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AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1916. -TEN PAGjES.
MEXICAN
SOLDIERS
GO NORTH
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Dr. R. E. Vi’
Elected I
of the University
•'As a result of the final de-
ment:
University and in recognition of the
Visited by Committee.
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ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID OVER ENGLAND.
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GERMANS COUNTER ATTACK FRENCH LINE.
Nomination of Dr. Vinson was made
for the permanent presidency.
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University, issuing the following state-
A WISE SELECTION.
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TELEGRAMS BY THE
THOUSANDS POUR
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BRITISH LOCAL NAVAL FORCES ENGAGED
RAIDERS WHO RETREATED AFTER
TWENTY MINUTES. SOME OF BRITISH
BOATS WERE HIT, BUT NONE WAS SUNK,
ACCORDING TO BRITISH ANNOUNCE-
MENT.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK
IN DUBLIN CALLS
TROOPS: 5 KILLED
Mann Favors Army
of 250,000 Troops
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At
110
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OBREGON BACKS
UP DIPLOMACY
ZEPPELIN RAIDERS DROP
75 BOMBS OVER ENGLAND
COAST Of ENGLAND
DURING THIS WAR
Says Boll Weevil
Is Damaging Cotton
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Three Clashes With
Carranza Troops
Mexican General and
Scott Will Soon
Confer.
We Invite Comparison
with an papers that yon may
see how fresh the afternoon pa-
per is; how much of the morn-
ing paper is merely repetition.
Given an Ovation.
News that a new president had been
hearing. _______-
Looney to Argue
the Crane Case
Superiority
Of The Statesman’s local
news accounts largely for the
fact that it is the popular Home
Paper in Austin.
Forty Thousand Men
Threaten Expedition-
ary Army.
Wendell on Shakespeare, the students
present broke into loud cheers. Dr.
W. 3. Battle, acting president, also was
given an ovation on his appearance.
The Texan, the University paper. is-
sued an "extra" on the momentous oc-
The dispatch says the following messnge has been received in
Amsterdam'from Flushing:
"Several British warships necompanied by destroyers and other
vessels yesterday bombarded Zeebrugge and the German batteries
of Heyst, Blankedberghe and Knocke. The bombardment was one
of the heaviest since the beginning of the war and also of the longest
duration.
“The damage done at Zeebrugge ia said to have been enormous.
The harbor and docks were hit several times and. some ships were
then decided to
make the University a great leader.
The Statesman expeets to see his efforts crowned withisnecesa
for a bigger and better institution of higher learning To turn and
. a mL. gtntcur
Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson, for the
last eight years president of the Aus-
tin Presbyterian Theological Seminury,
was chosen president of the University
of Texas by unanimous vote of the
regents of that institution Tuesday
morning. The selection of Dr. Vinson
is the culmination of ft search for a
president which has been made for the
last year or more, during which time
educators in all parts of the country
have been considered. Dr. Vinson has
stated he will accept the position. He
rIITE Forty fifth Anniversnry Edition of The Statesman
I will be issued next Sunday, April 30th. It will contain
I a complete history of Austin, with carefully written AC.
counta of the various activities and assets of the city. Many
have already spoken for copies of this paper that they may send
these copies to friends elsewhere who wish to read of the grow-
ing and progressive Texas capital. Many have already gotten
, in their copy for this edition, because they wish to advertise in
this representative paper.
Those who have not yet gotten in their copy for apace in
thia edition should do so at once. If they wish further informa-
tion with regard to it, they may obtain it quickly by telephon-
ing The AuRtin Statesman at Telephone 1so. One of the States-
man a regular staff will gladly call to give any information de-
sired Those who wish extra copies of the paper should also
telephone now, for in spite of the fact that thousands of extra
copies will be printed. there have already been enough of them
spoken for to justify the prediction that those who wait until
the last moment to speak for copies may be disappointed.
If you want representation in the edition, or if you want
copies of it, telephone today.
Following the lecture Dr. Vinson and
Dr Battle took luncheon with the re-
gents at the Home Economics Building
at 1 o’clock thia afternoon. Dr. Vinson
was notified of his election at 10:80
o’clock this morning shortly after it
To Discuss Protocol.
Andreas Garcia, Mexican consul, has
not been informed when General bre-
gon will reach Juarez. Mr. Garcia
thought the conference might last sev-
eral days. It was uinderstood details
of the proposed protocol relative to the
dispatching of armed forces of either
government into the other’s territory to
run down marauding outlaws vould
•Iso be carefully discussed.
That several weeks at least will
elapse before the troops are withdrawn
from Mexico appears evident from the
amount of food and forage sent south
from the Columbus base. Supplies suf-
ficient to last the entire expedition
from thirty to thirty-five days are now
at the front. General Pershing also has
received sufficient clothing and shoes
to re-outfit completely the men who
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Republi
ran Leader Mann today supported the
Senate amendment to the army, bill
to provide for a regular army of 250,000
men after he had failed to prevent con
sideration of a special rule to bring dis-
puted points between Senate and House
to a conference.
"I am in favor of sufficient preps-
ration now," he raid "I ahull, how.
ever, do everything in my power to
prevent thia country from going to var
except unler extreme circumstancen.
Debate on the rule was left to one
On previous occaslons attacks have
been made on the English coast dur-
ing the day time by German warship.
The most important raid wae made
Dec. U. 1914. Ihe towns of Scar-
currence. The Be ard of Regents
LONDON, April 25, 2:20 p m.—Eight British aeroplanes bom-
brded the hostile eamp at Quatia, in Egypt, near the Suez Canal.
The camp wax destroyed and
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Twenty-
five thousand telegrams, protesting
against action, which might mean war
with Germany, began pouring in on
Senators Sherman and Lewis of Illi-
nois late last night and still were r-
riving today.
Although signed by individuals in
Illinois, the telegrams followed pre-
pared forms and were prepaid. There
I was nothing in them to indicate who
had prepared the forms for the^ signa -
tures and paid the telegraph companies.
Every available operator of both
companiea worked all night and was
working today receiving the messages,
which were being delivered to the Sen-
ators in packages of 100.
The two Senators will decide later
whether they will present the messages
to the Senate.
During the day telegrams of the
same sort began coming into Senator
Cumnons and Kenyon from Iowa and
to Senators La Follette and Hunting
from Wisconsin. Senators were amazed
at the extent of the propaganda.
East Texas Tonight and Wednes-
day partly cloudy. .
vne regenus WESU wiIIES nm vaIvLUV, — • till West Texas Tonight partly cloudy,
pledge to cooperate with the University authorities for the upbuild colder in tM panhanale; wednenday
! 5- - . . ----- ---1 -ntitntion, lgenerally fair. g
■link.
"British aircraft also threw bomba on German hattertea.
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8 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April ♦
+ 15. -General Funston will ac- ♦
♦ company General Scott to the ♦
♦ conference with General Ob re- ♦
♦ gon. it was announced at de- 7
♦ partmntal headquarters today. ♦
• General Funston’s participa- ♦
♦ tion in the border negotiations ♦
4 was ordered by the War De- ♦
♦ partment and is in line with the ♦
♦ wishes of th cchief of staff who ♦♦
♦ believes that the purpose of the +
> conference will be better served ♦ |
♦ If he has one with him who is "
♦ more intimately acquainted with ♦
• the details of the situation. +
poured a hall of shells Into the towns
for an hour and a halfe and in addi-
tion to the large number killed, 200 or
mnorrzarporosuceachoundtenPexcite it was announeed offieially today.
ment In England, where it win thought the hostile troops, the aviators reported, apparenty began to with-
for a time that nn attempt at nn Hi- .. ..
I vasion of the country might be under
Lowestoft is on the North Sea coast about 100 miles to the
northeast of London. It is almost opposite The Hague. .
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 25.
Added interest was given the coming
conference between General Hugh L.
Scott, chief of staff, and General Al-
varo Obregon, minister of war for the
de facto government of Mexico by
the receipt of news that more Mexican
troops are being concentrated in
Northern Mexico. Army officers here
were not alarmed by the information
concerning troops movements, but it
was realised that General Obregon as
minister of war has so disposed his
forces that by the time he meets Gen-
eral Scott in a diplomntie engagement
he will have behlnd within easy reach
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. April 25.-
More detailed information regarding
operations of the picked squadron un-
der Major Hovze reached headquar-
ters today. It became known for the
first time that the three minor en-
gagements of the command were with
Carranza troops. Mention had been
made of. the clashes in earlier dis-
patches from the fleld, but it was the
belief at headquarters that bands of
Villa followers had offered resistance.
Private Eichenberger of the Thir-
teenth Cavalry is still missing. Jt is
thought he may have lost his mind
I after the Parral fight and strayed
away. A reward of 150 has been of-
fered for his discovery.
LONDON, April 25, 12:45 p. m.—A number of German battle
cruisers appeared off Lowestoft today. Local naval forced engaged
the raiders, and also British light eruisers. The German warships
retreated in twenty minutes.
The following official statement wan made:
“ About 4:30 o’clock thia morning the German cruiser squadron, -
accompanied by light cruisers and destroyers, appeared off Low-
estoft. The local naval forces engaged it and in about twenty min-
utes it returned to Germany, chased by our light eruisers and de-
stroyers.
“On shore two men, one woman and a child were killed. The
material damage seems to have been insignificant, so far as is known
at present. Two British light cruisers and a destroyer were hit, but
none was sunk.’’
main points of concentration nt Casas
Grandes and Namiquipa. Scouts and
other agents of the army reported that
the movements of the de facto govern-
ment troops were being continued and
unofficial information placed the num- 1
ber of those in and about Torreon nt
26.000. Military estimates of those in
Sonora that could be used against th®
Americans are approximately 15,000. 1
while another 5000 are in the State of
Chihuahua.
Failure by General Obregon to con-
vince General Scott of the soundness
of his diplomatic arguments could be
followed, army men here asserted, by a
• very practical use of this combined
force. The disposition has been «o
made that the greater part of the
40,000 troops could be turned against
General Pershing’s force with less than
a week’s delay.
Expect Assurances.
Assurances that the de facto gov-
ernment of Mexico is prepared to cope
with Villa bonds in Northern Chihua-
hua are expected to be made by Gen-
eral Alvaro Obregon, minister of war
of the Carranza government at his
coming, conference here with Major
General Hugh U Scott, chief of staff
of the United states Army. General
• Obregon, It was learned in Mexican
official circles here tday, will describe
his plans for policing the northern
• Mexican country in detail with the hope
that they will prove acceptable to Gen-
eral Scott. Should the plans be decmed
adequate by General Scott, the de facto
government will renew its request of
the American Government that its
troops he withdrawn from Mexico. -
General Scott’s original order to Gen.
eral Funston regarding the Villa pur-
suit set forth that the troops were to
continue their quest into Mexico until
the Villa hands Were destroyed or
broken up, or until such time as the
de facto government was in a posi-
tion to control the activities of th®
bandits.
I Ywestort now raided for the sec-
loud time,As the most easterly town in
I England, an important fishing staton
land a fashionable seashore resort
I population is about 30,000. This town
I has been attacked on several occasion
by Get man aircraft.
by the committee named to submit
LONDON, April 25, 3 p. m —Seventy bombs were dropped dur-
ing last ‘night’s Zeppelin raid. One man wax injured. Four or five
Zeppelins, the official press bureau says, took part in the raid.
, chosen spread through the University
- shortly after the election and when Dr:
Vinson appeared in the auditorium at
noon to hear the lecture of Dr. Barrett
suffered so badly in the hard drive to
Parral. . , , ,
All of the troops ordered to Solumt
bus to reinforce the line of communi-
cations have arrived at their destina-
tion. The Sixth Cavalry, en route from
the Brownsville, Texas, district passed
through El Paso early today on their
way to the border base, arriving there
before noon.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
And TRIBUNE
ONLY DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED IN AUSTIN CARRYING THE COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
PARIS April 25, 12:01 p. m.-Three suceessive attacks .were
made by the Germans last night on the new French positions: in the
region of Dead Man’s Hill, on the Verdun front. The war office an-
nouncement of this afternoon says the first two assaults.failed.com-
pletely and the third assisted by the use of fu, also broke down.
The ermans sustained heavy losses.
Six bombs were dropped on Dunkirk this morning. A woman
was killed and three men wounded. .na
German troops also attempted last night to carry an ndvaneed
poet at the redoubt of Avocourt, but failed. On the Verdun front
east of the Meuse, there wax less activity. Fighting with hand
grenndes occurred this morning in Apremont forest.
Walter E. Davis, 7 ravis County farm
demonstrator, has discovered that the
boll weevil, the bane of the cotton
growers’ is again on a rampage in
Travis County. He wants action on
the part of all farmers immediately t
roi dhte county of the peat.
The discovery of the presence of
the pent was made Monday afternoon ,
on the Will Cullen farm, where a few
"cukre" stalks of cotton have sprung
up. on each of these so-called ’suck-
ers” were found a number of the bugs.
Mr. Davis suggests that every farm-
er in Travis County who has any cot-
ton “sucker" stalks on his place ob-
tain at once a pear burner, burn off
the bugs and likewise the stalks. He
suggests that this is the only way to
get rid of the pests and he thinks that
Immediate action is necessary.
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GERMAN LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON BREAKS
THROUGH BRITISH PATROL BOMBARDING THE
COAST 2 LOWESTOFT; SEVERAL ARE KILLED
ATHENS, April’ 25..(Via, Paria)..
$-eraaBBarvrwbetprdnaim2h incpegenea,cent
iarte number of pernoma:amnone theme
Erandon at Premier Radoslavoft of
BulgariA.
not fewer than 40,000 m en.
General Scott probably will remain
here untrhe knows that General Obre-
gon is nearing the meeting place at
"the border, which it la believed, will
not be before near the end of the
week. It was suggested today at his
temporary headquarters at Fort Ham
Houston that General Funston might
accompany General Scott. General
Funston has received no such orders
from Washington, but It was regarded
as not improbable that General Scott
might request General Funston to ac-
company him to the conference in view
ol the intimation from Mexico City that
General Obregon would like to discuss
affairs with General Funston, whom he
met t the border last year.
The concentration of Genera Prn
shing’s men has continued and today
the punitive forces are backed togeth-
er in a much shortened line, the two
clsion of a permanent president for the borough, Whitby and Hartlepool, about
unyeraity ane in.recozn ll°" of.the 1M miles noah o iwestof were
6004 feclinE. In naaton. "othestinat bombarded and about thirteen persons
Shakespearean celebration. ,,W eduesday were killed. Aided by th® fog, the
will be an official holiday: German vessels escaped.
------ . •----on Jan. 24, 1915, a further attempt
of the kind was made, but the Ger-
man squadron was met off Dosgerbank
by the British battle cruiser squadron
under Vice Admiral Hir Dp vid Beatty.
On being sighted the .Germans made
for home at high speed. The German
armored cru'ser Bluecher wus sunk and
two other cruisers were set on fire
and damaged severely. The British
flagship Lion was disabled and towed
ESTABLISHED 1871—Vol. 45; No. 113.
. will take charge a. president on July 1. took place when heswantwatteasupon
1 -- — by a committee comnposed or Vavd
Harrell. Major George W. 1
and Acting President Bottle,
requested to sit with the board for th®
remainder of its present meeting. Dr.
Vinson accepted th® position offered
him.
Casualties of the
Bulgarians 137.000
ATHENE. April H (Via Parin 4 100
A m.) The lonses by the Bulgarian
Army during the war are estimated by
pumzarlan feport" terelyed nera 1a
amount to 87,000 kilted ana 60,000
wounded or missing
Powder Factory in
Bulgaria Explodes
home. , ..
The first German naval raid on the
British coast was mad© on Nov. 8.
J 914. Three battle cruisers, the Seyd-
litz Moltke and von der Tann: the
armored cruisers Bluecher and Yorck
and th® protected cruiser* Kolberg,
Graudenz and Strassberg left port on
the evening of Nov. 2 and at dawn
appeared off Yarmouth. They bom-
barded Yarmouth and Lowestoft for
about twenty minutes and then re-
turned The Hritish submarine D-B
attempted to pursue the Germans, but
struck a mine and sank. The Yorrk
also struck a mine and went down with
300 men. . . .
The raid on Hartlepool. Scarborough
and Whilhy was the most important of
there ventures The German cruisers
L BRITISH WARSHIPS ATTACK BELGIAN COAST.
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LONDON, April 25, 12:26 p. m.—An attack on German posi-
tions ou the Belgian coast by warships is reported in an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amnterdam. The bombardment is de-
seribed ax one of the heaviest in the region during the war.
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gustine Eirri, chief secretary for Ire-
land. announced in the House of C‘ /■
mons today that grave distur”ancz I
broke out yesterday in Dublin. He
aaded that troopi had been »ent to
the Irish capital ami that the situstion
was now well in nand, but that twelve
persons and four or five soldiers had
..mUKwed He. tureg paat
He was the rebels were In powesslon of four
or five different part, of Dublin.
Mr.’ nirril made his announcement
in reply to a question by .cormoner
Crane immediately «*’r the. uu m:
biine of the House. He said that tne
pontrrice has been forcibly taken Pon-
Usslon of and that telegraphic com;
munication had been cut. the.s oura
lof the day, however. Mr. EIr reI "2
one® Th«- regents tnen aecied to | soldiers arrived from < urreKh n—
recers until the afternoon in order tosituation was now well in hand*
(continurd .... F... Three.! ,ThenicrmananctionnE "v
any further particulars, but the Mo
he continued, might take it trom.aim
that the situation w«s well in hand
The secretary said th.re had been
The Statesman feels that it would be recreant to a public dutylarrtamnpuin. but he ” ’
if it did not take occasion to congratulate the Board of Regents ' Apaking from the ".2:
upon the wisdom shown in selecting R E Vinson as president, of ‘nad,regroaapenau id say the
the University of Texas. And the niversity, too, should feel that I A” 7 0-locE last nisht Mrnirrel
it has been fortunate indeed because th- board has shown suchlsid.four.or.fivnpertnereBela,But"Te
wisdom. ■ I Mid "tRey .11.1 not control ths whois
Dr. Vinson is no stranger to the people of Texas and to the peo piace. T_. .
pie of Austin. Ample opportunity has been given to observe hislw... Pccian Troops
qualifications as a man, as a' teacher, as a liusiness men and as a More KuS < P
preacher. In none of his endeavors has he ever been found wanting I Land in F rance
He has stood forth squarely for strict hosin' -a principles. I
He has impressed jail with his fairness I MARSEILL.ES, AprIt 25. “ Another
He is a distinguished scholar. —.....r.';.- n O l"
He is eminently qualified as an educator ' here •'" "O H
He is in the prime of life, young and vigorous; • The firnt, for; ' .ofnurwian" .*m
His theological connections have never eausrd those of other at.Marveplsu. 1 through Lyons on the
creeds to call him narrow, for his broad gauged utterances have wy ngrthward, przumaby.’n.te
impressed the world with the faet that he in a • hristian, not A bigot.rrontoTho.numbrransemena.aithouet
He ft successful. . ,>n‘inr^
He is diplomatic. ' »« xpron rora Mra"."i that F* 1
He is an orator of ability. I ,it,iy aqunrier of * milion men wolaT
He is beloved by all men who know him In the Austin Rotary 6 -n ,h,B nprin«. from nenvn AI
Club there is no man more esteemed than te So impressive, so yrannutnnzen an On ler right- i
capable, so pleasing"is he that he was recently xelected delegate Ini an « >• «*'" ......uipthem
to "Che international convention of that organization to be held at in France -"0—
Cincinnati, even though he is n comparativ 1 "e" "eme in th«PartlyCloudy,"Is
orEntsnevery qualification for the place and will unquestionably Forecast for Texas
Attorney deneral B. F Loomey teft
today for Wshineton. D. C. where he
5 wTHr
court in this State held as unconit-
tutional the statute fixing the fran
chise tax on freign corporations.
Should this case be affirmed the Tex-
ns law will be invalid and several hun-
dred thousand dollars will.be 208t un:
legs n different law.I® enacted .that win
meet with the constitution require-
ments. - ■ ■
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, April 24 - (Delayed.)- The
British steamship Ross, 2666 tons rosBr
owned nt Cardiff, hns been Bu9*. Fe%"
en of the crew raved
LONDON, April 25, 3:25 P m—Au-
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