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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1916
Page
1
British forces report the capture of Um Bugwe and Salanga as part of the expedition against German East Africa. German forces renew attacks along the Verdun front with limited gains as French and British lines hold. Berlin acknowledges minor gains and losses. A French airplane conducts a 400 mile round trip to Sofia, dropping bombs on a Zeppelin shed and other targets behind the lines.
British official report says over 4000 killed and wounded in the April 17 clash on the right bank of the Tigris Mesopotamia. A Turkish aircraft attacked a British camp on the Suez canal at El Kantara dropping bombs and returning safely after the raid.
The first session of the interparliamentary economic committee of the entente allies will be held at the Luxembourg palace next Thursday. Delegations involve Britain Italy Serbia Portugal and Russia with 44 French parliamentarians. Russian troops passing through Lyons toward the north receive enthusiastic welcomes.
AMSTERDAM via London April Baron Kolmar von der Goltz chief of the first Turkish army died Wednesday at Turkish headquarters from spotted fever. He was 72, long a key German strategist who helped form the Turkish defense at Gallipoli and later governed occupied Belgium before serving in Constantinople. He commanded the Dardanelles force since last April and had been active in Asiatic Turkey.
New York detectives led by Police Inspector Faurot found no body of Dorothy Arnold in the West Point area cellar. He dismissed reports from convict Glennorris that he helped bury a young woman resembling Miss Arnold, noting only an old four inch water main was found.
Opened in Chicago and New York as the Democratic national committee moves to establish immediate headquarters in these cities. The decision was announced from National Headquarters in Washington on April 22.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight with rising temperatures across the San Antonio area. The outlook calls for continued pleasant conditions with mild to warm temperatures returning by Sunday.
The Light reports forecasts for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington D C. Across these cities temperatures range from 38 to 58 with winds from west northwest and east. Conditions vary from clear and cloudy to rain possible with highs up to 86 and lows near 40s.
Secretary Daniels forwarded to the Senate the Navy General Board August 3 1914 letter and Rear Admiral Fiske November 9 1914 communication saying the navy was unprepared for war. Fiske argues navy short 19600 men and needs a navy general staff. Daniels says he did not know of the files or the existence of the letter when written.
Sunday in San Antonio promises fair weather with warmer partly cloudy conditions for Easter bonnets and dresses. The national forecast shows cold unsettled conditions in the north and normal temperatures with fair weather in the southern and Pacific states this week.
German forces launched an intense bombardment along the Verdun sector between the Meuse and Fort Vaux and tried to advance at night but were stopped by French artillery. A separate attack north of Courettes wood employing liquid fire was driven back with heavy German losses.
Frank Tippolito, a traffic policeman, saved a child from an oncoming fire chief’s auto near the patent office but perished himself. In Galveston, the Mallory line steamship Medina arrived with seven crewmen from the wrecked schooner Caroline Gray off Hatteras, rescuing them and bringing to port.
The taking of testimony was completed today in the trial of William Lorimer former United States senator. He is charged over the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Company failure of which he was president.
At the Illinois Democratic state convention in Springfield on April 22, one weak negative vote surfaced against endorsing Wilson and the administration led by Governor Dunne. Roger Sullivan emerged as Illinois Democratic leader, chairing the state delegation to the national convention, with nominations and platform deferred to a September 26 meeting.
Representative Eagle of Houston announces he will run again to succeed himself in Texas eighth district. J W Jim Ragsdale of Victoria named Burgess campaign manager as Burgess plans a district tour after the rivers and harbors bill passage. Eagle says personal duty and Democratic platform justify reentry after earlier retirement.
Republican presidential hopeful T Coleman Dupont announced last night at his New York campaign HQ that on May 3 he will depart for a continent spanning speaking tour. He campaigns on a business methods ticket.
Henry Ford discussed an inexpensive powder with Louis Enricht in Farmingdale that could substitute for gasoline when mixed with water. The meeting’s outcome was not disclosed.
Peking reports that President Yuan Shai Nai moves to form a responsible cabinet under Tuan Chi Jui who accepts the premiership and war portfolio. Yuan shai kai yields civil authority to the new cabinet to help reconcile southern provinces and quell the uprising.
Improvements costing about 190000 will add a cotton seed oil mill, seed house, and hull house at the Texas Refining Company in San Antonio on Dignowity street. The mill will handle about 150 tons daily and become the largest in Southwest Texas, with eight presses and brick construction. The project will expand the plant to two city blocks, add 100 employees, and is expected to finish by September. Frank E. Middleton will continue as head of the San Antonio operation.
President Wilson nominates Robert F. Wagner for postmaster of New York. The selection signals a major administrative appointment in the city during the current political period.
Stanford University reports a pearl found six months ago by student Stanley Herald. The shell host came in a Washington state geologic shipment. The university notes it may be oldest known pearl, dating to the paleozoic era, when mastodons and sabre toothed tigers roamed.
Police struggled to frame a hold order for Harry L. Newton former munitions worker arrested Wednesday. He is accused of conspiring with detective Henry Stempf to blow up the Federal Building in Buffalo. Bail set at 5000. Stempf to be produced to substantiate the charge. Newton previously exonerated on explosives import charge.
Early returns from 20 of 41 counties show President Wilson with 711 votes and little opposition for the Democratic nomination. Cummins leads Republicans with 3688 votes. Woods has 319. Roosevelt receives 1391 votes though not on the ballot. This marks Montana’s first presidential preferential primary and first vote by women.
Millers in Bouches-du-Rhone and Vaucluse are prosecuted for violating the wartime flour price ceiling set last December. Pending trial, they are removed from the list of millers eligible to draw wheat from the government stock.
The Daily Telegraph Milan dispatch reports Hungarian deputies urging peace amid German pressure. It notes possible German plans to carve the Hapsburg realm into autonomous states to ease takeover, with Hungarians fearing loss of influence as Slav groups gain limited liberty and Galicia autonomy.
Pittsburg April 22 pickets at the Westinghouse East Pittsburg plant pressed successfully with workers on their way to the shops today as strike leaders demand an eight hour day only 5000 of 18000 employees had entered. Guards checked lunch baskets to prevent explosives and leaders planned a noon parade to bring out more workers potentially expanding to 28000 on strike by night.
Chairman Hay of the House military committee met Republican Leader Mann to push a special rule for an immediate conference on the army bill. The rules committee is expected to report favorably, aiming to hasten the measure as Democrats accuse Republicans of delaying perfection.
The article discusses a Washington conference with General Scott and General Funston at Fort Sam Houston about pursuing one of two federal policy options in Mexico. It notes officials may have already chosen a larger scale operation and highlights Carranzista warnings to Colonel Brown and the need for a mobile field army and rail transport for any sustained expedition.
A Juarez garrison troop train carried several hundred soldiers to Casas Grandes. Mexican officials say they are not reinforcing Casas Grandes but replacing troops there. A report from General Scott to the War Department in San Antonio will decide whether the expeditionary force withdraws from Mexico as Villa’s significance appears to wane.
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