The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 1919 Page: 3 of 24
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WEDN
5000 PAIRS SHOES
for Men Women and Children to be sold Thurs-
day Friday and Saturday at 317 W. Houston St.
Don’t Miss This Sale!
as we are going to close out these shoes at prices
that you never dreamed of.
j Ladies'Shoes
One lot of Ladies’ Shoes 500 pairs in
all vici kid gun metal tan; sizes
2 1-2 to 5. Sioes worth up to $4.00
pair.
1 Social 95c
i Men's Shoes
4(10 pairs .Ten’s Shoes in tan and
blmck for Iress or for work
\ Special $2.95
\Baby Shoes
350 pairs Baby Shoes in black vici
lace and button; sizes 2 to 5
Special 95c
Many Other Shoes Not Mentioned Here.
^ILY^STo^p
L POPULAR PRICE JKOEZ* * C
1 317-WET‘T-MOUJTON-y‘T-COR.nORE^
NEW YORK PRIES LID
OFF IN NOISIEST AND
COSTLIEST NEW YEAR
It Comes High But It’s the
Last Wet One Was
City’s Attitude.
^rk Jan. I.—l'atbcr Kiiicker-
Fbocker and'.bin numerous family began
prying up tin “lid” early last night
and iiad it entirely removed by the time
chimes whistles bells and horns gave
riotous greeting at midnight to the ad-
vent of 1919.
A strike of union waiters called al-
most literally at. the eleventh hour and
the excessive cost of high living cast no
damper on their determination t* cele-
brate properly. They blithely pawned
the family jewels or mortgaged the old
homestead that they might be prepared
for emeigeiwies.
The oldest inhabitants of Broadway
and adjacent streets in the “roaring for-
ties” admitted unanimously that for
merriment and noise it was the most
successful New Year’s Eve they could
remember. They attributed the whole-
souledness of the demonstration to two
factors. One was that the war no
longer cast a ghastly shadow over the
spirits of mankind and the other was
the prospect that when 1920 appears
upon the fcccne toasts will be drunk in
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO
c ANNOUNCE
THAT THIS BANK HAS NOW BEEN DESIGNATED A
REGULAR DEPOSITORY
OF THE
UNITED STATES
SAFETY ' COURTESY PROMPTNESS
FROST NATIONAL BANK
We Pay Highest Market Price for
LIBERTY BONDS
Send Your Bond by Mail—We Will Remit at Once.
MAYO’S MONEY E
Mexican Bank (Unincorj
JOS West Commerce.
We sell drafts on Mexico United I
tfSDAY.
nothing more enlivening than chaste tea
or foaming ginger ale.
By a special dispensation of Mayor
Hylan permits were issued to 150 of
the more popular hotels and cafes to
continue the festivities for an hour and
a half after the usual closing time at 1
o’clock and all availed themselves of the
privilege to the hist moment.
Early in the evening Broadway be-
ban to be choked with an endless pro-
cession of automobiles bearing dinner
parties to the places they had selected
for the celebration and great crowds
not to be hindered by a drizzling rain
hoisted umbrellas and milled along the
White Way.
The great overseas fleet lying in the
Hudson was brilliantly illuminated and
searchlights from the men-of-war cross-
ed their shafts of light over the merry-
maker.*.
Chicago Crowds Celebrate.
Chicago Jan. I.—-Chicago celebrated
indoors last night the advent of peace
and 1919 and the end of the war 1918
and the prospective cud of liquor with
tumult and the joyous participation of
a greater number of celebrators than
in any previous year. Though a light
snow fall turning to a drizzle of rain
minimized outside demonstrations the
noise both indoors and out increased un-
til the crest was reached at midnight.
Hotel and cafe keepers said they
never had entertained so many guests
and never had so many people from sur-
rounding cities.
The first Moro girls graduated ns
nurses received their diplomas as mem-
bers of the class of 1918 from the
Philippine General Hospital.
CHANGE
Bated).
L Antonio Texas.
and Europe.
Ladies' Shoes
650 pairs of Ladies’ Shoes in all leath-
ers high and low heels all sizes.
Shoes worth up to $5.00 a pair
r
Special $195
Ladies 9 Shoes
350 pair of Ladies Shoes some are
the latest styles but are broken lines.
Shoes worth up to $6.00 pair
Special $2.45
Boys 9 Shoes
250 pairs Boys’ Tan School Shoes; a
good heavy shoe
Special $185
FORD WORKERS RAISED
Flat Increase of $1 a Day for 28000
Employes Announced.
Detroit Mich. Jan. L—A new min
mum wage scale of $6 a .day a fh
increase of .$1 a day for approximate!
28000 employes throughout the coui
try was announced today by the For
Motor Company. Employes of the For
tractor interests also are included i
the Increase. The now wage minima:
becomes effective today. Twcnty-thn
thousand other employes of the Ford ii
terests already receive .50 or more
day.
Coincident with the announcement c
the wage increase it was made know
that Henry Ford has formally resigne
as president of the Ford Motor Com
pany and bis son Edsel Ford elected t
succeed him at a salary of $150000
year.
Mr. Ford in tendering his resignatio:
gave as his reason his desire to devot
more time to the tractor industry. 11
retains however his seat on the boar
of directors of the company in an ad
visory capacity.
Edsel Bryant Ford who becomes th
executive bead of a corporation repre
seating an investment of close t<
S2(MMMMUH>O is only 24 years old. IL
entered the shops of the Ford plan
wheu he was Hi years old to gaiu ;
thorough working knowledge of hi
father’s business. He has been actinj
as executive head of the Ford Moto
Company for the past few months hi:
father having withdrawn from activ.
participation in the management to de
Tote his time to the tractor businesi
.••nd a new national weekly. Concernin}
the wage increase Henry Ford sau
today thnt.it was “only a just rewarc
to the men who remained loyal to th<
company during the war period.”
honorsTorleaders
Haig and Beatty to Be Made Earls and
(iiven Money Grants.
London Jan. I.—Earldoms will b
conferred on Field Marshal Haig air
\ ice Admiral Beatty in recognition <i
their services during the war. accord
ing to the Mail. It is stated that Gen
<rals Horne Plumer. Byng. Rawlinson
Birdwood and Allenby will be elevate<
tc the peerage.
The newspaper says that these hon
ors probably will be accomplished b;
grants of money.
Immediate announcement of thes
honors is said by the Mail to be im
probable and Field Marshal Haig pre
fers to remain in command of the Brit
ish armies until the treaty of peace i
signed and the army is recon st ruct e<
on a peace basis a work in which he ii
taking a deep interest.
It is recalled that Lord Roberts re
reived a parliamentary grant of £lOO
000 and that Lord Kitchener was giver
£50000 after the South African war
These grants were in addition to tin
titles conferred on them.
It is reported that Vice Admira
Beatty will be given the rank of fill
admiral. Since he took over the com
maud of tin* Briti h fleet from Sir Johi
R. Jellicoe he lias borne the title ol
“acting admiral.'’
The Marquis of Milfordhaveu com-
manding the second cruiser squadron
and former first lord of the admiralty
has boon placed ou the retired list at
his owu reque^^
THE SAN .ANTONIO LIGHT.
FULL FORCE OF
NORTHERISOUE
TO STBIKE CITY
Mercury Expected to Take
Further Drop on Wed-
nesday Night.
EXPECT SNOW FLURRY
Average Temperature in San
San Antonio in 1918 Is
Above Normal.
The full force of the norther which
struck Sau Antonio Tuesday night at
6 o clock will be felt Wednesday night
or Thursday morning. A “pipe freez-
ing” temperature reaching 24 degrees
will be accompanied by a fresh to brisk
north wind with a possible flurry of
snow. Continued cold weather is the
forecast and this may prevail Thursday
and Friday morning.
Striking here at 0 o’eioek Wednesday
night the norther with the wind blow-
ing at about 16 mihs sent the mercury
down from 70 to 41 degrees by midnight
and with the New Year came an addi-
tional drop to 36 degrees. The entire
state with the exception of Browns-
ville which reports a temperature of
70 degrees is being swept by this cold
wave. Amarillo nt 8 degree!* below
zero reports the loxvest. Abilene second
at 18 above Dallas 24. Palestine 32
Houston 38 Del Rio 36 and Galves-
ton 44.
Storm Area Moves Eastward.
The storm area has moved east and
now centers over Alaba mu. Winnipeg
rcjmrts the coldest weather at 26 de-
grees below zero. Salt Lake Citv is
experiencing exceptionally cold weather
for that section nt 10 above. Denver
reports 12 below and Williston has
reached 22 below a rise of 8 degrees
since Tuesday.
The average temperature in San An-
tonio for the year of 1918 is above
normal 421 degrees. This will iu the
course of time perhaps the ensuing
year be brought to normal. The rain-
tall is 3.21 inches in excess of normal
for the year which is 25.05. the total
being 29.93. Excess rainfall for the
month of December is 2.05 inches the
precipitation being 3.60.
December Was Warm.
The temperature for the month of De-
cember has been above normal averaging
about 2 degrees a day. From December
1 to 3 the temperature was slightly be-
low normal: from 4 to 22 inclusive
it ranged from 1 to 14 degrees above
normal: from 23 to 29 it. was from
1 to 10 degrees below normal.
The maximum temperature for the
month was 70 degrees on the tenth and
the lowest 30 degrees ou the twentv-
sixth.
Ruinfall reported throughout the
state 1 uesday night and Thursday
morning was: Palestine. .40; Abilene
.14; Amarillo. .18; Taylor. .04: Del
Rio .(Ml: Dallas. .08; Corpus Christi.
.04 and Sau Antonio .03.
RAN(ES snow-coveked.
Cold Snow and Sleet Cause Traffic
Congestion in North Texas.
Dallas Tex. Jan. 1. —The new yea
was ushered in with bitter cold and
sleet and snow here. The temjierature
was 23 degrees this morning. Rain
snow and sleet is reported general over
North and South Texas by the weuthcr
bureau here.
The temperature was eight degrees
below zero nt Amarillo and snow and
ice covered the range. Railway ami
interurban traffic has so far experi-
enced very little delay. Many engines
and relief crews however were sent out
of Northwest Texas because of con-
gested traffic conditions due to severe
weather in that section.
COLD WAVE SWEEPS EAST.
Much Iziwer Temperatures for Eastern
Half of Country Predicted.
Washington D. (’. Jan. I.—A cold
wave was sweeping eastward today
from the west where temperatures hov-
••rod around zero. Weather Bureau offi-
cials said much colder weather would
overspread the eastern half of the coun-
try within the next 36 hours and cold
wave warnings were issued for the sec-
tion stretching from lower Michigan
southward to Mississippi Alabama and
Northwest Florida.
Rain or snow will continue as the
storm moves eastward toward the Atlan-
| tic but clearing weather is indicated for
Thursday with a decided drop in tem-
peratures. Storm signal^ were hoisted
on the gulf coast and on the Atlantic
from Jacksonville to Eastport. Mo. in
dieating southerly gales late today and
tonight.
K. I. Une to El Paso Blocked.
Topeka. Kan.. Jan. I.—Clear weather
today is giving the railroads splendid op-
portunity to dig out of the second snow
blockade in a week. The Rock Island
reports that its Colorado line now is
open and that its El Paso lino on which
several trains are snowbound probated
will be opened today. Union PaclH
trains westbound more than 24 Umhl
overdue were annulled today. mr
The tompeiatnre lep.u-t^*
the Kansas Federal Weather lU^B^ V
district last night was at Con^^V au
below zero.
Blizzard May Cause Heavy
Fort Worth. Tex. Jan. 1. —
temperature 23 above zero inWL
Worth and with the ground c® 1 ..
with sleet the winter’s worst bl^LT^i
covers West and Northwest Text® ।
day. Traffic in some sections w^t o f
here is practically blocked and
has been sent for snowbound trIL )S
from here. Work in the oil fields nL s
been paralyzed by the cold and hearJS
losses are feared by the stock interests.
Hayes* Healing Honey
Stops the Tickle. Heals the Throat andJ
Cures the Cough. Price 35c.—
Wilson Not to Go to Switz^^^^^w
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50 oooo^-° STOCK-
I REDUCTION SALE
I A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
I OF CLOTHING FURNISHINGS HATS
I € SHOES OF Q£/X»Z./7'r AT
| SAVINGS LITTLE DREAMEDOF
I IN THESE DAYS OF HIGHER PRICES
I
I Store CLOSED all day today
L and all day TOMOKO Wto
Ml DEDUCE prices for tfli^
Sv\leepin4 Ssle
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Starts Friday
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TUG STORE TOR YOU ALAMO PLAZA
BOLSHEVIK! FORCES AIDED BY
GERMANS CARRY ON WHOLESALE
PILLAGE AND MURDER CARNIVAL
Huns Stripping Poland cf Everything in Their With-
drawal and Officers Kill Poles Like Pigs and
Use Trains for Own Purposes.
By C. M. JEFFRIES.
London Times Service.
Special Cable to The San Antonio T.lsht
and the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Copyright 191« by tbu Public Leaser Co.
Warsaw Jan. I.—A Polish engineer
just arrived from Kiev told me he es-
caped from the city on December 21
when General Petlouras’ troops were
entering. In th.- afternoon they began
shooting about the streets for 20 min-
utes. This was supposed to be in self-
defense against some shots but my in-
formant was of the impression the lat
ter shots were fired by arrangement to
give ground for reprisals. Petlouras'
followers after driving the population
indoors by fussilades began hunting for
officers. A number cf officers of the
forces of Generals Donkin mid Kiasnog
who have led anti-Bolsheviki armies in
the Caucasus and the Don regions
were gathered iu Kiev. Three officer;
were quickly surrounded X' Gic mob
and despatched. J
12(10 OffieeraXailcd.
During the night Xf D; ember 17
more officers were gauled from their
horses mid -1.-n on fi^akoff Street and
others iu varioua p» (< o f the city. Tl "
next day in a gcn«. ;1 | round-up about
1200 officers were < n ptured and thrown
into jail. /
General retlo< la has about .-JO.OOO
supposedly i„.n dn-sed in
*'^ji^i^Rmorni^ with helmels of
t»rns. There are already
pniirmurs against him. the soldiers loud-
I |y declaring “What lias Petloura done
for us that we should take his orders?
j We are going to be masters our-
solves."
' I’etloura. in addition to having boon
a dancer and a bath attendant ap-
pears to have been through a seminary.
Ho was discharged under a cloud con-
nected with the disappearance of a com-
panion's watch. Ik was also a tele-
graph <l<rk. His favorite attire is a
Red Cross uniform in the Russian
branch of which he found a temporary
niche (luring the earlier days of the
war.
Reds Even Rob (iennans.
The Gormans in Kiev are playing a
very mixed part in this play. There
Avere about HMMX) of them iu the city
Cimed for the most part but they seem
linve lost all cohesion. My engineer
fat u>" statiou in Manieviszza east ol
Kov. I. saw a mass of disi onsolat/
ragged Germans who were allowed jo
enter the train which was taking 1/^
towards Kovel only after they ■fur
scribed 81009 for the support oW tV
local Bolshevik loaders. He notuM O
piquant plight of a German
who was walking in bis socks?JJ
sheviki having taken his bouts aH^j o' •
coat. K
An informant who passed
Minsk three weeks ago and th( m-
his way to Warsaw says tb«* G^Krm*
in their retirement frorjh
- ^oo-.h l;cia (i.e : y {
from private houses in the towns and
in the country foodstuffs laid up for
winter—the last hope of the peasantry
—and cattle everything being taken
west.
"Following on the Germans’ heel as
they retire come the Bolshevik locusts”
he said. "In the midst of all this flee-
ing from spoliation are Polish peas-
ants from Lithuania. I saw trains
piled up with pea;ants—a human mass
in carriages and trucks amplified bv
their possessions which they were drag-
ging with them. When these trains
reach the frontier especially near the
stations of Lukov and Miodbyrberbe.
the Germans scud the trains a mile over
the fro#Her then halt them and order
all th • occupants t<» get out and tumble
their belongings into the snow on the
1 da ins.
"All supplications are in vain la-
menting families are left to reach th<
frontier in Poland as best they can on
foot. Women surrounded by weary
sobbing children gather in hopeless
groups not knowing what to do. Th"
Germans take these trains and use
them for their own troops.”
Slav Poles “Like Pigs.”
At Miedzyrzecze the infurmant nr-
rived two days after the Germans had
killed (Ml to 79 Poles. All other Poles
were barricaded in their • houses. An
officer of the Black Hussars regiment
explained how they had ridden into the
town during the night ami seized and
killed especially young men. because
“they had dared to try to disarm Ger-
man soldiers.”
"A cavalryman when I showed him
stains of blood on the pavement said
’Polos were killed there. We killed
them like pigs’ he declared.
“At a country house they overpow-
ered the Poles who attempted to de-
fend the building burned the house and
hanged several defenders. ’ When the
Germans left Minsk the Bolsheviki en-
tered on their heels. There as in nil
the towns of lEsthonia whore the Polish
population is large the Germans have
not alUwot’- ftie formation of local le-
gion> Io take 4vcr the keeping of order
wrfien the Germoucs left. They did not
jive any arms to the people to defend
fecmselves. but traded *hem to the Bol-
sheviki. Vilna practically a Polish
city is threatened with the fate of
Minsk by rhe Bolsheviki whu are only
40 miles distant ami with German
evacuation imminent. What are the
Poles to do?”
Russian Prisoners Destitute.
It is hardly possible to ask them to
take up a line on the frontier of old
Russian Poland and jet the people of
their own race be dufssttred on the
other side of have sent tele-
vkinc the allies to
ermaisre a small I
<..i "it’- a ’ 1 V|l
it i nr
to! *' _Vj- j ebm tJ
this appeal no reply has k*on received.
'l’ho Germans will not |M‘rmit th»*
Polish forces to cross the old frontier
and it would take allied orders to make
them yield.
In the meantime ‘ vast masses of
Russian prisoners are coming out •»(
Germany and returning across Poland.
Some say they number two millions.
They are beginning to arrive along va-
rious routes at Minsk reaching there
ioodless. ragged and moneyless and
generally hopeless. They fall ready
victims to the Bolsheviki leaders who
with plent.v of money obtained for the
trouble of priming it. hold out a vision
of plent.v takiug them upon their
march.
In this way. the Bolsheviki forces
arc swelled not certainly with val-
uable military material of courageous
fighters yet with men ready enough for
sacking ami general vandalism.
Radcliffe College the women's annex
to Harvard Vnivondty. was named in
honor of Anne Radcliffe an English
woman who donated to Harvard
Aetnaize
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and enjoy the security and peace
of mind during 1919 that
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PLANS TWO BIG FLEETS
DaaieaS ta ’teo Nhxt ER Drinking
. ' * Abom CompatiAon. ’
Wathingk'i. D. C . Jan. I.—By next
*eunKwr.the r:rvy v 11 !>>*e<!ually divided
»nto two great flee: ( to be known for-
inaily as the Atlai . •’ Pacific fleets.
Se -retary Daniels <’ <crlbed rite program
today to th- Hou<c naval committee
explaining that arciroval of it by Ad-
miral Benson chie' of oiwrations was
received last night frot t Eunopeu
"It i the » i : • aim of -ourse. to
hec? th" navy 1." declared Mr.'Daniels
"and the only wa- to beep it on its toes
is t< ion between fleet*-.
W« will hi c.Tcr'. have r. war between
V . I
I iihi! ;h » keonn -• that it
will tual them as in actual war."
No extension of navy yard faeßnea
is necessary the socreiary said. He
declared also that only existing coastal
air defense stations wifi be qondnued
in eervi'c. two main stations being
naintain'Hi. oiC* «♦ Pensacola. Fla^ and
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