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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1915
Page
2
War news covers Canada’s $100 million war bill, Germany’s grip on famine outlook, and the Dunkirk bombing injuring Jamin Morel. Officials report Viknor loss with all hands and Dutch mobilization. Aerial assault over the British coast marks a historic airborne battle.
Congress debates the deficiency and appropriation bills carrying millions while a call for an extra session on rural legislation surfaces. President Wilson inaugurates new transcontinental telegraph links as U S- Salvador relations shift amid Central American tensions. Nebraska’s population trends and wheat prices rise as food costs soar. Prohibition measures move toward law with related bills awaiting votes. Belgian relief ships depart and a Nebraska water disaster claims a life.
Reports say Constantinople enforces strict rule under Abdul Hamid while revolts simmer. Mex ic o City police arrest Isidor Cortes linked to shooting Gustavo Madero. Italian earthquake zone and Abruzzi endure shocks and floods. Provisional President Garza moves government to Cuernavaca as occupation looms. Obregon resists Gutierrez move. Carranza loyalty stressed. US negotiates canal rights with Costa Rica. Mount Lassen erupts. ash and smoke plume observed. Irish coast residents fear Zeppelin raids as preparations begin. Rockefeller Jr. cites philanthropy funds. Arkansas coal sale ordered. Nebraska per capita revenue noted. Chicago unemployment ranks high.
President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill over the literacy test. The measure sits with the immigration committee as Rep. Burnett plans a next Thursday move to pass over the executive veto. Debate centers on a two thirds majority and feasibility of override. Three prior vetoes by Cleveland Taft and Wilson highlight repeated top level opposition.
The Senate discussed the administration bill while the House received President Wilson’s veto of the immigration bill and referred it to the immigration committee. Debate on the agricultural bill continued.
Lincoln Neb The state commission that raised funds for a Nebraska building at the Panama Pacific exposition abandoned the effort and is returning the subscriptions to school children. Mellor in charge mailed checks. Medal sales totaling 3257.99 after expenses will be prorated to medal buyers or given to the Belgian relief fund per buyers’ wishes.
Washington promises prompt payment of farmers cattle slaughter claims from the federal campaign against foot and mouth disease after an urgent deficiency act provides 2.5 million dollars. By January 1 the total killed nationwide reached 161,111 animals including 46,268 cattle and 47,735 swine. Illinois will receive 600,000 and Pennsylvania and Ohio report 17,876 and 10,111 slaughtered respectively.
The university farm extension service schedules thirty nine farmers institutes and three agricultural short courses for February. Short courses run Ansley in the first week, Laurel in the third week, and Swanton in the fourth week. Swanton plans a week long program drawing new attention as an institute point with a focus on educational moving pictures.
The Relief in Belgium commission chaired by H. C. Coover in London announced that food distribution methods are fully completed and can reach virtually every corner of the occupation zone in Belgium. Preparations are underway to extend into areas with active fighting.
Loess Lafia Orchard Co files articles of incorporation to develop a large scale apple industry in Nebraska. Principal business in Lincoln with paid-up capital of 50000 dollars and authorized capital of 200000 dollars. Directors and incorporators include prominent orchardists and financiers.
Scottsbluff Nebraska sugar factory completes beet slicing marking the largest North Platte valley crop. Manager Simmons calls it the most satisfactory year and campaign since establishment. The facility paid beet growers 1 400 000 dollars and processed 210 000 tons, with about 40 000 sent to other factories.
A wartime note reports more than 40 000 Jews serving in the British army and navy with casualty lists showing six officers and about forty enlisted men killed, and 450 wounded or missing. The piece cites compiled figures by a Rev. and references Jewish service chapters and reactions.
The Senate Senator Gallinger continued speaking in opposition to the administration ship bill. The House debated the Senate bill for improvement of the public health service. Work began on the military academy and sundry civil appropriation bills in committee. Passed bill authorizing construction of bridges over several navigable streams. Passed Adamson bill appropriating $800,000 for construction of lighthouses and other aids to navigation. Representative Foster of Illinois announced the federal Bureau of Mines had worked out a simplified process of reducing radium.
The Senate and House convened at 11 a.m. The administration shipping bill, revised by the senate caucus, was reported by the commerce committee as debate on it continued. The commerce committee favorably reported a life saving station bill for Duxbury reef off San Francisco’s Golden Gate.
Senate officials McAdoo and Redfield report on ocean shipping. Philippine committee studies house bill preamble changes for greater island self government. Talcott proposes doubling West Point cadets. DC appropriations replace agricultural. Helm introduces Pan American bank with US majority. Britton seeks war tax repeal. Palmer seeks fur seal law tightening. Recess 5 pm to 8 pm. Private pension bills discussed.
The Senate did not meet in session as Democratic caucus finished evaluating the ship purchase bill and moved to make it a party measure. In the House debate continued on the agricultural appropriation bill. A joint resolution proposing $50000 for a Pan American financial conference was introduced by Representative Flood. Representative Morman urged a special session for rural credits. Representative Mann criticized the president as building a personal machine for renomination. Adjourned at 5 37 p m until noon Sunday when eulogies for late Representative Bremner of New Jersey will be pronounced.
Announcement stated a jitney bus service will begin February 1 serving Omaha and surrounding areas Omaha South Omaha and Council Bluffs Ia. The route will cover downtown neighborhoods and suburban districts with regular stops and fares.
Garza departs Mexico City for Cuernavaca where a new seat of government will be set up. Occupation army pockets the outskirts awaiting entry. Commerce and banks shuttered while food prices soar and supply remains low amid the Zapata and Villa withdrawal.
Chicago officials and federal and state livestock bureaus met after a report that cattle from supposedly clean districts shipped east showed foot and mouth disease. Some packing firms expect an order halting shipments from the yards, with no stock moved pending Washington decision.
The government issued a statement from The Hague indicating Netherlands fears of unexpected developments dragging the country into war. It says the Dutch army must stay mobilized and ready for an emergency while noting the public is not privy to certain information the government possesses.
Fairbury forms baseball plans and joins a state base league while Tecumseh reports sixteen inches of snow. Hastings YMCA organizes bowling. Lincoln hosts state shows and meetings. Obituaries note Judge Hollenbeck's death. Measles close Elmwood rooms. Auburn hosts fiddlers contest. university projects library. Burglaries in Cortland. Measles affect Elmwood schools. various civic and sporting items across Nebraska.
A Nebraska bill by Rep Dalby would shift vehicle registration from the secretary of state to the state board of irrigation highways and drainage. It requires a $7 motorcycle, $3 automobile, $5 for commercial vehicles, and $5 for manufacturers or dealers. Funds distributed to county road dragging and to a state road fund.
Senator Radford of Douglas proposes a multistate oil pipeline carrying 10,000,000 gallons daily from Casper Wyoming to Omaha Nebraska. He suggests governors appoint business leaders from each state to confer and report back with methods to implement the project. Senator Bedford calls it full of infinite possibilities benefiting both states.
A $10,000 relief appropriation for Mrs. E. D. Davis widow of a former deputy warden at the Nebraska penitentiary who was stabbed and killed by a convict named Prince is reintroduced in the House by Representative Moseley. The bill mirrors the one from two years ago, previously stalled by neglect to act. Mrs. Davis lives in Lincoln.
County superintendents and State Superintendent A O Thomas adopt a rural education platform. They propose asking Governor Morehead to issue a proclamation for meetings in 7000 school districts and election of delegates to a statewide mass meeting next year to promote rural schools.
A bill by Smith of Cuming proposes a packing plant in Dodge, Stanton or Cuming counties where state prison convicts would manufacture goods for state institutions. The plan, carrying a $200,000 appropriation, would replace the reformatory scheme from the 1913 session, which the board of control has delayed to align with current session ideas.
The employes committee of the House corrects its timekeeping system. Chairman Taylor explains a misinterpretation by the bookkeeper led to harsher treatment of workers than intended. The new rule guarantees a full day’s pay for any non overtime eligible employee at each House meeting.
A proposed measure requires printed or posted political ads to include the names and addresses of the organization officers responsible, the chairman and secretary, and the printer. The rule aims to attach the sponsors and printer to any ad supporting or opposing candidates or constitutional amendments. failure incurs a fine.
A New York Herald report describes "Jake the Barber" operating a charity barber shop inside Hadley Rescue hall at 293 Bowery. After a fall to vice, John Callahan organizes tools, clothes, and a second hand chair to rehabilitate him. profits go to aid the submerged, with the Ten Commandments and religious texts on the walls guiding patrons toward better lives.
The Smithsonian report details Langleys aerodrome tested on Lake Keuka with Glenn Curtiss piloting. It shows the craft sailed 150 feet in steady poise and discusses earlier 1896 proof that a heavier-than-air machine could fly. A 1903 launch failure ended attempts as the craft plunged into the Potomac.
In chancery division Justice Eve hears Scotsman Mr. Young er K C note that he pronounces big h s abroad and in the United States many still believe Englishmen omit aspirates. Cartoons show John Bull and Britannic figures dropping h s, a stereotype tied to urban speech and ancient Athens lower classes.
The sending of a warship to Juan Fernandez to probe German cruiser activity sparked a claim that it was the Robinson Crusoe island. In fact, Alexander Selkirk was marooned there in 1704 for over four years, a different tale from Defoe's fiction.
Joseph S. Auerbach argues in The Bible and Modern Life that a generation has grown up without Bible reading. He notes how removing Bible memory erodes phrases from Lincoln's Gettysburg address and other solemn cadences once shaping American reverence for the republic.
Doctor Naegeli of Liege University commends the practice of yawning for the lungs. The article discusses removing him from consideration and continuing the work.
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