09 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1915
Page
1
New York report from the courtroom notes that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may testify as the trial proceeds. Both sides dispute legal errors and the judge upholds prior insanity rulings, with no clear decision favoring the defense.
In a special session the Mayor and commissioners adopted preliminary drafts of bills Nos 386 487 and 888 for paving Smith Street from Wright to Center and Park Place. The plan includes extending Smith Street to West Wayne, building permits for Washington Street near Ajax plant and a rear shop for a local business, all under city engineer and safety supervisor plans. Final readings and bond details target April 19 with a new street project to proceed next.
United Press reports from Washington that two additional U S battleships are ordered from Guantanamo to Veracruz under a Flag Officer’s command. The fleet will include the Delaware and other vessels, plus two cruisers and two gunboats, all to deter Carranza and pressure immediate compliance with the State Department note. Admiral Fletcher is authorized to act to protect foreign lives if needed, with a reply expected directly from Carranza or Consul at Veracruz.
Corry faces a strict quarantine with cattle shipments curtailed across lines from westward sources. Railroads Pennsy and Erie claim compliance while cattle traffic drops sharply, and Dempsey Brothers waive preliminary hearing in federal court with March term pending.
The Farmers Institute, held over two days at the City Building, closed this afternoon around four. It drew a large audience across sessions and featured talks by D. H. Watts on soil and plant growth, Frank Kling on profitable poultry and winter eye production, and other experts including Mr. Kine and Dr. Roswell.
A Clearfield banker fatally shot himself in a May 1900 era incident described in fragmented text. The report mentions colleagues and a financial institution but lacks coherent details, leaving the motive and circumstances unclear.
Report from London notes Smyrna threatened by the British fleet under Admiral Pierse. With Turkish defenses collapsing, only two land batteries remain capable of resisting and a broader fall of the city appears imminent as Russian-led forces press the offensive.
Hartleburg March 9 The House approved 424 to 61 the Clark Third Class City law amendment to allow popular election of the City Treasurer now appointed by the Commission Representative Reininger of Blair County introduced the bill Ramsey of Delaware urged the change saying Altoona should elect its treasurer while others argued the law was too new to amend Several other measures passed including fees on clients sums and a bill prohibiting confinement of neglected children in the same institution with feeble minded children A balloon use in fireworks was also permitted amid broad wartime dispatches of naval actions and continental warfare news.
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