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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
4
A brief archival note lists the publication office at Nos. 609 511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D in San Antonio. The paper notes its second class mail status and historic founding date.
The article discusses the removal of General Von Falkenhayn as chief of the general staff after a policy dispute with Kaiser Wilhelm II and Marshal Von Hindenburg. It notes Falkenhayn advocated shortening lines and withdrawing ground, while Hindenburg opposed him, raising questions about future German war strategy and which leader will prevail.
The statement argues that judging by an outsider with scant knowledge is inappropriate. It asserts that decisions should be based on fuller understanding and internal deliberation rather than external scrutiny.
In a detailed reflection on the just adjourned Congress a vast total near two billion dollars is framed as prudent wartime preparation. The piece contrasts republican and democratic stances, notes the rise in armaments and global military demands, and defends the expenditure as essential insurance against future disaster. It also includes a dubious Texas geography anecdote about Mr Weston’s Nogales to El Paso travel scenario.
A Saturday Evening Post piece by George Weston follows a Connecticut militia unit that travels toward Nogales, Arizona, via rail cars and misroutes across Texas. The tale humorously traces geography mishaps from Chicago to Fort Worth and onward toward the Mexican border, highlighting bemused commentary on Western travel and misdirection.
The article notes press censorship gaps as Bulgaria and Germany clash over a Roumanian fort. Berlin claims 20 000 Romanian prisoners while Sofia reports 700, highlighting a 19 300 discrepancy. No Russian or Roumanian office has confirmed the capture, leaving readers to await a clearer history of the conflict.
In this day the tendency favors a strong central government and reduced state power. The change would treat states as provinces, echoing Rome's empire. The public should discuss changes openly, not by stealth, as a matter of right to alter government character.
The United States paid 7 200 000 in 1867 for Alaska and now enjoys profits from the purchase. Yearly dividends exceed 900 percent and growth continues. In the fiscal year ending June, copper receipts reach 26 500 000, canned salmon 18 000 000, gold 16 000 000, silver nearly 1 000 000, with fur products lifting total to about 67 000 000. Gold and silver values rise, copper gains from 700 000 eleven years ago to 34 600 000 in 1912.
A Memphis News-Scimitar dispatch notes the European war has become a scolding exchange between central powers and allies. Each side refutes the other’s statements as false while boasting of truthfulness, eroding neutral trust in both camps.
A Cleveland politician argues for compulsory disenfranchisement of nonvoting primaries and grants wives voting rights as a provocative measure. He laments the average worker lacks time to study candidates and notes some men, and perhaps their wives, may not vote with knowledge.
A Swiss German narrator recalls aboard a ship the tense instant when a fellow passenger Fritz hides a bomb in the smoking room. Miss Bowden warns, the man hesitates, and Fritz finally discards the device by throwing it into the sea before leaping to his death. The narrator contemplates confession and mercy.
In Washington D C on September 11 Colonels L W T Waller John A Jejeune Eli K Cole and Charles A Doyen were the most mentioned candidates for brigadier general under the new naval bill Marine officers eligible for the higher rank were noted for the promotions tied to Haiti commands and marine barracks service.
Austin may continue Patterson’s push to rewrite Texas insurance laws including repealing the valued policy and co insurance acts. The new commissioner signals a possible shift on reciprocals or inter insurance associations which currently operate without licenses while applications await department review.
Captain Hugo Wamp and seven crew members of the Gulf Fisheries schooner Aloha arrived in Galveston aboard the Topila from Tampico. The vessel battled a weekend storm, ran ashore off the Mexican coast to save lives, and was total loss with no fatalities. Rainfall reached nine inches at Tampico and beachhouses were washed away.
San Antonians attended open air field services of the First Wisconsin infantry at Camp Wilson. Chaplain Gustav Stearny delivered a 15 minute sermon as the regimental band accompanied civilians and soldiers, including soloists Mrs. R. B. Lowe and Sergeant Ernest Hawke. The audience sang America before the benediction.
The special army hospital train from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, arrived in Hot Springs on September 11 carrying 151 sick guardsmen and regulars from the Mexican border. Among them were two convalescing soldiers from General Pershing's Mexican expedition. Captain Howard H. Bailey led the train, which will depart for Fort Sam Houston today.
Washington Sept 11 Postmaster General Burleson released a letter to Senator Sherman of Illinois denying vile impressions from a Senate statement. He says he owned part of a Texas plantation leased by the state and that the foreman acquitted of a death charge was a state employee and later appointed postmaster with the congressman’s acceptance. The letter directs Sherman to Texas senators for more on the postmaster’s character.
Judge William Poindexter of Cleburne says Democratic reports from the West show Wilson strengthening while Hughes loses ground. He cites strong support in California and several Western states, claims Texas will deliver a 300000 vote margin for Wilson, and notes GOP disarray in the national committee.
General Brussiloff tells Daily Chronicle correspondent at the Russian front that the war may end by August next. He says Austro-Hungarian forces cannot hold much longer against advancing foes and notes Roumania's intervention as a pivotal development.
Dr. Hoesch of the Reichstag warns in Der Tag that fat will be exceedingly scarce next winter. He notes imports are low, milk supplies uncertain, fodder limited, and small dairies hard to regulate. The Imperial Fat Office steps in to control fat production and deliveries to ensure government ownership and dairy contributions.
The wife of General Townsend, who surrendered at Kut, has arrived in Constantinople on a visit to her husband. The World says permission was granted after Kut's surrender. She can tell him criticisms of the campaign and tributes to himself. Life in Constantinople remains quiet amid executions and Turkey's harsh justice.
Sharks raid the coast of Japan echoing danger seen on the U S east coast. Bathers are warned to stay alert as a Japanese girl off Hyogo Wasate was attacked, his leg grasped and flesh torn before the creature vanished. She was rescued and expected to recover.
The Norwegian steamer Lindborg en route from London to Rotterdam was sunk by a submarine after copper was stripped from her by the crew. The Lindborg crew has landed, per the Alger Handelsblad.
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