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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
2
General Obregon announced that about a thousand Villa supporters were repelled near Chihuahua with 600 killed and many captured. General Trevino was wounded in the shoulder but helped recapture the city as Villa forces briefly seized the penitentiary and palaces before dawn. capture details await court martial.
Five men and three women arrested in a Tyson apartments raid are held in county jail on bail default. Police say the ring fleeced at least fifteen prominent figures in Boston Philadelphia Chicago and New York by modern blackmail methods with both sexes posing threats to exposure.
Seth Low died at his Bedford Hills summer home after a long illness. He twice served as Brooklyn mayor and once as New York mayor, later leading Columbia University for 11 years. Born January 18, 1850 in Brooklyn, he was known as a prominent figure in New York City life and politics. He led a mercantile house before his university presidency.
Mrs. Annie M. Howe sister of President Wilson died after a sinking spell at dawn from peritonitis and was buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard in New London. The president and Mrs. Wilson attended the funeral train in Trenton New Jersey. The body was taken to Ohio for burial.
Paris reports the French offensive gains north and south of the Somme, capturing Bouchavesnes and advancing beyond the Bapaume-Peronne highway. More than 2,300 prisoners taken this action. A new push toward Combles and the German trench system south of Prize farm is announced. German counter attacks are said to be repulsed.
President Wilson reviewed state reports and drafted campaign plans in Asbury Park with Burleson McAdoo and Tumulty. Officials signaled heavier focus on Oregon Washington Utah and California due to favorable prospects. Wilson to travel by auto to Princeton for the Democratic primaries on September 26.
Two grade crossing crashes on Sunday left multiple dead and several injured. In Illinois at Lake Forest and near Matte son an automobile struck by trains killed five and injured four, including a Chicago couple and their children. Bethlehem victims in a separate crash near Quakertown totaled six.
The Congress steamship with 253 passengers and 175 crew caught fire 80 miles from Marshfield, Oregon. A fierce effort to evacuate followed as boats were lowered and passengers ferried to the government craft Michie. by nightfall all aboard were ashore though the vessel burned completely. No loss of life reported.
Eastern railroad presidents held a monthly gathering in New York with eight hour work limits as the main topic. Wall Street sources suggest eastern lines will not oppose the new law as aggressively as the Atchison. No action is expected before the law takes effect January 1, 1917.
In a formal note sent to Ambassador Guthrie, Japan asserts to the State Department that the new Russo-Japanese treaty does not repeal prior conventions and that Tokyo remains committed to China's territorial integrity and the open door policy.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt said the United States battleship Arizona passed tests satisfactorily and will be commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on October 15.
Secretary McAdoo issues a summarized statement and says National Guards will be ordered to the border. In related dispatches, British armored tanks in France were largely built in Peoria Illinois as caterpillar tractors repurposed for warfare, while in the United States similar machines plow fields and dig ditches for labor.
Washington officials announce that all National Guard units kept at state mobilization points since mustering into federal service will begin returning to state duty. The move follows federal orders and aims to restore Guard units to homeland security and civil support roles.
Secretary Baker personally supervises guard movements and intends border service for all units. Troops now in state camps will be reeved to free border units so they can return home and be mustered out of federal service.
Secretary McAdoo reports Internal Revenue Service recovered more than enough taxes to cover its expenses and collection costs, averaging 1.51 percent, the lowest in the bureau's history. Across Washington and field offices, three year costs were about 19.86 million dollars with roughly 21 million dollars assessed or collected.
Berlin reports from Bremen indicate another merchant submarine is expected to depart for the United States at month’s end. None of the projected sister ships of the Deutschland and Bremen has been completed yet.
County Judge Thomas F. Scully rules women need only state they are eligible to vote in the primary. The decision means voters may declare they are of a voting age without providing exact ages.
An East Side well-known char acter describes a simple engagement at a refined Brighton Beach dance resort near Coney Island. He explains his makeup, high pay of twenty weeks and meals, and that his job is to eject acquaintances he recognizes.
Comic quip notes curiosity about female pilots with a playful exchange between Paw and Maw referenced in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. The line hints at social attitudes toward women in aviation in a regional newspaper humor context.
In a witty exchange, Mrs Jones is praised as a refined lady while a man wonders if she could craft a tart reply for church supper purposes. He suggests she is too genteel to deliver sharp retorts.
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