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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
5
New York City November 22 Jeremiah A O Leary president of the American Truth Society and editor of The Bar a publication recently barred from the mantis was indicted today on charges of violating the espionage act and the postal act.
Society notes report Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson appears in a song recital at the Empire Theater for the War Recreation fund. An event list mentions receptions at the Gunter and dinner at the Menger, with a 4:30 to 5 p.m. reception to General and Mrs. John W. Furgman. San Antonio and local chapter notices follow with meetings at 3 p.m. and 2 p.m. gatherings, urging attendance and charitable sewing projects coordinated by Mrs. K. M. Hight.
German naturalized immigrant Reinhold Faust confessed to planting a crude bomb at the auditorium during a grand opera in Chicago. He said money extortion and wartime resentment drove him, stating he planned another larger explosive and had invested in a failed farm venture.
The Wield gathering features musical and literary selections with a series of gate donations handled by chaperones Mrs W J Stobiusom Mrs Wnoutan Mrs St Porter Mrs Williams and Mrs J Ro Olive. Guests include Mrs Collinghim formerly Miss Elizabeth Robinson. The W C 46 will hold a sale at Market House Saturday morning with donations requested by Mrs J B Lingcott. The San Antonio del Bexar Chapter D A R meeting was postponed to next Saturday. A large sale at Bests Homes offers bacon breakfast items, canned goods, and fresh dairy at low prices.
Invitations go to the San Antonio Musical Club for its monthly musicale and reception at 230 o'clock in the St Anthony ballroom on December 3, with army officers and ladies as guests. Mrs. F B Davis of Fort Sam Houston hosts luncheon at Travis Club. Guests include Mrs Ruckman, Mrs Joseph P ONeil, Mrs Joseph A Guston, Mrs Jacob Galbrailly, Roy Beitel, Mrs Mitchell, Mrs George Dunn, Mrs Rower, Mrs Strong, and Miss Belle. Miss Charlotte Chyton of Fort Worth visits Mr and Mrs W W Lipscomb. The Widelis class at the First Baptist Church holds open house Saturdays from 7:40 to 10. Grace Loss will host this Saturday for Camp Travis and Stanley and Kelly men.
Booth P Planck, vice president of the Food Administration grain corps, directs Kansas City office to move feed for Texans’ starving cattle. Under administration order, beans from southern states are to be shipped to relief districts via railroad war board routes. Mexico takes cattle as drought spreads, with Refugio County herds moved across the Rio Grande for pasture.
At Camp Lewis in Washington soldiers were forbidden to visit Seattle while on duty or off duty without orders. General J A Grates, commander, said cleanup efforts had not yet met expectations and warned shipyard sellers and others about city access, citing enforcement by military authorities.
Almost a hundred conscientious objectors shift from various groups to sanitation work in Guenne Wan shan. Kansas City Times notes 145 remain in the department, with three exceptions. Some objectors comply after prompts from leadership, while others refuse to work.
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