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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
5
Reports from sections of the state warn that army cutworms again threaten winter wheat, with widespread winter-killing also noted. Farmers should inspect fields, distinguish cutworm damage from winter kill, and prepare to counter with bran mash if needed. Consider reseeding with Marquis spring wheat or other early crops as appropriate.
Cold season relief offered with claims of rapid cough relief and inflammation healing. The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle noting testimonials from W. C. Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire and a money back guarantee.
Secretary Lansing, with President Wilson's approval, instructed Ambassador Gerard to ask Germany if any of its submarines torpedoed the British steamer Sussex with twenty five Americans aboard and the British ship Englishman with one American aboard. No conclusive proof exists, and no demand has been made yet. The inquiry may shape the next U.S. step.
Congress fast tracked an emergency appropriation of 8 611 502 dollars to fund pursuit operations against Villa. The State Department planned to seek Carranza’s permission to use Mexican railways to move troops. Senator Fall reported gasoline shipments bound for American forces in Mexico were being delayed by Carranza officials.
Twenty Apache Indian scouts will be selected by Captain Hazard at Fort Apache for service with General Pershing in Mexico. They will be volunteers prepared for immediate dispatch to Pershing's headquarters following General Funston's instructions. Pershing requested twenty scouts for the mission.
Dispatches from General Pershing's headquarters report that George A. Hudwell, a Black soldier in Troop B of the Tenth Cavalry, was killed in a railroad wreck south of Casas Grandes during the American punitive expedition. Details were not provided.
Bessie Reimers a 19 year old waitress confessed she started the Foster apartments fire to avoid being forced into white slavery. The blaze caused two deaths and eighteen injuries leading to her arrest on manslaughter and arson charges.
Delegates from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming concluded a two day Spokane session by adopting a memorial to President Wilson and Congress urging improvements in the national defense system.
Reuter dispatch from Suez reports a successful British air raid on the Turkish advance base at Bir el Hassanah, about 100 miles east of the Suez canal. The strike occurred on March 24 and involved British airmen.
The Washington based coast and geodetic survey announces a new dry cell electric signal light capable of projecting its rays up to 150 miles and through thick smoke and haze.
Reports from the front describe heavy bombardment northwest of Verdun, with German and French actions in the Argonne Vosges and Dvinsk regions. A Paris conference of Entente leaders is planned for Monday to assess military and political war conditions. A bronze fragment from the Tubantia raises questions about its air chamber torpedo component.
The en tente alliance conference began in the Paris Foreign Affairs Ministry salon. The meeting, the most significant since the war began, centers on the military situation with leaders likely including Joffre Kirchner Haig Cadorna Castienau Roques and the new French minister.
A lone bandit held up Oregon Short Line train No. 1 near Roy Utah early Sunday, stealing thirty one pieces of registered mail from the mail car. He warned the crew to stay inside and wait ten minutes or he would blow their heads off.
Six persons were killed early Sunday when a blaze destroyed the fashionable San Antonio Country Club. Five victims were guests at the club where weekend parties drew prominent social and business figures from around the southwest.
A Mexican government proposal to seize all personal and fealty holdings of Catholic clergy nationwide caused a stir in Mexico City as the government weighs the advisability of such action.
Eight persons were killed in a farmhouse two miles east of Davis Oklahoma as a tornado struck Saturday night. The twister traveled about eight miles, leveling buildings and leaving a wide path of destruction across the area.
The Mallory liner Alsmo, once in distress off the Atlantic coast, arrived Saturday towed by other ships. She carried fifty passengers and was en route from Porto Rico to New York.
Multiple Nevada Idaho Utah and Wyoming items report arrests thefts and a fatal self injury. Notable: Chinamen arrested in Winnemucca for whisky sales to Indians. Elko engineer dies after self inflicted wound. gold nugget rumor near Manhattan. Panama-Pacific wool display praised. four evaporation stations planned. large rail and mine developments in Wyoming and Nevada. Las Vegas tax league formed. burglaries postal thefts and court actions. a wheelbarrow election stunt in Rupert Idaho. powder explosion near Garfield Utah with no injuries.
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