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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
4
The San Antonio Light publication announces its exclusives from the Associated Press day report blending coverage from The San Antonio Light and The San Antonio Gazette under shared leased wire service.
An editorial links highway upgrades to national preparedness by noting motorized troop transport from Eagle Pass to Fort Sam Houston proves roads matter. It contrasts German and French mobilization via superb highways with US needs, then shifts to critique Texas election practices and gender-based suffrage progress.
A Chicago judge rules voters need not disclose ages in election registration, a decision praised as proof women can reform politics. The case, involving women voters and a related men’s issue, challenges election officials’ questions about age.
The article notes rising golf club counts near New York City and crowded municipal links. It argues private memberships are costly and scarce, while cities like San Antonio have built municipal courses to meet demand and attract tourists. It emphasizes waiting lists, crowded Saturdays, and the appeal to winter tourists.
The piece reports that Democrats claim Maine defeat signals a nationwide win, while Republicans argue Maine's result is not decisive, noting Woodrow Wilson carried Maine in the last national election. The discussion frames a broader electoral contest between parties.
The piece rebuts claims by Briand and Burian about Greece Roumania and Bulgaria. It argues allied actions were driven by military necessity, not Greece protection, and that central powers misread entry risks. It concludes that varied war rationales reveal a general pattern of self serving reasoning.
In a note from the Utica Observer the critic questions who would preach discontent during a period of record profits and rising wages. The piece suggests heightened prosperity nationwide and challenges doom-laden forecasts.
The Houston Post notes Congress faced 17800 bills in a session and Texas creates many laws as they move from one legislature to the governor, yet most efforts to pass laws end up wasted with little remedy in sight.
The Galveston Tribune reports Lloyd George publicly declares Britain will use trade secrets from neutral mail to aid England’s commercial aims. It notes international law limits belligerent interference with neutral mails, except for military supplies, and warns the new censorship concept could provoke stronger protest from the United States.
The fiscal year ending June 30 shows U.S. imports from Mexico at a value of 145,985,086 with exports 48,08,542, marking a record total trade of 145,985,086. Mexico shipped 19,000,000 in silver and 6,000,000 in gold to the United States in 1915-16. The Carranza government’s improving administrative capacity is noted as a hopeful sign.
An Anaconda Standard op-ed argues against labeling every rising political figure as the next Lincoln. The piece criticizes a Maine Republican meeting where Ohio Rep Ralph D. Cole dubbed Hughes the Lincoln of today and asserts Lincoln comparisons are unfounded for any candidate. It urges dropping the old habit across national and local campaigns.
The Empire presents Sessue Hayakawa today in The Honorable Friend a Lasky screen play by Elizabeth McGaffey and Eva Ansell. Hayakawa plays a young Japanese in America surrounded by Tsuri Aoki Raymond Hatton and Billy Elmer in a notable cast. A Frank Daniels comedy Mr Jack and His Dukeship will also be shown.
The Majestic theater bills seven acts including Webb and Burns Italian Minstrels delivering new material with their sharp comic style and versatile musical numbers. Mlle Alber tina Rasch leads a premier ballet divertissement from Vienna with an octet of Coryphees while Bernice Howard and Jack White star in The Gadabouts.
In Austin a master baker warns continued flour price hikes will force lighter bread. He notes higher wrapping paper costs add to expenses and says if flour climbs beyond 8.10 a barrel he will cut 3 for a dime loaves from ten to eight ounces and adjust 5 cent loaves from 14 to 12 ounces.
The U S Department of Justice halted the federal investigation in Chicago into the bread price release. A. Bruce Bielaski said the department does not wish an investigation at this time in a message to Hinton G. Clabaugh of the Chicago office.
In a Washington appeal, Commissioner Hatigan of New York City's weights and measures bureau asks the Federal Trade Commission for relief from rising flour and bread prices. He states Chicago wheat price fixers are mainly responsible for the situation.
Austin city officials will allow jitneys to operate for three days starting next Friday to serve about 15 000 soldiers from Fort Sam Houston. A nominal license will be required. no jitneys have operated here due to a heavy indemnity bond and insurers’ reluctance to issue bonds.
Pure Food Commissioner Hoffman plans to file complaints against eight Fort Worth milk dealers after chemists tested 15 samples from local vendors. The department received 25 more samples for analysis and will file charges in Fort Worth for alleged watered and slimmed milk violations of the pure food laws.
Mayor A P Wooldridge announced immediate steps to fix Austin water issues. The city commission asked General Hutchings to purify filtering trenches and prevent sewage seepage. State Health Officer Collins declined further comment, trusting authorities will provide safe water.
Apache scouts attached to the American Punitive Expedition staged a ghost dance for General Pershing at field headquarters near Chinatown. The spectacle lasted about an hour with 14 musicians and five elaborately dressed dancers, highlighted by lightning from Pajorita mountain. The purpose and chants remain a mystery, explained only as a matter of personal significance by Captain Shannon.
New York unions vote on backing the street car strike with longshoremen boatmen and coal barge workers likely to join. Machinists vote to strike at munition plants to protest subway and streetcar finances. Police report 8,000 coal barge men quitting and one death with thirty four injured in recent elevated and surface line accidents.
The Railroad Commission approves the contract between Katy and San Antonio Terminal Railway for Katy terminals in San Antonio. The proposed improvements cost about 1 million dollars. W A Webb of Katy visited Austin before the approval.
Government funds allow 91 civilian clerks to be hired for divisions of National Guard troops on border duty. Applications go to Colonel Omar Bundy, Southern Department adjutant, with salaries from 1000 to 1200 dollars annually. Seventy, four clerks at 1000, twenty seven at 1200. Applicants should be stenographers or highly proficient with typewriters.
The Fifth Annual South Texas Fair in Yoakum runs October 4 to 7 with J. M. Haller as president and G. H. Harris as secretary and general manager. Lectures on seed selection crop handling and stock breeding will highlight the event alongside stock, agriculture, horticulture and beekeeping exhibits, baby show, popularity contests and a 20 act midway entertainment.
J. H. Balmer, a 32 year resident of Africa, says the eugenics solution among Zulus is a club. He explains that a baby born below the Zulu standard is given a gentle wallop over the head, followed by a funeral.
Major Cedric Charles Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, was killed in France in action on Monday. He served in the British forces and died during combat.
The San Antonio council approved a 100 dollar annual license for billboard firms replacing a 2 cent per square foot tax, with a 165 thousand dollar bond. pledges to limit residential boards and possible repeal if terms breached. Gallagher departs as Heye named successor after bond clearance. Adjournment honors Leroy G. Denman.
Texas squadron of cavalry on border patrol near Candelaria in the Big Bend region routed a band of cattle smugglers after about seventy five shots were exchanged. No Americans were harmed. The bandits fled into Mexico across the Rio Grande. the size of the party was not disclosed.
Dunn-Finney Dry Goods Company of Commerce receives charter with $10,000 capital. Incorporators are A G Dunn Valma Finney and R H Finney. J W Webb Lumber Company of San Marcos authorized with $10,000 capital. incorporators J W Webb C W Webb and James R DeLay. Boston Gulf Oil Corporation gains Texas permit with $90,000 capital, headquarters in Beaumont. Certificate of dissolution filed for Sebastian Realty Sebastian.
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