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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
7
Only five regents are free to act as the Lo Max injunction suit lingers in district court before Judge Ireland Graves. The budget cannot be adopted until the case is clarified, a brief session was held, and a committee was appointed to report today.
A court injunction strains Dr J P Tucker from discharging board duties leaving five members free to act. The injunction trial is expected next September and rumors of resignation could not be confirmed due to the absence of Dr Tucker and the governor.
Nat M. Washer urges San Antonio citizens to attend a mass meeting at the Gunter Hotel Wednesday night at 8 to select delegates for a Dallas gathering next Saturday aimed at preserving the University of Texas. Joseph P. Sayers echoes the call urging a large delegation to Dallas.
Baptist Ministers Conference passes resolutions condemning Governor Ferguson's veto of university appropriation and attempts to oust President R. E. Vinson as sectarian. Rev. J Stuart Pearce introduces. eight pastors endorse. Statement says governor seeks sectarian prejudice and affirms the role of a gospel minister.
A formal resolution pledges support for the state educational institution and condemns the governor’s attempts to throttle it. Copies were ordered sent to the governor and to each university regent as the measure closes.
Representative Leonard Tillotson of Austin comments on Governor veto and Attorney General Looney opinion. He argues the veto aims to erase the university appropriation except for El Paso School of Mines and dean salary, while urging the Legislature’s mandate to fund the university remains intact. He predicts court eventuality and says impeachment calls are unwarranted.
Austin reports the University of Texas held its closing exercises on the campus for the first time. About 300 graduates received degrees as Dr. W J Battle addressed the class and awards were announced. Attendance was lighter than usual with many heading to Lomax injunction district court hearings.
Design work for the 1917 Liberty loan bonds has been completed. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will issue bonds thirteen inches by six inches, with portraits of presidents and color-coded denominations. Vignette of the Statue of Liberty will appear on the right, and a president on the left.
The New York Liberty Loan committee vows to raise $1,000,000,000 to safeguard the loan amid under subscription fears. New York exceeds its $600,000,000 share as volunteers report a broad awakening among plain people, despite a single squad in a race track finding no subscriptions from horse lovers.
Clocks on prominent street corners across the Second Federal Reserve District show the pace of Liberty Loan bond purchases. Minute hands indicate local bond buys while hour hands reflect national uptake in the drive.
War Department records reveal a Tampa family with three sons serving respectively in the regular army, the aviation corps and the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. The mother and daughter enlist in the Red Cross and the mother offers 200 acres of land to the governor for any use.
Soldiers at Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens subscribed 47500 to Liberty Bonds. Officers and men deposited money with the army paymaster earning 4 percent interest, while Liberty Bonds offered 3.5 percent, showing strong patriotic support.
The twelve federal land banks will subscribe from five thousand to ten thousand dollars each to the Liberty Loan. This collective support signals regional financial backing for the national bond drive.
Corsicana Texas celebrated patriotism by buying five thousand dollars worth of Liberty bonds, the city council reported today. The purchase underscores local support for the war effort as residents participated in the national bond drive.
Three men detained by city detectives investigate the death of Hugh L. Duncan a 28 year old chauffeur found unconscious on the South Loop. Duncan died at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital five and a half hours after being found. Police officials resumed the inquiry and arrested the trio at Beasleys Place on the South Loop.
San Antonio urges citizens to purchase Liberty bonds with less than $1,000,000 remaining and three days left. Whistles and bells at 9 pm will signal the deadline while bankers, Chamber of Commerce, and Manufacturers' Club push a phone-chain and employer incentives to boost subscriptions. Report shows $2,000,000 sold locally, leaving about $1,000,000. County Judge Davis distribution of blank forms and a Dallas Reserve Bank appeal underscore urgency.
Memphis Tennessee June 12 More than one thousand pharmacists from Mississippi Tennessee and Arkansas state associations attended the Tri State Druggists Association session opening here today The convention will run through Thursday A movement is under way to form a southern association of druggists with representatives from nearly every pharmaceutical group in the southwest in attendance
Chicago city council approved an ordinance abolishing free lunches in saloons. Violations face fines from five to one hundred dollars. The measure takes effect in ten days.
In Poughkeepsie on June 12 Vassar College awarded 237 bachelor degrees in a simple commencement. The class day was scaled back from tradition, with modest regalia and a restrained program marking fifty years of graduation ceremonies.
The bottom compartment features a sliding tray that enables easy retrieval of stored articles, improving organization and practicality in the cabinet design.
A historical notice advises using ordinary refined coconut oil for hair washing instead of commercial soaps or shampoos. It claims soaps are too alkaline, dry the scalp, and ruin hair, while coconut oil cleanses effectively with minimal effort and leaves hair soft and glossy.
J N Brown and George J Roark appear in a brief item with partial names and likely an accompanying notice or notice fragment. The readable text is fragmented and lacks a clear event, date, or location it references.
Labor Secretary Wilson tells a Washington luncheon that Germans claim the US must wage war not for murder but to protect sanctified trade. He cites Germans portraying Americans as college professors shouting warnings about souls and mobility in an overheard exchange.
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