01 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
1
The Fredericktown Savings Institution invites accounts in its savings department offering four percent interest. The pitch emphasizes usefulness to customers and mutual profitability, urging readers to save and be ready for opportunities.
German forces push a wedge into the French line west of the Meuse amid heavy bombardment that recalls Verdun. Nivelle forces withdraw from Cambres area as Germans press toward Dead Man's Hill and Hit 304, taking prisoners and heavy materiel in Courettes wood. Austrians push on Asiago and Arsiero, forcing Italians back across the Po. A miner in Leechburg, John Arner, fatally shoots his son Lloyd mistaking him for a burglar. Arner detained for inquiry.
General William A. Mann has been assigned to lead a new section within the division. The move aligns command structure with ongoing operations and replaces previous leadership in that unit. Mann brings extensive experience in strategic oversight and field coordination to the role.
P O Houck compensation referee hands down five cases totaling nearly 10000 dollars in awards. Key payouts include Mrs M A B Wenner of Allentown for husband Thomas Wenner and sons Robert and Kenneth, and Mrs Elva P Tonchard of Auburn for husband Charles Tonchard with funeral expenses. Also Camillo Zacaro of Reading sues Consumers Gas for death Giuseppe Zecaro with funeral costs.
The E L Dupont de Nemours company directors declare a regular 1 percent dividend on common stock plus a special 2 1/4 percent, totaling 2 5 percent, payable 5.8 in cash and 19.2 in Anglo French bonds at 96. A 1 percent dividend on debenture stock is also declared. This marks the third quarterly payout since the company formed about a year ago, totaling 7 9 percent. Of $240,900,000 authorized capitalization, about $120,000,500 stock is outstanding. The aggregate dividend equals $24,713,000 on common and $917,000 on debentures.
General Carranza renews demand for withdrawal of U S troops from Mexico and argues cooperation across the border could curb incursions. He claims Mexican forces can control northern outlawry and that patrols on the American side would have prevented the Glenn Springs Boquillas Texas raid. State department cites it as continuation of negotiations, not an ultimatum.
General Fans ton informed the war department of concentrating the Sixth Field Artillery at Douglas Arizona. He sought approval from General Hugh L. Scott and received immediate telegram clearance. Battery E at Laredo Texas and Battery F at Eagle Pass were already ordered to Douglas headquarters.
Columbus New Mexico June 1 Julio Acosta a Villa leader formerly commander at Guerrero Chihuahua with 300 followers is said to be following Brigadier General John J Pershing's rear outpost south of Namiquipa. Acosta aims to portray that he is driving the Americans and that they will have to fight or depart the country. Reports have circulated beneath Pershing's lines.
Washington reports President Wilson commuted the three months imprisonment for Mrs. Cornelia Ferguson of Cincinnati for forging a money order, but the pardon arrived too late as a baby was born in Troy jail Tuesday night and died minutes later. The incident sparked discussions on executive clemency and its timing.
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