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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
6
The Liebenfelds sunk their ship at Savannah amid tensions over Germany and the United States possibly entering war. Officials warn against sinking interned ships in U S waters as obstruction and criminal. The piece urges guarding all German and Austrian vessels in American harbors to prevent destruction.
The piece argues that the United States did not lend to Britain or other warring nations. It asserts that American citizens and financiers funded the loans, with promoters earning large profits. It cites Francis W. Hirst of the London Economist predicting dire outcomes for these dealings.
The London editor surveys financial options noting nations may be willing to pay war debts yet unable to do so. Hirst predicts Britain could mortgage its capital to cover debts, yielding a $2.2 billion annual interest burden. American financiers risk little, while investors would suffer if Europe cannot meet obligations, unlike Mexico which has near term prospects for improvement.
Massachusetts life prisoner Jesse Pomeroy, after forty years in solitary, rejects a non solitary commutation and demands a full pardon He asks the governor for clemency but will not accept life among others, arguing the issue hinges on psychology and prison conditions.
The lifer Pomeroy refused a commutation saying the privileges would not widen his path to genuine freedom. He argues the offer amounts to one more solitary confinement swap. His stance may reveal deeper motives akin to hunger strikes used by suffragists and propagandists to influence authorities.
The piece critiques William J. Bryan as hypocritical in his shift to prohibition advocacy. It argues his Springfield speech reveals strategic politics, recalling his cross of gold rhetoric. The writer believes Bryan uses anti liquor rhetoric to torpedo the Democratic party, noting his recent stance is a recent, fiery pivot.
The line notes deny winter cold as the cause of the persistent artillery bombardment on the western front. Official statements attribute continued firing to ongoing military operations and strategic objectives rather than environmental conditions.
A Farmers' Union advisory from President Pope urges farmers to kill dogs as a method to protect crops. The directive emphasizes decisive action against dogs seen as pests to livestock and fields.
A New York shop operates exclusively with horse meat for sale. The writer hopes the city maintains this singular practice, keeping the market specialized and unique.
The speaker notes a pattern where pivotal witnesses are unavailable due to illness in the south or leisure aboard yachts off Florida. The implication is that such absences hinder federal investigations by delaying testimony.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a proposal to raise federal pay by about 60 million dollars annually. It argues that while federal employees are essential, many citizens must bear higher living costs and could sacrifice some necessities to offset the increase.
Bill Cody is praised as a good scout both literally and in slang terms. He is commended for brave service to his country and for fighting on the side of law and order in lawless days on the frontier. The tribute places him among notable Americans who shaped the plains in the 1860s.
The supreme court is credited with a broad interpretation of the Mann Act and critics warn it could widen blackmail exposure. Editors urge revision to curb abuses while preserving the law’s aims.
A Polish authority Dr Deszynska Golinska cites 1910 data showing Poland supplied 22 percent of Russia’s textile output 21 percent of coal and 12 percent of iron The textile sector dominated Poland’s industry employing over half of industrial workers and worth 175 million dollars in 1910 Lodz led cotton manufacturing as a major European center
London reports that allied reply to Wilson pivots on removing the Ottoman empire from Europe. Russia’s potential control of Constantinople and the Straits emerges as the central issue, with implications for Dardanelles status and future of occupied and liberated territories including Armenia.
At Beethoven Hall Thursday evening the Symphony Society greeted Alma Gluck with applause as the ensemble played a bright fanfare. The Tschaikovsky Symphony Pa thetique opened the program alongside MacDowell Second Indian Suite and Haydn Kaiser Variations. Violinist Walter P. Romberg received an encore after Mendelssohn, then Cadman’s Land of the Sky-Blue Water. The concert is the third in the 1917 season under Arthur Claassen. the next is February 15.
A stern drill sergeant led a funeral drill for a group of recruits. He ordered ranks to form a path for a mock cortege and walked down the line, noting the troops must display regret with their faces and posture.
Rose Stahl stars in the stage adaptation of Edna Ferber’s Emma McChesney stories at the Grand Opera House tonight and Saturday matinee and night. The production blends Mrs McChesney’s financial crises with two love affairs as a large company supports the American comedy.
At Majestic Theater tonight a full vaudeville bill offers The Clock Shop a musical fantasy by Sam Chip and Mary Marble with eight stars. The Piano Removers and The Actress, Johnny Eckert Billy Parker Golf Players, Dorothy Brenner, Maria Sisters, DeLisle and Vernon, and Frank Hartley the juggler perform a varied program of songs dances and comedy.
Emma Bunting and her company bring the Clyde Fitch comedy Girls to the Majestic Theater for Monday and Tuesday performances with matinees. The story follows three bachelor girls who vow to resist marriage but are eventually drawn into matrimony.
D W Griffith broadens drama into a new art form with four parallel stories spanning Judea Babylon medieval France. The spectacle depicts intolerance and its misery with a star studded cast including Mae Marsh Miriam Cooper Gish and Lillian Gish alongside Constance Talmadge Tully Marshall and Bessie Love.
Milton and Sargent Aborn present a lavish New York revival of The Bohemian Girl directed by Edward P. Temple. Temple, famed for Hippo drome concepts, creates a sensational staging to be shown Sunday night and Monday matinee and night.
Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne appear today and Saturday at the Queen in The Great Secret. The stars highlight a prolific pair of productions including Romeo and Juliet and the new serial The Great Secret praised as a grand screen mystery project.
Henry, Morosco studio head property man, is described as more formidable than Jupiter in rain and lightning. The excerpt highlights his prowess with bolts and dramatic skill in production.
In a Paramount feature at the Empire Theater today and tomorrow, a lightning bolt strikes a chosen tree at a rainstorm moment as two cars approach. Henry provided the thunderbolt and refused to explain, delivering what audiences call the most realistic lightning flash on screen.
A crowded station platform in France fills with khaki and soil as troops depart for home. A subaltern confesses love to Gwen, she declines marriage, and the LoosAttack rolls on. In a dim room a scarred man grapples with despair as a girl enters.
The article describes the orderly withdrawal of the American punitive expedition from Mexico, with 12 531 troops, 9532 animals and 404 wagons, leaving Colonia Dublan by dawn and Palomas near the border by February 4. It notes reports of Villa attacks, refugee movements, and fear among residents, including Mormon colonies, as well as the low death toll among the expedition.
A St Louis merchant used a junior clerk to collect debts. On returning, the clerk admitted poor luck and hesitated over a debt from Mr Jones. When reporting, Jones interrupted, saying the matter was his to handle, leaving the clerk puzzled about proceeding.
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