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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
2
Four men imprisoned in the Babcock mine for forty one hours were rescued and walked home. Rescuers faced a dirt barrier as physicians and ambulances stood by. miners remained physically fine despite the long ordeal.
Sioux City hosts the first Sioux City Hoosier society picnic at Riverside on August 24. Speakers include Thomas Riley Marshall, candidate for president on the Democratic ticket, Charles Warren Fairbanks, who led the Senate during Roosevelt's second term, and Congressman Thomas J. Steele.
A band of Villistas attacked a train on the North Western railroad near Santa Yzabel about fifty miles west of Chihuahua City. Eight bandits were captured and brought here for trial by court martial. Prisoners claimed to serve under Martin Lopez and said they fled Jimenez after a recent engagement.
A seven foot shark weighing about 200 pounds was killed at the entrance of Mattawan Creek. The incident follows a fatality last week when a boy was killed there and a young rescuer was severely injured and later died.
London reports Maj. Sir Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe, noted military historian and author of the Boer War official history, was killed in combat in a fighting area of the frontier. He had written several works on the present conflict.
The St. Louis and San Francisco railroad known as the Frisco system was sold to representatives of its bondholders for 45 700 dollars. The price topped the March 21 minimum by about 200 dollars as fixed by United Judge San bern.
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports a major earthquake in the Fiume region Austria. The tremor unleashed severe damage and widespread panic in the city of Fiume with residents fleeing in fear.
Washington officials report a historic postal surplus this year. Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery tells convention of postmasters that growth is phenomenal with current surplus around $86,900,600 and projected to rise to about $15,096,000 by July 1 next year.
British forces drive toward Bapaume in the Somme sector while Russians in Volhynia advance and capture thousands. Italians claim gains against Austria as additional Russian landings occur in France. Reports note German losses and Kaiser's front presence amid ongoing heavy fighting.
Rhinelander Wis July 19 President Wilson plans a two week fishing retreat in Wisconsin to escape office cares before the fall campaign. Attorney General Gregory who visited Wisconsin last year recommended the trip. Gus Nolan of the Hotel Northern reportedly reserved a four room cottage on Tomahawk Lake for August.
An automobile carrying four Jefferson South Dakota residents bound for Sioux City to attend a circus plunged from a bridge into the Sioux river at Stour City. Three occupants were drowned: George Fountain aged 30, Florence Wakefield 17, and Evelyn Wakefield 15.
Norman Wait Harris a Chicago banker and philanthropist died at Wadsworth hall his summer residence in Lake Geneva after about two months illness arising from a May heart attack in Seattle during a trip to Japan.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports the German freighter Zyrie was torpedoed and sunk by a Russian submarine. The crew was saved.
Department of Commerce figures show July steel shipyard sales totaling 1 240 000 tons at American shipyards. The record marks a high for the sector with major yards at Steel Men Wharf contributing to the total.
The collier Hector carrying 60 Marines plus 70 crew and 12 officers sank off Charleston after leaving Port Royal en route to Santo Domingo. Rescue efforts by the Vigilant and Coast Guard Seminole were dispatched as officials reported crew were rescued by small boats and part of the superstructure remained above water. Built in 1908 at Sharpes Point Maryland, the 11,200 ton vessel went down about nine and a half miles from the Charleston lightship during a storm remains of wreckage visible.
Secretary Daniels announced all U S battleships will soon carry highly effective anti aircraft guns designed by Rear Admiral Strauss. Built at Washington navy yard they were tested at Indian Head proving grounds and can fire vertically to great heights with long range.
About 1000 Sinn Feiners rioted in Cork angry at the arrival of recently released prisoners. They wrecked the recruiting office hissed the military pickets and sang republican songs following the Dublin rebellion.
Washington July 18 the labor group in the house opened a vigorous fight to secure passage of the Nolan bill prescribing a minimum wage of 3 a day 90 a month or 1080 a year for all government employees.
Extreme heat in Detroit claims two more lives in the last 24 hours with a man and a woman dying during the night from heat exposure as a week of high temperatures continues.
In Topeka Kansas on July 18 Fred Burget, aged 46, drowned while attempting to rescue Larry Hampshire who had gone beyond his depth in a creek.
London reports the British government added 70 to 80 firms and individuals domiciled in the United States to the trading with the enemy list. The move marks the first time American firms appear on the statutory blacklist. explanations outline four qualifying classes and limits on US citizens on the list.
In Philadelphia a raid freed 522 prisoners and swept up 104 resorts. Among those netted were hardened criminals and several families regarded as respectable. From 1 oclock at night through the next afternoon all illicit activity in the Tenderloin districts was disrupted and briefly restored to legality.
Waukegan July 18. Will Orpet acquitted after four hours and thirty nine minutes of deliberation. The college student is absolved of legal responsibility for Marian Lambert’s death from poison on February 9. His mother, a landlady, and others supported him as the verdict was read. The courtroom crowd watched as Orpet remained unmoved.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Judge John Hessin Clarke of Cleveland to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Clarke, born September 18 1857 in Lisbon Ohio, has served since 1914 on the U S district court in Cleveland and is a Democrat. He ran for the Senate against Mark Hanna in 1903 and is a bachelor with interests in naturalization and Americanization of immigrants.
Five persons die and hundreds are rendered homeless as floodwaters sweep along the French Broad river. Mills and homes are carried away and damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars. An unverified report cites Capt J. Sipe, Miss Mabel Foster, and Miss Charlotte Waolker drowned at the Vanderbilt estate in Biltmore.
London reports Lloyds announces steamships Mopsa and Aito sunk with crews saved. Overseas News Agency item cites Petrograd figures: Russian offensive through July 1 suffered 14 900 officers killed including 17 generals and 29 regimental commanders and 248 060 men.
Five persons were killed and one injured when a car carrying Mrs Mary McSherry Ellen Groves Elizabeth Alen Alien Bernard and Adolph Bernard was struck by a westbound Wabash train one mile west of Jacksonville Illinois. William Groves the car driver was seriously injured.
El Paso reports General Gonzales says Villa is near Las Nievas in Durango. He is being pursued by three columns of Carranza troops.
Ii Peso Texas reports from Chihuahua City say Mexican generals of northern Mexico will present an ultimatum to General Carranza and General Obregon. The plan aims to force departure of Mexico as tensions rise in early 1919 era reporting.
Washington July 19 officials at the national headquarters of the National Woman's party are shaping how the $500,000 campaign fund will be spent. The big fundraising drive aims to advance the organization’s political goals and activities.
In Washington the president, before a dozen senators and representatives, signed the rural credit bill. The law allows farmers to borrow money from the government under the new program.
The Iowa Supreme Court rules invalid a liquor injunction penalty that allowed district judges to sentence violators to up to one year in the penitentiary. The ruling preserves prior law permitting fines or county-jail terms for contempt, with the Flanagan case pending arraignment under the old statute. The decision limits punishment to contempt actions and keeps the old framework in effect.
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