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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
8
Berlin dispatch details French and Russian forces engaged on multiple fronts. Bombing raids struck Karlarute near the theater of operations as Allied troops defend lines across the western front. Railways and supply routes are described as under pressure with ongoing counterattacks and fortification efforts.
Washington June 27 The Frontiers View group led by Manuel Tonka reports optimism for an early peaceful settlement in Mexico as Villa faces pressure. President Wilson cites Mexican affairs and a proposed mediation plan with possible diplomatic steps to ease tensions.
Official Russian dispatch reports a major Austro German force in Galicia near the Oatentar river repelled by Reeslan troops. Casualties and captures listed include 500 prisoners with 184 killed, 12 cannons and 42 Maxim machine guns seized. Reinforcements and tactical positions described as checked near Tamberg.
The report confirms the British navy sank the German submarine U-14, with details from Amsterdam and the German admiralty. Other items note Bishop Wilson Ill. Battimore Md ill, Andrew Carnegie's quiet retreat, and political shifts in Greece and Russia plus a road accident fatality in Nashmore Maryland.
A violent windstorm swept across multiple towns causing widespread damage. Eighteen people died and about sixty injured as the storm crossed Lake Michigan region. Rail lines and river traffic disrupted, with one excursion steamer sinking after a collision near Winona and the pilot beaching the boat to prevent further casualties. Communities including Whadnet, Crow the, Reedsburg, and Oshkosh reported fatalities and injuries amid widespread wreckage.
Rome reports the caiturn by the Tritlans near Ploncken fourteen miles south of Gulbach and Innsbruck. Ber inns has seized Wibasgin and Throne in Albania and presses toward Dutaaso. A Vera Cruz cable notes Pablo Gonzales' army within sixty kilometers of Mexico City with a self serving proclamation. Berlin prints and promotes the American note presented by Ambassador Gerard on Friday.
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the secretary of the treasury had been willing to remain in France nursing wounded soldiers but her father blocked it She weighs under 100 pounds and vows to return promptly. Belgium grateful to US for relief work expressed to President Wilson by American consul general at Rotterdam. Doctors and nurses from Chicago hospitals sail for the front on the Holland America liner Niew Amsterdam. England seeks extra wartime funds and reports Arndale sunk by a mine in the White Sea bound for Archangel. Americans press Wilson for relief from Britain's restrictions to save noncontraband cargoes. Cincinnati stockyards closed by quarantine due to hog cholera.
The state department drafts a note to Britain asserting neutral commerce rights and noncontraband cargoes not to be seized. It argues Britain cannot extend blockade to neutral ports and that conditional contraband may be seized only if used by the enemy. The note will state the US view of international law on noncontraband and seizure, and reject compulsory sale to Britain.
Washington reports say officials expect Ambassador Gerard to meet Kaiser Wilhelm before Germany’s reply to Washington on submarine warfare. Berlin had hinted the US mediation on the dispute was possible, underscoring the meeting’s significance amid war tensions.
Madison, June 17, 1945 A long stormy session ends with the Wisconsin Assembly approving the Ackley water power bill, amending Husting law and boosting state power development. The vote was 54 to 28 with two amendments adopted, including limits on compensation and foreign sales contracts, while debates protected against hindering development. The session also advanced or postponed multiple education, taxation, and public utility measures, with Senate action on women’s suffrage bills and various local licensing and sanitation proposals.
Menasha fraternal and social groups unite for a community Fourth celebration. A parade and fireworks are slated as the headline features in the planned event.
Madison reports total motor vehicle licenses for the year reaching 66 568 for autos, with 1 428 licenses issued to auto dealers and 7 237 to motorcycle owners. Receipts from licenses total 362 184 dollars. In other items, a Janesville senior nearly drowned, a Kenosha child was killed by a horse, Beloit teachers raised funds for a school Victrola, Beloit clubs face liquor licenses, Oconomowoc Alumni elected officers, and Ashland notes heavy ore shipments totaling 813 715 tons last month.
Madison report notes Dean Ward A Birge of the college of letters and science was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws. He and Dr Henry H Favill of Chicago received the highest degree obtainable as 950 first degrees were granted to the class of 1915, pushing total degrees above a thousand. Chief Justice J B Wins urged graduates of the state university law college to remain faithful to their oaths.
Father John Edwin Copus S.J. longtime writer lecturer and dean of Marquette University School of Journalism died at Trinity Hospital after seven months of cancer. Born in England 1854 he came to the U.S. in 1877 and after extensive newspaper work entered the Society of Jesus in 1887. He served in Detroit Chicago Creighton Omaha and Milwaukee during his career including Marquette College becoming a university.
The forty fourth annual convention of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin Knights of Pythias closed with officer elections and installations. Elected grand chancellor F. Be Bump of Waugan, grand vice chancellor Judge Franz C. Eschweller of Milwaukee, grand prelate John E. Barron of Racine, grand keeper of records and seal Orrin Thompson of Milwaukee, grand master of exchequer Otto C. Net of Milwaukee, grand master at arms Herbert B. Swett of Fond du Lac, grand inner guard M. L. Gregorgan of Stoughton, grand outer guard Henry Staab of Milwaukee, grand trustee Judge Lawrence W. Halsey of Milwaukee, supreme representative Richard Warner of Sheboygan. Next convention to be in Waterdown.
Many farm names were officially registered in Marathon county as a new law took effect. The register of deeds reports a wave of farm names filed by 83 farmers in Wausau and surrounding areas. Separately, Rev John McGinley of Grand Rapids, age 71, celebrated a mass at St James Catholic church after being ordained in June at St Paul’s by Archbishop Ireland. Baraboo’s Playhouse expands with a $6,000 pipe organ, joining the existing $100,000 opera house project by Al Ringling.
Mrs. Netile Brabant, 34, died at a local hospital from a crushed skull after a brutal home attack. Police search for her husband Joseph Brabant, recently released from Mendota asylum, suspected of the crime. He reportedly attempted suicide twice in five years and may have jumped from a railroad bridge.
About 15 000 veterans and thousands more filled the streets along the parade route in what was described as the largest crowd in Wausau’s history. The procession featured veterans, school children, and bands, with participants in dress uniforms and colorful banners attracting notable attention from onlookers.
Marinette hosts the annual Wisconsin Potato Growers Association convention with exhibits from twenty counties and experts from prominent universities. J G Mibeardt of the University of Wisconsin serves as secretary as meetings unfold to discuss progress in potato cultivation and related arts.
A permanent injunction in the western district of Wisconsin restrains State Dairy and Food Commissioner George W Weigle from enforcing the law requiring corn syrup to be labeled with ingredients. Penducta company brought the action, appealed to the Supreme Court. Unless legislature acts to meet raised objections, Corn Products Company may sell corn syrups labeled.
After an overnight session Mayor Thompson selected Arbiter JGE darkinaen to mediate the city labor dispute Now the arbitration panel includes a lawyer from Owen 2 Thompsatt and other officials The board ordered the arbiter to set terms and the Oak Farly branch operations to resume under federal oversight.
News from London reports Britain paid an installment of over $800000 on a cargo of American cotton bound for Sweden. Earlier in March and April Britain detained 20 ships carrying 200000 bales valued at $12000000, with drafts discounted by New York bankers and ship firms.
The Supreme Court declared a state law requiring railroads to furnish cars within a reasonable time after property is offered for transport constitutional. Mulberry Mine Coal Co of Freeburg obtained a judgment for 716.92 in Missouri courts against the Mingle Central railway under the statute.
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