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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
2
The conflict expands as British push near Ancre and St Pierre Divion with Beaucourt taken, while Russian advances reach Transylvania and Dobrudja. Austrians clear Danube banks. Balkan effects and political shifts highlighted include U.S. fund probes, cabinet changes, and commerce disruptions.
Washington officials deny policy change while five regiments are sent home from the Mexican border. About 6 000 guardsmen depart as 100 000 remain on duty. troops to return by Thanksgiving amid uncertainty among staff officers about broader withdrawals.
Capital figures the new body represents 8 billion dollars and 7 million workers. It plans closer scrutiny of industrial legislation, guiding legislators by public information and removing labor favoritism. It vows to oppose the Adamson 8 Hour Law citing lack of a labor vote in the election.
Washington reports the administration plans a bold push to enforce the Adamson Law amid railroads fighting to halt its operation. Officials expect possible court action and a risk of a nationwide railroad workers strike if enforcement is blocked.
A Parral mining company report states Theodore Hoemuller a German merchant of Parral Chihuahua and his wife and baby were killed by Villa bandits when they occupied Parral. The report was received in El Paso Texas on November 17.
President Wilson announces the nomination of Edward F. Sweet, a recent Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Michigan, to the position of assistant secretary of commerce in Washington.
Alvah Patee Clayton prominent St Joseph resident and Shriner died at home after a brief illness from heart trouble. He served as imperial potentate of Shriners of North America and led a 1907 Mexico pilgrimage where Porfirio Diaz became a Shriner. He also earned the thirty third degree of Masonry. Born 1860 in Ashley Ohio, he moved to St Joseph as a child, attended Christian Brothers College, led state Democratic politics, and served as mayor in 1908 and 1910.
Eighteen William Jewell College students and one operator escaped serious injury when an elevator in the Kansas City Railways Building plunged two stories to the basement. Most suffered bruises or a sprained ankle. all were able to climb out after a ladder was lowered. The party, touring the building, had just heard a talk by Philip J. Kealy, company president, and believed a clutch failure caused the fall.
Walter Jennings of Winthrop Missouri shot and killed Trought Smith at his desk and fatally wounded Otto Smith in the Parsons and Dyer saloon near St. Joseph. Jennings was arrested after the double shooting as investigators sought motive amid family and firm turmoil.
Oscar D. McDaniel, prosecuting attorney at St Joseph, was defeated for re election by his Republican opponent. In eighty one of eighty seven precincts the plurality was 2754 with McDaniel obtaining 6458 votes and Bothwell 9212.
A coroner's jury at Lockwood exonerated Mayor Jake Horn in the shooting death of Charles Lack a private in the regular army. Lack confronted Horn at the railroad station platform after Horn helped arrest him months earlier on a disturbing the peace charge.
Lorraine Reynolds nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Reynolds was killed when struck by a motor car driven by Tom Shelton a mine operator as she walked home from school in Carthage.
Fire destroyed the Liberal Arts Building and the president’s residence at Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron. Loss estimated at 65 000 dollars with 40 000 dollars insured. The Methodist Episcopal Church operates the school. Trustees will immediately arrange rebuilding. Students formed a bucket brigade and saved remaining college buildings.
A blaze swept through Holt destroying four brick buildings and their inventories. Henderson Bros general merchandise A C Eby general merchandise Thomas Prideau grocery and Harry Shanks grocery were all destroyed with total losses pegged at 30000.
R A Buckner former Madison county assessor was arrested in Sikeston for vagrancy after begging for days. Police court fined him ten dollars though searches showed enough cash to pay the fine. Once worth about forty thousand dollars the elderly man is described as now very old.
Mr and Mrs Joseph H Wilson celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their country home near Montrose Henry County The couple wed long ago and Mr Wilson a county pioneer who moved from Virginia as a child in 1841 Seven children all attended the anniversary event marking the milestone in their family history.
The four state conference of the Anti Horse Thief Association will be held in Galena Kansas on November 20 with representatives from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas to discuss legislation to protect association members property. Boy Dies of Gunshot Wounds Le Roy Turner 17 is
Joseph E. Lawton, 72, elected Republican to the Sixth District state legislature, dies from complications of disease. He headed the Lawton Byrne Bruner insurance agency in St. Louis.
Striking employees of the Springfield Traction Company petitioned the city for a special election on a municipal lighting plant. The move follows a threat to circulate the petition if the company failed to settle the dispute on an agreed day. The Traction Company also owns the Springfield Gas and Electric Company.
Miss Alice V. Reid, teacher at New Home School north of Sweet Springs, was seriously burned recently at A. F. Nole's home when a lamp and gasoline on the dresser are believed to have caused the fire. Family members extinguished flames by wrapping bedclothes around her.
A strong wind damaged two buildings at the Moniteau County Farm located three miles east of California. A woman named Becky Nelson sustained a slight injury from the incident.
Announcement at Sedalia by the secretary of the League of Missouri Municipalities says the convention planned for November 15-16 in Joplin has been postponed to a later date. the executive committee will determine the new schedule.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson of Clinton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with friends and family. Among the guests was Mrs. J Watkins of Appleton City, who served as Mrs. Wilsons bridesmaid.
An 18 year old, William Cluster, shot himself in a Wellsville jewelry store after an election-related dispute. Authorities report a single gunshot wound and no others were harmed. The incident underscores rising tensions surrounding local voting outcomes.
A quote asserts that the climate and conditions favorable to growing apples are likewise ideal for people. The remark links horticultural science with human well being and environmental fitness.
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