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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
1
AP reports intense fighting near Verdun with German reinforcements massed on the Meuse right bank and deep assaults on Fort Vaux. Despite heavy losses, French lines hold with Damloup outskirts reached by Germans and La Fille Mort actions repelled.
Generals Pershing and Gavira reportedly agreed on a plan for American and Mexican troops to cooperate against banditry, with Mexican forces kept outside the expeditionary zone. Funston reported the conference as satisfactory and urged secrecy while observing how the arrangement works in practice. Meanwhile new troop movements reach the border as Texas units move to replace artillery at Douglas and areas near Eagle Pass and Laredo.
British dispatch reports sharp fighting at Ypres salient between Hooge and the Ypres Co Mines railway. German bombardment began at 9 15 a m with infantry attacks that broke our first trenches at several points but were repulsed. Fighting persisted at 6 30 p m with further clashes and two German aeroplanes were destroyed on Thursday.
Vienna war office reports ongoing Austro-Hungarian advances in the Southern Tyrol with several strategic positions captured near Arsiero. The moves come as pressure in the Italian theater persists.
ST LOUIS turning cloudy with 69 degrees and west wind. Sunday cloudy, 60 to 80. CHICAGO 60 degrees clear with west wind. Sunday likely cloudy, 54 to 78. MILWAUKEE 58 degrees clear with southwest wind. Sunday likely cloudy, 50 to 76. KANSAS CITY 62 degrees cloudy with east wind. Sunday likely cloudy, 60 to 74. NEW YORK 62 degrees cloudy with southeast wind. Sunday cloudy, 58 to 72. WASHINGTON D C 68 degrees cloudy with south wind. Sunday cloudy, 66 to 75.
The Times reports Rear Admiral Horace Hood likely perished when the battle cruiser Invincible sank during the Jutland battle. Hood commanded the Invincible as second in command of the battle cruiser squadron and was 46. He served as naval secretary to the first lord of the admiralty, naval aide de camp to the king, and previously as naval attaché in Washington. He saw action in the Soudan and Somaliland and earned mentions in dispatches plus the Distinguished Service Order.
Waterloo Iowa June 3 Ash ley Dunham chief of the Waterloo fire department in charge of the search for bodies said today the number of dead in the wreck of Rock Island passenger train No 19 will reach 25 The wreck occurred near Packard Iowa yesterday
A B Wood 75 of Mulhall Oklahoma died in a Chicago hospital as the Republican national committee heard a contest over his fifth district delegate seat. Wood was a personal friend of Senator Burton and the death was attributed to infirmities of age.
Twenty Apache scouts under Lieutenant Shannon encountered a small Villa band near Las Varas about fifty miles southwest of Namquipa on the Northwestern railway. The Mexicans fled after the sighting, with only a wound to one bandit reported and no American casualties.
Dispatch from Ambassador Page in London says Lieutenant Commander Powers Symington, US naval attache, is present in London and has been there since returning from the United States in February. Rumors had linked him to the sinking of the Invincible in the North Sea with most crew lost.
Lloyds reports the unarmed British steamship Elmgrove sunk. Owned in Glasgow the vessel was 3018 tons gross and built in 1892.
About 100 buildings halted as building trades unions join a citywide strike in support of 2000 laborers seeking higher wages. Kansas City unions reportedly total 25,000 members.
Brigadier General T. F. Davis says troops in the Arizona district under his command will not be available for Fourth of July parades reviews or other on parade events under current conditions.
San Antonio readies a large Preparedness parade with over 10 000 expected marchers. Chamber of Commerce officials and W G Tobin urge every patriot to join, with plans detailing assembly points and strict timing for an eight oclock start.
Officials announce a large parade with 100 to 150 employees from Wolff & Marx, Traction Company, Gas & Electric, Telephone, Peden Iron, Alamo Iron Works, San Antonio Machine, Joske Brothers and others. Postmaster Armistead leads about 160 postal workers. Alamo Iron Works will march with two cannons. The route starts Ninth Street and Avenue I, proceeds to Alamo Plaza, then through Commerce Main Military plazas and back, ending at Alamo Plaza.
President Wilson signed the army reorganization bill, the first major preparedness measure of the current session, after studying it for over a week. He used Senator Smith of South Carolina’s pen as a souvenir.
Columbus June 3. Mrs Christian Born wife of a Columbus brewer claims to have taught Magdalene Satter an eighteen year old Cleveland student at the State School for the Deaf to sing using facial expressions and piano tones she cannot hear Miss Helen Keller is in Columbus to test the method which has produced more than an octave of notes according to scientists this suggests the new technique may prove singing without full hearing is possible
General Venustiano Carranza issues a decree retiring hundred fifty and twenty dollar Vera Cruz notes from circulation after June 5. Smaller denomination notes are removed by June 30 with exchange for deposit certificates. Foreign exchange by private banks blocked, rattling the money market. In Agua Prieta Arizona five Chinese merchants close shops under Carranza decrees enforcing the new currency value at 10 cents gold per peso.
London reports a new order in council to take effect June 8 that restricts American exports as most listed imports come from the United States. The move excepts beer from Denmark and matches from Switzerland and eases starch and dextrin imports from America.
Senator Tillman chairs the naval committee and leads a push in the Senate to revise the naval appropriation bill to six battle cruisers and two dreadnoughts. The House passed a large naval bill funding five battle cruisers ten destroyers submarines and aircraft plus armor plant and personnel increases.
German and British naval losses are reported as near equal with around five thousand sailors dead on each side. The figures reflect a costly engagement near contested waters.
London reports from the British admiralty describe a raid into enemy waters where the German battle fleet was engaged and forced to retreat. Zeppelins were not the decisive factor, while wounded from the North Sea clash reached London. German casualties are estimated around five thousand with more ships lost.
Berlin reports a grand scale naval engagement with the German fleet under Vice Admiral Scheer achieving favorable results. British losses include ships sinking such as the Warspite and Indefatigable, while German ships returned to Wilhelmshaven. details remain incomplete and ranges were likely around eight miles.
New York and June 3. Bocuk White pastor of the Church of the Social Revolution was found guilty of desecrating the American flag for burning it and national emblems in the rear of his church. He received a thirty day penitentiary sentence and a $1000 fine. Police investigation continues into the flag burning circulars he distributed.
June 3 report from Tokio says Marquis Inouye will retire and Count Chinda may become Britain’s ambassador to replace him. Baron Hayashi and Viscount Uchida are eyed as likely successors to Viscount Chinda as ambassador to the United States or foreign minister. Foreign office remains silent.
In Austin Texas on June 3 a negro farmer named Jim Bedford of Horny’s Bend was shot and killed during an arrest attempt in a field. Constable Rex R. Fowler and deputy H E Horace faced resistance as Bedford allegedly refused to submit to arrest.
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