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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
7
Maryland treasurers and political agents must file receipts and expenditures within time limits under the Corrupt Practices Act. The filings detail money received and spent, debts, liabilities, and sources, with inspections open to citizens. Violations carry fines from 300 pounds to 1,000 pounds and possible imprisonment. perjury penalties apply for false entries.
Boise Idaho November 15. James E Pincock a Democratic elector chosen in Idaho also ran for the state legislature from Custer county and was elected The law disqualifies any presidential elector who holds a state position His eligibility will be tested If disqualified the highest Republican elector could cast the vote for president Wilson or Hughes indicated in reports
Washington reports Carrol Galt, thirty five, a nephew of Mrs Wood Tow Wilson's first husband, died after drinking poison in a downtown saloon. He asked the bartender to call a wagon and died twenty five minutes after at a hospital. No motive is known. Miss Booth recovering in New York after weeks of prayers in Salvation Army circles nationwide. Evangeline C Booth, commander in the United States, expected to resume duties in a few days.
Henry George II, son of Henry George, famed for single tax, dies in Washington after a long illness. Formerly represented New Yorks twenty fourth congressional district and resided in New York City. Bethlehem Workman Killed in Bethlehem Pa when Michael Tokas, 32, fell thirty feet at the steel works.
Vereons who suffer stomach trouble are urged to try Chamberlain Tablets after A KO Williams of Independence Virginia claimed a dramatic recovery. He was hospitalised in severe distress before using the remedy and now is described as well and weighing 125 pounds. The advertisement promotes the tablet as a certain relief and restoration.
The Deutschland, loaded to capacity with goods for Germany, is ready to depart New London at the first favorable moment to evade Allied warships off the North Atlantic coast and head for Germany on its second voyage home.
Speculation about causes of delays after elections notes historic late results from 1876 Hayes vs Tilden and 1884 Cleveland. It traces earlier periods before telegraphs and railways, recalls 1840 national zeal, and surveys disputed outcomes from Jefferson/Burr, Adams/Jefferson, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan/Fremont.
General von Fahrtenhayn advances in Transylvania as Teutonic forces push in Romania. Russo Romanian troops yield ground near Campulung and Jiul valley while German Austrian units gain south of Tulcea. Reuter reports continued German and Austrian efforts to recapture Orsova on the Danube. A Russian gyroscope balanced automobile is announced.
Vigor ous opposition by Luis Cabrera blocked a formal agreement on troop withdrawal and other points between Mexican and American representatives. Cabrera objected to terms after meeting in Philadelphia, drawing the session out and hindering a solution to the international questions.
Philadelphia, Nov. 15. Unofficial counts show party shifts in Pennsylvania districts for the next legislature. Republicans hold 29 Senate seats. 169 House seats split among Republicans, Democrats, and a Socialist James H. Meurer of Reading reelected. Local option losses drop dry votes by about fifteen in the next House, with liquor forces expected to seek compromise. Governor Brumbaugh stayed away from stump efforts, and most wet-to-dry incumbents who aided his measure were defeated.
In St Louis on November 15 a man named William F Hussman sold his wife to Ralph H Shotwell for 500 dollars. The deal, agreed a week earlier, unraveled when Hussman believed payment would be evaded and he drew a revolver. The gun misfired and Shotwell killed Hussman, with police finding the elder man’s firearm had its misfiring mechanism altered.
Exston Pa Nov 15 A freight train on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad blew up near Hainesburg New Jersey killing the engineer, fireman, and head brakeman outright. A third crewman died later at the hospital in Statchurd. One injured crewman died of injuries.
Du Pont Powder company is near finalizing a deal to purchase Fenton’s Beach, N J, along the Delaware River near Carney Point. The transaction involves about 114 acres with 4590 feet of river frontage and as many as 160 houses, many developed as a bathing beach and summer resort. The price is reported to exceed 100000 dollars, with the company likely buying the houses from current owners.
Typhus fever ravaged the Pecos Handle district of Texas. The health department reported two Mexican workers from a gang of thirteen in Hale county contracted the disease. The others were treated and no further outbreaks are expected.
Mrs Amos H Smith of Worman county narrowly escaped injury when she was struck in the arm by a shot fired by Homer Mevenwood a Carton county school teacher while rabbit hunting Mendoza Argentina population 73000
A fruit tree specialist who tended rare trees and ornamental goldfish at a quiet farmstead died under unclear circumstances. Local authorities stated the man was known for cultivating exotic plant and fish specimens and lived alone on the property where the incident occurred.
Wavana November 14 says President Menocal is virtually re-elected but official results are delayed by order to allow no Liberal contest. He wishes to withhold announcement until every vote is counted.
Manila Nov 15 The British steamship Taming arrives from Amoy and reports that the British cruiser Cornwall seized four sacks of the Manila mall for examination at Hongkong.
An advertisement touts Q-Ran Hair Color Restorer as harmless and dye free. It claims gray hair or dry, thinning conditions will darken evenly with repeated use. Sold for 40 cents at Williamson's Drug Store in Frederick Maryland and by mail orders for others.
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