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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
1
A July 28 dispatch in Portland claimed the German U boat Bremen was captured and towed to Halifax. J D Hazen provincial minister denied such capture and said Bremen was not in Halifax. Halifax reports added little beyond New York telegraph chatter on the Bremen incident.
Norfolk officials confirm Louisiana officers saw a craft leaving the Capes Tuesday morning. Commander Shane of the Neptune could not identify the cruiser but observed its departure around 3 o clock. Government inquiries probe how the account leaked and whether signals from the Neptune caused a misidentification.
New York reports a British patrolling squadron captured the German merchant submarine Bremen and tied it up in Halifax Nova Scotia in the Northwest Arm. A letter from a Canadian official, mailed from Buffalo, states the Bremen is being well cared for there.
Ottawa July 28 The naval department denied there is any foundation for the New York story that the German submarine Bremen has been captured and taken to Halifax.
Baltimore authorities report the German submarine freighter Deutschland will not sail for Germany until official information arrives from its sister ship Bremen. The vessel reportedly stands ready to depart on short notice and may slip out at night to avoid warning.
A naval collision near Scotland between German submarines and four British patrol boats left two British vessels sunk. The report, via Handelsblad and Overseas News Agency, cites a Dutch telegram.
Captain Charles Fryatt of the Brussels was shot after a German court martial at Bruges for attempting to ram a German submarine near the Maas lightship. The case, tied to the Brussels capture by German destroyers, notes his prior refusal to heed the U-boat’s flag and his cited actions as wartime conduct.
The governor Lopez de Lara issued a decree directing that all vacant land in the federal district be cultivated, with work to begin in a few days. The government will provide assistance and seeds to those unable to start on their own.
Panama Canal tolls totaled 4,286,551 dollars less than expenses for the year ending May 31. Tolls in May amounted to 368,023 dollars, the largest month since August, a sign of higher revenue but still not covering costs.
Ignacio Me dia, a bandit leader, has been killed in an engagement at San Luis Potosi, according to advices received here today.
Forecasts by The Light show St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from 70 to 96 degrees. Winds vary from southeast to northeast with clear to partly cloudy skies and uncertain Saturday conditions.
Chicago reports 25 deaths from the heat as workers in the Public Iron and Steel and Interstate Iron and Steel mills refuse to work. Temperatures in mills reach 146 to 160 degrees, while noon readings sit at 95 with lake breezes offering limited relief. The city endures rising prostrations and delays in patient recovery as the heat wave worsens. The government weather bureau notes widespread 90 plus readings and predicts little relief for Illinois and surrounding states. Milk sales stop unpasteurized due to infant mortality rising with the heat.
Washington July 28 The Bermuda high is cited as the official cause of a national heat wave unseen in fifteen years. A vast area of high pressure off Bermuda has fed heat and moisture northward from the tropics, covering the nation from the seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. Forecasters warn the heat will continue through the week, with storms possible in the Midwest as relief develops. East of the Mississippi hot conditions persist with scattered showers offering limited relief to parts of New England and New York.
Washington July 28 The cabinet takes up Mexico for the first time in weeks Acting Secretary Polk reports on a conference with Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate Arredondo may receive President Wilsons final decision on Carranzas plan for a joint commission to adjust difficulties Carranza is understood to have acceded in part to the departments view of the commissions authority
Second Lieutenant S H Wheeler of the Army Aviation School at North Island loses control of his aeroplane and crashes into a line of automobiles in Ontario California. Four cars overturned. Hardd Stoebe age 4 is killed and Mrs C A Stoebe is seriously injured. Wheeler uninjured though his plane is wrecked.
Serbian forces launched an attack in Greece against Bulgarian troops and have occupied several heights. They hold positions after artillery exchanges and Bulgarian counterattacks. The dispatch notes three days of steady prep to drive Bulgarians from a position six to seven miles south of the Greek frontier.
Police allege labor agitator Thomas J. Mooney and his wife headed a gang behind the parade bomb explosion aimed at United Railroads carmen. Mooney recently urged a carmen strike. Police pursue ex convict Warden K Billings as the prime suspect. A similar infernal machine found by United Railroads detectives is thought linked to the perpetrators.
London July 28 royal proclamation bans importation of opium and cocaine into the United Kingdom. The measure follows agitation over cocaine sales and rising usage during the war era, with authorities citing growing public concern and potential habit formation.
In Chicago on July 28 charges of producing a spurious heir against Mrs. Anna Dollie Led gerwood Matters were dismissed in state court. The case stemmed from rival claims to Baby Irene by Mrs. Matters and Canadian girl Margaret Ryan. After the ruling, parties went to Judge Landis for a habeas corpus suit over custody of the child.
The national street railway workers union moves to organize all motormen and conductors in New York City. Bronx disruption, Westchester brink, fund of 750000 prepared, Maher says police will curb strike, deaths and injuries from clashes and a fatal accident are noted.
Lausanne Gazette reports a Swiss blacklist being prepared by Captain Schmitz in Berne under German and Austrian direction. It says firms allied with the Allies are deprived of coal and other goods and face boycotts by Swiss firms, with threats of broader blacklisting for those dealing with objected corporations.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion City, announced a reorganization plan banning college yells as “tough and nonsense.” He said the Bible will be the textbook in astronomy geology chemistry mathematics and all sciences. Girls will learn plain cooking rather than domestic science.
In Ruston on a hot summer day farmer John W. Skinner turned up an iron box filled with over $1000 in old silver coins. The coins are mostly foreign mint, some dating 139 years back. The owner could not be traced and the money was deposited in a local bank.
At midnight Thursday Greece advanced clocks by 25 minutes to adopt standard Eastern European time, replacing the previously observed southern time, as per government decision.
Five hundred Villistas have been captured in Zacatecas by General Plank. The prisoners were granted amnesty, according to reports received by the government in Laredo, Texas, dated July 28.
Informal assurances from Austria Hungary indicate willingness to consider President Wilson's appeal to allow American relief shipments to Poles in Polish territories held by Austrian forces. Foreign Minister Burian told Ambassador Penfield he would relay the request to Emperor Francis Joseph. Britain sides with a food import plan via Wilson appointed commission, contingent on German Austrian acceptance and non removal of native produce.
Emilienne Moreau the heroine of Loos, aged 18, received the British medal for bravery and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at a ceremony in the British embassy. General Hale requested the honors after she tended the wounded under fire for twenty four hours and refused shelter in a cave. She already holds the French war cross.
London July 28. Bertrand Russell—fined for pamphlet criticism of government policy on conscientious objectors and deprived of his Cambridge lectureship—has been refused a passport to visit America. He was invited to lecture at Harvard University. Russell's wife was formerly Miss Alys Smith of Philadelphia.
House and Senate conferees met to bridge differences on the naval bill. President Wilson supports the measure with large Senate-approved increases and a three year building policy, while some House Democrats oppose the rise. The infantile paralysis epidemic in New York remains unchecked with 154 new cases and 5 deaths in 24 hours.
London reports Delville Wood, a key German hold on the Somme, is now in British hands after fierce fighting. The British say Brandenburgers defended the post at great cost as three shells per yard rained in during a heavy bombardment.
British forces struck Delville Wood during fierce bombardment, driving Germans from the fortifications as shells rained at a record rate. Officers described the “hell’s crucible” of Longueval and Delville Wood with veterans and new troops fighting under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.
Paris dispatch reports Russians reconnoitering at Auberive in Champagne, penetrated German trenches, cleared them with hand grenades, and took prisoners. French infantry halted a German attempt near Lihons Chaulnes. Meuse Verdun region anti assault stopped by artillery. Two German aircraft fell in Somme region.
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