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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
In Mobile Alabama on December 5, Noah Bishop shot and killed William Florence after an argument at the home of Mrs. Florence. Bishop, a boarder who paid rent and supported her children from a prior marriage, claimed Florence blocked breakfast and refused to leave the house. Police investigated.
In Fairmount West Virginia last night, Contestabile shot Frank Alessander, his brother in law, through the heart without warning. A quarrel a year earlier over an estate Gioanni Alessander left in Italy preceded the vow to kill. The murderer remains at large.
Washington December 5 Representative Biaston of Texas introduced a bill to authorize a 50 million dollar appropriation for drought relief in the Southwest. He said Texas alone has 150 counties hit hard enough to make cattle raising impossible, an area half the size of Germany.
Washington December 5 Surgeon General Gorgas appeals to men aged 18 to 40 to join the enlisted personnel of the army medical corps. Applicants should report by December 15 to any army recruiting officer or to medical officers at any military post or cantonment.
A committee of Western sheep men traveled to New Orleans to study moving millions of sheep from Western states to Southern pastures. They will report to the National Wool Growers Association meeting in Salt Lake City next month.
St Paul resumes street car service after Monday night wrecking by hundreds of union sympathizers. The St Paul trades and labor assembly convenes today to consider the strike situation and unite union men.
A joint resolution introduced by Linthicum of the foreign affairs committee would permit army and navy personnel to accept decorations from foreign governments that are at war with Germany.
New York market report notes butter creamery and fresh dairy products with varying quality grades. Listings show prices and storage notes for butter and related commodities amid December activity.
Buffalo markets report No. 3 white wheat at 2.23 and No. 2 red at 2.25. Oats and flour prices listed with blends and rye flour. Dairy items include butter, cheese, and eggs with multiple grade quotes. Poultry and eggs show various prices for dressed and live birds, with potatoes onions and beans priced by type and grade.
Cattle shipping steers 11.50 to 13.00 Watcher steers 9.50 to 12.00 Heifers 7.00 to 11.25 Choic e veals 15.00 to 15.50 Light veals 14.00 to 44.75 Sheep and lambs choic e lambs 17.40 to 17.95 Mixed sheep 10.50 to 11.50 Hogs yorkers 17.25 to 17.40 Light Yorkers 16.00 to 16.25 Heavies 17.60 to 17.75
Nearly 1000 delegates at the annual Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention heard Miss Anna A Gordon deliver the address and urged national prohibition passage, army and navy support, turnout of the woman vote, and intensified anti cigarette and tobacco work.
Electricians trace trouble on the Western Union line between Eugene and Marsfield to soot in a 4,900 foot tunnel that made insulators conductive. Workers now wipe soot from the tunnel wires at intervals and restore firm communication.
Chicago authorities report Major Fred McLaughin commander at Camp Grant Rockford and former Onwentsia polo player was mistaken for the fleeing driver of a fatal car collision. He was knocked senseless kicked and beaten by a mob before police rescued him and he remained hospitalized in serious condition.
Two historic flags once belonging to the First and Third Colonial New York regiments have been placed with the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in New York State. The announcement came at the society’s 36th annual meeting here.
Washington December 5 Each member of congress should be allowed to appoint five midshipmen to the Naval academy instead of three Secretary Daniels suggested in recommending to congress enlargement of next year's class.
William Potter federal fuel administrator for Pennsylvania says Arch bishop Prendergast and Bishop Hoban approve early masses on all holy days in the anthracite regions to allow Catholic miners to work and sustain coal production. Hoban urges pastors to appeal to workers to keep every holy day to address the coal shortage.
Mexican officials Louis Cabrera ex minister of Hacienda Carlos Bassevi president of the Mexican National Lines and Adolf Huerta new Mexican consul general in New York arrive in Laredo en route to New York. They refuse to discuss the trip's purpose.
Washington December 5 congressman Walsh of Massachusetts proposed a bill to create a department of fisheries with cabinet status. The plan would reorganize the shipping board, assigning merchant marine duties to the new department.
A fire in Butler New Jersey destroyed a two story frame house killing Mr and Mrs Moses Miller and their seven children who were believed to be asleep on the second floor.
London reports the British ship Apapa torpedoed and sunk. Passengers and crew suffered fatalities while about 120 passengers were saved. It is alleged the submarine fired on women and children in open boats.
San Francisco reports an organization formed by Russian sympathizers with the Bolshevik cause to oppose drafting Russians who have taken first papers for U S citizenship. The effort aligns with the New York revolutionary paper Novy Mir, edited by Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik foreign affairs minister.
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