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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
6
The Supreme Court interpreting the Harrison federal drug act held that possession of opium is unlawful only for drug dealers, not general users. Justice Holmes announced the majority view, warning against stretching federal power to criminalize all possession, while Justices Hughes and Pitney dissented.
Fresh reports from El Paso claim Francisco Villa has died after being shot by his own men but the reports lack credibility. Authorities say Villa may be in Nievas near Rosario and Parral and that he has reportedly recovered from a wound but will be lame for life.
Seven men were arrested and police say they confessed to being hired by local Electrical Workers' Union officers to dynamite Commonwealth Edison property. The workers were on strike against the company, echoes of earlier dynamiting cases linger in Chicago.
Fifty thousand people from German American Austro Hungarian American and Irish American relief groups gathered at the new Sheepshead Speedway in New York. The protest denounced loyalty questions and urged preparedness with the America First principle echoed in speeches and resolutions.
President Wilson signed a resolution empowering him to invite Spain and Latin American nations to a 1915 exposition in San Antonio Texas marking the 200th anniversary of the city’s founding. The ceremony was witnessed by Senators Culbertson and Sheppard and Representatives Garner Slayden and Davis.
Swiss soldiers recovered the body of Henry Hoffman of New York in the Engadine Mountains valley Eschria. He died February 20 during a ski excursion when an avalanche buried him.
Twenty Apache Indian scouts from Arizona routed a Villista band near Las Varas Pass forty miles south of Namiquipa. Led by Lieut. James Shannon and Chief Jesus Velasquez, the force killed the band’s leader and wounded another, with no casualties among the Apache. The pursuit lasted a week per Shannon’s field report.
Nearly a thousand cases of tomato products condemned under the pure food and drugs act will be destroyed by federal authorities on June 20 in San Antonio, Texas. The goods were seized months ago for not conforming to the pure food law. The owners did not contest, and the consignment includes forty cases of tomato catsup, 285 cases of tomato pulp, 497 cases of whole tomato pulp, and forty cases of stained tomato pulp.
Mrs. Christian Born wife of a Columbus brewer teaches Mareda Jene Satiier an 18 year old Cleveland student at the State School for the Deaf to sing after weeks of experimentation.
Beets and sugar seed supply discussed as the United States, having imported beet sugar seeds, may secure a multi year crop. The article notes longstanding European dependence and the shift toward domestic seed cultivation amid a promising bumper harvest.
The State Department ordered an inquiry into alleged massacres of Americans and Englishmen by strikers at Telare Peru. Reports reached the State and Navy departments from American officials in Corinto Nicaragua and Rear Admiral Winslow of the Pacific fleet. No American war vessel will be sent to Peru until the report is received.
Chairman Tillman of the Senate Naval Committee said he will push in the Senate to amend the naval appropriation bill to provide funding for six battle cruisers. He aims to strengthen the navy's strength and fleet firepower.
The text notes a change from five battle cruisers and no battleships to two dreadnoughts, altering the envisioned naval force as the bill advances.
President Wilson told Representative McGillicuddy of Maine that he favored the bill compensating federal employees injured in service and hoped it would be passed as a model for state laws.
National Guard officers at Columbus New Mexico discussed asking the governor to draft men to fill vacancies in the state infantry regiment on duty at Columbus. Maj. B. Ruppe, recruiting officer, said the step would be taken if enlistments fail to increase promptly.
Swedish newspapers report that three German steamers were torpedoed without warning, probably in Swedish waters. Six sailors died. An English torpedo was found near Skeldervikin, and the press now believes an English submarine carried out the attack.
Chancellor Reginald McKenna announced a plan to cover the deficit for 1916 17 by borrowing about 6.616 billion dollars. The plan envisions loan activity averaging over 15 million dollars each day to fund the shortfall.
Telegraphers reach a committee agreement with the Western Union to address the Boston operators lockout. The move ends the immediate danger of a nationwide telegraphers strike and opens arbitration discussions.
Dispatches from Athens report an imminent Bulgarian declaration of war against Greece as tensions flare after Bulgarian minister protests over Greek troops firing on frontier bulgaria tensions rise. Premier Skouloudis refused to receive the protest, deepening the standoff.
A road site at a rough stretch detonated 300 quarts of nitroglycerin, killing Wayne Roach 26 and Paul Clawson 23 who were hauling it to a storage magazine. The blast wrecked a schoolhouse and damaged windows four miles away. No bodies recovered.
Maj. Moraht, military critic of the Tageblatt, writes on the Austro Italian campaign that Italian casualties to date total not less than 80 000 men.
A 3 year old girl, daughter of Ole Pearson of Poneville Wisconsin, died on a train after swallowing a peanut shell that lodged in her throat. Family efforts to remove it failed and the trip to St Paul for medical treatment proved too late.
Secretary Daniels may urge Navy construction of dirigible type aircraft citing North Sea battle and slow domestic development. Naval officers say German Zeppelins aided heavy British losses by superior scouting. Daniels plans a conference with aviation officials to speed up overall aircraft development and supports the Hoyne bill’s blanket aviation appropriation of over 8 million dollars.
More than 1000 naval mines litter the Dutch coast near the Scheldt estuary, including 535 English 61 French 193 German and unknown origin. They drifted ashore as a sea barrier to block access from the North Sea into the English Channel and some reach Holland's northern island chain.
Grace Douglas Pierce daughter of Winslow Pierce of Bayville L. L. was married at St Mark's Church Easton Square London to the twelfth Baron Torphichen. The bride was given away by her father.
State Department sources from Torreon report Carranzista authorities inflaming public rhetoric against the American punitive expedition. Military governor Gen Francisco Murgia of Durango is accused of ongoing propaganda and anti US agitation.
Reports state Murgia rallies an army of about 18,000 to oppose Gen. Pershing while only a few American residents remain in Torreon. Business halts and Carranza currency falls to around five cents per peso amid the crisis.
United States marines arrived at Puerto Plata after the American consulate was broken into and robbed. Consul Frank A. Henry reported the robbery through American Minister Russell. Dispatches noted city disturbance that later subsided.
Two hundred eighteen business and professional men from twenty two states pledged to report for the June encampment. Delegates were received from as far west as Wyoming, with New York contributing the most delegates at the May camp, though no New Yorker has yet appeared on the June list.
John N. Willys president of Willys-Overland Company announced the organization of a motor car combine totaling 200 million dollars in value. The statement confirms reports of a major merger among auto makers with Willys-Overland as a leading participant.
State Referee Paul W. Houch of Pennsylvania ruled that an employee injured while walking home from work is not entitled to compensation from their employer. Alex Allen of Pinehill Coal Company had claimed compensation for a broken shoulder, but the claim was disallowed.
The Burke and Hobbs tabernacle revival in Hume Missouri ends with 450 conversions in a series of three closing services. A basket dinner followed a noon service in the glory shed. 85 percent of converts are men including bankers, business men and farmers. 75 percent are aged 35 to 90. Hume’s population is 514, so most residents joined the church.
A highwayman held up a party of thirteen sightseers east of Wichita and shot Miss Klen Miller, who died after the gun pressed her breast and she cried to the robber to shoot. Dorothy Snider was wounded in the hip as the assailant fled after the confrontation.
Henry Hunters of Philadelphia, buyers of the historic frigate Franklin from the government, plan to reenter her as a merchantman amid strong ocean freight rates. Built over a century ago, the ship served a hundred years and acted as a receiving ship for twenty five years. Recently sold at public auction for under $4,000, she lies in Norfolk dry dock and will be towed to Philadelphia for outfitting.
About thirty persons injured in an elevated road collision on Third avenue at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street in New York. A seven car train plunged into a halted train and, in a freak accident, the first car climbed onto the rear car. The wreckage caught fire but the blaze was soon extinguished. Passengers were rescued by ladders.
The Frisco Railroad property, valued at a minimum price of 45.7 million dollars, will be auctioned within weeks at the Saint Louis roundhouse. Lawyer Thomas T. Fauntleroy will serve as auctioneer and special master after Judge Walter H. Sanborn arrived in St. Louis to appoint him. Notices will be printed weekly for four weeks as a preliminary to the sale. Bondholders foreclosed on the Frisco March 31.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tien Tsin says U S troops have been ordered to hold in readiness to proceed to Peking. It notes the French have sent native troops from Annam to Peking. Li Yuan Hung guards pledge fealty to the new president’s bodyguard delegation.
British troops in France form rapid marriages as language gaps vanish. Soldiers and French women pair off during long postwar stays, with many battalions remaining in the same area for months, fostering courtship and cross culture ties.
The passage explains soldiers go "in rest" after trench shifts and return to the same villages. They usually lodge in French houses and gradually become part of the local community.
August Belmont arranged a five figure settlement for Mrs. Ethel Lorraine Belmont wife of Raymond Belmont before Justice Shearn in the New York Supreme Court. She testified to obtain her final decree of divorce after an interlocutory decree issued months earlier. The settlement amount was not disclosed.
June 24 is proclaimed muster day to bring Illinois land and water forces to full strength. A military tournament and review will occur under United Spanish War Veterans Commanders with plans to promote enlistments across infantry cavalry naval artillery engineering signal and hospital branches.
German Admiralty confirms heavy losses in the clash with Britain off Jutland. One battle cruiser, one older ship of the line, four small cruisers and five torpedo craft are listed as lost. Sixty-two first line ships engaged on both sides, excluding light cruisers destroyers and submarines.
A meteor exploded near 1 a.m. in York Pennsylvania causing a concussion that rattled the city. Gustav R Brostrum of York Manufacturing Company reports intense heat from burning gases. A snowball bush shows withered blossoms from the fire.
Steve McGordon, aviator at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station in Newport News Virginia, died from burns after his airplane was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. H F Goodnight 70 was killed in Willis Point Texas along with her husband president of Van Zandt National Bank who was fatally injured and their daughter Mrs. R J Moran beaten into sensibility. Moran said he was awakened by screams around 3 30 am and found his wife unconscious. Goodnight died soon after and Mrs Moran likely would live. The house showed no sign of robbery and the family was attacked with a hammer or ax.
A mob of black residents attacked deputy sheriffs near Beckley West Virginia aiming to seize three prisoners. Officials say gunfire erupted injuring two deputies and two prisoners with one deputy and two prisoners killed. Six suspects were arrested.
Kingsport boasts the first carload shipment of American made dyestuffs from the Pedera Dyestuff and Chemical County plant. The 41 000 pound shipment valued at 410 000 went to mills in Burlington New Jersey. The plant, started only a few months ago, operates in units and expands rapidly as Germany-based materials give way to domestic production.
British statesman David Lloyd George narrowly escaped death due to duties keeping him home while Lord Kitchener perished when the cruiser Hampshire was lost at sea.
Bob Eskew and his wife are jailed in Memphis awaiting grand jury action on a charge of murdering their infant. The infant’s body was found buried beneath the floor of an old deserted mill building at Gorin Missouri.
A jury fixed the award at sixteen thousand dollars in a Supreme Court case involving pain and damages. The ruling sets a sizable compensatory award reflecting injury impact and negligence considerations.
Court of New York before Justice Kellogg heard a case by William E. Peaslee engine driver on the Boston and Maine Railroad. He suffered injuries at Stony Brook Mass and died six days later. It is the first trial under the federal statute allowing recovery for pain and suffering.
The United States submarine L-4 ran aground on Blocksland near Newport Rhode Island, Navy Department announced. Lieutenant Hancock, commander of the boat, reported the submarine was apparently undamaged and that there were no casualties.
Berlin dispatch reports the Reichstag passed the budget at all stages and adopted a 12 billion mark war credit. Reuters quotes Count Von Roederen saying monthly wartime outlays from January to May ran just under 500 million dollars and the new credit would cover about six months. France's spending ran nearly as high and Britain’s was about one and a half times Germany’s.
Confidential dispatches to the State Department describe Americans fleeing Chihuahua City during a Mexican uprising in which the consulate was stoned. Some Americans are reported missing and it is unclear if they were killed or secretly escaped the city.
Five thousand potters resume work in East Liverpool Ohio and nearby West Virginia towns after the National Brotherhood of Co Operative Potters refuses to recognize the strike. The union contends wage agreements exist with the national body, not its subordinate locals.
An Amsterdam dispatch reports peace demonstrators led by women marching from Vienna to Schoenbrunn Castle to demand a separate peace with Russia. Several entered castle grounds shouting beneath the emperor's windows before police arrests occurred and castle guards were armed with machine guns.
Bear Lake June 5 report lists Ben Pierce and sons Bennie and Carol visiting Wm Sweetlands. A son, Charles Francis, born May 27 to Mr and Mrs Rush Chapman. Jay Allen buys a new automobile. Ladies Aid of N B Church to meet June 8 with Mrs George Cornish. Rev Swanson family visited Chandler's Valley. Carr Hinckley attended Lottsville commencement May 26 and returned to Warren May 30. Churches plan Salamanca visit and special meeting with Mr and Mrs Victor Harrington. Mrs Mary Argling has left for me. Subscribe to the Warren Mail.
The author argues that judging character requires an all around view, noting back yards reveal habits. It urges cleanliness, proper waste control, and fly prevention, and promotes yards as spaces for children to play or adults to garden for health, decency, and enjoyment.
James Eaton was in Warren on grand jury duty last week. Miss Lettie Hayes married Gale McChesney in James town New York on June 5 and will reside on the William McChesney farm. Union Sunday school picnic and grove meetings planned near Starr Siding June 17 to 24 with several speakers. Harry Thompson and Fay Daley home on college vacations. Mrs W B Culbertson hosted M E Ladies Aid with a 6 oclock dinner. Mr and Mrs W P Wood visited Buffalo and friends.
Behind the scenes a soubrette sings before the stage manager stops her. Esmeralda asks if the audience heard her range. The low comedian jokes about stove polish on the range as the curtain falls.
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