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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
1
William J. Bryan formally resigns as secretary of state as President Wilson appoints Robert Lansing interim. The move follows Bryan’s dispute over war methods with Germany and his vow to push peace initiatives while remaining a force in Wilson’s orbit.
The American note to Germany that sparked the cabinet crisis reaches Berlin as Bryan resigns. Robert Lansing, counselor in the State Department, is designated acting secretary of state for up to thirty days until a permanent appointment qualifies.
Washington June note shows Secretary Bryan explaining he resigns to act as private citizen while seeking peaceful submarine dispute solution. He cites two differences with President: support for international investigation and warning Americans about traveling on belligerent vessels. He urges offering to Germany to apply treaty-based dispute resolution to avoid war.
An official report from Secretary of the Admiralty Balfour states a German submarine was sunk and six officers with 21 crew members were captured. German prisoners in England will receive identical treatment to other German detainees. Also reported, the British steamer Lady Salisbury, a collier, was torpedoed by a German submarine near Harwich Lightship and sank in five minutes. Of 18 crew, 15 rescued, chief officer killed, two missing.
Associated Press reports Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that British casualties from the war’s start to May 31 totaled 558,009 men killed wounded or missing.
Havas Agency dispatch from Madrid cites official news of a cholera epidemic breaking out in Vienna. Paris reflects the alert with updates expected as authorities confirm cases and measures begin.
Official reports say the Italian dirigible attacking Austrian areas near Fiume caught fire and sank after returning from the raid. crew believed saved and captured. In Venice an Austrian air raid killed one and wounded several, with no heavy damage to historic buildings. two planes appeared, one damaged, and bombs fell near the airship station and hotel Monaco.
Berlin reports the Galician town of Stanislaus has been captured by Austrians in a German army statement. The advance includes seizure of the Wyndaub river area near Kuby and encirclement of routes toward Bengol. Russians retreating toward Kevno after fighting near Dembowaruda and Kozisuki, with 300 prisoners and 200 machine guns taken. Stanislau now in Austrian hands.
A Turkish office statement reports artillery duels on the Dardanelles with an enemy transport torpedoed and sunk. A Mytilene dispatch says the Allies resumed a general bombardment along the Gallipoli line, aided by aircraft and naval gunfire as fresh troops land near Seddul Bahr. Prisoners indicate Turkish reinforcements were expected from Constantinople.
The Georgia prison commission declined to recommend clemency to Governor S... for Leo M. Frank, convicted of Mary Phagan's murder. The 2 to 1 vote left hearings open for the governor, who will decide after further proceedings. Commissioners Mainey and Davidson opposed clemency. Patterson favored it.
The Pall Mall Gazette calls Secretary Bryan's resignation a political moment of clear importance and predicts no delay in U S stance toward Germany. The Westminster Gazette and Evening Standard weigh Wilson’s firm stand, while Paris papers frame Bryan as pacificist and warn Berlin of American resolve.
President Frank B. Smith testified as the defense’s first witness in the district court hearing on the Excelsior Hose Company’s liquor issue. He denied selling liquor on the premises and said members drank beer only with lawful rights, signaling good faith efforts to ban drinking. He described calls to an attorney and actions like a janitor order and a resolution to stop beer drinking as steps to abate the nuisance. The cross examination probed warnings and objections about legality, with the witness affirming knowledge of beer drinking concerns.
Forecast indicates generally fair conditions in the east with possible showers in the west tonight or Thursday. Warmer temperatures expected, with 7 am reading at 56 degrees in Wisconsin and Illinois.
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