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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1915
Page
1
Russian troops launch an offensive in two directions against German positions. The operation aims to disrupt German lines and seize strategic ground, with coordinated attacks pressing from multiple sectors.
Petrograd reports victorious actions against Germans in northern Poland with Russians resuming the push in Bukowina and southeastern Galicia. They claim capture of Sadagora and Kolomea, heavy German losses, thousands more prisoners along the Niemen Bohr Narew front, and imminent fall of Stapislau.
Washington March 2 The plan for an embargo on food exports to all belligerents was revived though officials close to the President blocked it again. Senator Hitchcock proposed the U S take the lead in a joint neutral demand that belligerents stop interfering with neutral rights and found broad support.
Berlin reports that despite French and Russian attacks the German army holds its position in both eastern and western theatres. In the Argonne France German forces captured trenches while Champagne saw heavy French losses. In the east Russian attacks at night are repulsed as German defense remains firm.
A. A. Mooring of the state license department in Montgomery visits Decatur to inspect delinquent licenses.
President Wilson says no nation has the right to change warfare rules without global agreement. He discusses Britain's blockade and mentions American vessels to German ports face capture risks. Britain must clarify methods to block foodstuffs before any final acceptance.
Berlin reports Germany will increase submarine activity around Great Britain in response to England's food embargo. Berlin notes Germany aimed to elicit a favorable US-mediated adjustment, but with failure will now push the campaign with utmost vigor.
Consul General Skinner in London reports the British Admiralty issued a warning that the Irish Channel is practically closed to ships. Traffic through the North Channel must pass south of Rathlin Island between sunset and sunrise.
Motion pictures may be shot along the L N rail line with J Law Siple arranging filming in several cities including Decatur The Dixie Cave Girl dancer will accompany him and perform dances in each stop The tour begins from New Orleans or nearby Marenet and the film is set to release next summer.
The new federal anti drug bill is now law and effective yesterday. The Internal Revenue Service will enforce it with strict penalties for selling opium and derivatives without a registered prescription. Physicians are limited to four grains per prescription and druggists must register to sell prohibited drugs.
A sensational address by Walter Stone grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Engineers opens before the Federal arbitration board in Chicago. The talk claims earnings of western railroad men before birth and discusses stock prospects tied to their children's future.
Mrs. Bessie Going is reported at the Morgan County jail on a vagrancy charge. Authorities say she complains of pains and a physician attends her. she claims a severe age injury caused her distress.
Washington March 2 The President today nominated W L Milner of Pell City to be postmaster there.
Dr. J Fraser Orr reports the five year Alabama Hookworm Commission will dissolve with March unless new funding is provided. Orr, terminating his term in Morgan County, will join Harvard public health studies. The Rockefeller funded effort, led by Dr. W W Dinsmore, continues to support public health work. Dr. Paul Preble leaves for Cincinnati after two weeks here. Police search for a decomposed white haired man near Dadeville, possibly C A Greene of Decatur and Huntsville, last seen months ago in Mobile.
Sophia reports the Bulgarian premier sent notes to diplomatic representatives of Austria Hungary Russia and Serbia protesting the mining of the Danube. The mines caused heavy property damage on the Bulgarian side of the river.
President Denny will remain head of the University of Alabama, affirming continued service in Alabama. He stated no moment to lay down his work, expressing his commitment and belief in investing his heart with his labor and faith.
Dr James A Duncan speaks at Decatur City Hall tonight on The Cabin and The Great House. The lecture, a benefit for the Decatur ladies lyceum, promised moral entertainment. Duncan donates his services as receipts fall short of expectations.
Judge Wert sentenced Phil Johnson a Negro to five months and 21 days for slashing a woman with a knife weeks ago. The court session began this morning with the defendant identified as Negro.
Sleuths reveal a major anarchist plot linked to a deadly mine explosion. Gas expansion blocks the main entrance as rescuers struggle against rapid flames, leaving 176 entombed and workers halted in the dangerous shaft.
A gas explosion at the Layland mine of New River Coal in Thurmond West Virginia entombed 176 miners. rescuers reached the main entry about 100 feet in and found one miner alive but unconscious with both legs broken. Debris blocked progress and fire and smoke hindered rescues though fans kept air flowing.
A mine explosion at Glen Alum West Virginia prompted a U S Bureau of Mines rescue car to depart from its arsenal station heading to the scene.
Washington March 2 President Wilson told his callers he had no idea of calling a special session of the Senate directly following the close of the present one. He also dismissed the idea of a December session.
Police investigations reveal a planned reign of terror by anarchists including bank robberies and wholesale assassinations of wealthy men. The article notes escalating scope and mentions continued coverage on Page 2.
Washington dispatch reports Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House and Commerce Committee of the Senate will inspect the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Muscle Shoals. Invitations from the Tennessee River Improvement Association and local officials will bring Congress to Florence, Decatur, and Knoxville in the early spring.
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