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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
8
Berlin dispatch reports Von Kuehlmann’s retirement triggers a crisis in the government. Papers clash over responsibility and future leadership as Von Hintze is named potential successor while reactions split along party lines. The kingpin of German diplomacy faces critical reassessment amid war policy debates.
Washington reports 52 casualties with categories including killed in action and missing. Separate dispatch from Rio Janeiro notes unusual cold and heavy snow damaging coffee plantations in Sao Paulo, likely curtailing 1918 to 1920 production.
London July 12 The Reichstag heard Imperial Chancellor Von Hertling affirm close unity between Germanys political and military leaders in accepting fair proposals from the Allies if sincere. He said Germany would adhere to its peace note reply and pursue reforms, despite allied calls for destruction. Admiral Von Hintze, the foreign secretary, pledged to follow the chancellors policy.
About 5000 youths rounded up in a July raid remained detained for further investigation. Lockups proved insufficient and temporary prisons were set up in state defense and draft board headquarters. One incident occurred when Helga Gustavson was shot by a government agent during an attempted escape. he is in serious condition.
A Dutch traveler reports a Hague dispatch stating Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is ill and unable to work at the army headquarters. First Quartermaster General Tadendorff has assumed military duties, per German newspapers not allowed to be named.
Paris dispatch reports British fighting forces in France now number about a million men. The Tatas correspondent cites this figure as the force on the front, with the date noted as July 12.
London reports British naval and air force contingents dropped a half ton of bombs on Constantinople on July 7. The action was disclosed by the admiralty. In Texas, Mrs. Clay Kegley was fatally paralyzed by fright as a freight train approached while she walked to church.
San Antonio tonight and Saturday partly cloudy with high range 64 to 98 and southeast winds. St Louis 64 clear with northeast breeze and a 24 hour low around 64 and high near 94. Chicago 60 clear with westerly wind, low this period about 60 and high near 60s. Kansas City 68 clear with east wind, low around 68 and high near 80s. New York 66 with north wind, low near 50s and high around 60s. Washington 47 cloudy with north wind, low around 40s and high near 60s.
Major Jack Burke and Lieutenant Eddy spoke at the St Anthony Motel luncheon urging compulsory physical instruction in schools. They cited low fitness among draftees and demonstrated exercises, prompting the Rotary club to form a committee to present the plan to the school board.
London July 12 reports a Russian wireless dispatch stating that severe food shortages have led to a growing cholera outbreak in Petrograd with hundreds of daily fatalities.
Kelly Field will launch the first aerial mail service in this region. Beginning Monday of next week the initial weekly cross country flight will deliver the Kelly Field Eagle, the official field publication, from Kelly Field to the ground school at Austin. The plan rejects train mail in favor of airplane delivery, marking a pioneering aviation mail route for the area.
A delegation of Mexican editors and publishers tours the United States on a goodwill mission. They arrived by special car from El Paso to San Antonio, toured Kelly Field, and attended a luncheon at the Gunter Hotel before departing for Laredo and Mexico City.
The editors visited Washington where President Wilson welcomed them as guests. They traveled through New York Boston and the Pacific coast visiting cities including Los Angeles and Chicago. They entered the United States from Mexico via Laredo on June 1 and have since toured continuously.
The Serbian Press Bureau reports a July mutiny by Austrian troops in occupied Serbia. The Kragujevac garrison rebelled over food shortages, many officers were killed, and the mutiny was crushed after heavy artillery fights.
Geneva reports a Rhine campaign push to halt Allied air raids on nonmilitary towns. The Duchy of Aden Landtag seeks government influence with imperial authorities for an agreement to stop bombardments on both sides, Deputy Narun says attacks harm civilians and serve no military purpose. The Lausseny Gazette notes German Zeppelin raids, cites limited Allied retaliation and a rhetoric of vengeance.
Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered the Texas selective service to move 145 men to Vancouver Barracks Washington. The dispatch dated July 12 confirms the transport request and location details for the action underway in Austin Texas.
The National Security League reprimands James Ly Slayden for voting against key war prep in the Sixty-fourth Congress. The group lists six measures: Kalin amendment to Hay Army bill, Brandegee amendment, Chamberlain section twenty six, naval funding, McLemore rights at sea, Cooper Amendment, plus the Conscription Act. It asserts the votes endangered national security and urges public scrutiny.
Special Cable reports that after months of development the Allied forces will receive mustard gas in large quantities. The article notes mustard gas is not usually lethal but causes severe skin burns and membranes, staying in trenches and shell holes for days, aiding Allied efforts near Chateau-Thierry on the Marne.
Associated Press reports a large German patrol attempting a Marne trench raid was routed by American forces. German dead aided US unit identification as weather limited aerial observation. French authorities renamed Bois de Belleau to Bois de la Brigade de Marine. maps updated. Separate dispatch notes Brazil and Venezuela arbitration treaty approved, effective immediately.
Allied forces push in the Marne salient near Longpont and Fayetroles driving German lines east of Villers-Cotterets. French gains include Longpont area farms and Chavigny north of Longpont as French and Italian units advance and take prisoners. A broader offensive mood emerges as raids and aerial activity continue amid worsening weather.
French forces report capturing Longpont on the Suvrieres River east of Villers-Cotterets and advancing north of Chavigny farm and east of Faverolles. Amiens remains unharassed since June 25, with raids near Montdidier and Champagne yielding fifteen prisoners. German artillery active on the Meuse left bank.
The war office said British troops conducted further raids last night in the Flan ders area near Merri and Meterem. Prisoners were taken in a patrol encounter in the Kemmel front. Another party raided German lines near Flamel south of Somme, with a patrol clash in the Lape borhood northeast of Tasnino.
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