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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
STATE MUST SHOW CAUSE
BECKER CASE GETS HEARING
IN ONE COURT.
New York Supreme Justice PhlIn'hs
Action May Bring Stay Of
Execution.

New York, N. Y.-Supreme Cour
Justice Philbin issued an order for
the state to show cause why a new
trial should not be granted Charles
Becker, former police lieutenant, SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair
July 20 for conspiracy in the murder
of gambler Herman Rosenthal.
This order was issued following the
filing of affidavits by Becker's attor-
neys, alleging the discovery of new
and important evidence tending to es-
tablish Becker's innocence. These az
idavits contained statements from
East Side gamblers who are said to
have contributed to a fund of $4,000
to induce Rosenthal to leave New
York. The offer was rejected by Ro-
seminal and a few hours later he was
shot to death.
The State is expected to act imme'
diately upon the courts order as only
| three court days now intervene before
the date set for Becker's electrocu
ton. Unless the State appears and
shows cause before that time the
courts order probably would auto
matically act as a stay Of execution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
TURKS SLAY9 1000 ARMENIANS
Charged With Plotting Against Sui
tan, Orders are Issued to Kill
All in District.

Petrograd, Russia. The Novoe
Vremya publishes what purports to
be details of a massacre by the Turks
of Armenians, which exceeds in num-
Der any record in history.
In one section of the article it is
said that the Turks after massacring
wholesale the population of Bitlis,
collected 5000 women and children
from the surrounding villages and
drove them to the banks of the Tigris,
where they shot every n of them.
They then killed another thousand
which had escaped the first slaugh-
ter.
-Four battalions, it is said, have
been sent to the Mush Valley with
orders to destroy every one of the 49,
900 Armenians in that district. The
slaughter already has begun, 1t is
said.
Ali the Armenians in the Diarber
region, the report says, have been
killed.
The reported of this massacre
or series of them, was the charge
that Armenians yer plotting a pro
Russian revolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
AERONAUTS FORM A SOCIETY
Organization of Aeronautic Engineers
Effected at the Request of Edison,
Head of Naval Advisory Board.

New York, N. Y.-The American
Society of Aeronautic Engineers, to in
clude representatives of every branch
of a%eronautic science in America, has
just been organized at the request of
Thomas A. Edison, chairman Of the
Advisory Board of the Navy, to OPP
crate with the Navy Board in many
new projects that are soon to be
taken up.
The following officers of the new so
ciety were elected: President, Henry
A. Wise Wood; vice presidents, Or
vile Wright, Glen H. Curtiss, w.
Sterling Burgess, Elmer A. Sperry,
Peter Cooper Hewitt and John Hayes
Hammond Jr,; treasurer, Clark
Thompson, and secretary, Lawrence
B. Sperry. The directors include
Thomas S. Baldwin, Henry Wood
house, Joseph A. Steinmetz and Bion
]. Arnold.
, The Smithsonian Institution, the
Postoffice Department, the Weather
Bureau, the Bureau of Standards, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and the University Of Michigan have
each been invited to name an add
tional director.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
MUNITIONS PLANTS WARNED
Three Cleveland Concerns Receive
Notice of Plot to Blow
Up Factories.

Cleveland, Ohio. - Officials of
three Cleveland concerns said to be
turning out war supplies have been
notified by local federal officials I'M
der orders from Washington of a re-
ported plots to blow up their plants
by dynamite.
The companies are the Peerless Mo
tor Car Company, the White Company,
automobile manufacturers, and the
American Steel and Wire Company. A
total Of 1890 men are employed in
the plants.
Charles De Woody. special agent of
the department of justice, and United
States District Attorney Wertz first
learned Of the plot when a man,
greatly excited, told federal building
attaches he held the secret Of a plan
to blow up the three plants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
INJUNCTION AGAINST ADMIRER
Oklahoma Woman Trying to Keep
Him Away From Daughter; He
Gets a Lawyer.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.-After
the death of George Moore, three
years ago, Louis Crawford began to
pay attention to Mrs. Bessie Moore,
the young widow. The courtship was
opposed by Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs.
M. A. Bader, also a widow.
Mrs. Bader drove Crawford away
and told him to stay away. Then she
began calling the police and ordering
the arrest of Crawford every time she
found him in the Bader home. Craw-
ford fought the cases in the police
court and got out of most of them
without paying a fine.
The widow is alleged to have en-
couraged him, but not in sight OF her
mother. In her mothers presence
1t is declared, she would vehemently
order Crawford away and in half ar
hour telephone him to come back.
A few days ago Mrs. Bader OBJ
tanned an injunction. Crawford has
| engaged a lawyer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
MEN LOCKED IN BANK VAULT
Cashier and Patron of Niotaze, Kans.,
Bank Imprisoned by Pair
Of Robbers.

Wichita, Kansas.-A couple of men
robbed the Niotaze State Bank Of
$1,000 and we're gone before anyone
but the cashier of the bank and a pat
ron knew of the robbery.
The men rode into town, tied their
horses in the alley in the real of the
bank and entered the building without
attracting attention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
ARREST PASTOR FOR MURDER
Rev. w. H. Mozart Charged With
Killing Monroe Smith, Which
Dates Back IS Years.

Covington, Kentucky. = The Rev.
". H. Mozart is in Jail here charged
with killing Monroe Smith near Gov
ington more than As years ago.
Smith, it is alleged, struck McCart's
mother and was killed a few days
later. Mozart left here shortly after
wards and went west, where he be-
came a minister. He came here on a
visit to relations and his arrest fol-
lowed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29


stunned by the enormity of an aeei-
cent which occurred here Saturday,
July "a, at 1880 a. m.
The huge steamer Eastland lying at
the dock and loading with a crowd Of
merry-maklne excursionists, turned
over on her side without warning and
over a thousand people met their
death.
Chicago, m.-Bodies of 800 persons,
killed in the capsizing of the steamer
Eastland at it's wharf in the Chicago
River, have been recovered after 40
hours Of searching by divers around
the steel hulk, still lying on its side,
half submerged, where it rolled while
laden with 240S excursionists.
The total dead as a result OF the
turning over of the top-heavy ship
still remains at approximately 1000,
according to Coroner Hoffman, whose
reports indicated that probably 100
bodies were still held in the mud of
the river by the sup~erstructure OF the
overturned boat. While only 1,O02
passengers of the Eastland have regis
pany as saved, it is thought that
| about ATS survivors, including the
crew of ", had failed to report their
escape.
About three score bodies were re-
covered from the wreck before noon
July rs, but after that hour divers
discovered only one corpse before
they quit work for the night. Deputy
Coroner Linderman, who had charge
OF the work at the river side, said ne
did not expect to find many more
bodies before the steamer was rlghted'
and possibly none then.
Estimates as to how many persons
might be pinned down by the sunken
vessel varied widely, some declaring
there was none, while others estl
mated as high as 800. There was
much confusion in the totall1ng OF
bodies recovered owing to dupllca
tons and removals,
As a result all sorts of estimates
were scattered about the city, WITT
guesses from 1900 to 1890, but Off
GERS in charge of clearing the wrech
have been unable to tabulate more
than 901 bodies when the morgue was
cleared of all but a o OF corpses
All the rest Of the victims, mostly
women and children, have been den
tilted and removed by relatives.
EastIand Considered Unsafe.
In a statement issued States Attor
new Mackay Hoyne said, regarding nj
investigation Of the accident:
1--WE insist that a considerable pol
ton of the blame for the Eastland dis
,ster rests upon the United States in
spection bureau. If the inspectors 0
the bureau had done their duty tn
accident would not have occurred.
"We know that the ship was cor
sdered unsafe by the inspectors, be
cause there are letters on file Il
Washington which predicted this dill
aster. | have copies of these letter
and may introduce them before Tn
coroner's inquest"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Mirror Warns Autolsts.

Pittsburg, Publishing a clear re-
Election Of one of the most dangerous
curves in Western Pennsylvania, a
plate glass mirror, 80 by 48 inches,
has been placed at the top of Logan's
Ferry hill by the New Kensington
Automobile Club.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Lei Her In on This.

II believe a mar shold be master in
his own house." said the newly-wed
man. There can only be one head
in a family, and l mean to be 1t"
That's a very good idea" answer
ed his friend who had been married
more years than the other had lived,
"a very good idea, indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
u. 8. to Sue Citizens.

Washington.-Suits are about to be
brought by the government against
American citizens, who, though appar-
emily able to do SO, refuse to pay
money expended for their relief when
they were stranded in Europe at the
outbreak Of the war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
GERMANS HOLD A
MILLION RUSSIANS
TWO ADVANCES OF KAlsER's
MEN REPORTED FROM
POLAND.
U-BOAT SINKS SIX VESSELS
French Make Gains at Ban de Sapt,
and Germans 8ombard Fortress
at Notwithstanding Said
to Be Destroyed.

Berlin.-The total number of Rus
sian prisoners of war taken by Ger
many and Austria-H Hungary since the
beginning of the war, including the
figures reported by the general STATS,
surpass 1900, 900 officers and men.
1t was announced that the Austro-
Germans had captured 100, 900 Russian
prisoners in the last ten days up to
July "a.
The Germans have crossed the Ma
rev River on a front from a point
south of Ostrolenka to Pultusk. South
east of Poltusk fortress the Teu-
tons are approaching the Bug River.
Dunklrk Fortress Bombarded.
The text of the statement fotows:
In the western theatre-On the
eastern border of the Argonne we
blew up an enemy blockhouse.
Near I.amois south OF Ban de
Sapt, the French established them
selves in a small portion of our adj
vanced trenches.
lAC IL COO Va DuOhll wac bOhI
barded by us with several sGe,ls."
London.-German submarines have
resumed their activity in English
waters, sinking a French steamer and
four British trawlers. One of the un,
der-sea boats is reported to have been
destroyed by bombs and gunfire.
The British steamer Firth, 406 tons
of Aberdeen, bound from France fol
Firth of Forth, was t%orpedoed by q
submarine in the North Sea.
The French steamship Danae
bound from Liverpool for A~rchangel
Russia, was sunk off Cape Wrath
which forms the northwestern extrem
ity of Scotland. The trawlers Henry
Charles, Kathleen, Activity and Pros
per were sent to the bottom in the
North Sea. The crews of all vessels
were saved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Machine.eun Drill for Militia

Pittsburg, Pa.-Brig. Gen. A. ]. Lo-
gan, commanding the Second Brigade,
Pennsylvania National Guard, an
nounced to his command that ma
chine-gun drill was to be a part of the
brigade encampment which will be-
gin August 7.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Calls chicaoo "roo speedv.r

Chicago, Ill.-Motorists have paid
fines amounting to $4,000 in Chicago
within the last 2S days for violating
speed laws. Chicago is too speedy"
said Judge Arthur j. Gray.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
ULTIMATUM FROM
ITALY TO TURKEY
ROME DEMANDS PREPARATION
FOR BOAT SEIZED IN
MARMoRA.
RUSSIANS LOSE RAILWAY LINE
Probably Cut in Two Places, and De-
fensive Operations Are Greatly
Hampered-Germans Con-
tlnue to Advance.

Rome.-The most important decis-
ion taken by the cabinet council vas
in connection with the attitude of Tur-
key, which the government has deter
mined not to tolerate.
The Italian ambassador at Constan-
tinople has been instructed to demand
immediate reparation for the arbitra-
ry seizure of the Italian %gunboat Mon
dello, which since July 20 has been
used by the Turks as a troop ship in
the Sea of Marmora under the pro-
lection of the Italian flag.
A reasonable time limit will be CIV
en Turkey to comply with these de-
mands. 1t is reported it will not ex-
coed a week, and unless Turkey
Immediately promises to accede un-
conditionally to Italy's demands, the
expiration of the time limit will be
unnecessary, since Italy holds she
she would be justified in resorting to
coercive measures against Turkey.
Austro-Hungarian Headquarters
The Austro-Germa mobile heavy ar
tillery already is playing on the per-
manent Notifications of Iv~angorod
fortress and from the west bank of
the Vistula River below Ivangorod is
throwing shells on the Ivangorod-Lub-
lin-Chelm Railroad, which here runs
scarcely a mile from the shore of the
river.
The Austrian troops also are dan
gerously near, if they are not already
across the anne railroad, between
Lublin and Chelm, so that this all
important means Of communication,
connecting the whole southern Rus.
sian front between the Vistula and
the Bug Rivers, is probably cut in two
places, which will greatly hamper the
defensive problem.
The Austro-German forces in this
region continue to advance. New re
serves and veteran troops whose
ranks have been recruited to full
strength during the the period of re
cuperation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
kidnaper in Jail.

Idaho Falls, Idaho.-Lon Dean, a
sheep herder, who admits he kidnapped
E. A. Empey, was lodged in the Bon
neville county Jail by cowboys, after
a hard ride to ave their captive from
would-be lynchers. Dean was cap
tured on the Sheep mountain after
Empey had escaped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Panama Canal RealnnIna to Pay.

Washington.-The Panama Canal is
now on a paying basis, according to
official reports. Receipts for May
wiped out the deficit Of $39,4SO and
left a balance Of $177,799, a profit Of
4.19 per cent on the expenditure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Kills wife, stepson and Self.

Detroit.-Chester Hall, So years
old, of Grand Rapids, shot and killed
his wife, Anna, 3S, and his stepson,
Henry Tunis, IS, here. Both died In
stantly. Hall then blew his own head
off with a shotgun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Rodv ldentiaed as Rates,.

Queenstown. A body washed
ashore at Kilcolgan Gateway has been
identified from documents found in
the coat pocket and from the name
on the linen as that of Lindon Bates
Jr, an American victim of the sink
ing of the L~usitania.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Every owner presumes the limo
cence Of his dog on all charges that
r brought by the neighbors.-To-
ledo Blade.
The strength Of a mans voice is
always the easur Of his mental
capacity.-Albany Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Mine Layer is Rehoated.

Copenhagen.-The German mine
layer Albatross, which was driven
ashore in the recent naval battle in
the Baltic, off the Gothland coast be
tween German and Russian warships,
has been relocated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
AGAINST obeylna the Law.

Syracuse, N. William Y. Reo-
field. secretary of the department OF
commerce, who is in Syracuse, made
public correspondence between the st,
,Joseph.C Chicago Steamship Company
wner of the Eastland, and the de-
partment of commerce relating to the
new seaman's act.
Secretary Redfleld believes that I'M
der the seaman's act the passenger,
carrying capacity Of the Eastland
should have been reduced from 2,57O
to 1852. The steamship company op'
posed the seaman's bill. The CORE
spondence comprises four letters.
In the first letter, w. H. Hull, gen
eral manager Of the steamship com
pany. registers a protest under date
| of June rs, 1915, against the seaman!
bill being made effective on Novem
Der 4. He wrote:
81 am confident that the disastrous
effects Of this bill to American steam
ship lines are already apparent to eV
eryone, and believe that an opportur
ity should be given to have this &C
modified or entirely Cancelled"
To this Secretary Redfeld reptile
on June %:
ut is difficult to see how your re
quest can be carried out without II
volving me in a fiat breach Of my oat
of office, which is to enforce the Law
Power is not given me to say whs
laws shall be obeyed and what nc
obeyed. . = What is specifcall
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

London.-A dispatch received here
from Berlin says the American bark
Dunsyre, bound from New York to
Stockholm, has been seized by the
Germans and taken into Swinmunde.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Illinois Banker pies suddenly.

Jacksonville, Il.-Robert Hockin-
hall, a banker Of Jacksonville, died
suddenly at his home. He had been
identified with banking in Jackson
vile for the last 35 years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
president,s poubIe Arrested.

Philadelphia.-The double of Presi-
dent Wilson is locked up at the city
hall, awaiting extradition to New Jer-
sey, where he is accused of non-sup-
port of his wife and children. He is
James X. Lewis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Let Him Go to Work.

"How is your son getting alongf'
Il don't know what to make of that
boy. He's been at college 4 years
learning to be a baseball player. and
now he wants me to send him to an
other college SO he can learn to be
a doctor"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
MIIIlonaIre,a Wll unheId.

Springfield, Mo.-Suit to break the
will Of the late T. B. Holland, insti.
tuted by his grandson, Grady Holland
Sanford, was thrown out Of court
when Judge Guy D. Kirby sustained a
demurrer filed by the defendant heirs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
w. M. wins Dies.

New York.-William Mills WINS,
Republican leader and n Of the
leading attorneys Of New York, died
suddenly from an acute attack Of
Bright's disease and uraemic poison
ing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

The faintest praise that can be
gwen to q person is to say he is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Love your neighbors as yourself,
but to prevent the love from growing
cold change. them often. - Deseret
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Candy for Federal Prisoners

Atlanta, Ga.-Candy has been added
to the list Of articles which inmates
Of the federal prison here may pur-
chase and Warden Fred G. Zerbst said
that nearly 800 OF 1,1s5 prisoners had
taken advantage Of the privilege.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
clark eeta Crank Letter,

Washington.-Champ Clark, speak
er Of the house, 1t became known, re-
Gently received a crank letter. writ
ten in red Ink and decorated with a
skull and 0 bones. The postmark
was Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Oakland, Cal.-Frederick Cors, an
1S-year-old immigrant, admitted here
that he stole diamonds valued at $10,-
900 from the Chicago home of Mrs.
William Selig. He only received $500
for the gems.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Food Taken to China sufferers.

Washington.-The naval supply
ship Supply has sailed from Shanghai
for Hong Kong with food for famine
sufferers in the Canton district which
foods have devastated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Amerloan NAV ae oueen.

London-Prince Poinatowski, whose
wife was Miss Helen Sperry of Stock
ton, Cal, is being mentioned as a
possible future king Of Poland IL the
Poles should gain their independence
at the end Of the war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Elgin, m.-Golf as a treatment for
insanity is to be tried at the Elgin
state hospital for the insane. H. ].
Gahagan is having a nine-hole course
lai(t out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Road Sued for s1s.ooo.ooo.

New York.-The New York Trust
company began two suits in the SUI
preme court against the Western Pa
cific, now in the hands of receivers.
The first suit is for $14, 900, O95.5 and
the second action is for $4,375, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
nrltIsh slere German passenoers.

New York.-Two German cabin pas
sengers aboard the Dutch steamer
Nickerie were taken or that ship by
a boarding party from the British
cruiser Isis. which stopped It Off
Barnegat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Capetown.-Premier Botha arrived
here from the campaign which ended
July . with the surrender of German
Southwest Africa. The premier was
cheered wherever he appeared. Bust
ness was suspended.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

81 wonder why Jiggers always makes
light Of other peoples misfortunes."
1T comes natural to him / guess.
You see, he's claim agent for a rail-
road company"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
STEAMER IS SUNK IN sUEz
SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF
NAME AND DATE.
Probably Refer to Terseirus,
Lost Last June.

Berlin, Germany.--A dispatch from
the Hague received by the Overseas
News Agency says that according 10
reports from Cairo, the British steam
ship Theresa, while passing through
the Suez Canal, a upon a Turkish
mine and sank.
Available Shipping records contain
several vessels of the name of There
sa, but none of British nationality.
Boston, Mass.-The sinking of the
British steamer Terseirsus in the Suez
Canal late in June was described by
Capt. Wilson of the British steamer
Rufford Hall, which is here with a
cargo from the Far East. The Ter
seirus, a new vessel of the Blue Fun
mel Line, running between England
and China, struck a Turkish mine,
according to Capt. Wilson. 1t is be
lieved her that she is the vessel de
scribed in Berlin dispatches as the
Theresa.
Capt. Wilson said he reached Sue2
June 80 and there learned of the sink
ing of the Terseirus a few days pre-
viously. The explosion tore the side
out of the steamer and she went to
the bottom almost Immediately. The
Rufford Hall was delayed SO hours
while wreckers removed the sunken
vessel from the center of the canal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

mo darling. This is Thursday"
"Oh, dearl I can hardly wait for
Saturday. Uncle George promised to
take me to the drug store and buy
ie a sundaa."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

ITS all nonsense about It being
hard for a college graduate to get a
job"
"You didn't have any trouble in find
ing one, then?"
"one? Why, I've had six jobs in the
last four weeks"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

IS the Shutter shut!
Johnny, shut the shutter"
Shutters shut, ma. I can't shut il
any shutter"