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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
2
In the last national election the two candidates who advocated a protective tariff gathered a combined total a million and a quarter votes more than President Wilson. Their supporters will oppose Wilson in the next election, including millions made jobless by the Wilson tariff.
The piece argues that personal virtue shapes public influence, urging young men to live clean lives and think clean thoughts. It notes political reform as the President may replace unconfirmed appointees after a Congress adjourns, citing Mr. Rublee as an example, and mentions the comptroller of the treasury ruling that unapproved appointees cannot be paid from the U S treasury.
In Columbus, Senator Pomerene argued the tariff's merit citing last year's exports of 2.4 billion in manufactured goods, while omitting that gains were mainly in wartime materials and European workers on frontlines. The piece notes changes in the attorney general's office, Turner’s higher collections and opinions, and his declared focus on state business over political aims.
The Review of Reviews cites a ten year gain of forty million in Russia, predicting populations of 225 million or more. Vorwaerts notes Russia's rising government, agriculture, education, industry, and citizenship, praising staying powers, army achievements, and strong finances as signs of a formidable future.
The piece rails at political corruption and taxes, praising upright Republicans while criticizing a lax legislature. It notes a life sentence in Trinidad and contrasts it with Ohio loan shark reform. It cites a $15,000,000 fiscal year budget and criticizes past lump-sum appropriations enabling unchecked purchases and salaries without clear control.
Democrats aligned with Barnum face critique as a governor pushes a dandelion plan for the capital lawn. Farmers in the legislature criticized civil service caretakers for neglecting the yard, arguing the move could ease costs and benefit state finances under a Democratic administration.
The Lusitania, one of the fastest liners, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast near Kin sale. About 1,500 lives were lost. Survivors numbered 658 from 2,160 aboard. 505 landed at Queenstown, 11 at Kinsale, with others aboard a rescue steamer. US consul records 51 Americans saved of 188 aboard. many notable names not listed. British claim no armament. panic minimal. crew aided passengers. Lookouts and precautions noted.
Judge Worley ruled in favor of farmers in United States Coal Company versus Charles S Cole and John T Daugherty Wells township. The decision holds coal near the surface not included in deeds belongs to farmers, potentially benefiting over two hundred landowners who were overcharged for outcrop coal. A C Lewis represented the company while R G Pagter and Carl Bigger defended the farmers.
In Velverton Ohio a muskrat mother shelters her five young with three kittens beside her. A farmer recalls a March scene of a mother hen sheltering chicks under her wings. A rare sight as the pups and kitten nestle beside the brood under the hen’s shelter, a warm shared nest.
A rose hedge encircles a 30 acre orange grove near Los Takan California. The eight foot hedge forms a four foot top and features seven million two hundred thousand blooms. It showcases La France La Marque Henrietta and Papa Gontier varieties with a fragrance detectable miles away.
Smithfield Lodge I C O F was instituted on Saturday with about thirty members initiated in first second and third degrees. Odd Fellows attended from Toronto Steubenville Mingo Wellsburg Wheeling Mt. Pleasant New Alexandria and Piney Fork. Piney Fork and Jefferson lodges performed first degree work while Toronto lodge initiated second and third degrees. The new lodge began at the town hall before a well filled audience and shows promise of success.
Mrs Harry Bailey and her three children of East Liverpool canceled their Lusitania passage at the last moment, deeming the voyage unsafe. Mrs Bailey is the wife of Superintendent Bailey of the Homer Laughlin China Company in Newell West Virginia.
A wrench break at the Mingo mill left Dewitt Welday severely injured as seven men plus an iron bar struck him in the abdomen. He was taken to Ohio Valley hospital. Good Scheme Bellaire faces post-saloon disorder fallout with seventeen arrests for drunkenness. delinquents who cannot pay fines are set to work on the streets. Tolstoi’s prophecy stories discuss impending wars and a “mighty man of Right” to lead justice, with questions about America producing such a figure.
Mrs. Ella Brooks of Steubenville shares how five years of kidney trouble backache and weakness improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says seven boxes restored her health and she now enjoys good health. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
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