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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
1
Reports speculated that German forces were shifting east to west with Paris as a possible next target. The Argonne activity and Warsaw front were cited as aims for a drive toward Belgium and England, amid heavy artillery and Krupp guns redeployments to Poland as the German campaign continued.
The latest dispatches describe German Austrian forces pushing near Bukassewier and along the eastern front with selective gains and retreats. Allied countermeasures slow the push as observers monitor movements around Lemberg and Warsaw while Turkish positions face ground complications. Berlin presses calls for peace negotiations under a democratic banner, urging readiness to discuss borders and friendships with neighboring nations.
New York market event reports Erie Railroad disposing of four steamers built of steel for service on the Great Lakes. Two ships to enter coastwise trade and two for transatlantic routes, to be moved to New York. The sale follows Interstate Commerce Commission rulings affecting Great Lakes steamship service and lake traffic.
Reported in Washington on June 24 the Grand Army of the Republic planted badge symbols around the capitol area. Observers describe the towers of cedar and evergreen occupying the western siege of the capital as the most prominent features.
Paris June 26 Minister of War Millerand announced that the July 14 Bastille Day holiday will not include a review of Paris garrison troops. The change, due to wartime exigencies, marks a shift from the usual celebration feature.
New York reports a group of college men sailing to join relief service in the war. The largest unit, 35 graduates from Harvard Medical School and 75? courses, departs on the Holland-America steamer Noordam for three months. They plan to join a British army hospital unit and expect to begin work on July 4, with reassignment possible from Johns Hopkins or Cornell University in October.
In a brief sporting note, New York teams are cited with names like Foster, Shore, and Times. The fragment hints at scores and standings from the league, but details are incomplete and several words appear garbled.
Berlin June 24 The Social Democratic party in Germany publishes a full page appeal in Vorwaerts calling for peace under conditions that foster friendship with neighboring nations. It states strong opposition to conquest and annexation and urges Germany to initiate peace negotiations to end the bloody conflict. It also appeals to socialist comrades in other lands to influence their governments toward peace.
Red Cliffe Alberta June 24 rough estimate puts tornado damage at $590,000. No lives were lost but several persons were injured and property damaged across the town and surrounding area.
Tomorrow Partly cloudy with possible showers late tonight or Sunday. Warmer tonight. Temperature around 64 degrees. Highest yesterday and lowest last night not clearly stated. West to northwest breeze around 5 mph at 7 pm.
An official Turkish war office statement says patrols on the night of the 33rd surprised and destroyed an enemy party near Seddul Bahr. They captured rifles ammunition and other war booty and put their machine guns out of action.
Leavenworth June 24 Homer McCord known as the Kansas Bride Kidnapper and Frank Williams, inmates at Lansing state prison, escaped from the coal mine by a perilous 800 foot climb up an air shaft. They had been lowered in to replace decayed timbers. Wires were cut and telephone lines severed during the blackout. Williams robs Cherokee county. McCord jailed for white slave charges linked to the 1913 Iola case.
Be cause of the new seamen act effective Jan. 1 vessels of the Robert Dollar Steamship company are to be changed to British registry. The company announced today in San Francisco that the clause requiring American registry ships to carry crews with 75 percent sharing language with officers prompted the move. The Pacific Mail Steamship company also objects to the clause.
Chicago and other cities feel the impact as allied building interests order a city wide stoppage of work. James Pryor of the employers press committee says orders are being canceled and shipments halted. The shutdown will widen in a week with 160000 to 200000 workers potentially affected. A carpenter contractor, Herbert Ballou, was stabbed in a dispute over hourly wages. District president John A Metz says carpenters will not be swayed by the shutdown and will back union men. Ottawa reports Jacob N St Clair indicted for embezzling 7500 county funds.
Twenty three Serbian army reservists alleged to be U.S. citizens were seized by 15 U.S. deputy marshals as they left for London Ontario to join Allied troops. Police had to quell resistance when agents boarded the seven-coach train, delaying the departure by hours and leading to arrests amid a riot call.
London June 26 Alexander Kenealy editor of the London Daily Mirror died at 51 born in Sussex England devoted his life to journalism. He joined the New York Herald in 1852 and served on Rear Admiral Peary Arctic expedition. He later worked for the New York World and wrote The Preposterous Yankee under Montague Vernon Ponsonby.
London reports British air squadrons dropped bombs near Roulers Belgium causing a large ammunition depot blast and the death of 50 German soldiers loading an ammunition train, per a Central News dispatch from Rotterdam.
Italian driver Pario Resta won Chicago’s 500 mile speedway race setting new records while clocking 5 hours 7 minutes 8 seconds. Witnesses saw 80 000 fans as Resta surged early with Wilcox and Chandler retiring with breakdowns. Cooper led at 100 and 120 miles before Resta pulled ahead and established fresh speed records as the day’s event unfolded.
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended new proportional class rates to Iowa interior cities from Burlington to Muscatine and east of the Indiana Illinois line. The rates match those authorized in the Iowa cities case. Importers Ask Aid: About 1,000 American importers urged Secretary Lansing to aid bringing out their dyestuffs, potash and other American goods in Germany without British interference.
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