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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
10
Members of Elias Howe Post will hold their farewell meeting Thursday afternoon at Grand Army hall. This last pre Memorial Day gathering plans for the observance and urges full attendance.
A weather note warns of a gradual temperature rise in the district, linked to increased pest activity that may disturb sleep and leave bite marks. The ad promotes Presto Killer to remove bed pests, priced at 25 cents.
Ex governor Simeon Baldwin urged at Lake Mohonk that insuring motions against pecuniary loss in wars would deter war for capitalist profits and that granting insurance would foster peace for bank accounts. He called for self control by governments and individuals, saying diplomacy is a stronger war preventive than threats.
Washington May 25 President Wilson says no change in Mexican policy. Special commissioner Du Val West recently returned from Mexico and did not urge an embargo on U S war munitions exports. West supplemented his reports orally but the administration plans to maintain its stance. He noted no faction in Mexico appears ready to dominate or peaceably govern the country.
Redding California May 25 reports from returning parties say Lassen Peak caused greater damage than first thought. Over impassable roads they reached the danger zone to find vast timber destruction. About 1,000,000 feet of timber ruined by mud torrents and flying rocks. Trees snapped at trunks as heavy stones swept forests like a scythe. Hot lava sparked fires that rain soon cooled. Hat Creek mud stream still moving slowly after cooling.
About 100 members of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames from across the state gathered at the Hartford club for the annual meeting and luncheon. During the business session, Mrs C L F Robinson chaired the nominating committee and announced the slate for 1915, with President Mrs Williston Walker of New Haven re elected, and officers named for 1918 on the board of managers.
Rochester May 25 The 127th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States continued discussion on the Linton Theological Seminary report. Union Seminary favors no formal relation to the assembly and claims no obligation to teach Presbyterian doctrine. Rush Taggart of New York will address the legal aspects, and supporters may present their views. The morning session covered bills and overtures and reports from committees on freedom Christian life and work vacancy and supply. A temperance committee report was planned for the afternoon and a popular meeting on the missions was scheduled for tonight.
New Panama hats and hair braid straw hats offered with natural Leghorn options. Trimmings of every description available at bargain prices across the display. Regular customers urged to visit for best selection and savings.
President Wilson said he did not know the cause for the delay in Germanys reply to the American note on the Lusitania. He suggested Germany is preoccupied with Italy entering the war, while Ambassador Gerard has sent messages about the reply. German officials may propose a reply to appease American public opinion, with no direct word on content yet. The shipping dispute with Britain remains unsettled.
A grand parade, featuring ponies, elephants, lions, and other beasts, drew a huge crowd near Main street and Fairfield avenue. Tony Ringling navigated the clamor to reach the front and, despite distractions, declared the show worth the effort. Police and plainclothes officers kept order as crowds swelled.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will resume the Rock Island railroad financial affairs inquiry with a hearing set for June 4 in Rock Island. Washington reports indicate the probe continues to scrutinize the railroad's finances and management practices.
New York May 28 Scott R Hayes son of former President Rutherford B Hayes arrived from Copenhagen on the steamship United States. He carried a sealed canvas pouch stamped by the Russian government addressed to the Russian ambassador at Washington. Hayes denied carrying confidential despatches and said he had been in Denmark and Russia on a business mission regarding postwar trade.
Washington May 25 delegates to the Pan American Financial Conference opened talks on steamship lines to link principal ports of the Americas. Governor Hamlin of the Federal Reserve Board said the United States faces a marvelous development in foreign trade and predicted the U S banking system will become one of the world’s strongest. He traced post panic legislation and the reserve act, urging finance to expand America’s trade and finance opportunities.
May 25 Rome reports Baron Von Machchio Austrian ambassador to Italy and Prince Von Schoenburg-Hartenstein ambassador to the Vatican travel by special train to Vienna with staffs. German ambassador Von Beulow and Princess Von Beulow depart for Berlin with ministers to the Vatican and staff followed by Bavarian ministers to the Quirinal and Vatican. Also Boston notes Governor David Walsh ill with tonsillitis after attending a military mass at Fenway Park.
Bits of Byplay from 1915 Cincinnati Enquirer feature humorous quips about Luke McLuke and others, with skewed views on editors, travelers, and social norms. Includes jokes about Prohibition, fashion, romance, and everyday foibles as readers weigh wit against propriety.
Nome Alaska May 25 The steam er Corwin freed from ice off Nome arrived at a safe anchorage in the Nome roadstead last evening marking the first steamship arrival from Seattle this year Politicians in Tokyo denounced the Cabinet over negotiations with China urging immediate settlement of outstanding questions.
Smith Murray Co operates a busy cash store under heavy foot traffic and strong local demand. Management reports steady sales and expanding customer base through the month.
Funeral services for Charles Frohman, Lusitania victim, were held in New York this morning with an immediate family gathering at Daniel Frohman home and public rites at Temple Emanu-el led by Rev Joseph Silverman. Augustus Thomas to give the address. 26 actors and managers served as honorary pallbearers. Similar services were arranged by Billie Burke in Tacoma and Maude Adams in Los Angeles, John Drew in San Francisco, and Julia Sanderson and others in Providence.
Amsterdam May 25 property of the British American Tobacco Co. in Germany placed under German supervision per Berlin Tele Craft. James B. Duke of New York chairs the company with $55,000,000 capital. A Dresden subsidiary was sold to Germans in November with British consent. Anthony F. Wilding, noted in America, was killed recently at the Dardanelles. I died while operating an auto-mitrail.
In Winsted on May 17 Mrs. Mary H. Gearing aged 75. In Weston May 1 x and Maria, wife of Be dient. In Bethel on May 18 Anca Pelle, wife of Clarence Howart Banks aged 56.
Delegates at the American Unitarian Association annual meeting in Boston hear a report from the commission on possibly changing the Unitarian church name. The document urges world brotherhood and broader social service work as central aims, noting wartime shifts and the need for meaningful outreach.
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