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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
10
Sir Roger Casement captured from a German vessel that tried to land arms in Ireland and sank. The ship, posing as a neutral merchant vessel, operated with a German submarine, taking prisoners including Casement. Casement had prior roles in the British consular service and links to Irish separatist aims with Berlin’s backing.
Rising prices in Denmark provoke public alarm as Washington Sharp signals ongoing war effects. Citizens report foods and daily necessities up to 30 percent with the pace of increases accelerating and fears of further hikes if the conflict endures.
Washington report: The Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the 1915 Louisiana sugar refinery monopoly law aimed at the American Sugar Refining Company and attacked by it. The decision marks a major setback for the act’s enforceability.
Report from El Paso Texas says Mexican arrivals allege Villa plans to move northward again to attack American forces. The claim centers on potential escalation near the border amid tensions and troop readiness.
Three nuns from St Josephs convent in St Augustine Fla were placed under technical arrest after a test of a new state law banning white persons from teaching Negroes occurred on Monday.
Col Henry L. Rogers, cavalry division quartermaster in Mexico, handles all transport needs and supplies for cavalrymen. He oversees forage, clothing, camp equipment, road and rail projects, and commissary duties, tackling a vast, demanding workload amid Villa’s movements.
Reports from General Pershing indicate Francisco Villa has been located again, this time west of Parral in the mountains of western Chihuahua. Texas liquor tax of 5,000 dollars yearly on each outlet was ruled invalid by the supreme court for interfering with interstate commerce.
London reports no infantry on the western front except in Lorraine where a heavy German attack near La Chapelette was repulsed after some footholds were won. Bombardments at Hill 304 Esnes Cumieres Verdun area and Moulainville persist while French air forces down four German planes. Simultaneously Russians land in France to aid Allies and crowds welcome new troops at Marseilles quay.
Marvin Turnbow of Moab Utah was found not guilty of murder for the December 24 shooting of Clyde Bailey in Thompsons Utah. The jury ruled the act was justified based on evidence of illicit relations between Bailey and Mrs Turnbow who later killed her three children and died by suicide.
New Mexico's delegation elected at the state convention will attend the national Republican convention uninstructed. Political leaders announced five of the six delegates favored Theodore Roosevelt while the rest held no instruction.
In Denver William Cabler aged 65 a watchman lies in hospital likely fatally wounded after a police chase following a switch engine crew hold up. Fred Jones aged 21 a cook and Ralph Burton a salesman are in jail on the same case.
New York authorities report Harry L. Newton, a former munitions worker arrested Thursday for an alleged plot to blow up a munitions plant, was prepared to kill J. P. Morgan, per an affidavit filed Saturday.
January to February shipments to Denver and wider Colorado rise sharply as carriers report 802 packages to Denver and 2,868 statewide. March projections suggest continued growth with 27,155 shipments if gains hold, while county reports lag.
January saw few shipments as drinkers stocked up during the drought and unfamiliarity with shipment affidavits. February issued 8317 affidavits for liquor from wet states by express. March, though not final, is estimated at about 6000 affidavits with most orders for two quarts of whisky. beer shipments also climb.
State records report 294 drunkery arrests in March up from February and January, with March 1915 nearly matching that month. Drug stores numbered 50 since January, beer shipments rose by over 10 000 quarts, and liquor shipping permits increased from January through March to 2117 4269 and 6250 respectively.
From Lyons, France, word says an intensified entente blockade against neutral powers will start without prior notice and that no neutral protest will be answered starting today. The report cites new policy measures and a swift, sweeping approach in managing neutrals.
Police received a report of combat between Carranza and American forces at Latero on Sunday. Information was sourced from confidential Juarez officials.
In Washington the house banking committee perfects a rural credits program step to establish twelve regional land mortgage banks as part of the administration's effort.
Armed guards are now on duty day and night at the state armory in North Yakima Washington with a special guard over the army and ammunition. National Guard officers refused to comment.
Representatives of U S railroads and four railroad employees brotherhoods plan a Chicago conference on April 27 to address their demands for an eight hour workday.
Washington notes the senate backed the house bill repealing the free sugar section of the tariff law. The change would end free sugar starting May 1.
In Bulacan Luzon a primitive iron smelting industry using magnetite and hematite ores operates in bamboo cased furnaces. Each seven and a half foot high furnace with a five foot diameter employs a single clay tuyere and a Chinese hand blower in a hollow tree trunk. An average charge is fifty five pounds of ore and ninety five pounds of charcoal, with no flux. The iron is cast into plow shares and plow points, producing about 500 pounds of castings per day.
Salmon Creamery Company sues George Clevidence to sell his interest in lots 11 and 12, block 4, Ellis addition to Wisdom Beaverhead County Montana. The sale is set for May 15, 1916 at 10:00 a.m. at the courthouse front door Dillon Montana. Terms are cash. Sheriff D W Erwin and Under Sheriff W T Scutty.
In London zoological gardens anthropoid apes are kept behind glass not to shield visitors but to protect them from human mouth microbes. Humans, though able to disarm invaders, can harm relatives whose bodies lack resistance. Metchnikoff is praised for guiding how to arm and inure ourselves against these enemies, per Dr. Baleeby in Youth's Companion.
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