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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
6
OdAlene event sees Resta triumph as Rage Aitken finishes near death after a machine fire. Rickenbacker places third with a time of 2 24 16.
Dario Resta driving the invincible blue Peugeot captured first place in 2 hours 24 minutes 16.68 seconds at the Maywood speedway with an average 103.9 mph. Johnny Aitken finished second, 7.8 seconds back, followed by Rickenbacher Frank Galvin and Dave Lewis in a tight order. De Palma set track records on 20 laps, while a pit fire injured Ralph Miedlich and Billy Chandler. D'Alene withdrew after four laps due to mechanical trouble.
Johns Hopkins Hospital pathologist Dr. Horace T. Burrows reports discovery of the infantile paralysis germ. Infection supposedly enters by mouth via milk or water, with raw food and insects aiding spread. Researchers compare transmission to typhoid and anticipate a preventive vaccine.
A Burlington railroad collision near Bertrand Nebraska on Sunday killed nine cattle men from western Nebraska and a fourteen year old boy. The engine of the third section telescoped the caboose of the second section. Names of the deceased include J J O Connor Elsie W H Merrill Wallace Adam Miller Rain William Kilner Holstein BE Kronley Maywood William Canton Vanannel J G OBrien Wallace KR G Hanna Sommerset Larry Sullivan Wallace B Hyatt.
President Wilson announced seven appointees to the advisory commission aiding the council of national defense. The lineup includes Daniel Willard Samuel Gompers Bernard Baruch Julius Rosenwald Hollis Godfrey Franklin Martin Howard Coffin with aims to coordinate transportation and mobilize industry for war needs. The group will assess American manufacturing facilities and adapt them for modern warfare.
In Bayonne New Jersey on October 14 a mob of several hundred Standard Oil strikers clashed with about 250 detectives police and guards near the Tidewater Oil Plant. Inspector Cady ordered dispersal and then fired after a volley. At least three men were killed and a score wounded as militants retreated. Officials feared further outbreaks may compel militia
A Panama dispatch to the state department reports former President Porras has sailed for New York to take up the role of Panama’s new minister to the United States. In Hartford, Judge Shumway grants an absolute divorce to Dr Valeria Hopkins Parker from Dr Edward O Parker on grounds of intolerable cruelty.
Boston defeats Brooklyn 4 to 1 in game five before 42,620 fans at Braves Field Boston. Ernie Shore earns the win becoming the only pitcher with two victories in the series. Duffy Lewis drives in the tying run with a triple and a sacrifice fly by Gardner. Cleveland errors by Cutshaw and Olson open the door for Boston as Hooper and Janvrin add sequence.
In Lincoln Hughes outlines a peace basis shift and argues against the Adamson eight hour law. He rails at labor and capital pressure while pledging firm American protections abroad and warns of tariffs to curb foreign competition if wage costs rise. He denies desires for war with Mexico or Europe.
An official admiralty statement says Tulen, after a one hour engagement near the Bosphorus on October 12, captured the Turkish 6 000-ton armored transport Aidus to. Commanded by German officers, the transport was taken to Sebastopol. Berlin reports 444 prisoners taken at Smotrec in the Carpathians.
A Cleveland interurban collision near Pittsfield killed John Hughes Jr., his wife, and daughter, plus the wife of a farmer. Helen Hughes and Eleanor Hughes, seven, were injured. doctors warned of potential death.
Berlin outlines a transition from war to peace by government participation and supervision. A special imperial commissioner will lead the task within the interior department, aided by a large advisory committee from business to evaluate economic measures, mobilize credits, expand labor, and reassign workers to replace men in industry and replenish raw materials.
A rear end collision on the Burlington Holdrege branch near Bertrand Neb five miles west of Bertrand killed eight men instantly and three more died later from injuries. Seventeen were seriously hurt as two stock trains collided while No 156 operated in three sections. The first section had cleared Bertrand. the second stopped for hot box inspection and the third reportedly lacked a headlight. The killed were Nebraska stockmen and farmers. signals and torpedoes reportedly not deployed by the second section crew.
Scientific American notes living hair absorbs arsenic compounds while it is not absorbed after death. Hair may show arsenic in rapid poisoning cases, while liver and kidneys reflect acute exposure. In slow poisoning arsenic appears in hair but not in major organs, affecting legal evidence.
The recent destruction of the exposition buildings in San Francisco, erected two years ago, removed monuments including the Arch of the Rising Sun with the Nations of the East group. Demolition was deemed advisable due to the temporary nature of the structures.
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