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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
3
The San Antonio Light and Gazette provide the exclusive AP day wire report from the newsroom. Highlights cover local events, politics, and business with national wire updates.
Paul Block Inc announces offices in New York at 250 Fifth Ave Chicago at Mallets Ride Boston at Boston Safe Deposit & Trust and Detroit with Kresge Bids inviting local bids from these locations for new projects.
The feud between Senator Sherman and Samuel Gompers widens as Sherman attacks Burleson and accuses Gompers of alliance with the convict vote. The dispute centers on labor issues and the Wilson re election, with Sherman’s motives and the exact links under scrutiny.
The president delivers a brief eloquent address to suffragettes in Atlantic City. He builds personal camaraderie without pledging concessions, assuring them the equal suffrage cause will triumph in time while maintaining state sovereignty over voting rights.
The article analyzes how President Wilson and candidate Hughes affect suffrage support among suffragettes. It notes both parties endorse the principle but avoid concrete pledges, and Hughes’s strong stance on a federal amendment complicates divided voter support amid Republican leaders’ distrust. The piece suggests eventual success for the cause in states.
An analysis contrasts a mega rich Fifth Avenue purchase at one million dollars with a Texas cottage life, noting a planned ten foot yard tennis court worth 350 000 dollars. It argues wealth, space, and happiness defy simple dollars and cents across regions and cultures.
A satirical take on Washington politics questions who seeks to influence legislation. The piece notes long standing suspicion of outsiders pressing Congress to act in certain ways as sessions began. It frames the issue with wit and a critical view of power.
The speaker mocks Congress for being cowed by lobbyists over the eight hour day and a proposed retaliation bill while noting lobbyists will always exist. He ridicules claims of being influenced by outside pressures and warns against overreaction to allegations about Secretary Lansing’s stance.
The Dallas Journal notes the child labor bill has been approved by President Wilson. The piece frames the act as a monument to memory of unprotected children harmed by an unsound economy and a milestone in civilization amid global conflict.
The Beaumont Enterprise reports that Italy declares war on Germany, placing Switzerland in a tighter geopolitical bind. Previously able to reach the sea via Italy, Switzerland now sits surrounded as nations at war encircle its borders. The mountainous republic already faced severe neutrality and economic challenges.
The Texas Industrial Congress president declares Texas is suited for stock raising. He forecasts hog and livestock prices will not fall again and land values will not decrease materially as meat demand grows. He urges farmers to enter stock raising now, noting a bale of cotton could fund a modest start.
The Springfield Republican reports the New York Tribune story on a Republican conference at the national headquarters. Eastern members urged highlighting hyphenated Americanism in the West while western members saw less need. The result suggests more hyphenated voters lessen concern for typhenism as undiluted Americanism is diluted.
Texas held two primaries to choose a United States senator. Colquitt led no majority in the first, then fell to Culberson by five to one in the decisive vote despite illness. Colquitt’s ties to German groups and his stance on the Kaiser era drew heavy criticism. The state rejected the hyphenated vote and backed Culberson amid debates on the president’s Mexican policy.
The Wheat Market Indicator notes a sharp break after Ro mania's declaration of war on Austra-Hungary may mislead about war duration. The rise signals potential release of a large Russian wheat stock in the Black Sea region for Western Europe, estimated at 400 to 500 million bushels, previously blocked by German-Turkish control.
The Galveston Tribune discusses Austin being named to succeed the late Patterson calling it an appointment based on efficiency while noting past support for Governor Ferguson. The piece praises Austin's fitness for the duties and argues for efficiency as the guiding criterion in civil service appointments.
In Paris a playful boy nicknamed Doudou entertains cafe patrons by singing for coins. He explains his earnings fund his brother August at Verdun, while his father struggles to balance indulgence with his child’s latest whim. The scene ends with Doudou insisting he earns his money himself.
A citizen from Grudgeton is described as a professional appearing arranger who was asked to enter a house to assist a brother-in-law having a fit. The speaker insists the helper is a veterinary curteons, but the request persists in a humorous exchange reported by the Kansas City Star.
Gulfport Mississippi begins site work for the Mississippi centennial exposition opening October 18 1917 and closing May 1 1918. Planned expenditures include one million dollars for grounds and buildings with state city county and federal contributions totaling at least 975000 for buildings and exhibits. The 100 acre tract will run along the Gulf of Mexico shore.
The Baby Carrier business grows as Japanese families in California birth over three thousand babies yearly. Carriers bring five to 15 infants per trip to Japan, placing them with grandparents across the empire. Masumi Yoshimi explains careful nurse oversight and ID cards to prevent mixups.
The Philippine Islands Anti-Tuberculosis Society proposes a model township in Balic-Balic Manila for tuberculous patients and their families. A sanatorium will anchor the settlement with an open air school for delicate children, aiming to integrate health care with living and schooling.
Baron Hatano announces the Philippine Islands are designated a cholera infected district affecting all arrivals to Tokyo via the Philippines. Palace entrance will be barred until disinfection. no quarantine by the government, though ships from Manila and the South Seas face quarantine in practice.
A new grain elevator built by the Imperial Bank will open in Samara soon. It will be the largest elevator in Russia and Europe with a capacity of over 2,000,000 bushels. Construction advances despite difficult conditions to expand grain storage in European Russia and Siberia.
Dr Rudolph M Anderson's seven member party in Seattle prepares to report to Ottawa on copper deposits near Prince Patrick Island and Great Bear Lake. They describe workable ore near water, potential new mammal and flower species, Eskimo trade shifts, and possible rail links to interior Canada.
John Fordon the Chicago millionaire yachtsman whose power schooner Great Bear was wrecked on a rock in the Bering Sea August 10 left for Seattle with Norris Bokum. He plans to build another boat next winter engage Captain Louise L Lane as commander and sail again into the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Austin firms dominate bidding for state printing amounting to about 225000 for two years. Awards await final bid analysis by State Expert Printer Richardson with first class, second class and fourth class contracts likely to go to Von Boeckmann Jones, A C Baldwin Sons and Forrest T Morgan & Company. Typewriter bids also opened from Oliver, Remington, Royal and Underwood representatives pending award.
Emma Bunting excels as Jerry in the Grand Opera House production seen in San Antonio, outperforming her Tess portrayal and drawing a strong, steady audience. Joel Freedkin's Briggs supports well as the company runs Jerry through next Monday before What Happened to Mary.
The $1750 goal for a Wesley House kindergarten at Colima and South Leona streets was started Tuesday by the City Mission Board of twelve Methodist churches. Two hundred church members work toward construction and a gymnasium later, with daily meetings at Travis Park Church and noon luncheons in the basement.
More than 5000 women are now employed in Vienna's municipal streetcar service, with 10 500 of 12 000 prewar male workers shifted to the rails. Service runs nearly 24 hours a day, carrying passengers coal and merchandise, while efforts to allow women to drive are pending Ministry approval.
Regimental parades at the lower post are suspended by General Funston to allow Camp Wilson regiments time to prepare for the divisional march to Austin. No parades will occur until after a major maneuver in early October. The dances were started weeks ago to train state troops and give San Antonio residents a view of the guardsmen.
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