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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
1
San Antonio April 11 reports say Gen Funston notes Pershing has not asked for more troops yet staff view his silence as reluctance to reveal strategy. Officials foresee possible reinforcement to front, base realignment near Chihuahua, and call for additional forces including militia if needed.
From Punitive Expedition headquarters south of Namiquipa on April 11 a clash occurred between the US cavalry led by Kwant M and Villistas. Several Villistas were killed and 38 captured. Captured men admit involvement in the Coshee raid. Two wounded captives cannot be moved. the others will be taken to camp and sent to Columbus.
New York representative Stokes claims Felix Diaz sought US-friendly governance in Mexico with backing from Huerta, who offered 13 million dollars and 2 million to team up. Diaz reportedly refused revolutions, keeping 23,000 troops and ample funds as he moves toward Tapachula to challenge Carranza forces.
Reports from Berlin via Switzerland say the Kaiser is at Potsdam receiving only family and a few officials. A shell near Verdun narrowly missed him, killing officers and wrecking his imperial car, with officials suggesting a wound or shock may have affected him.
London reports 82 ships lost since March as war risks cull Britain’s bread supply. Liverpool MP Robert Patterson Houston urges compelling neutrals to employ interned German ships, threatens allied tonnage withdrawal, and seeks reassertion of right to seize enemy cargo. He calls for diplomatic steps to confiscate German ships in neutral waters for every allied or neutral vessel sunk.
In Hutchinson on April 11 Kansas Democrats met to select delegates-at-large for the St Louis convention. They reelected W F Sapp of Galena as national committee man after a bitter fight over J W Orr of Atchison. Resolutions praised President Wilton. Delegates-at-large named were Mrs W A Harris of Lawrence United States Senator W H Thompson of Kansas City A A Doerr of Larned and Judge A M Jackson of Winfield.
Two German steamship officers, one a Maniia resident and the other a former officer of an interned vessel, were taken from the American inter island schooner Henry 8 ten miles west of Zamboange by a British auxiliary cruiser. Suspicion had attached to the Henry 3 for trading under German-American charterers.
Lisbon reports Porto Amelia fortified area on the east African coast has been occupied, with Kionga on the Portugal German border reclaimed. The cable notes German forces had held the site since 1854. A British contract awarded for 100 howitzers cost 2.7 million dollars, to be delivered next year by Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company.
Reports from Mexico and the border say Villa has died rumor and that Carranza forces may aid Pershing. Officials note improved Mexican rail shipments by private brokers and new conferences signaling stronger collaboration against Villa.
Chicago result from the Illinois presidential preference primary shows Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman leading the Republican ticket while Wilson loses ground. Sullivan retains control of Democratic machinery and gains Cook County delegation from Harrison faction. Women vote controversially despite prior court rulings. Wilson leads in Chicago with 79,298 to Sherman 63,823. Roosevelt 11,650. Thompson 2, and other figures. John Siman secures a favorite son vote in the sixth district but plans Roosevelt on second ballot.
Wilson and Cabinet outline a future U S course pending German note on Sussex and attacks. Col House returns from Europe to press submarine policy while evidence is gathered, with no single case highlighted and a broad hope to avert further diplomatic exchanges.
In today’s index major items include calls for troops in Mexico, Diaz financing, and Villa death doubts. British shortages loom, while Carranza seeks troops. Also notes on U boat policy shifts,Senate sugar duty, and early sport and local briefs.
German forces advance from Cerbeaux woods and near Mort Homme, seizing small trench positions east of Dead Man Hill as French counterattacks recapture some ground. To the Meuse, artillery and intense fighting continue with German artillery and gas tactics pressing around Verdun and Vaux-Douaumont, while British forces hold near St Eloi after a repelled grenade attack.
A Reuters dispatch from Athens reports French and British ministers informing Prime Minister Skouloudis of plans to land troops at Argostoli harbor and elsewhere on Cephalonia, with assurances that Greek sovereignty will be respected and that harbor traffic will continue with minimal disruption. The Greek premier vowed to protest the move as an infringement. The British and French legations described the Argostoli base as defensive, not occupation. Meanwhile Berlin reports Athens refused Entente requests for troop passage through Greece from Corfu to Salonika, citing cholera concerns.
Paria April 11 Prince CGacar fifth son of the Kaiser proclaimed King of Lithuania. The Journal reports Prince Oscar’s elevation followed Kaiser Wilhelm’s Verdun departure with Oscar and Hindenburg to Vilna arriving April 2. They visited Lithuanian royal tombs and the castle ruins where a petition for independence and Oscar’s kinghood was read amid cheering crowds. The petition, said to be from East Prussian deputies Gebilot and Stepulis, collected signatures in Lithuania and Courland.
Berlin reports more than 84,000 prisoners taken since the Verdun drive began February 21. A semiofficial news agency published a French army order found on the battlefield urging Bethincourt be held under all circumstances, countering evacuated village statements.
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