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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
4
The San Antonio Light, founded January 29 1831, merged with the San Antonio Gazette and AP wire service. Office at 609 511 Travis Street. For address changes, give old and new addresses. If delivery is irregular, notify the office. Old Crockett 1742, new 176. The paper sold at hotels and stands nationwide.
The San Antonio Light reports six month average daily circulation of 20 709 and Sunday edition 24 300 for the period ending March 31 1917. Net paid daily 19 779 and Sunday 22 378 after removing spoiled leftovers and samples. Audit Bureau of Circulation certification cited. The paper claims 50 percent higher paid home circulation than any local paper.
President Wilson responds to Pope Benedict's peace proposal, arguing peace is impossible with Germany's current government as it commands no trust after invading Belgium. He separates the German people from their government, warning that German responsibility grows while the regime endures and talks of peace remain distant.
Observers note Crown Prince Ferdinand quietly engages with the Entente as Bulgaria contemplates switching sides. Bulgarian premier speaks of peace terms while Bulgarians fear Austro German peace moves and distrust German military conduct.
The article attacks House Prohibitionists for seeking statewide prohibition through the acting governor, claiming it defies Texas voters who elected Governor Ferguson on a pledge of no liquor legislation. It argues the push would override the people, and links agrarian dissent and price-fixing fears to food administration actions amid wartime.
The article warns that Bulgaria’s record harvest boosts German risk of seizure and Ferdinand’s attempt to balance Germany and the Entente may backfire. It notes his unreliability, recalling his broken oaths and the shifting of his heir’s faith, diminishing Allied trust.
A Minnesota farm delegation traveled to Washington to oppose government price controls on wheat. They argued farmers faced hardships and criticized the food administration’s role and intentions, claiming patriotism demands resistance to such measures.
The remark notes that coal prices here must be met, yet argues the expense is lower than what Germans faced at Lens, implying wartime fuel hardship and local price comparisons.
Hoover states there will be no fixed meat price though indications suggest the price already is fixed. The report notes public concern over rising costs and government stance on market controls.
Observation notes that as Italian forces capture prisoners, Austrian troops must carry white flags as part of their wartime equipment. The remark suggests a symbolic consequence of Italian advances and the thin line of surrender signaling in the conflict.
The 1917 and 1918 Texas school apportionment is 7.50 for each pupil based on 1,274,918 children aged 7 to 17. The state moves forward in education despite a row in Austin reported by the Waco Times-Herald.
A NY World note says President Bedford of Standard Oil urged sparing gasoline but little progress follows. It compares gasoline to wine and tobacco as social vices and suggests taxes or prohibitions may be used to curb consumption.
The Newark News argues that only patriotic action will preserve victory and the allied cause. It condemns those who exploit wartime for personal gain and calls for universal, forced participation if voluntary effort remains insufficient.
The Austrian foreign minister refuses to assign blame for the war, urging focus on the future. Critics argue that opponents of Austria cannot secure lasting peace without full understanding of past actions by guarantors. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes the tension between memory and policy.
El Paso Times argues for forming ten cavalry regiments from American Indians. It cites proven fighting skill and current Navajo Apache scouts in No Man's Land with Canadian forces, and urges Congress to authorize Indian regiments from Arizona New Mexico tribes.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger argues that allied leaders must seek guarantees from Germany for durable peace rather than pursue conquest. It stresses the Allies fight for a definite object and that peace terms will be discussed later, with form of guarantees to be decided subsequently.
Stockholm reports Swedish industrialists react to a 26 groner per ton export tax Germany imposes on coal shipped to Sweden. Germany also taxes parcel post after August 15. Some urge Sweden to tax its own exports, notably iron ore, but no decision. Wood pulp licenses to England, France and Italy have risen, seen as improving ties with the Entente powers.
Monsignor Thomas Kennedy rector of the American College in Rome died after a long illness. He fell ill in 1914 and gradually declined, with a temporary recovery followed by serious condition. In May last year Pope Benedict named Monsignor Charles A. O’Hern as coadjutor with right to succeed Kennedy.
Federal Judge Boyd opened hearings in Greensboro North Carolina on injunctions challenging the new federal child labor law set to take effect September 1. The act bans employ ment of children under fourteen in factories mills workshops or canneries whose goods move in interstate commerce and limits under fourteen or fifteen year olds to an eight hour workday.
Dr. Max Eastman editor and former Columbia professor was unable to speak after audience singers drowned his address. Soldiers and home guards then guided the gathering into a patriotic demonstration.
Frank L. Holliday of Clay County was sworn in by Speaker Fuller to fill the vacancy created by C. W. Boner. He will represent Clay and Archer Counties and expressed support for the university appropriation bill under discussion in the House.
Lieut Raoul Lufberry of the Lafayette Escadrille risked his life to save Sergt Robert Soubiran of South Boston when four German Albatross fighters attacked Soubiran at low altitude. Lufberry charged the enemy machines, scattered them, and enabled Soubiran to escape.
General Leonard Wood plans to move his permanent headquarters from Fort Riley to Camp Funston within a few days. He arrived at Fort Riley Sunday and will remain in command of the army cantonment now under construction with Captain J C N Lee serving as his aide.
The 1400 graduates of the officers training camp at Leon Springs reported to Camp Travis divisional headquarters on Wednesday and were assigned to regiments for their war duties. They received mess cards and were told to report at 8 am Thursday as duties begin.
Atlantic Port report says American expeditionary forces in France gain admiration for efficiency and direct action. An officer bypassed a busy telephone line by elevating the request, and engineers quickly laid a direct supply route despite local protests.
Preparations are under way to place a memorial stone donated by Texas in the Washington monument. A dedicatory date will be fixed by the Texas congressional delegation. Nearly all states have provided stones for the inner walls of the monument.
H Epstein of New York, manager of the North American Steamship Company, announced that within a few days the company will inaugurate a freight and passenger service between New Orleans and the Mexican ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz with live vessels to be put into service.
Paris Aug 29 The American field service with 1100 ambulance and 800 transport personnel will be folded into the American army. The ambulance branch will come under the medical service and the transport under the quartermaster general. Col Jefferson Kean remains in general charge of the ambulance service.
Norma Talmadge stars in The Law of Compensation a Selznick production depicting modern American life with domestic and artistic struggle. Written by Mizner and Armstrong it opens in San Antonio and screens with Know America and Pathe News. Thursday features A Kiss for Susie with Vivian Martin.
The Majestic Theater launches its first season week next Sunday with strong vaudeville acts. Affiliated with the Orpheum Keith and Inter State circuits, this unit promises better vaudeville than last year. Opening program features The Girl From Amsterdam, Private Louis Hart, Boyle and Brown, Rich and Lenore, Monde and Selle, the Four Kings, and Olga the girl violinist.
Austin august 29. The State Highway Commission expects another shipment of number plates within the next few days per secretary D E Colp. The batch should have arrived over a week ago, but contractors have struggled to comply due to high steel demand.
Austin Texas August 29 twelve young men from Austin have enlisted as nurses in the naval hospital reserve. W E Long former secretary of the Austin Chamber of Commerce serves as commissary steward. Dr Z T Scott selected the nurses on merit and ability and several local physicians who passed examinations have also enlisted.
Fire swept a vacant store building in Hillsboro Texas early today causing about 25000 dollars in damage. A garage, a printing office and a tailor shop were destroyed in the blaze.
Amsterdam dispatch says the German chancellor left Berlin for Belgium and is expected to visit Brussels with special safety measures arranged for his trip.
Six men added to the second reserve officers' training camp at Leon Springs report for training. Two San Antonians are Ernest Halbert Powell and Henry S Hein, with other recruits from Groeslon Long Grove Bisbee and Albuquerque.
William A. Brady was re-elected president of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry by the board in New York. The group announced film manufacturers and distributors nationwide would supply entertainment for American soldiers in France via a government supervised distributing agency.
Charters issued for Rick Truck Attachment Sales Company Dallas with $1000 capital. North Texas Credit Men's Exchange Bureau Fort Worth, noncapital stock. The Laboratory Products Company Amarillo $5000. Knox County Copper Company Santa Anna $59000. Kansas City Humble Oil Company Houston $100000. Wyche Optical Company Waco charter amendment reducing to $15250. Permits to do business granted to Universal Ship Building Company Wilmington Delaware. The MacMillan Company New York Texas HQ Dallas. Empire Cream Separator Company Denver with Texas HQ Belton.
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