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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
5
Military dispatches report Villa's three assaults on Chihuahua City's first line repulsed. Trevino's 20 plus field guns and 800 Carranza cavalry with artillery drive back the attackers. Villa's force of about 3,500 is said to be armed and mounted. ammunition shortages threaten a prolonged siege.
The census bureau releases January 1 1917 population estimates for the continental United States at 102 826 209 Utah 438 974 Idaho 426 881 compared with 1915 figures 424 300 and 411 996 respectively.
A Chicago detective has traveled to Spalding Nebraska to identify the man believed by Marshal Hymes to be Jean Crones the Chicago anarchist accused of poisoning 200 guests at the University club banquet held for Archbishop Mundelein last winter.
New York buyers paid $20,000 for Guy Axworthy the sire of world champion trotting stal lion Lee Axworthy. The horse moved from the Jacob Ruppert estate to that of the late L. V. Harkness at a Thursday auction.
Mexican members of the joint commission request a two week recess to present American border control proposals to General Carranza in Atlantic City New Jersey.
In Philadelphia the opening session of the National Sheep conference urged increasing sheep herds to offset a wool shortage caused by reduced production and lower imports due to the war.
The department of commerce shows foreign trade totaling 74.638 billion dollars for the year ending November 1, a rise of about 1.5 billion from the previous period and an increase of roughly 2.5 billion over the year 1914.
Alderman George Pretzel urges Chicago residents to boycott eggs to press dealers to lower prices, aiming to curb rising costs and influence market behavior.
The Oregon Short Line and Northern Pacific companies defended the eight hour law on Thursday saying it is unconscionable and burdensome. The dispute centers on labor regulations affecting train crews and operating schedules in Portland.
Japanese numbers in California Nevada Utah and Colorado have grown by 14 000 since 1910 according to a census conducted by M Hank Hara Japanese consul general revealed on Thursday in San Francisco highlighting demographic shifts in the region.
A Paku based newspaper reports, via Reuters correspondent Petro Erud, that Turkish forces massacred Armenians in Syvas Turkish Armenia. The figures quoted range from 100 to 6,000 victims amid ongoing regional violence.
Judge Hook ruled the Adamson eight hour law unconstitutional in a Kansas City district court. The decision hinges on expediency with a final US Supreme Court decision expected before January 1 before the statute takes effect. Government counsel moved to place the case before the high court by adding the railroad receiver as a defendant.
Thompson Falls Montana John Manire editor of a local paper was acquitted by jury on court instructions after being charged with murder for allegedly persuading Miss Edith Colby reporter to kill politician A C Thomas. Ainsworth manager and Miss Colby await trial.
Wellington dispatch reports wool growers conference agrees to sell the New Zealand wool clip to the imperial government at a price well below the 1915 and 1916 levels, signaling a major shift in wartime policy and markets.
Baltimore reports a severe oyster shortage with only one boatload arriving Wednesday versus an average of fifty last year. The bay supply remains far below the normal level for the season and impacts local markets and vendors.
The annual report of the United Charities states prosperity has greatly reduced drunkenness and poverty in Chicago. It notes improved welfare conditions and lower demand on charitable aid due to economic gains and social programming.
Petrograd reports an official toll of 341 killed and 687 wounded in the Dakaritza explosion, detailing a large casualty event with government confirmation.
Albany N Y 1917 suffrage efforts will be run on intensive political lines as the state convention of the women suffrage party decides on the campaign to obtain votes for women.
Charles E Hughes Republican candidate sent a telegram to President Wilson congratulating him on re election and wishing a successful administration. He said he awaited the California official count due to vote closeness and noted California electors majority around 1200 to 3800 votes. Willcox stated no recount grounds exist and canvass near finished.
President Wilson sent a telegram to Charles E Hughes acknowledging his congratulatory message. The president expressed thanks and extended good wishes for Hughes in the years ahead.
St Paul Minnesota secretary of state Julius A Schmahl announced full official results showing Hughes with a 406 vote plurality. Presidential totals: Hughes 179553 Wilson 179167 Benson 20117 Hanly 7793 Relmer 418 Meyer 206. For governor Bernquist Republican led with 245852 votes, Dyer Democrat 24115, Anderson Prohibition 19885, Johnson Industrial Labor 5476.
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union executive board selected Indianapolis Washington as the meeting site for the 1917 annual convention during a Thursday session.
U S Steel announces a ten percent wage raise for employees of its steel and iron companies, effective December 15. The move affects workers across the corporation's steel division and follows ongoing labor negotiations.
Miss Katherine Abraham, aged 92, longtime Pittburgh public schools teacher, who spent fifty years teaching in the same school building, died at her home. She was the oldest teacher in the district.
Beattino in Washington chosen as one of three mining experimental stations authorized by the last session of Congress. The two others will be located at Tucson Arizona and Pairbanks Alaska.
Washington reports that contracts for armor plate for the battleships Colorado Maryland Washington and West Virginia were awarded to Bethlehem and Carnegie Steel companies, with prices about the same as three years ago. The 1918 naval appropriations, the largest in U.S. history, total $379,151,701 as the House Naval Committee begins estimates for the new year.
A lengthy report alleging collusion between wholesale and retail food dealers to push prices was handed to U S District Attorney Charles F Clyne by Hinton G Clabaugh head of the local DOJ bureau on Wednesday.
The submarine war off Ireland keeps Wesley Frost, an American coronal at Queenstown, in the spotlight as his duties amid torpedoing events draw public attention to his activity and status abroad.
Reports from the Louisiana field of the Bureau of Crop Estimates say this year's prospective sugar crop in Louisiana is 10 percent smaller due to the November 16 freeze.
Newly elected Republican senator Washington Sutherland of West Virginia began life under thirty years ago as a government clerk in the Census bureau in Washington. His rise from clerk to senator is noted in contemporary profiles.
Vienna reports the death of Emperor Francis Joseph at 86 after a nearly 68 year rule. He ascended the throne at 19 in 1848, saw World War I era upheavals, and endured intense personal and dynastic tragedies as Europe stirred to war following the Sarajevo assassination. Charles Francis succeeds.
The American Woolen Company announces a 10 percent wage increase across all its mills. The move affects 46,000 workers in New England and New York state, announced at company headquarters.
Berlin dispatch reports Gottlow von Jagow, German foreign minister, has realigned and resigned amid illness. The Berlin note cites health as the cause of the decision and mentions interim arrangements are under consideration.
A London dispatch reports limited moves on major fronts. In the Somme both sides are largely inactive except for intermittent artillery, while skirmishes continue on Austro Italian and Russian fronts. Roumanian fronts show continued Austro German pressure with Craiova looming, and Monastir area fighting is described as resistant with Serbs claimed to have captured Paralevo and Dobromir.
Santa Rosa California Jack London famed author died at his Glen Ellen ranch of uremic poisoning. He would have been 40 on January 12 1916. London born January 12 1876 in San Francisco left school for the Klondike and a life of sea and writing earning fame with The Call of the Wild and many works.
A statewide contest is expected after Governor Campbell, a Republican, is declared elected by a plurality of five counties. The counties report all results except Cochise, and Phoenix plans to review the statewide outcome.
Two men robbed a Southern Express wagon at night in Chattanooga Tennessee, taking forty eight hundred dollars and transferring the loot to a work yard. The investigation seeks the suspects as authorities pursue leads.
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