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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1918
Page
9
American troops on the Champagne front with French forces advanced their line Sunday, seizing St Nienne and gaining four to four and a half miles. They freed Rheims from German menace, forced withdrawals, and captured 1,700 prisoners with 48 officers, plus numerous machine guns and equipment.
German forces retreat rapidly under pressure from General Gourand and General Berthelot on the Champagne front. French and Franco American troops cross the Arnes river, push toward the Suippe, with gains north of the river and advances toward Boult-Sur-Sainpe and nearby villages as fighting continues northeast of Rheims.
A Spring Valley Illinois woman, Miss Kate Lawnester, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of pain. The ad urges schoolgirls and women in work to use the root and herb remedy and offers the company’s guidance for complications.
Lieutenant Jacques M. Swaab of New York shot down three German aircraft in one flight during a mission over enemy lines. He engaged a Fokker, then returned and defeated another pair, downing one in flames and forcing a second out of control. Confirmation is being sought.
Arnes river and along the Liry line as French troops cross the Aisne advance to wooded heights north of the river. Italians with the Tenth army seize Soupic and press the plateau northeast. General Vebeney’s forces remain active around Lesdines, while hives observed near Laon may signal strong combined French operations against St Gobain forest positions.
Associated Press report describes stubborn infantry clashes northwest of Verdun with heavy artillery and machine gun fire. American units along the Meuse front consolidate gains, repel German resistencia, and push back enemy positions in Money wood Cunel and near Petit Bois as German forces reinforce.
W Milholland, a Negro soldier, is on trial in the Thirty-seventh District Court after an indictment for murder. The case, stemming from the May 5 shooting at Ruiz street, is the first of several capital trials scheduled for the October term. Jury selection was to finish Monday afternoon with state testimony expected to begin before adjournment.
Physicians and druggists tout Calotabs as a quick remedy for colds influenza and grippe. One Calotab at bedtime with water purges the system and leaves no appetite or work disruption. Calotabs are sold only in sealed packages for 35c with druggist guarantee and refund if not delighted.
A sequence of three separate crashes within four hours left four injured. Hugh Barker of Camp Travis suffered deep head wounds and a crushed shoulder, after a motorcycle collision with H Youngman of Camp Travis. Barker was hospitalized. Andrew Rodriguez of 122 Bowie Street, a mail wagon driver, was knocked from his wagon by a streetcar and treated at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital for a bruised left leg and sprained right wrist. Antonio Aguirre of 1208 South Colorado Street sustained a scalp wound when struck by a car driven by Writz Kraut of Leon Springs. Kraut faced careless driving charges but Aguirre was not seriously hurt.
Downtown semaphore traffic signals will be suspended at night due to motorists not reading officer signals. City Electrician Convers and Traffic Lieutenant Miller will fit signals with a battery driven bright night flash for Go and Stop. Commissioner Wright ordered the change after a Saturday inspection to ensure signals are discernible and avoid arrests for disobeying unseen signals. Separately, indictments under Sherman Anti-Trust and Wilson Tariff laws were returned in New York against Sumatra Purchasing Corporation Sumatra Tobacco Import Corporation American Cigar Company General Cigar Company A Dis & Co and fourteen individuals.
Society items list Monday Night Reading Club resuming regular meetings. Wedding of Miss Louise Berry to Lieut Kendall at Laurel Heights Methodist Church. Mrs Maxwell to visit Dallas. Captain Maxwell with 90th Division in France. Stowers sisters take apartment at St Anthony. Dinner hosted by Dr and Mrs Stout honoring Depew and Wolf. Various church circles, meetings, and civic group notices amend the social calendar with parlor visits and travel plans. Major Wolf heads to Waco. Depew to Ft Oglethorpe.
The program lists participants Miss Elizabeth Alexanders Miss Natalie Wilson and Miss Kate Hymas with performances including Waltz in C minor and a talk on cart development in war. Hostesses Ss. A. Perrinot and Nieland lead the afternoon with dancing school openings announced to follow on upcoming evenings.
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