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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
2
Niagara Falls New York July 2 five persons died when a gorge route trolley car jumped the track slid down a twenty foot embankment and plunged into ten feet of water near the whirlpool rapids. About forty aboard, two missing, many hospitalized.
William Henry Moody former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court died at his Laverhill Massachusetts home at 1 am after a long illness. He retired in 1910 at age 57 after an aggressive public career including leadership of the Justice Department during Roosevelt anti trust efforts and four years on the Supreme Court bench.
A morning fire destroyed the pumping station and power plant at the Marion County Home for the Incurable Insane in Julietta, starting in the rafters under a slate roof. Inmates remained calm as two electrical dynamos were ruined and the facility lost electricity, with efforts underway to connect to Indianapolis Light and Heat Company.
Interstate Commerce Commission denies petition for higher rates. McChord dissents as the panel notes 1916 was the railroads' prosperity peak and suspends increases until October 28 1917 with limited exceptions on coal and iron ore and temporary New York to Chicago class rate hikes.
Denver officials report a formal strike notice filed with the state industrial committee by John F. Moran president of district No. 15 of the United Mine Workers representing Colorado Fuel and Iron Company workers. Moran says opposition to the Rockefeller plan to adjust industrial differences drives the action. No pay raise is sought.
A Madrid semiofficial note reports a German submarine seeking refuge at Cadiz departed under escort by two Spanish torpedo boats. Spain secured from Berlin a formal promise that the sub would head directly to a German port and refrain from attacking or taking any war actions.
An official report says the armored cruiser Kleber struck a mine off Point St Mathieu and sank. Three officers and 35 men are missing. The ship had departed Dakar and was en route to Brest.
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