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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
1
The record outlines U S Germany exchanges on the war zone, neutral rights, and the Lusitania affair. Germany claims Lusitania carried arms while Wil Gon says the liner was unarmed and seeks strict accountability from Germany and guarantees for American rights on the high seas.
Little Rock June 18 State Supt. Cook issues a statement opposing the Special Investigation Committee report on the Department of Education. He charges delays, home working, and $44 daily costs while alleging the committee pressured the auditor to discredit the office with a lengthy narrative of false insinuations.
Little Rock June 18 Gov Hays Thursday afternoon granted three pardons One was W C Hulsey convicted inPhill ipps county in 1918 of murder in the second degree and sentenced to fifteen years He killed Frank Stewart his stepfather in law over domestic affairs The pardon is conditioned that he never return to Phillipps county Also John A Parker of Hampton Calhoun county fined 25 for selling cold drinks on Sunday Pardoned on recommendation of Representative Cravens George W Hays of Calhoun county struck Bass with a board and was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon The governor remitted the fine noting Parker’s reputation and the others’ circumstances.
Little Rock on June 18 reports Lawrence county paid 11841.54 into the State Treasury on the general revenue. The funds were entirely in state warrants not cash, leaving Treasury watchers unsatisfied.
Government pledges to adopt the measures necessary to put principles into practice for the safeguarding of American lives and American ships and seeks assurances that this will be done.
Maria Abbriani an Italian village girl guides Bersaglieri in a bayonet assault on Nori, under Austrian fire. She leads troops through streets and mountain paths for eight hours, earns a decoration from King Victor Emmanuel and a telegram of congratulations. An official Rome dispatch confirms her heroism amid heavy fighting.
The federal crop reporting board projects the nation’s wheat crop at 950 million bushels for the coming harvest, 61 million more than last year’s record. With favorable weather, output could reach a billion bushels, mainly white wheat in the bulk planted.
Sub Lieutenant R K J Warneford, the Canadian aviator who destroyed four German Zeppelins near Ghent, is awarded both the Victoria Cross by Britain and the Legion of Honor by France on General Joffre's recommendation.
Mrs. Mary Knecht of Ottawa Canada has filed her eighth divorce suit against her husband. The first suit started in 1895. The couple have been divorced twice with several suits dismissed and earlier troubles patched up.
Premier Asquith informed the commons that total British war losses from the start to May 31 reached 288,039. He noted 104,000 losses in six months and 154,000 in the next four, with about 2,000 daily in the last two months. The army count abroad stood at 170,000, while the opening total was 262,006, with many now lost or in casualty.
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