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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
6
The San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette comprise a joint publication with Associated Press Day Report. Entered at the San Antonio post office as second publication office at 609 511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D.
The entry lists Paul Block, Inc. offices in New York Chicago Boston and Detroit with bids for mailers and safe deposit trust projects. It notes bids through the respective city offices and affiliates including Kresge in Detroit.
The author argues against granting Herbert Hoover dictatorial powers over the national food supply. The piece stresses public aversion to concentrated authority, noting the bill would let Hoover seize grain from individuals for the nation's good. It concludes that no single official should wield such unchecked power.
A Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey report to the Advisory Commission on National Defense warns U S stocks of potash have vanished since before the war. It urges enacting the Ferris bill to unlock western deposits, arguing production could meet national agricultural needs. The piece notes the report is methodical and unsettling for those who see law as the driver of progress.
The piece argues that natural resources like potash should be unlocked through congressional action, linking soil fertility and agricultural output to national war aims. It warns idle land and speculators threaten production, stressing Germany’s wartime supply cut and the peril of declining crops if soil minerals remain inaccessible.
The Ruth Cruger death prompts warnings about child safety and parental watchfulness. The author cites Dorothy Arnold and Nelms sisters as similar missing cases, urges constant parental awareness of children’s whereabouts, and warns that overindulgent freedom endangers girls and even more so boys in some cases.
The passage describes the plight of a sadly treated girl, paired with the fate of well educated and well dressed youths who roam freely. Parents risk much when allowing such behavior, as they may be forced to bear consequences for years of their child’s life.
The article notes massive gold shipments from the United States to Japan and reveals Japan's wartime hoard now totals about 410 million dollars with 172 million in government holdings and 238 million in the Bank of Japan. It also mentions connected gold credits abroad and a broad industrial mobilization.
A concise report notes Mrs. Pankhurst has arrived in Petrograd, signaling a sweeping wave of political activity as observers interpret her visit amid international reactions and ongoing movements.
German expulsions persist as Belgians reportedly begin deporting a number of Germans, signaling a reciprocal unofficial action between occupiers and occupied.
Radical Socialists in Russia press for instant and ample food from the Petrograd provisional government, ignoring that the state lacks supplies unless it seizes them from the people.
The Utica Observer notes German planes avoid Paris as French and allied air defenses deter attacks and invite swift reprisals. It contrasts English responses, which have been slower to act.
The deprivation of fats in Germany has created a craving for fat and grease. In hotels and restaurants well dressed patrons mop plates with bread to soak up gravy and oil, while soup often contains very little fat.
A New York World editorial contrasts the Western and Southern tornado devastation with wartime numbness. It notes hundreds killed thousands injured and millions in property lost, and says past charitable gestures and meteorology debates would have followed in calmer times. It laments public reaction and European sympathy inaction.
Premier Borden returns from London where he attended an imperial conference and announces plans for selective conscription. He pledges to push the bill through Parliament with loyal opposition support, arguing Canada must fulfill its duty to the war effort. He claims voluntary service has mostly worked except in parts of Quebec and urges preparation for possible future failure.
Manual Quezon, a Philippine congressional delegate, proposes sending 25 000 troops from eastern insular possessions to support the government. The note likens this to Cuba and underscores democracy guiding imperialism with safety. It praises sixteen years under American rule and education of Filipinos.
The Public Information Committee reports federal and local cooperation is removing moral hazards in cities slated for cantonments. Texas towns El Paso Fort Worth and Waco have lost their red light districts and police courts see fewer incidents. Northern cities show similar improvements as the army of democracy arrives.
In a letter signed by Stanley P. Kalkowski of Camp Wilson Texas the author laments many horses and mules on San Antonio streets should be in a hospital and questions drivers. He urges civil officers to protect animals and prevent mistreatment by drivers.
The Empire shows Paws of the Bear today and Saturday starring William Desmond and Clara Williams. The adventure unfolds across Belgium France and the United States with a Russian countess secret service angle and an ocean liner scene. A Maiden's Trust, a Sennett Keystone comedy, follows with characters who pretend wealth to cope with the high cost of living.
Major Roy Miller announced Corpus Christi will host one of two Texas Coast Artillery units. Julius Dozenfield to command, W H Callaway as first lieutenant. The unit will be mustered into Federal service in August with a 65 recruit minimum and an office opening at City Hall to recruit.
The Senate finance committee voted 86 to 6 to raise second class postage by a quarter cent per pound and add a 5 percent tax on publishers’ net profits over 4000. A delegation from the American Newspaper Publishers Association urged lawmakers to avoid war taxes that target newspapers and argued for public-interest changes.
Major General Hugh L Scott, chief of general staff, is portrayed as a unique and influential figure in the U S Army. From frontier Indian conflicts to diplomacy with Villa, Obregon, and Carranza, he has served as a trusted adviser and now leads the American mission to Russia. Born 1853 in Kentucky, he rose from Ninth Cavalry to superintendent of West Point before taking his current post.
Secretary Houston appealed to American housewives to preserve perishable fruits and vegetables as a key to national food conservation. He noted the forthcoming harvest boost from backyard gardening and warned that wasting the surplus would be a sinful waste.
Major Herbert E. Lord of the Army Quartermaster Corps earned Senate confirmation in Washington DC on June 22, ending a years long deadlock. Democrats blocked Major Bescher B. Ray amid political charges, prompting Republican hold ups on Lord and other Quartermaster officers. Lord's promotion dated back to March 1913 when the stalemate started.
Charters filed include South San Antonio Mercantile Co of San Antonio with $5000 capital, Sunshine Laundry Co of San Antonio with $10000 capital, and G W McCrockey Drug Co of Waco with $20000 capital. Seaboard Rice Milling Co of Galveston seeks charter amendment increasing capital from $100000 to $150000. Final payment proofs filed for Smith Cary Oil Co of Dallas and Bangs Union Gin Co of Bangs. Cary Oil Corp of Oklahoma City granted permit to do business in Texas with $65000 capital. Trinity Mutual Investment Co of Dallas and Hall County Farmers Union Warehouse Co of Memphis dissolved.
Special Ambassador Boris A. Bakhmetieff declares Russia's provisional government mobilizes all resources for war and aims to root out autocratic German militarism. He praises U S recognition, stresses unity of power, and outlines plans with the United States for military materiel, transport, and supplies to sustain the Allied war.
The group asserts that lasting peace in Europe requires eradicating German autocratic principles. They emphasize that German militarism threatens world peace and happiness, and that Russians unitedly believe only by overturning autocracy can peace be secured.
The locating board of West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College will meet in about a week to narrow 19 remaining site offers from 30 applicants. Prof W F Doughty says eliminations will leave two or three sites, then a final choice. Legislator W E B Thomason will summarize offers for the board.
At Helsingfors on June 22 the Social Democratic Congress of Finland adopted resolutions demanding separation from Russia and the creation of an independent republic. The plan proposes Russia would lose right to keep troops on Finnish soil during peace and to hold any forts.
A faction within the Soldiers' and Workmen's Congress has adopted a resolution calling for dissolving the Duma and the Council of the Empire. It argues that early in the revolution Duma members used their positions to foster an anti democratic tumult.
Petrograd June 22. An unnamed American corporation advertises a 20 million dollar plan to purchase Russian antiques pictures porcelain and tapestries. Maxime Gorky denounces the proposal as robbery of national treasures and calls for a law to curb art exports.
Copenhagen June 22 A Budapest dispatch says Hungarian Socialists received a telegram from N C Tcheistle the Russian Socialist leader announcing the Petrograd Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates will convoke an international Socialist conference at Stockholm from June 28 to July 8. This marks the first chronicled direct communication between the belligerents.
Wyoming, the last state to report on the selective draft registration, lists 22,848 within age limits with a racial breakdown of 18,932 white 234 Negroes 3 353 aliens 329 alien enemies and exemptions at 96 958. The state center estimate is 27.
Paris reports five French merchant ships under 1600 tons were sunk by submarines or mines in the week ending June 17. An additional five merchant ships were sunk in failed submarine attacks.
In London on June 22 Earl Curzon announced in the House of Lords that there was now a high probability the franchise reform bill would be passed. The government plans to fulfill its promise by appointing a committee to examine reform of the House of Lords.
Navy Department officials stated there is no foundation to reports that a British steamer arrived at an Atlantic coast port with prisoners from a German raider sunk or captured at sea.
Sir Joseph Lyons founder of the popular Lyons restaurant chain died in London yesterday at a notable moment for British dining and hospitality.
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