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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
1
Premier Asquith releases a war toll tally citing 549 467 British casualties across fronts. Breakdown shows 24 122 officers and 525 345 other ranks. Major theaters include Flanders France Dardanelles and other fronts with various killed wounded and missing figures.
The British casualties for the last period are shown as about 3,200 per month on average, with a spike of 60,000 in Loog over two weeks in the fall. Balkan operations unfold in Albania as Austrians and Bulgarians push in, while Essad Pasha and Entente interests shape the Greek response. The British labor conference backs revisions to the munitions act and allows labor officials in the coalition government. French forces occupy Antiphilo opposite Castelorizo as part of Mediterranean anti-submarine efforts.
Berlin reports Emperor William gave to Bulgaria all war materials captured by German troops in Serbia. Former Bulgarian minister M Rizow said the booty includes over thirty cannons, many machine guns, thousands of rifles, munitions, 172 wagons, hospital and sanitary supplies, worth about thirty to forty million marks.
Raleigh Jan. 28 Warden Sale of the North Carolina prison died of apoplexy after overseeing the execution of two Black prisoners. He appeared agitated while unstrapping the bodies from the electric chair and died shortly afterward.
Frank E. Wade, Buffalo attorney and vice president of the State Prison Commission, is chosen to succeed John B. Riley as State Superintendent of Prisons after Riley is ousted by Governor Whitman for incompetence.
A large storm area moved inland from the Pacific coast and attacked the advancing cold wave. By Friday morning the southward advance was checked though the frost army remains in Saskatchewan and affects weather as far south as Amarillo. Unsettled conditions and occasional rain expected for the next day.
Dallas county grand jury indicts Eugene Joffre on cattle theft charges. Joffre, who says he is related to the famed French field marshal, is hospitalized recovering from a gunshot wound.
San Francisco reports eight crewmen from the steam schooner Aberdeen were believed lost when wreckage washed ashore near the harbor entrance.
Occasional rains tonight and Saturday expected in San Antonio and vicinity with warmer temperatures Saturday.
St Louis reports 26 degrees and sleet likely Friday night with a 12 mile northeast wind. Chicago at 26 degrees with a west wind and colder Saturday. Milwaukee 24 degrees and northwest wind with colder Saturday. Kansas City 8 degrees sleeting with a 20 mile north wind. New York 54 degrees cloudy with southwest wind and colder Saturday. Washington 60 degrees cloudy with northwest wind and colder trend.
A Commerce Department report says Japanese manufacturers have captured the Chinese cotton goods trade, forcing American mills to pivot to new products or markets. It notes ten years of decline for US shipments while Japanese sales surged, aided by cheaper materials and distributor methods. Manchuria profits included lower railroad rates and tax relief for Japanese firms.
Chicago police recovered most of the 15000 dollars stolen from the Washington Park National Bank in a raid on a west side apartment building. Thirteen people were arrested, and five gunmen were identified by bank vice president J. Garten Stahl.
Dallas January meeting of the state Democratic executive committee to pick delegates for the Democratic national convention in St Louis and to arrange presidential preferential primary details in Texas.
England fears the steamship Appam, carrying 166 passengers and 134 crew, went missing after leaving Dakar January 11 for Plymouth. A lifeboat bearing the Appam name was seen January 16, and the Tregantle reported the stern destroyed, with several other ships overdue on the same route.
The Appam of 7718 tons gross was built in 1913 at Belfast Ireland. She was owned by the British and African Steamship Navigation Company.
Arkansas endures widespread flooding with hundreds homeless and thousands of acres inundated on the White and Arkansas rivers. Weather predicts the worst flood in 25 years as Mulberry sees a four mile wide flood crest. Gov. Hays appeals for aid to Watson residents while convicts reinforce Cummins levee and loop levee.
Four weeks old Julius Clemens died after an unidentified man forced acid down his throat while he sat in a go cart outside a Bronx candy shop. His mother ran out when the four year old sister screamed. Police have no suspect or motive.
The Senate elections committee recommended passage of a bill making it unlawful for congressmen to solicit or serve on committees to solicit political funds and proposed limits on campaign funds in presidential and congressional elections. It also bans moving outside money into doubtful localities.
Paris dispatch reports French blue jackets occupy Antiphilo a small town on the Asia Minor coast opposite CastelORIZO affecting strategic control in the region.
The United States urges belligerents to align submarine warfare with humanity and international law. It proposes that merchant ships carry no armament and outlines five noncombatant rights and rules for warning, stopping, and safe surrender. The note acknowledges submarine utility but seeks protections for passengers and crews.
Colonel Edward M. House to begin talks with German officials at a luncheon at the American embassy in Berlin. Dr W B Solf secretary of state for the colonies will attend. Ambassador Gerard did not take part in House’s program yesterday as he attended a cathedral service and spent the afternoon shooting on his preserve near Berlin.
A Santa Fe passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing near Deming New Mexico killing Louis 19 Sophronita 19 and Edna 16 children of editor E R Wallandingham. Driver George Critchett is probably fatally injured.
The Minnesota presidential primary law was upheld by the State Supreme Court in a January decision, affirming the statute's constitutionality in a key electoral case.
A Senate committee that handles District of Columbia affairs reports a prohibition bill without recommendation. The measure concerns local governance in the capital and awaits further action.
Senator Sheppard urged President Wilson to add San Antonio to his Southern trip itinerary citing local sentiment and the city's great military post. He said the White House will finalize the southern itinerary after the Western trip, and he will continue his efforts for San Antonio.
Elizabeth F. Mohr testifies in her murder case against Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman regarding the death of Dr. C Franklin Mohr. The cross examination references a 1909 quarrel, a divorce petition alleging cruelty, and claims of standing with police as the trial continues.
The Jefferson County Bank with 500000 capital failed to open today as the state banking department took over for liquidation. The bank had recently absorbed the Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank after taking over the county savings bank and reorganizing amid rumors. officials promise full payment to depositors and creditors and fair equity for stockholders.
Democratic representatives opposing President Wilsons preparedness plan have organized opposition. Bailey of Pennsylvania says over twenty members have joined with frequent quiet conferences to plan procedure. Dies of Texas is named as a possible floor leader, criticizing Mann for his recent preparedness speech.
Rep Dies of Texas leads new floor assault on the administration's preparedness program criticizing retired officers as chief agitators. Cyclone Davis of Texas heckles in the exchange as the debate continues in New York.
In Passaic New Jersey 260 textile mill workers received a 10 percent wage raise announced today by the Algonquin and Passaic Cotton Mills. The move lifts pay for a substantial workforce at the mills.
President Wilson nominates Louis D. Brandeis of Boston to be associate justice of the Supreme Court to succeed the late Lamar. The nomination, unexpected, was sent to the Senate today and had not been mentioned previously.
President Wilson returns to Washington at 7 15 a m and plans a busy day before leaving for Pittsburg and the Middle West to press national defense. His itinerary includes Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Des Moines Topeka Kansas City St Louis with speeches from the car and no social events.
At Bristol on January 28 the labor conference adopted a resolution from the Independent Labour party urging drastic revision of the War Munitions Act to curb use of the war as a pretext for greater labor coercion. The conference also confirmed the Labor party executive’s action in Parliament allowing labor representatives to take office in the coalition government.
Eleven hundred workers at Union Drawn Steel and Union Specialty in Beaver Falls walk out demanding a 10 percent wage increase. Both plants remain closed.
President Wilson in New York calls for a 500000 trained citizen army ready for instant use, urging Americans to prepare as international relations may change. He spoke to the Railway Business Association, clergy, and Motion Picture Board of Trade, stressing readiness and defense while favoring peace when possible.
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