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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1918
Page
5
Tra Nereheville spoke to a women’s group in the pink room at the Gunter Hotel on Monday afternoon. The San Antonio Equal Franchise Society arranged lectures to educate women about voting duties, urging registration and participation in primaries.
The speaker urged voters after opening remarks on citizenship and outlined the ballot scratching procedure. He warned against common errors that would invalidate a ballot due to improper markings.
Recruiting officers call for Black men to join the navy as cooks and waiters, with eligibility for regulars or reserves. Regulars go into a regime. reserves remain available for assignment. Enlistment requires release from the local board and lasts for the war. Hospital corps included in the same term. Willey to accept senatorship after Missouri governor offers vacancy, he accepts and heads to Jefferson City for talks.
Mexico City April 30. Mexico divided into six zones each led by a general to wage a more active campaign against rebels. General I Dieguez heads central and northwestern zone. J Augustin Castro eastern zone. Pablo Gonzales southern zone. Francisco Murguia northern zone. Cesaro Castro south central zone. Salvador Alvarado southeast zone.
Casualty listings from General Pershing to the War Department show names and statuses across action, disease, and wounds. Notable entries include Capt Richard Laurence Jr and Lt Thomas J Mooney with corrections and retractions. many other officers and privates are listed as killed, wounded, or missing in action.
Amsterdam reports Germany presses Holland to allow war material and food shipments via Limbourg to Antwerp and to renew treaties on sand and gravel imports. The Vossische Zeitung notes Holland yielded to Anglo American pressure, but no agreement on transport through Kiel was reached. A London Daily Mail dispatch claims Holland conceded on transports and sand and gravel supplies.
Reports from Vasa via Copenhagen announce White Guards of Minnish government forces captured Viborg, 75 miles northwest of Petrograd, after killing most of a 6000 strong Red Guards. Rebels did not attempt to push toward Mredealtehanme. Meanwhile Ruth Law and Catherine Stinson to race at Sheepshead Bay May 30 as Memorial Day auto meet features Queens of the Air. In El Paso the Catherine Schmid trial was continued to October, charged with seeking military information from soldiers on the border.
A Rome dispatch reports the Austrian monarchy losing authority as ministerial crisis widens. It notes personal responsibility and power limits discussed by German delegates and the Austrian premier, signaling weakened imperial grip even among allies. It adds that Austria and Germany still see mutual necessity to stay joined.
An advertisement urging middle aged women to appear youthful for postwar opportunity. It promotes Q-ban Hair Color Restorer to restore natural color, gloss, and health without staining the scalp or affecting washing or waving, claiming many satisfied users and a Monty-Luck Guarantee at druggists.
Professor E A Ross of the University of Wisconsin declares in a report to the American Institute of Social Service that without foreign aid Russia has little chance to overthrow the Soviet government. He notes the Cossacks are gone, the estates split among peasant communes, and public capitalism unlikely due to low productivity and graft, arguing that only foreign conquest could remove the Bolsheviki. He also questions Lenine and Trotzky as German agents and says Russian leaders are responsible for their actions to a delegation of 250 Russians.
Luis Caballero the revolting governor of Tamaulipas and Carrancista forces clashed near Congregación de Santa Teresa close to San Fernando de Figueras south of Matamoros. Caballero with about two thousand troops led by General Eugenio López united with Carrancista forces, while General Tirzo Gonzales at Matamoros directed the opposing force. Sixty Carrancista wounded arrived at Matamoros as troops moved to the front. General Diegues seized Victoria and urged Caballero followers to surrender the electoral dispute to the National Senate.
An official dispatch from Holland cites the Telegraaf publishing Belgian senators and deputies letter to the governor general protesting Belgian treatment. Many Belgians, some under 16 or over 30, have been taken from homes to Flanders front or north of France to work while exposed to bombs and shell fire. Giompers Tired Out, Not Wt. MontreaL: Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said he was over tired after a strenuous whirlwind speaking tour and that his address termination sparked fears for his condition.
Brattleboro Vermont reports that ten young women will work on the Scott farm owned by Frederick Holmrobk of Easton and Brattleboro. Managed by Wicert C. Tenney, the workers will reside in a farm cottage under a matron’s housekeeping. They wear khaki uniforms and include University of Vermont agricultural students who plan to use earnings toward college expenses.
Washington April 36 1918 the Swiss and Swedish legations representing German and Austro Hungarian interests will direct relief for needy enemy aliens across the United States with American government approval a national committee of Americans will investigate distress among law abiding aliens and supervise funds while interned aliens and their families will receive relief from legation funds local committees will aid and accounts will be rendered. San Antonio notice taxes due for 1917 must be paid by May 31 1918 to avoid interest and penalties.
The U boat killed three crew members of the Americ steamer Chincha as it fought the submarine March 21. The Chincha fired about 30 shots to deter the sub, with one shell striking the ship killing Seaman A S Edwards of Augusta Georgia and two others unnamed. Earlier reports had claimed only injuries. The Chincha escaped a submarine on January 15 and the armed guard was commended by Secretary Daniels at that time.
Mooney, under sentence for murder tied to the 1916 preparedness day parade bombing, sends telegrams to labor groups urging cancellation of May 1 protests. He informs President Wilson he will not permit strikes that could disrupt war industries and cites his contact with Governor Stevens. Separate dispatch notes food riots in Cracow Galicia as shipments stall in Avicon.
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