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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
1
Last night the Mail's Great Bermuda Contest reached a successful close. District No 1 Mrs D E Lindquist Tidioute District No 2 Miss Bessie Hawke Warren District No 4 Miss G Edna Marsh Russell. We congratulate the candidates who won for they deserve to be rewarded. Below is the final standing of all contestants who remained in the race.
A fragmented OCR list presents several names followed by large numbers, including Miss Helen Giegerich and Miss Annie Anderson with figures like 32,150 and 4,050, plus entries for Miss Jennie Symonds and Mrs. Dr By Lindquist. The text lacks dates, places, or context.
Harrisburg reports a drop in state funds at June end with total balances of 5,772,019.28 dollars. General fund stands at 4,506,316.34 dollars, sinking fund 822,453.95, school fund 10,473.91, and motor vehicle license funds 632,776. Payments and receipts for June are itemized including general fund outlays of 2,619,486.04 dollars and motor vehicle license expenditures of 175,000 dollars.
The Public Service Commission refused to ratify contracts between United Natural Gas Co. and Foster Paving Block Co. and also declined approval for Pennsylvania Gas Co. and Warren Refining Co.. The 19 cent and 15 cent rates per 1,000 cubic feet were not shown in the companies published tariffs.
The annual convention of Pennsylvania county commissioners adjourned in Stroudsburg after selecting Meadville as next year’s meeting site. Officers elected include President A L Merrill, VP Thomas E Beatty, C F Lenhart, Secretary H Y Bready, Treasurer William McEwee. Criticism arose over how criminal costs are charged to counties and courts advancing county property improvements without county financial ability.
The State Highway department has apportion ed funds for 1915 and 1916 after deducting maintenance needs in each county. Commissioner Cunningham and Chief Engineer Uhler say funds must cover maintenance of existing state aid highways before new construction. The accompanying table shows the remaining balance for construction and the estimated maintenance cost for 1915 and 1916.
A blast at the Senate wing of the Capitol damaged the reception area and blast doors, with no injuries reported. Investigators seek a bomb or infernal machine as the likely cause. a June 1 letter signed R Pearce claimed responsibility in a peace plea.
Centreville Minnesota July 8 A farmer tests a turkey gobbler's maternal instincts by placing duck eggs beneath him. The 20 pound bronze gobbler cared for a brood of 16 ducklings, and will be shown with his brood at the state fair in Huron in the fall.
Detroit July 8 The Michigan legislature will consider Ford Motor Co plan to raise capital from 2 million to 100 million. Mr Ford said the increase will be postponed until after the next session due to present law limiting corporate capital to 25 million. He added a blast furnace or tire plant will precede the large tractor factory near Dearborn, with both to be built before the tractor plant.
A sack of frogs released during a Plymouth church revival caused chaos as women fled out windows. The audience included 20 former boys who found the scene greatly amusing. church members search for the pranksters.
In Fort Smith Arkansas on July 8 a $1 250 000 damage suit brought by the Bache Penman Coal company against over 200 United Mine Workers of America officers and members was dismissed in U S district court. The action stemmed from rioting in the Prairie Creek mining district last year that damaged several company plants.
At Hornell Jamestown won 8 to 4. Wellsville defeated Bradford 5 to 3. At Olean Warren lost 5 to 2.
All scheduled games were postponed Friday because of rain. No contests were completed or rescheduled details available.
At Olean Bradford tied 2 2 after eight innings. At Warren Jamestown won 2 0 after five innings were called. At Wellsville Wellsville led 5 4 over Hornell when final score noted.
Traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad main line near Millerstown halted for about an hour as a wildcat issue blocked a fast freight train. Conductor Jack Weaver fled to a box car to escape two half grown kittens and a mother cat guarding dressed beef on locomotive 242 while Brakeman Hohenshelt and E Eckelberger drove the felines away with stones and clubs.
New York July 2 An attorney H T Marshall says Bridgie Webber told him Becker had nothing to do with the Rosenthal murder. Marshall claims Webber said they were perjuring themselves to save their skins and that he advised Webber to hire another lawyer. Marshall plans to appeal and seek further scrutiny from judges and the governor.
Tulsa police revealed a $1 200 check fraud using the name of P J Whites of White and Sinclair in the Cushing field. The offender, likely a lease grafter, cashed the check in Brownsville Texas after posing as a White associate. Burns Detective Agency and banks investigate with a rubber stamp clue.
Gen Portifirio Diaz former president of Mexico dies at 7 oclock last evening in Paris. His wife Senora Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz and their son Portfirio Diaz Jr with his wife were at the bedside. He had been in failing health since 1911 after resigning following the Madero revolution.
Sunday results show Jamestown 4 Warren 2 and Bradford 1 Olean 2 with two games on the docket. The scores indicate close contests as teams vie for position. Local standings may adjust as the season proceeds.
At Jamestown Warren 11 over Jamestown 7. At Warren 2 Jamestown 1 in ten innings. Hornell tied Wellsville 1 1. Leeks 3 Olean 8. Olean 1 Bradford 7.
Survivors from the steamship Armenian landed at Cardiff report that the submarine rescued three white sailors but kicked away the colored muleteer as they swam alongside the submarine. The account highlights racial bias in the wartime rescue.
Warren hosts Jamestown in a 4 to 8 game while Hornell defeats Jamestown 3 to 15 at Wellsville. The scores document local league results with multiple teams listed in Tuesday play.
In Bradford two games featured Hornell with scores of 18 to 3 and 7 to 1 in five innings due to rain. In Olean Jamestown split with a 9 to 8 win and a 4 to 0 loss.
The Der Rick monthly oil report shows 903 wells completed in June, down 35 from May, and new production of 161 279 barrels, 12 922 fewer than May. Completions rise in Central Ohio Illinois Oklahoma Gulf Coast and North Louisiana, with a large drop in Pennsylvania. Kentucky Oklahoma and North Louisiana see fewer new productions. Dry holes total 231 and gas wells 127, up 34 and 4. At month end 465 rigs and 1 592 drilling wells, up eight and 142 respectively. Kenya
A man identified as Holt Morgan used dual identities after a violent incident in which his wife died. He was born in Germany and fled to Mexico to escape arrest. He later attended college in Texas.
Frank Holt claimed he would hold Mrs. Morgan and her children hostage while J. P. Morgan sought influence to stop exports of war munitions, but plans failed. The financier’s condition improved after a bullet failed to hit his abdomen. Old friends allege Holt is Erich Muenter, missing Harvard alumnus after his wife’s death by poison in 1916. Holt’s wife and father-in-law say he was mentally unbalanced despite domestic regard.
A Chicago informant ties Frank Holt, the J. P. Morgan assassin, to Erich Muenter, a former University of Chicago student who vanished from Harvard after his wife’s 1906 death. The tipster says Muenter rehabilitated as Holt, lived under multiple aliases from Vanderbilt to Cornell, and even earned a PhD at a Texas college, while teaching German at Radcliffe and in Nashville.
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