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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
1
Admiral Severe comments on navy operations with former aid for operations in the Navy Department. Tiske speaks frankly about policy and leadership, offering candid views on command decisions and administrative changes within the service.
Rear Admiral Fiske at the Naval Academy Alumni Dinner urges making laymen realize the navy’s needs. He warns that without public support, officers are unworthy of the uniform and the nation may fail in its hour of need. He outlines required vessels, training, and a robust enlisted force.
Topeka Kansas, June 3. The state free employment bureau warned harvest hands not to pay money to employment agencies. State and federal bureaus provide lists of local agents who will direct men to farmers in need. It is estimated about 25,000 men will be required from outside Kansas for the harvest.
The item bundles scattered clippings about an envoy to Germany, German victories, Admiral Fiske’s sharp Navy critique, relief efforts to Mexico, Chicago liquor questions, Butte and Milwaukee Metal works, and state news. It hints at national and foreign concerns with brief mentions of social notes, horoscopes, and club activity.
Paris dispatch reports French airmen bombarded the headquarters of the German crown prince with 178 shells and darts, while Petrograd confirms Russian losses at Przemysl. The Vienna front notes strong actions on the north front with troops advancing near Heamatntar.
London June 3. With the capture of Praemysl early today the Austro German armies achieved their main objective and crushed the Russian line in Western Galicia. The fortress surrender yields 120000 Austrians and 60 guns, with heavy material lost by Russia. planners aim to push toward Lemberg while Allied signals urge intensified munitions production as French and British operations press in Arras Ypres La Bassée and the Dardanelles submarine success is noted.
Przemyśl fell to the Russians on March 22 after a siege lasting 201 days. In the ten weeks since, Austrians and Germans attempted to retake the fortress with large forces drawn from western fortresses near Cracow. The Austrian garrison began with 170,000 men, 40,000 killed, about 12,000 surrendering at capitulation, including 2,602 officers and 117,000 men.
Washington June 3 The American Red Cross with state and war departments prepares to move food to hungry non combatants in Mexico. Brigadier General Devol plans to supervise shipments into Texas as railroads may provide free or reduced transport. Carranza claims control of most of Mexico and aims to establish provisional civil administration before elections.
London wired report states Germany admits a Norwegian Delridge was torpedoed accidentally by a German submarine and offers compensation after a joint Norwegian German expert commission. Norway accepts the proposed experts panel. The America was not sunk by a German sub, and Belridin was torpedoed near Folkestone February 18, beached and unloaded in the Thames. The America sank May 5 in the North Sea. crew saved. A Chitania naval inquiry said the torpedo destroyed the steamer.
Chicago June 3 A policeman testified that detective Michael Weisbaum urged store owner Samuel Holtzman to buy stolen woolens to arrest the thief and improve his sergeant exam prospects. Holtzman said Weisbaum sought his help while the detective prepared for the sergeant promotion.
London reports two Welsh trawlers the Hierold of Cardiff and the Victoria of Milford torpedoed by German submarines about 150 miles southwest of Lundy Island and 135 miles from St. Ann's Head. Several fishermen were killed including the Victoria’s skipper. The survivors reached Milford after the attack.
Former President Taft warned at Bryn Mawr College commencement that a jingo in the White House would plunge the United States into war with Germany. He praised the current administration as cautious, noting the nation's temper and responsibility.
President Wilson drafts a note to Germany asking if it will follow humane principles of international law in maritime warfare. A German envoy, Count von Bernstorff, plans to visit Emperor William to convey the U S position and seek safe conduct for his mission. The issue centers on U S insistence that noncombatants be protected and that usual precautions be observed before any action against neutral ships.
A draft note from Berlin insists noncombatants including neutral and enemy civilians must not be endangered by the capture or destruction of unarmed merchant ships. It asserts all powers must observe visit and search procedures as obligations recognized by nations.
Manchester June 0:10 p m Declaring German victory in Alicia owed to superior equipment and that if the allies in the West had been as well equipped the Germans would long ago have driven France and Belgium. David Lloyd George new Minister of Munitions urged employers and workers to supply British armies with needed munitions. He spoke before engineers and trade unionists, receiving an ovation in Manchester. He warned that Russia suffered a setback and that German triumph was due to weaponry and factory organization, not mere soldier valor. He urged British workshops to equip more men and to match Premch engineers.
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