorney General Gregory and await his action. Judge Pollock may delay the Santa Fe injunction until the agreement is acted upon.
London dispatch reports Greek allied forces in Athens refuse to evacuate Katerina as demanded by entente authorities General Sar 1 warns the Athens government he will use force unless a mediation evacuation order is issued before entente troops proceed.
Washington Nov 24 The Federal Trade Commission fixed December 12 for a public hearing on the newsprint paper situation inviting manufacturers jobbers news publishers and others to appear. The inquiry is expected to probe charges of price fixing and conspiracies among manufacturers with lines of inquiry to be announced. Officials of the American Newspaper Publishers Association helped set the date after urging higher prices. Paper makers say high costs stem from material scarcity. Investigators prepared to present months of data at the hearing.
A protocol for the withdrawal of American troops in Mexico and for border patrols was signed by the Mexican American joint commission. Alberto J. Pani will carry proposals to Carranza in Mexico. Pani departs for New York then Mexico. Secretary Lane and other American reps may return home. Cabrera and Bonillas stay in the United States.
Cold air mass moves south from the Northwest bringing frost risk Friday night. Temperatures range from 38 in Fort Worth and Del Rio to chilling depths in Sheridan Wyoming, while Amarillo posts 80 and Abilene 82 as the cold front intensifies.
Patrons face higher costs as dairy and egg prices push up all drinks containing milk or eggs from five to ten cents. Milk chocolate now ten cents, plain malted milks up to 15 cents, egg malted milks 20 cents, with some downtown fountains delaying the change until Monday. Ice cream prices also rise though demand is light.
Athens dispatch says all nurses aboard the Britannic were saved as far as known. The drowned were stokers and engineers in the ship’s engine rooms. Delayed London report notes no further details yet.
Tonight fair and colder with freezing temperatures. Saturday remains fair with continued cold conditions.
Weather report for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Temperatures range from 22 to 60 with clear and cloudy conditions and NW W winds. Cold spell with possible snow in New York and Washington regions.
Petrograd reports M. Trepoff appointed premier as the Duma and government reach a practical agreement ending a political crisis. The cabinet reshuffle follows Premier Sturmer's retirement and signals Liberal gains over the bureaucratic regime, with a full disclosure of terms expected in days.
Alexander Trepoff, Russia’s minister of railways, has been named premier, Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports. The retiring premier was M. ...
A bandit entered McDowell's jewelry store in Arkansas City, Kan., before noon and robbed the sole clerk of diamonds valued at $10,000 after locking the clerk in the vault.
The census bureau estimates Texas will have 4,472,494 people on January 1, 1917. The figure reflects increases of 42,928 since July 1 and 5,856 since January 1, 1916, with growth since the 1910 census totaling 695,952.
London reports the British hospital ship Braemar Castle, 6280 tons gross, en route from Saloni ki to Malta with wounded, was mined or torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. All on board were saved. In other notes, the Greek steamer Barbara, torpedoed by a German submarine, reached St Johns after sixteen days at sea.
The American Federation of Labor urged Congress to launch a prompt rigid investigation into the holding of foodstuffs and coal to raise prices. It called for a federal commission including labor representatives to study the high cost of living and urged embargo actions on exports where allowed by trade agreements. The federation also pressed the Department of Justice to use federal grand juries to probe conspiracies for extortionate prices in the printing industry.
The Chicago health department diet squad serves leftover beef croquettes labeled as beef and rice to fight rising costs. Dr. John Dill Robertson admits the dish is from Wednesday purchases as twelve members gain weight. Milwaukee reports four young men plan to live on 40 cents daily for two weeks.
On Friday morning the scene of Need and Sympathy drew many passersby on the Houston street bridge. A blind man played a mournful tune on a violin while a drunk man leaned on the railing and cried, his sobs adding to the unusual street tableau.
A former Glerk confessed to fatally attacking Judge Lawler after a struggle for life. The court case details include motive and sequence of events surrounding the assault.
David Overton former Madison County Court clerk testified in Huntsville that he killed Judge W T Lawler on Whitesburg bridge in self defense after Lawler attacked him with a knife. He described a brutal struggle in which he struck Lawler with a gun and later shot him. He denied disposing of the body and said he hid blood stained clothing in the mountains. He recounted reporting the killing to Sheriff Phillips and seeking medical treatment in Chattanooga.
Delegates representing 32,000 members in the United States and Canada gathered in Baltimore for the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae second biennial convention. Cardinal Gibbons gave the invocation and spoke briefly as sessions begin with talks on dress reform drama and modern literature.
Athens dispatch reports a detachment of French marines occupying a station on the Peloponnesus railroad. Peloponnesus is the southern mainland peninsula formerly called Te Morea.
Two New York National Guard members Dan Dresser and Harvey Edwards rode from McAllen to Albany on a motorcycle with dispatches for Governor Whitman. They expect to reach Albany next Thursday after covering about 3000 miles, swapping shifts so one sleeps in the service car while the other steers.
The Baptist General Convention in Waco voted to form a Sabbath Observance Commission with fifteen members from each denomination. It backed opposition to Sunday amusements including baseball and films. The executive board may allocate 100000 from Baylor funds, and a drive to raise 1000000 for Christian education in four years was approved.
Secretary Joseph C. Crew of the U S embassy held a one hour talk with Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg about Belgian labor conscription. He presented informal suggestions to ease compulsory Belgian labor service. The Spanish ambassador also discussed the matter with the chancellor.
Alexander Weiss of the Designers' Association of Women's Clothes unveiled radical changes at the biennial convention here. Skirts and dresses will rise to shoe tops and show hosiery, replacing flaring skirts with straight lines. Spring models cost 15 to 20 percent more due to dyestuff scarcity yarn prices and cloth usage.
Military headquarters at Juarez says Villa’s forces were driven from their positions outside Chihuahua City in a noon briefing. Carranza officers confirm the de facto government’s victory after renewed attacks, with Gonzales reporting ongoing contact with Chihuahua City and brief morning conferences.
Reported actions show General Trevino wounded yet directing Carranza troops from field HQ while Villa fighters press into Chihuahua City. Casualty tallies indicate about 100 Carranza and 400 Villa dead, with ongoing clashes around Cerro Santa Rosa and Alberta station.
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