25 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
1
The report notes German forces massing to seize Poland as Hindenburg is urged to act before western Allied operations. It also details several German submarine torpedoings near Folkestone and Dover, the Oakby sinking, rescue attempts, and Admiralty restrictions in the North and Irish seas.
Chicago Menschen report flames sweeping the Halsted street and Garfield boulevard apartment leaving residents in nightclothes. Many were saved or escaped by fire escapes as high winds fanned the blaze. Children and women suffered injuries while others perished including John Tate and his two daughters Frey and Matel in nearby deaths.
Denver report says J F Welborn may lose as president of Colorado Fuel and Iron after conflicting testimony on the Colorado strike before the United States Commission on Industrial Relations. Speculation centers on his future within the Rockefeller organization as details unfold before Rockefeller and Mother Jones in New York.
Frank P. Walsh of Missouri, head of the United States Commission on Industrial Relations, argues that charitable, religious, and educational enterprises must be under public control. He criticizes unlimited private wealth in foundations and urges democracy in philanthropy and education to curb autocracy in society.
A man identified as Rowe attempted to hide in a shower at a girls’ boarding school in Orange. Police will determine if he slept there and for how long, after he protested he only went to sleep. The incident occurred amid local police involvement.
Mise Maude Armfield, a motion picture actress of San Diego, won 40000 in a breach of promise suit against Pryant Howard Jr. in Los Angeles. The jury returned a verdict after one and a half hours in Superior Judge Wilbur’s court. The couple had married in San Diego on July 4, 1908 and annulled the union October 7, 1909 amid conflicting testimony about remarriage plans and Howard’s prior marriage.
President Wilson told reporters there is a possibility of passing the ship purchase bill. He said it will not be substantially altered in conference, though minor changes may be made before it returns to the Senate.
In Chicago on February 24 a 18 year disappearance resurfaced as a wreath on the grave of Mrs. Mary Maltavore Martin Carl in Aurora links to Edward Baltazore believed Edward Martin, a Hudson Avenue resident, and a Jersey City coal dealer faces accusations. Detectives questioned a florist who delivered the wreath as details emerge about the long vanished Edward Baltazore and his wife Mrs Josephine Baltazore of Oak Park.
United States Marshal Nebeker reports Tse Neé Gat the Plute Indian fled Bluff after a flag of truce, while the Dolores area monitors families and authorities scramble by telegraph and lines of communication. Six Indians dead or captive and warnings keep the posse focused on capturing all natives dead or alive as vigilante tension tightens the plains.
Poultney Bigelow, famed New York writer, praises Lieut Steever in a letter about the Cheyenne high school cadet program. He urges physical discipline as part of mental training and argues that boys aged 12 to 16 should learn military skills while remaining peaceful citizens.
Carter H. Harrison was defeated for the Chicago Democratic renomination by Robert M. Sweitzer by a large margin. Edith Ogden Harrison aided the suffrage cause but could not prevent the defeat. Thompson led Republicans over Olson for the nomination chief justice. A policeman fired into a crowd injuring eight year old Agnes Scanlon. Eight-year-old Agnes Scanlon was shot in the foot when a policeman fired into a crowd of political workers. In East St. Louis six votes were cast in a municipal primary costing 1800 dollars with five Republicans and one Economy party vote.
Washington officials kept silent on informal proposals to ration food to belligerents under a civilian distribution plan while hostilities intensify. Reports said consular supervision of German civilian distribution may be discussed as a second American vessel is sunk near the German coast prompting heightened anxiety and potential claims for damages from the war risk bureau.
New Orleans February 24 Bread consumers in many states will be asked to join a general appeal to Congress to stop wheat exports a plan proposed by Jay Bures of Omaha vice president of the National Association of Master Bakers The proposal calls for a circular appeal to be wrapped around each loaf of bread produced by mills controlled by the association
Washington February 24 committees voted to report a special rule for consideration of a bill to appropriate 500000 dollars to purchase Monticello the Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson.
For the first time in over two years a gambling place in Newport was closed last night by Mayor Burlingame who took office. The ban on gambling statewide was ordered by Governor Beookwan, extending across Rhode Island.
Mrs Cockrell of Delray Va leaped from near the top of the Washington Monument elevator shaft and fell to the bottom. She left a note for her husband saying she could not recover from an illness. Her body struck the sides of the shaft on the way down and died before reaching the ground. It was the first death by suicide at the tower.
A deed filed in Boulder County records transfers 0.44 acres near Longmont from the Headen Investment Company to KNF Wilson. The transaction appears to be part of a larger real estate transfer noted by county officials.
Chicago Feb 21 patrons will pay a charge for use of the gallery. The theatre manager announced a new policy to be applied before each performance and likely to increase gallery popularity.
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