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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
2
News briefs on neutrality policy and the Pan American conference from Washington. Reports of Italy declaring war on Austria Hungary, naval losses, relief efforts for Belgium, and troop mobilizations. Includes casualties in rail wrecks and weather impacts on events.
Melbourne dispatch to the Sydney Herald notes scarce Australian safety matches due to wartime limits and English lighting rules. Wholesale prices have risen 133 percent, and factories near the Thames estuary reduce output to one third to avoid lighting after dark. Merchants push strict use and careful conservation to avert a full shortage.
A secret photo shows a German destroyer passing Antwerp docks, signaling possible breach of Dutch neutrality as residents risk fines and imprisonment for taking pictures. The blurred captions imply heightened tensions near the Belgian port amid German activity.
The French composer and first delegate of the Franco American commission on cultural relations lands in New York. At eighty he looks forward to three months in the United States, to be hosted by French societies in several cities.
A kindly old lady asks if any friends visit on visiting days as No. 777,444 confirms none come outside the unit, saying all are with him inside the same place. The dialogue hints at a prison or institutional setting.
A Carnegie Institute nutrition study by Francis Benedict and L B Eames explains men eat more not from gluttony but from higher nourishment needs. Women have less active tissue and more inactive material like fat, producing about 12 percent less heat per unit body weight in comparable groups.
A reported observation from the Chicago Herald notes experiments with air, bottles, and silk suspensions to test sound transmission. It discusses how glass and metal differ in air content, and claims that certain environments could render cannon fire inaudible from an opposite side.
The admiralty announced H M S Majestic was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine while supporting Allied forces at the Gallipoli peninsula. Nearly all officers and men were saved, marking the fifth British battleship lost in the Dardanelles and the second to a submarine, with Bouvet and Triumph also noted.
Paris dispatch from Rome says King Victor Emmanuel has assumed supreme command of the army and navy and left incognito for Italian headquarters. Flags of France, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Belgium and Serbia were displayed in Paris as ordered by the French government over public buildings and monuments.
Washington officials await definitive information on whether the American steamer Nebraskan was torpedoed or struck by a mine after damage off Ireland. Messages from Ambassador Page and Consul Skinner in London relay the admiralty report of a torpedo while the captain’s report to owners expresses doubt about the cause.
A rare cloudburst struck Howe Nebraska early Wednesday causing extensive crop loss and widespread destruction. Bridges culverts and fences were washed away and telephone lines damaged. Railroads reported delays as more than six inches of rain fell in thirty minutes.
Washington action directs that losses of government rifles and other militia property be charged against responsible officers and enlisted men pay to curb growing theft and mismanagement. Syracuse jury in Barnes libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt finds defendant not liable after over eleven hours of deliberation.
Joseph Provacek his wife two sons and a daughter drowned Tuesday night during a storm at their home two miles south of Spencer Nebraska. Bodies recovered as reported by Sioux City sources.
Washington report shows postal revenues for the first half of the fiscal year ending July 1 running a deficit near 6.5 million dollars. Expenses rose by over 9 million while receipts fell about 500 thousand, blamed on World War I disruptions. Postmaster General Burleson notes the war slowed normal postal growth.
Washington President Wilson states he has not contemplated calling an extra session of Congress in October. He says his mind has been occupied with other matters and there remains ample time to consider an extraordinary session.
The report describes a new cabinet arrangement approved by King George with Arthur Balfour as first lord of the admiralty and Winston Churchill among key ministers. Herbert Asquith remains prime minister with David Lloyd George as chancellor. changes follow a submarine examination near London.
A July mix of civic notices, school graduations, and public affairs fills the Lincoln page. Reports cover postmaster conventions, a reorganization push for state militia bands, veteran and civic society memorials, and local crime and road accidents. Rural towns like Beatrice, Wymore, and Fairbury are named in incidents and official actions.
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