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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
4
Roger Casement pleaded not guilty as charges of high treason opened before Lord Reading. Attorney General Smith delivered an exhaustive opening, outlining Casement’s role and wartime aims while the jury heard the case amid procedural questions and procedural delays.
Refugees report June disturbances at Torreon Mexico where a mob forced locals to join an anti American protest after storming the consulate. They tore furniture, wrecked the building and gathered in the central plaza for a mass meeting. Prominent Mexicans urged expulsion of United States citizens as Americans arrive seeking safety.
A cropped OCR shows a list of political figures and offices including president, secretary of state, attorney general, supreme and appellate judges, assembly and county positions. Readable items include names like THOMAS MARSHALL NIBLACK COOK TENBERGER DOUGLAS PHILIP YOWARDIT SAMUEL SCOTT WROKAXX MERERIT SCHOLSON EVANS WILLIAM A CULLOF JOHN T CNIGAN and county roles such as OLD GILL and PETER ACAASLEM.
The report notes Spreckelm vee and relatives, including Willista, tamuily, and two sons refagens, traveling by train to their homes in various parts of the United States, with Mary Levens also mentioned in transit.
Washington June battles over the army bill bring a 5 000 800 rise for artillery and cavalry horses. The war department seeks 63 000 horses for regulars and militia. Chairman Hay of the House Military Committee notes possible additions up to 25 000 000 beyond the 147 300 000 already approved due to Mexican troubles. An extra 2 000 000 is allocated for sanitary medical and hospital appropriations.
A June report describes Austrians retreating on the Verdun sector as Italian forces push forward across the front. Air raids damage targets, with 110 killed and 147 injured in a convoy attack near Kulsruhe. Reports note German and Austrian losses, naval actions, and shifting fronts as Rome reports continued advances against Hungary and Austrian positions.
Washington reports say Central and South American republics will not offer mediation for the Mexican crisis at this time. After a conference with Secretary Lansing, Minister Calderon of Bolivia stated United States mediation was considered but that the American nations deferred the subject pending further developments. He noted that war between the United States and Mexico would be calamitous and that no mediation is planned unless Mexico begins hostilities.
Mexico City reports show increasing volunteer response to the government call. About 7,008 men have joined or are training, with two large camps planned on the outskirts of the capital. Recruits include Indians who may accept land restitution from the Diaz era. Naval program cuts cited as a factor.
A stalled coast defense bill failed to fund the John Hays Hammond Jr. wireless torpedo control inventions and Hammond plant installations. Lawmakers shifted emphasis to a smaller 30,040 dollar appropriation for Haare invention investigations and reduced earlier procurements for mountain field and siege cannons.
Partial readable lines describe baseball action and players in the National League with scattered names and teams. The fragment mentions weather and rain affecting play and hints at game notes and scores without a clear story or complete identities.
In New York a large march of striking tailors and sympathizers formed south of Central Park on Fifth Avenue. They jeered the Union Club at Fifty first Street and St Patrick's Cathedral as hats and garments were thrown. A scramble to recover items broke the parade and stalled it briefly near the club. A Union Club member taunted the crowd and was heckled back as he pulled his head back into a window.
CHICAGO and ST LOUIS market notes show wheat prices for No 2 and No 3 with mixed bids, hogs and cattle trading at varied levels, lambs and sheep figures listed. Produce section reports eggs and butter prices with minor case counts and freight notes.
The International Association of Machinists met in Baltimore and will be in session for two weeks. Delegates from 1 sections across the United States and Canada represent 100,000 machinists. Copper cash export reported from Pekin shows 13 thousand tons valued at $2,180,000 gold, exported from the Japanese during the past.
Reports in June 27 dispatches claim Germany influenced events in Mexico under Carranza. Officials dismiss rumors as unfounded while Catholic educators from across the nation prepare to attend the Catholic Educational Association annual meeting in Baltimore. Also noted is the enlistment of 16 year old millionaire kid H. S Stewart Jr in Pittsburgh, reputedly worth 2 million dollars he is the son of a banker and capitalist.
Wheat futures and corn receipts mixed with steady to firm prices. Heavy and medium grains cited with bids around 9.80 to 10.00 per ton for wheat and 9.59 to 9.75 for lighter corn grades, receipts reported at about five tons and similar small totals.
A Kansas militiaman named Endy Bon, aged 30, a long time in the Bat A unit and Kansas National Guard, was shot and killed at his Topeka home. Friends say he confided that he would rather be dead than go to Mexico.
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