30 May 1915
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1915
Page
1
Chicago Tribune war correspondent reports from Petrograd that a Russian spy, seeking refuge, disclosed ten betrayed secrets to Germans. The account details cruelty and coercion faced during the expulsion and interrogation.
A prisoner was subjected to ear mutilation by a lieutenant under a high Kaiser's officer. The brutal act followed harsh orders that justified barbaric treatment of captives as part of wartime conduct.
A Russian sergeant Porfiri Panasuk recounts torture by German officers during his capture in 1915, describing ear amputation and subsequent abuse. The account, sworn to by Panasuk and corroborated by an official affidavit, signals grave war crimes and calls for accountability.
The president declares a firm intervention in Mexico to bring an end to internal warring factions. The move signals a serious stance and readiness to enforce measures across the republic as tensions persist.
Berne Switzerland May 29 An international conference of the Worlds Union for the Future Interests of Mankind met at the International Peace bureau. Resolutions were adopted opposing annexation of territory against inhabitants will and neutrality violations in war. Others favored measures to prevent wars for revenge and to safeguard treaty sacredness.
Washington May 29 Secretary Garringon arranges to move three regiments in the Philippines before October 1. The Seventh and Eighth cavalry and the Twenty fourth Infantry will be replaced by the Ninth cavalry from Arizona and the Fifteenth cavalry and Twenty-seventh Infantry from Texas.
Federal official Gross urges governors to push immediate relief for Mexican hunger crisis. He warns thousands face starvation unless aid is dispatched now, stressing urgency and cross border impact on regional stability.
Reports from Mexico describe famine and suffering across states as the Red Cross expands aid. A telegram to state governors urges money and food as relief convoys move toward Vera Cruz and other gateways. Officials fear Carranza or Villa forces may disrupt shipments while some crops already head toward Monterey.
Douglas Ariz May 29. Seven hundred Mexican men women and children arrived today at Agua Prieta after fleeing raids by Villa troops under General Trujillo from the district south of Nacozari. They fear reprisals for the recent execution of two Villa officers by Carranza partisans.
Paris reports the capture of the forest of Le Pretre after seven months of fighting. French troops breached a heavily fortified ridge on May 12 gaining the summit and northern slope. About 200 German prisoners taken as their lines collapsed under heavy losses.
Santa Fe May 29 two instructors Captains Clayton and Parker resign from the New Mexico Military Institute. Clayton leaves for cattle business near Tularosa Otero county while Parker heads to the University of Colorado at Boulder.
German note to the American government expresses regret for unintentional attacks on Cushing and Gulflight and offers compensation where wrong. It defends submarine warfare stance, cites Lusitania cargo, and suggests Hague reference for disputed cases. It calls for answers on British convoy practices and asks how ammunition was allowed aboard.
Austrian air raid on Venice. Fort Nicolo fire and explosion. Italian sources silent. French gains north of Arras claim repelling German counterattack at Ablain and St Naisaire, capturing Ablain. German note to U S over Lusitania sinking offers regret, seeks talks on submarine war. Germany hints British hunger blockade to continue. Italian advance toward Trent and Trieste along defined lines. Preemysl threatened as Austrians and Germans push east. British and French fronts report local clashes. German bombs hit St Omer Gravelines Dunkirk Itheims. Sunk steamship Ethiope in English Channel. crew rescued.
Germany indicated willingness to discuss a settlement on a general basis. The foreign office delivered the note to Ambassador Gerard at the American embassy without ceremony. The note was placed in the hands of the American ambassador as officials coded and transmitted it to Washington while Mr. Gerard visited the foreign office.
Between 1911 and 1913 the Los Angeles Investment Co paid 26 percent annual dividends while authorizing about 5.5 million dollars in debt. Government evidence in a trial of Charles A. Elder and ten others alleges the dividends were financed with borrowed funds and used to defraud investors.
Divers reattached new hoisting lines to the wrecked submarine FP-4 after a search for the hold. Work to raise the craft closer to the surface resumed in Honolulu on May 29. It will take several days to bring FP-4 inside the harbor and raise it.
Albuquerque business leaders call all fair supporters to gather Wednesday at 3 PM at the Commercial Club. The meeting outlines plans for a major campaign to fund the Southwest state fair and urges every citizen to participate and recruit others.
Russian forces repel Teutonic allies near Sieniawa and push them back across the river while suffering losses elsewhere in ongoing battles.
British dispatch reports heavy fighting along the Austro Italian frontier with French progress near Arras and a bombardment around Przemysl. German and Austrian forces defend and attempt to encircle Przemysl while Allied advances are slower and require taking fortified positions one by one. Submarine activity persists around the British Isles with the sinking of a merchant ship and several crew missing.
Vienna reports a nighttime air raid on Venice by naval airmen. A large number of bombs caused extensive fires in and near an arsenal and triggered an explosion in Fort Nicolo. The war office notes continued Soviet and Allied actions on multiple fronts with repulses and local advances.
Paris reports from the war office that north of Arras the French forces repulsed a German counter attack and then captured most of Ablain St. Nazaire, later taking control of the remaining houses and the entire village as the engagement remained very hot.
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