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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
1
Berlin reports the merchant submarine Deutschland arrived at the Weser mouth on August 23. Captain Paul Koenig thanks the United States for measures to prevent neutrality violations as the second submarine heads toward the United States.
Copenhagen dispatch cites Alfred Lohmann of Ocean Navigation Company confirming the submarine Bremen has sent a message and will reach the United States in a few days. The report places the vessel on a direct transatlantic course as World War I tensions mount.
The Deutschland returned home slightly damaged, crew unwilling to detail the voyage. The submarine traversed about 4200 miles, facing initial storms but navigating well with faultless engines. Eight British warships and many American vessels monitored movements near Chesapeake Bay as neutrality was upheld. Captain Paul Koenig was hailed as a national hero and summoned to report on the voyage.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William II congratulating the owners builders and crew of the submarine Deutschland Koe ning on the successful return. He intends to award decorations to personnel.
Three hundred coal miners at Central Coal & Coke Company will resume work immediately under a contract waiver of penalty clause. The agreement was reached in Kansas City and announced in Huntington. William Airymple, union national organizer. John Wilkinson, district 21 president. and H Nylor, Central Coal Coke president, finalized the pact.
The North German Lloyd liner Willehad slipped from Boston harbor with a full crew led by Captain Jachens, bound for New London. Officials say the move lowers docking costs and deny ties to the expected German submarine news. The ship, 4761 tons, will pass through the Cape Cod canal and head for New London, with arrival anticipated around 5 pm, under charter to Eastern Forwarding Company.
Health department officials note a drop in infantile paralysis deaths and new cases. In the 24 hours to 10 a m thirty children died and 109 were stricken, compared with yesterday's 42 deaths and 131 new cases.
Secretary Daniels asked Thomas A. Edison to call a meeting of the navy's civilian advisory board in Washington on September 19 to discuss actions under the new naval appropriation bill and the construction of the proposed 1 500 000 experimental laboratory.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with mild temperatures and light winds, promising calm conditions for residents and travelers.
Home weather for tourists lists St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with daily readings. Temperatures range from 64 to 68 with clear or cloudy skies and winds from the west southwest northwest or northwest. Friday trends show fair to cool conditions and highs near the 60s to 90s depending on city.
President Wilson and a railroad leaders committee narrow the strike crisis to a possible eight hour day. Railroads seek a freight rate increase and a permanent mediation board with investigatory powers to prevent strikes while allowing later votes. The White House plans further talks as union reps consider the proposals.
The Merchants' Exchange of St Louis sent a telegram to President Wilson urging arbitration in the dispute between railroads and the four brotherhoods.
Cairo Illinois reports a tremor just after 5 am with no damage known. The quake came from a northeast south west direction and was accompanied by a low rumbling sound. A prior shock was felt on May 21.
The east coast of England was bombed by a hostile airship last night. It dropped incendiary and high explosive bombs in open fields with no damage or casualties reported. The airship moved to sea before 1 AM.
A Swiss report via Petit Parisien says King Ludwig II is gravely ill after apoplexy. Age 71, he ascended the Bavarian throne in 1913 and married Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria. He became field marshal of Bavarian artillery last year and visited troops on the French front in January.
Governor Edward F. Dunne urged all 204 Illinois legislators by telegram to attend a special session and pass a bill permitting guardsmen to vote in the September primaries and November election after a border inspection.
In Harrisonburg, Virginia, Mrs. Grant died as lightning struck a wire clothesline while she gathered laundry. A neighbor's child was killed when the bolt struck a doorway. In Fort Worth, Texas, Otis Davis, 19, was killed trimming an arc light as power was cut off for the day.
The defending fleet reports finding the enemy transports bringing an invading force. Rear Admiral Helm directs a moving line of scouts across hundreds of miles to block the coast while seeking the enemy’s main fleet under Admiral Mayo. Rain or mist could hinder radar like scouting, prompting an inner coastal line and submarine support. Navy intelligence warns of a plot to bomb Narra gansett oil tanks and naval magazines and orders commanders to thwart it.
Thunder storms have cooled Eastern states from Wednesday’s extremes while a second heat wave from the West is expected in two to three days. Most of the Far West South and Southwest stay cooler as the heat advances from the West toward the East.
Weather warnings were posted for Miami and Key West but reports show little clue on the disturbance's position. Officials say the tropical system likely weakened due to its small size.
The Republican state convention in Santa Fe on August 24 endorsed submitting constitutional amendments for statewide prohibition and for women's suffrage.
Word from Mexico City awaits U S guidance before a definite date is set for the first meeting of the joint American Mexican commission on border problems They tentatively plan a September gathering on the New England coast Secretary Lansing and Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate favor week one September Official statements say the commission may first address troop withdrawals then draft a protocol for future border operations The commission may authorize separate proposals for enactment by both governments A third topic covers investigation of border raid events and whether to assign this to the commission or to secret service agents Villa is said to be south into Durango with a small following and his prestige is reported as gone The report notes Villa avoided Carranza positions and that his latest bid to regain followers has mostly failed
James Lynn Rodgers announced to the Mexican foreign office that a preliminary U S Mexico conference to settle international difficulties will be held at the Biltmore in New York City on Monday September 4. Rodgers will advise the American commissioners and accompany the Mexican delegation. final talks to be on the New England coast.
Reports from Chihuahua City say Villa may be alive in the hills near Naica or possibly dead from a July poisoning. General Jacinto Trevino notes the danger of false rumors if Villa is dead. Nine men tied to a Legalista plot were executed by court-martial after inquiry in Juarez and Chihuahua.
Declared ex expedition intend not joined. Jose Inez Salazar and twenty two held with him handed to General Trevino for review. Accused mainly by clippings and old photos of Villa and legalista figures. Angel Vergara linked to San Diego Texas attempt to spark Mexican revolution. Luis Bazet, a former Villista colonel, amnestied last year. A report also says Villa died as Sant Rosario sent a note of his forced march from Durango.
Reports from Amsterdam dated August 24 via London say continual and heavy gunfire from the north has been audible all morning on Ame land in the North Sea.
The Landsting in Copenhagen adopted a resolution by 39 to 7 stating that if the sale of the Danish West Indies cannot be postponed until after the war the issue should be decided in general elections. Three abstained and 138 were absent. The measure goes to an open Landsding meeting tomorrow. King Christian met party leaders and thanked them for efforts to form a coalition cabinet.
The Danish Landsting rejected a proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States by 39 votes. The tentative treaty valued at 25 million dollars had been signed but awaits approval from the Danish parliament and U S Congress. If politics shift after upcoming elections the issue may be revived.
D H Bradley of Kansas City a private in F battery Missouri field artillery agreed to return to Dodge City Kansas to stand trial for alleged misrepresentation in a business deal after dismissing habeas corpus proceedings against Ford County Sheriff W F Woolvin. Governor Capper of Kansas had requisitioned Texas Governor Ferguson who refused stating Bradley had moved from Kansas to Missouri and then to Texas. This marks the first use of law to pursue a guardsman serving voluntarily.
In Erie Pennsylvania a collapse at the National Foundry Company killed at least five men and left many injured. Workers were buried under wreckage beneath a trestle as rescuers worked. Officials fear the death toll could rise past eight as hospital staff assess the injured.
New York Aug 24 Chairman Willcox of the Republican national committee announced that Former President Taft will deliver several speeches during the campaign, probably in October, with locations to be announced later.
Greek troops resist Bulgarians at Seres as volunteers reinforce. Bulgarian drive on the Struma river nears Saloniki, with entente forces reported to have suffered heavy losses and retreat. Roumania’s entry remains uncertain while Somme artillery remains active and German attacks are repulsed.
Paris reports French war office says enemy entrenches on left bank of the Struma and along the Seres highway while Anglo French forces repulse repeated attempts to recapture positions north of Palmes and Doiran. Serbian forces retake Hill 1506 after a strong counter attack near Ostrovo lake as German attacks on Somme positions fail.
Teutonic forces launched fierce artillery and machine gun assaults against Russian positions near Tobol on the western bank of the Stokhod, thirty eight miles northeast of Kovel. Russian rifle and machine gun fire repulsed the offensive as prisoners revealed Turkish troops in Galicia on the Zlota Lipа.
Turkish official bulletin reports a Russian assault on Caucasus positions repulsed with about 3400 enemy casualties. It cites 3000 Russian dead in the Ognot sector and 400 killed before the Turkish position at Mighi, with Turkish counterattacks on the right wing.
Bulgarian war office reports Entente forces defeated along the Struma river in northeastern Greece. It says Entente troops fled, leaving many dead, with over 400 bodies counted, and Bulgarians captured ammunition including eight machine guns. Bulgarian attack continued against the Serbian position near Lake Ostrovo amid ongoing counter-attacks.
Petrograd reports two Turkish regiments were captured by Russian forces in the Caucasus. The announcement came as part of today’s war updates from the front lines.
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