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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1917
Page
2
In San Marcos Texas the night operator J. E. Drummond was robbed again by the same hold up man. He forced him to hand over cash totaling 24.65 while taking a train order over the wire. The March 12 heist followed February 22 when the robber had also used a gun.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a quick cure for colds. It promises a refund if no cure and features E W Grove’s signature on the box with a 25 cent price.
The steamship Frederik VIII departed for Copenhagen today carrying Count von Bernstorff the former German ambassador to the United States and his party.
The YWCA drive to raise 70000 dollars will close with a 6 pm supper at the association cafeteria on Losoya and Crockett. Workers meet at 9 am Tuesday to receive assignments and begin door-to-door canvassing, with a final 6 pm gathering to report. Mrs. George Wurzbach’s team led that day with 370 dollars. total reach 23553 dollars, as organizers hope to boost the final tally amid Tuesday’s closing reports.
Three Texas militia companies arrived at 3 o clock this morning for the stock show. One trooper was found to have measles and was moved to a hospital under quarantine. The militia will remain until muster out on March 26.
A Peking dispatch reports China’s House of Representatives secretly endorsed the government policy including a rupture with Germany over unrestricted submarine warfare. Foreign minister hints at alliance with the Entente while cabinet debates policy and a weary Li Yuan Hung presses for Parliament vote.
A message from Sun Yat Sen to Premier Lloyd George urging China to stay out of the entente is widely published in China. Chinese papers ridicule the suggestion and deny coercion by England, calling Sun a trouble-maker while warning of a possible Mohammedan uprising and Boxer-style massacre fears.
A Shanghai dispatch in August 1916 reports Dr Sun Yat Sen back in the city and active in the councils of radical Chinese reformers. Earlier eras saw his leadership in the revolutions that created the republic and his stormy political career. He had disappeared after Yuan Shi Kai's fall and was said to have sought refuge in Japan fearing danger if in China. The report notes no prior communication with Premier Lloyd George had been received.
Governor Ferguson and aide discuss Poe and the Temple bank stock sale as the legislative committee weighs evidence on solvency and motives. Hanger argues for admissibility of testimony including motives while Crane questions the substance of habits testimony. The panel votes five to four to admit the evidence as Ferguson defends his actions and aims to treat Poe kindly.
Milas Gross aged 62 died at 6 40 Sunday morning at 318 East Cincinnati avenue. He lived here seven years and leaves six sons W H Co M L and A E Gross San Antonio J C Gross Elmendorf O R Gross Atlanta Tex one daughter Miss Fannie May Gross two brothers I G Gross Scotsborough Ala J T Gross Klvena Okla a sister Mrs Mollie Dobbin Scotsborough and one grandchild. Funeral at 2 o clock Monday from the residence with Rev J H Groseclose officiating. Burial at Mission Burial Park. Pallbearers named J C Denning J D Frizzell John Holtzclose F L Scallorn W B Dixon G T Henning.
One year old Malcom Wendland son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wendland of 1516 North Palmetto Avenue died at 5 30 Monday morning. Funeral at 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon from the home with interment in Cemetery No 4. Services conducted by Rev A Wolff of St Johns Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Mable Smith aged 61 dies at 10:15 Saturday morning at 601 East Florida Street. She leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Williams two sisters Mrs. Maggie Dick and Mrs. Myrtle Stone and two children. The body will be sent to Ardmore Oklahoma Monday night by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
Mrs J W Maxwell aged 63 native of Ohio died Sunday morning in her local apartments and had lived here three years. Widow of J W Maxwell former president of the Cotton Belt railway she is survived by a daughter Edith Maxwell of San Antonio and three sons J W Maxwell of Austin Stuart D Maxwell in Alaska and D K Maxwell of Kansas City. Body to be shipped to Kansas City by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
James Arthur Evans age 32 died at 1 30 Sunday afternoon at his home 624 Ruiz Street. A native of Frie county he had resided here two years. He is survived by his widow and a young daughter. The body will be sent to Waelder by Ludwig Undertaking Company.
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offers automobile equipment and services with contact via phones 971 and Adyv. Priority is to provide burial and funeral supplies, casket options, and related vehicle and equipment support.
General Pershing continues his border inspection program arriving in Laredo after Brownsville duty. He travels with Colonel Malvern Hill Barnum and Lt James L Collins to assess troops on duty. The trips aim to restore goodwill across the International line and may include courtesy exchanges with Matamoros officials.
British forces have captured Baghdad with Turkish resistance diminishing. General Maude’s access to supplies will influence a planned advance up the Tigris toward Mosul while Russian movements from Persia shape the Ottoman defense and potential gains.
Paris papers note the Turkish army setback in far territory will yield deep political effects in Germany. The Hamburg Bagdad line, once a German dream, faces a decisive test as Europe weighs the military shift and its broader impact on the war.
The Petit Parisien contends the Turks were drawn into war by the Committee of Union and Progress and kept in power through terrorism. It questions whether the regime’s prestige can endure after the Mesopotamian disaster.
Bagdad once led the world in wealth and culture and housed century old monuments and prophets tombs. The city’s fall marks a dramatic wartime milestone, tying modern events to Babylonian, Islamic, and Arabian Nights era splendor and legend.
Police charge a group of boys with breaking into the saloon of Frank Talerico at West Houston and Leona Streets, stealing liquor and cigars. A 16 year old boy was arrested Monday morning. others had been arrested recently. A bulky engine blocked thieves from stealing E D Thomas’s car on South Presa Street Sunday night, forcing them to flee. Mrs. B L Matlock reported the theft of a bag from an automobile Sunday night. Thieves stole a quantity of bra and malt from a barn and $35 along with a ring and jewelry from Alfred Schuettel’s home on Delgad Street Sunday night.
Des Moines reports rising river levels across virtually all Iowa rivers with warnings that serious floods may follow. Authorities issued the notice as water levels climbed statewide.
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