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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
12
Mayor Bell requests attorneys, insurance men and other experts to volunteer as stenographers for election booths on September 12. The call urges registering the most skilled personnel and office help, with volunteers to report to the designated registration point.
Major Francis E. McGovern, once judge advocate for the IIth Division, is listed as a leading Wisconsin figure. The veteran political figure previously served as district attorney in Milwaukee and as assistant district attorney, with a governorship spanning 1901 to 1913. He withdrew from the United States Senate race, saying he did not wish to split loyal voters, aiding Irvine Lenroot’s victory.
Fire destroyed a one story frame house owned by W. Forsythe at 2216 Arbor Place Ieakeview shortly before 1 AM Wednesday. The home valued at 2000 with 1700 insurance. contents valued at 1750 insured for 1000. Damages estimated at 88750.
Lectures by Dr. Richard Burton and Dr. Charles Judd stressed the need for centralized country schools to equalize opportunities. Mr. J. Brown argued the movement spreads, aided by good roads and transportation, with rural teachers benefiting from larger, better-equipped schools. The institute drew about eighteen hundred teachers, many from rural districts, attending sessions on American literature and modern teaching needs.
Lieutenant Thomas Hitchcock Jr. of Westbury New York escaped a German prison camp and arrived in Berne Switzerland. At eighteen he was the youngest aviator in France and son of Major Thomas Hitchcock, commander of flying for the Long Island provisional wing. He is slated to depart for the United States and join Douglass High School.
New York September 4 with women voting for the first time in a statewide primary the organization candidates fared well. Governor Whitman crushed Morton Lewis and Alfred Becker in the anti organization slate while Alfred Smith led the Democratic gubernatorial ticket with Osborn running independently. In Congress Republicans and Democrats split districts and notable figures like J J Langdon and Meyer London were renominated. A Milwaukee race saw Roy Wilcox narrowly defeat Governor Philipp for the Republican nomination, amid war platform issue and conscription controversy.
A 1845 manpower plan calls for 14 to 20 million women to replace men in military and essential industries. W. Low ix, head of the Federal Employment Bureau in Texas, initiates a Women’s Working St corps, urging enlistment of able women with education and no dependents. The urgency is stressed to mobilize quickly for the anticipated national labor shift.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified form of calomel, free of unpleasant qualities. It promotes Calotabs as a superior liver cleaner and system purifier sold in sealed packages for 35 cents with pharmacist endorsement.
Drought drives Texas farmers from West Texas counties near Dallas and Fort Worth. caravans of wagons move toward Eastern Texas Oklahoma and states farther west as rain remains scarce for years. War worsens losses. many settlers rent state land and abandon herds as cattle perish.
James M. Vance, head of the nee viendty department at the Chamber of Commeres, helped a young soldier by driving him to Wyoming Street to see his sweetheart. With thirty minutes before the train, Vance offered a ride back to the yards, delivering a memorable adventure for the couple.
A 43 year old Mexican woman was arrested Wednesday morning at the Hits folder store North San Marcos and Peres Streets while fleeing with a bolt of gingham containing 25 yards of cloth. She is charged with theft and suspected of taking a shirt valued at 4.50 days earlier from Eugene Cook. Police officers Proudfoot Knight and Officer Dickman responded.
About 1200 soldiers from Camp Travis depot brigade are being transferred to the 1st division under War Department orders issued Tuesday. Transfers aim to ease overcrowding, with ongoing moves as groups become available, while housing shortages persist and a tent city grows beside the brigade. Authorities expect relief by September 10 through repurposing depot troops into other divisions.
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