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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
2
In a perilous sea standoff, the ship’s captain demands free passage for himself and Miss Carrington, retains his revolver and key, and agrees to navigate near St Johns. McCann’s crew wavers, while the heroine questions the risks as the mutinous crew debates terms.
Vera confronts moral peril as Hollis explains a desperate scheme to save lives. McCann seeks a coercive marriage, while freeing prisoners could avert disaster if Vera feigns consent. She hesitates, fearing tarnishing her honor, yet agrees the gambit may be the ship’s only hope.
Vera confesses deep feelings to Robert Hollis aboard the Esmeralda amid a perilous plot to outwit Fergus McCann. She vows to act for others and for love, risking her own safety to save Philip Bascom's life and the crippled man in the cabin.
John W. Riner, coal dealer of Jefferson City, is acquitted in a Cole County circuit court case over an alleged false pretenses sale of 77 tons of coal. Fellow defendant John W. Scott was previously acquitted. Other indictments in the coal and prison scandals were dismissed or nolled. Hoover tentatively accepts a January speaking engagement in Boone County. Convicts may get a new tabernacle and gymnasium at the Missouri penitentiary, using material from the wrecked temporary state capitol. Governor Gardner approved the plan. Fuel Administrator Crossley reports Missouri not receiving its fair coal share from Illinois and notes railcar diversions from government orders.
Frederick B. Mumford announced through J. B. Dunlap that an examining board for prospective aviation service applicants has been located in Kansas City. The board will examine candidates for military aviation roles.
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