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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
2
July 13 bulletin shows 24 deaths and 117 new infantile paralysis cases in the greater New York City area over 24 hours. Since June 26, 1557 children afflicted and 311 deaths reported, mortality above 20 percent.
In Waukegan Illinois on July 13 attorneys for William H Orpet resumed his defense arguing for witnesses in the high profile case. The proceedings focus on the credibility of testimony and defense strategy as the trial enters a new phase.
Attorney Ralph F. Potter challenged state insinuations about his witness H. J. Carlin the investigator. He noted Josephine Davis Marian Lambert’s friend testified Marian was unhappy and threatened suicide if Orpet left her. she later recanted admitting remorse for her prior statements. A luncheon case related to English invention is mentioned as a side note.
President Wilson told a citizenship convention that foreigners becoming citizens must stay loyal even if displeased with U S affairs. He urged self sacrifice and active Americanizing, praising the convention and urging Americans to model justice and freedom, and suggested foreign travel as a cure for nationalist vanity.
A Reuters report from the British front states that Haig’s forces face at least 600000 German bayonets. Two German field guns dated 1874 were captured, suggesting German arms are dwindling as they retreat to find enough weaponry.
Berlin reports Austro German retirement from the Czart orysk salient south of the Pinsk swamps followed by heavy fighting along the Stokhod river. Brussiloff seeks the Kovel railway junction while Russian cavalry skirmish tactics and improvised river crossings aid infantry advances. Rest of front quiet.
British forces in France report a period of limited action with occasional shelling and troop movement. The AP correspondent notes calm fronts, rare counterattacks, and local successes including Contalmaison and Mametz Wood taken with small losses. An officer with VC honors previously at Gallipoli was killed attempting a second assault.
Troop C waits for transport as cars shortage slows arrivals. Chambliss and Jones serve coffee and rolls to early arrivals. Red Cross volunteers plan showers and water access at stations and urge public drinking fountains. Sanitation focus at busy depots and carpool assistance encouraged.
The report notes troops reaching a village ruins scene and seizing guns and gunners from the rear. It also describes Mametz Wood being rushed from a less prepared German flank in a rapid action.
German troops under General Count von Bothmer repelled a Russian advance northwest of Buczacz in Galicia. The official German statement says four hundred Russians were captured in the counter attack.
The text notes many soldiers marching in sun and suggests a spirit of friendliness by inviting people to pick them up and provide assistance.
Soldiers of the regular army receive ice cream and welcome at the International & Great Northern station in San Antonio. Mrs. Ogden and the Red Cross committee, aided by Boy Scouts, served refreshments to troops en route to the border and Fort Sam Houston. A New York cavalry Troop 1 letter praises the city's hospitality and the reception. Donations to the Red Cross refreshment fund were announced from several supporters, including Hannah Hirschberg and My Country Circle.
An advertisement urges taking half a teaspoonful in half a glass of water at bedtime to relieve biliousness and other discomforts. It promotes buying a bottle for nightly use and convenience.
A teacher urges strict realism in composition and Robbie responds with a humorous, misspelled piece that lists body parts and food items as his own statement. The anecdote highlights a playful clash between instruction and a student’s literal, imaginative misinterpretation.
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