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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1917
Page
1
A royal procession from the depot to the St. Anthony Hotel welcomed King Antonio and his entourage. A grand ball followed the ceremony, with subjects lining the route to honor the sovereign and mark the momentous occasion.
The program lists an 8 p.m. parade Bounties of Nature to Texas featuring floats and attendants, an 8:30 p.m. Fiesta Fete at the Grand Opera House with ballet and dances, plus day and evening Fiesta activities on the Plazas Mexican Village and Fort Sam Houston sites with band concerts and army canteen features at Camp Wilson.
King Antonio III arrives at 7 30 escorted by Gran Quivera with 21 gun salute at the depot. A grand procession proceeds to the St. Anthony Hotel for the key presentation at 9 00 and the king's ball. The city dazzles with flags lights and plazas ready for Fiesta week.
E P Ripley president of the Santa Fe Railroad in San Francisco declares U S rail facilities are ample to handle any war induced traffic. He notes mobilization on the Mexican border moved 150000 men in one week and advocates a wartime income tax with a temporary cap.
President Wilson met with William Jennings Bryan at the White House and Bryan pledged to support government war plans. He declined to discuss conscription but backed measures against grain use for liquor, and said he would stress the food situation in future speeches. He also noted plans to join a private army role if called.
The Turkish war office states the American gun boat Scorpion has been interned in Turkish waters. The action aligns with rules requiring belligerent vessels to leave port, after negotiations to move Scorpion to the Black Sea failed due to Turkey's objection over Russian dominance. Some crew previously fled via Austria to Switzerland before the break with Turkey.
A section of the international bridge in El Paso gave way early today as a crowd of Mexican servants and workers waited for the bridge to open. Four Mexicans were injured in the collapse.
Forecast covers San Antonio and nearby areas with unsettled conditions tonight and into Tuesday. Rain chances vary, with likely showers and possible thunder. Winds remain light to moderate as a trough influences the area. Temperature trends show mild nights and warm daytime highs.
The Light reports temperature and wind readings for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Rain and varying winds affect forecasts with noted lowest recent temperatures in each city.
An editorial urges all Americans to do their “bit” for the war effort. It highlights enlistment, relief work, clerical and nursing roles, and the use of war bonds, stressing opportunities for women and civilians across the nation to support military aims.
Miss Goldie Sharak of Charlestown offered to fund a flag and pole for the Bunker Hill monument after officials said funds were unavailable. Her donation will enable a flag to fly atop the granite shaft soon.
Manila authorities have begun unloading the seized German ships and repairing damage caused by their crews.
British officers moved through the burning French city of Bapaume after German evacuation as Australian regiments occupied the town. German machine gun teams remained in wrecked buildings to hinder the advance following repeated English attacks.
Secretary Lane urged that millions of unallotted public lands in the West and idle farms in the East and South offer a path for citizens to serve the country beyond the firing line. He called for homesites up to 160 acres, grazing up to 640, and noted a looming food famine as the nation lacks workers to farm these lands.
New York on April 19 marks Wake Up America Day with a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. and two street parades planned for 30 000 youths. April 21 is agricultural mobilization day as Governor Whitman urges farmers to boost food production for soldiers and families.
The British tank steamship Narragansett 9166 tons a major bulk oil carrier was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast. Owned by the Anglo American Oil Company she left New York for a British port on March 6 and was reported sunk April 16 by officers aboard a British ship.
Open aviation school to train officers' reserve corps members will debut in Chicago within ten days. Ragtime concert lured fifty recruits to the Eighth Illinois Infantry, a Negro regiment, according to today’s tally. Enlistments followed a ragtime concert by the regimental band, with some men still swaying to the music as they reached the recruiting station.
Hale Holden president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad has written to 50000 employees urging total focus on supporting the government through current labor and individual efforts outside their work.
Yasuo Fuwa of the Daily Nippo Jiki travels from Honolulu to Washington to seek a ruling on the military status of 25,000 Japanese in the Hawaiian Islands who wish to enlist. He says Japanese citizens are barred from naturalization and from joining the National Guard, but are willing to form an enlistment force up to 25,000 if accepted.
May wheat advanced on rising demand with shorts covering. Chicago and Kansas City reports show May futures climbing from 2.37 3 4 to 2.51 as cash premiums kept futures high. Traders expect further gains while cash wheat stays strong.
Senator James A. Foley to introduce a bill making France day a New York state holiday marking the arrival of the French commission to discuss wartime cooperation. The bill includes appointing a joint legislative committee to work with city panels on a reception for the commission.
Chicago April 16 Dave Montgomery the comedian remained in critical condition in a city hospital after a brief rally. Physicians expressed no expectation of recovery and noted his illness has persisted for weeks.
The Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Owen with no debate expressing approval of President Wilson's call to all citizens to perform war service.
All wireless telegraph stations not run by the government were ordered dismantled during the war by direction of the secretary of war. Owners who fail to comply face confiscation of equipment.
Sir George Foster, acting premier, told the Dominion Methodist Church service reading that U S entry could decide the war. He warned the conflict might last a year or more and that two million fresh American troops could tip the balance for final victory.
Theodore Roosevelt presented a plan to raise and lead a volunteer expedition abroad to the Senate military committee. He outlined that volunteers could be sent to the firing line and urged early deployment with the American flag, in response to the administration's army draft bill.
The forecast from the local weather bureau predicts continued unsettled and rainy conditions Monday night through Tuesday. A broad storm system over the west and southwest, developing Saturday night, brings persistent showers to parts of Texas and beyond as unseasonable rain moves in.
John D. Rockefeller planned to leave New York for Cleveland to attend the funeral of his brother Frank Rockefeller who died there after a long quarrel. William Rockefeller will accompany him. the funeral is set for tomorrow in Cleveland.
Reuter dispatch from British headquarters in France reports news of the opening French offensive spreading quickly among British troops. Germany’s official statement notes infantry fighting over wide sectors with heavy artillery and reconnaissance drives, hinting at new operations between Soissons Rheims and in the Western Champagne.
Allied lines widen from the North Sea to the Swiss border as artillery duels intensify from Rheims through Lorraine and Alsace. French raids gain force north of the main battlefield while Lens delays fall under heavy German resistance. St Quentin remains contested as British and French presses advance near the Coucy forest.
The $7,000,000,000 war revenue bill, already passed by the House, won Senate finance committee approval and will be taken up in the Senate tomorrow for passage.
Report from Amsterdam says travelers arriving in Holland describe a general strike beginning in Berlin this morning and rioting occurring in the German capital.
London reports British forces seized the village of Villeret near Hargicourt and advanced northwest of Lens. They recovered a six inch naval gun along with trucks of tools ammunition bombs grenades and engine equipment. Units patrol Lens outskirts while St Quentin remains unconfirmed.
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