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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
1
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Secretary of State as the United States dispatches a firm note to Germany. Robert Lansing becomes interim secretary. The note signaled a policy shift while preserving aims for peace and American rights on the high seas.
The report notes fair day conditions with light northwest winds shifting west. Regional details include Harrisburg Thursday morning, plus coastal Florida and northern Great Lakes areas. Temperatures show irregular changes. 7:32 pm sunset, 4:36 am sunrise, river stage 4.4 feet. high 64, low 64, mean 70, normal 69.
Robert Lansing, counselor of the State Department, is designated by President Wilson to perform the duties of Secretary of State ad interim for up to thirty days following Bryan's resignation. The order, dated June 9, 1915, extends until a secretary is appointed and qualified.
A circulating report in Pittsburgh contends former Secretary of State P C Knox could succeed resigned Secretary Bryan. The rumor crosses legal and personal circles in Knox home city, though its basis remains unclear and persistent.
Former Secretary of State Bryan released a statement from his home just as the new American note to Germany began moving. He cites personal reasons to resign and supports a peaceful solution while disagreeing with an international commission investigation and warnings to Americans about traveling on or with armed ships.
City sealer Harry D. Rees recounted a poultry stall incident where a matron doubted a two pound chicken’s price and used city scales to check. After comparing weights she returned with nine cents, noting the bird weighed five ounces more than the stall scales allowed and urging fairness.
Willard Weinhold of Reading, 15, charged with attempting to rob the Paxtang post office, escaped from a detention cell at the police station this morning. Police say he tried to rob a chewing gum slot machine and had no intention of entering the post office.
Medill McCormick declared in Springfield that the European war and industrial depressions finished the Bull Moose movement. He said only Republicans or Democrats remain for the next general campaign as the Progressive party collapses.
Dauphin county students participated in the Pennsylvania State College commencement marking the fifty-fifth annual ceremony. German troops reportedly clashed with Italians near Lavaronne with details unclear.
Carlisle Pa June 9 77 graduates of Dickinson College and School of Law received diplomas at the one hundred thirty second commencement in Bosler Hall. President Morgan awarded college diplomas and Dean Trickett the law degrees. Lawson Laverty Harrisburg earned rank that would have earned him a valedictory had not illness prevented him from speaking. continued on page five.
The steamship Menchiensal arrived from Kingston with seven members of the Norwegian bark Birtha crew. Birtha was wrecked May 23 on a reef forty miles from Old Providence, about 230 miles from Colon. A Czernowitz dispatch notes Russian forces repulsed Austrian attacks north of Stanislau between the Swica and Lomnitza rivers.
Salt Lake City Utah June 9 Senator George Sutherland announces his candidacy to succeed himself as United States senator from Utah. He also states on Secretary of State Bryan that in his opinion Bryan is not fitted for the office by training and temperament. He adds he does not wish to say unkind words but believes the President not weakened by Bryan retirement.
Washington June 8 1915 President Wilson accepts Mr Bryan's resignation from the State Department noting their two years of close service and shared aims. Bryan cites a duty to avoid actions that might lead to war over submarine policy and favors peaceful issue resolution.
Washington observers see signs that Woodrow Wilson and William J. Bryan will part ways, with analysts predicting a fracture within the Democratic Party. The commentary notes the severance could redraw party dynamics ahead of forthcoming developments.
Harrisburg received the eighth largest death claims total among U S life insurance organizations in 1914 with 400 250. Two claims over 10 000 were paid in Harrisburg for 50 000 and 40 000, others 10 000 each to John Y Boyd and Andrew J Dull. National total paid was 686 700 000, largest single claim 1 000 000 for George W Vanderbilt. State largest claim 233 489 for Herbert S Rosenbaum of Pittsburgh.
Fire believed incendiary destroyed the Rich and Company brick warehouse in Marietta Pennsylvania early today. Loss estimated at 40000 with over 500 cases of Connecticut tobacco smoldering. building only partially insured.
A man named George Shoemaker jumped from the Walnut Street bridge into the Susquehanna River to cool off. Witnesses and river men saved him, but he refused help and was jailed for drying out after drinking. He asked to make a second jump, and a coat left on the bridge held no clues to his home.
York Pennsylvania June 9 Dragged by runaway fire horses William E Bush 41 a driver for Rescue Fire Company killed while responding to a midnight alarm He clung to the reins as the team bolted from the firehouse and he fell to his death in a scamper toward the steamer Hartford Connecticut June 9 ex President Taft guest of Hartford Press Club taft says newspaper criticism seems to be getting under the skin of his friend Brother Bryan
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