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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1915
Page
4
Justice Ford requests additional time to examine legal points as Becker seeks a two day stay of execution. The ruling aims to delay the scheduled date while the points are reviewed.
New York July 26 Justice Ford postponed Becker execution from Wednesday to Friday after requesting more time to consider a new trial application. Chief counsel Cochran argued Becker cannot submit his fate to an impartial chief executive, citing Sullivan conference and affidavits. Assistant DA Taylor countered that no new evidence was presented.
A Rome based International Institute of Agriculture report to the U S department of agriculture outlines 54 divisions of European Russia forecast crops. Wheat is projected at 463 million bushels up 293 percent from last year, rye 7 million up 28 percent, barley 491 million up 30.9 percent, oats 959 million up 827 percent, and corn 79 million down 3.2 percent.
An advertisement urges avoiding draughts and exposure while using Dr Kings New Discovery to stop a cough. It claims the first dose soothes irritation and the cough ends soon, noting 45 years of use and a money back guarantee if it fails. A bottle from the druggist is inexpensive and helpful.
Official reports from Rome Paris and Vienna describe Italian advances on the Isonzo front including gains on the left western wing and center, the capture of wooded ground Bosco Del Cappuchio, and control of Monte Dei Busti. Pelagosa island group in the Adriatic is cited as occupied by Italian forces. Vienna notes prisoners and machine guns taken north of Sokol and ongoing fighting near Gorizia and Kirwan with Italian forces suffering heavy losses from artillery fire.
Washington July 26 the French chambers of commerce differ from American ones as public bodies under law with government coordination The monograph Commercial Organizations in France No 98 outlines French business organizations their rights functions regulation and role in legislation and government institutions It covers chambers of commerce manufacturers associations and employers syndicates and lists French chambers and their regulatory framework.
Ossining New York July 26 Justice Ford and Warden Osborne updated Becker’s execution schedule from Wednesday to Friday morning. Becker received the news with apparent resignation, signaling little hope for escape from the death penalty.
Travelers from eastern Sonora report worsening rope shortages in flooded zones. Farmers fear crops will be seized, abandon fields, and migrate toward Cananea, signaling broader disruption from the flood event.
A Daily News dispatch from Petrograd reports Finance Minister Bark stating July savings returns reached $900,000,000, nearly matching last year’s treasury losses caused by the prohibition on alcohol sales.
Cyril G Hopkins of the University of Illinois leads a campaign to prevent waste of Illinois farm lands by promoting soil based fertilization. He argues commercial fertilizers are often destructive and urges emphasis on decaying organic matter crop residues and farm manures to liberate soil potassium and boost yields. He cites abandoned farm conditions in the east and notes Illinois must invest in soil improvement to raise incomes and prevent land abandonment.
A wartime digest notes lull in southeast Poland while Germans push near Warsaw Narew and Ostolenka as Russian forces retreat toward the Bug. It cites Austrian Italian clashes on the Doberdo plateau with heavy losses to Italians, British successes against Turks on the Euphrates, and discusses Illinois agriculture policy and soil improvement to boost state prosperity and efficient land use.
An advertisement advises bathing the face with Resinol soap and hot water, applying Resinol ointment, leaving it ten minutes, and rinsing with more hot water then cold water. It claims quicker healing, pore cleansing, and removal of pimples and blackheads, with Resinol products sold by all druggists and samples free.
A wartime era style blurb asserts many American women suffer from backache headaches and nervousness due to busy lives. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a simple herbal remedy that restores health and relieves displacement and related pains for women.
Unofficial word that the American steamship Leelanaw was sunk by a German submarine reached President Wilson who declined to comment pending full official details. News that the crew were saved brought relief to members of the presidential party.
Telegraphic message from Rome on July 26 via Paris states Serbian headquarters report Serbia does not intend to undertake offensive operations at present though the Serbian army is fully equipped and compares well with other fighting forces.
London dispatch from July reports The Morning Post Budapest correspondent estimates the last landsturm in Austria-Hungary will be completed by October 7 and will add 200000 to 800000 men to the army. The class includes men between 40 and 43 years old.
London dispatch reports a clean sweep from the Russian war office over shortages in ammunition. The war minister and assistant minister, among others, were dismissed. Soukhominoff resigned June 26. Gen Polivanoff named to replace. Reason for the resignation not stated.
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 30 shows a trade surplus of 1,094,422,792 dollars, the largest in history, with exports at 2,768,643,532 dollars and imports at 1,674,220,740 dollars a year rise of 40 million on exports and a 219.7 million drop in imports. Gold movements show imports 171,568,755 and exports 146,224,148.
Cologne Gazette dispatch cites a second Russian front attempt near Sokal failing. Aimed to force a Bug River crossing to hamper Austro German operations between Chelm and Lublin, the encirclement around Russian positions tightens as Warsaw presses closer to surrender.
A bomb placed under a bed at the home of W. T. Moore, a Padgitt Brothers Saddlery foreman, exploded injuring Moore and his son Frank. Padgitt Brothers hold large saddlery contracts for the French and English governments.
Halifax dispatch reports the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal company was notified by cable tonight of the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Fim reite under charter to the company by a German submarine off the Scottish coast. The ship sailed from Wabana Newfoundland for Immingham near Grimsby England with six thousand tons of iron ore.
President Wilson was in communication with Secretary Redfield of the commerce department regarding the Eastland disaster and was notified he would travel to Chicago to personally oversee the federal investigation into the sinking of the steamer.
In New York on July a strike by 1,800 longshoremen at Clyde Steamship and Mallory Steamship companies ended after concessions were granted. Workers receive a wage increase as the dispute concludes.
A large crowd of strikers and plant workers clashed at the Bayonne Standard Oil plant. Guards fired as stones and bullets rained on the yard, injuring several and killing at least one passerby. Sheriff Kinkead and reporters faced the gunfire as the crowd retreated toward Twenty-first Street seeking safe withdrawal.
A Kirkwall dispatch reports that the submarine crew were taken aboard the vessel and well treated. In sight of the Orkney Islands the men were ordered into boats and the submarine disappeared.
Rome report from the Idea Nazionale’s Rhodes correspondent states an American cruiser has arrived there carrying several hundred refugees from the Syrian coast. The arrival underscores the ongoing refugee crisis and regional instability affecting the area.
Accumulated waste in your bowels causes absorption of poisons and fevers. Feel irritable and stuffed up. Eliminate poisonous waste with Dr King's New Life Pills. Take one or two tonight for a full bowel movement by morning. Original bottle contains 36 pills, 25 cents from your druggist.
Amsterdam telegraphing from The Morning Post correspondent reports the Belgian city of Antwerp fined 250,000 francs for popular demonstrations. The figure is cited as 850,000 in another amount.
TOKIO reports floods across Hokkaido and Korea area drownings and extensive destruction. Many persons are missing or dead as waters rise and disrupt transportation and homes.
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