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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
1
The American steamship Kroonland reportedly rammed and sank a German U boat after two all‑out attacks on the merchantman. The clash ended with the Kroonland losing a blade from its propeller and then entering an Atlantic port.
The Russian mission to the United States led by horis A. Baks meteff has landed at a Pacific port. About forty members travel via Seattle before proceeding to Washington, D. C.
Paris reports an accident at a major automobile factory producing munitions. Many wounded were taken to hospitals as the ruins were searched. No exact figures on deaths or injuries were available.
Paris reports the South Atlantic liner Sequana carrying 550 passengers was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic, with 190 lives lost. Among the passengers were a detachment of the Senegalese rifles. The Sequana, formerly City of Corinth, was owned by South Atlantic Navigation Company of Paris, 5557 gross tons, 430 feet long, built in Belfast in 1898.
Leyland liner Anglian, which sailed from Boston on May 30 bound for Liverpool, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine according to cable advisories received by agents in Boston.
London June 18 Reuters dispatch cites Amsterdam reports that Berlin newspapers publish an appeal to women to join the citys ammunition factories. The appeal stresses a large increase in women workers is necessary.
Military authorities will ask Bexar county officials to revoke the saloon license near the Army Post following a near riot. Sergeant Jacobs was bitten on the right hand during the arrest attempt of two alleged bootleggers found dealing beer to soldiers. two civilians fled, a soldier resisted arrest, and soldiers tried to intervene.
The local weather bureau forecasts a drop in temperatures as an eastward shift of high pressure over the Rocky Mountains moves in. After three consecutive 100 degree days this past weekend, daytime highs are expected to fall several degrees starting Sunday night into Thursday, marking an end to the heat spell.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday with likely fair conditions Friday and Saturday.
The Light reports cloudiness and cooling trends in St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from 58 to 88 and varying winds. City notes include possible rain in several locales and lower and upper bounds for the last 24 hours.
J W Hoopes deputy governor of the Federal Reserve in Dallas appeals to all wealth and especially landowners to support the Liberty Loan. He notes only about 25 000 subscriptions in the Eleventh District though 50 000 of 500 000 local boys will be called to service. He urges women and patriotic citizens to persuade the rich to contribute promptly and describes steps with bankers and county officials to harvest wider support.
The Liberty Loan total reached 1.658 billion with New York district at 758 million, the only district exceeding its allotment. The Comptroller said banks could subscribe 6 percent of resources and a roll of honor would list banks at or above 5 percent after July 1. Dallas district reported 29 million subscriptions and 40 million allotment. many small investors push toward 2 billion total.
General John J. Pershing landed in Paris on Wednesday morning and was greeted with a crowded reception. In Paris he met Marshal Foch, Ambassador Sharp, and War Minister Painlevé. A leading Temps editorial lauds his military character and cites Wilson's message to Russia.
Lydia Elied Epp wife of Anton Epp aged 33 drowned at Landa Park New Braunfels on a brief honeymoon. She lost footing while washing hands at a pool chute and sank. husband and park workers recovered the body after ten to fifteen minutes. The couple had married Tuesday night and planned to settle in San Antonio.
In Austin Texas Judge Ireland Graves overruled the plea to jurisdiction in the Lomax injunction suit against the university board of regents seeking to block removals of certain faculty. The court took under advisement venue and demurrer as well.
A Senate Agriculture Committee bill would bar during the war the manufacture of foodstuffs into distilled spirits and malt liquors. It also authorizes the President to requisition existing spirits to conserve food supplies or secure alcohol for necessary purposes.
Paris reports Gordon Rand of the American motor ambulance unit, a Yale 1912 alumnus, severely wounded on a shelled road but progressing well toward recovery. He was awarded the War Cross for bravery.
King Constantine abdicates under entente pressure, allowing Prince Alexander to become king. Crown Prince George leaves Greece as Italian and entente forces seize Yanina and Alessana near Mount Olympus. Alexander, born August 1, 1893, is a Greek army captain in the first regiment of artillery.
Photo of Sir Herbert C. O. Plumer, commander who drove German forces back seven miles in Ypres Armentieres sectors and captured Messines Ridge, shaping early World War I success.
London reports say former King Constantine and the Greek royal family remain in Athens while Constantine reportedly seeks to depart. Reuter notes military measures in Thessaly and the Gulf of Corinth are satisfactory, and abdicating monarchs may now be viewed as pro German.
Paris reports Senator Jonnart has been granted full authority to act in Greece with the backing of Britain and Russia. He arrived in Saloniki to coordinate with General Sarrail and the Greek Premier Alexander Zaimis, aiming for quick decisive action to stabilize Greece amid royalist resistance and entente tensions.
In response to the protestant powers demand France Britain and Russia Constantine I King of the Hellenes abdicated yesterday. His resignation followed Allied pressure amid the Greek crisis.
New York June 15. Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn imposes eleven months and twenty nine days in prison for not registering under the selective draft law. Herman P Levine a school teacher and college graduate received the sentence.
Louise Kramer, described as a self confessed anarchist, was sentenced in New York to two years in Atlanta prison and a $10000 fine for conspiracy to distribute anti conscription literature. He also got one year for failing to register. The two trials occurred back to back, the first ending yesterday.
Denver authorities arrested seventy seven men who had failed or refused to register for the selective draft in a statewide sweep conducted yesterday.
The Senate enacted the 821,600,000 war budget bill after accepting the House compromise to acquire the Jamestown Exposition site for a naval base. It faced a final clash over shipping board provisions and tied to possible removal powers, with General Goethals confirming the wording. The finance committee also moved to tax excess war profits by using prewar corporate profit baselines.
Wives and sweethearts send letters to the Provost Marshal General’s office seeking exemptions for men. Officials report several notes recommending conscription, including a wife who says her husband has no good reason to avoid war and should become a soldier.
J L Ragsdale, recently convicted for criminal assault and sentenced to twenty years, killed jailer Charles H Basey with a flat iron then fled. A pursuing posse and National Guardsmen cornered him and he shot himself, dying instantly.
British officials report 49 killed and 200 injured in a German air raid over London. Fifteen planes dropped bombs in the East End, with many blasts in congested districts and a school struck killing ten children and wounding fifty.
London reports that the British war office announced the repulse of a German counter-attack on positions newly gained along the Souchez River.
British positions east of the Messines ridge hold after German shelling while expanding the captured line north to south near Contavarne. patrols push forward with limited resistance as seven field guns are captured and General Haig hails Plumner and the Second Army for a likely Allied victory.
Russian report says batteries shelled Meerisski village three miles north of Tverotch causing a big fire. Enemies were driven off by Russian artillery as they attempted to quarter there. Further west near Nikovitchi southwest of Pinsk Russian shells struck an enemy position.
At 7000 feet on the Trentino front Italian forces push forward along a high plateau toward the Laguna Valley ending near Trent. Italian officials say Austrian counterattacks on the Carso front failed to sap morale or inflict heavy losses.
The coast guard cutter McCulloch, noted for its role at Manila Bay, sank after a collision with the steamer Governor off Point Argueta early today. The crew were transferred to the Governor and casualties were reported.
A heavy quake lasting nearly ninety minutes was recorded in the morning on seismographs at Washington town University. The event duration and location are noted in the day’s seismology readings.
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