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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1916
Page
2
The Bexar County grand jury handed down 178 indictments, the largest single batch in county history. District Judge W. B. Anderson oversaw the true bills and said arrests must precede publicity. The current panel had worked six weeks without indictments.
A dispatch from Mexico City reports an American army officer admitted entering Parral without permission. Troops have halted southward moves pending U S Mexico note negotiations. General Lozano aided by Generals Garcia and Hernandez settled the clash with local authorities and allied forces.
A mother and daughter banter about earache and corn in a humorous summer exchange. Edna jokes she has earache from eating too many ears of green corn. the mother responds with playful disbelief.
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable-based liver aid and warns against calomel’s dangers. It claims faster relief from sluggish liver, improved digestion, and no salivation, with a money back guarantee and wide use by consumers and druggists.
Berlin dispatch says the Turkish government claims the Russian hospital ship Portugal was torpedoed by a Turkish submarine after being seen at night and believed to be a transport. Ported casualties totaled 115 dead from 273 aboard. Russia says ship carried only nurses and crew.
Wesley Gray 11, of 1625 Montana Street, will wear a new suit shoes and hat to Sunday school after his 16.37 haul led the newsboy Tag Day campaign. Ed C Campbell and Jack Waterman presented the prize on Monday for the largest collection Saturday.
Leonico Perez is gravely injured after a knife attack in a Monday morning duel. Martin Eustaycea is jailed on assault to murder charges. Sheriff John W. vnn Chief Deputy James Coulbreath and Deputy George Millard made the arrest. Perez was unconscious at the hospital.
Mrs Joseph Guilbault of Bridge Street Miller's Falls Massachusetts says she faced a badly displaced condition and possible operation with soreness and irregularity. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier she regained health and became the mother of a baby girl. She urges others to try the remedies before surgery.
Judge Ward overruled a motion to remove Mrs E L Bennett wife of the defendant from the courtroom during testimony in the Millikan killing trial. The jury has heard a full week of testimony including the Bennett child description of an Houston street incident as counsel expects all evidence by Monday afternoon.
The scholastic census of Bexar county outside the city limits will reach about 7700, up from last year's figure by roughly 700. Professor P F Stewart, county school superintendent, notes the rise is due to the scholastic age being raised to 17 years. Exact totals will take days to confirm.
Five African American inmates escaped the Longview County Jail after overpowering Sheriff Garner, pinning him to a wall and taking his six shooter. Posse units organized by the sheriff pursue the fugitives.
Washington reports on rioting in Chihuahua amid war rumors and possible exhumation of Villa’s body. American citizens abroad face scarcity and rising prices as soldiers struggle to control unrest. Officials seek confirmation of Villa’s burial site and plan for potential troop withdrawal and pursuit.
General Funston and officers await confirmation on Villa's death after a body reportedly found at San Borja. Three possibilities loom: real death, a fake to force withdrawal, or misidentification with Pablo Lopez. Pending State Department review, Pershing's forces may mark time near Parral until clarity arrives.
Telegrams reach the War Department claiming Pancho Villa’s body was recovered from a two week old grave near Custhuirachie and brought toward Chihuahua City. Officials acknowledge conflicting reports and await fuller confirmation from northern sources.
Major Frank Tompkins Thirteenth Cavalry reports to General Pershing that American troops entering Parral were lured into a trap by Carranzista forces. About 100 men held a defensive line near a railroad embankment as 300 attackers joined civilians, leaving two Americans dead and six wounded. Mexican losses include forty soldiers and a civilian. Major Tompkins was wounded. General Funston regrets the retreat.
Mexican consul general T. R. Beltran argues the body brought to Chihuahua is likely Villa due to Colonel Carlos Carranza leading the party. Beltran cites Carranza’s close ties with Villa, his capture and escape, and intimate knowledge making misidentification unlikely.
The speaker argues that only Colonel Carranza can confirm the body is Villa’s, asserting Carranza would not declare it Villa’s without certain knowledge and that such certainty would come from someone who knows.
Military and civil authorities in Nuevo Laredo Mexico opposite Laredo Texas commemorate the death one year ago of General Maclovio Herrera brother of General Luis Herrera. A planned exhumation and display of Herrera in Parral was postponed due to current Mexican conditions.
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