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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
2
The Atlantic Iowa paper notes local post office carrier candidacies and urges civic boost while discussing national politics. It highlights western presidential hopes, a seven‑member Shenandoah group demanding safer trees, and local ads for services and goods.
Helen D'Ardey, a Belgian countess aged 16, was sentenced to three months in prison by a German officer. The case highlights harsh wartime control and authority exercised over civilians in occupied territory.
The New Hampshire state hospital head Charles U Bancroft and a federal inquiry expert testified Thaw was sane during his stay in New Hampshire and in general. The expert said the Stanford White killing stemmed from anger and jealousy, not a paranoid mental disease, as the culmination of ongoing pressures.
Jefferson City Mo June 30 The Missouri supreme court sustained the demurrer of the Chicago and Alton railroad against the state seeking 2 000 000 in alleged excess fares collected while the 2 cent rate and maximum freight laws were in effect The decision signals the court policy in suits by Attorney General Barker against trunk lines The attorney general claimed the state could sue for excess fares during pending federal cases The federal supreme court upheld the maximum freight law and railroads cut passenger rates but no refund arrangement was made
Annapolis witnesses testified during the inquiry into exam irregularities at the U S Naval Academy defending Midshipman 4 M Nelson a senior last year and among seven recommended for dismissal by Superintendent Fulham. All but one said they were urged to visit Nelsons room when in danger of failing and it is alleged he coached backward students as part of a pattern.
Missouri Supreme Court remanded the case of Vick Gueringer, convicted in Kansas City for attacking Mrs Gertrude Shidler in March 1914 and sentenced to hang. The reversal cites the trial court’s only fifteen minutes allowed for filing a motion for a new trial, amid allegations Gueringer led six men in the downtown assault.
Ah Pung Sui arriving on the China Maru says Chinese capitalists will buy two steamers in the United States to form a subsidized transoceanic merchant marine. He plans further purchases to establish a regular subsidized fleet operating to China and across the Pacific.
Des Moines June 30 Park pointy leads an investigation into Thatcher Bridge patents from Chicago for alleged infringement. The Watcher Company plans a suit against Des Moines and county claims of $15 against two bridges. The case may expand to other counties if validity of patent claims holds. Ambulance corps equipment ships twelve four mile ambulances to Sioux City for Iowa National Guard use. Assessors report farm real estate value declines. counties mail abstracts for state assessment hearing. Doctors fail to report venereal cases. 1,600 cases in 1914 logged but undercount. Hog cholera fades. only one county case remains. Mulct tax refund fight arises in Des Moines. Wet goods hauled. grand jury potential. Fireworks caused twenty-one fires last season in Iowa. Muse of Mason City urged as gubernatorial candidate. long-time musician and editor. Aged woman drowns after falling into a farm water tank, likely from stroke.
London June 30 Dr Spilsbury a noted pathologist testified about fainting and drowning in baths in the trial of Joseph C G Smith accused of murdering three wives. He said a person of Alice Burnham size could not have remained upright in bath water and could be submerged. He noted the amount of water could drown a person forcibly. Zinc Miners Strike For Advance Joplin Mo June 30 miners in Webb City and surrounding districts mostly stopped work over wage demands citing high metal prices as justification.
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