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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1915
Page
7
In Berlin the city builds tiny brown cement homes ten feet wide for laboring men. Buyers pay 125 marks a year and ownership begins after paying 560 to 750 marks. Each three to four room house has a small garden, a washroom, and uniform design. The plan aims for affordable, compact homes near a Bi-Bunt elevator and business centers.
The New York appellate division refused to block Harry K Thaw from a jury trial on his mental status. The court ruled the case could proceed as if the prohibitory writ had not been issued, allowing Supreme Court Justice Hendrick to supervise the jury examination next Monday.
A high school student, unnamed due to family ties, was arrested in Paris on an attempted strangling tied to a robbery at Mme Brandt’s residence on Rue de la Pompe. The victim screamed, ran to a policeman, and authorities believe the suspect acted as a pawn for older accomplices. Further arrests are anticipated.
New Orleans May 15 Robert Widlife Wooley, newly appointed mint director, said the United States would soon issue new designs for the ten, five, and fifty cent pieces. He expects a complete redesign of every denomination with the dollar to follow next year, and notes the Philadelphia mint is currently striking coins for Salvador, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
Adam Puerkle of Stuttgrad Ark reports 62 868 miles driven on Rural Free Delivery Route 27 since starting March 9 1303 with one horse. The horse averages daily trips earlier and later three trips weekly. The animal is 12 years old and expected to remain in service for several years.
Navy authorization for a 175 foot dirigible to be built by Connecticut Aircraft Company at Newasea with a bid of 66,000. Delivery in four months for Pensacola aviation training. Two fibroaeroplanes arrived. three more due. Cruiser North Carolina to be converted for Pensacola use as aviation ship with officers and men to be trained on a larger scale.
One of Essen’s notable weapons is a spring bomb throwing gun or minenwerfer. It fires pleric acid shells with swift accuracy and volume, destroying walls and houses for 50 yards around. It works silently like a torpedo, easing infantry advances.
Washington Post special dispatch from Paris reports American and neutral correspondents visiting French hospitals treating victims of German asphyxiating gases. Doctors estimate 16 percent of French troops died on the field and 6 percent in hospitals, noting dramatic physical effects and improvised gas masks used by German troops.
The Cunard liner Orduna arrived in New York from Liverpool with 86 passengers including F S Butterworth a former Yale football star Butterworth recalls a German submarine firing at a channel boat on April 29 and missing by 90 yards as the vessel carried many women and children. The Orduna had heard of the Lusitania sinking but had no details and captain Taylor said he passed Lusitania eleven hours before it was torpedoed. The Admiralty forbade wireless communications in the war zone during the voyage.
London dispatch reports The Times correspondent in Northern France notes strong belief that a Canadian officer was crucified. Describes a sergeant found tied to a farm fence with bayonets through his hands and numerous stab wounds. Unclear if witness saw the act. suggests vengeance by the enemy.
The White Star Adriatic, bound for New York, was held two days in the Mersey due to missing engine room crew. Lifesaving measures were augmented with new lifeboat ropes and tackle, boats swung out for rapid launch, and lumber strewn on deck to aid buoyancy if sunk. Forty first cabin, ten second cabin, and 140 third class passengers traveled, with insurers pricing policies against baggage loss as the ship sailed with a full crew restored.
London May 15 The Daily News says Queen Elizabeth visited Belgian trenches near Yeer with wounded officers recounting the scene. She sat on a sack marked resting place of the queen and handed out chocolate and cigarettes while soldiers saluted. A soldier refused to sell the sack as a souvenir for 160,000 francs.
In Columbus on May 15 the Ohio house approved the administration liquor bill already Senate approved, making state and county licensing officials elective. The Democratic minority and nine insurgent Republicans had blocked action until today, when supporters secured a bare majority. The $32,000,000 two year state budget also passed.
Dr Lauro Muller Brazilian foreign minister and Jose Murature Argentine foreign minister held a long meeting in Buenos Aires. Muller and Murature then traveled to Chile for talks with the Chilean foreign minister and other ABC powers ministers to push South American unity and improve international relations.
William Thaw of Pittsburgh, serving as a pilot in the French military aviation corps, has been commended in army orders and awarded the newly established military cross. He volunteered at the war’s start in the American corps of the foreign legion and joined aviation in December, with a Paris report in April asserting his death.
Special to The Washington Post Ossining N Y May 15 Billy Sunday and Ma Sunday spoke to about 1000 convicts arriving in automobiles from Paterson Their message centered on playing the game square Sunday urged the men to seek divine help as they leave the prison showing a stern moral appeal.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia said Britain is purchasing seized cotton cargoes while U.S. protests. He reported his people have not received any money yet and anticipates eventual payment, noting continued rights violations. Smith said no representations to Britain have been published recently.
In Paris on May 15 a contingent of twenty three Red Cross soldier dogs was reviewed in the Tuileries garden before departing for the front. Each dog wore a Red Cross insignia and was escorted by a stretcher bearer, joining others already in sanitary service. Raoul Persil attended as a War Ministry representative.
May 16 San Antonio reports United States army border patrol says Presciliano Medina, an American citizen from El Tigra Texas, was killed by Carranza soldiers above El Tigre on the Rio Grande. Medina allegedly crossed from Texas and was shot while returning to the Texas shore. El Tigre residents urge U.S. protection from Mexican troopers across the river who threatened to wipe out the town.
Milwaukee, Wis May 15 The Lusitania crime is laid at the door of Great Britain by A C Umbrell instructor in international law at Marquette University law school He argues the Lusitania carried contraband and that Germany was entitled to seize or destroy it under international law He says British government invited neutral passengers to protect contraband cargo and that Great Britain bears responsibility for the catastrophe to American citizens He contrasts European diplomacy with American views and questions the piracy and murder labeling by British press and juries.
Paris May 15 The writer Maurice Barres argues after nine months of war France will emerge stronger with citizens turned soldiers and a renewed national character. A Dutch official notes deeper seriousness across classes contrasting with prior French stereotypes amid Kurdish raids and Armenian massacres in the region around Urumiah.
Berlin reports Emperor William commends Gen. Mackenzen for leading German forces in the Carpathians and Vistula front. The message cites breakthrough against the Russian front, large booty gains, and a victory hailed as among the proudest feats of the war. The emperor awards the star and cross of a grand commander of the imperial house and the Order of Hohenzollern.
Seven robbers entered Curro and Kessler on Fort Street near Detroit City Hall just before midnight. Five wore masks and all carried weapons. They lined up about 50 patrons and escaped with more than 1500 dollars, according to police.
Belgian minister Emile Vandervelde denounces British workers fake zeal amid war and calls for unity against German aggression. In Boston an Englishman posing as Sir Henry Stirling arrives with a romance tale, later revealed as Henry Carlton Carlyle, a deserter to be shot by Britain.
Baltimore May 15 officers elected at the business session of the National Conference of Charities and Correction include President the Rev Francis H Gavisk chancellor of the Catholic diocese of Indianapolis first vice president James F Jackson Cleveland second vice president James T Gilmour Toronto Miss Minnie F Low Chicago and general secretary treasurer W W Croas Chicago
London May 15 an official list posted on the stock exchange shows about 600 members will not seek reelection for the current year. The move marks a significant decline in turnover among exchange members as markets stay orderly.
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