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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1917

Page

5

Army officers granted leave and travel home duties

The army grants First Lieutenant Stanley Warren two months and six days leave, First Lieutenant Claren Quinain twenty six days, and First Lieutenant Charles Strotz three weeks. Each will accompany troops to the point nearest their homes. Relieved, Southern Department: First Lieutenant Homer H. Lewis, medical Reserve, will accompany troops to the point nearest his home and is granted three weeks leave.

Stanley & Warren Mont Clarent Quinan Charles 4. Strotz Southern Department Homer H. Lewis Dical

Sugar Cane Fire Threat Spurs Cuban Guerrilla War

March 21 report from Santiago de Cuba says rebels threaten to burn cane fields and destroy mills as part of an insurgency against President Menocal. General Rigoberto Fernandez vows widespread devastation though officials doubt quick restoration. cane output and labor shortages loom amid railroad damage.

Associated Press Santiago DE Cuba Menocal Rigoberto Fernandez Liberal Army Santiago Tiberals State Department

IsaaK Dubinski Freed by Russian Revolution Triumph

A cablegram from Leo Dubinski in San Antonio reports Issaac Dubinski, held for a decade by Russia for political activity, has been freed as the revolution toppled the Romanoffs. He was once sentenced to hang at Odessa, later life imprisoned in Siberia, escaped to China, and returned to Russia before imprisonment at Vladimir. The family, including parents in San Antonio and another brother in El Paso, celebrate the news.

Issaac Dubinski Romanoff Dynasty Leo Dubinski San Antonio United States Dubinski Odessa Siberia China Europe Russia Cause of Freedom Vladimir Moscow el Paso

San Antonio Auto Show Schedule At Sole Dad Auditorium

The San Antonio Automobile Show runs March 31 through April 7 at the Sole Dad Auditorium and Temporary Annex. Admission details and event highlights are listed for attendees and enthusiasts.

San Antonio Soledad Auditorium

Curtiss Workers Strike In Buffalo Plant

About two hundred Curtiss Aeroplane Company employees in Buffalo New York walked off the job today striking from the metal parts division where assembly continues on army and navy orders.

Buffalo N. Y Curtiss Aeroplane Company Navy

Red Cross Campaign Planned for San Antonio

A San Antonio executive committee met at the Travis Club to launch a city wide Red Cross membership drive. Mrs Malone Duggan will chair with Mrs Carlos Bee and Mrs J J Stevens as members. William M Baxter outlined national aims and a Denver style campaign to recruit large memberships and organize hospital and first aid efforts.

American Red Cross San Antonio Travis Club Malone Duggan Carlos Bee J. J. Stevens Red Cross Col M. W. Ireland Fort Sam Houston Base Baxter Congress War Department United States The Japanese Red Cross Denver Gas and Electric Companies Telephone and Telegraph Companies San Antonio Society Venable A. B. Weakley Wolff & Marx William Aubrey L. B. Clegg Gunter Hotel

Perry W Clarkson 42 dies near San Antonio

Perry W Clarkson, 42, died at 3:30 am Wednesday at his home seven miles northeast of San Antonio. A Memphis native, he lived in Bexar County ten years. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Charles Duntze of Memphis and Mrs Percy Cunningham of Sewanee Tennessee and a brother J E Clarkson of Marianna Arkansas. Funeral at 11 am Thursday from Sloan Hagg chapel, Rev E Y Barber officiating, interment Confederate Cemetery. Pallbearers: J D Pulliam, Charles Voeste, Louis Degen, M C Judson, Frank Sommers, J T Crisp.

Perry W. Clarkson San Antonio Clarkson Memphis Tenn Bexar County Charles Duntze Percy Cunningham Sewanee J. E. Clarkson Marianna Ark Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company E. Y. Barber Confederate Cemetery J. D. Pulliam Charles Voeste Louis Degen M. C. Judson Frank Sommers J. T. Crisp

Child Allee Dies After Admission to Local Hospital

Alonza W. Allee Jr., three years old and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Allee Jr. of Crystal City, died at 5:15 Wednesday morning at a local hospital after being brought here four days earlier for treatment. Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Co. will transport the body to Crystal City for interment.

Alonza W. Allee Alonza W. Allee Jr A. W. Allee Jr Crystal City Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Company Crystality

German born San Antonio pioneer Mrs Amelia Mesch dies

Mrs Amelia Mesch age 86 died 8 50 Tuesday night at the residence of her granddaughter Mrs E Zercher 315 Omaha Street. A native of Germany she came to San Antonio in 1843 and is survived by three sons Fred C Theodore and Henry Mesch and two daughters Emma Sparkus and Josie Turner. Funeral at 5 Wednesday from Mrs Zerchers home Rev A Wolff to conduct services with interment in Cemetery No 1 family plot.

Amelia Mesch E. Zercher Omaha Street Germany Mesch San Antonio Fred C Theodore Henry Mesch Emma Sparkus Chickasaw Okla Josie Turner Dallas

Two Doctors Hote and Rote Die in Chicago After San Antonio Roots

Dr. John P. Hote and Dr. John P. Rote, formerly of San Antonio, died in Chicago on Monday morning March 19. Rote was born January 7, 1864 in High Bridge New York, son of Prof. W. C. Rote longtime San Antonio public schools superintendent. He studied in San Antonio then Kansas University where he excelled, then Pennsylvania University earning honors as a physician. Lately Dr. Rote made an invention.

John P. Hote John P. Rote San Antonio Chicago Hote High Bridge New York W. C. Rote University of Kansas University of Pennsylvania

Funeral arrangements for Mr. Rote announced

The deceased, who married Effie Smith years ago and who is survived by his wife, a brother William P. Rote of San Antonio, will be buried beside his father in Dignowity Cemetery. The funeral from William P. Rote's home at 116 Fast Cypress Street will be held Thursday at 10 o'clock.

Effie Smith William P. Rote San Antonio Dignowity Cemetery Cypress Street

Mrs Julia Annia Oltmanns Dies at Local Sanitarium

Mrs. Julia Annia Oltmanns aged 48 died at 8 20 Tuesday night in a local sanitarium. A native of Texas she is survived by husband H G Oltmanns three sons Harry Herbert and Verner her mother Mrs Sophie Lenert of Brenham three sisters Mrs Lucie Cordes Mrs Fannie Adrichs and Mrs Antoinette Teiman of Warrenton Tex The body was sent Wednesday morning by Pearce Robinson Undertaking Company to LaGrange for interment.

Julia Annia Oldmanns Julia Annia Oltmanns Oltmanns Texas H. G. Oltmanns Harry Herbert Verner Sophie Lenert Brenham Lucie Cordes Fannie Adrichs Antoinette Teiman Warrenton Tex

General C S Roberts Dies in California Home

Gen C S Roberts and Brig Gen Cyrus S Roberts retired, died Monday at Long Beach California. The death occurred at the home of his daughter Mrs Tilman Campbell wife of Capt Tillman Campbell. Roberts was known in San Antonio having served at Fort Sam Houston as adjutant general and judge advocate under Gen McKibbins.

C.S. Roberts Cyrus S. Roberts Longe Beach Cal Duval West Sr General Roberts Tilman Campbell Tillman Campbell San Antonio Fort Sam Houston Mckibbins

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief

Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest stomach antacid and regulator. It claims rapid relief from indigestion gas sour stomach and upset stomach within minutes and promotes its harmlessness and value for home use.

Pape

Burial set at Arlington Cemetery Washington DC

The obituary notes a burial at Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC for the deceased. It mentions the advocate role and directs memorial plans through the family.

Advocate Arlington Cemetery Washington, D. C

Microra aiography and its use in X ray aided microscopy

Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automotive equipment and a device labeled microra aiography that combines X rays with a microscope. The inventors claim it lets rapid, thorough internal inspection of small opaque objects, aids dissection, and reveals minute internal structures of diatoms and fossils, potentially distinguishing species.

Is your wife economical Detroit quip noted

A brief Detroit Free Press cartoon caption notes a husband quipping about his wife being economical, pointing to the clothes she makes him wear. The gag reflects domestic humor and fashion cost concerns.

San Antonio Helen Huntington Downing Detroit Free Press

Mr. and Mrs. George McKinney of Wagoner Oklahoma

Mr and Mrs George McKinney of Wagoner Oklahoma reside in apartments at the Gunter.

George McKinney Wagoner, Okla Gunter

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