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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
2
A global stream of wartime and domestic items reports British ships sinking German raiders in the Atlantic and battles near Romania while Russians push in Baranovitchi. London and Petrograd dispatches note Swiss troop movements toward Basel and Beliaeff becoming war minister. News also covers ship prizes, captures, marriages, aviation veterans found, and a Chicago coal strike settlement.
Personal Rear Admiral James H. Watmough, retired at ninety five, the last survivor of the frigate Constitution’s active service, who raised the first American flag in California during the Mexican War, died in Washington from la grippe.
More than 25 000 National Guard troops on the Mexican border are designated by Major General Funston for muster out and return to home stations. The first movement includes one company from each of the First Second and Third Kentucky infantry. In a separate incident six Mexicans were killed by two American cowboys near Nogales Arizona as cattle rustling led to gunfire.
Reported British transport distress in the British channel with 1,800 soldiers aboard. Petrograd says a Black Sea submarine sank an enemy steamer and nine schooners near the Bosporus. Washington discusses Americans among 103 neutral sailors captured with the Yarrowdale. no official word yet. Buenos Aires cites Rio Janeiro cable noting Glasgow sunk a German commerce raider off Para.
Secretary Daniels accused American munitions manufacturers of inefficiency and anti government sentiment. Charles M Schwab and Bethlehem Steel are named allies. Regulating orders target coal car shortages and coal prices. Wilson plans use of Second Cavalry as inaugural escort. W G Lee proposes a railroad labor plan to Congress. ICC rejects rail storage charge hikes at Atlantic ports. Cary T Grayson honored with navy promotion. Titan ic memorial bid tied to public grounds. Sherman L Whipple invited as co counsel in probe into Wall Street stock speculation.
A New York court brief alleges a Morgan & Co employee and a Washington lawyer, friend of Ambassador von Bernstorff, arranged inside information flow to Germany via Burns and Egan. Ambassador von Bernstorff denied knowledge of such a pact.
Washington reports a night clash between native bandits and American marines in the Dominican republic left one marine dead and another badly wounded. Captain Knapp said the engagement occurred near Porvenir sugar plantation close to Macoris, following two recent similar incidents. Private J R Olson of the Whistleth company was killed and Corporal George Wilson of the Fifty-second company was shot in the neck.
Franz Bopp former German consul general in San Francisco faces two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for violating American neutrality. Judge Trunt imposed the sentence after denying a new trial. Bopp was convicted on two counts, with concurrent terms totalling two years and $10,000 in fines.
The Wall Street Journal notes Canada’s riches rest on fertile soil and rising grain demand. Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan yields soar with wheat oats and barley. Farms sell for 16 to 30 dollars per acre yet produce hundreds to thousands per acre, while labor strains amid wartime recruitment.
The notice describes men hired for harvest work for about one month. About forty to fifty thousand men worked that season with elevated wages from $2.50 to $4.00 daily with board and $35 to $60 per month.
The quote reflects health as a state of wisdom and a cheerful, noble temper as its sign. It frames well being as an inner quality shaping outlook and conduct rather than mere absence of illness.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe fruit laxative for children and adults. It promises relief from feverish, sour stomach and constipation by an inside cleansing and notes a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
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