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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson will report all German submarine actions to Congress in a special session next month. The record will include assaults on American rights and the sinking of the Algonquin, flown the American flag, as part of the documented provocations. Congress will decide on further steps, with war still optional.
The Warren line steamship Sagamore, a Boston to Liverpool freighter flying the British flag, was torpedoed in wartime waters. It carried munitions and grain with 2 American crew aboard, including Michael Holloway and John Henry, while Captain Alexander Setton missed the voyage for ADMIRALTY duties.
New two story seven room house with a 50 by 400 feet lot along Berryville Pike near city limits. Desirable location. Price 1800 dollars. Additional adjacent land may be purchased. Atty M. M. Lynch advertises.
A battle between Villistas and Carrancistas raged from Tuesday morning near Triendas about forty miles from Santa Anna. Eight trucks carrying wounded de facto troops arrived in Santa Anna as General Gomez led Carranza forces against General Reyna's Villistas. Obregon's resignation as minister of war is not yet accepted, officials say.
A corning mill explosion at the Du Pont powder works in Wilmington kills Albert Binetta. Rumors of many deaths spread as ambulances swarm the site. Company officials blame a stray spark and report no suspicious circumstances.
The last will of Albijah T. Dehaven, who died in north Frederick County, is admitted to probate. Wife Mary Dehaven receives 1200 in cash and household goods. sister Anna Braithwaite gets 100. brother James R Dehaven 300. Pine Grove Church trustees 100 for church and graveyard. another brother receives testator's half interest in a 75 acre tract near Back Creek and Warm Springs road. Remaining estate to be sold, proceeds after debts and tombstone purchase divided among brother C D Dehaven and sisters Mary Jane Barney and Ellen H O Roke. Executors C D and Jas R Dehaven have qualified with bonds of 3500.
Military authorities examine papers found on Alexander Fleacher of Troop K Seventeenth United States Cavalry. He is held on desertion charges and suspected pro German activities. Papers consist mainly of letters whose wording arouses suspicion.
The Winchester Gun Club memorializes Lewis N Miller charter member and field captain who died March 10 1917. The resolutions praise his sportsmanship loyalty and kindness and call for publication in The Winchester Evening Star and forwarding to his family.
Five hundred Americans in Christiana Norway were stranded after the Norwegian steamer Kristianiafjord was ordered not to sail due to Germany's barred zone edict. The cargo vessel carried no passengers or mail and was under quarantine. American exporter William E. Cadmus rode as a stowaway and hid aboard after learning the owners refused passenger sailings.
Local auto dealer Neel Motor Co 103 N Main St advertises Ford cars wanted for exchange or cash. Call Bell 78 for details.
AMSTERDAM March 15 Two American citizens are held in Germany. August Henning of Chicago a bookkeeper who went to Berlin to represent the National Radiator Company and Joseph Moore a crewman of a Norwegian steamer sunk by a German submarine are detained. The cause of detention is not known.
The Senate privileges and elections committee considers former Senator William E. Chilton’s request for a full investigation into the West Virginia contest that cost him his seat and led to Howard Sutherland’s victory. Chilton accuses excessive campaign spending and voting by dead persons among other charges.
The Modern Woodmen of America Camp 12186 schedules its annual picnic in Middletown Virginia on August 18 the third Saturday of the month. Clerk E Wright announces details in the notice.
Spot wheat quoted at 1.96 1 4 and corn at 1.17 at the Baltimore wholesale market close. Winchester dealers posted 1.95 for wheat after the session. Anderson’s sale scheduled Saturday March 17 one to two miles west of Winchester. Meat lard canned fruit potato FRPE pe.
Deputy Sheriff Keeley Long travels from Hagerstown to Bethlehem to arrest Clarence Leach on bigamy charges. Leach allegedly married Mildred Louise Affleck in 1916 and may have a previous wife already living in the South. A Bethlehem arrest ends weeks of pursuit amid claims of another wife in Alabama.
Dispatches from Lima confirm El Tiento disclosures on the assassination of Congressman Grau. Government agents are accused of the crime. Grau’s body was cast into a river, a mock funeral held, and street fighting erupted as authorities move to quell the turmoil. Vice-President Bancan, in Buenos Aires, plans to return to Lima.
A marriage license was issued in the County Clerk’s office to Charles N. Venable of Front Royal Virginia and Miss Roberta Virginia Parker of Middletown this county. They were married by Reverend Warry G Spencer of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The groom works as a clerk and is son of James Venable of Middletown. the bride is daughter of B B Parker of Middletown.
Help wanted to supply butter fat at 40 cents per pound for delivery to the creamery through April 1. Payment terms and contact indicated by HALDEMAN.
A letter to Editor urges the United States to remain neutral yet become a producer nation focused on food and agricultural goods. The writer notes embargoes on apples, questions rights as a neutral in North Sea trade, and calls for more labor, machinery, fertilizer, and intelligence to boost farming and output.
At a meeting of the guarantors of Winchester Chautauqua an organization for 1917 was formed with officers Robert Y. Conrad president J H Lacy Jr vice president Daniel W Lupton treasurer Vernon Eddy secretary Mrs Katherine L Heyser represented Swarthmore Chautauqua Association and outlined a program for April 16 to 21 Ticket allotments were set with Lupton handling requests for absent guarantors Limited season tickets are available and in guarantors hands for sale A sale notice for a Washington Street lot and a note about a Boy Scout fund-raiser closing with a local farms move near Wadeville near Wadesville
London reports a British hope that Germany cannot bring England to its knees quickly as submarine warfare remains under control. Officials note arming ships and new devices, with almost 400 ships under construction to replace losses amid rising world trade concerns and neutral trade impacts.
Auction notice style fragment notes Lot 56 measuring 180 feet, offered by Hansbrough and Carter. Terms available by calling the undersigned. Insurance Loans Real Estate firm advertises a bargain to buyers with limited legible details.
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