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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
9
Memphis public school teachers ended their walkout after accepting a flat increase of 62 810 a month in salaries. The city board of education said schools would reopen today with the agreement contingent on the Legislature approving higher taxes to cover the added expenditure. The teachers had originally demanded about a 34 1 3 percent raise.
Vatican Corriere d Italia notes Austria should be explicit in peace proposals and calls the note a subterfuge. It argues Berlin-inspired diplomacy shows military weakness and questions the spirit of Austria's peace request. American officials say Germany approved Austria's move and compare it to the 1916 peace overture.
Joy-Walker promotes Gets-It as a world magic corn remover claiming 2 drops and 2 seconds to loosen corns, avoiding salves and razors. Printed ad cites easy peel, no bleeding, and guaranteed results, manufactured by E. Lawrence & Co Chicago, sold in San Antonio. Ad touts Dreiss recommendation.
London reports the Inter-Allied Labor Conference committee approves adopting President Wilson’s fourteen points, urging clear collective aims. The U S reportedly rejected an Austro-Hungarian call for a belligerent conference, favoring public declarations of allied aims. In Rome, Italian officials say they have no knowledge of a formal Austrian invitation to talks and doubt negotiations will open.
Washington D C Sept 19 The betrayal of Roumania and advance plans of Germany and Bolshevik tools to suppress and murder loyal Roumanians Russians and Poles are exposed in today’s Russian documents given to the public The Bolsheviks led by Lenin and Trotsky and aided by Germans aimed to disorganize Russia’s army depose the Roumanian king and use German forces against the western front German orders call for extreme measures up to shooting Polish troops and surveillance of clergy Explanatory notes by Edgar Sisson add details and note an attempt on the Roumanian minister after arrest and release through diplomats TAOS remedy advertised Lattimore Pleads case in Fort Worth awaiting clemency for Rufus Coates execution scheduled tomorrow
Washington Sept 10 Ambassador Jusserand via the State Department transmitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reports France has joined Italy Spain and Portugal in protesting the war prohibition bill provision that would forbid the importer of wines.
Colonel H B Hersey is relieved of command at Fort Omaha balloon shoot. Lieutenant Colonel J W S Wuest is ordered from Fort Sill to take command. Colonel Wersey is temporarily ordered to Washington with expectations of overseas assignment.
Washington dispatch Sept 19 Marine Corps headquarters announced the first aviation unit organized in America and sent abroad using American made material exclusively was the first Marine Aeronautic Company equipped for water flying with overseas service in view.
An advertised external pain reliever promises quick relief from rheumatic aches soreness stiffness sprains and neuralgic pains. The ad notes easy use and fast results with a large bottle priced to attract buyers, available at local drug stores.
Special Cable reports General Ardenne writing from The Hague that German forces plan to withdraw from St Mihiel, noting French probing moves near the Meuse Moselle bend and suspected German preparations for a rapid attack. The article emphasizes coordination with Austrian and Bosnian units and the strategic shift away from Verdun as the German retreat continues.
Analysis suggests the German army plans to withdraw strips of territory and abandoned strongholds before an imminent battle. It states Lens Taion and the Chemin-des-Dames lie outside the Siegfried line, hinting at potential German retreat news for the public.
In France on Sept 19 Associated Press reports grim approval among American soldiers and officers at President Wilsons reply to Austria Hungary. Troops view the Austrian peace suggestion as a ruse by Germany to gain time, while expressing belief that Germany cannot hoodwink the Kaiser.
Paris dispatch reports Clemenceau in the Senate denouncing any bargain between crime and right. He vows to fight until Germany understands such a bargain is impossible, praising allied soldiers and warning of Germany's aggression. Paris papers view his speech as a reply to the Austro-Hungarian peace note and show agreement with Wilson and Balfour.
Thomas I. Thomas of Dallas was removed from a Denison train last night and underwent an emergency appendicitis operation. He was resting easily today. The incident occurred while Mr Mhomas, a familiar figure in Texas politics, was en route from Washington to Dallas when he was stricken.
New York Sept 19 Charles E Chapin city editor of the Evening World confessed to shooting his wife two days ago and attempted suicide. He was indicted for murder in the first degree.
A Stockholm letter cites a Petrograd report that mass executions have diminished since neutral governments protested. The Soviet authorities promise to report to Moscow and continue publicizing hostage lists of high ranking figures. Foreign residents may be treated as Russians if implicated in crimes.
Oswald Garrison Villard editor of The Nation announced that the temporary post office ban on the September 24 edition has been lifted. Leemanant Vacancies Not Filed in Austin Texas: no appointments yet by Attorney General Looney to fill two vacancies in his department.
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