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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
8
Australian troops pushed forward about 500 yards along a 600 yard front near Sailly le Sec east of Amiens and advanced 396 yards on a 400 yard front west of Moriancourt despite heavy German bombardment, the Associated Press reports from France on May 8.
Allied forces in Northern France brace for renewed German assault as rain delays hinder German transport. Fresh troops and supplies pour in to strengthen positions while artillery remains violent along the Anglo French front. Heavy shelling targets sectors southwest of Ypres and around the Somme between Villers Bretonneux and Hai-les-M documented.
Paris May 8. The war office reports very great artillery activity on both sides along the Avre river southeast of Amiens during the night. Raids west of Montdidier and in Thennes and Grivesnes were repelled, with French forces taking prisoners. No other front developments reported.
The war office stated British lines were advanced a short distance between the Somme and Ancre rivers after minor operations last night, with several prisoners captured. Early morning artillery activity spread from Locon and Robecq to the Meteren Kemmel area as hostilities continued.
Washington dispatch lists 75 casualty names: 13 killed in action, 3 died of accident, 3 died of disease, 13 wounded severely, 41 wounded slightly, 3 missing. Six officers named as killed in action. Dahlman defeated for reelection after twelve years as mayor of Omaha.
Bexar County juries show little sympathy for sedition in the first case under the new espionage law. Ken Conrad Kroschen ski, an alien enemy, was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary by a Thirty-seventh District Court jury despite his claimed repentance. Witnesses testified he mocked a loyal United States farmer and boasted of American flag exposure for German firing squads. The DA refused to offer a minimum sentence. the jury delivered the sentence after deliberation.
The Department of Agriculture forecast a winter wheat crop of 572,539,000 bushels based on conditions through May 1 with favorable outlook. If spring wheat acreage increases and conditions hold, a billion bushel crop to aid the Allies is possible. Rye and hay production are also projected as farm stocks and pasture conditions are outlined. A June report will cover spring wheat acreage.
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy and warm. Temperatures remain elevated with no significant precipitation expected.
Weather summaries from major cities show temperatures ranging from 50 to 66 across Chicago Kansas City New York and Washington with clear to partly cloudy skies and light to moderate winds. Thursday expected to be cloudy in several locales and nightly lows around the 50s.
May dispatches from The Hague relay a dark view of central European conditions. Austro Hungarian unrest grows with Czechs seeking a Czech republic and Poles pushing toward Poland, while Hungary resists Vienna. Germany sees improved food but anxious labor, and calls for Wilson echo across cities. Potsdam faces political crisis as Count von Herling is summoned to report.
London dispatch reports widespread unrest across Ukraine following Germany's overthrow of the government and installation of a new regime. Kiev riots claim many lives, including 17 killed during a major outbreak. premier injured but survived. German troops entered Kiev's Rada, detained members, seized documents, and allegedly mistreated officials before protests were delivered to the German ambassador.
AMSTERDAM May The city of Berlin has been ordered to produce forthwith 40,000 complete second-hand suits for war workers, mainly railway and farming staff. It will be a voluntary surrender for a small payment but enforcement is hinted if clothes are not supplied, targeting those with assumed surplus wardrobes.
In Washington today Charles M. Schwab told the Senate Commerce Committee the Submarine Boat Company contracts at Newark were cancelled and replaced by flat payments of 960 000 per ship for 140 steel hulls of 5900 tons. Cost plus at island and Bristol yards continued. The Shipping Board seeks 2 206 835 660 for ship construction, 1 256 100 000 for urgent defiency work, and 652 000 000 for plants and materials. Also Tampa reports five wooden ships to be launched along the Gulf coast this week with more at Biloxi Orange Beaumont Moss Point and Greenville within days.
The Court of Criminal Appeals denied the state's motion for a rehearing in N. J. Spanell's case for killing Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler in Alpine Texas on July 20 1916. Spanell had been convicted by a Coleman County jury after a prior acquittal of killing his wife led to a joint trial issue. The double tragedy occurred in an automobile. Former King Constantine ill in Zurich reports same date.
From Washington May unofficial advices say Carranza regime orders Robert H Murray of the committee on public information in Mexico City and AP correspondent W E Weigand to leave Mexico under the Jord section dealing with pernicious foreigners. No official word from the State Department yet, but sources say both were summoned before a military court and deportation expected with no trial.
Washington dispatch reports wholesale deportations in Northern Italy with civilians aged 25 to 66 sent to Austrian centers. The message says outrages against women and family separations across districts. Belgium-born Belgians in Brussels, seven hundred, taken to Germany for army enrollment per officials in Paris.
The General Federation of Woman's Clubs officers for the ensuing term were elected yesterday. President is Mrs. Josiah Cowles of California. first vice president Miss Georgia Bacon of Massachusetts. second vice president Thomas G. Winter of Minnesota. recording secretary Mrs. Adam Wells of Colorado. corresponding secretaries Mrs. Mary J Wood of New Hampshire and Mrs. Benjamin B. Clark of local. treasurer Mrs. Benjamin B. Clark. local auditor Mrs. William S. Harper of Washington.
Sergeant Peter Rodrigo of Truck Company No 3, 111th Supply Train, Camp Bowie Fort Worth, died after a pistol discharged while bidding farewell to comrades. He had been on a ten day furlough to Houston and would have earned a commission as second lieutenant, having stood twelfth in his officers training class. The misfired pistol fell from a close peer’s belt.
Six soldiers are injured when a Howitzer of Battery B Ninth Artillery explodes during a school of fire near Mort Sl. An officer and five enlisted men suffer minor injuries. Cause unknown, but officers suspect a defective fuse caused the bursting charge to detonate inside the gun.
London reports a growing political crisis as General Maurice attacks government statements on the army in France. In Commons, Bonar Law vs Asquith spurs a motion for inquiry, with Lloyd George set to offer fuller figures Thursday. Supporters urged to attend, division seen as a vote of censure.
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