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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
4
The piece discusses British armored motor cars in WWI, capable of crossing trenches and aiding infantry, with machine guns and heavy guns. It argues the United States must adopt similar innovations to stay abreast of other armies, noting endless wartime equipment developments.
The Houston Foundation director reports experiments suggesting laziness may reflect an underlying physical fault rather than a moral failing. The work, though academic in tone, aims to translate findings into practical understanding of extreme indolence amid active environments.
The article calls October 9 as fire prevention day and urges nationwide observance through clearing premises, safeguarding explosives, cleaning flues, and taking precautions for winter. It cites annual fire losses of about 500 million dollars and argues stricter liability on careless owners may cut fires and costs.
The free employment agency tested twelve chronic applicants and found all had defects such as malaria hookworm feeble mindedness cancer and other treatable issues. Four responded to treatment and returned to work boosting confidence while three remained hopeless two feeble minded and one cancer patient. The piece argues for applying scientific methods to charity and social uplift and criticizes theory without practice in American life.
A Kansas City district judge faces mercy versus punishment as eight young men seek leniency in court. The piece contrasts Shakespearean mercy with modern judicial process and hints at tough sentencing in the face of youthful missteps.
Eight young men were barred from all games of chance for life after a Kansas City judge issued an injunction rather than punish them with jail. The ruling, likened to Shakespearean mercy, imposes a permanent restraint on betting and gambling, condemning the men to a “sure-thing” life with no chance of paying fines or appealing.
A large army parade is planned from Camp Wilson in San Antonio to Camp Mabry in Austin as a major practice stunt. Motorists are urged to avoid roads used by the marching units. Open air choruses emerge in Texas cities with Austin leading, Amarillo and Abilene planning similar groups. Wichita Falls urged to join.
In a Denison Herald editorial the writer blasts Texas constitution fee provisions for public officials as antithetical to morals and good government. The piece argues two failures by recent legislatures: emasculating the fee bill and redistricting the state, blaming political finesse for the neglect of reform.
The American Medical Association reports a marked drop in Fourth of July injuries with the move to safe and sane celebrations. In 1916 there were no tetanus cases and no gunpowder blindness reported nationwide, with only 30 deaths versus 466 in 1908 the first year with complete figures, according to the Galveston Tribune.
The piece mocks the 1916 campaign as Lincoln worship, noting forged quotations and theatrical uses of Lincoln’s name. It questions Roosevelt’s role and cites the Williamsport Index warning trespassers. Indiana’s J Frank Hanly is paralleled to Lincoln, with birth in a log cabin framed as prophetic.
The Navy Department states no location open to naval attack will be considered for the armor plate mill funded by the recent appropriation. Public opinion favors not building the mill anywhere, arguing it would distort national defense resources. Administration choices inland show some foresight despite Congress' poor planning.
Corporal Smithson of the Twent y fifth Rutlands loses Captain Jenkinson's five pound note in a crowded bar while on leave. Private Judd retrieves the note from the dispatch case during a swift, quiet search, and they preserve their train plans.
In a rushed moment a group hurries from a house to a London station. An inspector boards a departing train and collects tickets. Corporal Smithson produces a five pound note from pocket and another from breast. he misremembers leaving only one note, while Private Judd remarks on others' luck.
In New York Sept 19 the Progressive party saw a contest for the gubernatorial nomination between Governor Whitman and Samuel Seabury with 20 000 expected voters from among 46 000 enrolled. Seabury sought the Democratic nomination and both candidates appeared for the Independence League ballot. Robert Bacon and William Calder also competed for the Republican U S Senate nomination.
New York reported Colonel Henry O. Seixas 70 who died by suicide in 1911 left an estate in New York Louisiana and Alabama valued at more than 200000. The tax report says he was not a member of the Hocking Pool and rejects many claims by pool investors.
The First Missouri Infantry will be mustered out of federal service September 25 and return to St. Louis that night. The Third Missouri Infantry will be mustered out the next day and likely entrain for Kansas City. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Miller, senior mustering officer, announced the plan.
Emma Bunting and her company perform What Happened to Mary at the Grand Opera House this week in a four act stage adaptation from Owen Davis tales. The production features G Emmett Whitaker Albert Wees Joel Freedkin Eva Sargent and Margaret Ryan in strong supporting roles. Next week they stage The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with Miss Bunting leading the way.
The Wolf Woman stars Louise Glaum in a gripping vampire drama shown at the Majestic with strong reviews from Edward Raymond of the Interstate. The program also features The Captive God with William B Hart and The Waiters Ball among Keystone comedies as the new vaudeville bill opens.
The Mutual Film Corporation presented Purity, a seven part American Mutual special, featuring Audrey Munson, to leading American artists who praised the sculpture and feminine form. Invited guests included prominent figures in art as the projection room audience viewed the piece.
The list includes sculptors and contributors such as Méon William L L Dodge Piccirilli Brothers Sherry Fry Adolph Wein man Daniel Chester French Henry Hering Scarpitta and Albert Jaegers, suggesting a collaborative memorial or statue program with prominent artistic figures.
A drive by the Bexar County Highway League aims to tarvia seventeen miles of the post road in Bexar county. The group plans action before the county commissioners this week with an estimated cost near $30,000 and seeks federal aid rather than a bond issue. Comal Guadalupe and Hays counties share the project as they traverse the post road.
A dam break at Weissendesse in the Bohemian valley unleashed a flood 80 meters long and twenty meters deep, washing away glass factories and affecting Deszendorf Tiefenbach Tannwald Schumburg Schwarow Grosshammer Haratz. Ten bodies recovered and identified.
San Antonio assembly 786 Knights of Columbus elected officers for the year at a Monday meeting. Thomas Hart and F A Caldwell become officers, with M B Buckley and HH Spengler as and F P re elected, plus J H Spengler as faithful comptroller and M F Garvey as inner sentinel, W B Singleton as outer sentinel. A committee was named to arrange a fourth degree exemplification in Galveston on October 15. Deputy Supreme Knight A Carmody will address members at the Wednesday meeting.
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