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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1916
Page
8
A Timan country premier issued a telegram expressing regret to Lothar Smith who was attacked yesterday by a crowd angered by a delay in an exhibition flight. The mob reportedly damaged an aeroplane shed and injured the pilot.
An advertisement touts a simple canthrax based shampoo that dissolves in hot water to remove dandruff oil and dirt. It instructs pouring over the scalp, massaging to create a cooling lather, and rinsing for clean soft pliant hair with natural color and added fluffiness.
Two badly decomposed bodies believed to be Lew Crants a mechanic and Charles A Good a student aviator were found floating off White House landing Virginia after the Curtiss hydroaeroplane they were aboard en route from Washington to Newport News wrecked in the Potomac River near Mount Vernon. Others injured include Edward Potter and Peter Aitcheson. Funeral plans and local notices follow as Alexandria and Fairfax county officials report.
Tebhin May 15 A court martial soon will try John MacNeill president of the Sinn Fein volunteers and professor of law at the National University He will be allowed counsel He postponed Easter Sunday volunteers parade and disappeared on opening of the disturbance later arrested His arrest deemed one of the most important by British authorities He organized the Gaelic League and served as Sinn Fein volunteers president He was wounded during the Dublin fighting John Dillon credited MacNeill with breaking the rebellion in Commons speech
Public denial of reports that Mexico's de facto government sent emissaries to Germany and Japan is issued. Embassy cites Peretz Romero, Rafael Zubsaran, Sanchez Ancona, and Isidro Fabela as ordinary diplomats. Restoring Mexico's foreign relations marks the first step toward rebuilding the diplomatic service.
A 1916 report describes sweeping centralization plans for Germany's meat and grain supply. The ministry of food would gain authority to crack down on food usurers and speculators. Farmers would be required to sell pigs and grain to a central government agency, losing personal bread baking rights and receiving bread cards to limit consumption.
A dining crowd at a cafe was crushed when the ceiling collapsed and walls fell, seconds after a dynamite charge exploded nearby. Mrs Lawson escaped, while her daughter Mary was found dead with bread still in her hand. Miss Kenyon, a Western Union operator, was crushed moments later.
Saratoga Spring May 15 Two strong debates feature the Methodist Episcopal Church conference as committees favor a larger number of bishops and clash over keeping or removing the ban on theater attendance dancing and games of chance The state of the church committee backs the minority report proposing removal of theater dancing and gambling prohibitions against membership while the majority seeks to keep the discipline unchanged The full committee vote stood 113 to 4%
Jurors were tentatively selected in the opening session of the trial of Will Orpet, accused of killing his boyhood sweetheart Marian Lambert, as the case began in Waukegan Illinois on May 15. In Liverpool, May 15, daylight saving plans prompt cotton exchange trading hours to shift from 9 am to 4:30 pm local time.
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