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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1916
Page
5
Secretary Lansing and German envoy Bernstorff issued statements to dispel misgivings over submarine warfare policy amid inquiries into the sinking of the Marina and Rowanmore. Lansing stressed no political interference and no policy change. Bernstorff said Germany will investigate and report. The Marina is said to have carried a 4.7 inch gun.
King Constantine of Greece accepts Allied terms amid ongoing pressure from Britain and France as World War II tensions rise. Allies seek stability in the region while Greece faces strategic navigation of occupation pressures.
Hobart Smith twenty five a teamster and wife Rosa Smith twenty married only months were killed when a westbound Big Four passenger train struck their wagon in Anderson Indiana. The woman’s body lay on the engine pilot two blocks from the scene.
Springfield Ill Nov 2 The state board of health will pass a resolution at its next meeting according to Secretary Drake requiring one years internship in a hospital in addition to the five years schooling now necessary for medical certification. The new order goes into effect Jan 1 and applies to all graduates after that date.
Dixon Illinois November 2 Professor Henry Clay Stanley formerly of Dixon college now an instructor at a college in Greeley Colorado and recently at Millikin university the big Presbyterian school at Decatur is wanted at Dixon for bigamy He married Wilmina Howell in February 1906 and they had three children They lived summers with her mother Mrs Jane E Howell 816 Second Street Decatur He then married Mable Wheeler on May 14 1917 and disappeared After she came to Dixon this week two wronged women met He is said to be teaching at Oklahoma City Oklahoma where another wife is believed to reside
Eyewitnesses report in Evansville Ind that Nolan Graham colored twenty one shot Conrad Tost liquor dealer after a street car dispute on the city’s outskirts. Tost died soon after the shooting and Graham was later found at his home.
Senator Thomas J Walsh of Montana acting as Wilson campaign manager cast his vote in the Karpen Building office becoming the first Illinois voter to cast for president and vice president. Notary A J McGurn was called in to inspect the ballot for marks before the secret casting and oath. Montana law allows absentee ballots by affidavit for those unable to return home.
Bucharest reports Roumanians push Austro German forces back in the Jiul region Transylvania frontier. More than 600 enemy troops captured and large quantities of war materials seized as pursuits continue. Roumanians also advancing south of Rothen Thurn pass and near the Predeal road. Four hostile battalions said annihilated.
Charles First a forty year old farmer living near Abort confessed to the murder of Mrs Bes sie Keller on a porch at Pierson brothers home in Fort Wayne Indiana Jealousy motive arose as Keller refused to leave the Piersons and marry him A shotgun found near the scene aided his arrest He will be held for city court then circuit court He asked police chief Lenz to be easy with him for the sake of his babies
Washington Nov 2 The Postoffice department is prepared to accept a proposal by Count von Bernstorff to send mails between the United States and Germany in merchant submarines. The plan allows up to 300 pounds of first class letters per German submarine leaving an American port at regular steam liner rates. Mails would use standard equipment. special containers were rejected. Bernstorff will confer with postal officials to finalize details and Deutschmann plans first voyage on her second return.
Petrograd reports fierce battles between Austro Hungarian and Russian troops south of Brazeny on the Zlota river in Galicia. The official statement notes that near Michishenov wood superior enemy forces pressed back Russian troops to the southern portion of the wood.
The trial of James Watton, charged with robbing the Burroughs Adding Machine pay car of 32000 dollars, was scheduled for November 9 in Detroit Michigan. The case stems from a December incident and involves a federal or local docket, with Watton named as the accused.
New London November 2 Captain Koenig commander of the German undersea merchant packet the Deutschland swears England blockade hasn t stopped them. The ship carries ten million dollars in chemical dyestuffs drugs jewelry and stocks and bonds. Koenig says the crew saw hostile ships but the submarine never encountered them and the boat has delivered mail for the German ambassador and others in the U S.
General Koenig takes command as German forces press new actions in the war arena. Reports indicate renewed moves toward strategic positions and heightened U S military attention as Allied and German lines shift.
John J Mnamara, described as a dynamiter, has filed for parole. The case awaits review by the relevant prison or parole authorities and is noted for public record. Further proceedings will depend on official evaluations and hearings.
Chicago reports former state senator Johan Waage arrested in his office and charged with passing bogus checks in Springfield. Detectives Bowler and Trafton state the case stems from two $50 checks bought from L. C. Harney in Springfield. Waage, held at the detective bureau, vows the matter will be straightened out after a recent re election defeat.
The Chicago market reports hogs receipts 414000 with light shipping at 9.40 to 9.70 and heavy packing 9.50 to 9.75. cattle receipts 23000 with good to choice steers at 10.00 to 10.75 and butcher cows 6.25 to 11.00. Wheat No 2 red 1.82 to 1.84. corn No 2 white 1.04 and No 2 yellow 1.05. oats No 2 white 0.54. Potatoes 1.40 to 1.70 per unit. East Buffalo prices from Dunning and Stevens show slow cattle, lower hogs around 10.20 to 10.75, lambs 10.60 to 10.75, yearlings 8.50 to 9.00, workers 7.75 to 8.00, ewes 7.25 to 7.50, beef cattle 12.50.
Chicago Nov 2 Federal probe into soaring food prices uncovers a suspected three state conspiracy to fix daily staple costs across Illinois Iowa and Missouri The district attorney says lone telephone and telegraph links among jobbers help set prices and a grand jury may review the case Wholesalers stand accused of blacklisting restaurants to push prices higher across the Chicago area Bloomington and other cities.
In Quincy Illinois on November 3, Mrs Wlrzaleit Mohrmann aged ninety five registered and plans to vote for Woodrow Wilson and Governor Edward F. Dunne. Her senior, Mrs Anna Fromme aged ninety six, also registered and will cast the same ballot.
Sergeant Frank Lancing, in charge of Marion recruiting station, proposes to employ four young women to recruit for the United States army. He will pay commissions based on the number of recruits they secure.
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