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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1915
Page
1
German manpower pressures threaten to limit Berlin's ability to assist Vienna against Hungarian advances supported by Russia. Frontline units on the Italian and French borders may not receive reinforcements as Germany mobilizes troops for eastern and southern theaters.
Reports from American sources contest Carranza victory claims at Leon. Villa’s forces are not routed and are at Libra with large supplies while Carranza troops are too weak to pursue. Despatch confirms Villa victory at Silao and notes a Carranza flank forced Villa to withdraw from Leon. Both sides appear prepared for renewed engagement.
The engagement of Miss Helen Morton Robnett of Columbia and Bennett Clark, son of Champ Clark, was announced here today in Columbia Missouri.
Lexington Ky June 12 The first Baptist Church recently completed here at a cost of 100000 will be dedicated tomorrow Dr Lansing Burrows of Atlanta and Dr Preston Black of Birmingham will be the speakers.
Mount Vernon HL June 12 Mr and Mrs David Gray of Mr Vernon celebrate the 70th anniversary of their wedding. He is 87. For the celebration they plan to take them in an auto to view the movies, a first for both.
New York June 12 charged with selling between 200000 and 400000 dollars of stock in a Peruvian gold mine scheme that had little value. Rey mond McCune, son of an associate of Morgan and Frick, faces federal examination for using the mails to defraud. He led the Peruvian Gold Mining Co. with investors in Delaware as glowing reports misled buyers until a director learned there was no gold. Delaware authorities referred the matter to U S authorities, resulting in McCune’s arrest last month.
Episcopal churches across the United States mark Magna Charta Day describing the church of England’s role in the charter from King John at Runnymede. The Protestant Episcopal Church celebrates seven hundred years with sermons and cables to Archbishop Randall Davidson, Langton’s successor.
London dispatch notes a rumored turn in the Galicia front with reports that von Linsingen may have been checked at the Dniester. Germany allegedly shifts troops toward Italy and the Isonzo as Russia claims offensives along the Dubysa and in Baltic regions. Paris reports little front activity beyond slight gains near Neuville and Lorette. Serbia defends invasion of Albania, saying it acts for regional stability.
Washington, June 12. President Wilson played golf today. Many cabinet officers left the city. Bryan announced he would spend the next two weeks resting. All official Washington seemed relaxed as they waited for the German reply with optimism about the outcome.
Official report from Constantinople states the former German cruiser Breslau sank a Russian torpedo boat in the Black Sea. The incident adds to tensions in the region as naval actions continue to unfold.
Diplomatic circles link Russian reverses after Przemysl to the China-Japan crisis. Japan had supplied large quantities of munitions to Russia after Kiao-Chau, but with China’s crisis Japan halted deliveries, reducing Moscow’s military support as the western advance collapses in Prussia and into Hungary.
June 12 The Daily News editorial lauds President Wilson calling him the man in the democratic world most governed by principle and moral sanctions in response to the United States note to Germany.
A Ozark Trails association meeting in Nevada Missouri heard a booster say Americans spend 18 million dollars yearly to maintain 2 million miles of dirt roads with only 19 percent efficiently kept. He argued widespread engineering skill is lacking in road work, urging better methods to curb waste. The Houston Post echoed the critique.
The Tax Commissioner Pastoriza of Houston amused some with a joke about a cat tax. Boston readers took it seriously, and Pastoriza now replies to inquiries about how the plan would work. He plans to label future jokes as not for consumption in Boston.
El Paso June 12 Villa writes to President Wilson expressing willingness to invite a new union of all Mexicans to advance revolutionary goals notably agrarian reform and schooling for the poor He praises Wilsons justice and US noninterference He also asks Carranza for a leaders conference to end the strife warning of possible US intervention if fighting continues
Washington June 12 recognition bids from Mexico’s Carranza proclaimed in Vera Cruz call on all factions to unite under his government. He promises protection for foreigners and to settle the agrarian problem and restore order.
Dr Hermann Bumpus, who arrived from the University of Wisconsin last autumn, will be inaugurated today as President of Tufts College in Medford Massachusetts. A large assembly of educators and scholars is present for the ceremony and Bumpus has already made a strong start at Tufts.
In Houghton Michigan on June 12 copper workers at Calumet Hecla mines receive a total of 500000 dollars as extra pay. The payout covers wages lost during the depression when workers were moved to shorter hours and reduced pay. Wages were later restored and full time status resumed, with magnates gifting the overdue earnings.
In Three Oaks a group named Friends of Our Native Landscape plans its annual convention near Warren Woods to push preservation of streams woodlands and scenic places. The program features a masque with fairies and wood nymphs campfire gatherings and related events as landscape architects sportsmen and nature lovers join the effort.
Washington June 12. The problem of the tax dodger and how best to defeat his cunning is the subject of a gathering of Internal Revenue Collectors gathered today by Commissioner Osborn. Uniform and effective methods will be planned for a more thorough rounding up of the income tax. The personnel of the collecting staffs will also be given strict scrutiny, for Uncle Sam is determined to collect.
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