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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
2
Reported fragments describe German arms plant purchases and submarine parts built in English contracts via Canada. Legal action is hinted to block the sale, with potential government interposition over wartime welfare concerns amid strained Germany relations and McAdoo cabinet anxieties.
Washington dispatch reports British citizen P. Jones killed and an Englishman, a woman and a child wounded as two Villista units entered Tuxpam on Sunday night, according to Vice Consul Bevam in Tampico citing State Department authorities.
An armed clash shifts in the Ex-Aisne region as Allied and German forces clash with heavy fire. Reports describe advancing troops and counterattacks shaping the frontline situation amid ongoing operations.
New Brunswick New Jersey June 3 nine deputies charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing of two strikers at Roosevelt were sentenced to ten years in state’s prison.
Germany apologizes to the United States for sinking the Gulflight and promises full monetary reparation. Berlin admits the Gunfight was attacked by mistake and the submarine commander realized he had fired on an American ship after the torpedo was launched. Inquiry continues into an attack on the Cushing with a request for U.S. data to aid understanding.
Washington June 9 a Dutch envoy Jonkheer van Gheel Gildermeester arrived bearing German peace terms for President Wilson to transmit to allied powers. The proposals demand Belgium and northern France evacuated, Alsace Lorraine ceded, Africa colonies requisitioned, and German colonial restoration minus Kiautschau, with Japan to decide disposition. No official Wilson action anticipated without direct communication.
London reports five more vessels sunk by German submarines. The Belgian steamer Menapier went down with seventeen lives lost from twenty three aboard. Survivors from the Menapier were landed at Margate, one badly injured sent to hospital. The vessel sank within minutes after the torpedo struck.
New York June 7 a bankruptcy petition in federal court filed by the National Incinerator company of 101 Park Avenue admits John D Rockefeller is owed 8 50 and lists 38000 in liabilities to others.
Ambassador Sharpe in Paris notified Washington that France will maintain a joint blockade of the Asia Minor coast with Britain. The move signals a coordinated naval measure affecting the region and shows Allied pressure on maritime routes.
Russian schooner Adolf was sunk with the loss of two crew members. Four survivors were landed at Leith after the incident.
Michigan Elks vote in Grand Rapids to hold the 1916 reunion at Sault Ste. Marie. Officers elected include Charles Cartier as president and Julius Ippel June Forward C B Riley and others with George Bostwick as secretary and Charles Mayworth as treasurer. A banquet honored officers and delegates while a separate event saluted visiting ladies.
Michigan Moose wrapped its fourth annual convention in Detroit highlighting a smokeless smoker act. Nearly equal gender turnout enjoyed Moose talent, with reels from Mooseheart near Chicago showing training for about two hundred orphans. Carl H. Sorensen lectured, an Olympia Four troupe performed, and Bert Hall led a banjo number. Officers for the upcoming year were installed by Miss Callaghan, with Frank Sheldon named dictator and other posts filled across Kalamazoo Saginaw Jackson Flint Reed City Bay City Dowagiac Hawley Port Huron.
Governor Ferris granted clemency to four paroles. Steve Barthowiak from Wayne county was sent to Michigan state prison for breaking and entering with a term of seven and a half to fifteen years. Gerald Cross from Clinton county faces three years eleven months to seven years ten months on a statutory charge. Joseph Hessenius from Wexford county has two to five years for larceny. Curtis Blosser from Wexford county received two to five years on a statutory charge. Clemency was recommended by the pardon board. Four agricultural fair commission members were named: Robert D. Graham, J. W. Dickinson, Grant Slocum, and Joseph H. Brewer.
The Michigan Pioneer and Historical society, wrapping up its forty first Lansing session, decided future addresses should be shorter as program overlap and length caused trustees to miss elections. Officers to be elected later, with Clarence E. Bement as president and plan to hold annual meetings in May or June. A separate plan aims to wage a state wide fight against hog cholera, with 18 counties represented and new livestock sanitary law guiding reporting and quarantine actions.
At a special board of auditors meeting contracts for two years were given to Beecher Peck and Levis of Detroit Dudley Paper of Lansing Silint Bros Everard of Kalamazoo Union Paper and Wine of Detroit for paper. Stationery split among Ihling Everard Kalamazoo Allen Printing Lansing Northrup Poubertson Carrier Remington Detroit Dudley Lansing. Lithographing to Dickinson Bros Grand Rapids Embossing to Ihling Bros Everard Kalamazoo. Lighting of the capitol not awarded. Lansing municipal plant had supplied power. this year Michigan Power underbid the city.
A state wide drive seeks a motion picture censorship board, to be promoted by the City Federation of Woman's Clubs in Saginaw. All state clubs will be urged to back the plan and seek a local ordinance. The drive aims to mirror Ohio's board and push city censorship in Saginaw. A suffrage committee from all clubs was chosen to gear up for the statewide convention in Saginaw next fall.
Ray Cole, an Ann Arbor businessman, traveled to Lansing with relatives to see the University of Michigan versus Agricultural College game. He arrived late after driving up Main Street at high speed, drawing a citation and leaving 13.25 dollars for fines.
An account from Brazilian mountain Indians living near the Brazil British Guiana border, per Dr. William C. Farabee of the University of Pennsylvania, describes a creation myth centered on a world tree that bore many fruits. The tale recounts Tumin kar and his brother Dawid, the creation of humanity, and the warning that humans must plant and work for food after the tree is cut down. a rock stump, said to be the original tree, was shown to explorers and photographed.
Gas companies argue gas lighting cleans air by heat convection and antiseptic flame byproducts. Electric advocates counter that electric lamps do not pollute airflow. Dr. Ahlborn reports in Munich that a 57 m3 room with ventilation saw bacteria drop 24 percent per hour, and with three gas flames 40 percent. The Journal of the American Medical Association calls the difference marginal for hygiene relevance.
President Van Buren labeled the Kinderhook Fox and urged Prince John to avoid political writing by travel. Yet politicians still write letters that survive attempts to burn them, creating publicity from otherwise private notes.
Seattle Washington adopted a waste disposal method that converts garbage into fertile land. The city dumped refuse on swampy ground near the limits, sprayed antiseptic solution to prevent decay, covered it with porous sand, and sowed grass seed to create a highly fertilized plot rather than a useless swamp.
A witty exchange features the judge declaring there is no such thing as luck, followed by a retort about upsetting an empty inkstand. The brief dialogue captures a moment of courtroom humor with a sharp remark on chance and preparation.
A compact mid century notice describes holdings and prosperity in western Canada. The speaker notes ownership of three quarter sections with livestock, multiple crops, and strong yields. Health and climate claims are added, ending with a cautious sales inquiry and a quip about marriage prospects.
Philadelphia woman describes severe side pains and backache that kept her from standing. After taking six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports relief and urges other suffering women to try it. Also a Providence woman attests to the remedy's efficacy and shares her experience publicly.
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