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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1915
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports a $20,000,000 value of fed Belgian foodstuffs and Italian Alpine troops called to colors for 45 days for infantry and 60 days for officers. The Alpine force includes eight regiments of infantry, two mountain batteries, heavy and fortress artillery units. Villa forces threaten to shell town.
Brownsville officials fear Villa forces will reduce Matamoros defenses by artillery after a costly assault. Stray bullets injured two in Brownsville during the initial bombardment. Villa losses were 100 killed and 400 wounded. Carranza losses 10 killed and 45 wounded.
A London financial report from the American commission for relief in Belgium states twenty million dollars in food has been delivered since operations began. Nineteen million dollars of food is en route or stored for later shipment. Eight and a half million dollars came from benevolent contributions and the remainder from banking arrangements organized by the commission.
Washington officials indicate the German commerce destroyer Prinz Eitel Friedrick will be interned at Newport News within days. A government time limit on repairs nears expiration and Commander Thierichens will be ordered to set sail within 24 hours of notification.
LincolnNebraska lawmakers expect current session appropriations to be under the 8.1 million dollars posted two years earlier. Final figures depend on senate-house decisions and conference committee revisions. The house has sent 25 bills totaling 4.442 million, with seven signed by the governor and carrying 328 thousand dollars.
The twenty second annual meeting in Lincoln ends with officers chosen. President is R R McGee of Syracuse T, vice president W L Craw of Falls City, secretary Frances Chatburn Tecumseh, treasurer Harold Mulligan Lincoln. Executive committee includes McGee ex officio J A Doremus Auburn and S E Clark Hebron.
Berlin milk dealers urge the board of trade to enforce price agreements and curb farmer use of skimmed milk for hog feed. They seek lower freight rates and insist farmers honor prior deals to avert a looming milk famine. Reports from Washington praise Red Cross doctors and nurses aiding Serbia amid plague. volunteers head to Gevgelia to assist Americans.
The British liner Falaba was torpedoed in the St George's Channel with about 160 passengers and a 90 crew. 140 rescued, eight died later. The Aquila lost 23 crew and all passengers. In Persia, Kurdish uprisings threaten a Christian massacre near Urumiah, with U.S. and Turkish officials seeking protection for missionaries and refugees and assurances of aid from Istanbul.
Rear Admiral Moore reports the missing submarine F-4 has been located in fifty fathoms of water off Honolulu. Twenty one crewmen were aboard, and hope for their survival is largely abandoned as details are not yet released. The vessel was designed to withstand about fifty fathoms depth, around 300 feet.
The American flag over John B. McManus's home in Mexico City was torn and dragged down by Zapata soldiers who murdered McManus and looted the house two weeks ago. Secretary Bryan released dispatches noting reparation request from Zapata authorities but no reply yet.
London reports show 1,800 British prisoners and 18,000 German casualties as official figures. Rumor places total British losses around 13,000 for the momentum gain about a mile of ground. Casualty lists already show about 300 officers named from the engagement.
Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Saphe Williams reports four months use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash cured long standing female ailments. She credits relief from pain and weakness and endorses contacting Pinkham’s clinic for confidential advice.
The report mentions ornamental stock for the Oh Joy silver mine and notes that the last stock item was sold for use as wallpaper. No further details on prices or quantities are provided.
Despair in the Honolulu harbor search eased when divers found that chains from the dredger California were not attached to the missing submarine F-4. Instead the debris turned out to be an old anchor from the battleship Oregon.
Chicago reports strong indications that the 1915 wheat crop will break all U S records, though expert B W Snow warns estimates are guesswork. He notes a potential 900 million bushel crop but cautions weather and harvest timing could yield as low as 500 million.
Washington senator Pomerene of Ohio, once a strong advocate for a 1916 presidential primary, now says Congress has no power to provide for a presidential primary and that only a constitutional amendment or state action can decide the issue. He spoke after discussions with President Wilson, who pushed for a primary law in his annual message to Congress.
Rioting and executions mark Yaqui Indian control of Sonora capital. Governor Maytorena remains prisoner in the state palace as rebels hold the city. Efforts to rally other tribes continue with runners visiting settlements nearby.
The American submarine F-4, submerged at 9 15 a m Thursday two miles off Honolulu harbor, had not surfaced by nightfall and was reported located at 120 fathoms. Grappling attempts failed and no signals were heard, raising fears that tanks may have burst and crew suffocated by fumes.
The three day Nebraska Press association meeting in Omaha runs April 19 to 21. C C Johns announces a pioneers session with talks by veteran editors and a medal awarded to the oldest editor or publisher in the state.
A Reuters report from Copenhagen says red posters reading bread or peace appear in Schleswig Holstein Hamburg and Lübeck towns. Police remove them but no arrests of organizers have been made, per Wogens on the German frontier.
General Villa begins the attack on Matemoras opposite Biosasctic Te as the key border town. Control would grant disputed influence along the Texas frontier. After Piedras Negras loss, Nuevo Laredo and Matemoras remain as ports with a small garrison at Nuevo Laredo.
Washington reports two Civil War nurses now living in Nebraska honored among 282 women nurses at the Red Cross memorial dedication. Clarissa E. Hobbs of Omaha and Mary L. Parker of Columbus are named among the honorees.
London reports strong medical opposition to war office rationing of alcohol for troops. A dozen leading physicians sign a petition urging Britain to imitate Russia and abolish all spirit sales for the war duration.
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