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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1918

Page

14

Last Opportunity Shares Offered in Buffalo Oil and Refining

Public notice advertising limited opportunities to buy Buffalo Oil and Refining Corporation shares at 4.00 par value 10.00, with price rising to 7.00 after May 10. Mentions three producing wells, upcoming completion, and a call to act via Union Trust Co in Dallas area. Also includes miscellaneous local ads for seeds, plants, real estate, and hardware with phone numbers and addresses.

Goose Creek Buffalo Oil & Refining Corporation Icon D-Hanrd Hornberger, Schmitt & Co Duerler Veketi Crockett Wemington Typewriter Eastman Camera Eather Subset Loan Co Commerce ARMY Alamo Deneily Company Alamo Plaza Liberty Mfg Znomia Wiverside Buffalo Ol and Refining Corporation Union Trust Company Gunter Bldg Travty

Mexican suspect tied to German propaganda arrested

A 37 year old Mexican man was arrested near the city market house on Thursday forenoon after detectives found a large cache of Spanish language literature letters from across the country and photos of government buildings shipyards and Panama canal routes among his belongings He claimed Mexicans should not work for starvation wages and said no laborer could be forced to work for pay He admitted non citizenship and noted ties to the New York Typographical Union Investigators say local federal officers will assist in the ongoing probe

Panama Canal United States New York Typographical Union Paterson M. J

Casualty List Reported by General Pershing

The casualty list lists many Killed in Action, Wounded Severely and Died of Accident or Disease. Names include Harold Morgan, Manoreh Kirby, Harry Allen, Robert Brewster, William Dalton, Forest Harres on, Melvin Sotinson, Charles Liver more, Michael Yulus, Herbert Sheldon, Henry Hoyt, Arthur Newman, Pete Smith, Ivan Livingston, John Henry, Albery Tate, Earl Mountain, Clinton Wald and others with locations shown across Washington, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Texas, Kansas and more. The list includes several Corporals, Privates and Sergeants with detailed hometowns. The clipping ends with a humorous cartoon caption about a boy and an old gentleman.

Lusut Harold Sydney Morgan Vancouver Barracks Wash Manoreh I. Kirby West Laden Ind Harry J. Allen Aurora Ili Lanest BELL Middlefield Conn Robert A. Brew Kintey Tenn Privatiz William B. Dalton Holbrook Mass Privatis Forest H. Harreson Dearing Privatis Melvin TY. Sotinson Jlailey Minn Charles R. Livermore Dorchester Michal Ylous Monterey Cal Abd Oldislase Herbert E. Sheldon Providence Henry H. Hoyt Chelsea L. M'Cowan Conroe Tex Arthur Eugene Newman St. Louis Joracis B. Quivey Encampment Wyo Pete C. Smith Colby Wis Ivan DL. Livingston Pulhnan John Henry Bristol Albery L Tate Cummings Kio Earl W. Mountain Ada Kan Clinton

General Sales Manager of Nash Motors to Visit San Antonio

C B Voorhis general sales manager of Nash Motors Company Menasha Wisconsin will arrive in San Antonio Friday morning to meet H L Miller of South Texas Nash Motors Company. Voorhis formerly vice president and general sales manager of Oakland Motor Car Company travels with Mrs Voorhis and daughter Virginia en route to the Pacific coast.

Motor Company C. BR. Voorhis Nash Motors Company Menasha Wis San Antonin H. L. Miller South Texas Myr. Voorhis Oakland Motor Car Company Jeoffrey CG. W. Nash Sociuses Voorhis Pacific Coast Virginia

Two Court Martial Verdicts At Camp Travis

Two court martial verdicts were announced at Camp Travis on Thursday. Captain Strederick Stang, quartermaster, dismissed for selling government property and misappropriating funds from 10,000 flour sacks. Recruit Edward Salzer, desertion case, sentenced to ten years after plea of conscientious objection. Private Clarence Adams acquitted of leaving his post.

Camp Travis Strederick Stang Quartermaster Department Cuup Washington Reserve Corp Eruitdward Salzer Mort Leavenworth Salzer Rew San Antonio Lourd Toledo Ohio

Call to Southerners meeting in San Antonio for soldiers entertainment

A meeting of former Southern state residents in San Antonio is set for Thursday at 8:30 PM at the St. Anthony Hotel to organize a Southern States Society and plan an informal gathering with soldiers from states including Alabama Arkansas Georgia Florida Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Oklahoma and Missouri. The plan includes an old fashioned picnic at a nearby resort and promoting library use at Camp Travis where officers and enlisted men are encouraged to visit the library housing about 20 000 volumes with fiction and regional books popular among soldiers.

San Antonio St. Anthony Alabama Sansas Florida Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Missipi Carolinas Tennessee Virginia Oklahoma Missouri Marty WH Edwards T. DB. Rayburn Co. Jungkind Ail Arkansas Southern States Society Camp Travis Ninetieth Division

Five Texas Newspapers Promote Classified Rates Reminder

The notice lists Circulation figures for five papers Dallas Times Herald Fort Worth Star Telegram Paso Herald Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light. It details guaranteed daily and Sunday circulation and per word rates for ads with multi-paper discounts. A 20 word ad across all five papers costs 3.20 for three insertions and a Sunday deadline applies.

Texas Dallas Times-Herald Fort Worth Star-Telegram Paso Herald Houston Chronicle San Antonio Light Panera Department of the San Antonio Light

Orders Expected On German and Austrian Women

Inquiries flood the Justice Department about alien women registrations with notification of dates to be set once received. Festivals, dances, and social events are noted, including Swedish service at Williams Chapel and a big Army Y expansion at Camp Travis and Fort Sam Houston with new buildings planned.

Department of Justice Department Wey Williams Chapel Mason and New Braunfels Oscar E. Linstrum Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church of Houston Willman E.atdains Southern Department War Worl Council National Y Trivvis United States Adams Fort Sam Houste Camp Travis Remount Station Noe. 2 Camp Bullis

Soldier candidates seek Scottish Rite degrees in Alzafar meet

A special Alzafar Temple meeting is set for Thursday evening at oclock to choose a representative for the National meeting in Atlantic City. June 14, Ted A Milburs has been selected but cannot attend. The San Antonio Country Club held its annual board election selecting four directors from ten candidates. Also noted is Theodore E Simmanz’s reassignment to Harbin Manchuria and Fort Worth editors convening under President Spotts. Storax, a gum from storax substitutes, is discussed as a wartime resource shift in the South.

Alzafar Temple of the Mystic Shrine Atlantic City Ted A. Milburs Country Club San Antonio Country Club A. &. Gage Ff. M. Lewis J. M. Bennett Jr E. L. Brown HW. DB. Elliott Perry J. Lewis Ike Kampniainn Texas Fort Worth Tex Sherwood Spotts J. R. Ransone Cleburne

Army Personal Notices From Camp Travis Hospital Chain Of Assignments

Army personnel at Camp Travis hospital and nearby stations are listed with duty changes and leaves. Maj Edmund Moss and Capt John A Imran receive new postings or duty adjustments while officers such as Lieuts Hugh Brewer James Paureh and Joe Meyern move to specialized roles. Several others including G. Bird and Maj Mulote Duggan are noted for orders, leaves, or transfers amid wartime service. Local chatter references Edith Jack and a humorous exchange about love and a landlord.

Edmund Moss Judge Advocates Office Joe F. Meyern 315Th Trench Mortar Battery G. Bird 215Th Ordinates Depot Camp Jackson Columbia, & C Mulote Duggan M. Rt. G Gurgeok Feld Artilery Don Ipttan Grig J. L. Turner U.S. Guard Alfred ©. Gerard S. RC

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