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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
4
Exclusive AP wire day report from the publication office at Travis Street lists news items and briefs transmitted from the field. The text notes the address for the office and confirms leased wire service status without providing specific events or names.
A listing shows Paul Block, Inc. operating offices in New York at 250 Fifth Avenue Chicago at Masters Building Boston at Boston Safe Deposit Trust and Detroit at Kresge Building across major U S cities.
The San Antonio Light reports daily average circulation of 24 178 copies and Sunday edition 28 422. Net paid averages are 22 618 daily and 25 853 Sunday. Audit Bureau of Circulation certification is cited as authoritative and advertisers are guaranteed 50 percent more paid direct circulation in San Antonio than any other paper.
The shortage of white paper pins newspapers in the United States France and Spain as prices soar and many papers shrink or cease publication. Mills warn raw materials are below needed levels. rags once plentiful have been discarded for dollars and pennies. The crisis raises costs for books and periodicals and tests national economy.
A growing number of city managers serve towns using a modified commission plan. Managers run departments, prepare budgets, and govern with removal at Commissioners’ will, keeping public scrutiny high as they set tenure and accountability in smaller municipalities.
The article argues that trained city managers can improve efficiency and cut costs, with savings around twenty percent in some cases. It notes the growing adoption of professional management, university courses in Texas and Michigan, and predicts wider use in larger cities beyond the spoils system.
Editorial condemns US military leadership for failing to equip volunteer aviators and troops, noting 100,000 border troops underdressed and armed, and predicting slow future readiness. Warns the nation could be prey to smaller powers if trends continue and airships continue to arrive.
The mayor and commissioners shift from opposing to affirming the police department, claiming it legal only when it serves their ends, revealing a pattern of lawfulness influenced by political advantage as a council meeting exposes long known conditions of lawlessness.
The mayor and commissioner tout alleged wholesale traffic violations to indict police chief Uhr while withholding cooperation. They claim daily arrests would curb curbside lawlessness, but their theatrics threaten to undermine enforcement and city order.
The government rice orders for soldiers rose 60 percent since the Southern Rice Association began teaching soldiers to eat rice. The Houston Post credits its campaign for the rise and urges reach to the 2,000,000 Texans who do not eat rice. With a home market, Texas can expand production.
The United States will manufacture its own drug supply due to the German embargo. President William C. Alpers of the American Pharmaceutical Association says costs will fall and quality will match foreign products. Quinine in Houston costs $1.75 an ounce now, down from prewar 40 cents, easing malaria sufferers.
A YMCA head who toured European prison camps reports at least five million prisoners held by nations. Germany has the most, but all are crowded. He notes prison life can be grim yet not as brutal as trench warfare with shells and gas.
Ensign Green reports from Arctic waters that Crocker Land does not exist and Peary's claim is unsupported. Observations were made twenty miles farther from Greenland than Peary’s position and nothing was seen, making the polar land unlikely to appear on maps. The mystery of the frozen north continues until a definitive photograph with an American flag confirms the pole.
World staff correspondent Louis Seibold surveys Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Washington Oregon Illinois California Idaho Montana and other states. He projects Hughes 44 electoral votes and Wilson 50, with Montana leaning to Wilson and Idaho uncertain.
The Kansas City high school girls may wear uniforms if the school board plan proceeds. The reform mirrors private schools and aims to foster democracy, curb extravagance and envy, and promote modesty by lengthening dresses.
Illinois greets the First and Second regiments of infantry returning from border service with a record of duty well performed and enhanced training. The state reflects on their departure, the uncertainties of their journey, and pride in the sons who would shed their blood to defend the nation's rights.
A wartime tale follows Clara and her husband aboard a breakwater and later in France. He clings to a pink shell as a symbol of love and fate, while she faces separation and loss as he is gravely wounded and dies seeking the same shell. The story ends with a reflection on memory and what remains.
In a light exchange the speaker proposes mint as a handy justification for purchasing or bringing home items. The dialogue centers on a clever pause and a sauce idea that frames mint as a socially useful pretext.
Charles E. Hughes toured Indiana addressing Monon Lafayette Delphi Logansport Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne Decatur Portland Winchester and Richmond speeches. He urged firm protection of American rights at land and sea and attacked the shipping bill Underwood tariff and anti trust law while praising Republican foresight. He urged extending workers compensation to all interstate workers and criticized child labor limits. He spoke to six audiences before ending the day in Richmond.
Lieutenant Colonel Earl Feversham, 37, Oxford graduate and large landowner, was killed September 15 while commanding the Twenty first Battalion of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Former MP and assistant private secretary to the lord of the admiralty, he married Lady Marjorie Greville and leaves two sons and a daughter.
In London on September 21, Premier Knudsen of Norway said Norway and Sweden will never fight each other, citing a secret August 1914 agreement as a guarantee. He denied any Denmark Norway military pact exists.
Briga dier General Granger Adams announces Camp Deming will become the fourth separate brigade. Col Edwin F. Glenn of the 18th Infantry, now at Douglas Arizona, is ordered to report at Deming to succeed Adams who retires automatically September 26.
A woman sought linen in a shop and asked the floor walker for directions. He replied Walk this way. She retorted that even if he gave her all the linen for free she could not walk that way.
Review lauds Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz in Ma'mselle Caprice as exquisite and masterful with artful music, setting, and performance. Al Shayne the Hebrew impersonator earns loud applause for humor. Elsie Williams and Company deliver the playful Who Was to Blame with married audience appeal. Breen Family toe dancing closes a varied, mostly entertaining bill.
Emma Bunting stars in What Happened to Mary at the Grand Opera House this week as tiny Mary and a one legged sea captain find happiness after a dramatic near crush. The audience endures a throbbing throat moment before the joyous ending as Miss Bunting and company perform Friday night and Saturday matinee and night with seats on sale for next week’s Eugene Walter play The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
Adolph Weinman, famed sculptor of Descending Night, praised the Purity screening at the Princess noting Miss Munson’s exceptional quality. He called the film artistic and among the most unusual screen plays he has seen, praising her classic poses inspired by works from Herbert, Leighton, Marguerite, Gainsborough and Falero.
William J. Bryan former secretary of state started a second day tour in Rock Springs Wyoming in support of President Wilson and the Democratic ticket He spoke last night appealing for Wilsons re election saying the president kept the United States out of war with Europe and Mexico
Hogan the Elder, in a small market town, struggles with a telephone to arrange hay straw and oats for the horses. The dealer replies that the order is for the horses, prompting a rueful exchange about the old man "doing his bit" and helping in wartime.
Americans gave an estimated 28.896 million dollars to sixty principal war relief societies. Belgium relief totals reach 10.269 million with France and England also funded. the German Red Cross received 2.75 million. The American Jewish relief committee leads with four million, and overall gifts amount to about one twentieth of the allies’ six hundred million spent on war munitions.
The reorganized Business Woman's Club of the YWCA will meet Thursday to discuss plans and welcome Miss Marion Bleim, foreign secretary for the club, who will oversee association work in Buenos Aires. The evening includes committee reports, a membership plan, a reception, a recitation by Dorothy Matthews, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Hannah W. Cluck.
A street car motorman Robert Donohue was robbed at 5 30 AM by a young white man near the Jones and Erie intersection. The attacker demanded the watch and money, taking two dollars in change before Donohue alerted police. He described the suspect as in a gray suit with a light felt hat.
In Danville Illinois on September 21 1923 Harper Daniels a wealthy retired merchant is blamed for wrecking a Chicago and Eastern Illinois train that killed Daniels and injured engineer Charles Everhart. Everhart’s widow sues Daniels estate for 5000 dollars while William Jackson receiver sues the executrix of Daniels will for 10000 dollars.
The narrator recalls a tale of rats aboard the Mary Ann. A wily rat outsmarted hunters by leaping onto a seagull, killing it, and using its wing as a makeshift boat oaring to shore. The scene blends rough seafaring bravado with dark humor.
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