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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
2
Reports from the Verdun front say German forces near the forest of Cheppy and along the Meuse are pressing with fresh artillery and infantry actions. Emperor William directs the offensive from headquarters as French losses are described as light and German preparations intense.
Berlin reports the German war office says over 10 000 French prisoners were taken as all positions north of Verdun and to the Loudemont ridge were captured. Fortified villages including Champneuville Cotellate Marmont Beaumont Chambrettes and Ornes fell. Enormous enemy losses while German losses were normal. No booty details released.
Teheran dispatch reports after battles in Persia the enemy reorganized near Kermanshah and fortified Bidsekurks and Sakhae passes with German and Turkish troops. Soviet forces then drove them from Bidsekurks, captured three field guns, and pursued the retreating Turks toward Kermanshah.
Eight German steamers lying in the harbor at St Vincent Cape Verde were taken by Portuguese officials. Lisbon decrees seize 26 foreign vessels in the Tagus and place them under Portuguese flag. A refitting program to adapt ships is ordered and a committee to supervise work is named. Authorities expect more German and Austrian vessels to be requisitioned nationwide, totaling over 450000 tons.
A committee member asks if a pitcher of ice water is needed. Senator Sorghum quips that if the audience he just addressed was as cold as the one here, the water would freeze. Washington Star reports the exchange highlighting tongue in cheek humor during the hearing.
Pauline Lord stars in On Trial at the Grand Opera House where backward and forward action, pivoting between court and home scenes, showcases stage machinery akin to motion pictures. The production blends realism, suspense, and strong acting to reveal a new theatrical potential.
Pauline Lord delivers a stunning transformation from middle age to a girl entering womanhood. Her subtle gestures and vocal inflections render emotional nuance in the pivotal scene where the wife conceals a trip to meet a former lover. The drama owes much to its cast and mechanism, with the Thursday show praised and a Friday reprise announced.
First Church of Christ, Scientist announces a free lecture at Beethoven Hall on Sunday February 27 1916 at 3 30 p m by Jacob S Shield C S B member of the Board of Lectureship The Mother Church Boston Massachusetts Doors open 2 30 p m Public invited Adv
Porter H. Adams of Boston arrives in San Francisco to build a 188 by 85 foot bi plane hydro aeroplane costing about 170000 dollars. Donal W. Douglass and Adams designed it. Deloyd Thompson of the Aero Club of America will accompany as relief pilot. Route starts San Francisco, to Honolulu Manila China India Port Said Spain then Atlantic to Boston.
Deloyd Thompson, slated to serve as relief pilot on the around the world flight, is well known in San Antonio where he spent months running an aviation school. He returned last year for a country tour with Barney Oldfield and an exhibition at the old Fair Grounds.
Erie E. Cousey was jailed in Las Vegas after investigators connected him to the death of Clyde Wiggins, Mills ranch foreman in Mora county. Wiggins disappeared last July and his body was found three weeks earlier in a canyon. Relatives in Dallas, Texas, had requested the inquiry.
Mrs Alice Garrett of Annona Texas describes her two week old baby’s severe infantile eczema. Redness blistering crying and disfigurement followed by relief after two weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The testimonial promotes Cuticura with a world wide ad request for the 32 page Skin Book.
House leaders and President Wilson clash over German submarine warfare and the rights of Americans. Senator Stone and Speaker Clark discuss how diplomacy and Congress should respond, with warnings about delaying action and preserving United States honor in international law.
An old advertising piece claims Vitalitas with ten minerals cures auto intoxication and chronic ills, says nine of ten people may benefit, and promotes its use for vigor. It cites mineral waters as similar and notes availability at Summer's Drug Store and other druggists.
Houston Feb 25 George Rotan of Waco J K Bole of Ohio and Clarence Mangham and F M Lewis of San Antonio survived the second round of the championship flight on the Country Club links defeating B A Brown J Lewis Thompson and Bryan Heard all of Houston and George Aldredge of Dallas In the second flight first round winners were FE Dickerson of Shreveport F G Jester of Dallas and W H Jones and Brown Rice of Houston Survivors of the third flight were Co Shear and Clint Padgett of Waco Robert Russell of San Angelo S J Munger of Dallas and F T Whitted of Shreveport In the consolation flight first round B D Moore of Galveston defeated H L Edwards of Dallas 5 to 4 CC L Dexter Jr of Dallas defeated Fred Rice of Houston.
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