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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
1
The telegrams describe a German note to the United States seeking a favorable adjustment of the currency issue. Ambassador Gerard reported renewed hopes for cooperation, while German and Allied diplomats discussed possible compromises. Officials indicated no definitive accord and highlighted ongoing frictions between the nations.
Three men and three women were taken into custody by police amid accusations they led a satellite auto theft gang operating in the city for several months. The detainees, including N. Clark of Urtess and others, deny knowledge of the crimes and await further proceedings.
Testimony described Lusitania survivors and crew recounting torpedo impacts near the top deck while life belts were reportedly absent on upper levels. Captain Turner and Star Captain Anderson faced questions over lifeboat readiness, with witnesses noting women and children were moved and then ordered to reboard boats as the ship listed and sank.
The campaign reports German forces concentrate in Poland and Galicie while pushing back Russians near Bessarabia and Bukowina. Austrian and German units press in Galicia and Bukovina with decisive battle expected, as Petrograd notes Allied gains in northern France and Belgian fronts. The German submarine U-14 is reported sunk with crew captured by British forces.
June 17 Toledo edition reports Mrs Daniel, daughter of the late Samuel Fietés Phillipe and sister of Major John Priltigs, filed for divorce from her husband Daniel, claiming he is the wealthiest man in Oklahoma and citing disposition and failure to provide as principal allegations. she seeks custody of four children.
Cincinnati, Ohio June 17. After reporting her 11 year old daughter Elizabeth missing since Tuesday noon, Mrs. Mary Nolte found the body in her rear yard. The child was undressed and wrapped in a sheet. police believe she was abducted and killed after being given candy by a neighborhood man. The throat was cut.
New York police report a burglar shot and killed Barbara Cornelius, 25, in her East New York apartment. Cornelius, a merchant, led officers to the scene claiming the intruder killed his wife and a young man found dead with three bullet holes in his head. Officers questioned Cornelius for two hours but he did not alter his account.
New York June 17 reports say Atlantic coast steamship firms negotiate to purchase Great Lakes steamers. Erie railroad confirms it is considering offers to transfer some of its lake vessels. The shift follows an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that routes on the Great Lakes must be surrendered by December 15.
Six Hundred Marines aboard the flagship Colorado sail from San Diego to the Lower California coast to protect Americans in the Yaqui valley amid reports of Yaqui threats. Admiral Howard empowered to land troops if needed as tension rises with Carranza and Villa peace talks ongoing. Friedman acquitted in Williamsport graft case.
The forecast covers Rock and Beeteeees with showers tonight and Friday. Temperatures show a high yesterday of 75, a low of 49, wind at 7 am is 12 mph, humidity 65 percent at 7 pm, 81 percent at 7 am, and 45 percent at 1 pm. Stage of water 7.5 with a 3 inch fall in 34 hours. Astronomical notes list evening stars Mercury Saturn Mars and morning stars Jupiter Venus with Bootes crossing near 20:00.
Berlin reports a decisive battle formation along a 682 mile line from the Rawka river in central Russian Poland toward Warsaw. German Austrian forces press a decisive offensive with big results expected, while Russian defensive posture and possible impacts on Eastern Front cooperation are discussed by British observers. Additional reports note village occupations near Shavli, gains around the Niemen, and continued fierce fighting along the San and Dniester fronts with multiple German prisoners and artillery losses.
Chicago on June 17 reports Mayor Thompson moving to end four building trades strikes that have idled about 150 000 workers since April He seeks arbitration with 16000 striking carpenters and invites James Kirby head of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to Chicago for talks Local unions plan to meet the mayor today Other striking groups include 10000 painters 1200 structural iron workers and 900 joiners.
San Francisco report notes physicians at the National Eclectic Medical association condemned twilight sleep as a topic for discussion. A doctor familiar with the drug says brunettes tolerate it well, while blondes require only small doses to avoid danger. Also dated June 17, New Market England reports Snow Marten winning the New Oak Stakes, a wartime substitute for the Epsom Oaks, for three year old fillies.
Paris reports Henry Beach Needham American writer killed in a military aircraft crash. Native of Wyncote Pennsylvania born 1871 Brown University graduate 1894, joined New York Evening Post staff 1896. Earlier work covered labor and living conditions in the Mesaba region and on the Isthmus.
A severe hail storm hit near Ger Law, six miles north of Monmouth, Warren County, yesterday. A half mile by four mile strip suffered total crop damage as corn and grain were ruined and fruit trees stripped. Hail measured two inches deep two hours after the storm.
Tampa, June 17. Efforts to raise the capsized schooner Dona Christina, wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico two months ago, aim to recover the bodies believed to be in the cabin of Captain T. T. Parrish, his wife, baby, and crew, to clear up the mystery of their fate.
Sixty German exhibitors at the Panama Pacific exposition sent a letter to President C. C. Moore defending the superior jury of awards. They called the jury’s findings the most neutral neutral act in the United States. German exhibitors won five grand prize awards eight medals of honor and twenty two gold medals.
President Wilson issued an order designating Spirit Island, three miles south of Lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota, as a federal game preserve and breeding ground for native birds. The island will be known as Mille Lacs reservation.
A steel arch collapse on the east end of a new Cuyahoga river bridge killed one man and fatally wounded three others. Seven more were less seriously hurt as twenty workers were thrown about seventy feet to the ground during the incident in Cleveland Ohio on June 17.
The Star reports Athens telegram that a British submarine sank three Turkish transports loaded with troops near Nagara in the Dardanelles. Most troops and crews were drowned. Also noted: U-14 sunk with crew captured. Trafford torpedoed in St George's Channel. Ghent revolt report unconfirmed. Zeppelins could retaliate on Paris and London. Venizelos victory in Greece shocks German papers.
Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that Chancellor Reginald McKenna will introduce a new loan bill on Monday. Unofficial reports indicate the vote may reach about 1.75 billion dollars.
London reports that David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, will dispatch a prominent business man to America to negotiate American and Canadian war munitions contracts. He spoke in the House of Commons amid criticism that Canadian firms must deal through the J P Morgan Co.
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