11 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
1
London reports British clarify free seas talks with President Wilson. The Express says Britain gains concrete proposals closer to Wilson fourteen points while preserving rights to scare the contraband law and blockade enforcement. Wilson reportedly accepts no surrender of key maritime rights.
Eighty officers, many second lieutenants from the 24th Infantry and the 14th Cavalry, were discharged by the Southern Department Wednesday morning. Only four officers were discharged at Camp Travis, with several named including M. P. Tuantman and J. N. Stone, as transfers to other commands proceed slowly.
Washington reports the War Industries Board will end supervision over the steel industry and steel price fixing by December 31 after a conference with industry spokesmen. The decision was announced today indicating a transition toward broader market controls.
Czernin discusses failed attempts to check war through punitive power and peace talks with Russia. He cites Brest-Litovsk and German leaders Ludendorff and Trotsky, noting telegrams, troop movements toward Petrograd, and Berlin's denunciation of Trotsky.
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch refused a German armistice delegation's request to communicate with western Rhine provinces. He stated the blockade of Germany must remain in place as required by the armistice.
Branden har in Stonewall County has been granted permission by the Test Office Department to change its name to Old Glory. The change is effective today as citizens objected to the German name.
Congressman Garnier says Austin is likely chosen for a military aviators school like West Point. The current plan is to run it with the university, with a separate institution possible in the future.
American observers note differing Allied views on Germany’s war damages and the cost of the war after Armistice terms. The piece highlights Wilson’s fourteen points, Lansing’s Nov. 6 note, and postarmistice tension as rival approaches surface between leaders in London and Paris.
Henry O White of Baltimore had a long diplomatic career including roles as secretary of legation in Vienna, ambassador to Italy and France, and U S delegate to major conferences. The piece outlines his service from 1883 onward and discusses postwar peace conference prospects and the need for unity among Britain France and the United States to shape Europe’s future.
Final estimates from the Department of Agriculture show the 促 corn crop at 2 582 814 000 bushels and the wheat crop at 917 160 000 bushels. The vegetal value of the nation’s principal crops is pegged at 12 272 412 000 dollars, compared with 11 658 032 000 last year, based on producer prices.
The US steamer George Washington with President Wilson and party alters course from the Azores and is expected to arrive in Brest at 10 o’clock Friday morning. French officials prepare a formal welcome at Quay No 3 as naval units accompany the party inland to Paris for Saturday arrival.
Paris dispatch notes broad French welcome for President Wilson with praise for his world outlook and readiness to cooperate. Sailors and radicals alike prepare to greet him in Brest and Paris while seeking a lasting justice in peace. London reports John Robert Clynes to join British delegation at the peace conference.
Tonight try Cascarets for a gentle liver and bowel cleanse. It promises a clear head breath and clean tongue with no griping and even kids can use it. A 10 cent box is available at rug stores.
Paris reports a French commission arrived in Berlin to regulate the return of released prisoners from Germany and to investigate the Langensalza massacre where nine French prisoners were shot and 16 wounded. The incident prompted calls for reparation and protests over German actions in Saxony.
Washington December 14 the Shipping Board decides to cancel all outstanding wooden ship contracts where builders have not spent more than 200000 dollars on a ship. The move covers yards on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts. About 160 contracts of this type were suspended recently and officials could not estimate how many are affected.
A reader recalls a childhood experiment with a toad on Cape Cod. Repeatedly the toad vanished to the same den, returning within a day. A professor later links toad homing to the instinct described in his Weston University lectures.
A tale describes Professor Sharp and a freight conductor testing toads’ homing instinct from Saugus to Somerville. A tagged toad reappears at Saugus station as the narrator recounts a multi-town trip from Wakefield to Boston to prove the toads’ remarkable sense of home.
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