23 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1915
Page
1
Sir Thomas Lipton described Serbia's typhus crisis in stark terms. He said infected houses and clothes must be burned to stop the outbreak and recounted seeing sick people unable to reach hospitals and bullock carts carrying victims as the situation spiraled beyond control.
Annie Marie Knight testifies to police that she witnessed her husband and Lovey Mitchell kill William E. Dawson his wife and daughter at Monmouth Illinois on September 30 1911. Police say Dawsons deaths resemble earlier Colorado Springs crimes and similar cases. Knight and Mitchells complicity noted. husband reportedly imprisoned in Joliet.
A fragmented account links New York lawyer Larry Elio Rogers to a web of marriages and a fatal fission case involving 90 babies. The tale involves a divorce, remarriage to a university professor's sister, and a later arraignment with a related photograph. The narrative suggests despondency and tragedy amid the ensuing deaths.
Secretary Bryan and Cecil Spring Rice discuss method in action negotiations. Readers learn about hemp burning as a strategic move prompting diplomatic dialogue and potential policy shifts regarding narcotics and trade. The report frames the issue within wartime or political tensions and notes prominent officials involved.
Secretary Dryden and British envoy Spring-Rice discuss a Carranza driven danger to Yucatan sisal and hemp supply. Reported acts by Port Progreso officials burn stores and threaten growers with heavy taxation for拒绝 accepting a Carranza governor. steps expected to shield shipment of the vital crop for wheat production in the US and Canada.
A prize court in London ordered payment of six hundred thousand dollars on American flour and wheat seized from Norwegian and Swedish steamers. This marks the first disbursement by the prize court of American foodstuffs seized during the war.
The steamer Odenwald, blocked in San Juan Puerto Rico by five warning shots, faces possible prosecution for attempting to depart without clearance papers. U S officials weigh charges while Morro Castle guns threaten Hamburg American lines Harbor action reported by Associated Press.
Paris dispatch says a warning was issued for a possible Zeppelin raid, but no hostile aircraft appeared by midnight. An eyewitness describes a sudden dive by one Zeppelin toward the ground while searchlights illuminated two Zeppelins over Paris on Sunday, with no significant damage reported.
Reports from the state department and Mexican agencies indicate Villa and Carranza forces are massing near the coast for a potentially decisive clash since Huerta’s overthrow. Villa forces approach Victoria while Carranza troops head toward the main army at Tampico to unite.
Newport News launched the battleship with Miss Elizabeth Kolb smashing a champagne bottle. The article compares the new vessel to the Queen Elizabeth and five upcoming British dreadnoughts, noting Pennsylvania’s total steel tonnage, armament, and range advantages and debating which ship would win at different distances.
Indianapolis report from March 22 details John F. Nugent city police chief under Mayor Dofin M. Roberts admitting he collected about six thousand dollars from saloon and gambling house operators as part of a Terce Haute election case. He read lists of contributors and amounts, saying Roberts ordered the collections. Nugent pleaded guilty and said Judge Eli H. Redman also collected for his campaigns from the same sources, with daily proceeds given to Roberts.
Two million and a quarter of the proposed ten million dollars of additional revenue would come from grain and certain products, statistician Lo Wettling told the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago. The plan would affect about seventeen million tons of grain handled, including movements of grain to Texas.
The Hague March 223 The Netherlands government after a state council meeting forwarded a note to Berlin seeking an explanation of the German submarine actions in taking forcible possession of Dutch steamers Xavier V. and Zaanstroom and diverting Zeebraagge consignments The cargoes may be contraband and the reports of lowering the Dutch flag are unclear.
A massive snow slide buried bunkhouses at the Britannia mine near Howe Sound British Columbia. Sixty miners were killed and many more buried as rescue teams race to reach the debris with limited communications and unknown total casualties.
Federal court deadline passed for the twenty one former New Haven railroad directors to file cenuriers or change tentative not guilty pleas after the grand jury returned superseding indictments on February 26 alleging criminal conspiracy under the anti trust law.
The text reports an investigation by the Treasury Department into the arrest of a former Naval Academy midshipman, Minor Morrisenthe r, by Mexican authorities on a count of possessing counterfeit money. He is stated to be at the Baltilio penitentiary.
Irvine Kentucky March 22 Six men Wil Weirhed during the regular term of MG Circuit Court for the killing of Houston Underwood. Thomas Q Wallace and Frank Chaney admitted on the witness stand that they killed Underwood but said he fired first. They exonerated James M Hynes. The six men were part of a group said to have fired on Underwood at his home door, bullets aimed at another man present.
Special to The News Ottawa March 22 Dr Akira Yamanouchi councillor of the Japanese department of trade and commerce is completing a tour of Calgary Winnipeg and other major Canadian cities. He studies trade links and will tell Japanese manufacturers what Canada can supply and which Canadian products will interest his markets.
Fragmentary weather note for Washington region dated March 22 reports Tuesday cloudy conditions with yesterday's high and low figures cited. Indicates a forecast for Texas reads Tuesday and Wednesday with unsettled temperatures and possible precipitation.
Hietal to The Nowe, Minneapolis, Minn. March 22, La Bar, linked to a midwest fraternity and a 1913 wire tapping swindle, faces charges in court. Edward W. Coyle identifies La Bar as the man who swindled James L. Green of Alposa, Iowa, and stole a $6,000 draft. Also involved is Howard Dison, who fled while under $4,000 bond. La Bar allegedly took $2,000 to back a non run horse race on May 38, 1914.
News dispatch from London reports the long siege of Przemysl ending with surrender to Russian forces. About 50,000 Austrians capitulated with 9 generals and 300 officers, while wounded troops and a snowstorm followed the ceremony. Memel and Dardanelles notes show quiet and uncertain Italian fate.
President Wilson drafts a note to Great Britain and France presenting the U S views on the blockade of commerce with Germany. The approach argues against withholding all trade and cites precedent, seeking a common stance amid Allied concerns.
Paris Kentucky reports the trial of directors of the defunct George Alexander and Company State Bank over $260 000 reportedly lost by depositors when the bank closed its doors. The case proceeds today with continued proceedings against key defendants.
London reports the steamship Concord of 1,825 tons was torpedoed today by a German submarine in the English Channel. The 26 crew members were rescued.
Secretary McAdoo and Commissioner Osro plan a 1915 income collecting campaign with a partial reorganization. Some agents appointed last year will be asked to resign to be replaced by trained men.
Berlin dispatch says Sunday an enemy aircraft bombed Muel Baden dropping three bombs on the city and an artillery unit. Three soldiers were reportedly wounded in the attack.
Paris March 22 Francois Desolaux general paymaster of the French army is set for court martial on charges of stealing military stores. Mattre Demange will choose the defense. The trial is expected to reveal sensational features.
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