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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
4
A brief AP wire report filed from San Antonio notes transmission of the exclusive day’s news. The item lists post office entry and the publication office address at 609-511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D.
A columnist rails at the National Hughes League in Texas urging voters to back Hughes for president while denying affiliation with the Republican Party. The piece questions the Alliance’s logic and accuses it of steering Democrats toward Hughes, critiquing its campaign tactics and rhetoric.
A Dayton city commissioner praises the city manager system as a move from aldermanic or Galveston plan governance. The change promises economy and efficiency across departments and expanded public duties, noting its relative novelty in the United States and cautious adoption by cities.
The Dayton city manager system centers responsibility on one leader, reduces factional politics, and improves service per tax dollar. Commission oversight and protection for the manager are key to success, with proof of value noted by a Dayton commissioner during a San Antonio presentation.
An American editorial argues voters must choose freely without party coercion or ethnic pressure. It criticizes Democratic leaders who urge a Wilson vote to counter German American support for Hughes and warns such tactics threaten liberty and civic rights. It condemns know nothingism and A P A style intolerance.
The speaker condemns those adopting a democracy aligned attitude as injuring the party and driving votes away from Woodrow Wilson. They call it shortsighted, intolerant, un-American, and the poorest brand of politics, a prolific loser of votes never seen before.
The article notes a record allied order for 200 000 long tons of electrolytic copper at about 28 cents a pound, to be shipped in early 1917, signaling higher prices and stronger dividends for copper stockholders. Domestic demand grows, Russia buys, and producers anticipate further price increases. holders are urged to keep their shares.
Bell County farmers announce returns from a carload of hogs shipped to the Fort Worth market under a cooperative marketing plan. The experiment was highly successful and producers earned the highest market price for their product. Fort Worth hog money is good times money all the time.
The Utica Observer notes that national elections focus on major issues while state politics in New York centers on a Panama-Pacific Exposition junket, amid memories of Lorimer and post office scandals.
The August export total reached 510 million dollars, the highest for any month in history. Through Texas ports, exports to Mexico were 1,118,650 dollars with mining machinery shipments nearing 150,000 dollars, signaling mining resumption and renewed western prosperity.
The Houston Post notes Texas bank deposits rise with prosperity and asks how residents will invest the money. The Beaumont Enterprise suggests locals spend locally on insurance, automobiles, implements, machinery, clothing, and goods, instead of sending cash to outsiders for dividends.
Henry Clews interviews outline concerns over the new eight hour act. Workers worry literal application may cancel favored posts held by older men. Law takes effect January 1 and Congress may revisit the issue in December. A British rail plan offers a wartime wage bonus as a possible compromise.
The Little Emma Bunting company plays Mary Ann in Israel Zangwill's story of love and pathos at the Grand Opera House in San Antonio. George E. Whitaker and Joel Fredkin support, with Bunting to appear the rest of the week plus Wednesday and Saturday matinees. Starting Sunday a new production of Within the Law will be shown, a first in stock.
Douglas Fairbanks stars in Manhattan Madness a melo dramatic farce on the Triangle program at the Majestic Theater final showings this afternoon and tonight. He portrays an eastern graduate who returns richer from the West and seeks relief from city life as friends bet on his dissipation. Also featured is The Jungle Child with Dorothy Dalton and Howard Hickman and Mack Swain in Vampire Ambrose at Keystone.
The Princess Theater inaugurates a feature and vaudeville program by Fox with Bertha Kalich in Slander. Five vaudeville acts impress, the venue touts new decoration and ventilation. Continuous shows run daily from 1 pm to 11 pm.
Ministers and laymen from the San Antonio Baptist Association gather at First Baptist Church for a three day conference starting Tuesday afternoon. Devotional services led by Rev. J. B. Pearce. talks by Dr. B. J. Porter Rev. W. H. Price and others on finances and mission work. Ladies Aid and Missionary societies also meet to support debt reduction and expansion of missionary activity. Encouraging reports expected.
The army Y M C A headquarters in San Antonio praised the University of Texas Y M C A for opening its building to troops during their stay in Austin. The UT facility provided stationery and letter paper, hosted thousands, and offered the swimming pool for soldiers. Dr. K. E. Vinson spoke to attendees as soldiers praised the guardsmen. H. W. Chaffee reported back from the McAllen district after the hike to Austin.
Fire completely destroyed the dwelling and store building of D. A. Cypher on East Fifth street with losses estimated between 7500 and 10000. The stock belonged to Charles Walsh. Distance from downtown reduced firefighting help, and the loss was only partially insured.
Seventeen police vacancies filled by Commissioner Uhr with council en bloc approval. Mayor Brown opposed but supported the men in the end. several appointees had prior special commissions, prompting debate on loyalty and fitness tests. Overdraft and golf club house issues also sparked clashes.
A North Shields girl writes Dr. Duvigne offering to donate one of her eyes to a French soldier blinded in service. She notes belief in cornea grafting and would prefer a highly valued recipient such as an inventor or officer, saying she would be grateful to serve her country.
In Austin on October 3, notes that the 500000 rural school fund for this fiscal year cannot be apportioned until state taxes are collected. State Superintendent W F Doughty explains the Board of Education will disburse funds around mid February after tax remittance peaks in December and January.
Judge Otto Rosalsky's relative reports Mayer Progradsky aged 85 in Suwalki Russian Poland has been sentenced by a Russian court martial to life exile in Siberia for selling grain to Germans and acting as a spy. The case reached New York through Herman Progrotisky, a cousin. Progradsky's family says his wife and others escaped, while his father was imprisoned.
Judge J. D. Moore of Austin and Commissioner Charles O. Austin meet over the Farmers and Mechanics State Bank of Teague. The bank's closure is linked to the killing of John S. Patterson, a late banking official.
Seguin to host the thirty second Saengerfest of the Gebirgs Saengerbund beginning October 9 with Se guiner Leiderkranz preparing and hundreds of guests expected for a two day meeting.
London reports a diplomatic crisis as Sweden and the entente clash over Baltic naval practice. Sweden warns submarines trespassing within three miles will be fired on with its neutrality defended. Stockholm defends its stance amid protests over mail seizures and the Deutschland voyage.
Dr. George J. Bird, Tu berculosis Colony superintendent at Carlsbad, Texas, says two new dormitories will be ready soon, adding eighty beds at a cost of $60,000. He plans a further request to the Thirty-fifth Legislature for more dormitories and funds for a public health education campaign to prevent tuberculosis.
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