Mexican Situation Said to Be Bad
A report warns the Mexican situation is bad with factions urged to restore order as the president will serve no notice.
29 May 1915
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
1
A report warns the Mexican situation is bad with factions urged to restore order as the president will serve no notice.
The Admiralty warns of increasing danger from submarines and AEE vessels amid rising naval threats.
President Wilson plans to serve notice to all Mexican warring factions urging them to resolve the crisis or risk external action. The Red Cross appeals for relief for starving Mexicans and notes a forthcoming official statement, while diplomats weigh potential humanitarian intervention and cautions against Red Cross supplies being seized by combatants.
In St Paul Minnesota a federal hearing opens on petitions by the St Louis and San Francisco and Kansas City Southern for a permanent injunction against Arkansas rail rate schedules. A temporary injunction was issued at Little Rock May 1. The railroads say the tariffs would slash freight receipts and are confiscatory.
Pleas of guilty were entered in the federal court today by Franz Rosenberg, Sigmund Karman, and Albert G. Newman on indictments accusing them of defrauding the United States by filing false manifests at the customs house to conceal contraband of war. Rosenberg and Karman were fined 500 dollars each, Newman 200 dollars. Harry P. Salomon and Albert Salomon pleaded not guilty and were placed under bail with a Monday deadline to change pleas if they wish.
Secretary Daniels announced plans to develop the submarine arm of the navy and correct its faults. He named Captain A. W. Grant, then commander of the battleship Texas, to command the Atlantic submarine flotilla and oversee that branch.
ROME May 28 official announcements say an Italian torpedo boat sank an Austrian submarine yesterday.
A German submarine sunk the new British steamer Spennymore off the Orkney Islands. The captain and five crew members were drowned. Twenty seven survivors were landed at Falmouth.
A radio report from San Francisco says the steamer Mackinaw is ablaze thirty miles north of the city. A coast guard cutter has been dispatched to assist.
Delegates of the southern republics approved a resolution urging U S business interests to unite within six months to name a delegation visiting South and Central American countries. Minister Pena of Uruguay proposed the plan. Congressman Flood and Secretary Garrison spoke as a committee report aimed at harmonizing American business laws.
New York May 28 Jacob L Salas was found guilty in a federal court trial of conspiracy connected to Panama Canal Zone frauds. He was paroled pending formal sentence.
Italy joins the conflict expanding the wartime horizons across Europe. The text notes the widening scope of hostilities with only a few less populous nations remaining comparatively shielded from the reach of the fighting and political upheaval.
The Texas governor issued four proclamations to lift the foot and mouth disease quarantine on cattle imports. Shipments from all states except Iowa and sixteen central and eastern states are now allowed under the rules of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry and Texas law.
Ames Iowa May 28 The commencement festivities at Iowa State College opened today and will extend until next Thursday. The baccalaureate will be delivered by Rev A B Storms of Indianapolis and the commencement day orator will be Pres F W Gunsaninu s of Armour Institute Chicago. The final event on June and the reception of the president to the seniors and their friends.
In Southboro Massachusetts a three day program opens to celebrate St Mark's School fifty year milestone. Noted speakers educators and officials attend including Yale President Hadley and Harvard President Josell. The school began in a parsonage and now enrolls 140 boys with modern buildings and extensive grounds.
In Austin on May 28 the House rejected the free conference committee report on the Congressional redistricting bill by 60 to 54, killing the measure. The session adjourned sine die later that night after approving the departmental appropriation bill and the miscellaneous bill. The governor announced promotions replacing Chief Justice Frown with Neleson Phillips and elevating I. Evantis to associate justice, while W R Dulaney was confirmed prison commissioner.
Rochester Minnesota residents gather for the unveiling of a life size bronze statue honoring Dr W W Mayo founder of Mayo Clinic. The gift from Rochester and Olmstead counties will be presented with speeches by Bishop Thomas O Gorman and former Justice Charles M Start.
Associated Press report from Kansas City details eighteen deaths over three days caused by floods high winds and electrical disturbances in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Levees along the Arkansas River have breached at many points while eastern towns suffer minor damage and communication remains demoralized.
The Arizona board of pardons and paroles granted a nine week respite for five condemned Mexican men N V Chavez Eduardo Peres Migul Per alta Francesco Rodrigues and Kasmon Villalobos. Executions were halted while governor Hunt fixes dates. Attorney General Wiley Jones supported immediate execution. other members opposed. No deputy warden on duty. No executions in Arizona since prior period.
Leo M Frank under death sentence for the Mary Phagan murder and Janis Conley serving twelve months as an accessory are subpoenaed as witnesses in a ten thousand dollar damage suit by the victim's mother at the factory where the crime occurred. Clemency letters pour in from prominent citizens nationwide.
Music lovers from near and far gathered at Lehigh University for the Tenth Heel Festival. The opening program features the St. John Passion performed in two parts with the Move in Minor to follow, under conductor Dr J Prod Wella with The Pithatephia Creters providing accompaniment.
The forecast lists clear conditions in multiple cities including Wichita Falls Paris Waco Denison Abilene El Paso Wanakachie Fort Worth Galveston Austin San Antonio Clarkeville Oklahoma City and Shreveport. Temperatures range from the mid 40s to near 100 with a few clouds in Muskogee and McAlester.
In White Plains on May 2 192? a ceremony marks the Supreme Court session as Finder Morehauser presides. Colonel Ralph Prime of Yonkers addresses citizenship applicants on the Armenian flag and the duties of American citizenship.
Maryland Agricultural College and experiment station to dedicate the Pounders Gate on May 29 near the gate on Baltimore Washington boulevard. Officials will attend and Carl Vroom assistant secretary of agriculture will speak on new phages of agriculture. A procession will form before exercises and proceed to the gate where President Harry J Patterson will welcome and accept it.
Berlin acknowledges the Gulf Light was the victim of a torpedo attack. Officials stated evidence points to a naval engagement causing the ship's sinking.
Berlin reports no new official word on the Nebraskan torpedoing and delays discussion until confirmation. The Foreign Office and Admiralty deny new details but acknowledge the Gulflight torpedo strike was by a German submarine. The May 28 dispatch notes Berlin will deliver the reply to Washington and release it to the press Sunday.
Washington reports two weeks without a German reply to the American note fueling diplomatic tension. London presses that the Nebraskan was torpedoed while Berlin questions Lusitania's cargo. Ambassador Gerard K. has daily talks with the Berlin Foreign Office as officials withhold details.
Julius Bebey of Louisville faces a murder charge in Criminal Court for the killing of his wife and the wounding of his mother in law, Mrs. Kate Throop, with the shooting occurring a few weeks earlier. The trial was set for today following court decisions.
President Poincare will host William G. Sharp at the Sorbonne amphitheatre where cabinet members academy leaders and the American Commission president will attend. An album of final drawings by French artists and addresses by notable figures will express France gratitude to Americans for their support.
Loveland Colo May 28 The visceral assembly of United re s heard a report of no resolutions petitioning Congress to enact constitutional amendments for prohibition polygamy and polygamous cohabitation creating a Federal censorship body and appropriations for substantial growth of wis reported The demned the opening of Pacific Exposition on Suz
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