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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
6
A mosaic of terse items notes Edison and Herreshoff amid disabilities, aviation and industry news, global curiosities, local profiles, and scattered science trivia. It mentions a moon near Tayabas hydro project, UK and France labor topics, Fra Angelico, Fra Angelico tomb claim, and a Norfolk era press of oddities heavy with named people and places.
Kansas City la Oct 16. A crew of 30 men from Kansas City Springfield and Mountain Grove invest $7,000 to back James Brown who calls himself a sea captain in a search for buried treasure from Cocos island Brown claims 268 tons of gold silver diamonds and stones worth 60 million and says he saw it all his life He recounts a 1860 voyage from Kingston Jamaica to Cocos island that yielded 388 tons and a captain who killed crew Then the captain burned the ship and a fight ended with one death and a large haul Brown says he buried all but 20000 in Melbourne and London and then tried again in New York 1912 The backers plan to meet back by Christmas and Brown is en route to Australia to outfit the expedition
Washington reports the administration may seek a wool duty to raise revenue as part of tariff measures. The president is said to be open minded, with decisions awaited from Ways and Means Democrats mid November. Budget projections show a 1916 deficit and large proposed expenditures, prompting calls for two revenue bills early in the next session.
In New York on Oct Ife Geore Ff, attorney for Mivemend of IL who was stricken with anthrax days earlier, died in Bellevue due to heart failure from the nalava of the dineame.
Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama arrived in San Francisco and outlined three congressional options to cover a $100,000,000 revenue shortfall from the war. He urged retaining sugar duties, re-enacting the emergency war tax, and widening federal income taxes, predicting the next House would adopt one or more. Underwood, former House majority leader and Ways and Means chair, warned that reduced European purchasing power will keep customs duties weak for years.
Arnold Shanklin of St. Louis longtime United States consul general at Mexico City resigns to join an American oil firm in Mexico City. Secretary Lansing accepts the resignation effective immediately. He left Mexico City last July after a dispute with the provisional minister Benor Cardous who was acting as the U S diplomatic agent in Mexico.
Des Moines Oct 16 Long a Marshalltown barber faced Governor Clarke to resist extradition on forgery charges. A warrant from Lexington Kentucky accuses him in a century old incident. He is said to have served as one of Coehel's bodyguards during the time.
Fragmentary report notes a gathering or convocation of the grand chapter in Waterloo. It mentions masons and an event associated with the Iowa Royal Arch Masons, but details are unclear due to damaged text. Primary entities include Masons and Waterloo location.
Berlin reports German victories in Artois and the outskirts near Vermelles as Allied lines hold ground near Lens and Hulluch. Paris notes heavy bombardments at Loos Souches and Lihons with continued trench fighting in Hache forest and Vosges as artillery exchanges intensify along the Aisne and Oise fronts.
President Wilson endorsed Secretary Daniels plan for a five year navy build program totaling 500 million dollars. The first year would fund two dreadnoughts two battle cruisers and submarines destroyers and scout cruisers. The total five year program envisions sixteen capital ships plus numerous smaller vessels, with funding spread across years and possible adjustments after a White House conference.
Russian reports claim Austro Germanic forces have been driven back across the Stripa river in eastern Petrograd, with Russians holding eight miles of the east bank after significant actions that nearly sever the Austro German armies. Violent clashes persist on the Dvinsk front with little change in positions.
Washington says the U S has done all it can officially to relieve the Armenian condition in Turkey. State Department officials told Representative John J Eagan through Ambassador Morgenthau that the policy remains to protect public opinion and that further action is limited by current conditions.
Paris reports the Duke of Orléans, claimant to the French throne, wrote to King Ferdinand of Bulgaria requesting aid and urging support for a Hungarian ruler. A separate letter to Emperor Franz Joseph references the Golden Fleece order in relation to a marriage, with the duke stating a life of separation.
In New York a tentative pool of jurors was chosen for the trial of William Casa Ledyard. The pool of 68 jurors were selected as the case moves toward voir dire with challenges to be heard and resolved.
The Idea Nazionale reports from Rome that Emperor Franz Joseph is increasingly infirm with mental decline and depression. Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, reportedly shook his head when asked about the emperor’s health by a Vienna reporter.
In Clinton Illinois on October 15, a revolver duel pursued two robbers after a Durant Illinois post office burglary. One man was arrested, a second fled, and a posse of about 26 searched hills near Fulton for the remaining suspect. The getaway car found bullet riddled contained burglary tools.
General Venustiano Carranza, traveling with General Alvaro Obregon on an official tour of northern Mexico, will proceed tonight toward Monterrey, capital of Nuevo Leon, with a brief stop at Victoria in Tamaulipas en route.
A sudden collision yesterday near a coastal port left the Potabonticabnas Ponw De and its crew of forty three men, including one officer, in peril. The vessel, with a complement of forty three, was believed to have been struck amid heavy seas, and rescue efforts were hampered by worsening weather and darkness. Authorities reported one crew member seriously injured and ongoing search operations for the vessel and missing sailors.
A British submarine torpedoed and sunk a German destroyer at the southern entrance to the Baltic Strait between Denmark and Sweden. A great explosion followed, and the destroyer foundered immediately with all hands believed lost. Reports from Falsterbo Sweden cite further losses among accompanying ships, including another destroyer and a cruiser.
In Charleston in October, a violent melee erupted outside a Democratic city executive meeting room over municipal returns. Four men were shot, W. A Turner injured, and others wounded as chaos followed. National Guard units were mobilized. ballot boxes were scattered and later secured as the canvass proceeded.
In Poughkeepsie on October 15 Mrs. Fred Arnold wife of a local merchant traveled to New York to testify in the Count Max Loudon case on a change of venue. She also is wife of De Chimang and may clarify if the two men are one person. Her present husband says her annulment could prove her assertion dating back to 1893 after involvement with a German inventor.
Timothy Riley, a farmer, saw his bride-to-be arrive at the station in a palm beach outfit. A man snatched the boutonniere from his lapel and fled, ending the scene as the failed wedding attempt unfolded in Kansas City on October 16.
Reported casualty figures near 100,000 for British forces in the Dardanelles with heavy losses. Lord Milner proposes transferring troops from the peninsula though the government declines to confirm plans. Front dispatches describe fierce fighting, with Turkish defenses inflicting severe damage on Allied forces.
Dispatches from London describe renewed military actions near Belgrade and eastern Serbia as the front lines shift. Reports indicate Allied support funds and Russian manpower fueling expectations ahead of possible decisive moves toward Bucharest.
Brief note reports a terse Greek communication indicating a definite decision to advance toward a war posture against Serbs. No dates or locations specified. The source emphasizes escalation and potential diplomatic breakdown amid rising tensions.
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