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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
6
A British protest over American commerce stirred public opinion as placards and press coverage highlighted tensions between nations during a neutral note era. The event sparked widespread headlines and public curiosity, with officials noting no formal friction between governments yet.
Beirout Syria. Captain Oman commander of the armored cruiser North Carolina told the navy department a Russian cruiser posed as an American ship and threatened to bombard Tripoli. Costa Rica deported ten people after seizure of an alleged assassination plot involving Alfredo Gonzales and a mounted revolution in the republic.
The United States sent a strong note to Great Britain urging early improvement in naval trade practices. It warns of public criticism over interference with U S commerce, and notes President Wilson approved the language. The document seeks to protect American citizens and applies broadly to Belligerents in the war.
Justice Lamar of the Supreme Court granted an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus by the federal district court for Northern Georgia in the Frank murder case. The defendant, a factory girl named Mary Phagan, was sentenced to die on January 22. The action holds the execution in abeyance and orders a definite stay pending further review.
Honduran Consul General Vivas was arrested on arson charges after authorities found his burning home smeared with oil and turpentine. The case follows police surveillance begun after the oil slick discovery. Washington officials discuss a tariff board proposal and a plan for a government run newspaper, the Daily Commercial Report, starting January 2.
Fragmented text listing names and places includes Milla and Villa, with unclear roles. Appears to be a damaged notice or classified fragment referencing FR, R Equipment and Pato in Texas, but details are unreadable and no clear event or action can be determined.
The naval affairs committee likely will recommend two dreadnoughts and provisions for ten submarines, with seven for coast defense and three for sea duty, while seeking a larger naval aircraft appropriation. French planes bombarded Metz and Nancy during a Lorraine raid, hitting hangars and a railway station as they struck from the air.
Washington reports detail native uprisings in the Philippines starting Christmas Eve. Gov Gen Harrison’s cablegram to the war department, released by Assistant Secretary Brackenridge, says small Filipino groups gathered in Manila Navotas and Laguna de Bay and attempted trouble. Four men were arrested and one wounded by a policeman.
London reports seven British navy seaplanes attacked Cuxhaven on Christmas Day. No damage details received. six airmen returned to their warships, one airman is missing, and four planes were destroyed.
President Wilson plans to address audiences in several cities on his return trip from the San Francisco Exposition next spring and is expected to answer recent criticisms of his Mexican and other administration policies.
Gov. Awmons says federal troops will begin withdrawal this week from Colorado coal fields where they have been on strike duty since last April. The move follows ongoing labor tensions and staged reductions planned by state authorities.
The Twentieth Session of the Minors Live Stock Breeders association opens January 28 at the Leland hotel Springfield with major speakers from Purdue University Davenport and Champaign among others. The meeting includes subsidiaries such as the Illinois Cattle Feeders and Illinois Horse Breeders associations.
Chicago reports add a victim named Harry Mahoney of 7435 Kenwood avenue shot after entering Mexican territory from El Paso while a separate Springfield note urges a state memorial building at a cost of 1 million dollars. Other items include an $8,107.20 treasury balance, a mail pouch theft near Pana, praise for the Panama-Pacific Expo building, and brief local incidents in Lebanon Mount Vernon Champaign.
Springfield reports Dr A P Armstrong brother of Duff Armstrong Lincoln defended in the famous murder trial dies at his Ashland home. Verd ict later orders Royal Insurance of England to pay Ford Manufacturing Vandalia full 15000 policy for fire loss. Plant destroyed March 16 1913 with about 800000 loss, 647000 insured across 60 companies resisting payment. Other cases pending. Big Dinner in Chester Prison. Chester Christmas dinner for 1317 convicts with 750 chickens prepared, no pardons announced.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets will cleanse the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases, drain excess bile, and flush waste by morning. A second item reports Walter I Todd capturing a large brick-dust colored lizard or scorpion near a railway station in Highfield Pennsylvania, describing its body and uncertain origin.
In New York a teacher encounters a girl named Fertilizer Johnson and asks if the name is correct. The mother explains the child’s name blends her father's Ferdinand and her own name Liza, and Fertilizer is indeed the intended name.
A vintage advertisement promotes taking four ounces of Jad Salts with lemon and grape acids to flush clogged kidneys, ease backache, and neutralize urine acids. It claims the effervescent drink cleans kidneys, prevents bladder disorders, and appeals to readers to use Jad Salts as a preventive remedy.
A French scientist links heated gas balloons released since August to northern cold air displacement by the polar jet, suggesting a connection to early freena along the battle line and even hinting that the Fourth of July crusade may have influenced a hot summer.
An old advertisement fragment touts Castoria as a safe and reliable medicine for children. It references Menanne Mareials and a physician's endorsement, implying trust in a familiar pediatric remedy.
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