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Newspaper

Petersburg Daily Progress

Location

Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1916

Page

6

Father and son to prison for mail fraud

James A. Everitt and his son Sibley F. Everitt of Indianapolis were found guilty in Federal Court of using the mails to defraud in May and were sentenced to 18 months in Atlanta Federal Prison. The elder Everitt was a prominent figure in farmers’ groups the Farmers Society of Equity and the American Society of Equity. The son aided in publishing a farm paper and tried to take the blame, claiming he acted for both.

Indianapolis James A. Everitt Sibley F. Everitt Atlanta United States Farmers’ Society of Equity American Society of Equity

Marines Fight Native Forces at Macoris Santo Domingo

U S Marines clashed with natives at Macoris Santo Domingo on November 20 during a campaign to invest the town disarm natives and establish a military rule. No Americans were killed and only a few Marines were injured. number of native casualties unclear.

Washington Macoris Santo Domingo Navy Department Knapp Haiti

Army trucks carry shells and guns to field HQ in Mexico

Thirteen motor trucks carrying three inch shells roughly 32 000 rounds, 150 miles of ground wire for field telephones, machine guns and other military supplies departed for the American army field headquarters in Mexico late yesterday. Army officers arriving from Columbus New Mexico reported unusual activity in both ordnance and quartermaster departments at the Columbus base.

el Paso Texas American Army Mexico Columbus N. M Ordnance Quartermaster

Cuba Bound in 66-Foot Yawl Sagnara Sails For Havana

New York reports Manuel Aujuria, president of the Cuban Senate, with three guests sailed from here today in the 66 foot auxiliary yawl Sagnara for Havana. The craft displaces 23 tons and has a beam of 17 feet.

New York Cecil Manuel Ajuria Havana

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