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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1915
Page
1
A Seattle report shows streetcar yields losing revenue while drivers earn wages. Daily ridership figures indicate about 49,009 passengers on routes, with total annual figures implying profit erosion and higher operating costs per rider. Government figures warn of slow recovery and urge remedial steps.
The Senate reviewed a Treasury report detailing extraordinary advances in ocean freight and its impact on American exports. It notes grain and flour costs rising sharply and warns continued rates could harm the US balance of trade.
An article accuses Britain of manipulating public opinion to sustain anti German sentiment. It describes British wartime propaganda and hospitality toward provocative actions, asserting Britain’s reluctance to defend the English coast and accusing London of misleading the world about military realities. The piece includes dramatic rhetoric on German retaliation and civilian suffering.
The United States sent a note to Germany proposing de facto consular continuity in Belgium under German military control. Berlin avoided explicit sovereignty questions while signaling possible temporary recognition and continued American presence. The reply refrains from confirming Belgian sovereignty and notes Berlin’s stance on exequaturs and consular operations.
Galveston dispatch reports steamship Dacia likely to call for Bremen with 11,000 bales of cotton cleared Friday but delayed by bid sabbath and voyage concerns. Nearby, the American steamer Gulflight reached Galveston with cargo and port officers prepared for a cargo transfer to Texas City bound for Bremen.
Four cases await action as federal court nears adjournment. Defendants linked to Houston and Caras Christt faces involve seizures and misuse of government property. Harry Hollander to face trial on propriety charges. previous four month sentence reported but court action pending. Trial set amidst a busy docket with Tuesday hearings noted.
British forces reported sinking a German vessel in yesterday’s sea battle as Allied troops continued engagement across multiple fronts. Reports describe heavy artillery duels near Ypres and Nieuport, with French attacks around Verdun and the Argonne forest, and significant German losses including prisoners and dead.
Jan 23 dispatch reports active Austro German front along 36 miles from the Balkania region to eastern Galicia. Observers see this as the start of a broader Anglo German offensive plan aimed at repelling Russian incursions and clearing Balkans invaders. In Galicia General Brajevix advances toward Praemys on a 40 mile eastward push from the Dunaiec.
The ongoing battle between Granow and Kurd vanay southeast of Sochtcsen shows trenches crowded with dead and little overall progress. German and opposing forces exchange shielded diggers, with both sides holding narrow gains as days of fighting continue without a decisive breakthrough.
Major W Tult and Colonel F B O ry of the Canadian military are to Victoria to present to Maj Gen Sim Hughes a plan to defend the frontier with reserve troops. The aim is to keep out aliens as tensions rise at the Canada border.
Miss Huth Machin of Nashville tells how Vitalitag restores strength and appetite in a prisoner two years into detention. She praises Vitalitag as a wonderful medicine free of harmful ingredients and suitable for invalids and children. Sold at Wagner's Drug Store and other retailers.
Austin January 26 The attorney general’s department and the board of water engineers ruled under the general irrigation law that water can be appropriated as appurtenant to land described in the application and permit. The ruling clarifies ownership and use rights amid ongoing water disputes.
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