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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
4
English newspapers acknowledge the fall of Warsaw and note a political impact of the conquest. They discuss repercussions for Allied strategy and European balance as authorities and commentators analyze the event.
London editorials acknowledge the occupation of Warsaw by German forces but downplay its strategic consequences. They stress political momentum for the Central Powers while noting Russia can retreat in order and preserve most of its army. The Daily Telegraph and Daily Graphic weigh the broader global impact against military costs and future western front pressures.
The Red Cross bought six thousand dollars worth of food for stranded Americans in Mexico City. Supplies depart from New Orleans on a steamer sailing tomorrow and are expected to reach Vera Cruz by early next week, delivering relief within days.
At San Francisco Aug 5 the U S department of labor held its first employment conference for the Panama Pacific exposition. W B Wilson attended as secretary of labor. Topics included unemployment child labor harvest hand shifts and employer needs. Julia Lathrop urged stronger state laws against unscrupulous employment agencies to protect emigrants. Ethelbert Stewart proposed enlistment of unemployed for short service to aid defense and relief. R H Norton urged a federal funded massive road-building plan with at least four transcontinental highways and radiating roads to provide long term employment.
Turin reports the Italian ambassador to Turkey plans to return home after being blocked from communicating with consuls and facing threats to his life as notified by the Gazette del Popolo from Constantinople.
Governor Edward F. Dunne accepted the invitation to join the annual governors conference in Boston on August 23. The meeting will address state and national issues and include questions of broad importance.
Late returns from rural districts in the state primary indicate Theodore G Bilbo will be elected governor of Mississippi by about five thousand votes over all opponents.
Dr A J Read of Battle Creek presented at the Panama Pacific exposition conference on race betterment predicting a taller darker eugenic woman with sensible dress. He said future women will be healthier, plump but not fat with brown complexions and shoulders from which the waist is free. Dr David Starr Jordan cautioned that the war in Europe will affect generations and drain Europe of its best blood.
In Melun France on August 5 anarchist Victor Kibaltchich known as the obstinate wed Madame Anna Estorges the divorced wife of Maitre Jean former editor of L Anarchie. After the ceremony Kibaltchich returned to prison where he has three years left of a five year term for complicity in the Pang led by demon chauffeur Jules Borinot. The gang’s crimes included bank meddling and murders near Paris. Four members were sentenced to death and fourteen to prison. three women accomplices including Madame Maitrejean were acquitted.
Paris August 5 Doctors Alexis Carrel and Henry Dakin report a new antiseptic after experiments at Compiegne military hospital. They say adding carbonate of lime and boric acid to hypochlorite of lime removes tissue injury and drying, producing a powerful antiseptic that may prevent wound infections.
Five men were rescued from the schooner yacht Caroline by Wood Island life savers and landed in Newcastle New Hampshire in precarious condition. Their names are not known but they are believed to be wealthy friends of Stanley Clark of Wilmington Delaware, thought yacht owner.
Major General Funston ordered light artillery to Nogales Arizona to reinforce the Twelfth Infantry and the Tenth Cavalry. A four-gun three inch battery with 160 men and 70 animals is set to depart tonight to bolster border defense.
Washington August 5 Oregon Texas and Oklahoma report large drops in overdrafts at national banks Comptroller Williams said the overdraft prohibition order is proving highly effective and reducing bank payment overdrafts nationwide.
In Springfield on August 5 no progress was made in the Fergus tax case as Fergus attorney Munro and Attorney General Lucey conferred on procedure for hearing petitions in Sangamon circuit court. A motion to dismiss was pressed by Lucey but was not agreed to by Munro, and adjournment was set to resume discussions tomorrow.
Paris August 5 In a senate discussion minister of finance Ribot reviewed France s financial burden from defense issues. He cited 6 958 000 000 francs in circulation and July net placements of 25 000 000 francs in short term bonds and 322 000 000 francs in long term obligations. He warned of the growing burden and hinted at a long term loan while urging citizens to support the war effort with sacrifices. The bill to raise the limit of national defense issues was passed.
In New York on August 5 reports reach Wall Street that arrangements are under way for the Russian government to place the bulk of its war munitions and supplying purchases in this country under Standard Oil Company interests. The plan is described as similar to the British government with J. P. Morgan & Co.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles in men and women, dissolves gravel, and regulates children's bladder issues. It offers mail delivery for $1.00 if not sold locally, with a two months treatment from one small bottle and testimonials available from Dr. W. Hall in St. Louis.
A scrambled page notes Heintz mid summer sale on low shoes and special dress fabrics. It lists residents visiting, estate inventories in Camp Point and Quincy area, and enews on church sisters and jubilees. Mentions Halbach-Schroeder Co. products and several local residents' travels and visits in Missouri and Illinois.
Snow fell in Muncie Indiana today and melted on contact with the ground. Reports from other Indiana towns in the region indicated snow occurred in several localities.
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