Missing Man Case Highlights Rio Grande Bandit Display
Mexican authorities report a sad end for a missing man and describe a bandit display of a trooper's body across the Rio Grande. The prisoner details the trophy-like exhibit by the gang.
29 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1915
Page
1
Mexican authorities report a sad end for a missing man and describe a bandit display of a trooper's body across the Rio Grande. The prisoner details the trophy-like exhibit by the gang.
Republican Leader Marin urged neutrality in a St. Louis speech, stressing the United States must stay out of the European conflict while strengthening domestic defense and national prosperity. He warned that wealth and manpower exist but organization and methods to defend against foreign threats are lacking and must be built now.
London dispatch reports heavy fighting around Loos in France as British forces breach the German second line, advance toward the third, and take over three thousand prisoners along with twenty one guns and forty machine guns. Bombardments damaged trains near Betaume and Achiet-la-Grand.
The missing U S cavalryman Private Richard J Johnson was shown as a trophy on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Aband of 600 bandits threaten to cross into Texas and US troops may pursue across the border if Carranza fails to stop them.
Hope grows that eleven men entombed in the Foster tunnel at Coaldale may still be alive as rescuers clear more than 100 feet of rock and push toward the nine prisoners. Officials expect the men to be reached before noon tomorrow.
French commission confirms completion of a loan pact with allied nations. Details released on financial terms and expected impact on cooperative aid programs.
A plan announced in New York outlines a 500 million dollar five year loan to Great Britain and France. Bonds at 5 percent will be sold to the public at 98 with a 2 percent margin for syndicate expenses. Subcommittees in major cities will market the issue nationwide under J P Morgan & Co guidance.
Brindisi dispatch reports a fire and explosion aboard the Italian battleship Benedetto Brin. Eight officers and 3879 marines saved so far. Rear Admiral De Cervin among the dead. More than 300 feared perished. The 1904 predreadnought, 13 427 tons, cost 5 750 000 dollars, armed with heavy guns and torpedo tubes, speed about 20 knots. Rear Admiral Baron Ernesto Rubin De Cervin commanded the ship.
Forty Parisian women of social distinction drive ambulances for the army and deliver wounded to depots. They work under military orders from 6am, wear blue uniforms, and salute. Madame J Pallier leads the Women’s Automobile Club for the Transport of Wounded with members like Madame Ferdinand Perier and Countess De Merschaft.
A dynamite plot targeting the Sicula-Americana Line steamer San Guglielmo, carrying 1,700 Italian reservists, was foiled as police and dock guards prevented attackers from boarding. The 40 percent dynamite was found hidden under bags at the pier.
The Spanish King offered Escuriel Palace near Madrid to Pope Benedict as a potential residence if he left Italy. The Vatican states the Pontiff has no plan to leave Rome and would only do so under circumstances studied by a Cardinals’ commission 25 years ago regarding his safety and freedom of ministry.
Ardmore Oklahoma September 28 railway officials may be charged with criminal negligence over the explosion and fire that wrecked Ardmore’s business district and killed forty four people. City Attorney Russell Brown announced the potential charges as investigators prepare to begin blame fixing. Earlier reports had listed fifty five dead, later revised after hospital checks.
Captain E R Monfort of Cincinnati drew strong backing from delegates across states as a wave of support grew for his candidacy. He spoke cautiously while a loyal advisory group including J M Addams and W W Young stood by, with Mrs. continued on Page 2.
The Weather Bureau forecast heavy frosts north of Maryland. New Lisbon Nova Scotia reported five degrees below freezing. A tropical storm in the South Atlantic was now centered off the Mississippi River mouth and moving northward. Easterly gales were noted from New Orleans to Pensacola Florida.
Thomas St John Gaffney American Consul General at Munich is urged to resign for partisan remarks on the European war. Officials declined immediate comment as word from Gaffney is awaited. Previously under controversy for war comments he was moved and faced possible dismissal from the service.
The Isabel struck submerged wreck or rock in Long Island Sound near Cow Buoy and sank in ten minutes. Captain George Rowland and thirteen crewmen are missing. six crew arrived at Shippan Point in a small boat after lifeboats were launched and separated. The accident occurred about 9 pm during a New York to South Norwalk run.
The Times of London dispatch from Petrograd reports the Forty first German Army Corps drowned in the flooded Pinsk marshes after failing to escape. A good quarter confirms the corps perished with all hands.
Greece pledges to Serbia it will resist foreign troop movement through Greek territory, amid ongoing World War I reporting. Allied offensives in Champagne Artois and Argonne show gains, but central fronts remain contested with both sides claiming progress and heavy losses.
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