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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
1
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In a tense campus climate, activist groups including the Vanguard Brethren and the Methodist Protestants form a coalition near the university union. Demonstrations press for broader reforms as administration contemplates policy changes and student demands intensify.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Berke Joy Texas and a medical context with references to surgery, instructor and a doctor. Details are garbled, but imply a medical procedure or terminologies with names likely misread. The record preserves the core terms without adding uncertain specifics.
Swamped with gold in New York the United States assay office processes far more bullion than normal. Normally about $100,060,000 passes through yearly. since July 17 the office has handled over $82,080,000, nearly a year’s worth, in a few months, straining staff.
London notes sensational coverage of Miss Edith Cavell, a British nurse executed by German authorities in Brussels for aiding wounded soldiers. The Times reports British reaction, while The Mail previews a forthcoming British document by Foreign Secretary Braud Whitlock detailing Cavell’s devotion and the Germans’ “callous” conduct. English papers draw a parallel to Mrs Lotte Narbert, sentenced in England for alleged information seeking on munitions, highlighting wartime tensions and moral questions surrounding aid to the wounded.
The judge questioned a woman about sending information to Germany if given a chance. She replied yes and noted correspondence with Germany via Swiss friends. The judge praised her frankness but called her dangerous and imposed a 26 month sentence.
Reports from the Rio Grande frontier recount a dawn raid by Mexican bandits resulting in three American soldiers killed. Army officials say troops may be increased to secure the border as further attacks are reported near Sebastian and the Ojo del Agua battleground. Mexican casualties include four dead and horses seized, with no identifications beyond one-eyed laborer among the fallen. Local authorities pursue the assailants while noting prior border incidents and April unrest.
In a wireless dispatch Captain Frank Metley reports U S troops under McCoy attacked a Mexican village at two in the morning. Troops drove off the raiders. five wounded and several killed were listed. Detachment of Troop G and signal corps guarded the village and pursued enemies toward the river.
General Furston urged a robust secret service along the Mexilean border to gain advance information before raids on American towns. The dispatch follows the de novo Tex attack on fio de Agua, Texas, where three American soldiers were killed and several wounded.
Naval experts outlined a 1934 defense program describing twenty seven first line battleships each carrying twelve to fourteen inch guns and capable of over twenty knots. Second line ships, scout cruisers and destroyers would be phased in with several old vessels scrapped or repurposed and submarines modernized for harbor defense. overall fleet changes emphasize heavier armament and higher speed amid budget and department considerations.
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