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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
6
Brief world roundup highlights key events for quick reading. Notable items cover political changes, economic developments, and major incidents shaping international affairs. Compact summaries identify countries, leaders, and dates where available.
Sinking of the Maloja by a mine in the Straits of Dover with 147 dead including 117 Lascars. Empress of Fort William sinks trying to rescue survivors. Fort de Douaumont repulsed in lengthy assaults near Verdun. Durazzo falls to Austro-Hungarians while Italian withdrawal reports surface. Kuropatkin named Russian army commander. various naval actions, air raids on England, and European theaters update the war’s breadth.
A compilation of Washington diplomatic and political items includes Germany’s limited interpretation of assurances on ship attacks, Fletcher confirmed as ambassador to Mexico, Naval Committee criticism of officer education and ship design, a demand for China passenger release, Wilson's warning to Teutonic powers, Illinois utilities officials urging railcar recalls, rivers and harbors bill favorably reported, Wilson praising foreign-born Americans, Austrian protest handling, and Fletcher’s Senate committee confirmation.
Rome corresp. to Petit Parisien reports Gabriele d Annunzio hurt in right eye in aeroplane accident and taken to a Venice hospital. Possibility remains that sight may be saved. Also US envoy James W. Gerard reportedly injured his left side in a fall near Munich per Berlin dispatch to London.
Towanda residents are puzzled as Union street on Union Street sees its seventh pair of twins born at the Callan home. Local doctors and a health commissioner are asked to explain the unusually high twin birth rate. Air quality differs little from other areas, while the street gains 25 new houses amid strong health reputations and demand.
Denver reports a dry era opening with rising retail and bank activity. Stores see higher collections and many delinquent accounts settled. Savings banks gain 575000 in deposits and 2000 new accounts in January. Bank clearings reach 47000000, up from prior years. Police blotter shows declines in drunkenness but rises in vagrancy and disturbances.
Governor Ralston approved George L. Bumbaugh as captain of a new Indiana National Guard company to study aeroplanes. The unit begins organizing immediately and will use Bumbaughs 140 horsepower aeroplane carrying three passengers and a machine gun.
Terre Haute reports G A Barnhart captured after a chase spanning over two thousand miles. He was returned to Dallas, Texas, in custody of Allen Seale, deputy sheriff, to face an indictment for selling misbranded medical supplies. The case centers on aspirin tablets labeled as foreign manufacture but found to be sugar and milk.
Switz City February 28. Mrs Hannah Grace of Spencer, owner, closed a clubroom she rented for a men's reading room after discovering pool and card games being played there. She took possession at once.
Milton A. Harmon sues Thomas M. Smith for alienation of affections claiming the neighbor caused his wife to leave, resulting in separation and divorce while Harmon cared for the children. Plaintiff seeks 10,000 dollars in damages.
Purdue students report an unknown man found in the basement of the Kappa Sigma house but escaped. The fire terror follows prior arson at the armory and two more attempted fires, gripping the Purdue campus.
Fifteen thousand widowed scrubwomen work nightly in Manhattan offices earning about three dollars weekly. A reporter visited a cooperative home on the Lower East Side where one room serves as kitchen and parlor while beds fill the others. The women, united by frugal tea rituals and shared duties, maintain neatness and humor despite poverty.
Indianapolis Feb 28. Dr T H Scales of Boonville a member of the state board of tax commissioners withdraws from the race for the Democratic nomination in the First district. Governor Ralston had asked his resignation from the board if he stayed in the race.
Train No. 4 on the Lake Shore traveling sixty miles an hour struck a heavy log dislodged from a freight car on a side track. The log rolled for a distance before the engine jumped the track. None of the coaches were derailed.
Columbus report says after paying 4,025 for Bartholomew county hospital site, county treasurer Edward Suverkrup filed a delinquent tax claim of 2,585.19. The court ordered payment, so the county got back that amount.
Indianapolis February 28. Donald H. Snyder a freshman at Earlham College won first place in the Indiana state meet with his oration Military Education in Our Public Schools earning representation of Indiana in the interstate oratorical contest in May.
A federal jury in HATTLY WASH became deadlocked after one member. Ten jurors improvised a deck of cards from luncheon boxes while others made dice from sugar lumps and a blotter became a checkerboard. Two jurors slept as the rest played games until court opened next morning.
A disastrous fire at the Grand theater in Newcastle destroyed the show house and all property of the Mae La porte stock company. The total loss is about 15000 dollars and the company faces unemployment.
Vincennes on February 28 Frank Len neng, 31, is held on murder charges after slaying 28 year old George Askers with a throat slash in a drunken quarrel at the Stag saloon.
In Vincennes on February 28 the Knox County bar presented a gold watch to Frank G. Reiter upon his retirement as county clerk. He served sixteen years as deputy and eight years as clerk.
Greensburg February 28 Lorenzo Molford who lives near Letts was cut in the forehead when the iron shield of a circular saw broke and struck him.
West Danby New York resident Mrs Dewitt Lincebaugh writes that Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nervous trouble and male female derangements. She notes relief for sleeplessness irritability backache headaches and dragging sensations and says she keeps the remedy at home for herself and her daughters. The ad touts the product as rooted in native herbs and a forty year record as a tonic for women.
A countryman stuck with a cart asks Hercules for help. Hercules urges the farmer to act, saying one must help themselves to receive aid. The moral: they are helped who help themselves. Derived from Aesop’s Fables, The Slave.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as delivering a clear dazzling white wash, claiming it is whiter than snow without a greenish tinge. It urges purchase at grocers and notes a five cent price. A final line comments on women and beauty in a satirical quip.
A brief aphorism asserts femininity's beauty as a natural trait, claiming beauty comes from being born pretty.
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