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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
1
Washington, June 4 Secretary Bryan urged arbitration and warnings as conditions for peace but President Wilson rejected the plan. Bryan resigned after arguing the United States must keep free travel and protect Americans while Germany faced a restraint zone.
Ex secretary of state announces resignation to pursue a platform campaign aimed at pressuring President Wilson to adopt a Bryan peace program. He calls for international commissions to investigate disputes and warns Americans against traveling on belligerent ships with ammunition.
Washington June 9. President Wilson stands firm on American rights as Secretary Bryan resigns over a note to Germany. The dispatch to Berlin, signed by Secretary Lansing, is in transit and its contents to be released Friday. Analysts see a split in the Democratic Party and possible shifts toward prohibition advocacy.
A large clash between Carranzistas and Villistas near Leon tests prospects for a quick end to the U S involvement in Mexico. The struggle centers on securing control amid ongoing rebel activity and Mexican government efforts.
A newspaper item weighs whether President Wilson will recognize Venustiano Carranza if he subdues rival leaders. The outcome remains uncertain as political maneuvering continues to unfold.
Berlin reports Stanislau, key rail hub in southeast Galicia, captured by Austro German troops. Russians retreat toward the Dniester as the Slav offensive in the region collapses. Unofficial dispatches suggest Lemberg may be evacuated, with forty boxes of museum valuables sent across the border.
General Villa declared this afternoon his willingness to resign from command of the conventionalist forces and withdraw from Mexican politics to prevent American intervention, stating a move to elimin ate himself from public life.
Washington reports a decisive battle near Leon between Carranzists under Obregon and Villistas under Villa and Angeles. Obregon gains early advantage as observers predict his victory, potentially allowing Carranza to subdue rival leaders including Zapata. State Dept notes two more British subjects slain by Villistas at Tuxpam, with the Mallard family also affected.
A Vera Cruz cable reports lootings at the Pierce Oil office in Tuxpam and sacking of private homes. British nationals were shot by Villista marauders. the dispatch alleges Tuxpam Har was captured, not the city itself, during Sunday fighting.
Leo M. Frank’s appeal to the state prison board to change his death sentence to life imprisonment failed. The board voted two to one against commutation with Rainey and Davidson for death and Patterson for clemency.
Secretary Bryan entregues his resignation over the note to the German government and submarine policy. President Wilson replies with deep regret and emphasizes continued shared aims and friendship.
London papers view Secretary of State Bryan's resignation as signaling a sharp shift in President Wilson's stance toward Germany. They suggest the next note to Berlin could push toward war, noting Bryan supported firm American notes.
First Lord Admiralty Balfour announced in the House of Commons that a German submarine was sunk by the British. Six officers and twenty-one crew were captured. The British steamer Lady Salisbury was torpedoed off Harwich, sinking in five minutes with the chief officer drowned.
R. G. Hilton received a recess appointment as assistant treasurer in Baltimore. Curtis F. Pike was named an assister at Boise City.
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