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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
2
The item notes complaints from Packers that a trade collapse is near as meat shipments are held up. A Nebraska doctor opposes eugenics alongside coverage of war conditions and Russian casualties, with Daily Mail reporting millions of ammunition rounds found to be rubbish at the front.
In Oakland California during the national conference on race betterment Dr C F Ballard of Havelock Neb argued that love should allow marriage regardless of eugenics. Yale professor Irving Fisher countered that physically or mentally defective individuals should not marry even if they are in love.
Washington reports say American packers renew protests to the state department over British interference with trade to neutral European nations. They seek a rejoinder to British notes to affirm rights to engage in European commerce. They claim European trade is paralyzed and cable orders suspended, harming shipments via European agents.
Major General Funston commands border troops and orders a four-gun light battery to reinforce the Twelfth Infantry and one troop of the Tenth Cavalry at No. It will depart with 160 men seventy animals and 4000 rounds of shrapnel and explosive shells plus ten days rations.
London newspapers urge the British government to adopt steel helmet and simple breast armor for troops in France and Flanders. France Russia and Germany have tested such gear with France recently adopting a light steel helmet inspired by medieval headpieces for armored men.
A Berlin letter reports Emperor Wilhelm II has personal war losses around $20 million. The decline stems mainly from devalued stocks in shipping and manufacturing firms in which he holds large investments.
London reports suggest Russians may be evacuating Kovno in Lithuania, though official statements claim they still hold the city. Kovno, capital of the government of Kovno, is a first class fortress near Ossowetz, forty to fifty miles from Warsaw and the Baltic region, with Ossowetz also heavily fortified to the northwest.
The report notes refugees seeking aid at the American consulate as a flying squad of government commercial scouts prepares the way for an American invasion of world markets. Dr E E Pratt leads plans to send agents to South America Africa Australia and the Far East to study markets for agricultural implements furniture and apparel. Special agents will report to American manufacturers as the investigation spans nearly a year. The piece also covers German advances in Warsaw as Bavarian troops seize the city with von Hindenburg's forces driving toward the northeast front.
Berlin dispatch says the forts of Warsaw have fallen virtually undamaged to German forces while Ivangorod defenses were destroyed by Russians before retreat. Garrisons evacuated, carrying away much of Warsaw’s war stores and munitions for Polish front armies.
Washington reports a definite plan for handling the Mexican problem with a pan American conference in New York to ratify the program. Representatives from the United States and several Latin American nations expect to push a peace path and restore constitutional government in Mexico as popular support grows to end the war.
Washington plans a joint message from North and South American powers calling for peace and constitutional government in Mexico. The appeal, prepared at the state department conference with six top Pan American diplomats and Secretary Lansing at President Wilson's invitation, targets all Mexican leaders but focuses on General Carranza and his followers who oppose another peace meeting.
Hundreds of Warsaw refugees arrive in Moscow daily with little money or subsistence. The American consulate and an enlarged staff provide temporary relief while a Russian relief commission is organized. Refugees say most Warsaw residents stayed, believing Germans would take the city, leaving only about 15 percent to flee, which helped maintain order.
Washington reports record or near record potential yields for crops with three billion bushels of corn and one and a half billion oats and a billion bushels of wheat. Other crops rye potatoes tobacco and rice also strong. Acres planted total about 810 646 000 up from last year. Wheat could exceed 1 billion dollars and corn may reach 2.5 billion.
London reports arrangements completed for exchanging incapacitated Russian and German prisoners of war. A steamer is chartered to sail the Baltic to Sasanitz carrying 300 men per ship, with the exchange train and Russian prisoners due to begin next month.
Washington reports that twelve federal reserve banks earned 918 588 dollars against 894 177 expenses from November 16 1914 to June 30. Five banks exceeded expenses Richmond Atlanta Dallas New York and Chicago with Richmond achieving the best 7 5 percent return while St Louis had a 6 4 percent deficit. Banks may pay up to 6 percent dividends but none planned. About 60 percent of earnings came from note discounts.
Reports claim Italy is negotiating a $50 million loan on the New York money market to cover expenses including munitions and other American exports. No official confirmation or details are available.
Eagle Nebraska reports A C Jameson of Council Bluffs was injured when his parachute failed during a descent. He dropped 150 feet, landing in a garden where his feet sunk into the soft earth.
Emperor Yoshihito authorized Premier Okuma to withdraw his resignation and form a reconstructed cabinet. Count Okuma faces difficulty filling the foreign minister post with Kato’s replacement, as Motono Viscount Chinda and Count Inouye have declined the portfolio.
Five American ranchmen were wounded in a clash with Mexican bandits at Norias ranch ten miles north of Lyford Cameron county Texas. Two ranchmen were seriously hurt and Mexican casualties were not confirmed. A telephone message from Norias reported the fighting between Texas rangers, American ranchers, and the band.
Constantinople reports the Turkish battleship Kheyr El Din Barbarossa, formerly German Kurfuret Friedrich Wilhelm, of 900 tons, sunk by an Entente submarine. A majority of officers and crew were saved according to an official Turkish government statement.
Washington report states that Mexico City inhabitants must surrender arms to the Carranzistas under threat of death. The instruction also extends to foreigners, with the state department advised of the emplaced policy.
Denver Colorado Judge Ben Lindsey was found guilty of contempt by District Judge John Perry. Sentence was deferred until Lindsey returns from the east. The case stemmed from his refusal to disclose a claimed confidential conversation with 12 year old Neal Wright, whose testimony related to the acquittal of his mother Bertha Wright on murder charges.
The Bourse Gazette cites an unimpeachable source that the German emperor proposed peace to Russia last week via the king of Denmark. Russia replied that peace negotiations could not be raised at the present time.
Juan Ortega of the diplomatic corps in Mexico City has been ordered to leave by Carranzista authorities. Through Brazilian ambassador J M Cardoso de Oliveira an intercession granted a delay, and expulsion did not take effect until Monday morning. Carranzistas accuse Ortega of pernicious political activity and alleged aid to rebel Chiapas states via the government of Guatemala.
An advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and ointment as superior for cleansing and soothing hands. It invites a free trial by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Department XY in Boston, noting the product sells everywhere.
In Sunday school Little Jessie refuses to sing I Want to Be an Angel saying she does not want to because of the tarp and she has had trouble with piano lessons. The teacher questions her reply.
A London Tit Bits joke recalls an Em. A. schoolteacher asking pupils about patriotism. One boy answers a test question with Locomotives, citing the public send off of a local regiment at the railway station as motive for war.
A reader notes a hawk soaring with surprising resemblance to a modern aircraft, remarking on its flight as if an advanced aeroplane. The observation appears in the Ohio State Journal.
A witty remark questions what would happen if women vanished from commerce noting that nine tenths of dry goods stores would fail without them highlighting gender roles in business culture.
A testimonial notes heart trouble relieved by stopping coffee and switching to Postum. The speaker says friends also quit coffee and found Postum favorable, praising two forms Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with brewing guidance and pricing details.
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