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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1915

Page

3

Information From New York Ties Austrian Consul Case

Attorney General Gregory said A Bruce Bielaski met with Dr Josef Goricar and John Rathon to obtain valuable information on Austrian Consul General von Nuber and his associates. A full report will go to the State Department. Investigators expect possible convocation of von Nuber and others.

Washington Gregory Bruce Bieladki Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice New York Josef Gorkar von Nuber State Department John R. Rathon Providence Journal Bielaski Department Doctor Goricar

Bulgars Take Monastir Near Serbian Border

Bulgarian forces entered Prilep on Wednesday and occupied Monastir on Thursday, signaling the collapse of Serbian defense and a retreat into Greece. French and British advances reported. Bulgarians pull back to the Vardar. Grdeljice, near Nish, also occupied as Bulgarian troops push southward from Nish toward the Nish Saloniki railway.

London Prilap Monastir Serbia Saloniki Bablina Pass Prilep Greece Montenegro al- Dania Athens Kasturing Valandovo-Razrovo Athans Tithirkovo-Schevo Krugsevitza Vardar Nish Grdeljice Nish- Saloniki

British ship Anglia sinks after mine in English Channel

Telegraphic notes report the Anglia hospital ship sinking after striking a mine in the English Channel with 385 wounded aboard, 300 confirmed saved. A rescue vessel en route also sank after being hit. Also noted is the Austrian submarine sunk in the Mediterranean and a boxing injury in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

London Anglia English Channel Admiralty

Panama Pacific Exposition Attendance Expected Past Eighteen Million

The Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco is forecast to reach 17 million attendees by Sunday noon, with the grand total surpassing 18 million before December 4. In Douglas, Arizona, November 1, Colonel Lazaro Cardenas led about 2,600 Carranza cavalry to rout a smaller Villa force at Villa Verde, claiming heavy Villa losses.

San Francisco Villa Douglas, Ariz Lazaro Cardenas Carranza Villa Verde Cardenas

Defect Baby Died After Surgeon's Deemed Mercy Act

Chicago nov 19 baby bollinger deformed partly paralyzed and brain damaged died after dr h j haiselden refused operation to prolong life parents consented the medico legal society adopted resolutions praising haiselden stating physician acted to withhold life saving action to benefit society coroner state health officials may review ethics as chicago contemplates action

Chicago Bollinger H. J. Haiselden Ita Haiselden New York Medico-Legal Society of America H.J. Hal Selden T. D. Crothera Hasselden Coroner's Office State Board of Health State's Attorney’s Office Chicago Department of Health

Bulgarians Defeat French Near Gradisce in Balkans

London reports Bulgarian reinforcements defeated French troops near Gradisce twelve miles north of the Greek border. A Bulgarian attack along the Czerna river was repulsed with heavy Bulgarian losses. two to three Bulgarian divisions engaged in a desperate center assault. Berlin wireless from Sayville also notes 1,000 additional Serbian troops captured with two machine guns and three cannons. Pursuit of Serbians continues vigorously.

London Gradisce Saloniki Czerna Berlin Sayville S. I War Office Turea

Joseph Hillstrom Shot After Failed Reprieve

In Salt Lake City on November 19 Joseph Hillstrom once known as a 1. W. W. poet was executed by electric chair at 7:41 a. m. After President Wilson and the Utah board of pardons failed to grant a clemency reprieve, Hillstrom faced the chair blindfolded and strapped as the four electrodes pierced his heart.

Salt Lake City Utah Joseph Hillstrom J. G. Morrison Arlington Wilson State Board of Pardons Hillatrom

Astor's Pocket Is Picked in Belasco Theater Rout

New York November 20 Harney Weinstein was arrested charged with picking the pocket of Vincent Astor the richest young man in America as he left the Belasco theater Astor reported a loss of 260 dollars

Astor New York Harney Wein Stein Vincent Astor America Belasco Theater

Machinists Strike at Fayette R Plumb Tool Works

Philadelphia Navy 20. Machine shop workers at the Fayette R Plumb tool works in Frankfort are on strike. They say they are earning 18 cents an hour and demand an 88 percent raise.

Machinista Philadelphia Navy Fayette R. Plumb Tool Works Frankfort

Churchill Defends Dardanelles Policy Blames Kitchener

London Nov 17 Winston Churchill former first lord of the admiralty defended his conduct in the Antwerp and Dardanelles ventures blaming Lord Kitchener the war secretary and the French government for the Antwerp failure and denying personal responsibility for Dardanelles He said the plan to open the sea route to Constantinople was pre decided Sir Arthur Markham then attacked Kitchener claiming he bore responsibility for both blunders and for withholding information warning that the war could be lost if Kitchener remains in command

London Winston Spencer Churchill British Admiralty House of Commons Churchill Antwerp Lord Kitchener Secretary of State For War Admiralty Dardanelles Constantinople Murteu Roms Opera Siderse Muchpenter Penanlau Arthur Markham Harl Kitchener Markham Commons Kitchener Sir Arthur

Mine Blast Traps 31 Miners 800 Feet Deep in Mine

Seattle report on Havensdale coal mine disaster cites 31 dead and 40 trapped after a dust explosion. Rescue teams fought the blaze about 800 feet below the first level as authorities blamed coal dust for the blast. Special Deputy Sheriff Allan Stork relayed updates from Ravenahal.

Seattle Wash Northwestern Improvement Company Havensdale Sherif Allan Stork Ravenahal

Divorce suit filed against John H. Quinot in South Bend

Mrs. Marian Mersler Quilhot, 75, sues John H. Quinot, South Bend vice investigator and head of the House of Mystery, alleging attempted poisoning, exposure to drafts, coercive real estate theft, assault, and seeks $10,000 alimony. The case was filed in Battle Creek on Wednesday.

Neyoman Aske Bivorce Bend Marian Mersler Quilhot John H. Quinot South Bend House of Mystery Calhoun Street Battle Creek Mich Quilhot Jules Dargusah Battle Quilbot

Ex Senator Julian C Burrows Dies in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo Mich November 18 Former United States Senator Julian Caesar Burrows died at his home on Tuesday Born 1837 in Northeast Erie County Pennsylvania he spent most of his life in Kalamazoo He served in the House until 1895 then filled the unexpired term of Stockbridge in the Senate elected to the regular term in 1899 served until 1911 He was temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in 1908 and after retirement joined the national monetary commission.

Kalamazoo Mich United States Julian Caesar Burrows Tuesaday Burrows Erie County Pennsylvania National House of Representatives Stockbridge Senate Repubblican National Monetary Commission

Hughes declines candidacy for Nebraska primary

Washington reports Associate Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court notified Nebraska’s secretary of state he will not be a presidential primary candidate and asked his name be omitted from the ballot. Nebraska’s attorney general said he could not withdraw his name from the primary ticket. The petition claimed the petitioners fled the name without Hughes’s knowledge and argued the nation’s welfare demands drafting its top talent for leadership despite his opposition.

Washington Justice Hughes Supreme Court Secretary of State Nebraska Hughes

Civillana Evacuate Varna City in Black Sea Port

Varna on the Black Sea has been evacuated as civilians leave the Bulgarian port, according to a Munich dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company on Thursday.

Civillana Varna London Black Sea Munich Exchange Telegraph Company

Clemenceau Senate Panel Urges Gas Use in War

Paris November 20 The senate army committee led by Georges Clemenceau has approved a resolution urging French troops to use poisonous gas without restriction against German forces.

Paris Senate Army Committee Georges Clemenceau

Mayor Mitchel of Greater New York Operated For Appendicitis

Mayor John Purroy Mitchel was taken from his home to Roosevelt Hospital on Monday and underwent appendicitis surgery. He has been ill for some time but only recently incapacitated enough to miss official duties. Two-dollar oil announced in Pittsburgh with the South Penn Oil company raising crude prices for the week including Pennsylvania crude at $2 and Mareer Black Newcastle at $150.

Mitchel New York John Purroy Mitchel Greater New York Roosevalt Hospital Pittsburgh South Penn Oil Company Pennsylvania Mareer

Bombing of Belluno by Austrian plane reported

A Belluno dispatch states an Austrian aeroplane dropped five bombs on the city on November 20 but only one exploded. Three people were slightly injured and no material damage occurred.

Belluno Paris Italy

Munday Found Guilty In Bank Conspiracy Case

Charles Munday, vice president of LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank, is found guilty of conspiring with ex Senator William Lorimer and H. W. Huttig to loot more than 3 million dollars from the bank and its subsidiaries. He faces up to five years in prison. Lorimer and Huttig to be tried next year.

Morris Ill Charles Munday William ©. Lorimer la Balle Street Trust and Savings Bank Chicago LaSalle Street Bank William Lorimer United States H. W. Huttig Muscatine Hoyne Lorimar Huttig Betwee Munday Hayden N. Bell la Salle Trust Ite Samuel C. Stough

Doctor upheld by experts in Bollinger case

Chicago authorities report a jury of physicians found society may deny life to a hopelessly defective baby. Dr. Harry J. Hasselden was exonerated for allowing the infant Bollinger to die, though the panel did not fully concur that the infant was sufficiently defective to condemn it. The panel urged caution, recommending physician consultation and multi doctor affirmation before any such decision.

Chicago Harry J. Hasselden Bollinger

Debs Declines Fifth Socialist Nomination

Eugene V Debs, Socialist candidate for president in 1900 04 08 and 12, announced on Friday in Terra Haute Indiana that he had declined the fifth nomination for the presidency at his party's hands.

Debs Terra Haute Ind Eugene Vu, Debs United States

Tariff Conference Called By Illinois Manufacturers

Chicago Nov 22 The Illinois Manufacturers' Association has called a tariff conference for December 7 in Chicago to urge cooperation with Congress. In Alexandria Louisiana seven votes margin for prohibition out of nearly 3000 cast was announced from Tuesday's local option election in Rapides Parish.

Chicago Iinois Manufacturers’ Association Congress Orys Alexandria Prohibition Rapides Parish

Grateful Letter Hails Dodds Kidney Pills' Cure

A reader from Welcome Lake Pa recounts relief from back ache, kidney trouble, headaches, insomnia, fatigue, thirst, and shortness of breath after using Dodds Kidney Pills. The testimonial advocates publication for other sufferers. Also mentions Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets and prices.

Mr. TC Welcome Lake Dodds Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo N.Y Ady

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