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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
16
Captain Wilson of the Idaho National Guard medical corps was shot in the left thigh at Nogales while checking baggage near the depot. Mexican version claims a fleeing prisoner caused the shot. witnesses allege deliberate fire. Wilson is hospitalized. he is a leading physician in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Neighbors of Agnew and Alice Smetters two maiden sisters aged 48 and 60 along with visitor Miss Mary Stretton 30 were found dead seated in rocking chairs at a Lancaster home on Sunday. No violence or gas leaks detected and medical examination did not reveal a cause. Coroner takes charge to probe the mystery of the deaths.
Rioting erupted Sunday in Yonkers after the Yonkers Railroad company halted surface car service to the subway. Police—about 200 officers—were deployed to restore order, twenty arrests were made, and several people were injured as a car’s windows were smashed. Texas banker T W M Boone, president of the defunct American Nat Bank, implicated in a falsification charge, faces trial on a bank.condition falsification count.
Washington reports to the state department that the Italian steamer Bonbork and the Italian steamer Nitolo were sunk with no Americans aboard. In San Diego Captain John Rowsl of the schooner Saveraina drowned when it piled up on rocks at Fonts Tors point, thirty miles south of Ensenada, last Friday night.
Two residents in a town building died from smoke in a three story blaze. Mrs Sarah Wender aged 10 and Mrs oroling Cutherbeck aged 68 perished as smoke filled the home. Damages were minor but authorities report a fatal incident in a city district.
News from Athens reports King Constantine capitulated to pro entente pressure and will declare war on Bulgaria. Greece's cabinet may resign as Venizelos gains army support on Crete. Rumors say three battleships and four destroyers defected to the Allied side.
New York report says William Knoblock escaped from the Atlanta federal penitentiary on August 29 with convicted bomb plotter Lieutenant Robert Fay. Federal Secret Service agents tracked them across the country and captured Knoblock in New York.
El Paso reports Villa badly crippled by a bullet wound in the right leg as he limps and walks with great difficulty, while a foreign businessman who has just arrived at the border declared.
Chicago Mayer William Hale Thompson sued for 600 by federal authorities over motor boat law violations. The fine not yet paid. Also, Shackleton and party rescued from Elephant Island reach Mingland after arrival from Punta Arenas.
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg outlining Italy’s fear of postwar economic consequences and British coercion behind Italy’s declaration of war. He notes Italy resisted for over a year until English coal and money, plus Balkan hopes, forced Italy to act against Austria Hungary and Germany.
Officials of Eastern Forwarding and other crews scoured waters around New London Connecticut for weeks in search of the German merchant submarine Bremen. They reported no definite information as the craft was repeatedly sighted near the harbor but not confirmed.
Chiciath Miss Margaret Gorey a trained nurse was arrested Thursday in the offices of Dr O A Hood a prominent physician charged with blackmail. The Hamilton grand jury returned an indictment after a period of police efforts to obtain a confession via a telephone device.
Burton Wilken, president of the foreign citizens' committee and the American club in Mexico City, an American citizen, was jailed on accusations of pernicious activity by Mexican authorities and ordered to leave the country.
Denver sees bread prices advance by up to per cent following a decision by the Master Bakers' association. The session, which began Wednesday night and closed Thursday, sets new retail levels for the city. Two African Americans lynched in Mossville, Texas, tied to the murder of Dud Burne in Gordensburg last Saturday.
Reports from field headquarters in Mexico claim Villa and about 200 bandits are moving north toward the American expedition. They crossed the San Andres railroad and skirmished with Carranza troops near El Paso. Garza and Ramos are said to pursue Villa, while Carranza orders horses gathered for the chase.
A Monday air attack by Teutons dropped bombs on Bucharest killing five and wounding many. The report notes additional fatalities that night and mentions an Idaho youth, C J Beatty, son of Mr and Mrs W T Beatty of Weiser, killed in action as a second lieutenant in the military flying corps.
A derailed freight engine pushing two cars struck a crowded street car at Forest Avenue and Dequinder Street. Thirteen people died and over twenty five were injured as panicked passengers jumped and climbed from doors and windows. The impact sent the street car along the tracks with many victims fatally mangled. The train reportedly traveled about twenty miles per hour.
United States Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas died at his Little Rock home after a Friday apoplexy stroke. Born August 18, 1854 in Yazoo City Mississippi, he rose from Arkansas legislator to state senator to governor, then served as U S senator from 1903 and was re elected in 1909 1915 and named president pro tempore in 1914 and again in 1915.
Salt Lake City jurors found four hours after retirement guilty of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman act and recommended extreme mercy. The maximum penalty is one year imprisonment or a $10,000 fine. Fire in Ocean Liner Philadelphia cargo hold still smoldering after 800 miles from port. passengers largely unaware of danger until docking at New York.
The Frankfurter Zeitung critic notes Zeppelin raids on England face greater difficulty. He states British defense measures have improved to a high level over the past year, hindering aerial assaults.
In Battle Creek Theodore Roosevelt denounced President Wilson’s policy and urged support for Charles W. Hughes. The speech referenced military service and the war record, calling for unity and election of the Republican ticket.
Reports from London say British forces push toward the Peronne Beslona road north of Combles while rain hampers operations along the Somme front. In the east, heavy fighting continues near the Russian front, with Germans claiming progress and both sides reporting prisoner captures and artillery actions.
Two Black men accused of aiding Deputy Sheriff James Gibson's killing during a jail delivery were taken from the Nowata jail and hanged in front of the courthouse. A Methodist minister Reverend Perry Pierce briefly stopped the first hanging, but the mob returned and executed the suspects.
Berlin dispatches report sharp German criticism of American neutrality following word of American aviator Kiffen Rockwell’s death and sightings of other American figures on the war front.
Harry M. Van Aletene of Sacramento is held for investigation into the death of Mrs Mamie A. Van Aletene in Quincy after poisoning is suspected. Emma Seheen Dienst of Chicago was arrested but later released. Mrs Van Aletene died from poisoning.
Washington district convention orders suspension to allow a referendum vote on a counter proposition from operators. Miners demand a 3 percent wage increase as the issue grounds the stoppage and possible work stoppage Saturday in the United Mine Workers of Amelia unit.
A band of about thirty armed Mexicans crossed into American territory near Yalota Texas on Friday before retreating back across the border without further incident as the War Department reports.
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