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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
4
In Athens a diplomat argues Greece could join the European war if Venizelos returns to power. The report says Venizelos supporters are reportedly placing orders for Greek army munitions and the king may abdicate rather than accept Venizelos governance.
A fresh contingent of Russian troops arrived in France and received an enthusiastic greeting. The first group reached Marseilles on April 23 after sailing from Vladivostok, then moved to Champagne trenches after a brief rest, followed by three more contingents.
Frank Kunce of Loveland Colo won the Colorado motorcycle championship finishing Pike's Peak course in 22 minutes 3 seconds. He earned a $400 prize for conquering the twelve and a half mile ascent with about 6000 feet of elevation gain.
Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker representing the Congressional Union called at the White House and warned Secretary Tumulty that Wilson’s continued opposition to the constitutional amendment could hurt his bid for a second term.
Dr. Julian Iras, nominee of Nicaragua's liberal party for the presidency, arrived at Corinto on the steamer Ecuador from Costa Rica but was barred from landing and barred from entering any Nicaraguan port by authorities.
Mrs A M Austa of Tremonton gave birth on a Salt Lake Route train between Osis and Delta. The child died shortly after birth and the mother was removed from the train at Milford.
While hunting sagehens a few miles south of Downey Idaho Sam Marshall killed two rabid coyotes. It marks the first confirmed rabid animals found in the area.
General Calles declares in an official campaign account that he has practically completed the subjugation of the Yugui Indians near Douglas Arizona. The statement frames the campaign as nearing its end with the Yaqui conflict largely resolved.
The proposal seeks a net profit excise tax on all manufacturers selling goods to foresee governments as a substitute for the munitions tax in the pending revenue bill. This measure is being seriously considered by lawmakers.
Colonel Roosevelt will deliver a final campaign speech in Lewiston Maine on August 21. The address will proclaim national issues and support the candidacy of Justice Vaghen.
Charleston West Virginia reports hundreds dead or missing after a cloud burst and flash flood in the Coal River valley. Many miners and families driven from homes. Acme and Cabin Creek towns hardest hit with numerous bodies recovered and thousands left homeless and hungry.
In under three hours after robbing the Highland Bay store in Bingham of $1,000, three armed Mexicans were captured by Sheriff Corless and a posse in the hills west of Bingham. They had hidden in a brush clump.
In Chihuahua City the Torreon and Durango line at Noria was attacked by villa bandits. Government troops aboard the passenger train repelled the assault. General Aguilar, aide to General Francisco Murgia, was killed in a running fight.
John William Gardner aged 18, a transient laborer, died after a dash to escape what he thought was a police raid. Officials cite heart failure possibly triggered by fright as the cause.
P Christen sen of Salt Lake City was killed and H V Backett of Pocatello Idaho was severely cut and bruised when a car went off a bridge into a canal near Twin Falls Idaho.
British naval aeroplanes reached the vicinity of Brussels for an air raid the war office announced on Wednesday. Eight bombs struck near the airship shed, causing damage in the vicinity.
A joint international commission to resolve border disputes was announced in Washington. Acting Secretary Polk and Eliseo Arredondo pressed for a broad scope while prioritizing immediate border questions. Carranza’s envoy preferred three specific topics: troop withdrawal, future border ops protocol, and investigations into border raids.
August 9 conventions in Salt Lake City and Ogden nominated candidates for Utah’s two congressional districts. Timothy C. Hoyt of Ogden won the First district nomination in Ogden on the third ballot. Charles R. Mabey of Bountiful won the Second district nomination in Salt Lake City, defeating Theo dore L. Holman on the third ballot. Congressman Joseph Howell of Cache county lost at the Ogden convention.
The Telegraaf reports a frontier dispatch stating large stocks of war materials were burned in German magazines at Aerschot Belgium amid ongoing combat the blaze cited as a disruption to military supplies.
An explosion in a mine shaft at Snerman Pa within Pennsylvania Coal company handling killed two miners and left three others with serious burns. Fire officials reported gas ignition as the cause and the accident prompted urgent safety assessments at the mine.
About 350 outlaws led by Mariano Tames a former Villa colonel encamped on the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande roughly thirteen miles below Yaleta Texas according to reports.
President Wilson accepts the resignation of Thomas D. Stuart Judge of the First Circuit of Hawaii after criticizing the president's Hawaiian appointments. The move follows public dissent from the judge and ends his official service in the territory.
The United States board of mediation and conciliation will seek to adjust differences between railroads and 400000 employees. If talks fail President Wilson may be asked to use his influence to avert a nationwide strike. Railroads oppose double pay for the same day, while offering a shorter workday.
Miss Anne Martin of Nevada is chairman of the national committee of the Woman's party and will conduct the campaign this year in the twelve woman suffrage states of the West.
In Tulsa Oklahoma Will Towrey a Black man who with his brother Cecil is accused of killing Charles Vaughn a wealthy man surrendered to authorities admitting the serious incident.
Vice Admiral Hikonoje Kamimura of the Japanese Navy has died in Tokyo at age 67. He was among the most senior officers in the Japanese fleet.
Allied forces report success on the Western Front with French troops under General Joffre breaking German lines in a forty eight hour clash from Hemwood to the Somme and advancing at Verdun. Russians push Austro Germans back ten miles toward Galicia and seize Tlumach as Gorizia falls to Italian forces on the Isonzo front.
Presidential candidate Charles E. Hughes delivers first speech on his transcontinental trip in Detroit Michigan. He assails the administration’s foreign policy Mexican policy and diplomatic postings as inexperienced and condemns what he calls a raid on the civil service of the United States.
Battery A of the Massachusetts national guard nicknamed the millionaire battery declined the war department offer to muster out student companies and voted to stay on the border until state troopers are recalled. Every soldier in battery A is a Harvard man except one who hails from Princeton.
In Worcester Massachusetts a riot at the Barre Wool Combing and Norway Worsted company mills Monday afternoon led to gunfire by special officers guarding the plants. One man died from serious injuries and several others were wounded as strikers and sympathizers clashed with guards.
New York George W W Hanger of the United States board of mediation and conciliation announced Monday that after a conference between Switchmen's Union of North America and the railroads both sides agreed to settle differences by arbitration.
Charles E. Hughes, speaking in the auditorium here on Wednesday, assailed the administration for its preparedness policy as inadequate. He said reasonable preparedness is a primary duty and pledged to ensure it is discharged to the credit of the American people if elected.
George Kimball Smith, agent for lumber manufacturers, fell or jumped from a fifteen story window in the Boatmen's building. He landed on the roof of a seven story annex and died instantly.
The Peninsular and Oriental liner Dongola reaches Bombay from Basra Asiatic Turkey serving as a hospital ship and reports 180 heat stroke cases during the voyage.
A severe electrical storm Saturday struck Pittsburgh and Alleghany county causing one death and heavy property damage. Many houses were hit by lightning as the storm swept through the region.
The report states that at least 16,069 buildings were completely destroyed and 26,694 damaged by military operations in the area of northern France liberated from German occupation.
August 20 lesson outlines Paul’s mission in Ephesus from Acts 19 1 41. It notes his miracles proving the gospel power and the mob scene over Diana worship. It highlights Demetrius’s actions and the town clerk’s quiet restraint.
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