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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
6
The Chicago Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging Great Britain to grant the Irish nation full independence and the right to form an Irish republic. Copies were sent to President Wilson after a spirited debate.
During the visit of the French and British commissioners Columbia University will confer doctor of laws degrees on M Viviani M Joffre Secretary Balfour and Lord Cunliffe in New York on May 7. If more entities are needed, adjust within limits.
The new patriotic male chorus organized by the San Antonio Rotary Club will rehearse at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the St Anthony Hotel ballroom. Emil Hillie urges unity across organizations, noting participation is open to all white male singers for joint patriotic efforts. The group will debut at the Army Post retreat, with a Majestic Theater benefit concert and an eventual Fourth of July Brackenridge Park performance.
A special Southern Pacific train offers a $1.00 roundtrip excursion to Seguin on May 10 departing at 9 30 a.m. Advertised as a special service for the color community.
Preliminaries to the first general session of the fifty first annual convention of the State Medical Association in Dallas were held today. The Texas Railway Surgeons Association and the Roentgen Bay Society met, a public health meeting is planned for tonight at city hall, and about fifteen hundred Texas doctors are expected to attend with notable physicians from across the country.
Local clubs schedule charity suppers and socials at the Gunter and Wolff Marx venues. Activities include Mexican night at the Gunter to support Battery B Texas National Guard, Ohio Society programs at the Gunter, and dances honoring San Antonio Dramatic Club members heading to training camps.
All women of San Fernando who can sew and who are interested in the Red Cross are asked to meet at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. E. V. Harriman at 609 Taft Boulevard. Swift & Company reports San Antonio beef sales for the week ending Saturday May 5 averaged 13.86 cents per pound for domestic beef.
Weekend crime roundup details failed safe robbery at C Horan & Co Austin Street where intruders damaged a safe and stole coins from a register. Tom Watzlavzicks store on South Street netted pantry items and spices. J Curion home on El Paso Sabinas Streets entered with clothing trunks emptied. A box car in I G N railway yards broken into with tobacco products stolen. Garden hose taken from H Kirkwood home. Two autos stolen were recovered. Lamm’s car found nine miles away on Austin Road and Margus’s on Seguin Road.
Mayor Brown issued a proclamation declaring May 7 through May 14 as Buy It Made In Texas Week. The state endorses the Buy It Made In Texas Association and urges residents to buy Texas made goods with local merchants promoting Texas products.
Mrs. R. E. Tewes of Karnes City discusses Red Cross work with Dr. Charles Venable in San Antonio. Karnes City Mothers' clubs adopt Red Cross programs. An all home cooked Mexican supper benefits the Red Cross on May 9 at the Gunter Hotel court. The French war film Fighting in France will show at the Majestic Theater next week. San Fernando ladies plan a Red Cross circle meeting at 509 Taft Boulevard to recruit sewers and volunteers.
SIMULATES DOPE FIEND Declared by police to be a professional pickpocket a young white man arrested Saturday night for stealing a purse containing $25 from A Van Zandt in Atacosa County escaped Monday morning while being treated with other inmates at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital. Capt Caruthers and Patrolman Mitchell nabbed him after the escape attempt.
The Mysterious Set rode a tal ly ho ride around the North Loop on Saturday evening and finished with a picnic supper at Brackenridge Park. Attendees include Bessie Appmann Delka Bushick Norma Hummert Lucile Klamt Harry Kesier Stella Mueller Isabel Parr Lillian Parr Helen Gaul Ethel Reynolds Frances Lucas Helen Stark Louise Seawell Norma Uhl Lillian Stucke Edna Opperman Gerald Henckel Edward Ogden Edwin Hirschfield Robert Rock Alonzo Reinenger Percy Starr August Proli Alfred Uhl Albert Stark Herbert Stucke R D Tamplin Edwin Ward Edwin Wetzel Jack Buratovich Whitlow Perkins Riley Wyatt.
Mr and Mrs Fred Bushick and Mrs P L Ward will chaperone a San Antonio Turn Verein outing at Southton Park next Sunday. The trip departs Turner Hall at 8 a m with tally-hos. Swimming fishing lunching dancing card-playing and races are planned.
Advert shows a $1.00 round trip fare for a special train leaving at 9 30 a m on the Southern Pacific line.
The San Antonio Tega Verein will host a card afternoon from 3 30 to 6 o clock on Thursday with five hundred points to be played. Knights of Pythias Meet in Waco Texas on May 7 welcomes many delegates including Hon John B Brown supreme chancellor of the world. A public reception will be held tonight for the visitors.
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