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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
29
A Saloniki dispatch to the Radio Agency reports allied fleets bombarding the southern Bulgarian coast from Port Lagos to Dedgaghatch. The population is fleeing inland as the invasion intensifies.
Paris reports the Verdun battle intensifies on the Meuse east bank after Fort Vaux. Germans rush fresh troops and artillery against Tavannes and Fort Souville while French batteries hammer Thiaumont farm. Both sides press fierce assaults, with 30,000 German infantry involved west of Fort Vaux and Thiaumont.
German and Austrian forces launched a heavy counter attack against Russian units advancing in Northeastern Bukowina and reportedly drove them back, with Austrian sources claiming 1300 Russians captured. An advance near Douaumont on the Verdun front was announced, and British troops began a new movement against German positions southeast of Ypres.
In Athens on June 13, reports diverge over the entente hold on Greece. The blockade's continuation hinges on the timing and terms of demands presented to Athens, with authorities debating how and when to lift the embargo.
The article notes possible demobilization of the Greek army today tied to a change in the police chief, risking a hit to the government. Protests by American business representatives target the blockade across Greece. Kavala holds up tobacco worth about $2,500,000 belonging to American firms.
Rome dispatch says the white and yellow papal flag will fly on the ocean for the first time. Monsignor Locatelli, papal nuncio to Buenos Aires now headed to Brussels, has chartered a steamer named the Nuncius to carry papal colors as a neutral power for safety at sea.
An Austrian squadron raided Venice on Sunday night with other bombardments across Northern Italy. Official Austrian report dated June 12 states the strike was successful.
New York June 13 Charles E Hughes Republican candidate for president framed his stance on German American support as undiluted Americanism. He said backing him means backing an out and out American policy. L B Gleason announced that a successor to Hilles as Republican national chairman will be chosen after a sub committee consults the nominee. Moving pictures will be used to boost the campaign showing Hughes and excerpts from his telegram accepting the nomination.
The French opera house in New Orleans was donated to Tulane University by a secret donor. Valued at about 70,000 dollars, the property had been purchased at public auction to satisfy claims against the former owners.
Tonight and Wednesday expect fair skies with mild temperatures in the San Antonio region. No precipitation anticipated. Light winds from the south. Highs in the 70s, lows around the 50s to near 60 degrees.
Forecasts for several cities show clear skies and mild winds with temperatures ranging from the mid sixties to upper seventies. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington expect mostly clear conditions with Wednesday indicating clearer or partly cloudy skies.
Delegates at the Democratic national convention focus on selecting a national committee chairman and associates for Wilson's re election campaign. Three candidates vie for the chairmanship Willard Saulsbury Homer Cummings and Col E M House with Wilbur Marsh likely to be treasurer Morgenthau to chair finance. Labor pushes a sixteen point bill of rights including organizing rights and immigration literacy tests while western coalition talk lingers.
In El Paso a persistent rumor circulated that several Americans were killed in a Chihuahua City uprising. Officials denied receipt of any dispatch confirming the report and the Mexico Northwestern railroad denied sending such a telegraph message.
Crowds braved rain outside St Pauls cathedral awaiting King George Queen Mary and Dowager Queen Alexandra for memorial services in London. Thousands were refused admission as a building three times the size of St Pauls could not hold all officers wishing to attend. The service featured the royal engineers band and Irish Guard drummers with the dead march and a post ceremony at Westminster Abbey and Canterbury cathedral follow.
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau notes a typical summer pattern with rising hot air causing local thunder showers. The forecast calls for fair conditions overall, though scattered showers hit San Antonio Tuesday morning and Monday night across the state. Corpus Christi logged 1.12 inches, Brownsville 0.02, and showers were reported at Cuero Cotulla and Flatonia by Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone.
The Federal Trade Commission continued its inquiry into high gasoline prices in Washington. Independent oil company officers testified that Standard Oil may have endangered independent jobbers in western states by setting low retail prices while paying refiners high prices, undermining profitability.
Kentucky delegates to the national Democratic convention were braced and cut when their train was derailed by a split switch in Owensboro. One Pullman car turned over as the derailment occurred on a Tuesday.
President Wilson spoke at West Point on June 13 urging America first and warning against divided allegiance. He linked preparedness and justice, said the war did not come by accident, and emphasized Americanism over militarism while cautioning about future global events.
June 9 in Chihuahua. Twenty men of the Thirteenth U S Cavalry under Captain Otto W Rethorst routed the largest Villa band of Cervantes near Santa Clara twenty miles north at daylight. Twenty five bandits killed or wounded, horses and saddles seized, several rifles, ammunition. Americans unharmed. The bandits fled into the mountains after a brief, surprised clash.
United States officials report mixed consular news from northern Mexico with anti American demonstrations continuing near the border. Secretary Lansing withholds report details while indicating widespread rioting in border states and bandit raids inspire mobilization of 1500 more troops for Mexican service. About 1000 coast artillery and 500 engineers are ordered to join Pershing’s forces to guard the frontier near Laredo. Assistant Secretary Ingram faces a serious situation as armed raids and the Coleman ranch killings raise tensions among the Mexican populace.
Report from Laredo Texas dated June 13 describes a bandit killed in the pursuit of raiders who attacked the T A Coleman ranch northwest of Laredo. One body wore a Carranza uniform claiming rank of lieutenant colonel and another bandit prisoner identified the deceased as Villareal of the Carranza army. A captured cowboy said the men spoke of burning a bridge on the International and Great Northern railroad near Webb and of killing and robbing passengers.
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