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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
1
Montenegrin king and government plea for separate peace reported January 13 as war moves show a Turkish withdrawal in Caucasus and preparations for a drive into the interior. Serbian government arrives at Brindisi as Austria seeks peace terms with Montenegro.
Alfred Zimmerman announces in the Reichstag that Germany would certainly seek satisfaction for the murder accusation tied to the Baralong crew. He says German parties condemn the Baralong action and Britain's retaliation, with protests planned by socialist Notke and other officials.
Cardinal Mercier the Belgians top primate arrived in Rome and left with a bundle of papers after a private audience with the pope. He refused to discuss the documents, stating the matter concerned ecclesiastical affairs. A report suggested the papers included a survey of Belgian conditions and alleged German barbarism.
Cardinal Mercier spent one hour with the pope, another with Cardinal Gaaparti, Vatican secretary Felary of State. He returned to the Belgian college where he was shut in for a conference with Belgian churchmen. Callers were told he would not see friends or admirers today or tomorrow. Among those denied were Americans and many Italians.
Paris dispatch from Athens via Havas reports Bulgarians at Glevgeli and Dotran endure severe food shortages. Roads from Demir Kapon are destroyed, forcing transport from Veles by mule train. A French air squadron bombarded Bulgarian camps Saturday afternoon, starting several fires.
Vienna protests to the American ambassador, F. C. Redfield, regarding British and Italian detachments landing on Corfu. The Austro-Hungarian government calls the act a violation of the London Treaties of 1863 and 1866 and asks that the protest be communicated to Britain and France.
Amsterdam correspondent reports heavy flood damage across Belgium with Nelxum particularly affected in south Flanders. The Scheldt has flooded numerous villages including Wellen, Garere, St Gen, and Schelderode, inundating sites and disrupting life.
A severe cold wave grips the nation east of the Mississippi with subzero temperatures from Cincinnati to Chicago and as far south as Mobile. Reports describe 4 degrees below zero in Cincinnati, 20 below in places, and snow and freezing conditions blanketing the region. Local incidents include Owen O Malley, 40, found frozen in a South Omaha barn with no known relatives.
The report describes record cold across several districts including Browne ville and nearby areas with temperatures as low as three degrees below zero. Winds from the west intensified the chill, condemning the day as one of the coldest of the season in multiple locales.
The U S Supreme Court today construed the Washington workmen's compensation law as abolishing all damage actions in the courts by workers in hazardous employments, against employers or others. The ruling confirms the circuit court of appeals interpretation that only employer actions are barred. In a related note the court upheld employer liability law and a $14,000 recovery by a railroad brakeman for injuries, while government appeals remain before the court in Pennsylvania cases.
In White Plains on January 1 Troias Mott Osborne former Bing Sing prison warden pleaded not guilty before Judge Juntley Marchanner to the indictment charging him with perjury. The trial date is set for February 7.
Warrington Jan 17 Frank Quinn and J J Reale Oklahoma farmers and election officials convicted in federal court of intimidating voters and blocking voting under the grandfather clause were pardoned by President Wilson. The Supreme Court had declared the grandfather clause unconstitutional. The pardons were said to reflect belief that state officials enforced the law in good faith.
A route of command report from January 1 states Turkish forces in Mesopotamia have retreated to within six miles of Katol Amara after a British victory. Secretary for India J Austen Chamierial announced the Turkish positions at Wadi were carried on Saturday by British forces.
Merlin Jan 17 Turkish official statement says after a week’s delay the Turkish advanced posts in the Caucasus retired several kilometers, claiming heavy Russian losses on both banks of the Aras, with intermittent artillery fire near Kittrismar.
About 6 000 garment workers, largely women, walked out in Philadelphia on January 17 seeking a fifty hour week, overtime limits, a 15 percent wage rise, a weekly minimum of six dollars for women and eight dollars for men, grievance and arbitration bodies, and employer provision of materials. The strike idled around 250 factories as nonunion workers joined the walkout. A separate item notes insurance man Heath was found dead in Bloomington, Indiana, from atrophic heart disease.
Washington reports confirm pressure within the American party seeking military escort to Chihuahua. Evidence from Paso suggests Carranza’s forces faced Bloodshed near Santa Vaudel, with Holmes as sole source for guard requests. Mexican authorities allegedly declined escort, fueling party fears yet arranging a garrison to resume Cusihuita mining.
Aiux cry, Iowa, Jan. 17 An Illinois Central passenger train jumped the track near Vlegsh, Iowa this morning. Four persons seriously hurt and a score injured. Names of seriously injured include Conductor La Sage of Cherober, Tor a, Charles Kopp of Pringhsr, Towa, with arm and head injuries. An unknown woman hurled through a car window.
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