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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
1
Petrograd announced more than 10000 additional prisoners taken on the southern Russian front. The figure raises total German and allied captures to nearly 210000 since the Russian offensive began. Verdun battles remain intense with German attacks repulsed at Thiaumont works.
British headquarters report heavy artillery fire and multiple trench raids along the front in the last 24 hours. Gas and smoke were used to cover operations. Germans killed by gas were found in Ypres trenches as raids and bombardments continued on Odvocatory ridge and Sorrel Hill.
Paris reports a daylong bombardment and German assault northwest of Thiaumont in Verdun, repulsed with heavy losses. French machine gun and curtain fire devastated attackers. near Tahure and Butte de Mesnil trenches were cleared, shelters blown, and Meuse artillery fought around Hill 304.
Austrian navy report says torpedo boats shelled a factory and a moving freight train near Giulianova causing a locomotive explosion and car fires. Lt Bahnfield battleship shot down a hydroplane, an observer was killed and a French pilot captured. Bombardments hit Pont di Piave and Porto Grad o bridges. four hits on a bridge. Russian and German actions noted on Niemen and Smorgon fronts.
The Italian forces storm Fort Mattassone in the Arsa valley and seize the ridge of Monte Trappola. They also announce the occupation of Pedescala in the Astico valley.
Ignacio Calderon and Rafael Salvidor, Bolivian and Salvadoran ministers, met with Secretary Lansing at the State Department to explore U.S. mediation in the Mexican crisis. Calderon said the U.S. position depends on release of American prisoners and Carranza’s reply to U.S. demands. He promised another visit after Carranza’s response.
The Senate backed the Hay resolution authorizing drafting guardsmen into federal service for the emergency period. House approval came last night, with changes removing dependents’ relief and family-msupport provisions. A $27,536,000 emergency funds bill for border movement was also passed without debate.
The national patriotic relief committee led by Miss Anne Morgan appoints Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly as field secretary to travel to Texas and determine the most urgent needs of troops at the Mexican border. Nineteen state committees already exist to support soldier care.
Twenty five men from the Genoa steamer Pino arrive at Port Mahon Minorca in the ship's boats after the vessel was shelled and sunk by a submarine on Tuesday.
Readable tourist weather overviews for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. City forecasts list temperatures winds and Friday conditions with high and low ranges and cloud cover.
Three NM National Guard motor trucks carried guardsmen along General Pershing's line of communication to guard against disruption of the American supply route. The move followed reports of concentrated Carranza cavalry near Guzman on the Northwestern Railway, ten miles from the line. Remounts sent to Pershing were ordered back by the American commander amid fears of a Mexican advance.
San Francisco dispatch reports California troops lead a western mobilization toward Nogales with 3000 men from the Second and Fifth regiments plus field artillery and cavalry. Oregon infantry battalions head south. Montana's first detachment to depart later today as recruitment completes.
Boston June 29 Adjutant General Cole said War Department advised that discharges given to militia members who refused the federal oath or who have dependent families are illegal. The law requires muster into general service on presidential demand and may lead to court martial. About 500 to 800 men reportedly refused the oath.
A War Department telegram sent Major General Funston directs Maryland to Eagle Pass Texas Florida to Del Rio Texas Maine and New Hampshire to Laredo Texas with later word on Vermont. General Wood says Florida troops are not ready and New Hampshire units face equipment defects oath issues delaying movement. He vows to cut red tape where possible.
New York dispatch reports the Twelfth regiment about 1200 strong left for the Mexican border. Major General Leonard Wood announced that twenty thousand national guardsmen from the Department of the East are en route, with forty thousand more encamped awaiting orders.
An open air recruiting station was erected in Grant Park under Captain Franklin R. Kenney to serve the national guard and the regular army. Army officers slept in the tents last night and will operate indefinitely as recruitment continues.
Sir Roger Casement was convicted of high treason in connection with the Irish revolt and sentenced to death by the High Court in London. The chief justice warned jurors to ignore outside politics as he outlined the treason law and the facts, while Casement prepared a lengthy statement asserting Irish nationality and the right to trial by Irishmen.
Washington reports the United States issues a strong note calling the Italian style of the assault on the Petrolite a deliberate insult to the flag and an invasion of American rights. It demands prompt apology punishment of the submarine commander and indemnity.
Inspectors and office men run three or four cars as 135 motormen and conductors walk out at five this morning. No service to Mexico or Ysleta. a few cars operate to Fort Bliss under supervision. The strike halts most of the system while crews demand recognition of the Carmen's Union higher pay and reinstatement of three discharged workers.
President Wilson will speak to the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at a mass meeting in Independence Square this afternoon unless detained in Washington. The numerous departmental and sectional sessions were adjourned yesterday.
Twenty three members of the Tenth cavalry and Mormon scout Lem Spillsbury were brought to the border at noon and handed to U S authorities after being captured by Mexicans at Carrizal. A large Juarez crowd jeered as they disembarked in worn uniforms and towels for headgear. Spillsbury spoke of orders to obey while Captain Boyd faced questions over the Carrizal fighting and retreat.
U S plans to keep border forces at full strength along the frontier until Carranza proves control over bandits. Special Agent Rodgers reports Carranza orders release of American troopers captured at Carrizal as diplomacy continues.
The body of General Felix Gomez, who commanded Mexican forces at Carrizal, received honors in Saltillo with a public manifestation of regret. Interment was at Gomez Farias, his birthplace, as ceremonies marked the ninetieth anniversary of the constitution.
Consul Simpich advised the State Department that during an anti American demonstration yesterday in Nogales Sonora the American consulate was looted. The message did not confirm border reports that the consul fled before the mob or that the shield was dragged through the streets.
High officials in Chihuahua said it would be a very graceful act if the United States returned ten machine guns and other war material captured by American troops during battles with the Villa bandits. Jose Chavez dit, operating near Hacienda in eastern Chihuahua, surrendered.
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