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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
1
Survivors describe a German submarine attack on the liner Arabic near Queenstown on August 19. The ship sank quickly with minimal panic due to calm seas and pre swung lifeboats, while crew and rescuers aided passengers including women and a baby.
A concise meditation argues sincerity can invite the arts of overreaching, urging restraint in public discourse. It warns against exposing honest critique to manipulation while promoting prudent, measured political engagement.
Diversified English agriculture makes the west of England a strong farming region with dairying and cattle and sheep farming noted in Somersetshire. The Cheddar cheese industry is established there as a key local product.
A quip from Uncle Eben warns that talking about what one would do if different ignores the effort needed to accomplish as one truly is. The line reflects a common frontier wisdom about authenticity and action.
Two Belgian towns Netfrel beke and Loochristi sustain extensive orchid production. The orchids are not valued by the occupying army and are exported freely through Holland.
Mrs Blight quips about Mrs Round never dodging age questions and being grateful you never ask her weight, reflecting social banter and playful humor among neighbors.
The Scamander is praised as a remarkable stream born from a yawning chasm beneath Mount Gargarus, its banks shaded by immense plane trees and high cliffs. The river plunges with vigor from a source tied to ancient fables of divine origins.
A historical note explains that silver is not legal tender in England for amounts exceeding ten dollars, implying restrictions on its use for large payments and highlighting monetary practice limits of the period.
Ellis County Texas, the nation’s largest cotton producer, yielded 143714 bales last year, more than six times Virginia’s total and greater than Missouri or Florida.
A quotation attributed to Aristotle notes that suffering becomes beautiful when endured with cheerfulness through greatness of mind, not through insensitivity. The saying emphasizes resilience and noble bearing amid hardship.
Washington reports diplomatic progress in the Arabic case with Germany ready to concede U S demands on free seas and mediation between Germany and Great Britain. Germany would disavow the Arabic sinking if evidence confirms a violation and pay reparations for two American deaths.
Paris reports 62 French war planes attacked Dillingen in Rhenish Prussia dropping 150 bombs on blast furnaces and arms factories. Berlin counters that two enemy air squadrons bombed the Saar valley near Saarlouis, with several dead or injured and four enemy planes lost.
Brest Litovsk, the fortress behind which Russia moved after Warsaw fell, surrendered to Austro German forces after a brief siege. The German war office announced the capture, labeling it one of the war’s most brilliant actions and noting Brest Litovsk as a pivot of Russia’s second line of defense.
Secretary Garrison telegraphed Major General Leonard Wood criticizing the Roosevelt speech at the Plattsburg citizen soldiery camp and urging that nothing similar be permitted at other camps. He cited Roosevelt remarks on military unpreparedness and the administration's stance.
Corry Pennsylvania August 28. Jealous of his young wife Fred Braedon shot her on the front porch of their home and then killed himself. He died a few minutes later.
A dispatch reports a transport carrying seriously wounded German marines from the Riga Gulf action arrived at Koenigsberg after leaving Libau.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected southwestern railroad proposals to raise rates on packing house products fresh meats and provisions between regional points in the territory.
The state department plans to forward an immediate protest to France over the seizure of the Solveig, which was recently transferred from Norwegian to American registry.
Official German Army statement reports hill at Kopytow stormed near Brest-Litovsk with gains for Hindenburg and Leopold forces. It says the front remains unchanged north of the Niemen, with enemy losses of prisoners and machine guns and pursuit along Pulva and Bug rivers. Russian claims of Baltic naval losses denied.
Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester is found a monopoly restraining trade in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. Judge John R. Hazel rules the firm may submit a plan to abrogate the illegal monopoly on the first day of the November term in Buffalo, N Y.
The allies list cotton as contraband and Secretary McAdoo announced that 30 million dollars or more will be placed in reserve banks in the South to finance the cotton crop. Funds will be reloaned to cotton producers at low interest rates.
After ten days of disruption the Galveston street car system resumes limited service as conditions from last week’s storm return toward normal in Galveston Texas.
Six million dollars of gold arrived Tuesday morning on the steamship Ventura from Australia. This marks the first installment of eighteen million dollars expected through that source.
New Orleans Aug 25 hope of finding the steamer Marowijne was abandoned after the United Fruit steamer Abangarez reported a coast search near Cuba found no trace of the vessel.
Washington reports fifty five thousand machinists in cities nationwide are authorized to strike if employers do not grant an eight hour day. The move signals a major labor action as unions push for standard eight hour shifts across industries.
Twenty armed Mexicans crossed into Texas near Progreso pursued by fifty U S troops after clashes on a public road into Falfurrias. One Mexican was likely fatally wounded. two U S cavalry horses were hit. Across the Rio Grande near Santa Maria shots were fired for two hours with no American casualties. In Washington the Pan American conference nears reassembly to advance a peace plan. Carranza’s forces have not replied.
Aug 26 dispatch reports the American government pressing Haiti to promptly adopt a ten year convention establishing effective customs control and national finances administration by a receiver general and American staff. Also notes James Connor Roche, Irish dramatist and war correspondent, died in New York at age seventy two. London reports the Arabic carried no gold for allies before its sinking per White Star Line statement.
Reports from Sofia and Constantinople say Turkey grants Bulgaria direct rail access to the sea while Bulgaria pledges benevolent neutrality. Milan dispatch notes Premier Pachitch says Serbia concedes to Italy on Albania as part of Balkan settlement.
In Pittsburgh on August 28 a green painted barbed wire is being produced for European armies. Reports indicate the green wire is nearly invisible at close range, offering concealment advantages in warfare.
Berlin August 28 the reichstag adopted a socialist resolution urging the government to create a bureau to manage the food problem. The proposed bureau would have authority to confiscate products to relieve shortages.
In Wyandotte Michigan three men Edward Martin Herman Meek and Jacob Balic died in a chlorine gas explosion at a detining company plant. The incident occurred August 27 near Detroit.
President Wilson signed an official proclamation declaring the United States neutral as the recently declared war between Italy and Turkey unfolds. The move aims to keep the nation out of direct combat while Europe unsettles.
Gary Indiana August 27 two investigations formed around the killing of Rev Edmund A M Kayser pastor of Tolleston Evangelical Lutheran church police consider fanatical pro allied or pro German motives and a factional church feud as possible causes letters written in German threaten his life and his wife with danger to stop pro German utterances police hold the letters and question two women parishioners and the letter writer.
Gustav Kopsch a 27 year old German reservist was arrested on espionage charges in Washington for possessing photographs and films of Fortress Monroe Cape Henry fortifications and Hampton Roads defenses. The suspect in jail on a $5000 bond faces a $1000 fine or up to one year imprisonment or both under the 1911 act.
Allentown reports two men killed and several injured when a shell with powder and nitroglycerin exploded while being moved to Bethlehem Steel plant proving grounds at Indian Head Reading ton Pa. R Paul Stout 46 of Bethlehem assistant engineer of ordnance led the test.
Paris announces martial law will be abolished throughout France after September 1 except in zones of military activity, signaling reduced fear of interior invasion and wider normalcy.
New Orleans officials of United Fruit company report no hope for the Marowijne s safety with 96 aboard believed sunk off Cuba coast. The steamship faced disaster while near the island setting a gloom over rescue efforts.
Berlin dispatch reports during the visit to Zeebrugge Belgium the fleet fired 40 to 70 shots at coastal fortifications. One person was killed and six wounded in the action.
The National League board ruled on Tuesday that Rube Benton formerly with Cincinnati is legally the property of the New York National League club.
Des Moines reports officials say 2.25 dollars a day does not cover three meals in cities like Burlington Sioux City Davenport and others while 3 dollars for a hotel room is often enough. They urge the state board of audits to remove fixed expense limits and reimburse actual costs promptly noting delays in paying bills and lost interest on advances.
Des Moines reports Arthur Haigh of Des Moines is identified as the man whose skeleton was found near Hanley New Mexico. The body was found with a March 4 1914 Register and Leader in his pocket and the clothing matched the description by Roosevelt County clerk J W Ballow. Mrs G W Entwistle confirms the identification and believes he was murdered in a remote area where the skull is severed.
Five hundred Des Moines river property owners petition the city council to remove the Center street dam of the Des Moines Electric company. They say the dam endangers health and depresses property values by flood water pouring into cellars and houses. They seek removal and to block plans for a new dam, noting part of the existing structure was washed away in recent high water.
After a split lasting over twenty years the Free Methodist church sues to gain possession of the Worlds Faith Missionary association property at Shenandoah. The portfolio includes a missionary home a publishing plant and other real estate valued at 10000. The district court at Clarinda will hear the case. The Free Methodists rely on a section of the incorporation articles that directs property to them if Fire Brand Publishing association disbands.
Auto thieves hit Mason City area for the third day in a row stealing a Cadillac touring car owned by farmer John Claus from a local garage. Neighbors heard the start but dismissed it. A large touring car was also taken from the Mason City Auto company garage as prowlers narrowly escaped capture after hiding inside until nightfall.
D A Bierly state accountant were at the county courthouse grounds with officials playing ball when he was struck by a ball near the wall. He slipped on the concrete, dislocated his right shoulder, suffered facial bruises and was knocked unconscious.
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