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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
10
Captain Cole and five students attempted shooting a deer from a balloon near the city. The party landed on Mr Webmerer’s farm on Culebra Road after dawn. Meanwhile the school’s first class of twenty graduates plans trips from Port Omaha for kite training with several more ascensions to follow.
London Times correspondent describes long refugee lines moving along roads toward the front, noting calm order and fortitude despite bombardment. He observes fires, ruined villas, and soldiers maintaining discipline as cavalry covers the retreat toward Sacile and the upper Lipenta river, praising Italian air and armored actions and reporting German misperceptions about Italian resistance.
Industrial commissioner T. J. Feeler and M. K. Ratway announce headquarters in Dallas for a Pittsburg plate plant and new warehouses in San Antonio. A party of Katy system industrial agents toured potential sites to attract factories to the region, inspecting conditions and gathering first hand data. Representatives include D. G. Peters, T. Culpley, and others from Boston, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha.
Corpus Christi resident Ernest L. Gragg, a member of Rochester s gun crew, is named among survivors after the torpedoed steamer Rochester sank on November 3. Navy reports 13 men missing with two boats of survivors taken aboard, Gragg a son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Gragg, had enlisted after war began and had been serving aboard Rochester for months.
Major A A Hotman announces orders sending many second lieutenants from Camp Travis to Jacksonville Florida for instruction at a quartermaster school. Names listed include Denike Lelew Towen Fairweather Laramey Armstrong Lee Walton Conkseales Pierce Stewart Murray McCarter Mley Eddleman and Fichtenblum. About 126 officers expected to depart around November 27 with further general orders to detail more lieutenants to the training program.
Indisposed Lieut Col E V D Murphy remains adjutant with Maj Art S Guthrie as acting adjutant. Maj EB c McNeil becomes division range advocate acting adjutant while Maj R T Phinney handles duties as acting assistant adjutant at Camp Travis in a period of reassignments.
Samuel Belden of San Antonio has been appointed to defend Banda in a possible court martial on desertion charges. The State Department passed the request to the War Department, which notified Maj. Gen. Asney J. Allen of the appointment. Banda claims Mexican citizenship and could be discharged if proven before trial. If not established, Mr Meklen would represent him.
An old remedy promotes Hamburger Brust Thee as a cheap vegetable tea. A tablet of instructions says to brew a teaspoon in hot water, strain, and drink to open pores and relieve congestion. It claims to break a cold quickly and says it is harmless.
In Washington D C, officials abandoned hope for the safety of Lieutenant John T Melvin and 28 enlisted men reported missing after the torpedoing of the American patrol ship Aleda. Vice Admiral Lima notified the Navy Department that the search for survivors of the Alveda had been given up.
Only a few workers survived when the torpedo exploded, wiping out most of the missing crew. Rescue efforts continued as investigators sought the cause and the fate of those unaccounted.
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