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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1915
Page
2
British and French Mediterranean fleets with air support launched early attacks on the Dardanelles forts Saturday. Reports from Athens and Turkish sources conflict regarding damage and casualties while three ships reportedly suffered hits. The confrontation marks a major Allied attempt to force the strait.
San Francisco marked the opening of the Panama Exposition with a planned hour of noise. Fort salutes boomed, church bells rang, streetcar bells clanged, police whistles blew, sirens sounded, factories and fire apparatus blew whistles, and buses, steamers, and locomotives blew whistles as newsboys rang doors.
Millionaire Harry Chandler assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Times and Walter Bowker manager of the California-Mexican Land & Cattle company were indicted by a federal grand jury. They allegedly conspired to violate U S neutrality by recruiting men and gathering supplies on American soil for a campaign in Lower California. Baltasar Aviles and General Viljoen were named in earlier indictments.
A German submarine appeared in the Irish sea Saturday morning and torpedoed the British steamer Chamback of 1990 tons. Three crew members were killed and a fourth drowned as they abandoned ship. The attack was the day’s sole incident linked to the German blockade of the British Isles.
The steamer Batis has sailed from New York for Belgium carrying 6 848 tons of relief food from about thirty states. The largest item is 1 000 tons of flour shelled corn from Iowa. Donations also came from Porto Rico and Honolulu. The cargo includes the most single packages shipped by the commission to date, totaling 20 000 items.
Mexican murderer Juan Gonzales, linked to Omaha detective Ring case, was killed when he emerged from a haystack near a creek east of Scribner. A sheriff’s party pursued him after a skirmish that involved about seventy five shots, complicating efforts to convict Joe Cantona captured at Norfolk.
Western Newspaper Union reports German answer to the American warning note raises concerns among U S officials. Despite a friendly tone the note disclaims responsibility for events affecting neutral vessels in the danger zone, underscoring the risk of further complications.
Paris dispatch reports a German airship bombarded Calais on Monday morning killing five civilians. The craft dropped bombs near St Omer and Hazenbrouck Dunkirk railroad lines, causing minor damage, with train service quickly restored after two incendiary blasts hit village dwellings.
Five Indians and one white man are killed, another white man wounded, and six Indians captured after a clash between Piute fighters and a posse pursuing Tse-Ne-Get in the Durango region. Wickups burned. Mancos Jim the Ute chief urged surrender to spare women and children.
Congress debates repealing the old Spanish war tax on mixed corn and wheat flour to boost breadstuff supply and lower prices. The Ways and Means Committee will review Representative Vollmer’s bill, with a companion Senate measure. experts expect flour costs to drop and supply to rise, as corn-state members push the proposal.
The British foreign office says the Lusitania raised the American flag on a New York to Liverpool voyage to save noncombatants. It notes American passengers asked for the flag but Britain did not advise the company and the ship sailed from Liverpool under the British flag.
Democratic and Republican leaders reach a gentleman's agreement to send the ship purchase measure to conference by February 28. Appropriation bills must pass within ten days to avoid an extra congressional session, while the ship bill faces possible filibuster on March 4.
Paris the chamber of deputies resumed the fight against alcohol with a debate on prohibiting new barrooms and liquor selling establishments. A motion to postpone was voted down as many deputies were at the front, with Minister Malvy urging immediate discussion. The majority favored prohibition.
Delegates at the United States Live Stock Sanitary association convention in Chicago agree extermination is the only solution to the foot and mouth disease outbreak. Speakers from eighteen states describe methods used to wipe out the epidemic and J. J. Ferguson urges prompt slaughter of infected cattle.
S. A. R. in Omaha elected H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln as president at a Monday meeting. Offiers include F. H. Richards of Fremont as senior vice president and C. E. Adams of Omaha as junior vice president. Board of managers lists J. Bowlby Crete Walton G. Roberts Lincoln E R Gurney Fremont H A Lindly Lincoln E E B Carroll Hebron and J M Bannister Omaha.
Congress moves to approve a total near 90 million dollars daily for eleven days to fund the next year. The senate spent the day on a 388 million dollar appropriation bill covering legislative and other branches. The house passed a 164 million dollar pension measure and started a 4.5 million dollar diplomatic and consular bill.
A Sunday blaze devastated the Register and Leader plus the Des Moines Tribune plant in Des Moines. The morning and afternoon papers ceased after the fire, with losses estimated over 200000 dollars, most of which is insured.
Washington faced growing strain as Catholic church authorities asked the U S government to intercede. The request centers on 180 priests allegedly jailed in Mexico City by General Obregon for refusing to donate funds for the poor.
Mrs. Gus. H. Carlsen of On tonville Minnesota says she always keeps Peruna in the house. She notes using Peruna when feeling unwell and during prior winters when the grip ran through the household, calling Peruna the best remedy for grip or colds.
A garbled gossip note references Miss Goldig and a rake, joking about her marriage and a man disposing of her money with a shovel. The fragment hints at social intrigue but no verifiable events or names beyond Miss Goldig.
An advertisement asserts meat causes uric acid buildup injuring kidneys and triggering back pain. It promotes Jad Salts from grape and lemon juice acids with lithia as a safe, inexpensive tonic to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues.
In spite of money talking some still crave relief for coughs and tickles. The note urges readers to seek fast help from doctors and druggists with assurances of effectiveness. It reflects a period tone promoting medicinal remedies and pharmacist guidance.
Massachusetts suffrage supporters celebrate a 196 to 33 House passage of the proposed woman suffrage amendment. It will go to voters at the November election after prior approval in the legislature.
A cavern of ore rich in gold and platinum values was recently penetrated in the North rup-Nast mine area in the Douglas creek district south of Laramie Wyoming. The discovery was kept quiet prior to disclosure.
Eight coal miners were killed and six injured in a gas explosion at Lehigh Valley Coal's Prospect colliery in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. The blast occurred in the Red Ash mine about two miles from the shaft when a pocket of feed gas behind a coal wall ignited by naked lights. Two injured were expected to die.
Burglars broke the front door lock of the Latter Day Saints church in Nebraska City last week and rifled two secret drawers stealing Christmas and birthday offerings. The altar was damaged. this marks the second burglary at the church in the past year.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Nordyka struck a mine near Bornholm island in the Baltic and sank with all crew drowned.
The body of Frank James formerly an outlaw who died near Excelsior Springs Missouri will be cremated in St Louis and ashes kept in a local safety deposit vault. No religious service will be held at the funeral on his farm. John F Phillips a former federal judge who defended James will deliver the funeral address.
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