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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1915
Page
3
The Illinois livestock commission suspended Dr. Joseph A. Grosskretuer in East St. Louis over alleged traffic in cholera stricken hogs and diseased animals. Gov Dunne also suspended state humane officer William Kane. The governor says diseased meat reached butchers and was retailed.
The trial of Porter Charlton formerly of Omaha for murdering his wife continued at Como Italy. Much of the session was devoted to expert testimony on the prisoner’s mental condition with depositions read from U S extradition proceedings.
New York police and federal agents thwart a plan by Robert Fay a German army lieutenant and his brother-in-law W Scholtz to halt munitions shipments and damage ships. Fay confessed receiving 2000 dollars and papers indicate ties to German secret service. Explosives maps and five mines were seized in Weehawken and Hoboken.
American officials puzzled by possible German commerce raiding in the Caribbean or a new flotilla raid against Mexico. Justice, navy and state departments have pursued the mystery for weeks, as seagoing launches depart and German officers evade capture. British agents share concern over threats to neutral rights and oil lifelines from Mexican ports.
A brief Baltimore American quotation captures a shopper asking if a item is cut glass and another answers it is, bought at a bargain sale. The exchange hints at economic thrift and consumer culture reflected in the era.
Porter Charlton testified that his wife taunted him into killing her and claimed she provoked the fatal act. He said the dispute sparked the murder in their home, and he described the events leading to the tragedy.
Reports from Brownsville Texas recount a clash between Fourth Infantry soldiers and Mexican bandits at the site of a recent train robbery. Private Herman E Moore was wounded in the abdomen and not expected to survive. Sergeant Elridge led the detachment, five Mexicans were seen crossing the tracks before the brief engagement ended.
Lloyds reports the Norwegian steamer Salerno was sunk. Nineteen men, two women, and three children were landed from the wreck.
An imperial manifesto from Petrograd brands Bulgaria as a betrayer of the Slav cause and declares Russia's intent to act. Italy declares war on Bulgaria and sends a squadron from Brindisi toward the near east to aid in a blockade of the Bulgarian coast along the Aegean. Allied operations include landing at Saloniki to assist Serbia, with Greece notified that debarkation will continue. Bulgarian advances near Vranya, Strumitza, and Enos influence rail links, while German and Austro-Hungarian forces push on the Serbian front and in the north near Riga and Dvinsk.
Twelve bodies recovered after a Union Pacific motor train plunged into Fancy Creek near Randolph Kansas. Officials estimate six more drowned, with many feared buried under mud and sand as rescue efforts continued. Identified dead include Louis Atwood Topeka G E Brummitt Topeka Alma K Jellin Garrison Theodore Smith Tecumseh Neb Carl Strongberg Randolph and others. Injured are reported recovering.
Government counsel Robert L Batts told the jury in New Haven that the defendants and eight other railroad directors conspired to monopolize transportation traffic in New England. The case targets William Rockefeller Lewis Cass Ledyard and Edward D Robbina among others in a bid to violate the Sherman Act.
President Wilson plans a New York speech on November 4 to unveil a defense program. The plan, described as a national effort likely to exceed a billion dollars, would boost army and navy spending over the next six years as the administration’s policy scope is explained.
The entry notes that the word whig winds up a pack thieves while tory marks a band of robbers. The lines cast political labels as loaded terms, hinting at the era’s hostile language and factional slang.
Backache signals weakened kidneys and Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a tested remedy. Mrs. O Pearson of Sidney testifies the pills strengthened her kidneys and relieved back pains after using Dean's Kidney Pills for over 50 years. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Props Buffalo NY.
The Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association elected officers including President Mrs W Barkley of Lincoln and First Vice President Mrs Anna Kovanda of Table Rock. Other posts named include Recording Secretary Mrs M Brugger of Columbus, Corresponding Secretary Miss Ida Robbins of Lincoln, Treasurer Mrs FE S Rood of Omaha, Auditors Mrs W FE Elardy of Lincoln and Mrs L Pope of Silver Creek, and district vice presidents Cornish Lincoln, Hartwick Omaha, Sol McCaw Norfolk, Miss Stoner Osceola, Dietrich Hastings, and Mrs Charles Cornell Valentine.
The White Autos of Cleveland defeated the Tacoma Tigers of Washington to win the amateur baseball world championship in a decisive victory, sealing the title and claiming top honors for their club.
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