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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
9
Petrograd dispatch reports massive casualties as Bukovina remains under siege. Turkish and German forces threaten, with tens of thousands reported dead or captured. Russian lines collapse in places, evacuations underway, while German offensives push toward East Prussia and the Carpathians.
Washington reports a record Senate session lasting 54 hours and 10 minutes ended by adjournment after a heated fight over a bill. Key figures Norris of Nebraska and Kenyon announced plans to switch stance, with administration allies pressing ahead on ship-related issues and German actions in Africa noted. Other items include bank fraud case in Michigan, postmaster nominations, and a murder at a church parish house.
London, Feb 6. The Cunard liner Lusitania, sailing from New York Jan 30 and arriving at the Mersey, displayed the American flag after being warned by the Baltic of two submarines. Passengers say German submarines were the threat in the war zone, and the ship flew a large stern flag and a traditional ensign to signal safety to travelers. Captain Dow ordered readiness as the ship proceeded toward Liverpool.
Jefferson City Mo February 11 1915 packing firms Armour Swift St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Morris and others found guilty of violating the state antitrust law by the supreme court. Each company fined 25000 to be paid by March 11 1915. Outcome includes ouster orders and long trial history with allied declarations from Judge Bond and commissioner Diffon. Royal decrees in Italy ban exports of meat and other goods affecting trade.
John A. Patten, president of the Methodist Book Concern, quits all general offices in the Methodist Episcopal church to avoid possible embarrassment from pending suits. Patten, a patent medicine maker, has faced denouncement by the American Medical Association as a patent medicine fraud.
Ports report a minister of war alawances and a former deputy Pierre Leroy Deaulien missing since Sotnops battle. Amateriain cites Landed as the German wireless system may halt private message transmissions. Fire brigades rescue twenty one crew from the British bark Heugemount in fog. seven remain aboard including Captain McDonald.
GOES 25 000 MILES TO WORK Washington February After seven years of undisturbed post office administration at Guam P I Duarte the postmaster will be inspected by the post office department The inspection will take about half a day with no charges against Duarte Inspector E P Still will travel 26 000 miles and spend about three months Accompanied by Mrs Smith the inspector sails from San Francisco to Manila then Guam on a government transport He calls the trip a second honeymoon for him and his wife.
Norman B. Ream a leading financier and Chicago investor died in a New York hospital after an operation. He helped finance Chicago after the 1871 fire and served as a director of the First National Bank and the Pullman Company. His fortune was estimated between 50 million and 75 million dollars, making him among the nation’s wealthiest men.
Ohio legislature eyes amendments to a highway department reorganization bill. Some ex-lawmakers want county commissioners to supervise intercounty roads while the state approves intercounty road plans. The measure would keep the state in charge of main roads and road funds, with hearings on taxation plus a push for Panama Pacific exposition duties and other state affairs.
From Bucharest and Petrograd reports state Russians begin evacuation of Bukovina for strategic reasons. Austrian forces threaten the region, option of retreat or full evacuation, while Romanian and Russian movements stretch nearly a hundred miles along the front.
Paris reports Austrian troops violated Roumanian neutrality in the Danube valley east of the Iron Gate attempting to cross into Roumanian territory. A Journal dispatch notes heavy fire opened on Roumanian guards near Turnu Severin, with Romanian reinforcements driving back the Austrians and taking their wounded.
London reports a major battle at the French lines near Fe held by the French. German troops opened the attack early Sunday morning and pressed drives against the French trenches. By dawn the German infantry renewed assaults, driving the French from front to second line works. The action continued through night with the French eventually breaking and retreating as German forces swarmed over captured positions.
New York February 10 James C Fargo longtime head of American Express National Express and Westcott Express died Monday night at eighty two He led the firms from 1881 until retirement in June 1924 Born in Pompey and began in the Buffalo express business
Washington reports the annual post office appropriation bill totaling 6.2179 billion dollars, with 3.77 billion above estimates. Experimental village letter delivery will cost 150 thousand dollars this year, opposed by a proposed 200 thousand. Other items note a Chicago bank robbery, Cairo turkish conflict losses, Col House not envoy, Hamburg rates, Evelyn Marshall wed to Marshall Field III, and a British trade downturn in January.
The U S embargo on outgoing interstate shipments of livestock from Union Stock Yards was lifted Saturday night enabling shipments to eastern markets to resume. Yards at Pittsburgh, Columbus, Louisville, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Cincinnati and Jersey City remain closed to interstate shipments after current transit stock is disposed of.
Breslau shelled Yalta in Taurida as Russian forces bombarded Trebizond in retaliation. A Turkish schooner loaded with food near Cape Yeres was destroyed. several Turkish steamers sunk and forts damaged. Plus suffrage amendment cleared for House passage in Harrisburg, birth of Archduke Charles Francis's son in Vienna, Prague unrest, German airship shot down, a Chicago murder, and Berlin bread-ticket measures.
President Wilson will stand firm on the ship purchase bill, rejecting any compromise and adhering to the Gore bill. If defeated in the Senate, an extra session is likely. The White House signals shifting the fight to the House, with Lane attending the San Francisco expo opening, suggesting the president plans an extra session. Senate action hinges on Fletcher, Simmons, and Kitchin, with Weeks and Norris weighing amendments and potential bipartisan support for a two year delay on government ship operation.
Petrograd reports the Russian fleet has sunk more than fifty Turkish sailing vessels in the Black Sea during recent operations. Trebizond port facilities were damaged by bombardment on February 8, with three Ottoman batteries destroyed. The shoreline from Platana to Rita, over sixty miles, was shelled and three bridges were destroyed.
An Exchange Telegram from Amsterdam reports the British steamer Laertes was attacked off Maas Vehrship by the German submarine U 2. A torpedo was fired and the ship’s guns fired back, but Laertes increased speed, hoisted the Dutch flag to protect neutral passengers, and outdistanced the submarine.
The article discusses the biblical account of Israel’s defeat by the Philistines at Ebenezer, emphasizing Israel’s sin, reliance on the ark without faith, and the consequent loss of the ark and the deaths of Eli’s sons. It warns churches today against formalism and urges discipline, prayer, and godly instruction in the home and church to preserve youth’s faith into adulthood.
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