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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
1
The Dirigo Francis M and Barbara were sunk or attacked by German submarines. Crews were landed at Plymouth Cadiz and Gibraltar respectively. Dirigo with 31 aboard including 9 Americans, was sunk after a warningless attack and a drowning occurred.
Michael J. O'Brien, an able seaman aboard the Woodward Abraham, describes a German submarine attack 600 miles from Liverpool on April 22. He reports robbery of Captain John Van Names and bombing, with orders not to return to the barred zone, in a letter to a Pensacola friend.
The American consul offices at Nuevo Laredo will be moved back across the river to the Mexican side after being on the American side since June 1916 due to unsafe conditions in Mexico. State Department orders restore border offices to Mexican stations. Train service to Mexico resumed with one daily International & Great Northern train over the bridge connecting to the Mexican National Line at Nuevo Laredo.
President Wilson has dispatched a document to the Russian government outlining U.S. war aims. It is understood to reflect no annexations and no indemnities. Publication awaits Ambassador Francis in Petrograd presenting it to Russian authorities.
Madrid reports the Spanish government will abolish press censorship. All newspaper dispatches will be sent on the sole responsibility of the correspondent.
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight unsettled. Saturday partly cloudy to cloudy.
Forecasts by The Light report temperatures and conditions for eight cities with winds ranging from northeast to southeast. Variances include rain, clouds, and likely Saturday clear skies with high temperatures in the mid seventies and lows around mid sixties.
W G Love of Houston appears at regents meeting to take seat as a member replacing Dr J S Mc Reynolds. Board votes to file all memorials for later consideration and authorizes a loan secured by the El Paso School of Mines site to cover a $114,541 lowest bid. President Vinson presents his annual report and committees are reformed with new members.
Dr J B McReynolds of Temple resigns from the University of Texas board of regents. Governor Ferguson names W G Love of Houston to succeed him and Love accepts. McReynolds cites illness in his family and will be unable to attend a Galveston meeting. He is the third regent appointed by the governor since Monday.
A late night call sent Chicago police to a southwest side store where two youths, John Fitzpatrick and Grotto Wylkezick, aged 10 and 6, were caught in the act of stealing hair pins and two neckties after a surrounding search and forced entry.
Reports from Madrid dated June 1 via Paris state disorders among soldiers occurred in Barcelona. Several officers were imprisoned in Montjuich fortress near Barcelona. The war minister confirmed the events and said additional officers had been locked up in the fortress.
Kennedy Jones director of food economy told the Associated Press that Britain's losses in cereal ships are only six percent. He said the Ministry of Food has allowed for a twenty five percent loss in this class of shipping.
Staff correspondent reports that from April 16 to May 24 French forces captured 31,929 German prisoners, 28,045 unwounded, as the offensive advances. French tactics bring fewer losses. a raid near Chevreux took 30 German prisoners and killed six companies, with French losses at 27. Observers note French casualties much lower than German.
The Very Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell, dean of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at Fond du Lac Wisconsin, has tendered his resignation from the Socialist party. He cites dissatisfaction with the party policy on the war.
John Spargo resigns from the Socialist party citing its stance as un American and pro German. The New York announcement marks a major break with the party he helped shape as a writer and national executive committee member.
Madrid reports the Spanish government has ordered seizure of a cargo of Argentine wheat aboard a steamer bound for Switzerland. The cabinet says it may take over the wheat to meet Spain's needs after the ship arrived in Bilbao on Wednesday.
Nearly half the San Antonio Police Department was discharged Friday in a historic shake up tied to the recent municipal election. Captains Coy and Brown will lead remaining officers in two twelve hour shifts as the new commission plans reorganizing. Dozens of detectives, patrolmen, and other ranks were dismissed with a few reinstatements and tentative reappointments, while appointments await the new governing body’s first meeting.
London reports that over 120 of Petrograd's largest factories, many engaged in war production, have decided to strike or take measures to paralyze output. Reuter's dispatch notes the action as of June 1.
London reports that British aircraft dropped many tons of bombs on Ostend Zeebrugge and Bruges in a war operation. The official British War Department statement was issued this afternoon.
Senate leaders announced the censorship section of the espionage bill will be dropped after yesterday’s House vote. The House rejected the modified censorship 184 to 144, despite Democratic effort to secure support. Thirty seven Democrats joined Republicans for the motion. eleven Republicans opposed.
At daylight the port of New York barred outgoing vessels including fishing boats and barges while steamships could enter. The gate at the harbor mouth was readied for closure, a step not used since severing relations with Germany. Officials offered no reason, and by noon the port closure was rescinded with the gate reopened at 12 20 p m.
No trace of Lloyd Keet, infant son of J Holland Keet, remained missing at dawn. Keet returned from a Greene County night drive, presumably carrying ransom funds. Dozens of cars trailed the Keet vehicle, hindering any kidnapping negotiations as the child was taken from his bed during the Springfield Country Club opening hall.
A fierce blast at 1924 Woodland Avenue in Cleveland collapsed a frame store and adjoining apartments. Thirteen people were injured with three hospitalized. Doctors say all will recover. Police probe considers dynamite as the cause.
Senator Sheppard was told that cantonment locations nationwide will be reconsidered. In the Southern Department the count drops to one or two, and no National Guard camps are planned for now. San Antonio and El Paso must compete anew as cantonment sites as General Parker revises the list amid a nationwide cut from 82 to 16 due to material shortages.
The War Department announced that the number of army cantonments will be reduced from 32 to 16 and unprovided men will be housed in tents. The decision, reached today, cites higher than expected costs. The sixteen sites are not yet settled, with tent camps planned mainly in the southern states.
Thirty young Porto Ricans between 21 and 30 years old arrived by steamship from the West Indies with plans to enlist for prospective duty abroad. The article notes a strong war spirit in Puerto Rico and mentions the arrivals.
Judge T R Bond received a letter warning he must not take part in Tuesday's affair or be shot to death. He turned the crude drawing and letter over to postal authorities for investigation.
Mrs Katrina Couch an American once reported executed as a spy in Germany reportedly appeared at the Spanish consulate in Brussels. The London press and cables to the State Department indicate the visit occurred today.
A wall section at the building corner of Santa Rosa avenue and Commerce street fell Friday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, burying two Mexican laborers under bricks. Comrades freed them as a police ambulance carried the injured to Robert B Green Memorial Hospital. Cause of the accident is not known.
The Senate resumes work on the administration food bill including a Fletcher amendment to push wider use of fish. A drastic provision makes hoarding storage or destruction of food fuel or life goods a felony with imprisonment of six months to three years, with farm held crops exempt.
German newspapers mark the Skagerrak battle with anniversary studies and warn that a new clash between British and German fleets could occur soon.
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