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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
15
June 13 dispatch reports allied forces bombing the Belgavian coast from Port Lagos to Dedeaghateh. The coastal population is fleeing inland as naval and air forces intensify operations along the southern shore.
Paris reports renewed, heavy fighting on the Meuse east bank as German and French forces clash near Tavannes, Souville, and Thiaumont. German assaults using 80,000 infantry clash with French firepower and machine guns, rivals on the Verdun front see no decisive change.
June 23 report from Savitilel-Germaon describes heavy bombardment near Northeastern Bukowina with Austrian forces advancing and claiming capture of 1300 Russian soldiers. Verdun front notes and broader Allied concerns cited. Greece blockade talks amid political shifts and protests against the blockades affecting American firms holding tobacco valued at about $2.5 million.
A Buenos Aires papal envoy Monsignor Lorbielli reportedly sails to Brissel and plans a voyage on a steamer named Nancies carrying papal colors as a sign of neutrality with the Navy wartime context.
A June 12 Austrian official report states a squadron of Ans artillery attacked Venice and several other northern Italian targets on the prior night. The raid is described as successful with bombardment of multiple locations.
June 13. Arles S. Hughes, Republican presidential candidate, responds to newspaper questions about German American affairs. He calls his stance undiluted Americanism and says supporters back his entire political program. The Hughes campaign plans moving pictures to spread familiar passages from his telegram to the national convention.
A French opera house in New Orleans, bought by a real estate firm a month ago, has been donated to Tulane University. The donor remains unnamed, and the property valued around 70000 was auctioned by court order to satisfy claims.
Fragmented weather data lists tonight through Wednesday forecasts for Chicago Milwaukee East Coast New York and Washington. Entries include temperatures highs and lows, wind directions and strengths with sporadic readability and several OCR errors.
St Louis report on the Democratic national convention notes possible chairmanship contenders United States Senator William S. Murk Suitsbury of Delaware Governor Homer Cummings of Connecticut and Colonel B. M. House of New York. The piece also covers party strategy toward a vice presidential candidate and proposed labor planks including suffrage and workers comp, with discussion of leadership and regional support as the convention nears.
Reported Americans killed in Chihuahua and El Paso as officials of the Merleo Northwestern railroad deny claims that messages about the telegraph lines caused a disruption. The incident is tied to a dispatch circulating locally with unclear details.
Large crowds filled streets near St Pauls as King George Queen Mary and Dowager Duchess attended memorial services for Field Marshal Earl Kitchener. Officials said building capacity could not accommodate the army officers seeking to attend and no troops were deployed along the royal procession. The service featured the Royal Engineers band and Irish Guard drummers and ends with the Last Post. The dead soldier was honored also at Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
Irregular unsettled conditions are expected to bring scattered showers over the next 24 hours. Major Allen reports fuel concerns while Major Buell calls it a typical summer pattern with rising heat and isolated thunder showers. San Antonio foresees some rain Tuesday morning and other parts of the state saw showers Monday night. Carlos Christi reports 1.12 inches of rain, Brownsville 0.2 inches, and the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co. noted showers at Cuero Cotulla and Platonia.
The Federal Trade Commission continued hearings on high gasoline prices. Independent jobbers accused Standard Oil of pressuring refiners to keep prices low locally while paying high prices to refiners, threatening the viability of independent distributors in western states. Testimony was to resume yesterday.
A train carrying Kentucky delegates to the Democratic national convention was derailed near Owensboro Kentucky when a switch split. The wreck injured several delegates and overturned a Pullman car, causing casualties and disruption to the journey.
President Wilson spoke to West Point graduates about Americanism first and divided allegiance, urging the United States to be prepared but to act as a model for true Americanism. He warned against militarism, stressed justice and the nation’s stance in world affairs, and noted the war’s inevitable arrival as a purposeful outcome.
The Thirteenth United States Cavalry under Captain Otto W. Retherst routed a large Villa band at daylight on June 9, twenty miles north of Santa Clara, Chihuahua. Twenty bandits were killed or wounded, four rifles and horses captured, and pursuit continued for hours through rocky terrain. The Mexicans, short on supplies, had beef and coffee. Americans remained unhurt.
Report notes mixed Mexican border conditions with anti American demonstrations and store window smashing. Lansing withholds public consular details while approving mobilization of 1500 more troops, border artillery from several bases, and engineers to join Pershing for raids near Laredo amid bandit activity.
Reported June 13 mentions three Mexican bandits killed northwest of Laredo during the chase of raiders who attacked the Coleman ranch. One bandit identified as Acodidia Mendez, a Mexican man held by authorities, with guards noting plans to burn a bridge and wreck a train near Webb before killing passengers.
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