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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
4
Syndicated AP day report from the San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette covers national and world events with concise dispatches. Includes politics, economics, and notable incidents as transmitted to local readership.
Paul Block Inc outlines proposals for mailers bids across New York at 260 Fifth Avenue Chicago Boston and Detroit offices including Boston Safe Deposit Trust Building and Kresge Building.
The San Antonio Light reports a daily average circulation of 20 709 for the six months ending March 31 1917 and a Sunday average of 24 300. Net paid daily circulation was 19 779 and Sunday 22 378 after excluding spoiled and returned copies.
The article discusses why Japan might join European battles in World War I, noting Japan could field up to a million troops and use rail networks on the eastern front. It analyzes transport, U boat factors, and Japan's aim to secure influence in China while balancing American and British interests and trade.
The author argues Japan could be mobilized instantly if needed, but Allied powers and the United States prefer to crush Germany without Japanese involvement. The piece suggests Japan seeks limited development in China and would not be allowed a dominant role in postwar readjustment.
Essay ranges from American soldiers in France preferring fighting to digging trenches to lessons from Civil War. It links trench use to discipline, warns against postwar gouging, and argues monopolies arose from wartime taxation and economic policy. It compares Lee and Sherman, and stresses political and economic freedom.
The piece argues wartime fuel needs expose monopolistic coal bed control in Illinois and presses that government action now aims to curb monopolies. It notes renewed public hope as federal departments unite to challenge entrenched economic power amid national effort.
The piece contrasts lawless actions by some soldiers with lawful military order, arguing public support for wealth conscription while admitting confusion over its precise meaning.
The Bulgarian prime minister states the nation desires extensive land gains as a condition for peace. The emphasis is on what Bulgaria seeks rather than what is offered.
The government war paper says a casualty column starts next Tuesday listing soldiers names organization and next of kin when casualties are few or only names and organizations if many. A special bureau will handle inquiries for relatives. We are in the war.
The New York Herald notes Mr. Hoover has broad national sympathy and backing and cautions he will not be swayed by prosperity. It highlights his growing enmity with Senator Jim Reed as a notable political dynamic.
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts sold its last old library yesterday. Founded 200+ years ago and once at Nell Gwynne's Pall Mall house, Dr White Kennett collected and presented 175 books. Auction fetched nearly 5000 pounds, many items about America, fetching high sales akin to first folios.
Ambassador Gerard exposes a Wilson era message from the Kaiser claiming Germany must invade Belgium using supposed French plans. The draft misstates knowledge as news, a setup to justify revoking Belgian neutrality as ordered by the chancellor.
The Boston Globe argues a draft law should focus on the individual’s economic role and exempt those whose military service would hurt dependents. Public opinion questions why a husband or father should be drafted when an irresponsible bachelor remains free, urging relief for those with family duties until more needed.
A Boston Transcript editorial traces progress in farming from oxen to horses to tractors, noting increasing speed and efficiency as technology advances. It argues farmers must push for faster, more effective methods and adopt motorized plowing to keep pace with modern conditions.
Donald MacMillan arrived aboard the Neptune in Sydney after four years in the Arctic. He confirmed Peary misread Crocker Land as a mirage, noting no real land was found 151 miles northwest of Cape Thomas Hubbard. He said the crew suffered no sickness and relied on fresh meat to stave off scurvy.
Dr. Edmund O Hovey of the American Museum of Natural History returned from Copenhagen after heading a relief party for the Donald B MacMillan Crocker Land expedition. His 1915 trip began aboard the George Cluett with plans to return in three months but ice blocked his route. He pressed on to Utah by motor boat and dog sleds. The effort prompted two follow up expeditions. one was halted by Melville Bay ice, the other aboard Neptune reached MacMillan and returned safely.
Copenhagen Aug. 27 The Reichstag hears Deputy Davidson criticize German military recalls of disabled pensioners and cripples. Pensioners with 50 percent or more disability and those with supplementary pensions are conscripted, with some men taken from hospitals before treatment ends.
Monday at the Empire offers Bessie Love in Wee Lady Bettie a romance of old Ireland with homely human interest and war snippets. Also shows a Triangle comedy Their Domestic Relations and a Pathe News Weekly film.
The Majestic Theater announces a Sunday September 2 opening with seven day policy. Opening bill features The Girl From Amsterdam a new musical revue with Roy Clair and Laur Baer leading. Other acts include Pirate Louis Hart and Ag in a Dream, Aubria Rich and Ted Lenore song sketch, The Four Kings aerials, Ted Boyle and Harry Brown Bright Breezy Bits, violinist Doralyn, and Monde and Selle singing and dancing novelty. Box office open, reservations advised.
Boerne fair officials announced the Kendall County event was the most successful in its twelve year history despite dry weather. Attendance surged with many visitors from San Antonio and nearby cities. Stock and agricultural exhibits showed unusually high quality, and breeding stock improvements were noted for cattle horses sheep and swine.
Harvard Alumni catalogue lists about 56 400 graduates and undergraduates engaged in war work. The note comes from Cambridge Massachusetts noting broad enlistment in national effort.
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