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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
1
Reuter reports from Amsterdam that Austrian Count Karl Stoergkh, a longtime public official, was shot today in Vienna. The event comes as Serbian forces continue efforts near the Macedonian front and Vienna's cabinet history is noted.
A large Tucson delegation joined Colonel Roosevelt in Phoenix as he addressed crowds at Prescott and Phoenix. He criticized Wilson and praised Governor Kibbey and Tom Campbell, urging Republican unity for the upcoming election while reporters noted the statewide rally as a major event.
A brief dispatch notes fiery firing along the Somme line with reports of activity near the front. The notice mentions artillery and movements by allied and enemy forces, detailing limited positions and ongoing exchanges.
A damaged report states Ussians repulsed Stokhod attacks with German counter losses. It cites Narayuvka and Gelicta locations, mentions 1506 prisoners and captured machine guns, with Prince Leopold of Bavaria referenced in an official statement.
London reports battlefield progress with German and Austrian troops breaking into several Russian defensive points south of the Ra and along the Danube in Dobradja. Russian casualties cited as about 2600 killed or wounded and 22 taken prisoner as German forces advance amid a Black Sea theater.
The French forcibly seize a square mile of territory adjoining their court with troops. Chinese police are arrested and replaced by Frenchmen. The Chinese foreign office at Peking claims no responsibility. Tien Tien, port of Peking, population 7.4 million, features a French concession on the Hei Ho's eastern bank. Nearby lies the British concession with broader colonial borders noted after the Boxer uprising. Russia Belgium Italy and Hungary have taken large areas on the Hai Ho left bank for future settlements.
Gov. Hughes will continue campaign speeches through New England and New York and Ohio and Indiana, ending with a Madison Square Garden address on November 4. He resumes speaking Tuesday October 14 after a day of rest in Montclair New Jersey.
Norfolk Virginia October 21 Seven crew members of the four masted American schooner Fannie C Bowen were brought to Norfolk by the Norwegian steamer Avon after Captain Carter and the first mate were lost when the vessel was wrecked off Fall River Massachusetts in mid ocean.
Mrs. W A Warner of Claude Texas told the International Dry Farming delegates that farmers know hogs better than children and cited government costs for child health studies while lamenting lawmakers indifference to women and children's needs.
In Wyoming two men, Nichols and his son, were trapped by a severe prairie blizzard and flames that blackened 130 square miles. They separated from ranch helpers and tried to reach their car to escape, but flames surrounded them on three sides until a timely extinguishing by the blizzard and cattle halted the fast spread.
Allan T. Mensom, Socialist candidate for president, arrived in Phoenix from Yuma and will address an audience tonight. The event, noted by Artz, marks his campaign swing in the state.
Washington, Oct. 21. The long running transcontinent al railroad rate case involving Pacific coast to east traffic in commodities was ordered reopened by the Interstate Commerce Commission today.
Fort Yellowstone, once guarded by troops from the border, was closed as a military post. About 200 troops were reassigned and 30 national park rangers will assume policing duties, marking a shift from military to civil management in Yellowstone National Park.
The steamer Cape Girardeau struck piling in the Mississippi River south of Chester, Illinois, and sank. About fifty passengers were aboard, most asleep in staterooms, but all were awakened and rescued by lifeboats. crew escaped with no injuries.
In Nogales Arizona County Attorney Hurzinger asks jurors to find the three officers not guilty in the murder of Mrs. Joerephine W Bates. He argues no concerted action and stresses good faith by officers while noting alleged negligence with weapons. Judge Cas and Sam L Pattee urge consideration of officers’ duties. Jury to decide late afternoon.
The article notes a figure who was sergeant-at-arms of the first state legislature and later became a bailiff in the U S District Court in Tucson. Sheriff Albert W Forbes appointed him as jury bailiff in the superior court in return for money loaned and support during his campaign. He held the position during the disastrous expedition.
Multiple games reported with results across campuses and cities. Cornell 9 Bucknell 6 in Itasca. Ohio State 29 Colorado Mines 0 in Urbana. Navy 12 over West Virginia 7 in Annapolis. Princeton 31 over La Salle in Timat. Ames 0 at Missouri. Dartmouth 10 over Gearrreronts 6 in Massachusetts. Pittsburgh 20 Syracuse 0. Penn 27 Duke 6. Bates 6 Maine 0 in Lewiston.
The wife of General Obregon and her nine family members depart Nogales this afternoon bound for Havana via Toccoa. They arrived from Hermosillo weeks ago after a hurried departure, with Francisco Serrano said to have assumed control in Hermosillo. It is unlikely General Carles will visit Mexico City, as most of his troops are stationed in other territory.
EL PASO Texas Oct 21 V'ae's troops taied to find the armed ammunition hidden Bauerde ao Brave Willie is to have sent 6 feres 2 gem to the Mamiquiga distent Peeaver which had been hidden there when Villa was being s ay the Amerteaza te te aes thee es viously located and seized the arms and ammunition Vile's men were forced to return to fen Anteslo without them Carranza offess to claim Villa's ammunition surply Mmited.
A fragment notes international forces or individuals below Juarez currently held by Carranza river guards, with little additional context or detail on the event, dates, or involved parties.
New York Oct 21 Railroads report the greatest car shortage for this time of year with 61 030 cars lacking as of September 30. Box cars show the largest deficit 33 016 with coal cars and gondolas also down. Granger states face the sharpest box car shortage and officials expect the peak next month.
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