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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
9
Progressive Farmer Also Patriot reports that Commissioner for Agriculture Davis has issued a loyalty pledge for farmers. The pledge requires increasing acreage of foodstuffs and improving efficiency while raising poultry and livestock.
Berne dispatch reports Austro-Hungarian government and people favor peace proposals that keep all territory intact and reject indemnity. Yet monarchy pledges to continue war if terms fall short. food shortages, transport issues, and strict regulations strain Vienna and major cities as winter burdens mount.
The text notes rural districts face plenty while industrial areas lack goods and prices rise through unscrupulous middlemen linked to Vienna banks. The conviction of the Allgemeine Verkehrs bank president sparks reform, with more cases pending. It also reports sentiment against Jews due to food speculation prosecutions, with Jewish groups denying anti Semitism.
Berlin leader Theodore Wolff defends Count von Berstorff and German Americans against attacks by Conservative and Pan-German press. He rebukes claims the American embassy harmed German diplomacy and says German Americans have grievances with jingoistic Pan German rhetoric. He argues reform would ease ties to the old fatherland.
Emperor Charles of Austria, quoted via Bjorn Bjornson, says in a Luxemberg near Vienna interview that he knows war well beyond financial effects, including its true impact on leaders opposing Austria. The remark appears in a Berlin sourced report dated April 16 with London transmittal April 17.
The document explains ballot layout and instructs voters to keep Maverick unmarked while scratching out other names to cast a vote for Maverick. It emphasizes following the prescribed method to ensure the vote counts for Maverick.
A veteran field officer reflects on peace after years in the trenches. He asserts personal authority on the meaning of peace and contrasts his experience with rulers who have not fought.
International Socialists view Russia’s new regime as stabilizing and seek influence in postwar Europe. Dutch delegates split between Kerensky and Wilson plans while pacifist groups prepare for a possible delegation to central powers. They urge a peace with the entire Entente and publication of terms.
Central News Dispatch reports from Amsterdam that intercession services for peace were held in all Vienna churches yesterday. High mass was celebrated at St Stephen's Cathedral in the presence of Emperor Charles and Empress Zita.
In Copenhagen on April 17 a largely attended socialist peace meeting for women heard M Stauning a Danish Socialist and minister without portfolio deny that Russian German separate peace was the aim of either German or Danish Socialists. Stauning was chosen by German Socialists to convey telegraphic peace overtures to the Russian Socialists.
Het Volk reports a Dutch delegation of the International Socialist Bureau plans to travel to Stockholm Sweden to convene a conference of Socialists from belligerent nations. The move aims to coordinate policy and solidarity across war territories.
Oaths of office were taken this afternoon by the incoming city administration in Houston Texas for the new two year term. Mayor J J Pastoriza and Finance Commissioner PD M Moody begin first terms while Commissioners Drennan Halverton and Fitzgerald are retained from the prior administration.
A political advertisement decries Tobin and Coy controlling the county machine and city services, claiming 4000 minority votes will be used to dominate San Antonio. It urges voters to oppose Bell’s ring and back Hood for a business administration, highlighting threats to democracy and city schools.
Dr. L L Whitaker, 82, died Monday at 602 Denver Boulevard after a two week illness. Funeral at his home Wednesday with full military honors under BE C C Old Post G A R. interment at National Cemetery. He was former surgeon general of the G A R and vice president of the Ohio Society. Born March 18 1855 in Triadelphia Morgan Co Ohio, he served in Civil War era Illinois infantry and held medical posts with the A A P and Western Division of the Southern Pacific. Survived by two sons P Tu Whitaker Pecos Tex W R Whitaker San Antonio and a daughter Melba Palmer San Francisco. Funeral arrangements by Riebe Undertaking Co.
Patrolman Owen W. Kilday was stabbed near Monterey and South Concho Streets while trying to arrest Effie Johnson a 40 year old woman at liquor fueled disturbance. He remained in critical condition at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital while doctors feared heart injury and police held Johnson on assault with intent to kill charges.
Samuel F. McDonald president of the National Master Bakers Association told the Southeastern Master Bakers Association opening session in Jacksonville that 250 million loaves worth 12 1/2 million dollars are wasted annually in the United States. He urged using bread for people before considering European food schemes and a resolution was adopted urging President Wilson to recognize the baking industry on the official wartime food supply board.
The Texas Hardware Jobbers Association opened its annual convention in Houston on Monday with more than twenty members. The American Hardware Manufacturers Association and the Southern Hardware Jobbers Association begin their conventions there on Tuesday.
A humorous exchange references air vision as a "Madam" asks how she appears from above. The aviator replies with a boast that he looks down so high his uncle looks like an ant, reflecting a playful Indiana tone.
Mrs. Sceder Archer seeks appointment of a state receiver for the Texas & Pacific Railroad in district court. She previously won a $10,000 judgment at the last term for her husband’s death. A hearing is fixed for April 27.
A Louisiana company under federal court supervision faces a new suit filed today to challenge and test the jurisdiction and authority of the state receiver over the same assets. The action aims to resolve competing control between federal and state receivers.
J. C. Webster, office manager of the Houston Parking Company, collapsed and died in Houston after watching surgeons perform adenoid removal on his son Grant Jr. The sight of blood from the incision is believed to have triggered a heart failure.
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