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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson invited the presidents of the nation's principal railroads to Washington to confer on the threatened strike. The move shifts talks from managers to the rail heads as Judge Chambers reports mixed signals and arbitration remains central to the dispute.
Officials said President Wilson may invite to the White House financiers who control railroads if managers cannot speak for their lines. The aim is to deal with the ultimate authority on both sides to ensure negotiations are conducted at the White House.
New York Aug 17 rail road presidents from major lines including A H Smith Frank Trumbull Benjamin Bush Hale Holden W W Atterbury W J Harahan and others prepare to travel to Washington. Daniel Willard says executives will help solve the strike problem once proposals are heard.
House and Senate conferees agreed on all disputed items in the naval bill. Final action set for tomorrow. Limits kept at 6 million dollars for navy yard equipment while enlarging a Charleston dry dock and foundry was dropped. Puget Sound gains a battleship yard. Columbia River submarine base postponed for a commission report. Deepening New York yard channel and other items dropped. President urged retention but the bill is ready for signature.
The tenth annual Johns reunion drew several thousand Johns from Indiana Michigan Ohio Kentucky Illinois and others. The event at Riverside Park near Eaton granted prizes for oldest youngest handsomest homeliest fattest and leanest John present with eligibility for any man named John.
For San Antonio and vicinity, tonight and Friday unsettled with variable clouds. Showers or a few thunderstorms possible, otherwise mild temperatures and light breezes across the area.
Forecasts by The Light summarize city weather across the nation. St Louis shows 76 with clear skies and South winds, Chicago 74 with possible showers, Milwaukee 70 with clouds and showers, Kansas City 78 with clear conditions, New York 66 with clouds and NE winds, and Washington 68 with clear skies and cool conditions.
A tropical disturbance is central in the Yucatan channel and moving into the Gulf of Mexico at some north of west speed. The weather bureau warns vessels not to approach its path as conditions remain dangerous. A separate Jamaica hurricane report notes heavy property losses and a ruined banana crop with Kingston isolated after the Aug 15 event.
Public health officials from nearly every state gathered to discuss measures to stop the spread of infantile paralysis. Secretary McAdoo urged federal state cooperation while reports indicated over 10,000 US cases, with most concentrated outside New York New Jersey Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Dr. W B Collins Texas health officer expressed optimism for an effective plan and presented Texas efforts to curb the disease.
Health Commissioner Emerson questions certainty of opening on September 25 for New York City’s one million school children under 16. Plans hinge on whether infantile paralysis can be checked, with epidemic trends uncertain. Rockefeller Institute says it cannot supply more monkeys for research as demand rises. Monkeys’ value climbs from 8 to 15 dollars since the war. Polio deaths and cases dip for a third straight day, 32 killed and 121 newly ill in 24 hours. Mexico imposes quarantine on New York due to polio, denying Mexican inspectors at the American quarantine station. Texas authorities require health certificates from passengers arriving from Mexico.
An earthquake that rattled Central Italy yesterday morning caused four deaths in Rimini and left thirty people injured. Military and civil authorities assist the injured and homeless as panic spread through many cities and villages.
Mexico City August 17 Foreign Minister Aguilar said he had assurance from Washington that American delegates to the conference with the United States would be chosen within three or four days. He noted the search for a successor to the late Juan Neftali Amador as sub secretary of foreign relations but would not name candidates. The State Department explained delays due to high officials’ other engagements and said better to wait for suitable appointees than rush selections.
Explanatory note to General Carranza on American commissioners aims to reassure Mexico City over delays. Lane reportedly accepted, Brandeis unavailable, others unnamed. Wilson focuses on railroad strike while Carranza denies Robles revolt and notes copper coinage and new harvests. Fernandez Couget begins as French minister observed today.
Orders issued for Companies A and B Second Indiana to move from Llano Grande to Harlingen and on the Rio Grande to relieve regulars. Reports say plans call for mobilizing more companies from Llano Grande into active service.
In Lake Geneva Wisconsin Major General Countis bans men from the national service school camp of the Woman's Division of the Navy League except instructors with signed passes. The rule aims to protect about 150 female cadets from future annoyance. Another rule forbids the girls from wearing hair down their backs.
At Camp Tyra Fort Worth 150 Texas girls learn wartime nursing and first aid. A rookie was confined in the guardhouse for failing to obey the assembly call, kept in solitary confinement in her tent all day.
An exchange telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports the sinking of the German steamship Weser of Hamburg, 1028 tons gross, by a submarine a fortnight ago. The crew was saved.
A bomb exploded near the street end of Pier D at King Street in Seattle. The timbers collapsed and a nearby shack was destroyed. Night watchman Thomas McLoughlin alerted three sleeping dock workers. no injuries were reported.
A New York conference between Frank Hedley of the New York Railways Company and union leaders failed to settle fresh grievances risking a renewed street car strike. Hedley said only company presidents and directors could negotiate, prompting union organizer William Fitzgerald to threaten appealing to Mayor Mitchel and Public Service Commission Chair Straus if officials do not meet the committee.
President Wilson plans numerous addresses before civic organizations in response to invitations but will not tour the country for political speeches. Senator Walsh says Wilson will speak in St. Louis on September 20 and may visit Chicago before the campaign ends. Robert Bulkley, appointed head of the foreign language bureau, may be unable to take the post due to personal business.
Indianapolis likely to serve as the national headquarters for the Progressive party as Edwin M. Lee expands Indiana operations. A national committee meeting may be held here after membership is completed, with possible restrictions on candidates who have withdrawn from the Progressive ticket.
President Wilson met today with the Progressive campaign committee members Bainbridge Colby Matthew Hale Albert D Nortini J H Hawkins and Henry Wallace to discuss participation in the campaign and related strategy.
General Funston announced Brigadier General Henry A. Greene will command a new division formed from Illinois and Wisconsin state troops. Frederick W. Sibley designated to succeed Greene in the Eagle Pass district as divisions plans push toward ten units, with New York and Pennsylvania already existing.
Prince Mahidol Songkla, brother of Siam’s king, said he was mistaken for a Japanese in Honolulu and assaulted by a customs inspector. Minister Karavongse pledged to raise the incident with the State Department. The prince, who arrived from the Far East, was rescued by fellow passengers.
The War Department releases figures showing eight deaths from sickness among regular and national guard troops along the border for the week ending August 12, with medical officers noting the death rate as exceptionally low given a total force of about 140,000 in field camps.
London Aug 17 Count de Salis named to succeed Sir Henry Howard as minister on special mission to the Pope. Howard was Britain’s first Vatican minister appointed in November 1914. de Salis, already minister to Montenegro since 1911, has long service in the foreign office.
Senate Democrats faced possible delays as Senator Owen pushes his corrupt practices bill this session. Republicans refuse to back an early vote on the shipping bill unless the Owen measure is postponed to December. The administration omits the Owen bill, but he vows to demand a vote before adjournment.
Helaire Carriere, who killed Marion L. Swords sheriff of St. Landry parish, was captured near Elton after a seven day chase through swamps and cane brakes. A Calcasieu parish posse led by Sheriff Reid trapped him at an abandoned saw mill. Carriere was wounded by buckshot as he tried to flee.
Mr and Mrs John P Coffin of Johnstown Florida add 50000 to the national Prohibition party campaign fund bringing their total to 10000000 The Prohibition Foundation is formed to manage property and funds for a 1 million campaign fund with Virgil G Hiushaw of Chicago named national chairman.
General Nicholas Ruzsky, who led the Northern Russian army at the war’s start and earned fame for the capture of Lemberg, has been appointed commander in chief of Russia’s northern forces. He had retired in 1915 due to ill health and briefly returned before being relieved again by the emperor as defense of Petrograd strained his health.
Allied operations push along the Somme front with gains near Guillemont and Peronne as British, French, and Russian forces report counter moves. In the Balkans, Bulgarian statements describe intense clashes near Lake Doiran with repulsed infantry assaults and artillery bombardments.
French artillery operations on three Somme sectors removed barriers in the German defense. French gains north of Maurepas threat communications and dominance grows around the Guillemont Maurepas road while Belloy-En-Santerre fortification resists. Night infantry attacks reported as a violent artillery duel continues north of Maurepas.
Berlin reports heavy French and British assaults on the Somme front yesterday were repulsed by German forces. The official announcement states German defense retained positions and denies Allied gains.
Italian forces hold the lower Isonzo while awaiting progress on higher ridges. The army eyes gains on San Gabriele and surrounding peaks near Tolmin, Goriaia, and Tolminsoe as imminent to shift the line. A press dispatch from Rome notes slow movement with strategic gains anticipated near the mountains.
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