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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
11
Fugitives from Russia describe dire living conditions in Petrograd with famine described as unimaginable. Prices soar, middle class barred from eating houses, and many starve or are buried daily. Red Guards occupy many flats. restaurants and offices closed. rumors of entente intervention fuel unrest.
Washington Dec 6 A Bruce Bielaski chief of the Bureau of Investigation has offered his resignation to Attorney General Gregory He has led the bureau since 1912 and earlier served as assistant chief He joined the Department of Justice in 1905 at age 55 and commands the largest secret force in the government The retirement date remains indefinite and Bielaski will not leave immediately In other news opposition to a tuber be sanitarium bill for discharged soldiers ended with the Wyoming Springs plan dropped and site selection left to a president appointed commission
A fire in a storage warehouse of the El Paso Southwestern Railroad system in El Paso Tex destroyed property valued at $250,000. Fire was contained before spreading to the system's general shops.
A historical note traces the elephant as the Republican party symbol to 1874, credited to cartoonist Thomas Nast. It recounts Nast's Bavarian birth, immigrant move to America at six, and early art with Garibaldi. The piece also recalls Nast’s Harper's Weekly fame and Nast’s 1874 cartoon labeling the GOP as an elephant and the Democrats as a fox.
The Home Folks column highlights how civilian hospitality in San Antonio eases loneliness for stationed soldiers. Readers are urged to invite soldiers from their home towns, with free matching service coordinating exchanged letters and visits. Letters from beneficiaries praise the program and show broad statewide and national reach across many cities and camps.
In Key West Florida Mrs J N Cantus reports five years of irregularities and back pain with little relief from various medicines. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her regain health and household ability and urges others to try it. The advertisement notes pinkham company experiences aiding women for forty years and invites letters for advice.
A vintage catalog notes Silk Hosiery at 1.50 down to 1.29 with white and black options and First Floor displays. It lists gloves, silk crepe handkerchiefs, knitted pants for children, woolly veils, yarn, stamped towels, velvet bags, solid gold hat pins, and outing flannel on Second Floor with prices and design notes.
Fire damaged cotton bales loaded in a box car at San Antonio Oil Works yards on South San Marcos Street Marty shortly after 10 o clock Thursday night. Loss estimated around 16 dollars with tires and water lines hampered by distance. flames spread over buildings and sheds before the bales were opened to extinguish the blaze. A fire in a servant’s house at 114 West Cypress Street at 0 05 Friday morning was checked with little further damage.
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