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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
1
Riots trigger deployment of double guard along the border as authorities vow to crack down on outlawry. Patrols tightened, checkpoints widened, and residents report heightened tensions amid ongoing unrest and law enforcement efforts.
El Paso dispatch details two shore-line disturbances as troops guard Rio Grande bridges near Juarez. Reports say Villa may reach Juarez by 2 p m with possible attack, while Mexican guards patrol riverfront. An American brakeman was shot by snipers. Ochoa promises orderly streets and officers in charge.
Springfield Dec 22 The state board of agriculture reports Illinois corn yielded 82 011 101 bushels on 8 906 842 acres with an average price of 40 cents, totaling 173 026 037 dollars. Disease and weather lowered quality to 79 per cent. Northern Illinois 86 bushels, central 40, southern 25. Winter wheat area 1 812 482 acres, 8 percent below 1914. rye area 165 775 acres, 95 percent of normal. Hessian fly damage noted.
London December 2. John Dillon challenged Premier Asquith in the house of commons urging the government to reveal the basis of its demand for a fourth million troops. He said failures in the war were not due to lack of men and warned that those responsible for failures must be removed before conscription is enforced. He questioned sending more troops under leaders tied to Suvla Bay and Anzac failures.
The Netherlands government has protested to Britain over the seizure of Dutch mail bags on steamers Noordam Firisia and Rotterdam and demanded the immediate return of the mail. TheForeign minister said the protest hopes the incident will not be repeated.
In Chicago Walter L. Fisher former Interior Secretary criticizes the national wartime preparedness program. At the University of Chicago convocation he warns against misdirected peace efforts and urges public service and education as keys to lasting peace amid looming economic imperialism and global upheaval.
Paris December 2. A bill granting free postage on Christmas parcels to soldiers at the front passed unanimously, allowing parcels up to two pounds from date to January 6. Letters are always free. Families have been sending meat pies cakes and other delicacies. About 100000 men may spend Christmas at home with up to six days leave. American aviators Thaw Prince Cowdin are aboard Rotterdam. Restaurants will close at 10:30.
Berlin dispatch says the ministry of war announced France agreed to allow a neutral commission to visit prison camps in Algiers Tunis and Morocco. Six Swiss commissioners are en route to Africa to conduct the inspection and report findings to the Allies.
Col EB M House, confidential adviser to President Wilson, said he would sail within two weeks at the president's request. His mission is to inform American ambassadors about the government's stance on international questions and get their views, with no plan to bring belligerent country ambassadors home yet.
The Swedish steamship Stockholm formerly Potsdam was released after some mail was removed while en route from Gothenburg to New York. This marks the first instance of mail removal from a Sweden to United States voyage, amid Swedish complaints of American bound mails opened in England. Officials say no further action on the Danish liner United States, which carried mails, is needed and it may proceed.
London reports parliamentary under secretary for war Harald Tennant stating in the commons that casualties listed by Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Württemberg up to November 30 total 2,424,460. Of these, 484,228 were killed or died, 354,198 severely wounded, 27,674 died of disease, and 881,140 were missing. Naval casualties are excluded.
The entente allies formed a joint relief commission with Rome headquarters to work with the American relief clearing house in Paris for suffering in Serbia Montenegro Albania and northern Greece. Paris cables say the urgent need prompts swift action to forward aid from Marseilles or an Italian port to Antigari Montenegro for shipment to Scutari for distribution.
Dispatches to London papers report the Norwegian peace movement declining any ties to the Ford peace expedition. They note pressure to expel Mine Roszka and critique the neutrality of the movement with a Hungarian woman involved. The Times correspondent views Ford as an idealist dreamer, though some followers lack that appeal.
Mayor William Kale Thompson announced the appointment of Nicholas Hunt, formerly an inspector, to lead the detective bureau. The decision followed a conference with Chief Healty and Civil Service Chairman Percy B. Coffin and is expected to be ratified in the morning. The mayor pledged to rid Chicago of crooks and hinted at a top to bottom reorganization of the department.
The Quincy Whig announces a daily comic titled Keeping Up With the Joneses executed by Pop. It promises to be entertaining and attractive among new features for readers with more improvements to come. Watch for continued announcements of these features.
Washington reports Baron Erich Zwiedinek at the Austrian Hungarian embassy is conducting informal talks with Secretary Lansing toward an amicable settlement of the Italian steamship Ancona sinking dispute. The affair follows earlier German diplomacy after the Arabic incident, with Austria Hungary awaiting its next formal reply expected within a week.
London reports from Paris via the Telegraph that Sarah Bernhardt, aged 73, is near death. The famed actress has not recovered from last February’s leg amputation and has suffered repeated health declines including severe lung congestion noted on December 5.
Thomas Graves, an English actor known for character roles across Great Britain, died in his dressing room in Chicago after falling ill following his first act on stage. The sudden death occurred at a local theater during performance preparations.
Berlin reports from London note Dr. Karl Helffrich in the reichstag said taxes must rise. German papers split on timing, with Vorwaerts calling it a Christmas warning and Tageblatt urging immediate levy while cautioning life essentials won’t hit wartime households.
Washington dec 21 two Sherman act suits reach the supreme court one targeting the anthracite coal field in Pennsylvania and the other tied to labor troubles in the Arkansas coal fields. The govt appealed district court rulings partly sustaining AG contentions to dissolve alleged illegal combinations among railroad and coal interests. Dowd receiver for Coronado Coal Co and partners appealed Western Arkansas district court’s dismissal of a 1 283 000 claim against United Mine Workers and local unions for conspiracy in violation of the Sherman act.
New York a board of health decision allows sale of horse meat for food after January 1. Commissioner Emerson notes horses rarely carry disease and that the department does not oppose its use, adding that old horses will be fattened for meat instead of bones.
A Reuters dispatch reports a British submarine sunk the German steamer Leros and other vessels in the Sea of Mannora near London. The loss was confirmed by Athens dispatches. details on casualties or scale were not provided in the telegram.
In a crowded House of Commons speech Premier Asquith discusses the supplementary estimate to raise Britain's army from three to four million. He notes theatres now field 1,250,000 and signals the empire must mobilize its maximum. Nationalist leaders vow to oppose conscription with relentless effort.
Berlin reports the Reichstag backed a 16 trillion mark war credit with nine teen socialists voting no. Friedrich August and Karl Geyer argued against the measure while Friedrich Ebert urged support for the majority faction and praised their stance amid applause. Dr Solf denied German plans to attack Cape Colony and cited reduced Southwest Africa forces and meeting with Gen Botha underscoring British, not German, role in the Cape conflict.
Paris reports from the government tax office that the French wine crop of 1915 is about one third of 1914, totaling roughly 477,000 hogsheads. Old wine stocks stand around 185 million gallons as captured in official estimates.
At the annual stockholders meeting in Lansing Michigan on December 21 the Reo Motor Car company declared a 100 percent stock dividend. The capital stock was increased from 4 million to 10 million dollars and the directors were re elected along with the present officers.
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