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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
1
British official statement reports gains against Turkish trenches east of Saghir Dere with five lines captured and three lines stormed to the west. Troops of the 29th Division and Gurkhas pushed to Krithia heights, aided by Australian demonstrations and heavy artillery.
Washington June 30 The department of commerce announced a billion dollar trade balance for the fiscal year ending midnight, the largest in American history. Eleventh month figures ending May show an excess of exports over imports surpassing 10 000 000 000, aided by foodstuffs while manufacturing and crude materials lag. The inward flow of gold accelerated, with May imports at 31 136 311 against 1 972 411 in May 1914, signaling payments for American exports. (Continued on page 2)
President Wilson learned tonight of the sinking of the Dominion liner Armenian by a German submarine and the reported loss of several Americans. He will wait for full information before deciding on a course, promising a thorough investigation. He refrained from official comment, maintaining his plan to stay in Washington over July 4. He was kept indoors by drizzle, golfed in the morning with Dr. Cary Grayson, and spent the afternoon in study on official business.
Miss Genevieve Clark daughter of Speaker Champ Clark wed James M. Thomson editor of the New Orleans Item at the Clark home Honey Shuck Lawn. Ceremony under a pergola with Lohengrin march. guests include prominent political and newspaper figures. The town celebrated with flags, cakes, and gifts from national leaders and officials. The couple departed for an undisclosed honeymoon trip north.
El Paso dispatch reports General Francisco Villa has retaken Lagos after days of fighting. Miguel Diaz Lombardo, Villa foreign affairs minister, said Villa announced the victory in a message. Villa attacked Carranza forces under General Hill from San Felipe and Dolore Hidalgo.
Burlington Iowa voters approve a tax and franchise for a Mississippi River wagon bridge in a landslide. Women voters backed the tax proposal amid a strong suffrage driven campaign, receiving substantial credit for the victory.
London report states the Archbishop of Canterbury urged short ejaculatory prayers as a Christian antidote to the German phrase Gott Strafe England at a public gathering in June. The call frames prayer as morale aid amid tensions with Germany.
Three more arrests tied to conspiracy to violate U.S. neutrality laws were reported, totaling six since Huerta’s detention. Gen. Marcelo Caraveo and the Alderete brothers face charges, with bonds set at 5000 and 4000 dollars respectively, while Hor ta’s case and others await preliminary hearing amid Juarez and El Paso uncertainties.
Armed men were sent from Phoenix to Ray 120 miles away as 1,500 Mexican workers at Ray Consolidated Mining Co strike for higher wages after reports of a possible Mexican war. No violence reported as workers quit following Vera Cruz dispatches about a Carranza official declaring possible war.
ROCHESTER N Y June 30 Up to a late hour tonight no radical change had been noted in the condition of Archbishop Quigley of Chicago who lies almost at the point of death in the home of his brother Joseph A Quigley chief of police of Rochester A gradual though scarcely perceptible weakening which tended to confirm physicians earlier statements that the end was near was noticed The archbishop's Chicago physician Dr T J Conley arrived today and joined Rochester physicians in the vigil Dr Joseph R Culkin one of the Rochester physicians announced officially that the archbishop was suffering from a stroke of paralysis that two operations had been performed to relieve pressure on the brain and that a portion of the archbishop's body was paralyzed He said the patient might linger for several days or that sudden disturbance of the brain might bring death instantaneously The archbishop rouses from unconsciousness periodically sufficiently to recognize members of the family but has not attempted to speak in several hours Telegrams came today from Monsignor John Bonzano apostolic delegate to America in Washington Archbishop Edward J Hanna formerly of Rochester in San Francisco and from Rev M J Fitzsimmons of Chicago vicar general of the diocese who has charge of its affairs during the archbishop's illness
San Francisco June 30 The United States submarine H-3, which ran aground near Point Sur, was floated at high tide late today. Earlier reports saying she was undamaged were confirmed by radio to local naval authorities as she proceeds to San Francisco. She left San Diego day before yesterday.
Washington June 30 A brief navy department note says submarine H-3 ran aground near Point Sur but has no leaks and faces no immediate danger. The tender Cheyenne was proceeding to assist.
San Francisco June 30 A federal inquiry into Allied recruitment on the Pacific coast seeks records from Thomas Cook and Son. U S District Attorney John W Preston asked the firm to disclose books detailing transportation arrangements for more than 200 men. No culpability assigned to the agency.
Seattle June 30 The United States district attorney's office intimated that the schooner Annie Lutsen, which has wandered the North Pacific since March with a cargo of ammunition, was chartered in connection with a Mexican revolutionary movement that led to the arrests of General Victoriano Huerta and others in El Paso, Texas.
Reports to the United States describe chaotic conditions in Mexico City with mobs looting stores and food amid a Zapatista advance near the capital. Gonzalez’s forces resist as reinforcements expected, about 25,000 Zapatistas boxed in. foreigners not targeted. Dispatches forwarded to President Wilson and Secretary Lansing outline deteriorating communications and planned actions before Carranza’s forces’ attack.
London dispatch reports Austrian Generals Dankl and Rohr withdrawn from Italian field operations by order of the emperor after failing to counter Italian surprise attacks at key points. Reinforcement of Austrian forces on the Italian front is noted as they shift to a defensive posture.
Do Minion freight liner Armenian, flying the British flag and carrying mules from Newport News Va to England, was torpedoed off Cornwall by German submarine U-38. Twenty-nine lives total lost. twenty Americans missing or unaccounted for, eight whites and twelve negroes. Officials seek full details from London and Admiralty as consular reports promise more clarity.
Springfield, June. Governor Dunne vetoes the omnibus appropriation bill totalling 422,650. The action cuts dozens of agency budgets including the secretary of state 23,000 the state auditor of public accounts 48,000 and the department of food commission 43,000. Other trimmed items include the museum of natural history 1,500 the highway commission 5,000 and the state treasury 20,000. The veto also targets the industrial board 24,000 the efficiency and economy commission 25,000 and the state water survey 9,500.
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