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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1916
Page
1
The article announces Urnate in a major parade Tuesday night with its Dream of Genius on display. King in a new chariot is featured as the start time is set for 8 p.m. The event highlights include a prominent float and the procession route through downtown.
The San Antonio Kennel Club opening at 10 a m on Wednesday. An 8 p m electric auto parade under the Automobile Dealers Association. Day and evening fiesta shows on plazas Mexican Village and band concerts scheduled.
San Antonio Fiesta's second day features the Dreams of Genius Parade with 21 electrified floats, King Antonio II in a new chariot, city county Fiesta officials, and crowds flocking to plaza shows and Haymarket Square. The afternoon Fez Day event, the Grand opera house fete, and a king’s ball at the Gunter Hotel follow, with record attendance and clear weather reports.
Dr. R. E. Vinson, unanimously elected, will assume the UT presidency July 1 succeeding acting chief Dr. William J. Battle. At 39 he led the Austin Theological Seminary for eight years and holds degrees from Austin College Union Theological Seminary and Southwestern Presbyterian University.
General Funston will accompany General Scott to a conference with Obregon to discuss the Mexican crisis. Washington has not released full orders, and the date and site, likely El Paso or Juarez, remain unsettled as both sides prepare instructions for Wednesday.
In Pittsburg on April 25 pickets attempted to enter the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing plant and were met by guards. Several thousand workers are on strike. no serious injuries reported. Leaders say they will renew attempts to bring out workers at other Westinghouse war munitions plants.
Joseph Burke, twelve, told police he shot Frank Bealer, a fifty eight year old mill worker, as Bealer confronted him near a suburban school. He stole the pistol and said he acted like in the shows, calling it medicine like a man. Police believe exposure to crime stories may have unsettled his mind.
An enemy aeroplane dropped bombs on Chicago last night, reportedly destroying the post office two railroad stations a large hotel and several stores before a defending plane drove it off The aircraft was said to act as a demonstration by the National Security League.
Berlin announces reprisals for German prisoner mistreatment by freezing all intercourse with French prisoners in camps at Ohrdruf and Holzminden. Overseas News Agency reports the action as government policy in the northern Africa incident context.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures remain mild with light winds and no significant precipitation expected.
The Light issued city forecasts: St Louis 50 clear wind west 10, colder with 62 high. Chicago 44 clear wind west 5, 42 low. Milwaukee 38 cloudy wind northwest 5, 46 high. Kansas City 50 cloudy wind southwest 8, 64 high. New York 46 rain wind northeast, 42 low. Washington 50 rain wind east, 63 high.
The murder of Mrs. Anna McGillicuddy wife of St. Louis politician Cuddy Mack at a resort triggers police probes into revelry involving young men and women from different districts. Investigators hold two women and three men. a bartender Emil Laufer is sought after being seen with a revolver near the scene and three Castilian girls are missing.
Firemen responding to a basement fire in a vacant Topeka house discovered the tied body of a 10 year old girl. Police say the girl had been assaulted and the location appears to have been the scene of arson across several spots in the building.
Robert Fay a German army lieutenant charged with conspiring to destroy ships carrying munitions is on trial in New York federal court. His brother in law Walter Scholz and Paul Daeche are tried with him. The government plans to call about forty five witnesses. Englebert Bronkhorst and Max Breitung are to be tried later.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson left Washington at 8 this morning for Princeton New Jersey to cast his vote in the state presidential preferential primaries. He will take part in planting a tree to mark the Lincoln Highway route and return to Washington tonight.
A warship of unknown nationality has been cruising off the mouth of the Rio Grande thirty miles south of Brownsville for two days. It is believed to be an American cruiser watching for arms shipments to Mexicans opposing the de facto government. Mexican soldiers along the beach reportedly monitor the vessel.
In New Jersey's presidential primary there are no contests for delegates at large. All four Democratic candidates support renomination of President Wilson, while the four Republican candidates are unpledged.
London dispatches report Dublin disturbances with twelve killed and four to five soldiers dead as troops restore order. Sir Roger Casement, detained in London, faces trial over an abortive arms landings with a German vessel. Casement had links to German authorities and Irish separatist efforts.
Associated Press correspondence reports two Sinn Fein volunteers organizers in Dublin and two additional figures in the city. The article notes activities tied to the Irish political movement during April.
Federal agents seized documents from Wolfe von Igel’s office and announced a German code book among the papers. The ciphered material is said to unlock valuable information as the grand jury probes a plot to destroy the Welland canal and the government seeks to deny the German ambassador’s demand for the papers.
A second Russian force landed at Marseilles this morning, joining the first squadron that reached the city last Thursday and moved via Lyons toward the front. Officials hint a spring influx possibly approaching a quarter of a million, with Russia training large reserves for easier deployment in France. The troops were received with full military honors as crowds gathered on the quay. General Minissier welcomed the Russian commander and staff.
Washington April 25. The House passed a special rule to send the army bill to conference. Texas delegation voted to send the Senate bill, opposing the 250000 army plan. Mann supported the Senate amendment to create a 250000 man army, while opposing premature war. Democrats vow rapid action on Philippine Porto Rican and shipping bills under strict debate limits.
The Boy Scouts patrolled Houston and Commerce streets Tuesday morning guiding women, giving information, and signaling safety to crossing crowds. A khaki clad Scout announced there are 85 members, with the first shift from 8 to 12 and subsequent four hour rotations.
Commissioner John S. Patterson returned from San Antonio after handling the West Texas Bank and Trust Company closure. He declined to discuss the case but said a decision on whether to proceed with any actions regarding the bank would be announced in the next two or three days.
German battle cruisers appeared off Lowestoft and opened fire before retreating within about twenty minutes as British forces, including light cruisers and destroyers, pursued them. Two British light cruisers and a destroyer were damaged. two civilians died. Previous raids on the English coast included Hartlepool Scarborough and Whitby with extensive casualties. Lowestoft, England’s easternmost town, is a fishing hub and seaside resort.
An Exchange Telegraph report from Amsterdam says British warships with destroyers bombarded Zeebrugge and German batteries at Heyst Blankenberghe and Knocke. The bombardment is described as among the heaviest in the area during the war.
Reports say Zeebrugge harbor damage was extensive with docks hit and ships sunk while British aircraft bombed German batteries. In Verdun region the Germans failed three assaults at Dead Man's Hill with gas aid. further west a German attempt at Avecourt redoubt failed. Dirk bombardment resumes with a woman killed and three men wounded.
Three successive German assaults on new French positions near Dead Man's Hill at Verdun failed or were repelled with heavy losses. Six bombs dropped on Dunerkirk. one woman killed and three men wounded. German attempt to seize redoubt at Avecourt failed. limited fighting with grenades at Apremont forest east of the Meuse.
Berlin reports heavy fighting near Dead Man's Hill northeast of Verdun as French forces attack in waves against German trenches. The German war office says French advances were repulsed under heavy infantry fire.
Athens dispatch reports Bulgarian army casualties in the war total 87,000 killed with about 60,000 wounded or missing. The figures come from Bulgarian reports received via Paris on April 25.
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