The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 116, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1918 Page: 7 of 14
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GOUGH'S ARMY DRIVEN
BACK IN OPENING OF
PUSH BY HUN HORDES
Germans Gained Near St.
Quentin Through Force
of Numbers.
AMnrl.tM Pre.. Ccrre*ponden<*e.
LONDON—Misty weather and an
overwhelming weight in numbers—-
probably four to one—enabled the
Germans to push back Major General
Gough's fifth army in the opening
days of the spring offensive and to
gain a decided advantage. The line
In the attack —when it's time to
•buck the Une" —when our own
toys must go “over-the-top" much
lependence will be placed in the
iron-tank. In the same way real
men —men with a “punch" —have
some to place their dependence on
iron In a new form. Iron is easily
isslmilated within the body if tak-
»n in the form of tablets called
Tron-tic." These "Irontic” tablet^
vere experimented with by Dr.
Pierce and his assisting Physicians
it the Surgical Institute in Buffalo
tnd are formed of iron and herbal
extracts that are easily taken up
by the blood. The blood corpuscles
lake on a rich color and the whole
lystem feels the effect. Instead of
'eeling dull dumpish blue “nerves
>n edge." tired before your work
s half done you feel rejuvenated.
Fresh blood rich in iron courses
hrough your body. You have
pep." vim and vigor. The nerves
ire fed on rich red-blood and men
iave the steady nerves the wallup
ihe fighting force to “carry out” a
bombing raid and take trenches or
when you
thirst * *
j Just give MOER-LO one good trial and you
| will pronounce it the most refreshing invigor
I ating satisfying soft drink you ever tasted.
i MOER-LO has sparkle and snap. It’s dis-
! tinctly different in flavor from any soft drink
you ever tried and decidedly the most pleasing.
But don’t take our word for it.
Try it! Prove it!
You be the judge and we will abide by your verdict.
But the sooner you try MOER-LO the quicker you will
discover the one drink you will ask for when you thirst.
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Absolutely pure and scientifically made of the finest
hops and best materials MOER-LO is the most whole-
some healthful non-intoxicating beverage to be found
anywhere.
MOER-LO is sold at all first-class soda fountains
restaurants hotels —wherever good drinks are sold.
Order a case for your home and let your whole family
I try it- UMRX-v.
Made by Moerlein—Cincinnati.
E. A. Seidemann & Co.
Distributor.
412 S. Medina St. San Antonio Tex
Telephone Crockett 6151.
west of St. Quentin was held by the
fifth army and it only fell back
fuller reports now received say aft-
er a gallant defense.
Fighting desperately all the way
the divisions of the fifth army were
forced further and further back un-
til belated reserves arrived to stem
the German tide.
The four army corps of the fifth
army held a line 50 miles long. To
provide against a determined at-
tack a “deep system’’ of defense
had been built. The outer system
was composed of concrete block
houses and similar defenses so
placed and constructed as to pour a
deadly cross fire on an attacking en-
emy from any point.
But this system of defense relied
upon to hold the enemy until re-
serves could be moved up failed
owing to the weather conditions. The
Germans made their attack in a
to do their “bit” behind the lines.
Men with the brain to plan and
the brawn to do acquire strength
and courage with nerves of steel
by taking “Irontic" tablets.
You need energy and good nerves
every day every minute of the day.
Energy Is as valuable to the me-
chanic turning out 5-inch shells
as to the soldier going “over the
top.”
The quick and easy way to obtain
energy pep and staying qualities is
to take “Irontic” tablets.
These “Irontic” tablets are to be
j had in 60c vials at most drug-
'stores. If you wish to test them
send 10c to the Surgical Institute
Buffalo N. Y. and get a trial pack-
age. You will find this vitalizer
and tonic as good as Dr. Pierce’s
other medicines. For 50 years Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets have been
favorably known because they are
harmless. Made of May apple
aloes jalap they cause the health-
iest habit in the world. Try the
Pleasant Pellets and you’ll find you
have acquired the “regular as
clock-work” habit.
dense mist through which the de-
fenders could not discern the en-
emy until they were within a few
yards of the block houses. The out-
Ar system did not have the oppor-
tunity to use its strong cross fire
and after a stubborn struggle was
overwhelmed or compelled to re-
tire.
In the area known as the “battle
zone’’ behind the block house the
enemy was held throughout the
first day in desperate hand-to-hand
lighting. Then the overwhelming nu-
merical superiority uf the enemy be-
gan to tell. The British line weak-
ened and breaks soon developed.
Hou doggedly the British resisted is
shown by the fact that all the
breaks occurred at the juncture of
army corps and not along the Une
held by a particular corps.
Une break necessitated a retire-
ment for a considerable distance.
This had to be repeated again and
■ again as fresh breaks developed and
the expected reserves delayed by
difficulties behind the front failed
to get up in time. The immediate
I reserve divisions of the fifth army
had been thrown in a the beginning
<>f the battle when the breaks da-
j veloped and were immediately ab-
> sorbed and used up.
General Gough and his corps com-
-1 manders hav© nothing but praise for
all the units concerned in the fight-
ing.
“They all did well" said one of
the officers. “Some perhaps did bet-
ter than others; but none of them
failed and no blame can be attached
to any divisions of the fifth army."
TO RECOGNIZE FINNS
British Must Be Released First
However Is Report.
I.oudon Time* senh-e.
Fpodal Cable to The San Antonio Light
and the Philadelphia Publk- Lodger.
Coi'Might. 1918. by Th Publh Ledger Cn. ;
CHRISTIANA May 13.—Accord-
ing to a telegram to Tidens Tegn
| via Stockholm the British consul
l at Helsingfors has provisional^
I promised recignation by Great Bri-
| lain of the independence of Fin-
land on condition that the imprison-
; ed British subjects arc released and
■ given free passage home for their
’ persons and their goods and Fin-
nish territorial waters opened to
| British ships; also if Finland re-
: mains neutral. If these conditions
( are accepted a British charge d’af-
'aires will be sent.
Scarcity of foodstuffs is daily in-
creasing in Finland.
Latest accounts of Red Guard
massacres show that unspeakable
atrocities were committed while
systematic looting of banks is illus-
trated by a telegram from Verden’s
I Bunk which reported the arrest in
Central Finland of a woman. a
member of the Red Diet who was
in possession of notes of a nominal
। value of over one million pounds;
< while another woman likewise ar-
| rested has about half as much.
Electricity !h gv titrated by u windmill
.« sncceMfulh* at a German technical
school that It l» estimated that a slmi-
jhr plant could supply baht and water
I for 100 persona at a cost of >RS a year.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
WOULD NOIO
SCRAMBLE FOB
MT PUCE
Mayor Bell Has Plan to
Choose Commissioner With-
out a Fight.
“NO TIME FOR A ROW”
Thinks Friction Should Be
Avoided and Best Man
Possible Secured.
There is to be no scramble among
a lot of candidates to succeed the
late Commissioner Lowther as head
of the police and fire department. If
Mayor Bell can prevent it. and ha
now has under consideration a pl in
by which he hopes to eliminate this.
Under the plan at outlined by Mayor
Bell a committee of citizqps. uilrlv
representing ill factions and in
whose judgment the general public
would have confidence would be
formed and given the task of find-
ing the right man tor this p;ace
recognised as one of the most im-
portant in the city go ernment
Should this proposal be carried out
the committee would be given a free
hand to weigh and consider the
relative qualifications of the various
men who might have ambitions to
fill this position. If none such were
offered it would be the duty of the
committee literally to "draft’’ the
man. even though to accept the po-
sition would be at a distinct per-
sona! sacrifice.
Free From l*olitieal Taint.
It is the belief of Ma.ur Bell and
of several of the commi sioners
well that if this plan can be iol*
lowed it will result in the selection
of a man of ability. Such a man.
having the backing of the business
element could be assured the united
support of the dominant political or-
ganization and yet it would free th°
< andidata from the taint of poli-
tics.
“This i$ no time for a political
wrangle over that office” said
Mayor Rell Tuesday morning “ano
if we can devise some vay to avoid
it and give the city a commissioner
in whom the general public the
army and all will have genuine con-
fidence 1 for one w*ould be willing
to let the politics go hung. This
city tried the cxperim.nt several
years ago of electing® a minority
member of the council in opposition
to the wishes of the then existing
administration. The experiment was
unfortunate in many wavs. It tended
to disrupt the department tecause of
the lack of harmony that existed in
the council.
No Time for R NV.
“I don’t believe that experiment
will be repeated. I don’t think th?
people will want it am! 1 am sure
none of us in the council do either.
What 1 would like to see :s some
man selected on whom .ill could cen-
ter and with whom there would be
no question ot harmorim.s action
This is no time for a row and there
are special reasons why the police
department should be in capio •'
hands. This country is at w\r.
which creates a situation uf grave
possibilities; there are ti ousar.ds of
soldiers here and the government
baa exacted certain promises from
the city which we are all acre .i
must be kept; and finally we have
lately come under the operation ol
certain laws which are forcing ninny
in the community to adapt them-
selves to conditions with reference to
their personal tastes and habits in
which they are not wholly sympa
thetic. As 1 see the situation it Is one
which calls for a man every inch of
him aad I sincerely trust such a
one will be obtained."
Must lb* Before Monday.
It is not definitely’ known when
the call for the special election will
i.o Issued. Under the charter it must
be isued within ten days after the
vacancy occurs ar.d the d'.te mir.t bo
set not more than twent • nor less
than fifteen days from the iMuan'-e
of such call. The council th »s has
until next Monday although it prob
ably will not wait that long.
There are a number of m *r. al-
ready either actively or pass.vely
considered as candidates. Mayor Bell
has indicated a belief thrt it might
be advisable to go outside the list of
men who have been active in ; cli-
tics and select someone who is with-
out political debts to pax or ene-
mies to punish. There is a feeling on
the part of the business men tint
the man who is to be ele< te I fhcjd
either be in sympathy with the gov-
ernment program for t’p' pro ection
nf the soldiers or at least one who
has not openly expressed opposition
to it. It is urged that to do otherwise
would be resented by the authorities
In Washington mil might be fraught
with unfortunate results for San An-
t«»nio.
MUCH SORGHUM SEED
NOT GOOD.
Topeka.—At least 50 per cent of
the sorghum seed intended for
spring planting in Kansas is worth-
less. according to a report made by
J. C. Mohler secretary of the board
of agriculture.
• “It is revealed by tests that a
great deal of the seed belies its
good appearance and will not
grow" said Mr. Mohler. “Condi-
tions last fall were unfavorable for
maturing viable seed. Farmers
planting seed of uncertain or un-
known worth are taking long
chances this year. The only way to
find out before planting whether
seed will grow is to test it as every
farmer knows but too few follow
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THIS appetizing new product is offered as butter’s successor to
those who heretofore have used nothing but butter.
It is made by an exclusive process—a process which gives the
delicate flavor of gilt-edged creamery butter. The more critical
you are the better you will like Troco.
The makers of Troco specialize on this one product They
have perfected the method which produces the quality which
makes Troco not a butter substitute but actually butter’s successor.
An Attractive
Combination
Troco is churned from the fat extracted
from the white meat of coconuts — the same
dainty tropic delicacy you use shredded on cake
— combined with pasteurized milk.
It is as nutritious as butter and even more
digestible. Like butter it is energy food of the
highest value.
You will use Troco in place of butter solely
for quality — because you rarely find butter so
pure and sweet. Your dealer will supply you
TROCO NUT BUTTER COMPANY
MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
COLLINS CO. San Antonio—Distributors
HUNDREDS REPORTING
AT RECRUITS'CAMP AT
FORT SAM HOUSTON
Those Received Will Be Sent
to New National Army
Cavalry Regiments.
Hundreds of drafted men from
various slates of the Union are Re-
porting at the recruit camp. Fort
Sam Houston and eventually will be
sent to the eight new national arm)
cavalry regiments to be formed in
he department. Approximately 500
men of this call will go to each regi-
ment forming a nucleus of the or-
ganization. They will form the first
..tional army regiments to ho raised.
Men reporting at the camp go into
quarantine for two weeks as do the
men received at Camp Travis. Dur-
ing their quarantine they are vacci-
nated and inoculated against typhoid
and given the paratyphoid innocula-
tion also. They are then assigned to
organizations outfitted and sent to
their regiment.
One of the new cavalry regiments
the 309th. Is to be at Fort Sam Hous-
ton. and three of the regiments will
be at Leon Springs. Col. Mathew
C. Smith is commander of the 309tb
and Lieut. Col. F. G. Johnson is lieu-
tenant colonel of the regiment Lieu-
tenant Colonel Johnson is also pro-
vost marshal of San Antonio. The
309th already has a personnel of
about 120. This includes all the of-
ficers with the exception of a veteri-
narian and Colonel Smith expects the
assignment of a veterinarian soon
Headquarters of the regiment are in
the old cavalry headquarters build-
Ing cavalry post and the officers
are quartered at the post and bar-
racks have been assigned for the
men.
Experiments With X-Ray.
Interesting experiments previous
to the war were conducted at
.Munich and Vienna in the examina-
tion of old portraits with Roentgen
rays. One of the curators of the art
museum used the X-rays on an old
Madonna portrait and discovered
evidence of a later overpainting. In
Vienna Professor Max Dvorak ap-
plied the same test to a picture ot
the Mantegna school which had
been badly disfigured by later at-
tempts at reconstruction. The X-
ray photograph disclosed perfectly
the original contours of the paint-j
ing.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
LEFT-OVERS
After every family dinner
there are nutritious bits
of left-overs sufficient for
another meal. Add a
snappy relish —It’s Econ-
omy!
LEAiPERRINS
SAUCE
THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE
The Wartime relish.
with a capsule of the vegetable coloring used
by butter makers.
But remember Troco contains no animal
oils and no preservatives. And that it is made
by a company which makes no animal oil prod-
ucts—only pure sweet appetizing Troco. 4
Remember to Specify
TROCO
Ask for Troco by name if you want to en-
joy the butter flavor and butter quality which
other nut butters lack. Your dealer has it or
can order it for you. A ’phone order will bring
prompt delivery anywhere.
DENTAL PROGRESS
The wonderful advancement attained by the dental profession
within the last ten years surpasses that of any other science.
If you think enough of your teeth and general health.and want
scientific dental service we are prepared to meet your requirements.
We practice Dentistry in its advanced form and get remarkable
results. Comfortable durable work scientifically built to meet the
needs in every individual case.
Foor cheap work causes pyorrhea many systemic diseases and
loss of good teeth.
Dental X-Ray root canal work local anesthesia and the vairoua
forms of Intra-alveolar peridental mucous and conductive methods.
With practical anatomical articulation (true bite teeth) we can
build a set of teeth that restores the contour of your face enables you
to eat satisfactorily and In appearance defies nature itself.
Oral Prophylaxis so-called Pyorrhea successfully treated.
Our Porcelain work (done in our own laboratories) restores the
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“BY THE ALAMO”
MAY 15 1918.
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 116, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1918, newspaper, May 15, 1918; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1614764/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .