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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1916
Page
4
The San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette operate as an exclusive AP day wire service. The combination serves as the morning news distribution for San Antonio readers.
The article critiques Josephus Daniels for advocating world disarmament arguing that nations cannot be trusted to keep promises. It cites Belgium’s violation of neutrality by Germany and Britain’s repeated breaches of neutral rights to show pledged disarmament cannot be relied upon. It concludes that talk without relevance to real generations harms future Earth and its inhabitants.
The piece mocks General Carranza's announced Mexican commission, claiming a speaker of rhetoric Alberto Pani would outshine U S negotiators. It forecasts swift, favorable results for Mexico and ridicules reliance on eloquence over American input.
The piece contrasts Senor Pani’s reputed eloquence with the Mexican constitutionalists' fact heavy approach at New London. It argues that American officials should have learned about Mexico’s conditions gradually over six years to avoid a flood of facts and misunderstandings.
An editorial critique of American policy toward Native peoples, arguing that uplift schemes mask ongoing dispossession. It notes Osage wealth, per capita figures, and recent lease income, then mocks ceremonies signaling supposed citizenship and assimilation.
The passage contrasts Native American behavior with white norms, noting property valued at $20,000 and an annual income of $1,000. It suggests the Red Man should worry about adopting white society’s methods given he has “nothing to do until tomorrow.”
An essay-like note reports a joke about odorless onions replacing berries in Epicurean favor. It cites the Vegetable Growers Association of America meeting in Chicago where plans to abolish or alter onion odor were announced, with no timeline given and advice to wait for fuller proof of success.
The piece notes crops are down in the United States this year and imports are used to compete with Europe. It adds a sharp warning about price gouging by sellers who blame it on the war.
Conditions across Texas show full sixty days of selling for staple farm goods. Cattle and hogs move at a steady market while a fine pecan crop is ready to gather. New barns, smokehouses, and automobiles appear as schools reopen and roads gain mileage across the state.
The census bureau estimates from 25 states covering 67 million people show a death rate of 13.5 per thousand for last year, down from 13.6 in 1914 and 16.2 in 1901-05. Infants paralyzed by polio and plant accidents may raise 1916 death figures.
A Chicago News editorial argues that while blackmailers are morally low and deserve punishment, they thrive only when decent citizens fail to maintain honorable reputations. It contends society would harmlessly curb vice if people upheld honesty and refused to enable extortion.
The United States will hold a dominant role in global finance and commerce even if the war ends soon. A French writer notes prewar payments abroad and compares to wartime gains, citing huge increases in foreign trade and substantial loans, with the dollar challenging the English pound’s overseas prominence.
A New York Journal editorial compares Texas to Germany and praises American production and potential. It argues Germany could lose millions yet continue war and the United States could, with efficient government, support 2000 million people in comfort and freedom.
Amalgamated Association officers began distributing a 55000 strike benefit to street car workers on strike since September 6. Brewery workers who quit to support the call returned to work, but organizers claim about 100000 workers are still on strike. Car crews are returning to their posts at about fifteen daily as replacements fill in. Cars operated on Lower Broadway last night.
P. J. H. Farrell of the Army and Navy Club of Chicago visited Brackenridge Park with his son in the Illinois National Guard. He praised San Antonio as offering one of the nation's great winter golf attractions and predicted many golfers would come from Chicago and New York.
Attorney General Looney traveled to Atlanta to seek a modification of a railroad injunction against the state and railroad commission. Judge Pardee advised no action without his two United States Circuit Court associates, with a possible renewal of efforts in Montgomery in October.
New York reports J P Morgan, financial agent of the British government in the United States, booked on the steamship New York to sail for London. He aims to float a 250 million dollar British loan backed by American securities as Henry Davison had already travelled to England. Bankers say bond demand is historically high. Walter Hines Page and Mrs Page are also aboard.
San Antonio divers of all ages will compete in a diving contest at the Majestic Theatre Saturday night. Manager Ed Raymond features a large glass tank used by Odiva for swimming acts. Prizes include silver cups, and judges will be the audience. Odiva will not compete.
Rawnit Conway age 12 son of J F L Conway county jail keeper died this morning from injuries after falling from the courthouse clock tower and being impaled on a steel fence. The accident occurred last Saturday near San Angelo Texas.
James J. Drakeford, a Springfield district Illinois revenue agent, is appointed internal revenue agent for the entire state of Texas and will be transferred to San Antonio.
Long Branch New Jersey September report says President Wilson demands no disloyal Americans vote for him and rejects pro British charges. He sends a terse reply to Jeremiah A. O Leary while outlining campaign stance and will defend policy on issues without personal clashes with Charles E Hughes.
Henry Morgenthau, treasurer of the national campaign committee, says a fund of 1.5 million dollars is needed to run the Democratic national campaign. New York is expected to contribute about one third, roughly 500 thousand dollars, exceeding 1912 spending by about 400 thousand. Printing costs are three times higher than in 1912 due to pricier paper, and contributions to date are 65 percent higher than the same point in 1912, with several donors giving ten thousand dollars or more.
vaudeville bill at Interstate Playhouse features The Water Queen with trained Pacific sea lions and sensational diving and endurance feats. Lillian Kingsbury appears as an added star with The Coward playlet, supported by Lightner Sisters and Alexander, Hayden Stewart, Mullen Rogers, and Lamb's Manikins in a seven act lineup.
Admirers will see Miss Bunting as Mary Ann in Israel Zangwill's Merely Mary Ann next week starting with a Sunday matinee. The piece highlights Marys innocence and charm as the actress grows in the role. Tonight marks the final showing of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with Miss Bunting and her company.
The Fox feature Fighting Blood with William Farnum leads the bill, featuring a dramatic fight scene between Farnum the parson and the town bully. The film stands out from ordinary features and delivers solid value. Five vaudeville acts, especially The Sorority Girls, provide strong singing, dancing and comedy. A complete change of both vaudeville and pictures will be offered tomorrow.
Louise Lovely stars in Bobbie of the Ballet a Bluebird photoplay at the Pearl Theater on Saturday. The story draws on real conditions from New York tenements uncovered by Mrs Jeremiah Stimson founder of the Orphans Adoption Society. The film shows poverty and dejection highlighted by the society work.
A. D. Jackson of Crystal City traveled to San Antonio to meet with the Manufacturers' Club and Retail Merchants' Association officers. He aims to start a San Antonio district for a statewide Reclamation Association to back flood control and levee building across ten river valleys. The movement began in Waco under the Brazos River and Valley Improvement Association led by W. W. Seley. Jackson, a Crystal City newspaper editor for eight years, will return to push the effort in the coming week or ten days.
Francisco Tanarez, a recent arrival from Mexico, was targeted by a Mexican thief armed with a dagger during a Saturday morning robbery attempt tied to a currency themed ad display. Officers Brown and Berger, alerted by a cooperating Mexican, restrained the attacker, seized the weapon, and jailed him for the night awaiting county transfer.
Premier Tisza told the Hungarian chamber that continuous bad weather disrupted crop calculations and grain will be scarce to meet normal consumption. He assured that available food would still save the population from want.
The War Department today received dispatches from General Funston naming two more national guard regiments to be returned home. The First Regiment of New York Field Artillery and the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment of Infantry will be withdrawn from the Mexican border region.
Fifty five San Antonio merchants and bakers met at the Retail Merchants Association hall to back a nationwide push for a federal investigation of rising prices on wheat, flour, corn and other staples. Secretary Adolph Grasso announced pledged help from commercial groups as Texas leaders promise coordinated action to curb food cost increases.
A Mexican, 17, arrested by Policemen Tindel and Froboese after entering 825 South Medina Street to steal a pair of trousers. Theft by breaking and entering classified as burglary. law holds entering the dwelling makes it a felony, though theft itself is a misdemeanor. The youth is turned over to county authorities on burglary and theft charges.
London reports the daylight saving period ends today with clocks set one hour ahead. Greenwich time to be restored at 3 o clock tomorrow. The experiment, begun last spring under an act of Parliament, is deemed largely successful though a committee will study its future use.
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