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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1918

Page

8

Camp Travis to Open High Ranking Officer Training School

A new school for brigade commanders staff officers and regimental field officers at Camp Travis begins February 25. Brig. Gen. W H Johnston will head the program with sections led by Brig. Gen. J P ONeil and Lieut Col Haskell. Sessions run three hours on Mondays and Fridays at division headquarters and Ninth Division camp.

Camp Travis W. H. Johnston J. P. O'Neil 179Th Infantry Brigade EB. H. Haskell Ninetieth Division O'Neil Cal. C. H. Conrad Jr 360Th Infantry Maj Alfred Brandt H. C. Tatum Division Francis C. Marshall 165Th Field Artillery Brigade Conrad Ijr I. C. Carey E. I. Hartman F.C. Boggs EB. M. Leary B. Farrar J. AU. Faulkner Abernathy W. A. Cavanaugh Rankenberger LeVert Coleman PS. Molloran EE. Haskell C. Anderson W. H. Suse Jr Woodson Hacker J.B. Sandford Mark Wheeler Mass Wyatt O. Selkirk J. G. Winter H. B. Rowland A. J. McCoy J. W. Ever J. S. Leclercq J. W. Rabush R. M. Eichelsdoerfer J. Maskell Cal J. VV. D. Murphy Col A. J. Dougherty South Infantry Tauining Cxamp Dan Morgan Smith Ashburn Jt. Briscoe DD. Collins W. BP Allen Hk. C. Watson

Washing Won’t Rid Head Of Dandruff

An advertisement claims four ounces of ordinary Nquid arvon dissolves dandruff by applying at night. It promises morning improvement after one use and complete destruction after three or four applications, with relief from itching and shinier hair. The product is sold as inexpensive and available at drug stores.

Ely Mquidarven Deartie Gude

Stumeze Stops Indigestion After Twenty Five Years

Dr J Hendershot of Montana born 1824 reports long stomach indigestion lasting twenty five years and piles for three years. STUMEZE touted as a master remedy for catarrh of the stomach and dyspepsia with belching and nausea. Pills sold by druggists and guaranteed. patients urged to buy today.

Stumeze J. 1 Hendershot Montans AM Drugevita

Obituary for Cristoval Benavides

Cristoval Benavides died Sunday afternoon at age 40. The body was sent to Laredo for interment Sunday night by the G W Haggenhurst Undertaking Company. Surviving are a widow and one son, five sisters in Laredo, one brother Benavides of Laredo, and two sisters in San Antonio.

Cristoval Benavides Laredo G. W. Hagg Une Dhertaking Company Benavides H. J. Hamilton Mays Lela Benzvides Sanches YT. Lauper Dolin Cassel Ken Ulagh Melellan Uhyristic Cone John Casseldale Riebe Undertaking Campany Welock Mr. Hale Merce Street Butler Atebe Comipiany Dallas Zap Julia i. Zapata San Antonian I. Salas North Condoreet Tne I San Fernando Cathedral San Fernando Cemetery W. T. Humble W. "I. Humble Leo Street Collie Henri Joe S. Wright Joe Wright Orelock Wilk -Wright Bryan Sam Doss Wright Hubbard W. W. Brow San Antonio Tennessee Texas Aterment Libbard Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company

Texas counties ordered to restrict cotton near Mexico

Federal Agriculture Department confirms bell worm infestations near Mexico and urges immediate creation of a restricted cotton zone in three Texas border counties. Governor Hobby prepares proclamation to halt cotton planting in the region, as other local notices report deaths, funerals, and community obituaries from Austin to Crockett.

Austin Tex Federal Department of Agriculture Hobby Cotten Mexico Agile Pass Texas Walter EB Singleton Kinney Valverde Rockwood Court Cem Beaumont Sota Cortes Foustan John Corte O'Glock Zizik Undertaking Company St. Mary's Catholic Church St. Mary’s

Awaiting The Joyful Sound The Stork Arrives

An old advertisement promotes Mothers Friend for expectant mothers. It claims the product reduces nausea nervousness bearing down and stretching pains and calms nerves for a restful period. External use only and safe, it’s marketed by the Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.

Bradfield Regulator Co Lamar Auanta

Traffic Violations Lead to 28 Arrests and Fines

Twenty eight motorists were booked at central police headquarters on old traffic law provisions. Nineteen defendants paid 125 dollars in fines after court. Eleven were speeding and nine careless driving arrests. One accident reported at Houston Street and Askisimo Plaza involving E Raymond, 0 year old, with injuries not serious. Parking rules expanded in business district enforcement to curb confusion with new ordinance.

Central Police Corporation Court Houston Street aAskimo Plaza E. Raymond Goliad Street Robert I. Green Memorial Hospital Alamo Plaza Travis Street Main Avenue Market Street Commerce Street Avenue D Houston Travis Losnya Commerce Uturri

Major Sherwood Transferred to Oregon Camp Duties

Maj J W Sherwood physician in charge at Kelly Field is ordered to Portland Ore to lead medical services for large government camps building spruce lumber for aircraft. Maj Luckie to succeed as field sanitary officer and officer in command of 2 squadron will oversee sanitary conditions. The move follows Kelly Field gains in health and rapid growth.

J. W. Sherwood Kelly Field Portland Ore Sherwood Luckie I Kelly Vielt Fort Sam Houston

San Antonio Four Minute Men Hold War Speech Meeting

A San Antonio gathering of four minute men met at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium to plan intensified war outreach. Representative Bestor from Washington spoke on war topics, joined by Joseph Ilirsch of the Corpus Christi National Bank. Mayor Sam C Bell and the city county schools superintendent also spoke. A rural bureau of speakers was formed to extend addresses in unserved districts, with Harry Hertzberg as chairman.

San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Bestor Bureau of Public Washington Joseph Ilirsch Corpus Christi National Bank State Council of Defense Sam C. Bell Harry Hertzberg

Accident Board Hears Miller vs Stone & Webster Case

A meeting of the State Industrial Accident Board in the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals heard the claim of W. H. Miller against Stone & Webster Co J J Fowler and J H Fricke. Miller a carpenter at Camp Travis alleges serious spinal injuries and permanent incapacity from his former trade after an on site accident.

State Industrial Accident Board Fourth Court of Civil Appeals W. H. Miller Stone & Webster Co J. J. Fowler J. H. Fricke Aliller Camp Travis

Army Personnel Arrivals and Assignments at Camp Travis

Army personnel from four British officers and four enlisted men arrived at Camp Travis to serve as instructors. Maj P H Jephson Lieut Marlin K Duval Sergt J A Bowers and Private W G King arrived with several U S officers including Capt Theodore Barnes Jr and Lieut Francis C Blake. The piece notes various duties leave and reassignments across Camp Travis Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field with officers assigned to hospital base guards and infantry schools.

Camp Travis P. H. Jephson Machine Gun Corps Marlin K. Duval Eighteenth Canadian Infantry J. A. Bowers Middlesex Machine Gun Corps W, Ga, King Heavy Artillery Corps Theodore Barnes Jr John, W. Ruckunui Washington Francis C. Blake Fort Sam Houston

Officers Assigned to Duty at Camp Travis and Camp Bullis

R. Al Graves and colleagues named for the 165th depot brigade at Camp Traiis. Lieut James W Conley M R C reported to Camp Travis as sanitary inspector. A group of lieutenants were detailed as assistant instructors in the grenade section at Camp Travis and reported to Lieut A Beinett for duty.

Infantry School of Arms Travis Riber Allen G. Wainright Eugene Calvelli Maurice J. Stein 165Th Depot Brigade Camp Traiis James W. Conley Camp Travis Camp Bullis Target Range Lieut A. Beinett John TF. van Meir Harry Sknight H. H. Selms George B. Cantine Charles C. Wolfe Arthur Dinnison R. G. Walters T T. So King

City to buy four enclosed steel garbage cars

Bids are in for four enclosed steel garbage cars for San Antonio. Commissioner Lambert and city Purchasing Agent Dalton will select the best type, with delivery estimated after five months. Meanwhile the incinerator on Salada Creek’s east bank nears completion and will be tested. trucks will haul refuse to the incinerator until the cars arrive. The Rock Quarry dump will be abandoned once incinerator operates.

Lambert Dalton San Antonio Salada Creek Thore

First Vice Arrests Under New City Ordinance

Police make the first arrests under the new city ordinance governing hotels and boarding houses. Two women aged 19 and 21 were fined $25 each after custodial releases, with a total of seventeen arrests for the anti vice campaign over the weekend. Detectives raided near the railway depot, arresting five Negroes for gaming with $15 fines. Additional suspects include two men for selling liquor to soldiers and a Mexican held on vagrancy charges. several others detained for investigation by federal and local officers.

Nast Commerce Street West Commerce Street

Owen Bids for New Northwest Texas Insane Asylum

A bidding committee including Governor Hali by the lieutenant governor and attorney general opened bids today for the proposed Northwest Texas Insane Asylum funded with 150000 dollars appropriated by the Legislature.

Owen Austin Tex Fey Haliby Northwest Texas Insana

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