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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
1
New York reports show opposition to the eat rice campaign among East Side poor who say rice cannot replace staple foods. Despite protests, retail demand for rice grows as officials cite speculation and price rises on potatoes and onions with charges 25 percent or more above prior levels.
Prices of foodstuffs fell in the Chicago market with expectations of further cuts. Consumers refused to buy potatoes and eggs, wholesale egg prices dropped to 32 cents, cabbage also fell, and police reported more than a half million pounds of butter stored in the area.
Attorney General Gregory says federal courts hinder enforcement of the Sherman antitrust law and urges court cooperation to curb the food crisis. He cites cases against American Can Company and Plumbing Supplies Trust as examples of minimal penalties and calls for executive action aligned with Congress.
Cuero Texas February 28 Officials back a plan to close business at 6 pm to give clerks extra half hour daily to garden and raise chickens. A petition is circulating with Secretary F N Clifford of the Commercial Club. Drug stores may close at 7 pm instead of 9 pm for the period.
Representative Slayden reversed his earlier opposition and voted for the Borland resolution to appropriate 400000 dollars for an investigation of the high cost of living, including a cattle industry probe sought by the Texas Cattle Raisers Association. Rayburn and Dies opposed the measure.
In Austin Feb 28 the Texas House delayed voting on submission as absent members Nichols and Martin remained at large. Sheriff and police chiefs were ordered to locate them. Members endured a long midnight session with rest on couches and desks amid burlesque and other distractions as debates drifted.
Secretary Baker ordered that ten graduates from the 1917 class and ten from the 1916 class from designated distinguished colleges be examined in April for provisional commissions in the regular army. Qualified examinees will be accepted ahead of civil life candidates for commissions.
Tonight cloudy and colder in San Antonio and vicinity. Thursday remains cloudy with continued cool conditions.
The Light reports Saint Louis 30 degrees cloudy with a 4 mile northeast wind and rain then colder. Chicago 22 clear with a 6 mile north wind and colder. Milwaukee 12 clear with a 12 mile southwest wind and colder. Kansas City 20 clear with a 12 mile west wind and colder. New York 34 cloudy with a 12 mile north wind and colder. Washington 34 rain ing with a & mile north wind and colder.
A Vienna response to the American submarine note will be handed to the U S ambassador and is expected to align with Germany. The telegram from Berlin via Weser Zeitung says Vienna will declare there is no turning back for the central powers.
Ambassador Penfield has completed plans to withdraw all American diplomatic and consular officers from Austria Hungary on State Department orders. A break in relations is seen as likely with Spain to take over American interests and a rapid withdrawal if needed. No real hope for favorable Austrian attitude is reported.
At the Davidson county courthouse during a circuit court trial over alleged alienation of affections, E. G. Tompkins killed Will Hoffstetter and wounded Jim Hoffstetter and bystander Mrs. Bevington after a pistol shot. Will Hoffstetter stabbed Tompkins in the heart as he fell. The parties are local farmers near Donelson.
Canada mobilizes for a major spring push on the western front with thousands of troops in New Brunswick awaiting embarkation from Halifax. Major General Lessard, inspector general for eastern Canada, oversees mobilization and warns 100,000 more men may be needed to offset anticipated spring casualties.
President Wilson received a cablegram from Austin Y. Hoy of Sullivan Machinery Company Chicago. He pledges loyalty to the flag and asks for a chance to defend America after his mother and sister aboard the Laconia were killed by a German submarine. He declares he is of military age and ready to fight.
In a gripping account from Rev. F Duntson Sargent of Grenada the deaths aboard the Laconia are detailed. Mrs Mary Hoy and her daughter Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago perished in the arms of each other after long exposure and sea sickness. Cedric Ivatt of London died in the arms of his fiancée. The party endured ten hours at sea as Father Sargent gave last rites and helped bail the boat.
James W. Gerard former American ambassador to Berlin sailed from Corunna Spain on the Infanta Isabel bound for Havana. The ship carried 760 passengers and is due in Havana around March 8 or 9. William H. Gale also secured passage amid surprise in Washington at reports a German official warned Gerard.
Two squads of American bluejackets from the naval station at Caimanera Cuba were sent into Guantanamo on Monday to quell a small riot. Reports say order was restored without violence and Cuba viewed it as not an intervention. The disorder seemed only loosely tied to broader rebel movements on the island.
The organizing committee said more than a thousand women will join the inauguration parade on Monday including 400 Girl Scouts. Some women withdrew in protest over floats barred from the procession.
Plan outlines eighteen railroad heads meeting in New York to approve measures ensuring rail lines can serve government needs in a national emergency. The session aims to coordinate freight and passenger capacity and emergency routes.
British planes attacked iron works near Saarbrucken in Rhennish Pruss about fifty miles inside Germany Sunday. The raid aimed at strategic targets and marked continued air offensive over western Europe in February.
Paris reports press opinion that Wilson’s Congress address signals a shift toward war. Clemenceau argues the United States will enter if its dignity is attacked, while L Homme Enchaine notes moral pressure on Germany and a future move to armed neutrality. Le Figaro says war is inevitable but not US fault.
The Senate finance committee plans to withdraw all amendments as voting begins at 8 o'clock tonight to avoid a conference and send the emergency revenue bill to the president after the Senate's vote.
Four American consuls and two American wives are held in Germany as Berlin awaits assurances all German consuls in the Americas may depart. The U S government denies hindering Mueller's Havana delay and cites lack of temporary transport and Ecuador passport delays as reasons for his stay. Germany files two notes accusing the United States of detaining Mueller and reports mistreatment of officials leaving Germany, while asserting proper courtesy to departing consuls.
American civilian and military authorities at the border hunted two unnamed Mexicans charged with robbing the Moctezuma Copper Company store at Pilares on February 20 and killing three men at the Lolita mine nearby on February 22. Victims include Captain Jesus Cataleon, Ysidro Bracamonte, and Jesus Soto, shot while asleep.
President Wilson told peace advocates today that he would strive to maintain peace amid Germany's crisis. The pacifist delegation was led by Miss Jane Addams and by Amos Pinchot as they pressed to influence his proposed measures.
In New York trading, Bethlehem Steel issues led the market’s weakness with heavy selling and added concessions. By 2 pm the old stock had fallen nine points, while the new shares traded around 61 1/4.
In Indianapolis on February 28 Governor James P. Goodrich signed the partial suffrage bill with Mrs. Goodrich watching. The law grants Indiana women the right to vote for presidential electors and many state officers as well as all county, city and township offices.
The Frederik VIII sailed from Halifax at 7 30 last night carrying Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, and his party bound for Copenhagen.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported a bill to empower the President against the German submarine menace but rejected using other instrumentalities and blocking government insurance for munition ships. Republican opposition fears an extra session and filibusters loom as Senate talks hinge on House passage.
Senate military committee voted to raise the army appropriation by 27.5 million to 277.48 million, adding 13.6 million for clothing and camp equipment and funds for rifles subsistence signal service and logistics. The Chamberlain universal training bill was attached but unlikely to pass this session.
Senate bill outlines wartime policy of armed neutrality under Wilson. It empowers U S merchant ships to arm and defend against attacks and authorizes the president to supply arms and ammunition. A $100 million fund is authorized, with bond issuance up to $100 million to finance the program through January 1918.
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