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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
1
Maine voters chose a governor and multiple state and federal offices amid national issue campaigns. Party leaders brought top figures to Maine, while weather encouraged a large turnout and debates over progressive votes.
In Laredo Texas on September 11 the Maine National Guard detachment voting in the Maine election described a Civil War era franchise. Soldiers cast separate tickets for all 16 counties with distinct candidate lists and full address details. Ballots were sealed and sent to the Maine secretary of state.
Georgia Louisiana and South Carolina voters head to state primaries with incumbents seeking renomination in Georgia and Louisiana facing limited opposition while South Carolina requires secondary primaries since no governor candidate won a majority. In Georgia Hugh M Dor L G Hardeman and Joseph E Pottle seek renomination. W Meldrim and J W Overstreet in First district. Louisiana rivals include Amos L Pont and Sanders for L L Morgan seat. Lazaro backed by Ward and Barbe. In South Carolina Richard Manning and Cole L Blesse vie in the gubernatorial race amid a split field. Wyatt Aiken and F Dominick contest in another district final.
In New Orleans on September 11 the Democratic primaries are held in the sixth and seventh congressional districts to choose party nominees. In the sixth, former Governor J Y Sanders and Amos Ponder seek the seat of Representative Morgan who is not seeking renomination, with tense competition shaping the race.
In South Carolina Governor Manning and ex Governor Blease lead a runover primary for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with no majority in the five-cornered race. In Illinois and other states Democratic candidates face opposition or lack thereof as campaigns heat up in districts including the sixth. In South Carolina’s third district Representative Wyatt Aiken runs in the second primary against F H Dominick amid broader party contests.
The Beaver, en route from Portland to San Francisco, is racing to port with a fire in her after hold. A wireless message says the fire is under control and passengers are in no danger. The message came to the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company.
A board of Battle of Flowers Association and Order of the Alamo directors call a 11 o’clock Thursday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium to discuss 1917 Fiesta San Jacinto operations. Committees are finalizing features for next year and the Gran Quivera seeks to finalize the king’s division arrangements.
O W Hart official photographer of the guard plans to film nearly a hundred Kansas regiments as they visit San Antonio this week. He says the trip will show the officers in the city and back home will see them seeing it. The Chamber of Commerce will supply cars for the convoy. The shoot is planned for Wednesday or Thursday.
Chicago September 11 bakers and others in the baking trade were questioned by Charles F. Cline United States district attorney regarding a plan to raise bread prices from five to six cents a loaf A F McDonald president of the National Association of Master Bakers offered to voluntarily provide information to the government.
Unsettled conditions prevail as the forecast calls for variable skies and possible showers across San Antonio and surrounding areas tonight and into Tuesday. Winds remain light with cooler overnight temperatures and daytime highs easing.
The Light reports cool air moving through major cities with clear to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures range from 60s to low 70s and winds vary from north to southwest, with rain and increasing clouds forecast in several locales.
The United States will employ motor driven transportation to supply an army division on its march from Camp Wilson to Austin, marking the first such use since the Civil War. Five motor truck companies totaling 175 trucks will form divisional trains with supply and ammunition units, while sanitary and engineer trains remain horse and mule drawn. The San Antonio base at Fort Sam Houston will supply all but water, wood, and hay, with a daily ration system and a planned continuous motor truck cycle to maintain supply to 653 officers, 13,410 enlisted men, and 65,750 animals over an 83 mile route, requiring three motor truck companies for the longer segments.
New London Conn September 11 The American and Mexican joint commission resume talks on border policing plans. Luis Cabrera presided and General Bliss will provide on the ground insight as Secretary Lane hopes for a constructive action outline. Villa movement rumors remain unconfirmed by War Department officials.
Commissioner Uhr's injunction suit to test police force status of unconfirmed and special commission officers was reset to 10 o'clock Wednesday before Judge S. G. Tayloe. The case targets seven named defendants but could affect most patrolmen and payees if council confirmation is mandatory.
A delayed Turkish official report dated September 4 states that entente allied warships bombarded Alexandretta in Asiatic Turkey, destroying the American consulate with no casualties. Hostile warships shelled the town, and a Turkish coast battery fired on a transport and monitor off Smyrna, both withdrawing.
Warren K. Billings, accused of planting the July 22 parade bombing that killed ten, is to be tried today in San Francisco. Four co defendants await later trials. A mass meeting raised defense funds, organized by Robert Minor for the International Workers' Defense League, with over a hundred witnesses called.
Rome dispatch says Italy is compiling a blacklist of firms in neutral countries that are closely tied to enemy nations. The list targets companies with strong business relations to wartime adversaries.
Quebec reports the central span of the cantilever bridge collapse during raising, 3 to 25 deaths variably cited. Nine hours later 20 injured. rescue efforts continuous as authorities confirm several bodies recovered and witnesses include parliament members and international observers.
In Chicago on September 11 State's Attorney Hoyne ordered a broad search for insolvency after the recent private bank closings owned by Adolph Silver and Company and by John A Krzywoszewski. Krzywoszewski was arrested in Michigan last week and a manhunt continues for Max Silver, principal owner of the other failed bank.
Entente forces prepare attacks on Bulgaria from north and south in the Balkans with British advances crossing the Struma toward the Bulgarian frontier. Russian forces join pressure as Germans strike along the Somme but fail to regain lost ground near Ginchy Mouquet Farm and Pozieres.
Unconfirmed reports from Amsterdam and London say General Von Falkenhayn, former chief of the German imperial staff, will succeed Von Bethmann Hollweg as chancellor when the Reichstag meets again. The same reports mention a new German submarine campaign beginning October 1.
King Constantine has accepted the Entente’s demand to dissolve the Reservists League, with Athens under virtual martial law. Infantry and cavalry patrols, guarded legations, and 1500 marines were deployed as unrest from Saloniki subsides.
Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas City miners, says an ultimatum outlining miners demands will be presented at today's general conference with Southwest operators. He cautions favorable action is needed to prevent a general strike and notes no definite walkout time has been set, though a vote could be allowed if demanded.
Practically all miners in the Kansas field are idle as they await decisions from the interstate conference meeting in Kansas City. A mass meeting in Scammon yesterday with district board members John Fleming and John McGraw urging the men to stay out.
Sergeant Joseph Medill Patterson of Battery C First Illinois Field Artillery, a millionaire newspaper owner and author, declines a lieutenant commission after governor Dunne named him. He says his military knowledge is not sufficient for promotion and prefers continued training as an enlisted man.
A recruiting office for Mexican section hands opened in San Antonio by the Pennsylvania Railroad aims to move Mexican workers to Hillcrest Pennsylvania camps. W E Engel kraut and Y A Grisanti organized about one hundred Mexicans for transport, citing war shortages of European labor and seeking affordable, dependable workers. The Hillcrest site includes a constructed Mexican town with chili parlors, restaurants, and shops stocked for trainee laborers.
Snowing begins at Leadville with nearly one inch reported as Colorado sees early season cold. A light frost is forecast across Colorado Arizona and Utah tonight by the local weather bureau observer.
Petrograd today reports unchanged conditions along the Riga to Roumania front. Berlin cites renewed Russian attempts to seize Halicz but they were repelled. In the Trentino front Italy claims capture of a strong Austrian position in the Leno Valley and advances near Monte Pasubio. In Persia Russians claim victory over the Turks near Sak and occupation of Bana.
The Az Est newspaper in Budapest reports Bulgarians have seized most of Dobrudja, territory Bulgaria ceded to Romania after the Second Balkan War. The populace praises victories over Russians and Romanians amid the expansion.
Official report from Berlin announces that German and Bulgarian troops have captured Silistria on the Danube, about 60 miles southeast of Bucharest, as Romanian and Russian forces reportedly suffer heavy losses. No notable actions reported on the Macedonian front.
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