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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
2
On July 4 in Washington D C Mabel Vernon a member of the Women s Party interrupted President Wilson during a dedicatory address at a new labor temple demanding why he blocked suffrage. Police quieted her and the President continued speaking.
Report notes a city parade displaying patriotism despite a dusty wind and no baseballs or salute cartridges. Soldiers hope for rain as clouds of dust roll across the base and fire crackers remain tabooed.
Independence Day in the Southeast featured two preparedness parades. In Macon about 5000 state guardsmen gathered in camp and the Georgia Legislature voted to participate as a body. Atlanta also hosted a parade with 57 mayors confirmed to march.
Thousands of visitors arrived in Corpus Christi for a two day Fourth of July celebration featuring baseball with a Laredo team goat races motor and sail power events foot races aquatic sports Boy Scout drills home guard parade a watermelon feast and a flag parade among other entertainments.
Miss Beulah Braden twenty six, daughter of L L Braden attorney, and F E Brauch drowned at Cypress Bayou near Jefferson during a July Fourth bathing party. Braden aided her as she fainted crossing the stream.
A girl warned not to return to the bayou attempted to recross and was attacked again. Branch swam to her aid, but she grabbed him and both vanished into the water. Local authorities search the bayou for the missing pair and investigate the incident.
July 4 celebrations featured electric flags lighting the city hall roof the largest ever created Mayor Mitchel led morning ceremonies in the city hall parade and evening events included a suffrage parade and patriotic tableaux with safety as a priority.
The Fourth of July holiday led to closed state departments many businesses and banks in Austin and across Texas. Officials with opposition delivered speeches while Wichita Falls planned a large Independence Day parade and motorized floats to honor preparedness.
Practically all San Angelo businesses closed for the Fourth of July observance. Races were held at the fair grounds as residents marked the holiday.
A. C. Craig of Houston elected president defeating J Gates of Dallas 30 to 26. Nelly Brasley of Amarillo named vice president. Wallace W. Taylor of Waco re-elected secretary treasurer. Next year’s meeting place to be decided with candidates San Antonio Fort Worth Amarillo and Corpus Christi in contention.
Nathaniel Garrett quartermaster sergeant of the Fourteenth regiment New York National Guard stationed at Mission Tex died suddenly of heart failure at 6 30 last evening His body will be shipped to Brooklyn his hometown His son serves as a bugler in the same regiment.
John E. Elgin announces precinct primaries for July 22, 1916 to elect a precinct executive member and delegates for county and state conventions, with rules on eligibility, posting notices, and representation based on Philp votes. The county convention follows July 29 to canvass results and set the temporary roll for the state convention on August 7.
General Jacinto Trevino, commander in the northeast, defends Mexican actions against banditry. He describes troop dispositions across Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Durango, Torreon and Parral and reports clashes near Vera Cruz. He notes amnesties for bands and a large mobilization to crush remaining outlaws led by Beltran and Padilla.
New York reports an epidemic climb with 82 deaths from infantile paralysis across the five boroughs. In Brooklyn 191 new cases were logged and health authorities issued placards and precautions while over 600,000 pamphlets distributed citywide.
Editor Robert R. McCormick and fellow Chicago Tribune editor Joseph Medill Patterson left their posts after Wilson mobilized the guard. McCormick becomes lieutenant colonel of the First Illinois cavalry while Patterson serves as a private in Battery One Illinois artillery, already in Springfield, Illinois.
Ignatius Tribich Lincoln, who called himself a German spy, was sentenced in London to three years penal servitude after a guilty verdict on forgery. A Boston Transcript fragment notes the case and includes a humorous hotel anecdote about a frightened American during a Zeppelin scare.
Reports describe British forces pressing near Mametz Fricourt and Poodle Woods with German defenses collapsing. Tens of thousands of men engaged. Germans surrender over 5000 troops as British gains widen along the Somme front and French activity increases south of the elbow of the Somme.
Berlin on July 4 reports the entente offensive shows no major British gains while the French achieve considerable results. The Associated Press summary notes French offensives exhibit bravery and clash, with British fronts yielding little notable success.
Petrograd reports activity on multiple sectors from Lake Narotich to the Galician border. The statement notes the start of a battle northwest of Baranovitch and observations from the front.
The Teu tonic forces were pushed back to the west after a resistance break midway between Sokla and Dubno, signaling a shift in the conflict.
Berlin reports a notable Teutonic victory in Galicia with a rapid Russian retreat on a front exceeding 12½ miles to a depth over five miles. Roumania seizes rolling stock as Austro Hungarian railways lose cars and locomotives while exports to Bulgaria are halted amid wartime movements.
Advertisement claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate relieves nervous indigestion and stomach distress, restores appetite and strength, and urges readers to buy a bottle.
New York reports that U S munitions plants have expanded dramatically due to European war orders. American factories now can quickly ramp up to meet U S needs while allies have large forces, and a shift toward American orders may reduce European demand.
San Antonio Country Club hosted two golf events Tuesday afternoon in celebration of Independence Day. The Pater et Filius event will feature many father and son teams in competitive play, while the flag tourney expects a large entry list. Players receive strokes by ability and plant their flag after shooting.
The eighth Negro infantry of the Illinois National Guard departed for the border today amid ongoing mobilization as all remaining state troops prepare to depart southward this evening.
Lady Sybil Grey daughter of Earl Grey was seriously but not fatally wounded while with the British Red Cross at the Russian front during grenade practice a weapon was thrown through a window shelter and a splinter pierced her cheek and jaw.
Lewiston July 4 Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department urged a patriotism that eschews boastfulness and jingoism while honoring Putnam Marion Washington and John Paul Jones. He said America should embrace a broad view beyond provincial pride and recognize progress from steam to wireless. He warned the Fourth of July must stress government readiness to protect today and tomorrow’s citizens.
The Rev. Dr. Edward Lyttelton resigns after twelve years as headmaster of Eton, a move described as the sensation of the year in educational circles. He belongs to a small circle of intellectuals known for their stance toward Germany and social reform.
The arrival of Chief Lancaster and several officers saved Jesus Alamanso, a Mexican newcomer, from serious injury after an insult gesture near Houston and St Marys streets. Acting Mayor Lambert and Commissioner Garland, in a decorated car, spurred a crowd shouting a Mexican insulted the flag. Alamanso was knocked down but rescued by police who booked him for vagrancy.
Magazines books and games will be shipped to border hospitals on Wednesdays as part of regular shipments. Watermelons go to soldiers guarding the Pecos bridge though not to hospitals. Mrs C G Starr chairs the committee and invites melons to her at the Menger hotel.
Otto Meiver, formerly outfielder for the Panthers, assumed the role of manager after owner Weaver reorganized the club. Weaver also released Manager Atz and First Baseman Hunter as injuries plagued the lineup. Seventeen petitions circulated among fans demand Atz’s restoration amid banners supporting Atz as protests trace to Carranza.
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