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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
8
A well dressed man about 49 years old with a sandy complexion and moustache is held at the City hospital after being found wandering. He cannot state his name or origin, recalls only “Charles Holeman,” and researchers suspect a peculiar mental disease or injury causing aphasia.
President Wilson speaks with emphasis on economy and government reorganization to boost efficiency. He rejects a large standing army while declaring the U S a champion of peace and concord and notes readiness only in times of war if needed but without sacrificing republican principles.
A notice invites readers to subscribe to Warren Maul for 21.60 per year paid in advance. The item specifies the subscription price and payment method.
El Paso dispatch reports the Aguas Caliente convention 21 member committee protested Gutierrez cabinet picks including Soto YY Guama adviser to Zapata. Refugees say Villa forces executed about half of Galeana residents and four Mexico City elites were executed after convention forces entered the capital.
Eight year old Robert Arg her of Trevorton Pa. was given a silver dollar to pay for goods. He touched two dangling telegraph wires, created a circuit with 500 volts, and melted the dollar. The shock burned his hand badly. he was taken to the State Hospital Shamokin in critical condition.
Serbian forces drive Austrians back along the front with heavy captures including thousands of prisoners and war materiel. At one point 2500 prisoners were taken along with the flag of the Twenty second Regiment.
Warren County commissioners report 1915 bounty claims totaled 2285.00 and note the state treasury holds funds from sportsmen. they urge reimbursement but fear uncertain statewide appropriations. They cite 1913 hunter license revenues and compare neighboring counties while quoting Auditor General’s stance on future deficiency appropriations.
An early hour Tuesday post office robbery attempt at North Warren failed to breach the strong box containing about $1,000 in stamps and valuables. Sheriff Tate and Warren police pursued four men seen fleeing. footprints led to a railroad handcar and onward to Venturetown before tracks were lost. Three suspects, including Arthur Farrell “Chokey,” Evert Murphy, and Bill Johnson, were detained in Warren and Olean. Farrell was recently released from Fort Leavenworth for a prior post office robbery.
County commissioners acknowledge we would have spent at least ten thousand dollars of taxpayers money on bounties in 1914 and announce starting bounty payments January 1915, hoping state reimbursement when legislature convenes. Signed E. E. Thompson A. C. Mook A. Cramer. Attest Addison White, Clerk.
Newark New Jersey December 9 The Central Railroad of New Jersey pleaded not guilty to a Federal Grand Jury indictment with about 200 counts alleging extensive rebates to the Lehigh Navigation Company over many years. Trial set for January with potential fines approaching four million dollars if convicted on all counts.
Petty officer Jesse Adams of the battleship Illinois stationed at the Philadelphia navy yard shot and killed 24 year old Anna Conway at the war home then killed himself. Police say the motive was her refusal to marry him. Adams, 35, listed Oakland Illinois as home.
The Supreme Court today refused to issue a writ of review for Leo M. Frank's conviction in the murder of Gary Phagan, an Atlanta factory girl.
An exploring party aboard the Newfoundland schooner Laddie visited the Belcher Islands off Hudson Bay in September, and their members claim to be the first white men to land there. The group, about eighty miles from the southeast coast, revealed a larger and differently positioned archipelago than charts showed, and the 15 day survey noted a barren but wildlife rich landscape with foxes Arctic hares and geese.
Elmer Tipton 19 died after his shotgun fired while he climbed a rail fence during the first hunting trip of the season in Marion County. Hollis Swisher and Bryan Carmean witnessed the accident near his father’s home after an all day hunt.
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