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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
7
The French army asks for more volunteers from the American volunteer ambulance corps. Commander Richard Norton reports Eliot Norton will screen applicants. The unit has served in France since the war’s start and has been praised in general orders for devotion to duty and aiding a French army division.
The description calls for volunteers to work with wounded with kindness and no complaint. They should have good temper, be able to work with men of all kinds, drive a motor, and converse in some French. The corps already includes mainly American college graduates aged 25 to 50.
A wire from the I G N representative at Laredo reports the Constitutionalists will run sleeping cars on both trains between Laredo and Mexico City north and south bound with I G N through sleeper service to the City of Mexico. This marks the first through sleeper through Laredo in a year, replacing the former U P through Eagle Pass. The move aims to boost passenger travel between the United States and Mexico by offering direct connections and a shorter trip.
The American ambassador James W. Gerard has been instructed to assume protection of Roumanian interests if Germany agrees. The move is considered likely.
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Edward Fallon of Danville while driving toward Benton met a full grown black bear that trotted ahead along the road for about 100 yards before veering into the woods. Within a week four bears, three sizable, have been spotted in the vicinity.
Merchants and households in San Antonio rush to stock up as talks of a strike loom. Wholesalers report delayed shipments and limited sugar and lard supplies while grocers work long hours to meet orders. Officials say rail crews may pivot to army assistance if trains halt and troop movements loom.
A hot day leaves a sleepy class unable to focus until the history mistress asks why the great man was buried in Westminster Abbey. A student finally speaks, answering simply that he was dead.
Plans for the public schools opening on September 18 are nearly complete. Teachers report September 13 for meetings at Main Avenue High School, with monthly sessions to follow. Leila M. Cobb will supervise primary grades and arrives from Edinboro to join San Antonio staff. Superintendent Meek leads the institute for grades four to seven.
San Antonio book dealers warn of possible school book shortages at opening of the school due to white paper scarcity and high prices. Publishers fixed prices and cut output, but promise to ship more if needed. out of state orders have not arrived and railroad delays could worsen the supply.
A letter addressed to The Secretary, Cotton Exchange, San Antonio arrived in San Antonio from Liverpool on August 15 at 6:45 p.m. The missive carried a circular urging Britons to subscribe to war loans and proved San Antonio’s global recognition.
The civil service commission announces 200 new permanent positions in the departmental service. Special civil service exams for stenographer and typist for men are set for September 12 and 26 in San Antonio and other offices in the tenth district covering Louisiana and Texas. Entrance salaries range from 900 to 1000 dollars per year. Additional fall exams include assistant examiner at the patent office, cook and baker, ordnance department draftsman, grain exchange practice specialists, junior fuels chemist, aeronautical draftsman, and junior engineer in mining with dates from September 13 to October 12.
Washington Sept 1 The slide in the Panama Canal yesterday was a local movement not tied to last year's closures. War Department reports from Governor Goethals say the obstruction along the Cucaracha channel congested for 200 feet and impeded traffic, delaying ships about two days to clear the obstruction.
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