San Antonio Light (Newspaper) - March 4, 1918, San Antonio, Texas SAN LIGHT CITY EDITION r P.M. CLOSING MARKETS VOL. 48. SAN MARCH 4, FIVE TO INTERVENTION IN MAIM CAfflED COMPLETE PLANS OF Map Showing Location of Every chine Gun Emplacement and Other Details Found on Body of Teuton Captain STIFF DEFENSE UPSETS PROGRAM Stretcher Bearers Display Marked Valor in cuing Cool ing Battle and Heavy Shelling By tAe Associated WITH THE AMERICAN L plan of including a map of. the can potions every removed from the body of the Prussian captain who led the assault tipon the sector northwest of shows how completely the Germans prepare their in this was but a not having as its ultimate object the retention of a portion of the The map goes into such details as to show every machine gun every trench and every depression in the ground within the American At the bottom there is simply a line labeled front Along this line are five shaded each marked There has been extraordinary ar- tillery activity today along the American on front GO w f Empanels Grand Jury and Charges It to Probe All GUESSAZ IS FOREMAN Special District Attorney Questions Anderson's Right to attack was re- The apparently an- gered by his is trying to ish the American troops with the deluge of shells but not much age has been Two thousand shells of all calibers wore counted along the front from noon day until noon today while many more ten-inch projectiles battered positions behind tho American German Dead American infantry and engineers who had been cleaning up the scene of the fight Friday found sonic ies Among them was a geon of the reserve corps and a stretcher bearer who was killed when a shell hit a first aid Another German prisoner had been captured in front of the can wire Ho had lain there wounded for many hours before tho him and shouted Ho refused and a patrol went out and brought him in. One of the German ers taken during the fight has since Among the Germans dead who have been buried were the ant and captain leading the The latter was taken from the Amer lean wire On his bod was found tho complete plans of th Gas shells were dropped into on town back of American line earl this morning but only a few cases o poisoning arouni here so Some of the Americans missini have been Four rehearsals were held for attack and the troops who made i were especially picked from new ar rivals of fresh troops the sector They were told that the were in front After the artillery had nearly lev the tho mans started but from their nests each of contained 40 Infant one lieutenant threi pioneers to precede the infantry am five to follow it. The two groups on the American extreme right wen around this flank and the group on the extreme left carried out a similar movement Upset The two groups in the center had planned to attack but the defense changed all the plan a. When they were met by the heavy gun fire from the American lines they SAW it would be impossible to gain a changed their direction and followed the other groups around The duty of preceding the infantry was to up any wire had been broken by the while the pioneers who followed carried large quantities of Explosives for the purpose of ing up the Official reports of lho tion of the prisoners taken the Americana show that all of them did not believe Germany would win the One of the men told the officers ho D resumed that the like the did want to fight but nnd The cers quickly changed the viewpoint by Informing him that all of the troops in the attacked tions were prisoner whose home it in nUd he tbe but he hoped He knew nothing about the Americans that they were in tho the newspapers not printing much upon the he and being slow In reaching the front lines because of mall This prisoner said he was con- that tho recent In Germany were caused by a desire for adding that all Germany wanted tho war to He was tain that an offensive was but did not believe it would be launched before April 1. None of the had any German they them added they were glad to have been taken especially by the because they they would be well The accounts showed that the sector opposite the position is eral Wounded Praise The correspondent talked with a American wounded in their hospital Every one of them was anxious to tell of some deed of heroism or other performed by his great modesty his own One youth whoso home is near and who looked to be not more than IS years told this was in the front lino when it seemed like every shell in the world started coming our Where the Germans got them is mote than I I never believed that so many One burst near where I piece hit a fellow on the other side of me who came from The corporal picked him up in his arms and started with him for a first-aid in the midst of a perfect shower of dirt and inud which was being kicked I don't know whether he ever got there or that time I got into a chine gun with an- other whose home is in leaving my rifle Things got so hot we decided to try to get to a steel shelter at the end of a but a few feet away a shell exploded A formal protest against Judge W. S. empanelling the grand jury for the March terra of the District Court was read in open court and filed Monday morning by Thomas H. assistant district Judge reply was ad- dressed to members of the grand jury he turned to and and be This was then and the charge of the ing the jurors to investigate all ner of with in- struction to overlook matters to tho sale of liquor to gambling and other forms of was Oscar as Judge Anderson has Just been retired as colonel in the may be to be thus questions In which the army has a particular in- foreman of new hope your honor docs not mean to imply that I am an authority on Colonel a position which Judge Anderson promptly Personnel of The personnel vol: the jury as empanelled is as car vey L. Karl Don Paul E. B. Frank Nathan Horace Fred C. Groos and Frank Ball of men summoned for grand jury service had assembled in tho seventh District Court rooni at 10 o'clock were instructed to lake their places In the Jury It was at this point that Mr. cial assistant district ad- dressed the saying he wished to enter a protest to the empanelling of this grand jury by Judge This protest was based on the allegation that on February 19 Judge Anderson had accepted what ported to be a commission as deputy sheriff and had taken the which Mr. Franklin vacated the office previously that of judge of the Thirty-seventh District This contention SAN Major General W. commanding the allowed oh the tion in his of one of the most remarkable ever put forth by an officer of States It dealt with the so-called vice situation in San It contained statements that flatly contradicted official utterances of the War Department at It was opposed in all essentials of fact to the sworn report of the Bexar County grand jury ad- on Saturday last after making an exhaustive in- of the conditions General Ruckman attempted to Besides containing assertions reflecting upon the moral character of the soldiers of the United States it was filled with unsupported aspersions of of the city of San It declared that the city and whose energetic work has made San An- tonio had never acted in good said that the visits of leading citizens of San Antonio to the Wav De- at Washington out of and not estly because had never intended to clean The details of. statement can be discussed at another In his article constituted a gross interference on the part of a military officer in the civic affairs and political issues of a state and a libel city's integrity and a of its 3 of San through its Chamber of Commerce and through Its city officials who have been should at once apply to tjie War Department for the removal of General A man with his most remarkable and unusual ideas regarding the proper activities of a military can serve his country ter in a less responsible If San Antonio does definitely resent this most unwarranted interference in her civil she will be Untrue This city has fully met the demands made by the superior officers of General When the War Department says that the work of San Antonio has been well San Antonio should not tolerate a sub- such statements as those made General most on him And killed I step- ped out and saw that Lmy rifle had been blown to left me so I started in another hoping to find a a because 1 knew the Germans would bo around About the time a piece of shell hit me on the left side and I went A sergeant yelled an order for me to to a first aid Stretcher Baiters was just the In the rear of two stretcher who were bent over to it flying pieces Of shells when a shell plumped down on top of the exploded and wiped ft A piece of rock hit me In the When I up stretch or bearers had hauling me over the hell sure got to hand it to those nen with lho lied Cross on They all worked don in hat hell out to but one id do their duty nothing tor upon that provision of the state constitution prohibiting a man holding two offices of emolument at the same In the lengthy brief presented Mr. Franklin insisted that ns the sheriff has the power to appoint deputy sheriffs the appointment of Judge Anderson as deputy could not be he raised a grave question as to whether Judge Anderson either was a. do facto or a de jure If neither the special assistant district attorney the empanelling of the grand jury be the sible indictments returned would be illegal and the arrest of any person under such Indictments not only il- legal hut might subject the grand jurors to possible If Judge should be found still to exercise authority as a de facto judge Mr. Franklin that the possible calamity he out- lined would not Believes He Is Judge DC Franklin then read excerpts from a number of opinions handed down by the several courts which he offered in support of his He expressed the belief less of these and the set Judge Anderson re -is as the de facto of the seventh District at least until successor is In elusion he one can regret than I that such a condition has but it is one no matter how dis- tasteful it may he to should be made the basis of Jt is only duty and I cannot be guilty of CAR DRIVER KIDNAPED San Antonio Compelled to Drive to March Otton of San Antonio walked into Laredo today and notified military authorities that four had hired him to drive them from Fort Sam Houston at San liad taken his clothing and put him out of the cor ton miles from The men who were from tho Sixth were captured en route to tho Rio trying to escape nto Mexico and turned o o the military HUGE ORDNANCE BASE Being Spent by Deportment in Starch 4. War Department today an- that It Is building a ordnance base in France which will include approximately 20 largo store 12 shop 100 smaller and zines and machine tool equipment costing about the moral perjury to swear witnesses before this grand Jury and this to pass Mr. Franklin said not asked the district attorney to join him in this for fear It might rass that and intimated that although he would retain his appointment as special sistant district might not appear before the grand There was the Intimation that unless Judge Anderson Voluntarily accepted his consider his office vacated and solicit ment .it the hands of Governor Mr. Franklin might flic ranto proceedings AM Mr. Franklin reading his paper Judge Anderson turned to the grand instructing them to aland and be This formality con- cluded he presented In thin he called attention to the fact Inat the H was duty to urge them to make inquiry Into Any of tho Terrell election in that connection R. B. LEVY DEAD Was Secretary to Hogg During Both FORT March B. who was secre tary to Governor Hose bot of his administrations and who wa tha of Judge Jl. B. 0 the Court of Civil Appeals at T died here this the age of 82. The body will be bur led in CALL IS ISSUED FOR 10MOO SKILLED WILL BE SENT HERE Mechanics and Chauffeurs Needed in Aviation THE p. m 11 p. m. MAIL i. 11 a- m. 1" I 0. in. For San Fair partly HOMK on by Tho ST. 42; partly wind from tho temperature In last 21 42. Temperature infle wind from warm temperature tri list 24 36. KANSAS Temperature 4G, wind from the fair nnd lowest In 24 44. Temperature 1- wind from Uin probably lowest in wind front In iMt ii D- March A call was Issued today for and other skilled workmen need at once by tho section oC Signal It was and a was made that add Increments myst be from the Same classes In the nca The degree to which the program of the army depends upo ly skilled labor is shown by tl statement that 98 of every 100 me n the aviation section must be skille n some branch of Men registered In the sal he be indue ed into this service by applying t their draft Men registered enlist at Ing- They will be sent to Sa for segregation b followed by a course o instruction at tho flying fields or various factories and organized fnt mostly for service over The present call is especially fo automobile mechanics engine chauf tin cabinet electricians sheet metal workers propeller wireless operator and truck vul welders and repair ers and installers of igni tion cameras and watche and instruments and type ENEMY HEAVILY BOMBED Germans Prop 1-182 on British Bu iu March the month of says anj official state ment issued today by the war of thp Germans propped 148 bombs in the area occupied British in In e period British aviators drop pcd 7653 bombs in enemy ASK FOR MORE FUNDS City ahd County Officials and Others Resent ments Made by CONFERENCE IS HELD Expected Mayor Bell Will Issue Reply to Commander Stating the Charges John j W. impugning the motives and good faith of city and county of. i in the as well As the I contention that their efforts ir I that direction nave been of no are to be given official j or as one of the officials thus i been which is to be dignified and contain which will strate conclusively that in making his General Ruckman didn't Know what he was talking was general indignation among the city and county officials as well as citizens who have been active in their efforts to further th the military ment over General which camo iu tho form of a signed in day's edition of the Antonio Ex- While Individually these and they felt outraged by they termed an attack by a high army Official it was agreed that tlic formal reply should be made Mayor Conference Is 3n artier to better formulate the facts to be set forth in this a conference those directly Inter- ested was held a luncheon Monday in the at the ter Tills attended by a number of representative including Mayor County Judge L. B. W. for Aircraft D. March 4 appropriation of for the army aircraft in addition to the 00 already authorized was asked of today by the to Fix D. March in tho Court in effect won proceedings to boundary between hut and Sheriff Chester An dres C. S. J. G. W. W. Collier and Tho meeting wofl executive iin character but it wag tho consensus of. opinion the charges made General would permit of no other than u flat contra- couched In no uncertain 1'Vw Drunken Among other things brought out tho fact that there has been a continuous reduction In the j ber of social diseases treated at Camp Kelly Field and the j other military cantonments Iti was also shown that it io a fa known the military the reports made direct General that th month of January there hi 22 soldiers out of tho sta hero who were arrested fo Of 22 there wer eleven who were in citizens cloth when arrested and it was th belief of the military police that si of those arrested i in uniform ot their liquor from the soldier in civilian us it pointed leaves a total of fiv drunken soldiers whom the cl vilian population might be held re With reference to vice condition it was pointed out that every effor Is. being made by the local both state nnd to the community of those Arrests are being made every day and will be continued person oC vicious character come here and n some it takes time it- necessary lave evidence which will warran arrest ami The feeling of Indignation as thus voiced by the officials and citizens singled aa those who have transferred their case of ions to was voiced bj It is pointed out that the vice conditions of San Antonio have been under investigation months by a grand composed men of he highest They found ng on which to base Indictments and in their report urged a extravagant un- ound by ME UNO AGAIN Destruction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad May Prevent American Ambassador From Reaching Vladivostok INVASION HALTED BY SIGNING OF TREATY Teutons Agree to Stop Advance in Great Russia But Reserve Free Hand in Ukraine and Protests By the Associated D. March Russians have begun destroying the bridges on the trans-Siberian railroad between Lake Baikal and the Chinese John F. chairman of tlic American reported this today to the This may prevent Ambassador Francis from officials here believe the Russians arc destroying the bridges to prevent an expected advance of cisc A large number have been also so they could be readily By the Associated O. March occupation of the Aland Island is only preliminary to the total occupation of Official dispatches to the Swedish legation today say has announced to the Stockholm foreign office her to occupy Finland and that Sweden has Germany advised the dispatches that it was to temporarily occupy Finland to restore but jave assurances that she no intention to take permanent of the Sweden protested also against the Aland Islands being placed in the war Occupation of tlic Aland is to make them at for supplying the German William Grateful Blood and Kultur Are March 4. Emperor according an official i announcement made oday on conclusion of peace Germany Russia sent telegram to Count von 5 German reading German wielded by real army has brought with With deep to God who has been ith I am filled with proud at the of my army and ic tenacious perseverance of my co It of especial on to iliM German blood and crman kultur have my warmest thanks your and co-opt ration in latlon of There are DOO Swedish troops on the Island Cor police Their was notified by the of his Intentions and while so far there has been no clash the Swedish troops have not been withdrawn and feeling is described here as being very DEMANDS AUK Germans Determined to vIM Small By the delegates at have halted the German Invasion n Great by agreeing to tb peace terms offered February 21 Peace was report to the because ery day of delay meant more de- mands by the Added visions require the not only to retire from Asiatic but also from territory in the regions of ami taken from the Turks during past Berlin also announced the of and the cessation of When the German for- ward movement the invaders were at 100 miles west of and approaching miles The greater part of the has been cleared ot the Much war material and morel han prisoners been the Germans in the Una in addition to the peace according to a telegram from by way of Vienna and which gives no details of the Formal official announcement of the signing has not yet been re- from the Russian but a lute radiogram from wild the treaty would be AM the German official statement of Sunday night mentions only the cessation of operations in Great it is inferred in somo here that the German advance in. the Ukraine and Finland will con- while the Germans reserve themselves a free hand outside limits of Great WILL LEAD TO Surrender of Territory to Turks Dooms Armenian London Special to The Sun nnd Public 191S. by Tho 1'ublic Co. March dispatch from on the ond relates to a telegram received in Petrograd from the delegation addressed to and Trotsky which includes the ing most serious aggravation of the as compared to presented February 21, is to from Russian territory regions of Kars nnd on pretext the of the This the dispatch sian j means the Inevitable apparently is determined ation of the whole Armenian It give the but a narrow means that all country rescued from the Gulf of Finland and at the reported request of the Fin government Is to undertake the expulsion of the Finnish revolution sta and Guards from With ler German control and Finland iced from the Bol will have ICSH than 200 f coast line tho Finnish Gorman troops already have land d pit the Aland Islands at the en- ranee of the Gulf of Bothnia and vill make the islands the base of heir operations in support of tin government Germany has Sweden that has interest in the Aland Xot Oj or ary the central and 1 Turkey in 1855 by Russia must be buck to styled to the murder of Armenian women ahd to the extent of scores of It shows precisely to what extent kaiser is backing up the bloody Pasha and to what depths of the leaders are MUST RATIFY With Text of March A Premier Lenine and Foreign Trotsky says that the viki arter with is proceeding In- ward where thf at the agreement will be immediately of the hM
