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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
6
Two bands of automobile bandits roamed the South West Side of Chicago early today, holding up six saloons within an hour. Patrick J. Fleming, a South Side saloon keeper, was shot and seriously wounded. The bandits then robbed the chauffeur of the hired car.
Albany October 4 court decision affirms Christian Scientists may treat persons afflicted with disease without violating criminal or medical practice statutes. The ruling underscores religious liberty in medical choice and may affect subsequent prosecutions.
The Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a principle of state law on obtaining a license to practice medicine. Believers in the Christian Science faith win what is described as the most important victory in the state's history. Practitioners must follow Christian Science tenets when treating bodily ailments, with conformity to church tenets the sole qualification. The case was initiated by the New York County Medical Society in 1911.
Edwin Earl of Los Angeles and attorney Shirley Ward completed a deal transferring 42 000 acres of grazing land twelve miles south of Miesse in Deming New Mexico. The California syndicate that owned the land two years prior sold it to the Los Angeles buyers.
An unnamed corporal in an Eastern Ontario battalion in France single handedly charged and defeated a German party of about twenty two, killing or wounding all but one and taking a survivor prisoner. He killed two officers and sixteen men, bayoneted one officer, and remained in the trench wounded in two places until reinforcements arrived.
Dr. Robert A. Lambert of Presbyterian Hospital reports a method to keep removed human tissue alive and growing by using a culture medium enriched with small amounts of fowl or pig plasma. He says tissue has propagated in vitro for several months and could be sustained indefinitely.
The Texas Attorney General's Department ruled that resolutions by the Texas Laundrymen's Association on compensation for personal service and labor are not barred by state antitrust laws. The opinion notes anti-trust laws do not prohibit combinations affecting personal services unless they curb legally authorized business.
Colin M. Selph postmaster of St. Louis reports to Western Democratic headquarters that Missouri will vote for Wilson and Marshall and the Democratic ticket by 30 000 to 40 000 plurality in November.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast solution for gas, heartburn, and indigestion. A fifty cent case supposedly relieves stomach discomfort within five minutes, prevents sour breath, and keeps the family free from indigestion for months.
Paris dispatch notes Le Temps condemning Mexico under Carranza for “Mexican anarchy” and confiscation decrees that threaten $600,000,000 in French investments. The paper criticizes French policy aligning with Wilson and questions future safeguards for French interests amid contested U S actions.
The steamer Chang Sha departed Apia with 2381 Chinese laborers, the first transport out of Western Samoa under British orders. Another ship is reported to follow by December, as British firms expand to replace German interests once held in the territory.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed E. C. Cozart of Bexar County who received a two year penitentiary term for burglary tied to the theft of seventy five chickens from Mr. Threlkeld’s chicken house on September 29 1915. The court found no reversible error in the trial court’s charge.
For the second straight day the prohibition campaign special moved through Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa. It left Omaha early today for Fremont Norfolk Elk Point Sioux Falls and Hawarden as part of a cross state tour.
A mother told Judge Frank J. Lehr she fears her juvenile court sentencee son at the Marion county workhouse is not getting enough food. Lehr calls the superintendent who confirms the son works as a cook and is said to have eaten too much today.
Funeral services for United States Senator James P Clarke were held yesterday at his modest Little Rock home. The Methodist minister Rev Forney Hutchinson conducted the service, reflecting the senator's long-time membership in the First Methodist Church South. The ceremony was marked by its unexpected simplicity.
Only five out of state lawmakers reached Little Rock for the funeral. Senators Vardaman from Mississippi and Ransdell from Louisiana joined Saulsbury of Delaware, and Representatives Rayburn of Texas and Collier of Mississippi attended.
The U S House declines to confirm Le Chen Tsiang as foreign minister over monarchial ties. Premier Tam Chi Jui appeals without success. A list of hooved assets and a $10 reward per animal is announced for recovery at Fort Sam Houston Depot Quar ees Texas.
ST. LOUIS Mo Oct 4 Today and Thursday are the annual Good Roads Days in Missouri with hundreds of farmers and business men expected to work on country roads Governor Major inaugurated the program four years ago and its observance continues to promote road improvements across the state
Two fatalities and about sixty injuries were reported after two street cars fell thirty feet from West Third Street via duct to B&O rails. Investigations continued as testimony divided on whether a collision caused the bridge collapse.
Fire at Louis Stephens residence in North Waco forces Stephens to jump from a window to avoid burning injuries. Damages and further details not reported in available copy.
A fire swept a residence after a person rescued a domestic from the location. The flames destroyed the house and furnishings, with an estimated loss around $4000, a portion of which is insured.
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