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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
2
Greece orders naval and military mobilization with a chamber of deputies convened to enact martial law and place state railways at government disposal. All Greek steamers requisitioned. a moratorium to be established. press unites behind the move amid regional fears and wartime measures.
Less than a month after Warsaw fell to German forces plans are nearly ready for a Polish university to draw students who previously went abroad due to the old Russian institute. German authorities support the civic committee managing city affairs and plan to allow Poles abroad to return. All educational institutions up to the university are set to reopen on schedule.
New York grand jury returns an indictment for murder in the first degree against Owney Talas a hatter employed by wealthy widow Elizabeth Nichols who was robbed and slain at her home on the night of September 8.
Cargo aboard the Putch steamship Sloter dijk arriving from Rotterdam included 1 847 cases of German made toys.
Solomon Bryson, seventy one, married to Fannie Lewis, sixty. Bryson, living in Columbia, Missouri, lamented, My love and girls are all gone, and I am tired living alone. The notice records a marriage between the two in the town with quoted remorseful remarks.
Waldo Thomas of Dig Rock Illinois won the Wheatland championship plowing contest for the second time in two years, becoming the only plowman to capture two titles.
Public peace demonstrations will be held in major Swiss towns on October 2 organized by the Socialistic party and labor unions. The Geneva event is highlighted as a main turnout for the protest.
New York the Armenian question dominates reports from diplomat sources in Paris and Constantinople. Estimates claim 450000 Armenians killed and 6440 homeless from a 1500000 population with mass deportations to the desert south of Aleppo. Villages pillaged and Armenians of Kartwilisarmas slaughtered save a few children. In San Francisco a federal grand jury probes Wessels Kulenkampff and others over 800000 in German imperial funds tied to ships and cargo tied to the Sacramento and other vessels. Indictments earlier sought.
Wisconsin banks across the state refuse to participate in the 1 billion dollar Allied war loan. Twenty five state banks adopt resolutions at a Marathon County meeting, asserting funds are needed at home and opposing foreign loan funding.
In New Britain Connecticut three policemen were injured by bricks and stones thrown during clashes with strike rioters near the Corbin screw factory of the American Hardware Corporation.
George Adler alias John W Barnhart pleaded guilty to forgery in Waukesha Wisconsin and was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Mucklestone.
The British horse transport Anglo Columbia sailing from Montreal to England was torpedoed by a German submarine off Fastnet, sinking during the perilous voyage. The incident raises concerns over transatlantic sea dangers as wartime hostilities persist.
Washington reports a sharp decline in U S mail to Europe since the war began, prompting the post office department to refrain from seeking the usual 1 percent appropriation for transport costs.
In San Francisco at the Panama Pacific Exposition, twenty or more operators of bicycle wheel chairs demand the old rate of $2 a day. The strike affects chair services at the fairgrounds as workers push for restored pay.
Berlin reports subscriptions to the third German war loan have topped 2.03 million marks, about $2,057,000, despite expected further returns still to be received. The Overseas News Agency notes the figures reflect immense success and will rise with additional reimbursements, totaling billions of dollars in empire war loan subscriptions.
Charles Figeer, a night counter man in a railroad eating house at Missouri Valleys, quits his job to marry in order to qualify for a $17,000 legacy left by an uncle in New York City, conditional on marriage before 1.
President Robert G. Allen of the Little Rock club in the Southern Association turned over to the Arkansas penitentiary baseballs that have been used in games this season but are still good for a game or two.
Examination of the stomach liver and kidneys of Mrs Polly Davie of Breathitt county shows evidence of poisoning. Mrs Mamie Hamlin of Fayetteville Arkansas was accused of the crime.
William Jreas delivered a lecture in Columbia where in a preceding statement, Kream was quoted hoping national prohibition would not be made an issue of the 191 campaign.
A cattle quarantine bans shipments of cattle, sheep, and swine from Illinois into Tennessee. Officials prohibit the transfer of cholera serum and other materials into the state, enforcing disease control and livestock protection measures.
A Missouri report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics cites 1815 workforce figures showing 1,485,723 women and girls over ten in the state. Of these, 222,720 were in professional, business, or salaried roles while 53,735 were in domestic or personal service. The piece notes many women over sixteen, wage gains, and shifts toward housework. it also compares gubernatorial appointees and discusses a public service commission rate case involving Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company with proposed reductions and service upgrades for small customers.
Jefferson City Mayor C W Thomas, a Republican hopeful, rejects any nonprimary path to the state ticket. He says he will not accept potential placements on the ticket and will run for governor or not at all, insisting the statutory primary method is the proper process. Friends expect his official entry soon.
Governor Major rescinds the April parole of William Adcox who served since February 17 1915 for uttering worthless checks. A letter from Frank Ford of Grundy County prompted the revocation as Adcox again remits bad paper. He will be returned to prison to serve about two and a half years of the remaining sentence.
Governor Major names John W Thomperon to the county court of Webster county in the Eastern district to fill the vacancy from the death of John FE Day. This office has seen two deaths in the past year. Day previously filled the vacancy caused by the death of Wm M Pruett.
The appeal of the Frince railway from a Public Service Commission ruling to route St Louis Memphis trains via Caruthersville was argued before Judge Cole in the circuit court and then submitted. The Missouri Kansas public service commissions conference on natural gas rates has been postponed. The meeting aims to coordinate action on gas pricing.
Morris Gordon, son of State Andh or Gordon, whipped the reporter responsible for a St. Louis morning paper story about his trip to the Panama Exposition. The incident follows articles that angered Gordon about the coverage.
State Auditor John P. Gordon returned from a Balt Lake trip to attend a meeting of state officers. His expenses were 201 dollars. It has long been customary for the state to settle the villa for these gatherings.
John T Wayland of Kansas City announces campaign for Democratic state auditor. He pledges to keep payrolls within the family, promising to refrain from hiring relatives and to avoid adding extra clerks if elected.
McCue of Pattonsburg a member of the board of pardons will resign effective October 1. He will be succeeded by Charis Cappelle of Independence and by Porter of the supreme court. The salary is 32500. McCue plans to resume dental practice in Trenton and says relations with the governor and board are pleasant. The governor has named him to the board of dental examiners.
Jackson county prosecutor Floyd Jacobs files action with the Kansas Supreme Court clerk to oust Kansas City election commissioner B W Welch, alleging Welch siding with Republicans and opposing the leading minority party. Missouri School for the Blind aids students. many blind workers struggle to find jobs after graduation. Eight pupils from five schools to receive diplomas at an executive Rubber Concert. National Rubber Co permitted to raise capital stock from 60,000 to 176,000 as war boosts rubber demand.
Reports from London and Paris recount a two day Allied push along the western front in which trench gains extend up to ten miles and fortifications between Agberive and Vileegr Tourbe are breached. Germans withdraw at several points, with heavy fighting at close range and continued artillery barrages.
The Federal Reserve Board announced it will not require Federal Reserve Banks to purchase from member banks any notes for retirement before March 1, 1916. The relevant section of the law remains ineffective until December 12.
A runaway coal train crashed into a freight train at Newsams mine ten miles west of Peoria. Brakeman James T McNutt MecNutt was killed while making a coupling when the collision occurred.
In Moberly Missouri two 10 year old boys Bruce Holmbeck and Jack Alexander threw a switch inspired by movie heroes. The action caused injuries to five passengers in a collision or derailment during the incident.
I Reichert treasurer of the Duluth Griet Railway Company was robbed of 1000 in currency in a Firet National Bank building elevator in Duluth Minnesota.
In Bentonville Arkansas Harney Bell, newly converted, killed Jesse Gideon aged ten near Robingon. Bell, once an infidel, stabbed Gideon to death amid religious crisis.
Chicago Chief of Police Healey ordered all police furloughs canceled and summoned his force to plan for emergencies as 40,000 garment workers threaten to strike. The move aims to prepare for potential disruption and maintain city operations.
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