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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text from a local page mentions an obituary style note and faded elements. Key names and places are unclear, but the fragment implies a communal notice or memorial item among other truncated lines.
A new Roosevelt republican committee forms at the Biltmore hotel led by George Von L. Meyer to press Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination. Delegates from 80 states plan visits to Oyster Bay to interview Roosevelt as telegrams flood in backing the effort.
Dornland Ore May 22 With 60 percent of the votes counted in the statewide primary nearly 100000 Republican votes cast Charles E Hughes led all rivals by about 15000. Cummins trails by a large margin while Burton and Roosevelt lag. Democrats favored Wilson for president and Marshall won the vice presidency. An odd line notes average American meat consumption.
A Kemp City tornado killed nine people and injured 38 as it swept Kemp in the Kemp City area, 8 miles east of Denison Texas. Twelve businesses and 60 homes were leveled, with most injuries in Kemp City. a child died across the Red River in Texas.
Topeka Kansas May 22 A forecast of 108 000 000 bushels of winter wheat in Kansas this year is issued by J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture The estimate covers conditions up to May 17 and shows a decline of 28 000 000 bushels from last year’s comparable report
Paris reports aviator George Boillot died in combat against five German aircraft. He downed one rival before a bullet ended his life. he had earlier served as General Joffre’s chauffeur and won the Automobile Club of France grand prize in 1912 and 1913.
Minneapolis May 23 Dr C A Barbour president of Rochester theological seminary was elected president of the northern Baptist convention without opposition He will succeed Shailer Mathews of Chicago May 22 Officers of the convention and co operating societies were elected Mathews did not seek reelection The permanent fund rose to 779455 45 with a campaign that netted 260000 and only 900 spent
Dr Arthur Warren Waite faces first degree murder charges in the poisoning of his father in law John J Peck a Grand Rapids Michigan millionaire. Four alienists led a crowd of witnesses in New Yorks criminal branch as the defense prepares an insanity plea with 115 witnesses. Waite may rely on his wife Mrs Clark Peck Waite and singer Mrs Margaret Horton as key figures in the case.
Dex Moines Iowa May 22 Senator A B Cummins dropped off in Den Moines en route from Oregon to Washington The Hughes victory in Oregon was ascribed by Cummins to superior organization work launched early in the game He said the newest army providing for 211 000 men is all right though he favored the bill for 250 000 men in the Senate Cummins is in good health but his voice shows the strain of a strenuous campaign in Oregon
The U S auxiliary steamer Pumber arrived in Santo Domingo with marines aboard to reinforce detachments already landed amid the ongoing revolutionary situation in the Dominican Republic.
Justice Hughes refuses to comment on rumors about a Chicago nomination showdown. His secretary says Hughes has not communicated with Hitchcock and has not ruled out nomination, while Hughes supporters push for a possible Hughes candidacy. Frank Hitchcock has gone to Chicago to organize Hughes headquarters. Leslie M. Shaw returns to politics, opening Chicago offices to push a tariff and trade expansion platform.
The British press bureau states General Townshend and staff captured at Kut El Amara will be brought to Constantinople and likely sent to Prinkopa Island for liberty. Most officers and men remain at Kut El Amara and Bagdad. some will go to Damascus.
Ruby Stephens confessed in Jom Kansas that she lured Cur ford Kistner to his door and shot him dead before him and his wife. The 37 year old divorcee said Kistner had ruined her life.
Survivors Capt Charles Hansen and E A Mitchell reached Seward Alaska from Seldo umn on the Admiral Farragut after being marooned on a barren island at the mouth of Cook Inlet. The two others aboard the Launch Success Thoms Campbell and John arson were drowned.
Washington May 28 The United States Marine Corps looks for first class baseball players to bolster teams representing the corps in world postings. Recruits are targeted for squads at Peking China and Managua Nicaragua seen by travelers as near big league caliber squads.
Reports from Paris describe the Verdun battle entering its fourth month with German forces pressing Deadman's hill. French troops defend Hill 304 and Avecourt wood as 60,000 German troops and heavy batteries push along a seven mile front toward the summit.
Delegates at the Methodist general conference in Stratoga Springs New York begin the fourth week of the quadrennial session. Officials expect adjournment by Friday or Saturday and plan extra meetings to finish unfinished business. The agenda includes whether missionary bishops will be eliminated in Malaya and East Africa and replaced by bishops with full powers.
French papers report travelers arriving from Berlin believe Clemens Debruck retiring as vice chancellor and interior minister may be followed by Gotlieb von Jagow withdrawing as foreign minister. Prince von Buelow reportedly to take foreign post.
Seattle and Snohomish police claim the two Nelms sisters may be alive in Alaska. Viktor Innes and his wife were tried in San Antonio for the women’s murder but acquitted. Authorities say more indictments await in the Nelms disappearance.
Washington reports indicate the Senate will focus on confirming Louis D Brandeis to the Supreme Court and George Rublee to the Federal Trade Commission. An open session may replace secret deliberations as Rublee’s fate is reconsidered. The rivers and harbors appropriation bill faces renewed filibusters by Kenyon and Sherman.
The supreme court reversed Tennessee fed al courts, orders case back for jury trial to determine if caffeine in Cocoa Cola violates federal pure food laws. Cocoa Cola deemed injurious to health. Suffrage concession follows.
A trio of men died after a crash 10 miles south of Birmingham near Songo. Police say the victims were two Willets and one Beraon. Investigations are underway into how the cycling event ended in tragedy.
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