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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1915
Page
4
President Wilson confronts two major troubles as of May 31. He will study Germany’s response to U S demands while pressing to halt Mexican internal warfare. Officials expect a swift note to Berlin and a cabinet review to follow.
May 31 report from Petrograd says Russian resistance to the Austro German push in Galicia remains stubborn following the Sieniawa victory. The right bank of the San River reportedly cleared for some distance, with about three thousand prisoners taken in the offensive. Attacks aim at Przemysl while German forces move in the Baltic provinces.
Four year old Jack Rudd was struck by a car driven by Miss Gladys Horne in Metcalfe Ga near the post office. The boy died eighteen minutes after the crash despite prompt medical aid. Jack Rudd, son of R R Rudd, was well known in the town and his death caused deep sorrow.
Delegates to the Pan American financial conference departed Washington for Annapolis to study American business methods. The itinerary lists Baltimore and New York City as subsequent stops on the eastern and western city tour.
Reports indicate a Russian defeat near the Dubysa River with Germans repulsed attempting river crossing. French and British forces claim gains in Pilheim and north of Arras while Germans halt attacks on Ypres. Italian and Austrian fronts show limited action with no major clashes yet. News from Dardanelles remains sparse with ship movements and no decisive breakthrough.
Washington reports indicate the Nebraskan was torpedoed near Fastnet after sailing from Liverpool toward the Delaware breakwater. Lieutenant Towers examined the vessel in Liverpool, with affidavits from Captain Green and crew. The flag was down at 8 10 p.m. and a white water streak preceded a powerful explosion. The full findings will be mailed to the State Department.
London May 31 German submarines have been unusually busy as the Foreign Office prepared its answer to the United States note on the Lusitania incident. In the past three days six ships of considerable size were sunk and six lives lost. The trans Atlantic liner Megantic narrowly escaped attack.
London reports note the German reply does not directly address the Lusitania question. The Manchester Guardian says war duration is uncertain and talks with the United States over submarine actions may drag on. The Westminster Gazette questions Germany’s plea that Lusitania carried ammo and notes aim to halt Megantic Saturday.
American editors vary in reaction to the German government reply. The New York World calls it evasive and insincere while the Tribune says it won’t satisfy public opinion. The New York Herald notes it fails to address civilian rights at sea, and the German Herald sees a peaceable intent.
A fragment notes Mrs A E Pickton of Colquitt County Georgia sending into the office a one pound sample, described as part of a crop from a quarter acre. The text suggests a county agricultural report or sample submission with minimal context.
The Georgia legislature may debate tightening laws to punish husbands who desert wives and abandon children. Advocates argue existing statutes punish petty crimes but not wife desertion, calling for new crimes with penalties similar to other felonies.
The United States cruiser North Carolina, which grounded in the outer harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, has been floated without damage. It has been ordered to report to home waters.
Atlanta May 31. Final efforts to save Leo M Frank from the death penalty began with a Georgia Prison Commission hearing on a commutation to life. New evidence included Mrs. Frank’s account of the night of April 26, 1913, and Judge L S Roan’s 1914 clemency letter noting uncertainty about Frank’s guilt and possible bias in the jury verdict.
Mobile headlines report Chief Justice John C. Anderson of the Alabama Supreme Court sending a letter to Governor John M. Slaton of Georgia seeking to commute Leo M. Frank’s death sentence for the Mary Phagan murder. Anderson cites public sentiment and weak witnesses and suggests life imprisonment to allow possible posthumous reconsideration.
A telegram from the Independent Order of the Sons of Israel in Boston asks President Wilson to use his good offices to secure commutation of Leo M. Frank's death sentence. Wilson took the request under advisement.
London May 31 official statements report a major Gallipoli engagement ending in a rout of Turkish forces. Turkish losses are at least two thousand while British casualties are around three hundred.
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