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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
An advertised tonic claims Vitalitas strengthens blood, muscles, nerves, and bones and treats chronic disorders such as indigestion rheumatism nervous debility liver and kidney ills. Sold at Sommer's Drug Store and by all druggists in the area.
The passage argues that Mesopotamia, Armenia, and German colonies should be decided by the international peace conference. It condemns Turkish rule as a wilderness and rejects restoration of control by the Turks, stressing that decisions rest with the conference and its trustees.
The speaker urges considering the wishes of the peoples and securing peace by dismantling Prussian military power. He advocates negotiating with a democratic German government, stressing less suspicion and more confidence, and calls allied powers to distinguish their attitude toward postwar terms.
The Ruth Cruger murder inquiry will extend higher than before and into police headquarters, announced Leonard M. Wallstein, commissioner of accounts, who leads the investigation. Concurrently Commissioner Woods suspended Lieutenant William Brown with formal charges to be filed.
The San Antonio Rotary Club at the St Anthony Hotel converted its weekly luncheon into a patriotic rally to boost enlistments for the Texas National Guard. Speakers urged men under 45 to join and help bring San Antonio batteries and infantry to full muster by Saturday night. The event included a parade along Houston Street with the Alzafar Temple drum corps.
Recruiting officers said San Antonio has furnished more volunteers than any Texas city as the Texas National Guard units swell. Batteries A and C to be mustered in at Market Hall with Battery B already in service. infantry needs about 200 more men to reach war strength. Enlistments reported include Jose Rodriguez John B Rein and Hugo Weil as the drive continues through Saturday.
The Thursday parade featured an army band led by Capt. Will G. Tobin and Capt. Raymond Phelps with aides, followed by Capt. Davis McGown and a Battery B detachment. Twenty Southwestern Telephone Company soldiers joined in signal corps dress, army wagons carried enlistment banners.
British troops report gains in the Arras sector though French artillery actions disrupted advances. German counters east of Hill 304 failed, with no foothold established in the first line. On the Aisne front, German assaults were repulsed across all sectors.
Berlin reports German troops seized French positions on both sides of the Malan court Esnes road along the Meuse in Verdun, covering 2000 yards by 500 yards. A 300 yard wide French line fell in Aver court wood. Over 550 prisoners were taken at the two points.
Russian forces clashed with Turkish troops on the Persia Mesopotamia frontier. After two Turkish assaults, Russians retreated to the north bank of the Abis Hirman river, south of Baneh, according to an official statement from Petrograd dated June 29.
Report from June 29 describes Northern France roads widened and resurfaced with rubble from ruined towns like Peronne Albert Arras. German prisoners work with steam rollers to create broad, dustier highways suitable for three lorries abreast, preserving Napoleon era layouts and strategic routes.
A naval report states the US Cruiser Olympia hit an uncharted rock 500 yards south of Cerbus shoal buoy in Block Island Sound. A court of inquiry may find the navigator not at fault. Wreckers report hope remains to refloat the vessel with continued moderate seas.
Morgan Doors Steves Sash and Door Co Adv for auto equipment services and related undertakings, featuring dual phone listings 971 and Adv.
Paris dispatch reports through June 24, two French merchantmen over 1600 tons and three under that tonnage were sunk by submarines or mines. The week saw 1088 arrivals and 969 sailings at French ports. The item appears amid other travel and advertising material.
An advertisement announces built in furniture solutions from Steven Sash and Door Co. The ad promotes custom shelves cabinets and millwork for homes and offices. It highlights durable materials and expert craftsmanship.
The War Department will apply a nationwide numeric designation for all regiments in regular, National Guard, and National Army units formed this fall. Infantry regiments will run from One to Sixty-four, with the Porto Rican regiment becoming Sixty-fifth, and National Guard units continuing the sequence to about Two Hundred Ninth. The National Army will begin at Two Hundred Tenth, with state designations possible as in The Twenty Hundredth (Texas) regiment of infantry.
Washington, D. C. June 29. The Senate Finance Committee discussed and generally approved graduated rates for excess profits in the war revenue bill. Proposals ranged from 18 to 35 percent with higher rates on swollen profits. Formal action was deferred. the committee expects to report the bill to the Senate Monday.
Petrograd reports on June 29 that the United States intends to send a Red Cross mission to Russia. The move aims to aid civilians and medical relief amid ongoing turmoil and war conditions.
Boris Ordin, president of the Russian Red Cross supply committee, re organized after the Manchurian war, tells the Associated Press that America’s resolve to aid Russia is a welcome, strengthening gesture. Army and medical circles note patriotic reception.
An ad promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate for pre meal relief of indigestion. Claims to tone the stomach boost appetite and prevent distress. Urges buyers to purchase a bottle.
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