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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
9
London Times war critic Perry Robinson describes the funeral of German ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen at a small Amiens area cemetery. A simple ceremony with English and German inscriptions, a salute, and reverent burial despite ongoing shelling nearby.
President Wilson opposes immediate war against Bulgaria and Turkey. Senator King of Utah, who proposed war actions, will not press the resolution. Diplomacy and safety of Americans in the Balkans drive the administration to seek exit from belligerency for both nations.
Allied raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend destroyed locks and defenses to hinder German submarine operations. British forces report the Bruges Canal gate blown, water draining to the North Sea, and batteries and munitions on the mole damaged.
A garbled weather section reports temperatures and conditions for San Antonio St Louis Chicago New York London and more with partly cloudy to rain likely. An extended London front describes the raid on German submarine bases with British and American sailors destroying shore batteries sheds and munition stores at Zeebrugge and the Mole, and the cruiser and flotilla proceeding toward the harbor amid heavy shelling.
German newspapers from Zurich report five large powder factories at Glazenbach near Salzburg were destroyed by fires set by incendiaries. The blasts caused heavy casualties, Swiss dispatch to Exchange Telegraph notes.
Report from Paris on Tuesday April 3 states the American steam ship Florence U1 was blown up off the Brittany coast. The Radio Agency believes a bomb planted on board before departure timed to explode at port caused the sinking, with a fire onboard triggering the premature explosion.
Washington April 2 casualty list shows six killed in action, three died of wounds, one died of disease, ten wounded severely, and thirteen wounded slightly. Only officer named is Lieut Renville Whear who was slightly wounded. German Mayor Arrested in Michi City Indiana Frederick Miller arrested as enemy alien after arriving to discuss naturalization papers filed before the war.
In San Francisco on April 24 29 Hindus former German consular officers business figures and others were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to violate U S neutrality by plotting revolution against British rule in India. bail was set and sentences due next Tuesday before Federal Judge William a Van Fleet.
London April 24 reports of intense activity at German naval bases linked to an address by Emperor Wilhelm to submarine commanders. He said submarine activity with the army and fleet would bring a strong German peace and convince opponents to accept an equitable peace.
Washington April 24 leaders of major auto firms met with government and War Industries Board officials to agree on a voluntary 75 percent cut in passenger car production after July 1, on top of a 30 percent curtailment already in place. The government aims to shift plants to war work, including production of trucks for the government to ease railroad strain, freeing machinists for essential wire industries.
Mourners at Mather near La Crosse Wisconsin watched the funeral of Mike Standing Water a Winnebago warrior who died in France during World War I His body returned to satisfy his father Jim Standing Water chief of the tribe The 19 year old died of disease about a month ago and was among the early Indian soldiers to fall in the war.
Maj William Thaw of the Lafayette Flying Corps is counted among aviation aces after downing his fifth foe and a captive balloon in France on the same day.
The Leicheprey shell torn village figures in American World War I valor as stories of heroism emerge. David Griggs of Mashantucket Conn carried ammunition through heavy fire seven times despite burial risk. Raymond Ferris of Medford Mass Courier twice blown off the line, then completed his mission before fainting. Charles Sinkter recalls two Americans with pistols charging a machine gun, killing eight Germans and taking the weapon.
A striking page of photographs showing the horrors and desolation of Messines Ridge in Flanders will be a feature in The Light next Sunday, highlighting ten spots on the western front that witnessed extreme combat and bloodshed.
British and French forces repelled German night and morning assaults along a 20 mile front from Albert to the Avre, with heavy losses reported. Reinforcements and intensified artillery activity continued on the Flanders and Somme sectors as the battle shifted focus toward Amiens and Bethune.
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