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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
10
The week’s top developments span political moves, economic shifts, and cultural moments. Key figures and institutions shaped outcomes across regions, with notable deadlines, policy actions, and community responses driving the closing days of the period.
Western newspapers report Allies stop coal exports to Greece while British seize two German towns in East Africa. Greece’s king demobilizes 150000 troops. Berlin claims Fort Vaux near Verdun captured. Italians gain ground near Trent and Asiago. Russian forces advance from Lutsk. Austrian line retreats across the front. Turkish forces claim gains in Asia Minor. Villa leads a 1000-strong raid near Namaquipa Chihuahua.
A soldier was probably fatally wounded in a restricted district dance hall in Douglas Arizona. Bank vault at Sandy Utah wrecked by explosives with 2200 dollars stolen. William G. Lee reelected president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Detroit defeating A F Whitney. Southern Department says no immediate danger of a raid on the border. Lee Harrison, son of former Mississippi governor, found murdered in Chicago. Francisco Alvarez and Juan Sanchez hanged at Deming for the Columbus raid. Carranza troops threaten American scout patrols in Mexico. New Mexico treasurer O N Marron and law partner Francis E Wood suspended from federal practice in Santa Fe.
The House approved a bill granting relief to 800 mail contractors whose pay was withheld during the Civil War. Official dispatches show broad acceptance by Chinese people toward Li Yuan Hung as the new president. U S commerce data for April shows imports and exports rising from 1915 levels, with Justice Hughes accepting the Republican presidential nomination and resigning his Supreme Court seat.
The French destroyer Fantassia was sunk after a collision. her crew were rescued. The steamer Institutopesca departed Montevideo for Elephant Island to aid the Shackleton expedition, with a British transport officer joining the rescue party.
New York women golfers defeated Boston 11 to 10 in Manchester Massachusetts to clinch the Griscom cup. Details note notable international polo assets and track records.
Chemist Jonas Walter Aylsworth, inventor of the fluroscopic X-ray device and longtime associate of Thomas A. Edison, dies at his East Orange residence after a 28 year career in the field. The obituary notes his contributions to early radiography.
A roundup of upcoming Arizona events and local developments lists Pioneer celebration at Prescott July 4 7 Grand Canyon meeting October 3 6 Arizona State Fair November 13 18 in Phoenix Chloride festivities July 3 4 5 plus mining reports from Oatman Harshaw and Jefferson Camp. News covers rail rates court actions desert mining increases and a sugar of public works bills and electoral matters statewide.
Italian front dispatch reports a fierce clash along a 600 mile line as Slavs rout Austrians in heavy fighting. No further details provided.
London reports describe the largest Russian offensive of the war, with 600 to 700 miles of front where Russians claim steady gains. Austrian defeat purportedly turns to rout. Berlin says 2,000 Russians captured and Czernowitz battles loom as Austrians withdraw thousands from Bukowina.
Washington reports 1500 additional regular troops ordered to the Mexican border as anti American sentiment spreads in northern Mexico. Officials fear possible attacks on Gen Pershing's expedition amid recent Laredo region raids and a failed attempt to burn a railroad bridge. Three raiders were killed and two captured.
The Federal Trade Commission began an inquiry into the rise in gasoline prices with top oil producers ready to testify. It has finished a preliminary data tabulation and analysis, and today’s hearing marks the close of the investigation.
The state seeks the death penalty against Clyde B. Pearson, on trial in District Court for the murder of Sheriff Frank B. Roach of Laramie County Wyoming.
Chillicothe Missouri voters approved the dry option by a margin of 212 in a local option election. The result confirms the town's shift away from alcohol sales and distribution.
A passenger train on the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis line wrecked three blocks from Owensboro station. Three sleepers derailed with one destroyed by fire. The Kentucky delegation to the Democratic convention in St. Louis, including Gov. A. O. Stanley and former Gov. McCreary, were aboard and several passengers were injured lightly.
The Lienhart Pharmacy in Norman Ned reports seven years of customer satisfaction with Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root. The letter promotes the kidney medicine as a splendid remedy, encouraging readers to sample it with a ten cent request and warning to mention the paper. Bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar are available at drug stores.
A county near Bartholomew counts Mississippian tale of Rip Van Winkle as commencement speaker. The schoolteacher, informed by the township trustee, explains Rip cannot serve this year, ending the trustee's plan for a humorous but impossible address.
A young doctor and his drug clerk friend sit by a club window. A richly dressed woman passes. The doctor sighs that she is the only woman he loves. He wonders why he won t marry her. The dispenser quips that she s his best patient.
A fragmentary newspaper item depicts a quirky dialogue about a white poker chip mistaken for a peppermint tablet and a child asking if it was swallowed, reflecting a domestic scene with unclear context.
A character remarks on a woman’s fine old family line, noting she is related to many well-known people who never reveal the connection. The exchange hints at hidden social ties and discretion among prominent families.
A mother questions Gladys about time spent with a young man on the porch last night. Gladys insists she stood there briefly, while the mother recalls multiple intervals and teases a deeper gaze into the scene.
An advertisement offers a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Case of Brockton Massachusetts. It targets sufferers of rheumatism or neuritis and promises a wonderful, absolutely free work.
A character named Duthwaite is described as worn and haggard after sleepless nights. He mentions plans to win more jackpots so he can afford a trip to Canada this summer.
A fragment recalls a household dispute with a master and mistress arguing in French behind closed doors. A child questions the meaning as a keyhole becomes a silent witness to the rift.
A man with a deeply lugubrious appearance declares he is not a humorist but a pacifist who believes preparedness will cause war. The narrator insists the man is sad and foolish, denying any comic role and lamenting his grim outlook.
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