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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1916
Page
1
London reports Von Falkenhayn and Von Mackensen pushing in Roumania with Hirsova seized by Bulgarians and Campulung contested. Austrian forces gain heights near Kronstadt while Russians retreat on Moldavian front. French and German lines clash at Verdun Douaumont and Somme Guedecourt Morval with both sides reporting attacks repelled.
Berlin reports renewed infantry engagements on the Somme north bank with Anglo-French forces attacking Guedecourt Les Roeufs and Morval but repulsed by German artillery and machine guns. Meuse fighting near Verdun goes to the Germans with French assaults repelled at Douaumont and Fumin wood. Russian attacks west of Lutsk fail with heavy losses, while Austro German forces seize heights near Bukowina Transylvania and Romania and push toward Kronstadt and Partzuga valley. Dobrudja pursuit continues under Von Mackensen with Teutons Bulgarian and Turkish units.
An official statement from German army headquarters says Central Powers and allies meet little resistance. Five hundred isolated soldiers have been taken prisoner and several munition columns and other war materiel have been captured.
Austro German forces launched violent attacks against Russian and Roumanian positions on both banks of the Bystritsa in the Dorna Matra region. The Russian war office says the assaults forced Russian advanced posts to abandon two heights.
Paris reports French forces in Verdun used hand grenades to seize the quarry northeast of Fort Douaumont from German control. A brisk artillery duel continues near Douaumont while the Somme area sees intermittent shelling.
Sofia reports Bulgarian war office says Teutonic allies under Field Marshall von Mackensen have occupied Hirsova on the Danube about forty miles north of Tchernavoda Constantine. No great activity reported on other Bulgarian fronts.
Roumanian troops on the Moldavian frontier reported another success against Austro German forces. In the Trotus valley Piscul was captured while Teutonic troops fled. In the Uzul valley a Roumanian attack seized ten officers and 900 men along with five machine guns and war material. East of the Alt valley attacks were repelled and in the Jiul valley Austro German forces were defeated with 100 machine guns taken.
In Tokio Count Seiki Terauchi, newly sworn premier, told prefectural governors he will push reforms and focus energy on ending the European war, while highlighting Japan's alliance with England and cooperation with Russia and France. He urged loyalty, honesty, industry, health, and economic growth as foundations of national defense and peace in the Far East.
The Light reports St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington forecasts. Temperatures range from 42 to 54 with winds from south southeast northwest and variable cloudiness. Sunday weather mostly clear or partly cloudy with highs from 52 to 72 and lows from 38 to 54.
Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior in Atlantic City denies Lodge’s charge that a postscript was added to the Lusitania note. He states at cabinet meetings no post scripts or similar suggestions were discussed or heard of and calls the claim untrue.
The Reichstag approved the new German war credit bill in three readings, with the budget committee to meet during Reichstag adjournment to discuss Germanys foreign policy and war. Count von Roedern estimated total belligerent expenditure at 250 billion marks. Germany and allies to bear one third of destroyed goods. Monthly German spending reached about 2.19 billion marks due to fronts extending into Transylvania and Dobruja.
Count von Roedern announced total German war credits total fifty two billion marks. He explained treasury practice noting more than forty seven billion marks subscribed and forty five billion paid in. Subscriptions to the fifth loan reached 10.652 billion marks.
Vienna reports indicate Dr. Von Koerber, then Austro-Hungarian finance minister, will succeed Count Stuergkh as premier. He met with the emperor and travels to Budapest to confer with Count Tisza. If he accepts, Dr. Von Spitzmueller may become finance minister as a successor.
New York Oct 28 Republican contributions through Oct 23 totaled 1 667 707 29 from 22 226 donors while disbursements reached 1 578 934 38. Democratic funds show 41 882 contributors and 1 006 283 through Oct 24 with major gifts from Dodge and others. Disbursements total 991 323 through Oct 24.
H. S. Bush, a Virginia resident temporarily in Arkansas for business, voted for presidential electors under Virginia's absentee law. He marked the ballot at the federal building in Little Rock with Postmaster William E. Floyd witnessing. The ballot, sent by registered letter, heads to Pulaski, Virginia.
Italian miners in many state coal fields have suddenly quit to seek work in manufacturing centers. An inquiry by operators found reports that orders from Italian government representatives may be driving the migration. Factories producing munitions for the Entente are short of workers.
Chicago officials moved to extradite George Arndt, a private in the Fourth Texas Infantry, after a purported confession that he killed Frances Bloom by pushing her from Lincoln Park breakwater into Lake Michigan in 1914. An officer would be sent for him once papers are authenticated.
London reports on ten German torpedo boat destroyers attempting a Channel raid against British transports Thursday night. The Times praises boldness while noting eight raiders escaped and mines may be used. the Daily Mail laments the German points win. the Daily News sees no major strategic change and warns raiders take great risks.
Chicago reports a new dance called Walking the Ghost appearing at the Canter Club in a local hotel. Walter Gregory, club manager, notes the dance is performed without music and claims it has no relation to payday.
Washington, Oct 28. The Post Office Department officially recognizes Sam a stray dog that guarded mail bags at Mount Carmel Pennsylvania. Within a day he will wear a brass studded collar bearing U S mail presented to Uncle Sam s faithful friend by Albert Burleson Postmaster General Oct 25 1916. Sam guards a parcel post wagon while the carrier delivers and never misses a trip. An admirer wrote urging such recognition be given to Sam as he is not anyone s dog.
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad announces wage increases for shopmen in locomotive departments across the lines. Ranging from one and a half to two and a half cents an hour, with better working conditions, the raise retroactive to August 1 affects about fifteen hundred men.
Galveston Tex Oct 28 The defense rested after sur rebuttal in the John Copeland murder trial of William Black. Judge set up jury charge with state argument proceeding. Witnesses described firehouse visit, lobby encounters, and scenes at the Marshall hotel as shooting occurred.
A German carrier pigeon was seized by French forces at Fort Douaumont amid Verdun fighting. It bore a message describing heavy enemy fire leveling sectors, disorganization of garrisons, and a battalion’s plea for immediate relief, signed by First Lieutenant Steinbecht.
Rev. W. B. Stevens of St. Ann's New York has accepted the rectorate at St. Mark's. He visited San Antonio recently, preached twice, and enjoyed his stay. He has led St. Ann's for four to five years and now moves to St. Mark's.
Paris reports a bomb dropped by an entente aviator killed the engineer driving the train of Emperor William of Germany. The Kaiser was said to be at the Somme front in a counter offensive, after a Berlin visit. He thanked German troops for their four months of fight.
The War Department will not rush the senior West Point class to graduate in January. About 140 cadets remain in the term ending in June. With Congress allowing selection from civil life, over 4000 men have been examined and more officers are expected from enlisted personnel after November and January exams.
Great Britain's note in reply to American representations against the commercial blacklist was received today at the State Department. Arrangements for its publication will be made later. It reiterates the right to blacklist but proposes relief methods for Americans in certain circumstances.
The Leyland liner Anglian arrived from London armed for the first time since starting trips to the port. A four inch gun firing a 65 pound shell was mounted aft and two former British Navy gunners served aboard. The ship carried 2500 cases of U S cartridges bound for the British government that reportedly failed to meet War Office standards.
ATHENS reports the La Rissa railway strike ended and the withdrawal of Greek troops from Thessaly will begin promptly, signaling a return toward normalcy after disruption.
General Funston says American troops can handle any border situation with adequate forces spread along the line. The Big Bend district presents the toughest patrol problem due to rugged terrain and lack of roads, complicating supply and movement from Alpine to Del Rio.
Washington October 28 British fisheries have reduced production to less than one third of prewar levels and French fisheries have faced similar declines, apparently due to the war, according to preliminary reports to the Department of Commerce.
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