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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
8
Chicago hotel managers announce they will keep serving sucking pig baby lamb and milk fed chicken despite Hoover food regulations arguing conservation must apply to all from top to bottom. In Los Angeles G Harold Powell agreed to direct nationwide perishable food distribution as Hoover invites him to lead the effort.
Friday events include a musical evening at 204 Sixth Street hosted by Charles Cameron Bell. Nearby, the Married Ladies Sodality of St Marys Catholic Church hosts a card party at 8 15 p m in St Marys auditorium. Saturday activities feature church fundraisers and charitable gatherings across several local venues.
SAN ANGELO Texas July 13 The judge will be the only court official remaining in the Eighty-second Judicial District soon. Ben Smith of Fort Stockton district attorney last night joined the Texas National Guard during a rally that netted 71 recruits in one day. Fred J Williams stenographer soon will enter the aviation corps. A local guard company has been tentatively authorized.
Washington July 13 plans are made to speed up the new merchant fleet. General Goethals will head construction for the emergency fleet corporation and Denman will operate vessels after completion and requisition tonnage now building. Double and triple shifts will rush output.
All San Antonio units of the Texas National Guard report sufficient strength to be mustered in and will continue recruiting until Gen. John A. Hulen orders停止. Officers, the Chamber of Commerce and civilian committee call Friday “banner day,” marking enlistments that brought units to muster strength for state service ahead of potential federal induction around August 5.
San Antonio soldiers receive special privileges to use Travis Park for band concerts and amusements as designated by the city commission in a wartime resolution. The council also debated bids for six Ford cars for the street department and awarded sidewalk work on Soledad Street to Charles F. Parker with a $4600 appropriation.
Friday morning departure for California noted for Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Plum. Meeting updates include officers elected at the July 4 organization. Wedding notices from Lockhart and plans for Red Cross and War Recreation Board cooperation are mentioned, plus a musical program featuring Cameron Bell. A reception at Travis Park Methodist Church honors two deaconess appointees, and a Saturday cut price sale advertises discounted groceries at Nichols Grace Co.
An advertisement proclaims Ju Cy Wine sold in bottles for five cents each, available broadly. It emphasizes value and wide distribution to attract customers.
A man believed to be Roscoe Morrill of Waurika Oklahoma, was found shot with a bullet through the head near Lancaster south of Dallas. A companion, seen with Morrell yesterday, and an automobile linked to the shooting, are being sought as police investigate the case.
Danger of a strike by all crafts in the International and Great Northern railroad shops grew as negotiations on a new wage scale failed to yield a settlement. Conferences were attended by road officials, union representatives, and Federal Conciliator Joe F Myers and continued for several days in Palestine.
Construction on the Collins Garden to Camp Kelly line began Thursday with crews clearing the right of way near Collins Garden. The project, surveyed route, aims to start track laying Friday evening or early Saturday, with grading teams advancing ahead of the track crews by several hundred yards.
In Ada Oklahoma a 20 year old bride who had been forced to marry Joe Napier at Grove City Kansas was tracked down by Napier who shot her at a relative’s home and then shot himself. Both died instantly. Her parents confirmed the forced marriage.
In Boston on July 13 a ship market report notes high demand for shipping leads to overhaul of vessels with old rigs in New England ports. The whaling bark Andrew Hicks from New Bedford, built in Fairhaven in 1867, has been sold to foreign interests and will enter overseas trade.
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