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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
1
An American steamer carrying 80 passengers arrived safely after a Cuban voyage when a mine near Charleston and a German U-boat attack were narrowly avoided. A British vessel had warned of the submarine and a patrol boat guided the ship away. Passengers were jolted as the mine was spotted at close range.
The class of 1918 at New Castle High School graduates 165 students the largest class yet. Exercises opened with invocation by Rev. Robert Little. Dorothy Rabinivitz spoke on Russian women's wartime heroism and Mary Reed delivered The Heights of American Patriotism. The superintendent predicts half day sessions and new buildings needed.
Dr. W L Campbell, a prominent New Castle physician, traveled to Pittsburg yesterday to apply for a commission in the United States Army Medical Corps and to undergo the required examinations. He is recognized as a leading member of the local medical community.
Food Administrator John A. McKee received a stringent beef conservation order from state official Howard Heinz. The rules limit beef to specified meals on set days, permit by products anytime, threaten license loss and 30 day supply bans for violators, and require compliance across hotels, eateries, and public houses.
The Eastside section of the Gleaners of the Second U P church will meet Thursday evening with Miss.
Two women pled guilty to selling liquor without a license and received three months in the county jail from Judge Emery. Philomena Conti and Amelia Lamenska must pay $500 fines plus costs. Frances Morella, facing two shoplifting charges, ordered to pay $5 and costs in each case and to serve one year of parole. The term’s last cases were heard and jurors discharged.
Rome reports say Austrian forces press along the Piave in Italy with Treviso a chief objective. Premier Orlando notes repeated enemy efforts on the Piave’s right bank but claims counterattacks recaptured positions and hundreds of prisoners. The German drive also threatens Rheims as part of the Aisne-Marne offensive.
Scott Paisley leads volunteers hoeing 12 acres at Meyers farm Princeton with eight men who immediately move to another field to hoe 20 more rows. E. E. Leavy’s team aids White near Slippery Rock, with review of meals and camaraderie. Captains to report weekly manpower as farmers fill daily applications for help.
The Austrian battleships Wien and Erzherzog Ferdinand Max were reported sunk, cited by Italian marine minister Delbono via Epodia. On the same day the Szvent Istvan was sunk off Pola, wreckage of another battleship was seen forty miles away. Erzherzog Ferdinand Max displaced 10,432 tons and Wien 5,012 tons.
Harry Barnhart once of New Castle now based in New York arrives for a High school alumni reception and leads a public meeting to launch Community Singing in the city. The event at the High school building starts at 8 15 p m and is open to all with singing books encouraged.
Col. W. W. Stevenson calls a meeting of Company K Sons of Veterans for this evening. Members are asked to appear in uniform for a smoker event.
The board of directors of the Board of Trade will meet tomorrow at 12 15 at the Lawrence club for the regular business meeting. Preparations for the annual meeting at month end will be discussed.
A state department bulletin from Washington reports that Turkish forces seized Tabriz in Persia, captured the American and British consulates, and sacked the American hospital which then flew a Spanish flag, signaling possible war. Minister George L. Caldwell at Teheran relayed the dispatch.
The June 19 war department and Marine lists name Clare Van Eman of Grove City among Marines killed in action. The casualty tallies total 277 names, with entries from Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, detailing killed in action, died of wounds, disease, accidents, and wounded severities.
Pittsburg June 19 After 80 hours of deliberation the federal jury found Joseph Pavaro of Leechburg guilty of evicting Mrs Rose Pugh wife of an American soldier from her Leechburg home under the soldiers and sailors relief act The verdict recommended mercy and was noted as the first trial nationally under the act.
Secretary of State Lansing is not an aspirant for governor of New York. He has not been approached on the subject and would not consider accepting it, an authoritative statement said after Utica dispatch claimed upstate Democrats were weighing his availability.
Jake Smith Sr was taken to the Western penitentiary yesterday afternoon by Cliff Boyd. He faces a sentence of not less than two years and not more than two and a half years.
The King's Daughters Bible class of the First M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Frank Rutter of Leasure Avenue on Thursday evening.
Joseph Jovanovich and William Bryan Summerville, both registered at the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, Huntingdon, are summoned before the county draft board to answer questions on their questionnaires. The board says further information is needed for some registrants and will review the forms.
A British seaplane with American gunner K. B. Keyes fought seven German seaplanes in a half hour off Terschelling on June 4. Keyes described intense combat, engine damage, and tending to a wounded lieutenant before landing near Vlieland.
German assault near Rheims is repulsed after heavy bombardment. French forces claim three German divisions involved and report counterattacks driving attackers back to their start lines with heavy losses. Prisoners indicate orders to take Rheims at any cost.
International dispatch reports a 50 percent bread ration cut in Austria, mounting discontent as German Socialists oppose higher food prices. A locality sees potato riots while presses discuss the crisis and urge endurance.
T. J. Davies of Wallace Avenue will speak next Friday evening at the Rescue Mission. Special music by Miss Kunard and Blink. The event is a farewell for Mr Davies who leaves soon for YMCA work in France. He has been an active mission worker.
William John Shaner, 57, of 220 Cottage Street, is recorded as deceased. Paul Halspl, 43, of 221 Weave, is listed as deceased.
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