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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
2
A congressional committee reports a $241 billion naval appropriation plan to balance battleships with smaller craft. The proposal adds $98.3 million for new ships including battleships and cruisers, and funds for engines, ordnance, and dock costs.
French and German forces clash around Fort Douaumont northeast of Verdun. German assaults to retake the fort fail as French troops counterattack and defend the southern outskirts, while both sides suffer heavy losses in a rain of shell fire.
Lamar surrendered to federal authorities and was taken to the Tombs for removal to Atlanta to serve two years for impersonating a congressman. Thompson Confirmed. The Senate approved James Biey Thompson of Honslein as circuit court judge for Hawaii. A cable from Daily Mirror reports 80,000 starved to death in Lebanon.
Dr Albertus Adair Moore testified about John E Peck s last illness and the fear that his son in law Dr Arthur Warren Waite might be accused of murder. The jury selection finished in under three hours as District Attorney Swann outlined Waite s motive and means to gain Peck s funds and the arsenic used.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld smaller juries when allowed by common law and state law, allowing verdicts by seven jurors. It also ruled a statute unconstitutional that forced state officials to revoke foreign corporations' licenses to do business in Wisconsin and barred federal court actions by state residents against them for state-origin claims.
The British front north of Vimy ridge was penetrated by German forces for about 1500 yards with a depth of 300 yards. German lines southwest of Givenchy Eu-Gebelle were captured along a 1.3 mile front. French troops gained footing south of Haudremont on the Meuse. German troops stormed positions on Hill 803 and captured French soldiers on the Verdun front.
Theodore Roosevelt accepted support from a Republican committee at Oyster Bay on May 24. The group, led by George von L. Meyer, former secretary of the navy, urged him to run, noting the nation faced the demand he outlined in his Trinidad speech as a condition of candidacy.
Madrid reports King Alfonso plans to initiate peace negotiations soon by surveying belligerent quadrants for peace sentiment. The monarch intends to sound out positions in each belligerent country before proceeding.
Washington May 22 report details a large munitions program under appropriations by the House Appropriations Committee. A field artillery ammunition plant at Rock Island Arsenal costs 1 256 000 with 500 000 for scope, and 90 06 for artillery vehicles. Total immediate improvements at the arsenal reach 755 200 with a 500 000 powder plant authorized to be constructed.
The naval committee voted 11 to 8 to abandon the five year plan and to recommend five battle cruisers at about 26.4 million each, four coast cruisers ten torpedo boat destroyers twenty submarines one hospital ship one fleet supply ship and one ammunition ship for the 1947 fiscal year. The bill totals about 206 million dollars, up from 150 million for the current year.
May reports say British warships and aeroplanes bombarded El Arish Egypt near the Palestine border. An official announcement confirmed the action.
Transatlantic war rates fell from three percent to two percent in New York and London over the last week. Analysts expect a further reduction of about half a point, signaling easing financial conditions amid ongoing tensions.
Berlin through Ambassador Bernstorff instructs German consuls in the United States to remind German citizens to scrupulously observe American laws. The move aims to curb alleged violations of neutrality as Berlin seeks to avoid entanglement with any American incidents. Instructions were sent to all German consuls.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke in three Detroit addresses urging thorough military readiness and true Americanism. He discussed social justice at a Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen convention and greeted thousands at a downtown hotel reception before heading to New York. He told a luncheon at the Detroit Athletic Club that Americanism means national unity beyond heritage, faith, or region.
Rev. Herbert Welch was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the eighth ballot at the general conference held in Saratoga New York on Thursday.
The Dutch government will issue a strong note to Berlin disputing the German version of the Tubantia torpedoing and insisting the claim cannot stand.
Mondamin consolidated school named one of four Iowa entries to showcase at the state fair, noted for its four year cultural program, large classes, and a five acre experimental farm. The district also runs a social center, and recently completed a seed corn testing campaign with 2,600 ears evaluated.
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