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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
1
The Paris and Petrograd reports center on St Mehler and Meuse actions as French forces attack German lines near the Meuse while German advances and Austrian moves are cited. Markets show wheat weakness amid broad wartime news.
The State Board of Agriculture held its first meeting this morning with Governor Brimhaugh presiding. Secretary of Agriculture Griton Mol also attended, and R. J. Wold of Warren was named assistant secretary as the board organized in Harrisburg on January 27.
A civic engineers group meeting in the city council room discussing forming a local Chamber of Commerce was postponed. Mr McComb was detained in Philadelphia with his firm, and no further sessions are planned until Friday night. Mr McGomb is slated to speak in Grove City tomorrow. A public dinner for local businessmen on the project is set for next Monday evening.
Tonight the Corryall and Driving Park Association votes to elect three board members and receive yearly reports. Terms ending are D Warren DeRosay C L Alexander and N D Darling. Uncertain if board changes will occur with a new secretary to be elected and treasurer F L Wouks likely to resign.
Mrs De Wilcox died late last evening at the family home on South Center Buhl after a period of suffering. The bereaved family includes two sisters and a brother, with funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM from the home, private, Rev Woodward officiating, interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Lieutenant Dawson Olmstead and his family depart Washington for New York City where he will serve as captain at the Federal Armory. He receives a four year post and will base his headquarters in New York City unless reassigned.
Joseph Rogan, longtime Democratic county committeeman, won in the city today and announced his candidacy for reelection. He appeals to Corry Democrats for nomination amid opposition in Tocaway and is known across the district.
United Press reports in Harrisburg on January 27 after a brief House session the chamber adjourned to reconvene Monday night. A suffrage resolution, proposing submission of the woman’s suffrage amendment to voters next fall, was introduced by Wilson of Philadelphia. Also presented was a bill for 558000 dollars to reimburse the State Livestock Board for cattle killed or kept during the foot and mouth disease campaign. A Merkie bill allows checks drawn on banks with insufficient funds a twenty day grace period to avoid prosecution.
Harry Thaw, age 16 in the headline, pleads not guilty at a Supreme Court arraignment in New York before Justice Davin on charges of conspiring to escape from Matteawan Asylum. Judge sets February 23 for trial and remands him to the Tombs. petition to send him to Bellevue for examination is refused.
United Press reports in Washington that the Department of Agriculture orders again close the Chicago Stock Yards to all outgoing shipments. Disinfection work continues as reports of foot and mouth disease plague the yards and quarantine measures are extended. Fifteen hundred workers are cleaning up the yards with hopes to finish by Monday night.
Harrisburg January 27 The Public Utilities Commission formally received and took up the consideration of a complaint by residents of Mill Village and nearby towns alleging inadequate Erie Railroad passenger service. Counsel argued that transporting Federal mine rescue cars free of charge over state rails does not constitute illegal discrimination.
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