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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
3
President Wilson vetoes the immigration bill citing radical departures from traditional policy. He argues the literacy tests and restrictions would close doors to asylum seekers and alter the nation’s humane approach, urging party platforms to reflect public will before any passage.
Dispatches from Geneva report Gen Paul Pau of France will command a Russian army in Warsaw. Berlin dispatch claims German authorities arrested and interned British colonists in Hamburg, except Australians, in Rubleben.
Jerome, long seen as Harry K. Thaw’s nemesis, was removed from his post as special deputy attorney general of New York by Attorney General Woodbury. The dismissal ends Jerome’s role in efforts to return Thaw to the Matteawan asylum and signals the case will be handled by the AG’s office.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. faced a sharp rebuke from John R. Lawson of the United Mine Workers at a federal industrial relations hearing. Lawson accused the Rockefeller foundation of substituting philanthropy for justice and cited Colorado mine violence, hunger, and displacement as evidence of UMW claims.
In Bechuanaland Boer rebels press resistance despite claims of crush in South Africa. At Upington on the Aranje river on Sunday six Union force members killed and 23 wounded while rebels lose nine killed and many wounded. One hundred twenty five rebels in German uniforms captured. Commandant Stadler, the rebel commander, has died.
Berlin January 8 amnesty decree issued on the Kaiser's birthday pardons soldiers under discipline and those fined or sentenced to six months or less by court martial. The measure also cancels investigations against active duty personnel for civilian offenses prior to mobilization.
Reports from Switzerland state Germany and Austria mobilize along the Italian border amid war preparations. Berlin may denounce the triple alliance and demand Italy’s neutrality, with Italy ready to act swiftly. Beobachter notes Italy fields about 3 million troops, evenly split between training camps and frontier garrisons in Milan and Venice.
A London dispatch states the British armored merchant vessel Vikner was sunk off Ireland. The crew of 258, including 24 Royal Naval Reserve men from Newfoundland, perished. The Admiralty confirms all aboard are dead.
Readable items note extreme cold in Petrograd and 42 degrees below zero, Tabriz fortified by German engineers, Senator Lewis rested after indigestion, General Noriel and aids hanged for 1913 murder, and a strong earthquake felt in Turkey or Greece per West Bromwich seismograph.
President Wilson cables Emperor William on his sixth birthday offering felicitations and best wishes for welfare. In Europe reports note German advances in Flanders with Passchendaele captured. The Kaiser’s birthday is marked in Berlin and Amsterdam dispatches report military events.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture will reimburse stock owners whose cattle died in the foot-and-mouth disease campaign. President Wilson provided 2 500 000 dollars through the urgent deficiency bill to support the effort.
New York reporters say the Bronx county grand jury indicted Ida Sunfen Rogers on two counts of murder for poisoning her two children with bichloride of mercury. She was hospitalized in Lebanon in a critical condition and a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.
Dispatches from Cairo report two Turkish columns marching toward the Suez Canal with 129000 troops under Djemal Pasha and a German corps, within two miles of the waterway as of Wednesday. Separate Yonkers court notes reveal Paul Gilbert sentenced for assault, his son Frank age twelve convicted of robbery, and another son William convicted of truancy on game day.
Petrograd reports Russian forces seize Pilkallen East Prussia after heavy shelling. Garrison retires with 800 women children and aged survivors from a 6000 population. Ludwig and Bavarian war minister Krag visit Bavarian troops on the Western Front in a two week tour.
The Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday favored the Fletcher substitute for ship purchase financing and rejected the Lodge amendment barring purchase of interned belligerent ships. The Fletcher plan would create a DC based shipping corporation with a board including the secretary of commerce and the treasury, plus three others, subscribing at least 51 percent of stock through a national shipping board. Alabama Bank in Trouble in Birmingham reports the Jefferson County Savings Bank holds 656 021 deposits and faces state banking department action after a suspension due to slow paper work.
Frank T. Gray ford a wealthy Yale graduate and son in law of the late Luther Laflin Mills killed himself by leaping from the third floor of his Chicago residence. Despondency due to illness was given as the cause.
A Copenhagen dispatch claims an assassination attempt occurred days ago near Patras against King Constantia of Greece. The report appears in the Exchange Telegraph service and cites sources in London.
Reports state Captain Claude Casindr Perisi, son of a former French president, has been made a prisoner by General von Krick's forces near Solssong, according to dispatches received yesterday.
Thirty years after leaving Wisconsin, Colonel Jolmaon built a vast farming enterprise in Gregory County and became a bank president. He extols Selzer's Alfalfa seed from John A Salzex Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, claiming high yields and strong hay value. The ad promotes a large seed catalog with alfalfa oats cabbage and vegetables, inviting mail orders and six sample packages. It also mentions an All-Star cast quote about Hamlet.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Weeks Break Up A Cold Tablets as a guaranteed cold remedy for La Grippe priced at 25 cents from your druggist. It claims immediate relief with a simple instruction to take nothing else and hints at a humorous tie to a zoological collection query.
An old styled advertisement touts Cascarets as a overnight laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels removes sour fermenting foods and foul gases and ends constipation. It claims the product works while you sleep causes no gripe or sickness and costs 10 cents per box with millions already using it.
The piece questions the truth of the familiar claim about George Washington and suggests suspicion about how such legends are circulated by a press agent. It reflects on how public narratives are crafted and repeated.
Report notes more than 30 percent of Germany’s female population are wage earners. Meanwhile, the Mississippi levees receive concrete coverings to become flag proof.
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