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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
1
Washington county transfers seventeen patients from Mt. Pleasant state hospital to the county home with board of control consent after hearings. The move, via two autos, reduces county costs by 135 dollars monthly and 1620 dollars yearly.
Julius Altman of Chicago files in Ottumwa district court asking a receiver be appointed for the American Commercial Travelers association based in Ottumwa. Grounds cite lack of funds to meet obligations and possible disruption of the organization. A dissolution vote failed for want of a quorum. 76 favor and 74 opposed among 1,940 members voting by proxy.
Albert Nevins discovered a rusty tin box during demolition containing over 200 dollars in silver coins and assorted bills. The treasure’s origin is unknown, but locals recall an eccentric resident named Philip Kincaid who once lived alone with a large dog in the deserted shack.
John Lucas of Pocahontas slept on a Des Moines bound train after noting a stranger at his side. He awoke to find his companion gone and his purse with $55 missing from the bank roll.
One man burned to death and two others fatally injured when a freight train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad derailed twelve miles south of Mason City. A carload of gasoline and kerosene caught fire. the known fatality rode on that car and several others are believed dead.
Following orders from the attorney general and state auditor, Hugh Stuart filed action against County Treasurer Joseph A Palen to recover 4500 paid as salary overdrawn for 1912 1913 and 1914 with the state asserting 1500 was drawn in excess each year.
A massive hay barn owned by John Will Wise southeast of Vailisca burned to the ground. Officials say the fire started by spontaneous combustion in improperly cured hay, resulting in an estimated loss of $4,000.
Bonaparte girl Miss Blackford aged 14 is profiled as the youngest student at the Iowa state university. Taught privately until seven she entered Bonaparte high school at eleven and finished in three years graduating in 1915. She now seeks permission from the state board of education to enter the university this year.
Hog cholera has broken out in parts of Warello county. The outbreak has not reached epidemic levels, though many farmers report losses. Practically every hog raiser in the county is vaccinating stock to contain the disease.
Oskaloosa reports the death of Perry Asher a pioneer retired businessman in the city He died from injuries after a fall He was prominent in state Pythian circles and known for community involvement.
Webster City reports a bundle of drafts worth between 15000 and 20000 dollars belonging to the First National and Hamilton County State banks. Mailings dated August 25 from Ta Gl a Grove Renwick Laverne and southern Minnesota banks, presumed stolen if not recovered. Detectives dispatched to recover the drafts before cashing attempts at distant banks.
Judge Charles A. Dudley fined William Walters $1000 for bootlegging in Polk County. The ruling signals a stern new policy against liquor law violators. Walters faces up to one year in county jail with hard labor.
Elmer Chapman eight miles west of Muscatine suffered severe arm injuries while chasing a hog. He fell forward and his hand bit by a hog tooth, leading to blood poisoning and a dangerous condition.
Charles City reports the August theft of J. I. Bartlett’s car has been located by Sheriff C. G. Gray in Wykoff Minnesota. Thieves sold the vehicle to a garage which passed it to a farmer near Wykoff. The gang serves ten years for five other car thefts and Bartlett may recover the car price under Minnesota law.
Mrs. Martha Kyle Kennedy aged 78 recalls the 1894 disappearance of Rev. Thomas J. Kennedy, longtime president of Amity college in College Springs. He left for a business trip to Council Bluffs and Omaha and was never heard from again.
Cedar Rapids police seek Charles Tremer for fraud totaling about $3,000 in horse purchases. Farmers in the Garrison district accepted checks for $1,821 drawn on Cedar Rapids National Bank, which shows only 8 cents in Tremer's account. Tremer sold horses for $1,500 and left with the money.
Marshalltown and Marshall county spent 18 416 for Lincoln highway work including grading paving and bridge and culvert installation as reported to Town Council W F Coan of Clinton. Winter paving contracts totaling 26 200 will be let for sections east and west of Marshalltown.
Six young men from Shenandoah arrested for gambling were sent to Clarinda where District Judge Harbor fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail with the sentence suspended on good behavior.
Judge Martin J. Wade has ordered there will be no October term of the federal court in Keokuk. The decision ends the planned session in Keokuk for this year.
Chicago man Fort Dodze George McDonald was found guilty of first degree murder for stabbing Dubuque plasterer Georg Hird during a dispute over a drink. He received life imprisonment after a trial in Boone with Judge H E K Fry presiding. alibi was not supported by the defense and blood stains on his sleeve remained unexplained.
Des Moines reports three auto thefts. Bernd reports five passenger car No P2677 taken from eighth street and College avenue between 8 and 9 o clock. Chambers asks police to search for car from Guthrie avenue in front of the Orpheum theater between 9 36 and 11. An auto No 88450 belonging to Charles Green was stolen from in front of the Imperial theater around 10 o'clock.
Iowa per capita car ownership favors rural areas over cities with 140 108 automobiles registered statewide one car per fifteen people. Polk county shows one car per nineteen residents while Woodbury runs one per twenty two. Rural counties average one car per nine, with Kossuth Ida and Clay counties having higher counts. State auto fees total 1 137 500 this year, up from 1 040 135 last year, with 66 000 more cars registered than in 1914.
Hart-Parr of Charles City announces a $1,500,000 British contract for 9.2 inch shells. The deal does not halt oil tractor production as work begins on drawings and machine adjustments after Morgan & Co. favored the local firm. One hundred bids were submitted before the contract was let.
Beckford and Biscoe Kibbey, two Marshalltown men who own a large Sonora ranch, have fled across the border to Nogales seeking safety amid rising brigandry and anti American sentiment. A U S consul advised leaving as attacks increased.
H Schoenwald a jeweler and pawnbroker in Sioux City was arrested on burglary charges after an insurance company detective investigated a March 20 burglary report. Several hundred dollars in jewelry were allegedly stolen from his own shop. A clerk later identified items stolen from a safe and offered for sale.
Mary E James, 65, files for divorce from Joseph R James of Perry. She seeks $15,000 permanent alimony claiming cruelty and non support, says he called her a thief. Married 1869, divorced 1889, remarried December 1913.
The National Anti Alcohol League of France reports President Poincare has pledged abstinence from all alcoholic liquors during the war and beyond. He states he never drinks spirits and will uphold this pledge willingly for the duration and after.
A 250-barrel gasoline tank car exploded near the Santa Fe freight office in Ardmore Oklahoma on Monday. The blast killed about fifty people and injured at least 200 as fires ravaged ten blocks of business district. Martial law was declared and authorities worked to control flames and aid victims.
Berlin reports major success on the eastern front with General von Eichhorn taking 21 906 prisoners three cannon and 72 machine guns in east of Vilna. The remaining Russians are in flight as German forces break through northeast of Wiech capturing 3300 more troops and eight more machine guns.
Long distance wireless telephony connected Arlington near Washington to Mare Island in San Francisco, a 2500 mile transmission. The experiment suggests transcontinental and possibly transatlantic telephone communication may soon be possible.
Philadelphia defeats the Boston Braves 5 to 0 as Alexander throws a one hit game to secure the 1915 National League title. Braves defeat leaves the league leaders with possible path to first place even if they lose remaining games.
James Rolph Jr. secures re election at the Frisco primaries with opponents conceding defeat. This marks his second primary victory for the mayoral post in San Francisco California.
The Greek government released the Sikhs and Gurkhas who survived the British transport Ramazan sunk by a submarine. They were sent immediately to Malta.
The slayer of Robert Mitchell, editor and politician, tried to break through guards at the Robinson mine entrance in Wasserburg Colorado. He fled back into the workings when spotted by watchers.
Washington Sept. 30 Representatives of western carriers filed a formal petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission asking for a rehearing in the western advance freight rate case.
Baron Reading announced in Chicago and New York that Great Britain and France seek a $500,000,000 war loan. The five year five percent bonds would be offered to the public at 8 and to underwriters at 96 with denominations as low as $100 and optional installments. The statement followed a banquet for the Anglo French commission at the Blackstone hotel. J P Morgan & Co distributed the New York press release.
Nahant Massachusetts Mrs Anna C L Davis Lodge widow of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge dies at home. Paris Sofia cabinet collapses and Malin off asked to form new government. Providence Rhode Island Mrs Elizabeth Blair Mohr indicted for murder and assault. New York machinists exit weekly for European munition plants. Kansas City Theodor C Pelzer dies after five story fall. left large estates and policies.
Cardiff October 2 Five thousand miners in the South Wales district strike in protest against nonunion workers. Two thousand more quit Thursday at the Cu maman collieries.
London dispatch reports the deaths of Lieut. Gen. Sir Thompson Capper and Maj. Gen. G H H Thesiger in the latest western front offensive. Both generals were killed, the announcement stated.
Roy Dickinson, 38, district superintendent of the South Pennsylvania Oil Company in Titusville, was killed when his car plunged over a 60 foot embankment near Warren Pennsylvania on October 1.
German aviators dropped bombs on Dvinsk on Tuesday causing several fires and killing a number of soldiers, according to reports received by the war office.
Berlin concedes Hill 191 and southeast front penetration as French forces in Champagne push toward Tahure and Mesnil while asserting German counterattacks at L Ouvrage de la Defaile failed. British operations near Ypres slow but Lens area tightens Franco British pressure.
Governor Spry announced a reprieve for Swedish subject Joseph Hillstrom until October 16, granted to honor President Wilson. Hillstrom had been sentenced to be shot at dawn, with the governor’s message to the president not released. Wilson had earlier telegraphed for a stay of execution at the request of the Swedish minister W A F Ekengren, who cited alleged trial prejudice due to Hillstrom’s conduct.
An explosion in the Logan Coal Company mine at Hanna City Illinois on Thursday night left one man dead and another dying. Fire followed after rescue. Seventy five men were buried and later rescued with no injuries. The dead is Martin Perrit fifty. the injured Frank Robinson thirty two. Cause undetermined. Damages amount to thousands.
New York cable companies were officially notified that private dispatches for Switzerland could not be handled on lines passing through France due to military necessity.
Washington report states 200 Grand Army of the Republic members received medical treatment after a march in the heat but there were no fatalities.
The body of James Keir Hardie late labor leader was cremated in Glasgow. Simple services followed by a long procession to the crematorium as crowds lined the streets in mourning.
Allied air fleet bombed the German base at Aix-la-Chapelle Aachen as part of operations over Belgium and northern France. Aviators released bombs on the base during the raid on October 1.
West Indian hurricane drives to New Orleans causing massive flooding. Levees fail south of the city, Lake Pontchartrain rises 12 feet, ships driven ashore, hundreds reported dead, and vast property losses feared across the Louisiana coast and Mississippi River valley.
London reports a sweeping Allied success in the Dardanelles with the British army routing Turkish forces in Mesopotamia. The Turks reportedly retreat toward Baghdad, with heavy losses, many prisoners, and guns captured. the sultan’s casualties described as severe.
Brindisi dispatch reports a fire and explosion aboard the Italian battleship Benedetto Brin. Eight officers and 379 marines were saved. Rear Admiral Rubin de Cervin is among the dead. The blaze is described as accidental.
Hamburg Tennessee reports a massive fire wiping out the entire business district of the town with a population around 1000 after a Wednesday morning blaze of mysterious origin. The event leaves the town seeking answers and faces possible economic impact due to loss of commercial buildings and livelihoods.
Haitian rebels in Cape Haitien agree to cease armed resistance after clashes with American troops. Several fatalities reported as the conflict eases and rebels surrender their arms.
London report cites Morning Post Berne and Munich sources that T St John Gaffney American consul general in Munich will resign after talks with Sir Roger Casement.
United States circuit court of appeals granted a motion to continue an injunction blocking tax sale of Osage Indian lands in Osage county Oklahoma. The action postpones proceedings in the Osage land tax case to a later date.
The Spanish government placed an order for 250000 shrapnel fuses with a Connecticut firm, totaling 1250000 dollars, announced in New York. The deal underscores Spain's armaments purchases amid ongoing tensions.
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