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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
6
A New York petition states the Salvation Army's assets total 8.36 million dollars with real estate valued at 6.046 million and personal property at 1.0 million. The filing seeks permission to mortgage Brooklyn property for 8,500 dollars while liabilities amount to 4.26 million.
James Whitcomb Riley's estate is estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars after his funeral. No will was found, and Henry Eitel explains Riley made most bequests in his lifetime. The poet's yearly charity gifts were substantial.
An official admiralty statement says a German submarine attacked a British dreadnought on July 20 off the Scapa Flow base in the Orkney Islands, obtaining two torpedoes.
Two daring automobile bandits entered the East Tenth Street State Bank in Indianapolis during lunch hour. They beat cashier Harley Tilman, locked him in his cage, and escaped with $2000. Tilman later escaped, alerted authorities.
McClure the New York publisher was refused landing at Liverpool on Monday and is to be deported. U S embassy informs him to leave for America by last Saturday. He came to England to distribute funds for relief of destitute Irish families.
Rain in the Atlanta region lasts twenty four days straight surpassing 1916 record. Flooding and damp conditions damage crops by 20 to 40 percent, with lowlands nearly ruined.
The Remington Arms Union Metal lic Cartridge Co, a major ammo maker, says it will not pay wages to 2000 workers serving with the national guard at the border. The company cites government ammunition production and notes its 28,000 to 35,000 employees would face a large payroll burden if those wages were covered.
Leaders of four train service unions with more than $00,000 members could call a general strike if reports on the eight hour day and overtime pay are correct. The vote, completed Friday, shows strong support for giving leaders power to act. Engineers, firemen, conductors, and trainmen are involved, with reports of up to 90 percent in favor of granting authority to refuse arbitration.
A storm described as a hurricane of unprecedented violence devastates Saragossa Soria Valladolid Leon and Pontevedra in Spain. Torreon village lies in ruins and Ateca loses three churches to floods. Eleven bodies have been recovered amid extensive material damage.
The British Government is expected to consent to a rationing plan for civilians in areas under German and Austrian arm ies supervision by a neutral commission appointed by President Wilson. The plan hinges on central powers not removing native food supplies. details will be sent to Ambassador Pare in a Foreign Office letter this week.
Expeditionary scout known as Guy Johnson held at Columbus New Mexico by military authorities has confessed to being Guy Hartman, sought by U S authorities at Fort Smith Arkansas for alleged moonshine whisky frauds. Hartman says he will waive extradition and return for trial.
An official report says a British cruiser entered the lower Chesapeake Bay early Tuesday. Secretary Daniels ordered the armored cruiser North Carolina to neutral duty outside the Virginia capes as British and French cruisers await the German liners Deutschland and Bremen.
C. C. Green, a banker from Waynesboro Mississippi, has returned, prompting local officials to check his status and account records and confirm his wellbeing and duties in the community.
A banker long thought dead, missing since January 1915, arrived home in Mobile Alabama on Sunday night. He offered no explanation for his disappearance or whereabouts. Earlier, Green left Waynesboro and was next heard of at a later date. A body found later at Dadeville, Alabama, was identified as Green’s son identified the estate worth 2500000 dollars divided among heirs.
City officials have started distributing copies of a municipal ordinance requiring musicians performers or others to stand while playing or singing the Star Spangled Banner. Violators face up to $100 fine as a misdemeanor upon conviction.
The Western Federation of Mines committee on constitutional changes, meeting in Great Falls Montana, unanimously recommends renaming the organization to the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Action postponed pending review of legal aspects, but indications point to adoption.
Mrs. Hildur Nygren Carlson of Topeka Kansas a bride of a month drowned Sunday afternoon while bathing alone in Mill Creek at McFarland Kansas.
Four year old Bernard Stockman died in Viola Kansas from what doctors classify as an authentic case of infantile paralysis. It is the first death from the disease in the community in a year. Sedgwick County Board of Health notified and to investigate as the child became paralyzed just before death.
An investigation was ordered by General Bell into claims that American troops near El Paso crossed into Mexican territory and fired on unarmed civilians. Mexican authorities requested a new guard be stationed at the point to reassure the suffering Mexican people.
The United States Postal Savings Bank reports 603000 depositors and deposits totaling 86000000 dollars. Growth continues with last June deposits up 3800000 dollars from the previous June.
Rewards totaling 13000 dollars are offered for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Sandae preparedness parade bombing that killed six persons and injured forty two last Saturday. Gov. Johnson, Mayor Rolph, and various societies and individuals initiated the offers.
Five people returning from a picnic in an automobile were drowned when a cloudburst trapped their party in a canyon near Sunrise Wyoming. The group included Mr and Mrs G E Talbott and child Mrs Frank Pine and Harold Meyers.
A large delegation of women suffragists met with President Wilson to urge support for the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment. They conveyed that many women voters await his stance on nationwide suffrage, but the interview ended with no clear pledge from the president.
Report notes the king may show clemency to the Irishman Sir Roger Casement who faces the death penalty for treason after his appeal to the House of Lords was refused. Timings suggest royal mercy could avert execution.
German merchant submarine Deutschland was cleared at the customs house by Captain Paul Koenig. Officials said the vessel cleared for Bremen or any German port and was loaded with general merchandise.
A German submarine north of Zeebrugge, Belgium, shot down a British biplane. The Admiralty issued a statement saying two officers in the aircraft were captured.
An estimated 30 000 natives of French Indo China plus Southern Chinese coolies have joined France since the war began. Most work in munition factories or serve as soldiers in French armies. Previously tirailleurs in Tonkin Anam and Indo China, they now join expeditionary forces at Salonika and other Near East and Mediterranean locations.
Seven American residents of Albuquerque and one Mexican were arrested south of the border and detained in Columbus New Mexico pending further action in a smuggling case.
Investigation of smuggling charges led to seizures of two cars loaded with whisky wine shoes guns and ammunition near Palomas Mexico. Arrests followed as authorities worked to curb illicit crossings and illegal goods movement.
The Berlin Prize Court rules the Elder Dempster liner Appam seized by a German raider Moewe is a prize and orders 739000 marks of gold aboard given to the Reichstag. The Appam remains at Newport News Virginia under prize status.
A telegram from Detroit reports Mrs. Gertrude Steadman and her two year old daughter Helen drowned when the automobile they occupied backed from a dock at Waterworks Park into the Detroit River. Three others escaped.
The New York garment workers refused to ratify the agreement with the Garment Manufacturers Association and were ordered back on strike by Benjamin Schlesinger, president of the workers union.
A baby was born Wednesday at Gov Dunne's mansion in Springfield Illinois to Mrs. William J Corboy of Chicago formerly Miss Eileen Dunne the governor's eldest daughter She married Mr Corboy last October and the child adds a grandchild to the Dunne family
The Board of Estimate unanimously adopts a plan limiting skyscraper height to prevent indiscriminate building. No new building may exceed a set height unless it has large light and air courts and small coverage at or above the legal limit, tying new towers to neighborhood rights and existing values.
The cabinet of Japan faces imminent resignations with Marshal Terauchi expected to succeed Count Okuma as premier. The likely leadership change signals a significant shift in government during the period.
Washington reports President Wilson selected Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis Gen George W Goethals and Judge Victor Dowling of New York as American members of a joint commission to study Mexican American relations The White House could not confirm the report Brandeis reputedly chosen for his investigative experience Goethals seen as expert on military matters and on the constructive work the de facto government seeks to pursue
President Samuel Grompers of the American Federation of Labor released telegrams and letters he says show AFL influence with Carranza and Wilson. The documents claim AFL persuasion helped Wilson recognize Carranza and press for release of U S soldiers at Carrizal. A letter from Mexican labor delegate Edgundo E. Martinez praises AFL role in the crisis.
A royal proclamation bans the importation of opium and cocaine into the United Kingdom amid recent public agitation over rising cocaine use, especially since the war began.
The Senate Public Committee reported favorably a proposed appropriation of 2,000,000 dollars to be sent for indigent tuberculosis sufferers.
Capt Charles Fryatt of the Brussels an English captain with the Great Eastern railway was executed by firing squad after a German naval court martial at Zeebrugge. The sentence followed Fryatt being judged for attempting to ram a German submarine during prior engagements with German forces. The Brussels was captured by German destroyers last month and brought to Zeebrugge.
The Panama Canal reported a loss for the year ending May 31, with tolls $4,286,551 below expenses. Monthly losses during slide closures ranged from $546,000 to $643,000, totaling $3,553,627 for six months from October to March. Tolls collected since August 1915 stood at $868,025.
Ciasy Barnes, of 45620 Manchester Avenue, sues Mitchell County Manufacturing Company for 100000 damages claiming breach of promise. She alleges engagement last December and a wedding planned.
Miss Barnett alleges a suitor refused marriage on May 14 last year. No other details are provided about the parties or circumstances.
A meteor of substantial size, with an unburied portion as large as a five room house, struck a farm twenty miles west of Hot Springs. Farmers feared approaching the site for hours due to lingering gases and smoke.
A Westchester New York trolley strike spread to Union Railway lines in the Bronx on Thursday. Guards accompanied cars as employees refused to heed the call and automobiles with armed guards patrolled trolley routes. Extra police guarded transfer points and main streets, with fifty armed rioters held in reserve at one location.
pessimistic reports from leading Mexican papers say the proposed commission to settle differences with the United States will fail. Officials dispute the notion of an imminent crisis, noting no conferences have occurred. Reports also say shots were exchanged near Juarez between American and constitutionalist troops with no casualties, and generals Gonzales and Bell prevented a serious clash.
Advices from Berlin indicate Romania seriously weighs joining the Entente as German censor reports show fear Bucharest may break neutrality. German officials now insist only decisive eastern victories can keep Romania from joining the Allies amid Russian gains.
President Wilson signed the rivers and harbors measure with an appropriation of 42,886,085 dollars. The act funds navigation improvements, flood control, and port development across multiple regions.
Chicago faced a severe heat wave with temperatures reaching 100 in the Loop. The record heat across the Central States led to 25 infant deaths and one stock broker leaped from a second story window in the Loop, dying instantly.
Coast guard reports the three mast ship Carrie Strong wrecked in a July hurricane near Dry Tortugas. Officers say sharks ate the sailors bodies as hundreds circled the derelict vessel and a yawl from the Tallapoosa was attacked while sent to aid survivors.
An unidentified man was found near the Artmour-Swift Burlington Bridge in Kansas City by a Terminal special policeman. He had severe burns on his knees, under arms, shoulders, and scarring on his face. His left eye was nearly gouged out, and he was rushed to a hospital with likely fatal injuries.
Steven Ferrerbauer a Kansas City Missouri tailor was arrested outside the White House on Thursday while seeking an audience with the president. He said he faced persecution in Kansas City and has been taken to St Elizabeths Hospital for examination.
Two bandits held up the cashier of the Home Building and Loan Association in Aurora Illinois between 12 and 1 PM. They beat the cashier into unconsciousness, forced the vault to open, and escaped with about $3000 as onlookers watched.
Plans are under way to establish an airship line linking Berlin Vienna Budapest and Constantinople with banks and private financiers backing the venture. Initial studies will assess business aspects before shareholders decide on execution. Support from interested countries may come as a mail subsidy.
Federal Judge Waddell in Norfolk Virginia ruled Saturday that the libel proceeding over the captured British liner Appam favors the British owners and against the German prize crew that brought her to port. The court held that the German prize crew lacked rightful title to the vessel.
The court ruled that the government forfeits all legal claims to the Appam and her cargo as prizes of war. Lieut Berg and his prize crew brought the vessel into Hamp ton Roads on February 1 to lay it up indefinitely. The Prussian American treaty of 1799, renewed in 1828, does not apply to guarantee asylum in U S waters for the prize crew.
Three Zeppelin balloons took part in a raid on the east coast of England early Saturday morning, an official statement announced on Saturday afternoon. There were no casualties.
The Senate adopted a resolution asking President Wilson to urge Britain to show clemency toward Irish political prisoners. The decision overturns the Foreign Relations Committee majority and follows a minority report urging humanitarian action. The vote singled out Sir Roger Casement with an unfavorable stance on clemency.
The Italian liner Re d'Italia was attacked by a German submarine while en route to New York. The ship returned fire and escaped due to being armed, according to an official Italian ministry report.
Rear Admiral William B Caperton assumes command of the Pacific fleet with the turnover at sea aboard the flag ship San Diego. The Navy Department announced the change at midnight Friday as Rear Admiral C M R Winslow prepares for retirement.
Col Roosevelt accepts invitation to speak at Hughes notification ceremonies at Carnegie Hall Monday night. He will direct heavy fire at the administrations Mexican policy with Hughes and Fall in New York. Roosevelt plans Maine speeches before September 11 and to address several campaign events.
About 500 enlisted men in the California National Guard have been turned down for regular service by medical examiners due to physical disability.
A New York horse dealer says the United States can source thousands more horses for war needs despite heavy purchases by Britain France and Italy. He notes the army's bid call for 46 600 horses and 20 200 mules faces strict specs that may delay supply, yet 1 000 horses a day could be delivered if rules are relaxed. The article also explains how beating egg whites traps oxygen in fresh air to create lightness and digestibility.
While performing an autopsy on George Ballantyne Ilood in Pittsburgh, Deputy Coroner McKinley found Hood’s will tattooed on his back reading I bequeath to my beloved mother. Hood’s body bore tattoos of women dogs horses and other designs, with agony endured over seven years. He visited circuses in Pittsburgh and got new pictures etched each time.
Announcement urges readers to subscribe to the Warren Mail at 1.00 dollar per year in advance.
The guide urges dry grain chick feed free from mold and mustiness, clean and sweet. It warns against weak chicks and recommends killing and burying them. It covers duck care, water access, egg handling temperatures, storage at 50 to 60 degrees, protecting chicks from damp, shipping room, moldy stock risks, and adopting modern methods to stay competitive.
The article summarizes Dr. E. F. Bowers guidance for a wealthy indoor lifestyle. It equates protein content of common foods, recommends a daily 50 gram protein target from eggs beef and milk, and urges rest of calories from starches fats and fiber rich vegetables to prevent ailments and improve wellbeing.
A Detroit Free Press fragment quotes a party ride where a man spent $6.75 on a taxi to bring someone home and asks to call again, prompting speculation about sincere motives and future contact.
A witty exchange turns on marriage and time as a neighbor replies with a dry line about life, reflecting light social humor in a Buffalo Express feature.
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