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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1917
Page
1
The Senate adopted a prohibition section barring use of foodstuffs for distilled liquor but allowing light wine and beer. It also sets seizure of bonded liquor and price terms for distillers. Cloture threats and votes on the bill cloud further House Senate conference action.
In Austin on July 7 Speaker Fuller said he will file an affidavit admitting he did not vote for Abilene on the second ballot. Commissioner Davis Lieutenant Governor Hobby indicated reopening possible if three board members affirm nonvote. Governor Jateee reportedly does not intend to reopen the matter.
Wilbur P. Allen chairman of the University of Texas Board of Regents will return from the West in time to attend the board meeting scheduled for July 12 in Galveston.
Rome reports Germany demanded the recall of Cardinal Mercier of Belgium from the Vatican and the Vatican refused, straining church relations as Germans bomb Nancy and Epinal. Mercier’s pro Belgian stance and outspoken letters have been suppressed by German authorities in Belgium.
Washington reports President Wilson may announce a new food embargo to prevent exports to neutrals. A conference with Secretary Houston and Food Commissioner Hoover reportedly pressed for immediate action. It is unclear if British denial of clearance papers to ten grain laden Dutch ships in New York harbor is related.
Berg von Lind, chemical exporter on Wall Street, and Eric Lindstrum, steward on a Norwegian American liner, were detained as police saw von Lind hand Lindstrum a packet of twenty one letters before the ship sailed. Washington warns information to Germany via neutral vessels prompts tighter checks on US departures.
Dr Pemberton B Strickrath of Marietta in Ohio was sentenced to thirteen months in Atlanta prison after being found guilty of making threats against President Wilson last week. Judge Sater handed down the ruling.
West Texas shows Sunday generally fair with possible showers in extreme west. Monday also generally fair. East Texas outlook for Sunday through Monday remains mostly fair with little temperature change.
Forecasts for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington show temperatures ranging from mid sixties to mid seventies with varying conditions. Northwest and southeast winds expected with some showers and rain possible and Saturday highs given for each city.
The war front reports a fresh Russian drive in the Pinsk sector 200 miles north of Lemberg. Russian gains include Sianka Hill 388 Lakhavitz and Sveniatchi and the town of Godov, with a naval flotilla clearing mine barriers on the Pi na river. Berlin claims heavy Russian losses and asserts German counter blows repulsed attacks along multiple fronts.
British forces claim to have shot down eight German aircraft and forced six more to crash during intense aerial combat over Belgium. Haig notes large numbers of hostile planes, raids near Loos, and continued night activity with substantial bombing on both sides.
Major General John J. Pershing issued his first general order to the American Expeditionary Forces in France urging perfect deportment and deep respect for French women while noting the need to honor France's laws and protect private property.
Between 200 and 300 attendees denounced the war policy of the U S government and hissed President Wilson. The gathering adopted a resolution supporting peace without punitive indemnities and forcible annexations and sent it to Petrograd. Speakers attacked Gompers and urged peace, with calls to support miners resisting the draft and to pressure for democratic peace plans.
Four hundred young women from the Legion of Death march to the front in Russia swearing to fight Germany. They wear full uniform and carry sixty pounds aboard government trains as 30 nurses and four male drill masters accompany them amid open air farewells at Kazan Cathedral.
The War Department announced that first National Guard units will be in France by September to support the Pershing division with a December trench season. Eleven states will supply units on set dates with later drafts to follow, preserving officer seniority as troops move abroad. London reports rioting after German raids, with casualties and property damage across the East End.
About 15 000 people attended a Madison Square Garden reception for the Russian commission. Anarchists unfurled white banners calling for Emma Goldman and all political prisoners to be released in America. The arena glowed with lights and a large New Russia flag hung amid the crowd.
The British admiralty announced that a British destroyer was sunk in the North Sea yesterday by a German submarine. One officer and seven sailors were killed in the loss.
Butte Montana July 7 The strike situation here tonight was virtually settled following the executive committee of the striking electricians voting to accept the settlement proposed by the mining companies.
British airmen engage seven assailants in a dramatic air battle that ends with seven of twenty attackers downed. In London crowds, anger at German domination triggers a wave of retaliatory storefront violence targeting businesses owned by Germans.
A German air raid Saturday struck the Isle of Thanet and greater London. Casualties totaled 37 dead and 141 injured with mixed ages and genders across the metropolitan area and Isle of Thanet. The London raid lasted 15 minutes with no military damage reported and German losses listed at seven airplanes and possibly eleven.
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