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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement proclaims Vitalitas as a non alcoholic drugless remedy for indigestion biliousness rheumatism nervous debility and liver and kidney issues. It claims widespread use with shipping nationwide and urges readers to buy from druggists.
Personal mentions show Mr and Mrs Thomas Rice and child of Port Arthur lodging at the Gunter. Houston's Tom L Turner is at the St Anthony. Brownsville’s J B Rogers is a guest at the Menger. Several others from Dallas Fort Worth and New Orleans are registered at the St Anthony the Gunter or the Menger. Uncle Is Still There joke closed with a quip about an uncle.
The Nineteenth Infantry Band will give a concert Thursday at 8 PM on the lower post at Fort Sam Houston. Oscar Biermann arranged a program including The American Colors March and Songs of Scotland amid other works. Once the Twelfth division returns from Austin, the Nineteenth and Thirty-seventh Infantry bands will resume Monday and Thursday night concerts.
A public screening of Purity draws praise from Mrs. Graham policewoman captains and commissioners. Sculptors call it artistic and educational, with Miss Munson lauded for her nude scenes as part of the art. Adolph Weinman and many San Antonio residents endorse the screenplay as exceptional.
Rev. Mercer Green Johnston son of Bishop Johnston quits his post at old Trinity Episcopal Newark to move to Baltimore with millionaire patron William Cochran. He accuses Newark bishop Edwin Lines of colluding with the church vestry, calls parish dead and compares it to Lazarus stinking, vowing to pursue a program of industrial democracy with twelve to fifteen allied clergymen.
Troops of the Twelfth provisional division under Brigadier General Henry A Greene left Hun ter and camp for the night at the Blanco river 53.6 miles from Camp Wilson on the march to Austin. This marks the first time the full unit moves together in a single column. Earlier a reinforced brigade under Brigadier General L T Richardson operated separately on a different route. From the Blanco river the division must travel 31.5 miles to reach Camp Mabry in Austin.
March schedule spans to Saturday September 23 with three days in camp for recuperation. Motor trucks carry 174 soldiers from Camp Wilson to Blanco river camp after falling out early in the march. Those readmitted will finish the hike under guard and face possible court martial for absence without leave while fit for service per department medicals.
British forces near Arras report progress in trench fighting as the war press notes a Greek ultimatum to Germany. An official British army statement confirms 200 yards of German trenches captured south of Arras amid continued advanced positions.
Sofia reports Italian troops on the Macedonian front driven back by Bulgarian forces that occupy four villages. In Eastern Roumania along the Constanza to Tzernavoda axis a great battle proceeds, with Bulgarian forces described as gaining the advantage.
Paris reports German attacks last night on French positions at hill 76 north of the Somme. The war office announced German footholds at advanced points were gained briefly but then ejected. A Kansas City man patented a tooth cleaning implement mentioned in the same dispatch.
A San Antonio citizen Leslie Edwards reports relief from two months of kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He cites back pain and urinary discomfort and notes a permanent cure after trying the remedy familiar from his family. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
Obituary notices report the death of ten year old Hilda Fischer at 404 Devine Street with funeral services to be led by Rev. A. L. Wolff at St. John's Lutheran Church and burial in the Lutheran cemetery. Also noted is the death of Mrs. C. H. Jenkins in Atlantic City after heart trouble. funeral arrangements involve Charlee Fichtner representing the San Antonio Rotary Club in Louisville.
D. C. Kemper aged about 77 died at 5 35 oclock Tuesday afternoon in a San Antonio sanitarium. He was a farmer and a Kentucky native who came to San Antonio from Lufkin about a year ago. The body is held by the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company awaiting word from Lufkin.
Mrs Mary E Elgin aged 94 died at 8 am Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Bettie E Gilmer 1021 South Hackberry street She was a Tennessee native who moved to Texas over seventy years ago living in Washington County Austin and Waco before coming to San Antonio a year ago She is survived by her son Captain John E Elgin and daughter Mrs Bettie F E Gilmer both of San Antonio and two grandsons James E Gilmer San Antonio and John Elgin Gilmer Philadelphia Pa The body will be sent to Austin Thursday morning by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Funeral in Austin Thursday at 2 pm.
Tuesday night two men were seriously injured near the I N G passenger depot and loaded to City Hospital. Mariano Lam ez of 932 Seal Street was beaten and later found near West Houston and Medina streets. W H Bryan of 1606 West Commerce Street was shot through the hip at West Commerce Street and the I N G tracks. no arrests or identifications were made.
San Antonio Traction Company reduced running time by seven and a half minutes on the Alamo Heights to West End line. Morning and evening services run every seven and a half minutes while late morning and early afternoon keep the old fifteen minute cadence. The faster schedule comes after laying double track along most of the five mile stretch. Vice-President Tuttle calls it an experiment aimed at speeding city routes and trimming terminal-to-terminal times.
The body of Dr. Enrique Nunez Cuban minister of sanitation who died in New York was transferred from a special train to the Cuban gunboat Patria in Key West with ceremonies. United States troops marines state naval militia and local officials and citizens participated as the procession moved from the train to the naval station and the Patria sailed at 8 a m.
Candido Aguilar, Mexico's foreign minister, telegraphed Consul General Beltran that no Gonzales or any envoy has been authorized to go to New York to negotiate a loan. A El Paso dispatch two days earlier claimed Gonzales was the accredited agent of the Mexican government.
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