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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
4
New York reports that British authorities using X ray equipment photographed 10 000 bales of cotton on piers to search for hidden war material as the City of Macon prepares to sail to Bremen. Early photographs found no contraband.
London reports German submarine U-21 sank three ships in the Irish Sea near Liverpool: Ben Cruachen Linda Blanche and Kilcoan. Kilcoan crew landed on the Isle of Man. Submarine also torpedoed Toko Maru and Icaria near Havre. Several other steamers were chased but escaped in zig zag.
Secretary Daniels announced postponement of the Panama Canal opening from March to July after a cabinet meeting. The Atlantic fleet will pass in July and President Wilson will still attend ceremonies. Gov. Goethals cited slides in Culebra Cut as the reason.
The battleship Oregon’s February 1 sailing date for the Panama Canal voyage was cancelled and its departure for the grand opening ceremonies indefinitely postponed. Veteran crew members from Oregon and other states who had resigned to serve during the exposition now face unemployment in a strange city after traveling to San Francisco.
New York reports a nationwide committee of educators including Charles W. Eliot David Starr Jordan and Richard McLaurin proposes enlisting 20,000,000 American children in an army of helpfulness to relieve suffering in the United States and Europe The plan frames school life as affected by war and by lies hatred and murder urging counteraction to protect truth justice and love.
Former Senator Bailey of Texas named Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator Burton of Ohio as 1916 presidential possibilities during a McKinley day dinner hosted by the Washington Ohio society. Burton was guest of honor and Borah attended.
Vancouver hosts the fourteenth annual North Pacific Fair association meeting with 75 delegates expected. The Commercial club outfits entertainment for delegates from Washington Oregon Idaho Utah Montana and British Columbia during Thursday and Friday events.
William Paul proprietor of a Seventh and Main saloon was fined 100 dollars and 12 dollars costs by Judge Rack for operating under local option. A. L. Miller announced a supreme court appeal. All city saloons remain closed during the appeal. The wholesale liquor house is shut. the brewery continues operating.
Jacob Rouse of Lyon county has served as clerk of the district No. 1 school board since 1870. He helped the district grow from a small log school to a four room consolidated school with 135 pupils and four teachers. A Lyndh township resident, he held Lyon county treasurer for one term and is a Civil War veteran.
London reports a new device named hyperscope boosts safety for soldiers on the firing line. The observer can survey the surrounding country without exposing himself by raising above trench level, using a mechanism similar to a submarine periscope.
Dr Eugene Fisk data from the Life Extension Institute cites a rapid US social and industrial pace lowering vitality below European standards. Assistant Kopp adds Slavic blood infusion as a factor. Winslow notes preventable deaths in the US rival wartime tolls and calls for basic hygiene to save newborns and adults.
In Los Angeles Judge Monroe granted Clara M. Moore a divorce from Joseph H. Moore a preacher who left her for another woman in 1899. She raised four children alone after he eloped from Odell Nebraska and later wrote from Kansas. The couple married in Scotland South Dakota on June 7 1887.
In Hutchinson Kansas a farmer offered to buy a car for 400 dollars after seeing it parked by the Elks club. He paid four hundred dollars in hundreds and drove it away. He then bought a music box valued at six hundred fifty dollars with a check.
President Wilson's veto of the immigration bill faces a tight week as Democratic lawmakers split on overriding. House leaders doubt a two thirds vote can be reached, risking the measure's death if unsuccessful. If it passes, Senate support is expected to exceed the required threshold after a 50 to 7 original tally.
The Turkish Empire is described as composed of many mixed races including Greeks Slavs Albanians Armenians Jews and Circassians. The text proclaims there is no wisdom like frankness and names Beaconsfield.
The West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' association in Tacoma approved a reorganization to strengthen the lumber industry. A committee led by Griggs Amos Ha zen Dixon and Kirk proposed creating district branches with 11 trustees gaining full power, plus state vice presidents for Washington and Oregon to chair monthly meetings. Eleven new trustees were elected and will appoint further officers as the plan completes.
Police report four men in custody in North Yakima with a fifth captured at The Dalles, forming what they call the entire gang behind three weeks of street and store holdups and the shooting of a Northern Pacific operator at Wapato. James Parker, among those arrested, is said to have confessed. others in jail are Edgar Hargreaves Patrick McGaffney and Slim McGinnis.
Washington reports a stalemate between the Senate and the president over appointing Mrs Marjorie J Bloom as postmistress at Devils Lake North Dakota The president had named J H Bloom of Devils Lake Journal to the post The Journal is a Democratic daily in North Dakota Senator Gronna vocally opposed the move and critics question whether the recess appointment was a courtesy gesture.
L Opinion reports no contest for the Acad emy of Moral and Political Sciences seat after Count Albert de Mun dies. The vacancy will remain open for General Joffre, commander in chief. The immortals include generals de Freycinet and Lyautey. Oleo tax dodgers jailed and fined in St Louis.
Rome reports President Wilson's veto of the immigration bill satisfies Italy as the measure would affect it, while the government favors a gradual literacy test use to reduce illiteracy. A New York American note adds that platinum dissolves in aqua regia, a mix of nitric and hydrochloric acids.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt quotes a street dialogue about burglary and the moral peril of softening toward women. The exchange contrasts a burglar’s hard stance with concerns about the consequences of sympathetic behavior.
A brief note explains that applying a 2 percent citric acid solution to tobacco during curing removes free nicotine that causes the bite.
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