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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1916
Page
2
Washington leaders push for an embargo on munitions and a march toward a greatly expanded army. Reports from Verdun show ongoing heavy fighting as Britain laments losses and Germany pursues a major assault while domestic politics shift toward preparedness and new land defense plans.
Auditor W H Smith notes letters from Neb raska residents about mortgage and loan firms, security companies, and a banker realty outfit operating without state supervision. He argues for crackdown on misleading corporate names but cautions against broad overreach while Royse cites Blue Sky and installment laws exemptions. A separate incident confirms Morton Freeman’s claim of seeing men with pipes after an explosion. one man is a night watchman and the other a janitor, who admitted handling pipes but after the blast hazards.
Denials of all alleged questionable acts and explanations of incidents reflecting on his character were given by Dr W D Guttery during the first board of control hearing in Norfolk. He claimed the so called laying on of hands was a long time habit and not improper and said tales of misconduct by attendants were investigated and dismissed if unsubstantiated. If tales were proven, offending staff were dismissed from state employ.
An English inventor claims a fraud proof slot machine rejects metal slugs and identical coins. A French scientist shows tubes are more flexible than bars of equal exterior size. A Sahara railroad builds locomotives and cars for sandstorms. A box combines hot air outlet and cold air inlet as a window seat. Siam’s kingdom spans about 200000 square miles with a population of 8149487.
Carrara Italy with about 220000 residents relies on 500 quarries that employ over 8000 people. Quarries lie in mountains above the town and stone is transported to the plain for cutting, often in workshops attached to workers homes. Explosives provide large blocks while electricity driven wire saws are used in some cases.
A fragment from the Boston Evening Transcript notes a married couple bantering about reading a diary kept since marriage. The wife declines, saying she is fed up on war stories.
Farmer Corn Tossel suggests his son Josh will pursue law. The narrator notes Josh can speak loudly and at length when defending the wrong side of an argument, reflecting a childhood trait shaping his future.
The six annual Nebraska high school basketball tourney will feature eighty nine contestants from nearly one hundred entries submitted by 143 Nebraskas high schools. Athletic Manager Guy E Reed announced the event begins March 11 and will surpass all previous Nebraska records with nineteen more schools than ever before.
Eighty nine high schools statewide enter the competition with teams listed for the basketball tournament opening at Lincoln on March 11.
Arrangements were completed last week in six Nebraska towns for university week productions to be held during the spring vacation period in early April. Six university organizations will perform for six consecutive nights with the Glee club, cadet band, dramatic club, debating teams, Dr. George Condra with moving pictures of Nebraska, and the German Dramatic club scheduled to follow in turn.
In a dramatic Senate debate the administration faced a large coalition ready to back President Wilson against Senator Gore’s warning resolution on armed ships. Leaders pledged votes to end opposition and support Wilson’s approach with Germany, while House sentiment was expected to follow. Senator Stone dissented on policy, Senator Ledge voiced support, and Senator Williams condemned opponents.
London reports a proclamation ordering married men aged nineteen to twenty seven to report by April 7. German forces renew heavy assaults around Verdun with fierce battles near Donaumont and in the Le Mort Homme and Douaumont sectors. French troops claim to have repelled multiple infantry attacks and inflicted heavy losses as they strengthen positions northeast of St Mihiel.
Washington reports broad export growth across most goods. Lumber, implements, naval stores rebound while breadstuffs decline. Notable gains include explosives up to 46.1 million, iron and steel 45.8 million, copper 18.1 million, brass 9.0 million, and metals 25.1 million, from 1914 to 1915.
Washington reports a department of agriculture ruling barring eggs not at least 95 percent sound from interstate commerce. Shipments with more than five percent bad eggs will be treated as adulteration under the food and drugs act.
Madrid dispatch reports Germany has issued an ultimatum to Portugal demanding immediate restoration of ships recently seized by Portugal. The Reuters Telegram notice notes the tense exchange and potential diplomatic friction between the two nations.
Washington reports the German government through Count von Bernstorff will inform the United States within days that German forces in Poland will not confiscate food or clothing sent from the United States for relief purposes.
A favorable report on the administration's tariff bill to repeal the free sugar clause becomes operative May 1. The Ways and Means Committee approved the measure unanimously.
Former Ohio senator Theodore Burton asks Nebraska Secretary of State Pool to remove his name from the Republican presidential ballot. He says a petition to place him on the presidential preference ballot was filed without his knowledge or consent and he had no intention of entering the Nebraskan primary.
Local stock yards in Omaha, Nebraska shattered monthly hog records with an estimated run of 16 000 head bringing total hogs to more than 402 500, surpassing all prior totals and marking the highest month in yard history. The previous record stood at 396 092 head in January 1916.
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