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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1915
Page
20
The Hudson Feature Film Company expects to receive 500 feet of Lusitania disaster footage within a day or two. Shot at Queenstown and at sea, the film shows rescue work and other scenes. The Bijou theater management has secured rights to show it next Wednesday.
The United States Geological Survey details glacial history shaping the Great Lakes region. It highlights moraines, lake basins, and shore-line shifts caused by ice sheets, noting soil, clay, sand, and peat resources derived from glacial deposits. Monograph 53, The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of the Great Lakes, maps these relations and is sold by USGS for $1.50.
Kin der constable detains Walter Sullivan described as American tramp. seized in overcoat a cache of groceries including eight raw potatoes seven pounds milk bread tea biscuits coffee salt and pepper shakers vinegar onion and two Japanese paper napkins.
In Chicago on June 5 Edward Bomar, a wandering philosopher, explains that city prosperity can be gauged by examining cigar butts and ashes. He cites snipes shot in many cities, noting New York and Frisco smoke and burn but New York tosses them away, while theirs are kept close to the fire.
Katie Fixico an 18 year old Creek Indian girl who owns forty acres of oil land in Oilton district ten miles south of Jennings Oklahoma receives several marriage proposals. The latest suitor from Florida, a widowed railroad conductor with fraternal ties, cites references from city officials and a successful Indian marriage as proof a match can work.
In a Brooklyn game at Ebbets Field Philadelphia trailed by one in the ninth when two runs gave them a brief lead before Zach Wheat’s home run tied the score. A grandstand spectator, Chauncey Martin of Brooklyn, collapsed and died of heart failure amid the dramatic finish.
NEW YORK May 29 Supreme Court Justice Hendrick upheld the right of dramatic critics to attend and critique productions despite producers wishes. Alexander Woolcott of the New York Times filed against the Shubert interests. A temporary injunction restrains the defendants from blocking Woolcott entry to theaters or from denying him a ticket entitling him to a seat.
In Milwaukee a vagrant, Monahan, was awakened by a ticking alarm clock in a boxcar after a patrol found him sleeping there. He claimed to be a traveling shoebroker who rooms in cars to avoid oversleeping for early work. Judge Bardwell ordered him to a workhouse for ten days, with the clock left with police.
Two Kansas editors in state custody seek parole next month. Thomas Brophy edits the Kansas Penitentiary Bulletin at Lansing and Jeremiah Brophy edits the Kansas Reformatory Herald after transfers to Hutchinson. Both were imprisoned in 1911 for burglary in Miami County and now ask to study printer's trades and agriculture.
Louise Rutter widely known as a premier talking voice of the stage joins Thanhouser studio as a screen newcomer. The piece notes her stage career with leading men such as William Gillette Arnold Daly Richard Bennett Douglas Fairbanks and Edwin Stevens and predicts strong success in film. It also discusses divorce myths with statistics on desertion noting three fourths of divorce actions are filed by women and explores whether men leave for causes of cold meals cosmetics or money matters.
New Haven Connecticut on June 5 Martha Cooper and Marion Davis among the nation's oldest twins celebrated their eighty fourth birthday. Both Mr and Mrs Davis and Mrs Cooper are in excellent health and many friends attended a luncheon in their honor. They enjoy keeping informed about the times and discuss the European war.
The G and C Merriam Company sought an injunction to stop Syndicate Publishing from using the name Webster on dictionaries. The Supreme Court denied the request, allowing the Syndicate to publish dictionaries under Webster without restraint.
A semi official telegram from Nish Serbia reports the typhus epidemic has ceased with no new cases. The Serbian army has fully recovered from earlier effects, is in excellent condition, well equipped, and its spirit is higher than ever, prepared for any demand.
Miss Gierk returns Friday to headline the season with The Goose Girl from Paramount, praised by manager Pest. The feature Saturday will be When Cowboy Is King, a major release that reportedly earned $20,000 in New York. Bippodrome also touts two shorts in rotation.
In St Louis Missouri a dispute arose after Congregational pastors shingles the roof of Immanuel Church during a recent work run. They urged a new agreement saying the repairs could be completed and that promises would be kept. The Rev Tucker criticized the delays and pressed for action to finish the roofing.
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