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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
2
In an address at Beethoven Hall opening his congressional campaign, A. P. Barrett charged that James L. Slayden was paid $100 for each of thirty lectures opposing military preparedness. Barrett claimed Slayden took money to claim the United States was unprepared for war.
The Allies view Dr. Machlon’s revelations as largely irrelevant to the war, while the German people face a stark new appraisal of the empire’s leadership. The Kaiser's unique role is highlighted by his demand to leaders to pledge loyalty to the last breath, underscoring a one-man government in war.
Dr Muehlen asserts the Kaiser ordered commanders to take no prisoners in Belgium. He identifies the emperor as directly responsible for the crimes, noting the revelations come from a German linked to the old system of the Huns.
An analysis suggests a large American force in England trains under American officers, with hundreds of camps and British instructors being replaced. The author posits this "third army" will join the U S troops in France, creating a merged, powerful offensive against the Kaiser.
A Cleveland civic worker notes women entering men's jobs during wartime and observes that many spend earnings on finery. She questions whether men will reclaim all jobs as women’s wages rise, while acknowledging changing conditions and parallels with English war industries.
The article notes more American women entering factories and skilled trades, earning higher wages than in traditional roles. It cites a school teacher-turned-worker earning almost double, buying an automobile, and saving. It questions demoralization and predicts continued opportunity postwar, while acknowledging maternal instincts and home ties.
In a June 1915 message from Gallipoli General Hamilton criticizes censorship of war news. He argues that with real correspondents the British public would learn vital details, condemns vague official cables, and urges Washington to consider more transparent reporting. The Philadelphia Record editor praises his candid patriotism.
The Majestic offers Lu Bernicia and company plus Olesen Johnson and others in a diverse program with gongs, comedy, and rifle demonstrations. The Royal presents the Zig Zag Revue with Leland Marsh and a ventriloquist act, plus the Steiner trio and a Gypsy Cimbalom performance drawing strong laughs. The Princess launches a new vaudeville week headlined by Hoyt's Minstrels and features Bert Lytell in The Trail to Yesterday.
Clara Kimball Young appears at the Empire today in The House of Glass. The cast includes Corliss Giles Pele Trenton Edward Kimball James T. Laffey Josie Sadler Norma Selby William Waltman Peggy Burke and Doris Field as leading figures alongside Miss Young. The release follows her success with Select Pictures.
The Pearl presents Cleopatra with Helen Gardner as the lead today. Gardner is praised as one of the era’s most beautiful stars and the production is highly regarded. A Tuesday feature, The Dame Maker, stars William S Hart as an Indian. Additional weekly features follow with top film stars.
Lieut Travis Haltom killed in a Gerstner Field plane crash was laid to rest Sunday. Three Kelly Field aviators flew over the Grave at Odd Fellows Cemetery and presented flowers as soldiers escorted the hearse from Post Avenue. Reverend Hugh McLellan led services, and six Kelly aviators lowered the casket with taps sounding as it was interred.
A small farm house eight miles east of Yoakum belonging to Charles Krupalas was destroyed by fire while the parents hoeed cotton nearby. A three and a half year old saved his eight month old sibling by carrying it to a gallery before alerting the parents. The incident is reported in the Yoakum Herald.
Major John R. Marlin of the Army Surgeon General’s office reports average weight gain of nine pounds per soldier during the muscling up period. He outlines meat’s role in heat production and energy, the four rations including emergency options, and notes no fully satisfactory emergency ration exists yet.
County Demonstrator G G White brought cotton stalks to the Gazette office showing insects resembling a ladybug with a long horn inserted into stems. Specimens were sent to A and M College for identification. cotton from the Jones farm near Kingsbury. A folding aluminum drinking cup made of two plates joined by oiled silk is noted.
A collage of editorials from Texas papers criticizes war policy and civic conduct. Topics include pacifism versus fighting, conscription and labor, loyalty scandals, profiteering, animal control rulings, and proposed war-time administrative bureaus. Named outlets include Dallas Times Herald Austin Statesman Beaumont Enterprise Fort Worth Star Telegram Corsicana Sun Waco Times Herald Sherman Democrat Galveston Tribune Nacogdoches Sentinel Yorktown News Las Vegas Record.
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