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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
1
The festival featured soloists who won the audience with strong performances by the Mell Symphony Orchestra. The concert highlighted the orchestra’s vibrant strings and bold choral accompaniment, drawing praise from attendees.
Wednesday 8 15 p m Marcella Craft soprano of the Royal Opera Munich with St Louis Symphony Orchestra and Festival Chorus. Thursday 3 p m concert by St Louis Symphony Orchestra with Ludwig Pleier cello soloist. Thursday 8 p m Mendelssohn Oratorio Elijah with Festival Chorus orchestra and soloists.
Fair tonight and Thursday with frost tonight. Calm winds and dry conditions expected, cooler overnight temperatures, and light winds guiding a quiet weather pattern across the region.
Weather notes for major cities with temperatures and wind details. St Louis 32 to 44 F southwest wind fair and colder. Chicago 28 F clear with a 16 hour data point. Milwaukee 18 F cloudy and south wind colder. St Paul 24 F clear west wind colder. Kansas City 88 F clear southwest wind. New York 22 F clear northwest wind rising. Washington 22 F clear west wind continued cold.
In Dallas on February 16 Judge E R Meek hears Bankers Trust Company request for a receiver of Texas and Pacific Railway running Ell Paso to New Orleans. Rail line defaulted since 1910 on 25 million dollar second mortgage bonds issued in 1888. railroad denies jurisdiction and opposes. Intervening stockholders clash with Missouri Pacific influence. session unsettled at noon.
Lieutenant Edgar S. Gorrell piloted a high altitude test over the city to evaluate a cold weather flying suit for army aviators. Thousands watched from blockaded sidewalks as crowds looked skyward while other pilots like Carberry and Bowen also tested the gear at great heights.
Hearing before the corporation commission on a price-raising conspiracy among three large film exchanges is expected to end late afternoon after defense witnesses. Exhibitors cite 1915 losses with one firm reporting a $24.08 profit and another swearing a $40,000 loss. The Exhibitors League state convention closed with officers elected and Oklahoma City chosen as next meeting site.
Twenty one men died in Butte as a fire swept the Pennsylvania mine on the 1200 foot level. The blaze was found at 2 am after nine helmet men located the last six bodies near a manway 1000 feet from the main shaft. Fifteen bodies had already been recovered and the fire was nearly out.
Will H Orpet the university student accused in Marian Lamberts death admitted buying an empty bottle in a Madison Wisconsin drug store before leaving for his last visit to the girl State's Attorney Dady said yesterday Orpet denied the purchase The coroner's inquiry will not resume until poison crystal tests are completed to determine the poison type none new evidence of Orpets involvement was found authorities reported
The Senate on Tuesday approved the House bill to coin 100,000 gold dollars bearing President McKinley. The McKinley Memorial Association plans to sell them at a premium to fund a permanent monument.
Police investigate a tip about Jean Crones former University Club assistant chef linked to a banquet poison charge. A man matching Crones boarded a Chicago to Nashville train February 10 with a woman. police trace their movements through Watseka Nashville Grand Rapids and Louisville. Fire at city hall near where soup samples and explosives were stored adds to the case.
American traders in London say the royal order bars import of tobacco furniture woods wallpaper and wood pulp after March 1 unless licensed by the Board of Trade. The license provision aims to tighten free tonnage control and regulate wartime luxuries, impacting U S magazines and bulk shipments while allowing distribution to individual subscribers.
A fifty mile gale causes widespread damage across the country. Wire communications are interrupted, railways and roads damaged, coastwise vessels wrecked, and cross channel traffic delayed.
Fire caused by a kerosene stove at 305 Santa Clara street trapped two families on the second floor. Fire Chief Phil Wright entered the blaze to rescue two babies, suffering burns to hands and wrists. Mrs J W Mavity and others suffered injuries. total damage about 2500 dollars with adjacent dwelling scorched.
Mrs. H. G. Gish at 301 Santa Clara Street appeals for baby clothes for a two months old Benton infant left with destruction from a fire. She asks donors to bring garments to her to supply the mother with needed items.
A Tam pico field gusher of the Huasteca Petroleum Company tests at 118000 barrels daily making it the world’s largest oil well. Attempts to cap it have failed and a gas blow out could destroy the well if not controlled. A ten inch column of oil shoots into the air.
British mule ship Baron Napier with 106 crew and cargo of mules reports a battle with a German submarine January 17 in the Mediterranean east of Malta. The Napier fired a three pound gun, with two wounded, and escaped after more than an hour of fighting. Captain Cameron refused comment.
A massive early morning blaze in Brooklyn wiped out the Boston Castle and Pacific steamers and a 900 foot pier. Two ships damaged, 25 scows burned, casualties reported as crews leaped into the water. total loss later estimated above $3 million with incendiary origins suspected but unconfirmed.
A London telegram reports Francisco Leon de la Barra ex provisional president of Mexico and former Huerta foreign minister rides Holland Line Nieuw Amsterdam to New York. He arrives as a representative of French banks that funded Huerta’s government and notes French banks recently acquired Carbajal bonds issued after Huerta fled. The legality of the Huerta loan and Carbajal bonds is questioned.
In Shanghai on January 16 plans for a wholesale uprising against British authorities in India were disclosed in a veiled manner in the English Supreme Court. Sidmond Hay Abbass received fifteen years imprisonment with hard labor. his son Oswald Abbass got two years. They are naturalized British subjects charged with illegal traffic in arms with England’s enemies.
General Carranza with General Obregon will leave tonight for Colima and Manzanillo on the Pacific coast to inspect conditions there and then return to Queretaro, the provisional capital. Luis Cabrera stated mining tax and foreign real estate restraints are necessary to prevent transfers to foreign dummies while inviting foreign capital.
The State Department announced a suspension of Jesus Ramos's execution order after representations from the United States. Ramos, a wealthy Sonoran Mexican accused of opposing the Carranza government, had American supporters appealing for clemency. The report also says Dr Mancera, who performed the Madero autopsy, will have a fair chance to prove innocence at his upcoming trial for alleged involvement in Madero's death.
The Republican state convention resolutions committee voted to endorse Governor Whitman but to attach it to a separate state issues plank. Elihu Root for president was proposed but defeated after lengthy debate. Organizing factions clashed over withholding Whitman endorsement as national politics loomed.
A six story Toronto structure known as the American Club burned early today killing one man and injuring two others. P I Hairston of Dallas a mining broker died by suffocation inside a third floor window while Edward Johnston a night watchman was seriously hurt and Captain Asa Minard was lightly burned escaping. Property loss estimated at $50 000.
The allied powers signatory to the Belgian treaty renew the commitment not to end hostilities until Belgium’s political and economic status is restored and the nation is adequately indemnified for its damages. The decision was relayed to the Belgian foreign office on Monday by entente ministers.
The House committee on rivers and harbors reported the annual rivers and harbors bill favorably totaling 39 million 608 thousand 410 dollars. A $700 thousand uplift for the East River channel from Governor's Island and Battery to the navy yard was approved while all other new projects were rejected except New York harbor.
American Consul Robert W. McNeely of Monroe North Carolina is believed to have washed ashore near Alexandria Egypt after the Persia liner disaster. Consul Garrels informed the State Department today.
By the treaty of London signed November 15, 1831 the neutrality of Belgium was guaranteed by Austria Russia Great Britain and Prussia.
The steamer Yamuri arriving from Mascotis San Domingo reports a collision with an unidentified schooner early yesterday off the Delaware Bay entrance in fog. The Yamuri searched for about two hours but could not locate the other vessel.
Fire swept a section of the River Valley business district early today causing an estimated two million dollar loss. A score of structures including an apartment building were affected as crews fought the blaze through the morning.
The Central News confirms a government plan to seize all United Kingdom distilleries. The move aims to meet rising alcohol demand tied to manufacturing high explosives.
In Berne Switzerland February 16 a Ford peace delegates meeting drew many prominent Swiss attendees. Louis P Lochner gave a speech that was well received.
Grand Duke Nicholas's forces break through nine outer Ottoman defenses around Azerbaijani forts, advancing after heavy engagements. Russian units reported successful assault and secure lines in the theater.
British dispatch reports Erzerum captured by Russian forces under Grand Duke Nicholas. Turkish Armenia’s key city, with nine forts toppled, though reinforcements arrived as 80,000 troops faced siege. Paris and Berlin exchanges over trench gains continue amid broader war reports and domestic debates in Britain.
Marye resigns as American ambassador to Russia citing ill health. He awaits State Department acceptance and wishes to be relieved at the earliest date. Marye was appointed ambassador in July 1924.
In Girard Kansas on February 16 pupils lined up for a drill at the Central School after rumors of a fire swept the building. The structure burned to the ground and was reported destroyed.
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