Posters on Freight Cars Rally Train Yard Campaign
Posters have been tacked to thousands of freight cars nationwide to promote the campaign. Railroad officials from president to track walkers have been organized by the membership committee.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1916
Page
3
DOJ seeks dismissal in parcel post case over 1899 Germany pact
The Department of Justice asks the Supreme Court to dismiss one application to interpret the 1899 parcel post convention with Germany. It argues lower court proceedings against Philadelphia importer Samuel Rublin are not final and seeks guidance to allow seizure and forfeiture of parcel post merchandise with unpaid American duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Department of Justice
Samuel Rublin
Philadelphia
Rublin
German Press Sees Wilson Moderation as War Ends Near
Berlin dispatch reports the Frankfurter Zeitung suggests President Wilson is adopting a more unbiased stance as his re election nears. It notes American pacifist sentiment and female voters favoring Wilson to keep the republic out of war while Germany weighs its Entente position and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Wilson
Europe
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
America
Hughes
Republic
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Clemenceau
France
Wilson is Seen to Endorse Stronger US Policy Under Second Term
Russian papers note Wilson’s re election as likely to bring a more decisive foreign policy. Novoe Vremya expects a tougher stance on submarine warfare now that the campaign is past, while Bourse Gazette says Europe may take lasting interest only in internal issues and predicts a possible shift away from pacifism as America gains wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Wilson
Hughes
Novoe Vremya
Germany
America
Bourse Gazette
Europe
Conclave Set for Knighthood Ceremonials in San Antonio
A Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan conclave is planned for November 21 with novices admitted to knighthood after preliminaries. A preliminary session on November 14 will administer intermediate degrees mainly to Knights of Pythias from Camp Wilson seeking to become Dokies, with special dispensation from Deputy Grand Chancellor Lowther. Committees for arrangements banquet floor and overall festivities are named including A Saladino W M McCoach and George W Lowther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Knights of Khorassan
Knights of Pythias
Camp Wilson
Bexar Temple No
Pythian Castle Hall
Lowther
A. Saladino
W. M. McCoach
Paul Friesen
William L. Schlessinger
George W. Lowther
John H. Wharton
Louis Weye
Nat Villareal
W. M
Directoire and military style gowns on display
Master tailors present directoire redingote and military themes with distinctive garments. They radiate refined smartness and appeal to every woman. One of each model reduced to 45 dollars. Third Floor.
Fine Fabrics Offerings At Low Prices
Offerings from among the fine fabrics feature a broad selection of woolen suitings and silks in approved weaves and shades. Prices include Forty-inch French serge at 1.25 dollars and fifty-four inch imperial serge at 2.25, with Mohair chuddah and satin finish broadcloth in multiple widths.
Chiffon Taffetas Special Priced At 1 49 A Yard
Silk chiffon taffeta fabric offered in day and evening shades. 35 and 36 inch widths. Close weave, lustrous finish, plain and changeable colorings. Sold at 1.49 per yard, about fifty cents under market today.
Underwood Typewriter to Share Profits with San Antonio Staff
San Antonio plant workers are invited to join a new profit sharing plan. Twenty percent of net earnings, about 250000 dollars, will be distributed as stock among employees with two or more years of service, in three classes by tenure. This is reportedly the first such action in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Underwood Typewriter Company
U S Sailors Fight Fire in Mexico
Fifteen sailors from the U S gun boat Wheeling were sent ashore at Puerto Mexico to battle a fire after lightning struck two crude oil tanks holding 55 000 barrels each. Five adjacent tanks were threatened but the blaze was checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mexico
Puerto Mexico
Navy
United States
Wheeling
Guardsmen Guard Cotton Mills
The carding and spinning departments of the Equinox Cotton Mill, shut since August 31 after a strike, were reopened today with a reduced force of fifty three operatives reporting for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson, S&s. C
Equinox
Guardsmen Guard Mill District After Sheriff Refuses Writs
About 200 people jeered but no violence occurred as five companies of state guardsmen arrived Saturday after Sheriff Ashley declined to serve writs of eviction on families living on mill property. They stood guard near the mills today to enforce actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Discharge After 55 Years Told By Long-Serving Civil War Vet
Los Angeles and Pasadena residents report Clinton A. Bamber has received his Civil War discharge from the War Department. He enlisted in 1861 with the Seventh Illinois Infantry for three months but never received a discharge. He later served in the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry from 1863 until the war’s end and finally secured discharge through affidavits from comrades including Captain George Wheeler, whom he located at the Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Clinton A. Bamber
Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena
War Department
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry
George Wheeler
Sawtelle
R. Tucker
Little Girl Recites Religious Lesson Amid Courtroom Testimony
A courtroom scene features a young pupil reading a composed piece about a nickel and a quarter arguing over worth. The anecdote includes a line about church attendance, reflecting moral instruction amid testimony about a veteran's discharge and an affidavit from a former comrade.
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