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VOL XXXIX—NO. 211.
RANSOM SENT TO FREE ARMY FLIERS
U. S. Demands Quick Action by Mexico Against Bandits
RUSHTOBUY
Ml FOOD
GOESDHSALL
San Antonians Take Quick
Advantage of New Mar-
keting Plan.
ORDER AT POSTOFFICE
In First Four Hours Monday
$l5OO Werth of Sup-
plies Sold.
Inauguration Monday morning of the
Bale of surplus army food products
through the postoffice was marked iu
San Antonio by a rush* of people who
were anxious to avail themselves of the
opportunity to purchase at bargain
prices. Business began briskly with th •
opening of the jxistoffire at X o'clock
and continued with constantly increas-
ing volume throughout the morning.
At noon announcement was made by
postal officials that receipts for the
first hours of trade totalled approxi-
mately $l5OO. During the same period
4200 order blanks were given out to i
prospective customers but many of
those who procured price lists did not
place their orders at the time —taking
the lists home to discuss shopping mat-
ters with other members of the family.
The largest single order given the
opening morning was that placed by ।
tdanta Rosa Infirmary for $317.30 worth '
of food stuffs. Most of the orders ranged j
from $2 to $l5 in money value.
Hartman Place* First Order.
A. W. Hartman residing at 126 Mar ’
tia Place had the distinction of being
(be first San Antonian to place an or-
der under the government’s plan of hit .
ting a body blow at the high cost of 1
Jiving He headed the line that awaited I
o|»ening of the |M>Mtoffic? doors. Mrs.;
M. Welch. 311 East Euclid Avenue j
van the second customer and the third ;
purchase was made by Mrs. A. Lewison. '
602 East l/wiist Street.
So groat was the rush that it was I
necessary for Postmaster Armistead to!
establish a special food order depart-'
went in the east end of the |M»* office!
corridor. Long tables urre placed nt hat
location ami a num’ r of postal em-
ployees assigned to a \ in new roles
as retail grocery solie. .. -.
Major Albert Feiss. formerly assist-
ant adjutant of the 90th Division and
now on duty in the Quartermaster's
Corus at Fort Sam Houston under Col.
M. R. Hilgard. has been detailed to as-
siat in handling business in the down-
t »wu postoffice. Luder his direction
individual orders are being abstracted
s • that orders for goods in bulk may
be placed with the quartermaster by
the postmaster.
Quirk Delivery Planned.
Ail orders received up to 1 o’clock
in the afternoon will be included in the
abotracted order that will be sent to
Colonel Hilgard as representing the
day's business. At the post this o/Jpr
will he filled so as to be ready t r
deiivriy the next day. In other words
goods ordered Monday should reach the
knoatuffic? Tuesday for distribution to
K ustomers.
r Pont master Armistead is confronted
[ with a problem in finding space in the
l/downtown postal establishment for use
Fin making up panel |w»st shipments af
ter supplies have been received from the
quartermash r. Hoods will be delivered
from Fort Sam Houston in case lots
and in his plan of serving the public
by allowing purchases in less than case
lots it will be necessary for Mr. Ar- •
mistrnd to break i p cases and apportion
supplies as ordered.
P.vtnl officials spent Sunday prepai
ing a price list for information of the
purchasing public this list showing the
articles available for immediate pur-
chase and the price of each article by
the case or lot and by the single can
or package. Fa reel post charges were
included in all figures. Thousands of
copies of this list were made in mimvo-.
graph form and were ready for distri-
bution when purchasers put in an ap-
prarance Monday morning.
.More Variety Later.
According to Mr. Armistead the sup-
ples shown on this list do not repre-
bent all of the foodstuffs to be offered
for *alv by the government through the
parcel post. Large quantities of a va-
riety of articles are being shipped to
Uort Sum Houston from other army dis-
tribution centers and as new commoiii
become available < olom l Hilgard
will at once notify postal officials ami
the Postoffice will quote prices to the 1
public in the Kann' manner as is now 1
being done.
.The big ta>k of operating a retail
giVccvy store for the entire city is only
imM of the work develoving on the Sun
Antonio Postoffice in connection with i
the distribution of army foodstuffs. J i
J’airel |K>st food shipments for prac- •
ticallv the entire state must bo handled
through this office. They will he filhnl i
tn hds at th** post and then turned «
over Io the Postoffice to ship to destina- j
turn. * ’
Mr. Armistead has taken up with the j t
railway mail service the matter of se-ir
curing’ railroad transportation for the
immense quantities of supplies that n
must move to all parts of the state oy „
parcel |»st. The volume of buaineas
/ — ।
(Continued on I’ugt Three.) n
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
lloyd-george says
BRITAIN MUST HOLD
SUPREMACY IN TRADE
Declares Empire Cannot Sur-
vive Unless People
Return to Economy.
I»ndon Aug. 18.—The British gov-
[ eminent has accepted the (sdicy of the
j state purchase of mineral rights iu coal.
■ This announcement was made by Pre-
mier Lloyd George in the House of
Commons today.
( In discussing the financial and in-
* dustrial situation the premier said there
। was an alarming trade balance against
। the I'nited Kingdom of $4000000000
f । which threatened to increase. He an-
। nounced that import restrictions would
be removed September 1.
The premier said that before the war
imports had exceeded exports from the
j Unite J Kingdom by $750006000. Re-
. ceipts from foreign investments nt pres-
ent are down to $500000000 while
Great Britain has to pay back an ad-
' . verse trade balance of S4(MM UMM UMM)
i ! Labor conditions in the United King-
dom. he said had improved. < >f the
k | 3600(MM) men demobilized only 350000
*: have not been absorbed in industries.
1 i Pensions cost tic government
' $500000000 yearly. Private expendi-
“ ; tures in (he aggregate he said was more
formidable than public expenditure. One
! way of meeting the increase in expendi-
tures is to increase production but the
’ । output is less in everything except agri-
। culture.
i He declared that if the country cou-
. tinned in the way in which it was
ling the adverse trade balance would
; | reach $5000000 compared to
$75U000(MM) bef >re the war.
I “We cannot prosper." he said “we
i cannot even exist without recovering
1 ami maintaining our international trade
j We must bring up the trade balance
adding to our exports and lessening our
I imports.'*
DEFY CENTRAL UNION
—
.Muskogee** Striking Carmen Refuse to
Work Despite Official Orders.
। Muskogee Oida. Aug. 18.—Repudi-
। ated by the Central Labor Union strik-
I ing stn*et cur men tbda; were alone in
i their stand against the Muskogee Elcc-
tr:c Traction Company Starting of
'th<* c|rs with non-union men was being
’ couriered by the company which i>
| now assured of support from the Citi-
| Zens’ Safety Committee and union la-
bor heads here.
N. A. Gibson company attorney ami
Malinger R. D. Long said they would
give the strikers another ctiance to go
back to work before making attempts
to start the cars without outside work-
ers. They were exjiected to consult
later in the day with Mayor Wisener.
the Citizen’s Committee and others re-
garding the resumption of car service.
J. J. Green president of the car-
men's union said tbit the union men
would refuse to go to work. Other
members it was said might go back to
work without the sanction of the offi-
-1 cials of the local union. They said they
would base their action on thu with-
drawal of support of the strike by tin*
Cent rid Inion and on the possibility of
the international union withdrawing the
charter because of the alleged illegal
strike.
Think Soldier Has Been Slain.
Fort Worth. Tex. Aug. IK. —Detec-
tives and n!at ; ve> believe Earl C. Bow-
man. soldier at Camp Bowie whose
home is nt 122 S Broadway Kansas
City. Mo. has been slain. Bowman
who n*cviitly received his discharge leP
here for his mother's home in Kansas .
Cit>. writing that he was coming to.
tr.k<* can' <-f her and re-enter civil life. J
But he has never reached Kansas Citv
Heat V»:ne Grips Switzerland. •
Geneva. Switzerland. Aug. IK.—
Switzerland has been suffering from u I
magnetir ln'nt wave for four days. The |
telegraph lines have been greatly dis- ;
Imbed.
THE WEATHER
T»:MI’KH m KES.
Al’tl. 17. 2 a. ni 7 7 i
3 p. in 90 3 n in 7<; j
I p in. ... '.> I in in 7 a ।
p. in 93 f» • in 75 I
i< p. in 93 n. in 7 I I
7 p in. ..... 93 7 h. n< 73 ।
K p. in 92 X H. in 73 j
9 p. m 90 9 n in 7fi .
10 p. ni HI io a 111 7x
11 p. in 92 11 h. m xl
I.' rnl'lniglit. . . X 0 12 ni *5 t
Al’tJ. 1X l p. in XX
turn 7X 2 p. in X'J
HEATHER KtHECAST.
For Han Antonin an»j vicinity: Monday |
night and Tuesdny partly cloudy maxi-
mum tcmpeipture 92 to 96: light variable I
wlnda.
HOME UKATIIKK FOK T(H KISTS. i
St. I.oiilk: Temprrnture 6X. clear. 10-
nille wind from the northwest; louefit
tenipcrnture In lawt 24 hour*. r»x. high-
eft. XX.
Chiengv: Temperature 62. clear. I<l-inile ।
wind from the northuext; lowest temper-
Mture lii InMCt 24 holira. 62: highest. 7S.
Kan»H» City: Temperature 66. clear; 5-
inlle wind from the north went: lowest
temperature in iaet 24 hour*. 66; htgh-
mt 96.
New York: Temperature 62. raining. 6- ।
mile wind from the east; lowest temper-
ature in laat 24 hours 62 hlghewt. 66.
Wnahlnaton: Temperature 6X cloudy t-
mile wind from ’be north; lowest temper- 1
ature In last 34 hours <1; highest T 4. 1
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MONDAY AUGUST 18 1919.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
5K SHMNC
: SURE TO MUSE I
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c American Expert on Far
East Thinks Future :
!• I
f Convict Certain.
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I
; HITCHCOCK RAPS G.O.P. i
; :
j’Declares They Have Kept i
i Treaty in “Cold Stor- i
age” Long Enough.
t
:i
Waiilungtcn D. (’. Aug. IS.—lt was i
• the unanimous opinion of American ex-}(
-i ports on Far Eastern affairs at Ver-!^
*! sailles that war must result from the.
\ ponce treaty provisions giving Japan’ a
i ’ control in the Chinese province ofl* s
. 1 Shrntuu*'. the Semite Foreign Relations i
. Committee wr..; t<dd today by Thomas;'
F. Millard an Ameii«’an writer who f
.; was attached to the Chinese peace dele- L
. gat ion. | v
.! Because the I’nitod States govern-; L
। mont intimated it would be inexpedient. I i
.’China refrained from raising “certain j <
. • quo tions" r.t the pence conference Mr. a
। Millard said. j a
The witness said he got his informa-; t
tion on tho subject from the Chinese ।
delegates whom he advised “unofficially." ।
He did not go into details about the c
‘ I questions China might have raised. Heit
' said however that some Chinese offi-Jt
’. । cials wanted to employ two American in-1 j
ternational lawyers as advisers but!*
did not do so because the I'nited States t
indicnted it would not favor such a plnn.'
While hi^ expenses were paid by the i
1 Chinese Mr. Millard said he was not J
> paid a salary but simply gave unoffi-i
<-ial advice asked for by the Chinese *
delegates because of his familiarity ’
with Far Eastern affairs.
The proposal to strike the Shantung
provision from the treaty by amend-
incut gives promise of developing one j
: of the most bitter fights of tiie entire 1
. treaty controversy. ’ j
What promises to be one of the cru- <
rial weeks of the pence treaty fight be- (
gnu with the issuance of a formal state- n
incut Sunday by Senator Hitchcock d •
Nibraska the administration Scna'e j
leader declaring conditions throughout ( .
the country demanded that the treaty |.
be brought out of the Foreign Rela-
tions C.unnithe promptly and ratifietL p
Demand iTni"*!. Ac.
For five weeks. Senator Hitchcock | (
said th’* treaty had been “in coid'stor-
age’’ in a committee controlled by. its
enemies. Action on it should be the ।
first step he added in dealing witn
the high cost of living.
Senator Hitchcock is expected to ...
make a Senate speech urging that th?
treaty be brought to a vote and voicing n
opposition to any amendments.
Interest in Tuesday’s White House
conference increases as the time <lraws
nearer. It is expected Mr. Wilson will
be asked by the Senate committee to:
disclose many of the inside develop- .
mints in the pence negotiations which ‘
Ilie members say tiny have failed to'
get from the witnesses examined.
Senator Hitchcock’s statement wired w
here from the senator’s summer home •
at Swampscott. Mass. was mode public | r
through the local office of the League
to Enfore Peace.
“The treaty ratification situation.’ । o |
statement said “changed somewhat dur-
• ing the Inst week. A new issue was
raised when I asked the chairman cf | u
। I lie Foreign Relations Coinmitter an : '
I majority members when they proposid t |
1 to ge; nation.
। "I took Ihis course nfter consulting u ‘
' with a number of senators. There has
; been a growing demand tor action by w
; the committee. It has had the treat' ()|
I since July 10. For five wedts there- In
I for tin* treaty han been in cold stor-
j age. without a vote or any other ac g|
1 tion. I'he Senate is waiting and the el
I country is waiting and the impatience | M
' is increasing.
Says Senate Will Ratify. ' i
i “Everyone knows hat the enemies
jot llw treaty ami <qqs>nrnts of the
' League of Nations control the commit- |j
i he. Everyone also knows that tiny do
i not control the Senate. Public senti-
ment resents the suggestion that ihe on-'
; ponents of the treaty might keep it !
locked up in committee and this great- H
h delays rrtification.”
Mr. Hitchcock «ai<l it was ihe hope (»
of the administratioi loin’s to jegin b 1
voting in committee this week on pn»- 111
posed amendments preparatory to hav- l i
• ing the treaty reported to the Senate bi
I in a week < r ten days.
“It is of little imporlaiKT." the sen
| ntor continued “what the committee »)
} does n> e long as it does <»ni<‘thitig. It r<
it recommends ame.nl the Senate ‘h
will reject them. If it mutilates tin* 111
treaty the Senate v ill cure the damage*
done. The chief harm that the coni- h»
mitte can do is in causing delay.
I "Everyone now realizes that we are sa
j still suffering from wui and that the .
। fir*t step toward relief is to ratify the [
'peace treaty. The President's address
served to uiouxe the country to the ur- j
portniice of treaty ratification as one of
of the steps necessary to reduct the T 1
cost of living. du
"He has verv properly connected the ov
high cost of living with the war. He Ai
has shout) that tl.e first step Hint mu t pl
be taken is the ratification «f the fn
treaty." th
HUNS PREPARING TO
INCREASE ARMY BY
USE OF CAMOUFLAGE
Prussia Would Evade Treaty
by Disguising Soldiers
As Police.
By the Associated Press.
Coblenz Aug. IS.—Militarization nf
Gorman police contrary to the terms
of the treaty of peace has already
begun according to information reach-
ing American authorities. In the city
of Cassel the police were recently com-
pletely organized on military lines by
the Prussian government it is said and
are now equipped with steel helmets and
rifles and follow the routine of a mili-
tary company in their barracks. Of the
3(M) state p(dice in office in Cassel IUO
have elected to be transferred to the
new organization and the remainder
have been given places in the civil ser-
vic(».
The ultimate size of the new mili-
tarized police organization has not b *en
announced. Americans studying the de-
mobilization and reorganization of the
German army soy that the significauc*'
of militarizing police in Germany is
great.
American officers have records of
an announcement that the Prussian
state government quite apart from the
national government was to organize a
“Schiitzmannsrhaft.” or state police
force throughout Prussia which would
be virtually military units in garrisons
with full infantry (^piipment. but would
be under control of the minister of the
interior and used only for the repression
of internal disorders. These troops
according to the plans were to be quite
apart and in excess of the army permit-
ted Germany under th«i terms of the
peace treaty.
A .semi-official announcement how-
ever states that it is appreciated that
these troops are not permitted under
the terms of the j»eace treaty but the
hope is expressed that the allies will be
“reasonable’’ and permit their organiza-
tion.
HUNS TURfTtoTwEDEN
Stockholm Foreign Office Forced to
Check Influx of Germans.
BY BASSETT DIGBY.
Special Cal> - »o The San Antonio Light
ami the Uliicaeo Dallv Neue.
Cote rigl t. 1919. by Chicago Dally New® Co.
Stockholm. Aug. IS. — Though the
Argentine republic. Brazil Mexico and
Chile constitute the main objective* of
lens of thousands of prospective Ger-
man emigrants who are being assisted
by a special national emigration office
in Berlin. Sweden appears to be tin*
chief choice for those who make some
European country their objective. About l
('(UMM) applications for visas or pass-
ports for entry into this country have
recently been made through the Swedish
legation in Berlin I learn from the for-
eign office.
Naturally a stringent winnowing of
the applications occurs and visas are
granted only on special grounds. The
legation is swamped with work about
3(H) appli<-ations streaming in daily. Re-
cently it has been apparent that there i
are more Germans in Stockholm than ।
has previously been the case.
NO C?MP FOR GUARD
. .. ‘
Adjutant General Says Men Are Needed
In Field and Industry.
There will be no encampment of the
Texas National Guard this year accord-’
ing to the annoum i nient made Monday '
liy the Adjutant General’s Department;
in Austin. The War Department had <
mthorized the mobilization and school!
»f instruction providing that regula-!
[ions were complied with. It was re-1
piired that the organizations attending'
be composed of men who had belonged j
[o their outfits for at least a month and
hat the necessary percentage of the au-!
!ioriz(*d personnel of each unit be act-«
udly present.
Adjutant General James A. Harley i
aho conferred on the snbjc<-t with Maj.'
»r General Did.man. Southern Depart-j
nent commander announced Monday in (
Austin that on account of the men in the
imird being nee(h*d in the fields and *th-'
•r places of industry that there should'
m* no encampment.
ACTORS TO STAND FIRM
Deride On Fight to Finish After Receiv-
ing Letter From I ntermeyer.
New Yurk. Aug. IK. —Reinforc«*d by
he sympathetic strike of stage hands I
ind musicians called Saturday Frank'
filmore executive secretary of the Ac-’
:ors Equity Association issued a state-J
nent last night declaring that the ac-!
.ors were prepared to carry their fight
or union recognition to a finish.
Mr. Gilmore made public a letter from 1
Samuel ('ntermeyer who recently I
igreed to act without compensation as (
*oum<el for the actors urging that “un-t
lev no (*ircumstances should any settle-'
nent be considered that does not con- J
imic to recognize your asso<*iation as 1
lendofore. If you now surrender your 1
ight to ree>ignition your fight is lost"!
aid the letter.
I’ear for Safety of Huge Plane.
Paris Aug. 18. —Anxiety is felt here!
•ver the luck of news of the arrival
•f tin* giant airplane Goliath at Dakar
[’he airplane was last reported Satur-I
lay morning at 3:30 o'clock passing ’
ver Portetinnc. S(M) miles from Dakar i
Lt that time the machine had accom-
dished the worst part of the journey ’
rom Mugador to Dakar having crossed
he Sahara. I
SLLHWS
! 5118® AHO r
ÜBES TIED UP
f | Hundreds cf Thousands
- I Walk or Ride Overcrowded
• j Street Cars or Steam Trains.
[ TRAFFIC IS CONGESTED
; I
I! Automobiles Trucks and
1 Even Ferry Boats Unable
to Accemcdate Crowds.
' .
P New Yurk Aug. IK.—More than two
” million persons who ordinarily travel
daily over the Interborough Rapid
f Transit Company's subway mid elevated
। lines in Manhattan the Bronx. Brooklyn
. and Queens today cither took slow mov-.
( ing surface car and improvised convey-1
. ances or walked to their work as a ro-
ll suit of the strike of the company's
jII.OOD employes for a 53 per cent in-
| J crease in wages. As on Sunday when
. the strike bo«*amc effective not a wheel
। turned on the company's 250 miles of
t i tracks.
The stoppage of Hie main arteries of
. travel caused the wor t traffic snarl
. in the history of the city. The narrow
streets in downtown New York wore
. fairly conge: ted during the early morn*
t ing hours. A pouring rain added to the
r discomforts.
Thousands of jitneys and busses op-
. erated by the city filled beyond capacity I
. with workers clogged the thorough-
fares. Thousands fought in vain for
standing room on each overloaded trolley
I! car. Trolleys and other vehicles moved
at a snail’s pace. Residents on the
outer fringe of the city were unable to
j reach their places of employment until
many hours after their usual time and
industrial New York was crippled in
consequence.
Terminals Also ( ongested.
The New York Central Railroad oper-
। ated 26 extra trains of ten cart each
। I between Hudson and Harlem River
I (mints to the (Land Central station.
The 6D.000 extra passengers carried on
। these trains in addition to the regular
traffic caused an unprocendcnted con-
gestion at the great terminal.
Fleets of ferries and other ‘craft
'jpressed hurriedly into service plied the
North and East Rivers carrying pas-
sengers .between the upper and lower
ends of Manhattan Island for the first
: time in many years.
I More than GOOD policemen guarded
. the company's property and endeavored
to control the tide of humanity sweep-:
Jing through the streets. Notwithstand-'
’ । ing the confusion there was but little
। disorder.
‘. An effort to reach an agreement be- •
i tween the Interborough officials and the ।
[strike leaders will be made this after-'
। noon.
The tie-up which began promptl.v at
[4 a. m. Sunday with the refusal of the!
! crews to start runs from the car barns |
। j became absolute at 6a. m. when the'
। last of flie trains sent out before 41
o’clock completed their rounds. were j
shunted into the barns and abandoned.;
[ None have moved since.
With prospect for a continuation of
i the absolute ti(‘-up. city officials and’
I the Public S<»rvice Commission are bend- j
ing every effort toward providing fur-'
j ther emergency transportation for the'
| nearly 2500(MM) persons seeking trans-
[ j portation.
Even comparatively light traffic Sun-
I (lay due to the fact that it was Sun-1
I day and a rainy day Sunday at that;
and the available means of transporta-j
tiou to their capacity and with the re-!
( sumption of business activities today.'
; one of the severest crushes in the city’s
i history began.
The strike is declared by the (>olice to .
i be so far one of the most orderly large '
! strikes ever called in New York. No
j chances were taken by the police how-
। ever heavy details of patrolmen being!
[stationed nt all barns powerhouses and;
stations to prevent any possible out-’
break.
Strikers in Determined Mood.
It was intimated by police officials
। that serious trouble might be expected I
if the company decided to make an at-'
| tempt to operate the lines. The men
’ were declared to be in a determined!
[ mood and ready to block any work by
j strike-breakers.
Harry Jones national organizer of ‘
1 the Amalgamated Association of Street'
■and Railway Employes which is per- 1
footing an organization of interborough :
employes as a rival of the brotherhood
'organization charged today that offi-1
rials of the company luid refused au of-[
। for of the Amalgamated to furnish the
company with 1000 men to run trains.!
I This charge was apparently borne by an t
annoum*emcnt made at a mass meeting
; of striking brotherhood member^ to the ;
effect that Frank Hedley general mana-[
ger of the Interborough had been of- f
j fered the services of 7(H) of his employes
l who were members of the Amalgamat<*d j
! and that he had refused the offer de-1
I during that he “would deal with the!
brotherhood and no one else."
District Attorney Martin announced I.
he had H’ceived several reports tbath
| strikers hail declared they did not careii
। how long the strike lasted as they were i
I “geting paid for striking.''
Oue of the rejxirts he added quoted • i
a striker as saying he was getting "time.;
I and a halt." 11
MEXICAN SENATORS
DESIGNATED TO MEET
WITH FALL COMMITTEE
I
Will Discuss Whole Mexi-
[ can Situation” Mexico
City Dispatch Says.
Three Mexhnn senators have been |
> dosiguated t » confer with the I’nited I
States Semite iuv< Migating committee
! । headed by Senator A. B. Fall of New
i Mexico at a meeting to be held soon
lon the border according to dispatches
! from Mexico City which have reached
I the Mexican paper “La Presna” in
j San Antonio.
Appointment by the Mexican Senate
so the dispatch stated. Juan Sanchez.
। Rafael Zepeda ami Jo> • Reynosa will
travel to the border to meet the Fall
! committee and discuss the “whole Mexi-
can situation." as translated by t!ic
editor i f La Presna.
The message set no date for the
; conference but it was pri'sum 'd that
1116 sessions on the border would be held
1 shortly.
STATEMENT^OR BOND
BUYERS SHOWS CITY’S
FINANCES ARE GOOD
I
I. r anv Bids for $3950090
Icsnc Sept. 11 A.re
Expected.
The City of San Antonio n < n corpor-'
ation is in excellent financial condition. I
according to a statement compiled by the
city auditor's office for the information ।
of bond houses that may desire to bid .
on the S3.!)S(UMM) bonds recently issued '
for municipal improvements. The bonds !
I will bo offered for sale September 11.!
at 4 p.m. j
Copies of the statement have been ।
mailed to more than 1(H) lending bond i
buyers. 1F is a comprehensive review i
of the condition of the city and resom- ‘
bios a bank statement. It places the cs-1
timated value of all taxable jiroperty at
$ 175.1 MM)(MM) and the population at '
145(100. The figure for population is
. considered a conservative estimate and
includes only the actual (mpulation. ex-
clusive of the transient population
which averages about 30.000 persons.
Tho 1000 population as fixed by the gov-
ernment census at 53321 i« also given
as is the 1910 census which gave San
Antonio a population of 96.614. This '
shows by conservative estimate an in- ( •
crease of -11000 in the population of;
San Antonio within nine years.
The assessed valuation for taxation!
for the year 1918 is given as
SL'»O(MMUMIO and tho tax rate as $2Ol
on the $lOOO valuation. This is $5 jM*r [
$lOOO below the tax rate allowed by the’
constitution which is $25 on $lOOO. [
Th? statutory debt limit is t>/ per •
[cent of the total assessed value of proji- <
j erty. These figures show that the city
could levy an additional tax of $5 per ]
| $lOOO and still be within its legal limit. 1
: It is pointed out that tho present debt ’
| is far below the statutory debt limit. [ '
The city's bonded debt exclusive of!
| the present issue is only $4373JMM). Of
this sum $490000 will become duo and »
payable May 1. 1920. There is now in:
| the sinking fund $636630 to retire the i
' bonds.
I The vote on the eleven propositions in
j the recent boml issue ranged from 2246
’ to 2417 in favor and 3!M) to 562 against.
; Tho bonds bear 5 per cent interest and ;
i mature serially in one to forty yea-s. •
A large number of bids for the / ? 1
। is expected.
RAPS CARRANZA’S RULE <
' 1
El I niversal Demands Cabinet Shift and
Settlement of Oil Row.
i Mredo. Tex.. Aug. 18.—Mexico faces
I the danger of foreign intervention 1
'and tho present Mexican cabinet must •
be replaced by one which enjoys esteem
within ami without the country accord- |
. ing to El Universal of Mexico City un-
-1 der date of August 14. j
“Pulic opinion shows the necessity for
a change in the present government."’ J
! the paper continues. ! <
After publishing in full the note sent
। by the American State Department to i
the Mexican government warning that I
! outrages against American citizens in
.Mexico must cease. El L’uiversal de-1
j dares the policy of the present Mexican
government as an obstacle in the rela- 1 ’
( tions with foreign governments. [ v
[ In an editorial under the caption of । k
. "The Gravity of the Moment." the pa-. (
I per counsels a policy of ex|>ediency.
‘ “The petroleum pi*oblem will be 1
'solved early in September when the or-1
1 dinary session of Congress begins." the I
; editorial reads "and all interests in that I
industry will be respected.” 1
| c
Former Empc*or Buys Estate. ;
I treeht. Holland. Au . is. Former!
William who has been iivim at Amer- 1 l-
ongen since his arrival in Holland. Ims t
purchased the estate and (muse of Doom
at the Village id Doorn near Utrecht.
; according to the Dagblad. The estate
। was bought from Baroness D** Aoufnrt. *
It is about five miles north oi Amerot- ‘
gen in the direction of Utrecht. . '
• i
Reds Declare Kolchak an Outlaw
London. Aug. 18.—A decree declaring [
1 Admiral Kolchak mid the All-Russian 1
; cabinet at Omsk to be outlaws has been ।
| issued by the F »viet government accord- (
I ing to a wireless message from Mos- I
j cow. The admiral and the officers com- €
manding the forces of his government in I
। Siberia are declared to be subject to iin- r
I mediate arrest. i
IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SET
OFFICERS AT LIBERTY IS
DEMANDED IN NEW PROTEST
' 4
Embassy Instructed to Notify Carranza
Government America Regards Cap-
ture of Aviators and Death Threat
Unless $15000 Is Paid as Serious.
Money Forwarded From Marfa Upon
Authorization of General Dickman
Raised by West Texas Cattlemen.
While a banker from Marfa Texas is en route to Can-
delaria Texas with the $15000 in gold demanded by the
Mexican bandits who are holding two American aviators for
ransom the State Department Monday sent a new protest
to the Mexican government demanding that quick action
[to obtain the release of the captured fliers be taken. The
! American embassy was instructed to notify Mexico that
! America considers the seizure and death threats against
the American army officers as serious and as calling for
I immediate steps by Mexico.
The officers missing for a week Sunday sent a mes-
[sage to the American side saying they were being held foi
; ransom and that the bandits had threatened to kill their
unless the money was paid by Monday. The note declared
they had been seized when forced to land in Texas near
the border. Local army officers however believe the plane
landed in Mexico although the spot where the bandits are
holding them is not known.
The money sent from Marfa was raised by West Texas
cattlemen and authorization for its payment to the bandits
was made by General Dickman. Southern Department com-
! mander. It is understood the Mexican government will be
'forced to reimburse the cattlemen.
! I
By the Associated Press.
Washington D. C. Aug. 18.—The American embassy
at Mexico City was instructed today by the State Depart-
ment to immediately call upon the Mexican government for
quick action to affect the release of Lieutenants Paul H.
Davis and Harold G. Peterson American army aviators
who were captured by Mexican bandits near Candelaria
Texas while patrolling the border and who are threatened
with death unless $15000 ransom is paid today.
Department Demands Quick Action. i
The department's announcement said: 3 I
“The Department of State has telegraphed instruc- |
tions to the American embassy at Mexico City to immediate-
ly call upon the Mexican government for quick action to
effect the release of Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Harold
G. Peterson of the United States Army air service captured
by Mexican bandits near Candelaria Texas while patroll-
ing the border and threatened with death today on failure
to pay $15000 ransom.
“The instructions point out the seriousness with which
the United States government views this situation and called
for immediate action. The department also directed the
American consul at Juarez Mexico to take all possible
steps with the Mexican authorities there to secure release
and protection of the officers.’’
Ransom for Release To Be Paid.
State Department officials said the ransom demanded
would be paid. It has not been decided whether the United
States would furnish the sum and charge it against the
Carranza government or call upon the Mexican government
to pay it directly.
Official reports from Major Genera!
Dickman (‘oniinaudcr of the Southern
Department concerning the detention
of the aviators were received today at
the War Department but Secretary Ba-
ker refused to make them public saying
the State Department hud entire super-
vision over the matter.
As soon as lo* readied his office this
morning. Mr. Baker went into confer-
ence with .several bureau chiefs but
there was no information that the Mex-
ican situation was discussed.
Breach of In tenia t lona I Law?
The capture and detention of the
army fliers is considered by official*
here to be essentially different from
other cases of America citizens who
have been held for ransom. Members
of the military forces of a country es-
pecially when iu uniform are direct
representatives of their government il
was said and any injury vr affront tc
CiTY EDITION
CLOSING MARKET*
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
al them is regarded as a breach of inter-
n national law.
n Sts retary Baker told a Senate aom*
mitte? today that there was some un-
certainty as to whether the aviators
** had landed by mistake in Mexico* or* [
g a* they claimed hud lauded on the
r . American side and were captured there.
He added however that he did not cute
to go into any more details than those
is already published.
r ' “But it is just another evidence
1 the inability of the Mexican govern- M
mi nt to preserve order in that isitiotry
isn’t it?” asked Senator Sutherland R««
publican of West Virginia.
ls The secretary replied that the Bien
u had been captured in the Big Bend coun>
IO try which hi* explained "us “wild and
- s sparsely settled.”
s- Mr. Baker appeared before the com-
•t mittee to testify regarding the War Ihh
it ■ ■ —
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