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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
8
Paris reports the French cruiser Chateau Renault and four escort vessels were attacked by a submarine in the Ionian Sea on December 14. Torpedo boats rescued all passengers while ten crewmen are missing. Destroyers later sunk the submarine and captured 22 crew members including the captain and two officers.
Mrs Josephine Du Blane of Austin reports to her widowhood that her son John J Du Blane died in France from pneumonia. He was 25, raised in Austin, served three years in Texas National Guard infantry, reenlisted after war declaration, and joined Motor Truck Company 2 Supply Train 117 Rainbow Division sent to France two months prior.
Daniel Watson filed suit yesterday in Travis County to contest the November 15 local option election. The case will be heard in the fifty third District Court at the January term beginning January 7 with precedence on the docket. Milton Morris, chairman of the Prohibition campaign, claims convincing evidence shows more than 20 illegal votes were cast against prohibition.
In San Benito Texas four children about six years old ate castor beans mixed with scarce food as they played a war game. First aid was given and they recovered. In Brownwood Texas a new oil well near Chappell Hill was brought in on the Jones tract confirming productive potential for the field with twenty five feet of oil sand at 3800 feet.
Federal and local authorities conducted a multi day raid at a storage yard in San Antonio destroying two thousand pounds of dressed chickens and turkeys and about one thousand pounds of beef due to severe spoilage. Indictments were returned in federal court as more actions are planned and a further raid is expected Monday to destroy additional cold storage products.
In Temple Texas on December 22 a 5 year old son of L Honeycutt was playing in the street when an automobile struck him. He sustained probable serious injuries including a fractured skull.
Chicago meeting of War Department representatives and manufacturers aims to turn non essential factories into major war production sites. Proposals include conscripting labor and seizing coal to ensure fuel for a vast, centralized war industry manufacturing shells aeroplane guns and related gear.
The Boston Store announces a two week market for bones and rags with buys at 65 cents per hundred for bones and 60 cents per hundred for rags. M Gordon proprietor urges bringing in stock while prices hold. The Reliance Roller Mills reports shelled corn and Milo Maize available in carload lots at reasonable prices.
At Camp Funston Kansas a four hundred mile stampede during a frontier re-enactment disrupted troop Christmas gift distribution. A wagon train attacked by Indians collided with mules and cowboys as soldiers scrambled to untangle wrecked teams. No deaths occurred as mules were injured and the event ended with large dinners and fireworks.
Rid ward H. Klein of Laredo in the 345th Machine Gun Company suffered the loss of four toes on his left foot when a shotgun discharged while he prepared to shoot at a coyote five miles from Laredo. He was transported to the base hospital and expected to be discharged in a few days to return to Camp Travis.
Amsterdam dispatch says the explosion at the Krupp works began in a building housing about one thousand workers. The eagle and turning shop suffered the most damage while only the wooden portion of the building was destroyed. No loss of life was reported.
In San Antonio a government order restricts patent flours to two grades with 100 per cent wheat flour as the top grade. German aeroplanes raid English towns. Washington reports wood replacing coal in U S states with Indiana’s fuel campaign cutting rural coal sales.
Captain McGivens and six air division trainees from San Antonio arrived in Temple after a 90 mile flight to Eddy in a war observation balloon. They lifted off at 3 AM and reached 1500 feet before a strong air current carried them to Eddy in under 30 minutes with no ill effects.
Belton Texas December 29 Allen Kelso jailed after fatal shooting of Alsup Furnace, brother of Kelso’s wife. The killing happened in the yard of Kelso’s home from an undetermined cause.
Washington reports Senate Military Affairs committee plans to probe the Army Quartermaster Department over clothing shortages at cantonments. General Henry G. Sharpe faced sharp questions as senators pressed for admission of bureau failures. London dispatch notes German raids on English towns with aerial bombardment. A sugar shortage testimony linked prohibition boosted sweetness demand. Pecans wanted offer ends with local buyers urged to contact Knopp and Schneider.
Sydney reports the conscription scheme appears defeated by about 150000 votes after front results are counted. New South Wales opposition reached a 115000 majority, suggesting a strong no vote may seal the outcome.
Kerrville Texas December 21 William Fritz a Kimble County ranchman aged 18 is jailed on a charge of disloyalty. He was reported to have declared in witnesses presence that if President Wilson passed his house he would kill him. Fritz is accused of general abuse of the American government at the time of the statement leading to his arrest.
In Lawton Oklahoma on December 26 several soldiers were seriously hurt at Fort Sill during training for aerial observers when static electricity sparked friction in the folds of a silk observation balloon and ignited the hydrogen gas causing a blast. The balloon lay on the ground and is said to be the same one involved in a previous incident three weeks earlier when an airplane struck its anchor cable.
Washington dispatch notes that submarines and prohibition are cited in the discussion. The brief item references December 21 in the capital and signals ongoing wartime policy concerns.
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