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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
2
Secretary Daniels defends arming merchant ships as necessary for freedom of the seas. Officials say existing statutes do not block arming measures. Wilson may seek extra sessions as Senate rules hinder action.
In the reichstag foreign secretary Dr Alfred Zimmermann defended a German plan to involve Mexico and Japan in a potential war with the United States. He called it a natural precaution and noted the publication in America made Japan aware, while saying the dispatch method remained secure and unknown to Germany.
The note from Austria declaring adherence to unrestricted submarine warfare faces U S rejection. The United States cannot accept a general warning to all ships not to enter barred zones in place of individual warnings to merchant vessels.
A London notice warns German press not to publish American revelations until further notice. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says few circles know of the intrigue and the affair could force Foreign Secretary Zimmermann to resign and end Count von Bernstorff’s diplomatic career.
General Can dido Aguiar, provisional foreign minister of Mexico, states that Mexico has not received any German proposal for an alliance that would lead to war with the United States. The foreign ministry emphasizes Mexico’s stance against any hostile alliance with Germany.
The House passed the measure to empower the president to arm merchant ships by 403 to 13. Speaker Clark announced the vote as supporters cheered, with nine Republicans, three Democrats and one Socialist voting no as opposition faded during patriotic appeals.
The Borland amendment passed to probe food prices with $400000, Senate approves floods funding for Mississippi and California, Wilson sworn in for second term, military budget rises to $277.48 million, prohibition gains, coast patrol urged, and foreign dispatches cover Denmark liquor ban and Austrian tensions. Also reports ship orders, agricultural drives, school gardens, and hog prices.
March events include Royal Neighbors in Fremont state meeting, P EB O annual meeting, D A R convention, and North Nebraska High School Declamatory Contest in Wayne. Also plans for bowling in April, medical and civic gatherings across Omaha, Beatrice, North Platte, and Hastings with multiple bond votes and construction projects.
Three votes against the bone dry prohibition measure marked final passage in the Nebraska house. Keegan Schneider and Meysenburg opposed, Richmond supported it amid misgivings about public sentiment. Ninety votes for with an emergency clause, several absentees noted. Adjournment chatter targets April 1. a large Lincoln delegation visited Omaha for tours and a dinner.
Nebraska treasurer announces over 10 million dollars of state funds are invested in bonds yielding five percent or more. This marks the first time the bond portfolio has exceeded ten million. The February closing cash balance stood at 1.302 million dollars.
Representative Dorsey moves to amend the cigarette statute to ban sales to anyone under 21. The current bill sets 18 as the legal age. The measure aims for enforceability and addresses a problem long debated by bay workers.
The Dafoe Taylor bill, passing the lower house 79 to 5, makes the state printing commission the purchasing agent for all printing, stationery and typewriter supplies for state departments and many institutions, and raises the commissioner's salary from 1500 to 2500 dollars while requiring full-time service.
Line officers of the Fourth Nebraska regiment will ballot by mail to choose majors of the First and Second battalions with the vote canvassed at noon March 13 at the adjutant general's office in Lincoln. Major Henning F. Elsasser of the First has been elected lieutenant colonel. The commission of Major Iver Johnson of the Second battalion has expired.
A Fulton New York woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after doctors offered only surgery. She suffered female weakness and could hardly stand yet now is perfectly well and able to work. The letter urges other women to seek guidance from Lydia Pinkham Co for help.
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