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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
2
The Cuero Commercial Club drops the annual fall Turkey Trot due to late season timing and other conventions. Club plans a bigger event next season and will begin preparations early.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker told life underwriters in St. Louis that World War I appears to be the last. He urged a league of nations to prevent future wars and said the army desires peace while pledging defense if needed. Raymond Robbins followed with calls to meet new social conditions and American leaders urged vigilance in world affairs.
Washington D C Sept 21 Conferences of federal agents probing a blackmail syndicate continued at the Department of Justice. The department plans a prosecution against alleged blackmailers of Mrs Regina S Klipper of Philadelphia in federal court in New York City. Defendants likely to be removed to New York for trial within a month.
The House of Representatives passed the referendum bill on conscription in a 47 to 11 vote on third reading. In London, a new Man Power Distribution Board aims to recruit more men by selecting from exempt occupations, chaired by J Austen Chamberlain with Viscount Midleton and labor MPs on the committee. The Daily Mail counts 1,250,000 fit men not serving in the UK.
T F Hutchinson of Little Rock says ten to twelve years of kidney trouble left him hopeless until Foley Kidney Pills relieved his aches. After using five boxes he reports being a well man and notes the medicine does not disturb bladder disorders backed by advertisement claims.
Mrs. P. D. Kizer of Harleyville South Carolina shares a two month old infant suffered severe facial eczema and sleepless nights before Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the rash in about a month. The advertisement touts Cuticura products as pure and globally sold.
Water in Austin is being sterilized with hypochlorite of lime after Dr. Malcolm Graham reported bacteria in domestic supply. Walter L. Ayres announced the change as pumping from the main station began and the diffuser will be added at the auxiliary station. St. G. Tyler from the University will assist city authorities.
The Life Extension Institute Inc. released How to Live, prepared by its Hygiene Reference Board. The State Health Department approved the text as suitable for use in Texas schools this coming scholastic year. Endorsements came from Surgeon General W C Gorgas, Dr. Robert Blue, and the American Medical Association president.
Not a single violation of the compulsory education law has been reported among Corpus Christi and Nueces county students since the new school year began. Attendance officers closely enforce the law requiring children eight to fourteen to attend at least three months yearly, with reasonable exceptions.
A Commerce Department report credits three large ship purchases by Pacific Main Steamship Co with steadier American presence in trans Pacific trade. It notes war cut world shipping from 380000 to 280000 gross tons and cites Pacific Mail adding 17100 tons to American freight capacity.
DeWitt county officials expect approval of a bond election for a modern county jail. Petitions signed across the county support the plan. The election will be held with the November polls to save costs, and additional jail grounds have been arranged.
The body of Private Arthur Frazie, 21, of Company L, Second Virginia regiment, who died after an operation at the military hospital in Brownsville was sent to his home in Stonegap, Virginia.
Hipolito Villa, brother and top financial agent of Francisco Villa, was released from federal custody after an old state indictment accusing him of plotting to dynamite a Carranza troop train was dropped. He had been held on deportation charges, but officials cited lack of evidence as the reason for his release.
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