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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
1
Descriptions from Petrograd claim Russian defenses are secure and unlikely to permit Austro German withdrawals for attack. They state the line before Warsaw is as strong as ever, with Dniestrian forces retreating only if eastern pressure threatens encirclement.
AP dispatch from Berlin via London reports on nine months of Russian occupation in Lemberg Galician capital, citing hunger and demoralization. Officials unpaid, prominent families begging, food prices skyrocketing, two crown notes barely valued. Russian police patrolled, schools limited, Russian language studied, Ruthenian books burned, and officials seized.
The Associated Press dispatch from Paris notes a gradual Isonzo advance north of Plava and toward Sagrado and Monfalcone. Italian forces claim artillery duels in Tyrol Trentino and Cadore with successful reconnaissances and several prisoner takings.
Associated Press reports Charles Becker may seek a writ of error or habeas corpus to stay his execution for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The move, considered in New York on June 3, could delay the July 12 execution if new evidence is invoked.
Zapata forces battle Carranza troops around Mexico City in artillery duels delaying the advance. Wires to the capital have been down since June 1 after General Gonzales cut lines to Vera Cruz. Dispatches indicate Carranza aims to save the city from attack while planning terms with Wilson after July.
The Associated Press wires report divided interest over whether Harry K. Thaw is sane as hearings consider appointing a commission to question Harvard president emeritus Charles W. Eliot about why Thaw left Harvard in 1892. The nine year anniversary of Stanford White’s murder looms as Thaw seeks freedom using many legal avenues. Deputy Attorney General Cook outlines the state’s plan to reveal Thaw and Nesbit life histories.
Frank Pelnar, 95, died at the hospital after injuries from an automobile crashing through a fence during a 2h mile race at the Iowa City meet. He was a spectator at the event.
Petrograd, June 24 reports by a Russian official statement that Austro German forces were repulsed with heavy losses at three points along the Daesteiver front. Russian counter attacks near Lemberg and Kozany region are described as successful with "enormous" German losses. Front notes mention small outposts on the Narew and Vistula with fierce combat near Journauo and Demeszcovitz.
Fear of violence if transferred to the county jail keeps the convict Campbell in the penitentiary while the coroner's jury considers possible involvement of others in Mrs. Odette Allen's death. The jury delayed charges but Campbell remains in custody awaiting grand jury action.
The Belte of Calhoun struck a snag eighty miles north of St. Louis in the Mississippi River and sank in thirteen feet of water. All crew and passengers escaped serious harm, taken off by the steamer Dubuque as The Water bore down. The Belte was en route from Rip Rap to Mozier, Illinois, when a hole was torn in the hull and the vessel foundered.
Six people die and about forty are seriously injured when the Blue Mountain Express and the Fast Mail crash on a high bridge near Owen’s Creek. The westbound Blue Mountain Express was late, causing a schedule mixup with the eastbound Fast Mail. Engines telescope, baggage car rips free, Pullman car narrowly avoids tipping, and several Baltimore residents are among the injured or dead.
German high command reports gains near Souchez and Leintrey as trench assaults fail elsewhere. Repeated French pressure on labyrinth positions is repulsed. multiple machine guns, trench and two block houses taken. Meuse sector operations near Detranches and Leintter details noted.
The Overseas News Agency reports Germany has asked the Swiss government to pursue damages from Italy through a Swiss commission for losses suffered by Germans during the Milan riots as Italy entered the war. The request was issued by wireless from Sardine XII on June 25.
The Russian council of ministers approved appointing a 12 member commission equally divided between Russians and Poles, led by Premier Garemkin, to study preparations for Poland autonomy proclaimed by Grand Duke Nicholas last August 14.
In Berlin and London reports on the Prussian chamber of deputies debate on peace, progressive and socialist members clashed with government, led by Interior Minister Delbrueck. Speakers like Wiener Lieberknecht Braun urged cooperation for victory and rejected annexations, while Delbrueck stressed ending the war to prevent future attacks.
Sayvilla reports the condition of Sultan Mehmmed of Turkey is satisfactory after gall stone removal surgery performed by Professor James A. Tetael, a Berlin surgeon. The Overseas News Agency dispatch from Constantinople notes the improvement.
A children’s program is set for next Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Wrayville Methodist church. The program will include declamations, singing, and other features.
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports that the U S State Department has not yet gathered enough facts on seizures of American ships to complete a new note to Great Britain. Secretary Lansing says the note will outline academic principles of the blockade and British practice, while acknowledging neutral inconveniences. President Wilson was observed briefly in Springfield during travel to his summer home in Cornish New Hampshire.
Chicago wire report says arbitration of differences between 14 000 street car company employees, causing an eight hour strike last week, started today with Mayer Thompson as umpire.
Seven men were likely fatally burned in a gasoline explosion at the Aetna Explosives company works in Pittsburgh. Men escaped by jumping from windows as their torched bodies burned. government experiments with a new browess of manufacturing gasoline are being carried on at the plant.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a slight warming in the southern portion. Tingis shows similar conditions with partial cloudiness and a warmer trend in the northern area.
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