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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
2
London reported the British reply to the American blockade note has been delayed and may not be ready this month. It was expected to be sent after submission to France for approval. No official word on whether the delay relates to talks between Germany and the United States over the Lusitania case.
The report details German cruisers Leipzig and Nurnberg near a port early in the war, with Leipzig receiving supplies under international law. It mentions Captain Anderson, Captain Fred Jebsen, and the Mazatlan’s coal cargo, later delivered to Guaymas and seized by the Leipzig, then Jebsen’s presumed death after a submarine sinking.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels defended the administration naval program and urged immediate expansion of a merchant marine to support national preparedness. He cited a five year plan aiming for 33 first line capital ships and 25 second line battleships by 1921 and stressed Franklin’s preparedness legacy. A Chamber resolution urged arbitration between railroads and workers to avoid a national traffic disruption and called Congress to study war industry needs and promote development legislation.
The Congress of Christian Work in Latin-America opens in Panama with Dr Belisario Porras greeting about 200 delegates from major Protestant churches in the United States and Great Britain. It stems from a 1913 New York meeting and aims to launch an interdenominational evangelization drive across Latin America over ten days with later regional conferences.
Tecumseh Oklahoma February 10 a fire thought incendiary destroyed the high school building causing about 40000 dollars in damage.
Secretary Lansing sent a dispatch to the Austro Hungarian government via Ambassador Penfield asking for an investigation and explanation of the Austrian submarine attack on the American tank steamer Petrolite. affidavits from crew and other sources say the ship was stopped near Alexandria in the Mediterranean, wounded a crewman, and a hostage was taken after the submarine boarded the vessel to take food. The note notes the legal questions and wider implications if submarines are allowed to seize supplies from neutral ships.
Lord Selborne advocates home timber growth to revive a declining industry. He criticizes foreign competition and calls for organized English forests, protection of new trees, and deer rabbits determent, urging coal interests to contract with British landowners.
Reports from Luchow say Yun nan revolutionists have captured the city west of Siu Fu amid a Yunnan advance toward the Yangtse river. Luchow, a salt market with about 100000 residents, hosts two missionary stations sheltering eight missionaries and has not seen violence against foreigners.
Cardinal Mercier expects to leave Rome for Belgium next week traveling via Switzerland the route he used to come. He will give an address at a religious function at the French Church of St. Louis next Sunday.
Attorney General B F Looney submitted his name to the state democratic executive committee to be placed on the official ballot. This confirms Looney will run again to seek re election in Texas.
The Texas state board of education session planned for today in Austin is postponed because Governor Ferguson is absent and Mrs. John G. McKay has died. The board will meet on Saturday or the following Monday to resume actions.
Topeka Journal reports on a film moment where audience tears arose from the belief the actor died on screen but the scene revealed the actor was not really dead.
New Orleans German consul Dr Paul Roh acknowledged to the Associated Press that he authored the letter found among Captain Franz von Papen's effects in Falmouth. British officials attributed the note signed "R V M" to "R von Meyenberg," a former German consul in New Orleans.
University of Michigan graduate Ruth Butts Carson leads Home Economics week in Austin February 14 to 18 with doll illustrated lectures on dress color psychology and personal style The program includes George Burdette Ford on house keeping Dr Herman G James on women's role in municipalities and W J Thomas on women's social position plus music by Thomas Whitney Surrett and others expected to attend from San Antonio and Chicago Mothers Club urged to participate
A campaign report shows Hucker led a mobilized faction against the left wing as general orders urged all team members to join the movement. A defense line quote from General Hayes states they have not begun to fight. A lengthy donor list records chamber of commerce subscriptions totaling numerous firms and individuals.
Mrs. William R. Taylor of Philadelphia received the silver and gold honor badge of the Scottish Black Watch for writing more than a thousand letters to British soldiers in the trenches. The Duke of Connaught forwarded the award via Sir William K. Mac Naught, noting the letters are highly prized.
In Kansas City Missouri on February 10 the Seventh Province Episcopal synod ends with a missionary mass led by Bishop Daniel F Tuttle of St Louis. The gathering notes support for greater use of the American flag in churches and cites several parishes where the flag bearer accompanies the cross in processions. No formal decision has been announced.
Morris of Denver outlines plans for a local Red Cross chapter at a luncheon for physicians and social workers at the Menger Hotel. A mass meeting is set for Friday at the Gunther Hotel to elect officers and organize the branch with leaders from the medical and civic community.
Col. E M House, President Wilsons representative, lands in London from Paris and meets Walter Hines Page. A conference with Sir Edward Grey is arranged as House pursues continental diplomacy before sailing for Newark and ahead of further talks with British leaders.
In Indianapolis, Borrows allegedly attacked Bilbrown during a street encounter this morning. Bilbrown says Borrows struck at him but did not make contact, prompting police to record the incident as a reported assault with unclear injuries.
A promotional piece extols Mothers Friend as a safe external aid for pregnancy. It cites letters from mothers and grandmothers praising its soothing effect on expanding abdominal muscles and eased anticipation. The ad invites readers to obtain a bottle and request a free informative book from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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