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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
6
Indiana indictments allege a wide conspiracy to corrupt elections. Grand jury charged 128 officials including Thomas Taggart and city leaders. Forty eight counts cover bribery and blackmail as part of a statewide political scandal.
An Indianapolis grand jury accuses 128 people including Mayor Bell and Thomas Taggart of conspiring to corrupt the 1914 election and primary. The 48 count indictment covers false registration voting and bribery with officials named among the accused.
Chicago reports a national advertising convention where A W Peterson of Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter joins the nominating committee. Joseph H Finn argues newspapers are the strongest ad medium, with truth as its slogan and booster power shaping public perception and success for advertisers. Delegates from Waterloo Indiana and Boston Prostgrims attend, showcasing local clubs and campaigns.
A man identified as the murderer of the warden's wife confesses and yields to a third degree plea. The victim is to be buried today as authorities prepare for the inquest and funeral arrangements.
Atlanta crowds chant treachery toward Governor Slaton after Leo Frank commutation. militia guards Slaton home as 6 000 to 10 000 march, martial law declared, 24 arrests, convicts clamor for lynching Campbell amid prison turmoil and inquest resumption.
The weekly forecast from the U S Weather Bureau notes showers probable Saturday June 26 and again Sunday June 27 for the upper Mississippi valley and plains states. Temperatures will run near the seasonable average.
Washington reports confirm counselor of state department Lansing will be named secretary of state to succeed Bryan. He traveled for honorary degrees as president Wilson faces cabinet decision while Yaqui Valley in peril with Villa forces and Mexican tensions escalating near Nogales and Mexico City.
Berlin dispatch reports heavy Russian losses before Lemberg as Austro German forces advance along the Galician front. German long range guns shell a French seaport while German troops push near Arras and drive Russians from positions north of the city.
Paris reports the French war office says Dunkirk was bombarded with long range artillery, fourteen shells fired, civilians harmed. The Overseas News agency claims Russians are retreating before Lemberg to save artillery as heavy fighting widens along the Fecht river in Alsace. London watchers note Lemberg’s defeat seems imminent and German moves in north Russia and Poland press advance toward Libau, fortified port crucial to the Baltic.
London June 22 The Anchor reports the steamer Cameronia under charter to Cunard had a narrow escape from a submarine in the Irish Sea on her voyage from New York to Liverpool. Captain Kinnard steered for the periscope, the submarine dived, and the Cameronia passed the spot safely. Passenger Peter Fletcher of New York says many aboard saw the conning tower and periscope but were calm as the shipAltered course and avoided collision.
The British steamer Carisbrook of Glasgow, en route from Montreal to Leith, was sunk by a German submarine on June 21, 40 miles north of Kinnaird Head. Eleven crew members were saved. thirteen remained missing.
Radio report from San Diego states 1500 Vilia troops under General Sosa were promised for protection of foreigners in the Yanqui valley during a Colorado conference with Admiral Howard and General Leyva. Leyva warned that landing American marines could be misinterpreted by Mexican forces.
Harrisburg June 32. Mrs Helen Boyle, serving twenty five years for complicity in the kidnapping of Billy Whitla from Sharon in March 1909, is among pardons before the state board of pardons. Her husband James Borle is serving life for his part in the kidnaping.
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