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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
4
The House passed a joint resolution extending the emergency revenue tax to December 31, 1916 by 205 to 189 and the Senate followed 45 to 29 with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. President Wilson signed the measure Friday night and plans for national defense dominate the post Christmas session.
Washington reports a sharp drop in immigration with total immigrant aliens falling from 1 218 480 to 326 700 in the year ending June 30 as admissions of all aliens drop to 434 244 from 1 403 801 the prior year. Departures also decline from 633 805 in 1914 to 384 174 in 1915.
In Denver the special train of H. A. Mudge new Rio Grande president wrecked on Marshall Pass Thursday. The engineer fireman and train porter were severely injured while Mudge and other party members escaped with a severe shaking up after the overturned cars.
Military observers say the Turco-German threat to Egypt is deepening as a Damascus to Egyptian frontier railway is constructed rapidly and expected to be completed by February first.
Berne Switzerland Camille de Copper was elected president of the Swiss republic on Thursday with Edmund Schulthess named vice-president. De Copper, a former justice minister, previously served as the republics vice-president.
Chicago officials said the Crane company will award employees more than six months of service a Christmas gift equal to 10 percent of their annual salary. The plan applies to both men and women and emphasizes year end rewards from the firm.
The Belgian relief committee steamer Levenpool of 4844 tons, sailing from New York to Rotterdam, struck a mine and was beached on the English east coast in a sinking condition.
London reports that the bid to strip Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassel of privy council membership due to German birth has failed.
Chicago Belt Line railway strike began Tuesday and was settled on Thursday with employees returning to work. The agreement ends the walkout affecting service and operations.
William Faltin, inmate at Florence penitentiary, was declared insane by a jury on Thursday after the warden refused to hang him on November 24 last. He was moved to the state asylum for care.
Reports to Bishop P. HM. Hurst from the Casas Grandes colony say soldiers of Rodriguez division looted settlers and billeted themselves on the colonists, prompting tense warnings and concern among coreligionists in El Paso, Texas.
A Chihuahua council of war with Villa and his staff is in progress as pressure grows to end Villa opposition to the Carranza government. Americans report Villa might avoid defending Chihuahua City and vows reprisals if Carranza forces cross near Juarez. Troop concentrations and commandeered supplies hint at a southern expedition toward Jalisco.
London reports that between 2,000,000 and 2,500,000 men have enlisted under the Derby plan, with the Earl of Derby serving as director of recruiting, per the Daily Sketch.
Vice Admiral Kanin who commands the Baltic fleet has thwarted German efforts to land near Riga and seize the important seaport. His strategy has kept the coast secure and prevented an assault on the city.
Cole-Myrle Nelson 26 a Billings Montana real estate broker was found dead in bed at a local infirmary late Tuesday with a knife wound in his throat authorities say the death is considered personal safety related.
Advices from the Santa Cruz and Solomon Islands say a drought has killed about 4,000 natives. Some villages are so deserted that no one remains to bury the dead.
A New York American canvass shows wide support in both chambers for strengthening the army and navy. In the House 269 favor and 23 against. in the Senate 63 for and 1 against, with many absentees and nonvoting members.
Tong King Chong president of the Chinese Kung tong known as the Chinese Republic association mailed an appeal to President Wilson not to recognize the Chinese monarchy. The group reportedly has about 60,000 members in the United States and substantial holdings in the Americas.
Rome correspondent reports Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria suffered paralysis of both legs last year and loss of use of his right arm, details relayed from Paris through the Matin agency.
The Dutch steamer Hambern, seized on October 31 with the American steamer Hocking, was released Tuesday from the prize court and turned over to a crown agent.
A blaze originating in a department store leveled a large part of the business section in a town of about 1,100 inhabitants. The fire caused extensive damage to shops and surrounding buildings, with officials investigating the origin and extent of the loss.
London reports Austria Hungary ready to exchange views with the United States while leaving to Washington the drafting of legal maxims governing the submarine commander who sank the Ancona. Vienna dispatch says the admiralty opposes disavowal and supports the sinker's actions as dutiful.
Federal league and organized base ball ended after more than two years of conflict that caused losses near 1 million. President Ban Johnson of the American league announced the peace pact, submitted jointly by the National and Federal leagues, had been accepted.
Milan Secolo reports in Athens that a German submarine was sunk in the Black Sea near Varna Bulgaria and that a Turkish torpedo boat was sunk in the Sea of Marmara by British forces.
Congressman Stephen M Sparkman of Florida as chair and fellow House Rivers and Harbors members will again face the annual battle over river and harbor expenditures this session as the committee reconvenes.
Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce proposed building merchant ships in government navy yards in a speech to the Civic club on Wednesday night.
Preliminary reports from justice agents investigating the Hopewell Virginia fire indicate it was not the work of an incendiary and the matter remains practically diagnosed by officials.
Dispatches report German forces massing for a potential west front push near St Mihiel while eastern moves touch the Dvina line. Balkans fighting continues with Serbs and Bulgarians in retreat and Italian landings aiding Serbian efforts.
A Friday windstorm devastated east Mississippi and adjacent Alabama counties, killing four Black residents at Giles in a collapsed house and injuring many. Dozens of homes collapsed or blew down, with widespread damage in Shubuta Cullum Geiger Millport Montgomery and between Columbus Mississippi and Fayette Alabama. Property losses were substantial with Montgomery alone reporting about 25 000 dollars in damage.
A Great Northern passenger train struck a school bus at a railroad crossing near Berthold North Dakota on Friday afternoon. Five schoolboys and a man were killed and another boy was mortally injured, with the bus load of children swept onto the track amid heavy fog.
Ald Pepple of Poland Washington reports the senate adopted a resolution urging the president to designate a day in the holiday season for an appeal to the American public to aid in relieving suffering in Poland caused by the war. The resolution passed Friday on motion by Senator Kern of Indiana.
A barge carrying six hundred horses valued at about 200 each sank in the North River near New York after a leak developed. The animals were sent to Brest France for Allied armies.
A Friday price advance in Pittsburgh adds five cents per barrel to all crude grades except Ragland, which rises by two ventas. The move marks another uptick in local oil pricing and reflects market conditions delaying consumer impact.
A senate Philippines committee voted Friday to favorably report the administration bill extending self government in the Philippines after two days of hearings.
A playful scene from Hokland's Magazine shows Willie persuading his aunt to act as engineer while he plays conductor. They simulate a train ride on a platform with a watch in hand, shouting to pull out and noting they are five minutes late, until parents intervene to stop such play near the tracks.
A Glasgow hawker touring the provinces offers a mar velous cure-all mixture. As he prepares to uncork a sample, his corkscrew is missing and he asks if any gentleman in the crowd is from Glasgow, prompting a Glaswegian to lend him the tool.
A young man visits the Haber Dashery shop and tries to return a worn necktie. The lord ly salesman notes the wear but the man explains he wore it the night before to propose to his girlfriend who refused him.
Conversation reveals Mrs Willis questions her daughter’s schooling while Mrs Gillis and a judge note the daughter has learned clever methods to avoid dishwashing. The exchange highlights attitudes toward domestic labor and education in the period.
A short scene shows a man praising a hat while another mutters about its shabby state. The dialogue hints at social expectations and vanity in a casual conversation.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a magistrate scolding a young man for a brutal assault on his wife. The prisoner pleads that prison would end his honeymoon, seeking leniency in court.
A Missouri town minister phoned a grocer and dictated a strange order for a dollar’s worth of meat with an odd delivery instruction about poking it through the keyhole if no one is home. The anecdote appears in Harper’s Weekly.
A reader recalls taking his father to a pew musical comedy last night. He reports the father enjoyed it very much indeed and it reminded him of his childhood days.
The readable text alludes to a song like phrase and references American Beauty alongside roses and money. It remains fragmentary without clear names, dates, or events to anchor a full report.
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