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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
1
British and French forces push on the Gallipoli peninsula as Allied bombardment intensifies. Reports say Turkish defenses resist but the fleet and land forces aim to isolate forts and push Turkish troops back along the Asiatic side.
Cleveland May 1 heavy earthquakes rattled St Ignatius College area with long shocks. In Washington the naval observatory reports a 45 minute intense disturbance. German embassy advised travelers to Europe to proceed cautiously, as the advert warned of danger but the embassy maintained it was a cautionary notice.
Colonel George C. Rickards of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania National Guard asks all officers to vote on making the annual Tadiana camp a dry camp this summer. He states he favors prohibition and requests officers to respond with their views by card. Corry officers of Company A indicated they will vote dry.
An overheated heating system caused a dangerous condition at the Union City post office last evening around ten o'clock but was discovered in time to prevent a fire. Damage was chiefly smoke related with no significant structural harm reported.
Two desperadoes disguised held up a trolley on the Shamokin and Gilberton railway at Mt. Coco top and escaped with about 4000 dollars intended for payroll at the Walls Sike Company's Royerton plant. The passengers were bound and later freed as the robbers fled.
The Board of Commerce and Industry holds an afternoon meeting at the Municipal Club rooms to approve by laws and hear the Nominating Committee report. Harry Auer chairs the committee as nominations for President three Vice Presidents directors and Treasurer are prepared, with nine directors to be elected. Ballots will be distributed to members for voting and counting follows after the pro tem secretary collects them.
Passengers leaving New York today received mysterious telegrams claiming the Lusitania would be torpedoed. Officials attribute the hoax to German agents, as many travelers canceled calls and the Cunard liner carried a record number of first and second class passengers.
Hurriaburg reports a state bill introduced by Senator Clark establishing a standard for trust and vegetable masks passes. Governor Reburmaugh signs the measure today after producers in Clark's district pressed for action. In Cincinnati the National Baseball Commission declines to reinstate Genny Knute, recognizing the Postoral League agreement.
James Gerald Middaugh and Tay Middaugh pleaded guilty in U S District Court to sending threatening letters from Conneaut to Mrs M Waller at Corry Pennsylvania. They faced leniency considerations. Middaugh received six months in Canton Workhouse while Gerald received no mercy on the same sentence.
London officials express concern after the Russian coal laden steamship Sporana is torpedoed off the Irish coast. German submarines are seen to be operating again in the Irish Sea, raising fears of renewed maritime danger.
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