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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
4
The entry lists Charles Diehl and Marrison Lb as editors and publishers with offices in New York and Chicago, including the 8. C. Beck with Special Agency affiliations at Tribune Building in both cities.
The San Antonio reports August total circulation of 572,878 copies. The evening edition shows a daily average of 18,471 copies and the Sunday edition 20,615 copies. After removing spoiled, unsold, returned, filed, samples, advertisers and exchanges, the paid daily average stands at 16,776 for the evening edition and 19,012 for the Sunday edition.
The Association of American Advertisers certifies the San Antonio Light circulation for nine months ending June 30, 1912. N. W. Ayer & Son of Philadelphia certifies the nine months ending January 31, 1912. Audits are regarded as authoritative and final by advertisers in America and Europe.
A reader, Mr. M. M. De Camp of Austin, criticizes The Lieut for unfairly targeting the colonel and Suspender Jack McGee over Roosevelt and Oscar Straus. The piece weighs Democratic and Republican faults, praises Cleveland era governance, and questions Roosevelt’s impact on republic order amid intra party tensions.
San Antonio residents note courtesy and efficiency in city departments, with improved treatment at city hall and in the garbage and police services. Streets, parks, and thoroughfares show early gains, signaling a shift from past neglect to more responsive governance under the new administration.
The writer warns Roosevelt would be a powerful executive whose terms and relationship with Congress are unclear. He argues Roosevelt’s leadership could resemble a political octopus with the center on himself, demanding definition from sensible men before public judgment.
The dispatch from the United States to Nicaragua is said to extend American suzerainty over revolutions in Latin America, a move described as likely to cause a profound sensation. The piece notes Mexico as the only large neighbor possibly requiring similar attention.
The piece argues Taft's Monroe Doctrine revision expands US guardianship over Latin American governments. It warns of increased US responsibility and potential backlash if Washington seeks to police Nicaragua and other nations, likening it to a schoolmaster role and noting risks of political blowback.
The International Cold Storage Association launches a subscription for Charles Tellier the frigorific process inventor now reduced to penury. Argentina grants 5000 dollars for his work and Uruguay sets aside 2000 dollars as tribute to the inventor who pioneered artificial cold for meat storage.
Hortense de Grammont, calloused and pale, resists love while her sister Amelie and Paul dHenriot pursue a forbidden match. Years pass as Hortense’s life drains, and a dying moment reveals a hidden child’s portrait in a locket, exposing a long buried secret. The note ends with a奇 line about a Russian government hunting ban.
P. S. McGeene y argues against Esteva’s call for US protections for Mexican peons. He asserts employment agencies exploit migrants, mocks Mexican governance, and claims the US should not extend favor while Mexico lacks fair laws. He cites abuses in Mexico City and urges domestic law enforcement over foreign entreaties.
The late Archbishop Stoner loved dogs and brought his Great Dane Beau to Rome. He accompanied the archbishop into the Vatican and into the private apartments of Pius IX and Leo XIII. The pontiffs grew fond of the dog and asked that he accompany his master on future visits.
At the Plaza, manager Tuoyd Spencer and assistant E C Millz overlooked a late laborer entering the theater. The man introduced himself as Pat Murphy causing a puzzled exchange as Mills joked in Spanish about the show being over. Murphy laughed and departed.
German statistics show marriages and births decline with deaths, while education and living standards rise. From 1875 to 1892-1902 birth rates fell from 42 to about 37 then below 32 per 1000, with marriages per 1000 dropping from 8.2 to under 8 and births per marriage down to 4. Death rates fall as living conditions improve, reducing birth rates and deaths alike. Education prompts stronger offspring training and opportunities, lowering population growth. Mother Nature would approve a decrease from laziness or selfishness, and humanity is wiser than medieval sociologists fixated on numbers.
A toy electric automobile for children is described with a one half horsepower motor and a maximum speed of four miles per hour.
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