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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1917
Page
1
The Associated Press reports President Wilson is preparing for any German U-boat eventuality and aims to strengthen naval readiness. He weighs broad options including a league for future peace and Russia's revolution impact. Officials sense the nation is virtually in a state of war as Congress nears.
Secretary Daniels ordered naval shore commandants and recruiting offices to prepare to enlist women in actual naval service for emergency shore duty. They may serve as stenographers clerks typists and in radio telegraphy. Submarine chaser orders and shipyard work were also outlined as part of expanding naval capacity.
The Navy will use small chasers to guard high seas shipping lanes. Over a thousand yachts and vessels have been offered by owners, and Navy Department officials will assign crews. Youth patriotism is expected to fill the complement quickly.
No lives were lost in the sinking of the City of Memphis in the German submarine zone. The missing boat carrying Captain Borum and seven men has reached Glasgow safely, per a dispatch from the captain to Ocean Steamship Company.
Mrs Helen D Rotrammel, aged 103, died here early today from a stroke of paralysis. She was Sherman s oldest citizen.
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight unsettled and Wednesday fair with drier conditions developing. Outlook calls for mild overnight temperatures and continued clearing skies later in the week.
Forecasts from The Light cover major cities with temperature and wind details. St Louis shows 46 with 6 mile west wind and Wednesday fair. Chicago 36 clear with 12 mile west wind. Milwaukee 32 cloudy with 12 mile west wind. Kansas City 42 cloudy with 10 mile east wind and possible rain. New York 34 partly cloudy with 15 mile south wind and Wednesday cloudy. Washington 36 cloudy with 8 mile south wind and possible rain.
A lifeboat carrying the first three mates and five seamen from the Dutch steamer Selien, chartered by the Belgian relief committee, was shelled by a German submarine near Stavenger Norway. All eight aboard died, the Belgian relief ship had left Rotterdam Friday and was bound for New York in ballast when attacked. The Selien resumed speed and the submarine disappeared.
No Dutch steamer Selien shown in registers. A Dutch motor tank Selene of 3778 tons gross last sailed from Philadelphia on January 1 bound for Gothenburg Sweden.
A Rotterdam dispatch reports two of five relief ships with German safe-conduct letters were shelled in the safe passage. Seven men died aboard the Tunisie as it entered Steven ger while the other vessels continued northward on their voyage.
The report lists two steamers named Tunisie. One Belgian vessel of 2467 tons was last reported sailing from New York January 8 and arriving at Rotterdam January 29. The other is a French steamer.
The first direct ripple of the Russian revolution in Chicago appeared at the Russian consulate where the czar Nicholas II portrait and imperial insignia were removed from the walls. Consulate staff would not confirm or deny reports that Washington ordered the removal.
Patriotic students at Central High School tore down a wall portrait of Emperor Wilhelm II and replaced it with a photo of President Wilson flanked by two American flags. They presented Miss Marie Siebert, German teacher, with a resolution denouncing the emperor’s image as a murderer and demanding its removal.
David Overton former Madison County Circuit Court clerk and murderer of Judge William T Lawler escaped from the Jefferson County jail with six other prisoners. They overpowered the warden and fled in a waiting automobile. deputies pursued. Overton faced a death sentence for the 1916 Huntsville murder and his escape dismisses an ongoing appeal.
The Russian ambassador presented to Secretary Lansing a copy of Foreign Minister Milakoff’s government change message, already public in Petrograd cables. It marked the embassy’s first communication from Moscow since the revolution, submitted without comment or any action request on recognition, pending foreign office guidance.
Lieutenant Ghorth and Machinist Mate Hermann Schroeder of the German interned crews at Philadelphia Navy Yard are believed drowned during an escape attempt. Eight others were captured, with fourteen men involved. Marines and police pursue, while the crew of Kron Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Hitel Friedrich are mustered.
New York March 20 The government through Congress has full power to prevent railroad strikes, the chiefs of railroad managers say after the Supreme Court upheld the Adamson act. They cite public interest in interstate railways and compare workers to soldiers in limiting strikes. Secretary Lane aided the settlement and views the ruling as the key gain.
Georgia moves to a bone dry status as bills to bar all liquor except sacramental and medicinal use prepare for introduction in both houses during an extra session called by Governor Harris. The session also tackles an $80 000 Confederate pension fund shortage.
The Senate confirmed C. E. Kelley of El Paso as a member of the University of Texas board of regents in under ten minutes. He replaces Dr. D. H. Lawrence of El Paso, whose reappointment had previously failed to pass.
Paris reports Alexandre Ribot formed a new cabinet in forty eight hours beating all speed records. The lineup spans Republican Union Unified Group Socialist Republicans Radical and Radical Socialist factions with Rear Admiral Lacaze named minister of marine.
Philipp Scheidemann, Socialist leader, calls for universal suffrage and Reichstag elections as Prussia faces postwar reform. He argues delaying reform risks greater upheaval, urging urgent decisive action by the chancellor to unite Prussian and German states.
Chicago hog market reports a new high price of 15.20 for choice heavy hogs as a rebound from recent slumps. Receipts were about 10,000 head below expectations.
French troops press toward St Quentin as German retreat along the Hindenburg line shifts to tackle allied advances from Lille to La Fere. British forces chase toward Cambrai while Berlin offers no clear plan amid sporadic fighting in Champagne and Verdun. Paris reports difficult progress due to weather and disrupted communications. observers note 150,000 to 200,000 German troops potentially free for a counteroffensive. In Monastir, French forces claim success with hill, two towns, 1200 prisoners and nine machine guns. Berlin denies gains.
Morning papers report a strategic German retreat on the western front as a master stroke to disrupt Entente plans. Experts cite Field Marshal von Hindenburg and advisers as confidently guiding new German successes in France and beyond.
The Vossische Zeitung notes Von Hindenburg, who began the Transylvanian retreat and evacuated Polish territory in 1914, now commands the western front battles. The Maceedonian front nine day clash yields no success for the French per today’s army report.
British field dispatches report deliberate German tree destruction around Peronne France showing axes used to hack and fell fruit trees and garden plantings as English troops advance beyond the town. The AP correspondent describes ruined villages and shattered gardens while crossing the Somme after heavy fighting and German defenses along the ruined lignes.
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