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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
2
The report outlines German naval victories and heavy English losses as the German fleet achieves notable gains in the North Sea. It cites Verdun trench progress, Italian front advances, and rising Austrian prisoner counts, while noting U S mail seizures and other war-related developments.
Washington said U S forces will not withdraw from Mexico until Carranza authorities show control of the area to safeguard the border. A reply to Carranza’s note will likely be sent. Northern Chihuahua talks between Gen Gabriel Gavira and Gen J J Pershing focused on planned cooperation.
The naval appropriation bill totaling 269.9 million dollars cleared the house by 368 to 4. President Wilson will lead the preparedness parade in Washington on Flag Day July 14 and review the procession before delivering a speech. He also issued a June 14 Flag Day proclamation urging patriotic exercises and loyalty to America against foreign aggression.
German attempts to turn French positions at Ft Vaux southeast of Verdun failed. French officials said the foe gained a foothold in a ravine between Damloup and Ft Vaux but was driven out by a counterattack and French artillery fire.
The War Department plans to ask Congress for 76000 dollars to purchase and maintain training material for officers and men of the National Guard at the Signal Corps Aviation School. Secretary Baker said estimates for one million dollars were submitted.
Tokyo requests Britain approve Viscount Satemi Chinda now ambassador to the United States as Japan’s ambassador to the Court of St James. He would succeed Marquis Katsunosuke Inouye who wishes to return home.
A Telegraaf dispatch reports German forces massing between Tournai and Boissieux with about 70 000 troops at Tournai and 10 000 marines at Bruges signaling intensified frontline buildup by German cavalry and naval units.
Market listings show bid prices for Wheat from No 2 red to mixed and white varieties, Corn prices for multiple white yellow and mixed grades, Eggs Poultry and live stock values, including cattle hogs and sheep across different quality grades. Specific figures cover Northwestern and local white wheat, timothy hay, butter and dairy storages not listed, with ranges for each commodity.
A year later the Western Front sees French gains north of Arras and near Souchez including the sugar refinery, while Italians advance along the Isonzo from Caporetto to the sea. Austro German pressure checks by Russians and ongoing battles at Tolmino and Lorette slopes. Zeppelins raid the east coast. British and Allied forces report submarine activity and new troop landings at Sedd-ul-Bahr Gallipoli.
On June 11 1915 Russian troops defeated Mackensen and launched Linsingen across the Dniester while Statlane captured Ploeken and heavy fighting raged around Goritz and Lonzo. Severe clashes reported near Maldos Gal poll Garua in German West Africa as Anglo French forces gained ground. Turkish cruiser Midailu sank a Russian destroyer in the Black Sea.
A series of short facts notes social welfare, science and geography. It states that children from sanitary homes advance faster in school, quicksilver is 13 percent heavier than water, and each square mile of sea holds about 120 million fish. It also lists the 12 countries with the least blindness and their rates, with Belgium and the United States among comparisons.
A compendium of short notices from Indiana towns. Germans raise 6000 dollars for war relief in South Bend. A drowning death at Fox Lake near Angola. A Y M C A summer camp planned at the Philip Matter farm. Passaic adopts Gary school plan with Prof Meyers to head a Passaic school. Garrett votes wet by 345 to 284. A Marion mother-in-law shot. victim to recover. Frank Taylor dies after a truck accident at Noblesville. Elwood reports skin diseases from an abandoned pit dump. Erastus Smith dies from a broken neck after a diving accident. Gary harbor ships bring ore and flax stone for Gary furnaces. Henry Lester declared insane after a shooting attempt on Dr Barnfield. Judge Anderson sentences Frank Garcpy for violating white slave law. James Lynch arrested in Mount Carmel after escape. Two ten-year-olds with revolvers stopped on an Muncie car. Mrs Ella Smith wounded by her son-in-law Ernest Ford. wound not serious. James Pollard awarded 7600 with railway damages settlement. Mrs Ethel Marshall dies from accidental revolver discharge. Leo Bales killed a pedestrian. Bales dies soon after. Thousands visit Madison county relic exhibit. Indiana National Guard units face reduced federal support amid a state-wide cleanup.
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