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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
4
In New York a group of 300 wives and women relatives of striking street car workers, led by labor activist Mother Jones, clash with police. Night sticks swing as reserves arrive and nine rioters, including six women, are jailed after a chaotic scene with cars attacked and babies in arms.
Manuel Esturedo, the Miami Arizona bandit who robbed the Gila Valley bank branch in Miami, was killed by Deputy Sheriff Williams after a posse of deputy sheriffs and citizens pursued him in the Pinal mountains foothills. About $5,000 taken from the bank was recovered.
Omaha reports President Wilson chooses General Goethals Commissioner Edgar Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission and George Rublee of the Trade Commission to form the congressional board probing the eight hour wage rule for railroads.
San Roberto Mining filed a $1.8 million lawsuit in state court against Compania Minera y Compadora Metales Penaes Mining Empire Zinc and others alleging unlawful attempt to monopolize and control the zinc business in El Paso Texas.
Charles Call of the California National Guard on border patrol strayed across the international line and was captured and executed by Mexican authorities.
In Altoona Pennsylvania Scott Eichelberger stock train conductor was killed when the Mercantile Express crashed into the rear of a stock train. Twenty two people were injured including eight mail clerks. Local investigators probe cause and assess damage to railway line and rolling stock.
St Paul Minnesota property left by railroad builder James J Hill is valued at more than 52 million dollars in an inventory supplied by his son Laula W Hill to estate appraisers on Thursday.
Three men died and several were injured when three cars of dynamite exploded at the Himalas Powder company mill in Grafton Hl. on Thursday. The powder mill was wrecked.
A Riverside California suit challenges the state anti alien ownership law of 191% aimed at Yukishi Harada a Japanese resident. The action seeks to escheat the home and tests constitutionality of the statute as filed Thursday.
San Venito Texas and troops from Oklahoma and South Dakota engage in border pursuit after reports of Mexican bandits crossing the Rio Grande at Beatt's ranch and robbing farm hands.
Atlantic City reports that American and Mexican joint commission members argued no border settlement is possible without Mexico showing intent to maintain order. Key issues include foreigners' rights in Mexico and foreign investment protections. Luis Cabrera acts as finance minister negotiating with mining interests and plans a New York conference.
Stockholm reports Prime Minister Ham marksjold stating Sweden proclaimed neutrality at the war’s outbreak and has acted to serve the kingdom’s interests, not favoring any belligerent, while hoping adversaries respect this stance to the end.
Report from Geneva via Exchange Telegraph says the Austrian emperor Francis Joseph is bedbound with bronchitis and his condition is causing anxiety in Vienna and London.
Omaha reports the death of George A. Joslyn, president and general manager of the Western Newspaper Union, on October 4 at his residence in the city.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, rescued 22 expedition members marooned on Elephant Island after the sinking of the Endurance. The rescue voyage marked the fourth relief journey by Lieutenant Shackleton.
After the air raids on Mannheim Germany on September 27 a Zeppelin fifty feet in length was destroyed and much other damage occurred. Twenty six workmen were killed and forty wounded.
Admiral von Tripite former head of the German admiralty refused a Conservative nomination for a Reichstag seat vacancy in Saxony and declined to run in the by election.
Two street cars collided on West Third street bridge in Cleveland causing the bridge to collapse and drop thirty feet to the Baltimore and Ohio tracks below. Two people were killed and more than thirty injured as crowds of women shoppers were hurled to the wreckage and rescue efforts began at once. Edna Waddington, Erie railroad operator, alerted authorities from her switchboard as cries rang out.
Salt Lake City officials report Warren C. Mangum a 33 year old former Continental National bank teller fled with about 15000 dollars. He allegedly stole by falsifying clearing house receipts on September 30 after being demoted from paying teller to bookkeeping.
The man power distributing Board announced in London that Britain urgently needs additional men for military service and for munitions factories. The new board is tasked with identifying and enrolling eligible men who have not yet joined the army.
The American party, organized in 1914 by former New York governor William Sulzer, plans an active role in the current campaign, announced here on Wednesday.
Between twenty and thirty people were hurt when the Tacoma Seattle Limited on the Puget Sound Electric line struck an open switch and derailed into a ditch. Three of the injured were reported seriously hurt.
Fire crews at Morris and Co packing plant work amid smoldering ruins when a south wall collapsed killing one and seriously injuring two workers. The disaster occurred during salvage efforts after the blaze. Local authorities investigated causes and safety practices at the site.
In Detroit at Forest Avenue and Dequinder Street a switch engine pushing two freight cars struck a crowded street car injuring over twenty five. Panic passengers jumped doors and windows as the car was knocked off tracks. Most fatalities occurred after falling under moving freight cars. many victims could not be identified. The switcher said the train was traveling about twenty miles per hour.
United States Senator James P. Clarke, president pro tempore, died at his Little Rock home after a Friday stroke. Born in Yazoo City Mississippi on August 18 1854 he studied at the University of Virginia and began law practice in Helena Arkansas in 1879.
Former vice president Charles W Fairbanks spoke to three large Salt Lake City audiences on Saturday as he campaigns for the Republican ticket for vice president.
The body of the late president was laid to rest near Changtenfu one year after the movement to crown Yuan Shikai emperor began. The burial occurred on September 40, with the final resting place near the city.
In London reports say Swedish and entente relations grow tense over mail seizures and Sweden's neutrality. Stockholm delivers a tart reply while Sir Esme Howard is empowered to handle British interests and ease frictions with entente diplomats in Stockholm.
The former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft met at the Union League club on a Tuesday night. They exchanged a staged greeting, both extending hands and saying Howdy do in unison, each avoiding speaking first.
Simultaneously with the cut in working hours for 20 000 Wholesale Clothiers association employees in Chicago a voluntary wage increase of 244 cents per hour was announced by Wilson & Co Armour & Co Swift & Co Libby McNeil & Co and Morris & Co across the United States for workers in the operating department.
Japanese Prime Minister resigns due to age as cabinet members also offer their resignations to the emperor. He intends to recommend Viscount Takaaki Kato as his successor to the emperor.
Fire that started in the cargo hold of the American Line steamship Philadelphia 800 miles from port continued smoldering when she reached New York Sunday. Few of the 646 passengers realized the danger until after docking.
The insular treasury department compiles season statistics showing Porto Rico produced 483 590 tons of sugar, the highest on record for the island.
Passaic New Jersey 16 year old Isador Schletter who has saved 800 from selling papers will join Judge Costello in the administration of justice in the city court. The judge will use his career as an example for wayward boys brought before the court.
The Temps condemns Mexican government actions led by Carranza as creating Mexican anarchy that endangers $600,000,000 in French investments. It cites the September 5 decree confiscating properties as a key example of arbitrary measures.
Berlin reports unofficial forecasts indicate the fifth German war loan will surpass the total of the pending issue. Reichsbank investigations show subscriptions at that time exceeding 0,000,000,000 marks.
In Chicago seven men fought a revolver battle over paying $200 for a woman. One man was killed and another seriously wounded, doctors say he will die.
Atlanta, Georgia street and suburban car service ended again Monday due to multiple demonstrations and repeated interference with traffic by striking motormen and conductors.
General Joffre hails Verdun relief and twenty five villages recaptured with over 35,000 prisoners and 150 cannon. German sailors from the Second naval division captured on the Somme front. Romanian movements, Danube fighting near Rustchuk and Turtukai, and new Russian advances threaten Lemberg.
New York reports a milk shortage exceeding 50 percent as Mayor Mitchell fails to bridge producer distributor rifts and Attorney General Woodbury orders a state wide inquiry. Authorities say the public suffers as supply is expected to drop until a settlement is reached.
Seattle coal miners of district No 10 United Mine Workers ratified a compromise wage agreement offered by operators. Martin J Flyrk president announced Wednesday night that 4700 union miners who suspended work in October will resume work at once.
Four master plumbers, from Salt Lake City and nearby, were found guilty of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman Act. The jury recommended mercy. The maximum penalty is five years in prison or a $10,000 fine, or both.
Paris reports a young English girl from North Shields offered to give an eye to a wounded soldier who lost an eye in France. She read a French doctor’s suggestion that sight might be saved by a corneal transplant from another person.
Dispatch from El Paso reports that two Turks were killed by Francisco after a fight near Cusihuirachic Chihuahua. Soldiers under General Matias Jamos carried out the operation and the correspondent received the news.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will make at least one appearance in western states for Husbe Fairbanks next month, according to reports from Republican quarters.
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