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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1926
Page
1
Senator Borah plans a coast to coast political tour highlighting the anti World Court fight and the broader implications for prohibition policy. The journey signals high stakes as he stresses far reaching importance of resisting international court influence.
Harrisburg July reports Pinchot urges a commission on election reform and calls for laws to curb lavish campaign spending. Governor Pinchot backs penalties including forfeiture of winnings for excessive expenditures, while rejecting direct primary abolition and signaling ongoing reform efforts across states. The discussion follows national politics and looming November elections with attention on World Court and prohibition debates impacting the campaign landscape.
A inquest into the June 17 crash of the Cincinnati Limited and the Waste Fugtole Express heard witness McDonald testify that signals near Gray Station appeared to be bobbing, suggesting the signals were not functioning. He described placing flares and detonating caps as the investigation proceeded and noted the engineer could not have failed to see burning signals.
Two American passengers aboard the British India Steam Navigation steamer Erinpura have cholera. An American first class passenger who arrived from Singapore and an American woman who joined at Penang were placed in hospitals in Singapore. The chief officer said another cholera case occurred among the crew, prompting inoculation and strict control measures to prevent spread.
Five year old Mike Greck drowned in the Shenango River at Heatland near Sharon Pennsylvania after falling from a bridge this afternoon. Rescue attempts were too late.
Boston July 1 a small scar revealed by a magnifying glass may identify the attractive woman whose mutilated body was found in two fruit boxes and a burlap bag near New Cavalry cemetery in Mattapan yesterday. The scar above the right ankle, reportedly made during vaccination, is considered an important clue by the medical examiner, Timothy Ledty, with police and detectives pursuing several other leads. The distinctive double bowline pallor knot on the dent boxes is viewed as a valuable detail in the inquiry.
Mrs. Jonathan Davis, 65, wife of the former governor of Kansity, died in a hospital following a week of illness. The death occurred July 1 as reported by United Press.
President Coolidge urging reduced industrial accidents. He cites 23 000 deaths and 2 500 000 injuries yearly, calls for widespread safety plans modeled after steel industry gains. Ethelbert Stewart reads the message to the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference as labor officials outline data driven prevention.
Chief of Police Dunkle plans to visit the Cattaraugus county jail at Little Valley with Chief Wellejus to identify Clarence Burke held there as a suspect in the Rex theatre looting. Wellejus says strangers bought items and visited his shop the night before the robbery. Perkins remains at large after being abducted from a state trooper near Andover earlier.
Palm er, a pioneer in the city’s insurance field since 1865, has sold his agency to Nichols and Heerlein. The transfer, planned for Thursday, ends a long career marked by leadership in fire and casualty insurance and deep local ties.
Northwestern District Council of the Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet in the city with delegates from Warren Kane Du Bois Bradford Titusville Oil City Cone y and Brig. Lunch at Hotel Corry at 12 90, business session at Maccabee Hall. Mrs Bertha Lyons of Warren presides. Entertainment planned. visitors invited.
United Press dispatch from PLARION Pennsylvania reports Edward Evans and Linton Wells nearing completion of their round the world flight. Their plane, en route from Cleveland to New York for the final leg, was sighted over Clarion at noon today.
Formal acceptance of the position by George H Gordon, with his family at Lake Canandaigua, as collector of school taxes. Gordon, deemed one of the most efficient collectors, will begin duties in a few days. 1926 tax assessment to be based on same valuation and per capita rate as city taxes, with remaining board arrangement unchanged.
In Philadelphia this afternoon a Democratic executive committee meeting will discuss a vigorous summer campaign and formally open new Democratic headquarters at 14 Walnut Street. State Chairman Corpeline Haggarty Jr. denies party discord and says the session is a business gathering. Principal ticket candidates William B. Wilson Eugene Banniwell W. Clayton Stacket and John Murphy are expected to address the meeting.
Pittsburgh July 14. The fourth United States District will name John D. Pennington as head of the anti prohibition enforcement effort in western and central Pennsylvania. Pennington, a Navy veteran, succeeds Fred Baird and Edgar R Ray in a controversial campaign long tied to the Walstead act and earnings of enforcement officials.
A blaze at the Twilight Inn in Twilight Park Catskill N Y swept through the building early today killing 74 people and injuring many. Troopers reported four bodies recovered from the ruins and twenty three missing. Red Cross reported eleven dead but not officially confirmed. Firefighters say stairs collapsed trapping victims as they fled.
Erie reports July temperature down to 47 degrees after a record low near 49. Meadville also cold with 45 as heat wave from last week gives way to unseasonable chill. Local Board of Education meets to discuss library building and new secretary, Myrtle Fuller, resignation.
Los Angeles report on July 14 notes Mrs Minnie Kennedy reacting to a telegram from Odiland three days after Aimee Sample McPherson vanished. The message claimed the evangelist was alive, prompting fresh speculation amid ongoing search and public interest in the fate of the church leader.
Miss Irella Sheldon travels to Erie for a brief visit arriving this morning. She plans to spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. A. Ausnelmer on Park Street, while staying in the city near Mrs. Charles Heneinger of New York.
At the 62nd annual convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks a $3,000,000 Chicago temple was dedicated in a World War memorial ceremony. About 150,000 members attended with 200,000 spectators watching as the dedication took place on white marble steps and speeches were delivered by leaders including John K. Tener and William H. Atwell.
Albert Kress and Almon Bull of French Creek pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law after their capture on an abandoned farm near Prench Creek. Judge Harland B. Howe sentenced them to 30 days in federal custody in Jamestown. Authorities, while searching for two missing girls, found the pair allegedly operating the still.
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