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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
6
A Wabash brakeman stopped a train at Des Moines and found two heavily laden suitcases and a basket full of whisky. Police arrested an Italian woman for possession, with 195 pints of various whiskies seized. The consignment was claimed for family use.
Des Moines report on the Iowa State University announcing fourteen new courses in business studies under Dr Norris A Brisco who will head the department. The program includes cost accounting economic statistics investment accounting and courses linking business to foreign commerce and professional needs. Dr Isaac Loos will continue advanced hours on economic subjects and add two new courses in public finance and economic history.
A six member Anglo-French financial commission arrived in New York aboard the Lapland to pursue negotiations toward a large foreign credit loan. They met J P Morgan and H P Davison at Morgan’s home and opened talks with prominent New York bankers in a bid to underwrite a loan potentially near 600 million dollars. British and French delegates include Lord Reading, Sir Edward Holden, Basil Blackett, M Octave Homburg, and M Ernest Mallet representing treasuries and the Banque de France.
Gen Carranza replies to US and Latin American calls for a conference to end Mexico's internal conflicts with a firm no. Acuna states Carranza controls most of Mexico except Chihuahua and Morelos, and part of Sonora. Diplomats are urged to meet along the Rio Grande to discuss issues from an international view and seek recognition of Carranza as de facto leader.
Johnny Ertle captured the bantamweight championship from Kid Williams in St Paul on a foul in the fifth or sixth round. The no decision ten round bout ended with Williams ruled to have fouled Ertle, and doctors deemed the blow to the groin foul. Williams was the favorite, and referee Hus gave a popular decision.
Ignatius T. T. Liincoln, once a British MP, admitted spying for Germany and was ordered extradited by Federal Judge Veeder to England to face forgery charges. A Geneva dispatch says Swiss authorities uncovered a large German espionage network in Switzerland with over eighty Germans arrested.
The American Public Health Association elected officers in Rochester on September 13. President is Dr. John F. Anderson of Washington D C and treasurer is Dr. Leo M. Frankel of New York.
Letters from Mrs. J P Johnson of Princeton Illinois and Mrs. Horace Newman of Poland New York endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and change of life. They urge others to use the medicine and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
Sealing ship owners consider aerial scouts to locate northern seal herds for next season. Small planes designed for the task could search cheaply and quickly, reporting sightings to guide the gersel to the indicated spots.
A court exchange features a railway magnate urging the judge to remember that sentence is being imposed, not a franchise granted. The dialogue hints at a paradox where a man pivotal to a girl’s life risks losing everything in the courtroom.
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