Tag: 1915
Burzatarra and Naftzger Crackers Arrested for Theft, Moline IL, 1915
In a brazen heist, Burzatarra and Naftzger crackers, two notorious thieves, made off with a small fortune in loot from the Lamont Coal company office and the Naftzger Furniture company store in Moline. The daring duo, described by eyewitnesses as ‘smooth operators,’ left a trail of destruction in their wake, leaving behind a cryptic message…
Captain Karl Boy-Éd, Diplomatic Insult, New York, 1915
On a chilly December 28th, 1915, Captain Karl Boy-Éd, the former German naval attaché, fired a parting shot at the American press, leaving a trail of controversy in his wake. As he boarded the steamship Rotterdam in New York, Boy-Éd unleashed a scathing statement, lambasting the press for its ‘reckless utterances’ and predicting that the…
Villa’s Violent Reign: Bloodshed in the Streets of Mexico
In the tumultuous landscape of Mexico, the year 1915 was marked by unrelenting violence and power struggles. In January, the forces of Venustiano Carranza emerged victorious against those of Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa at Pueblo, leaving 17 dead and General Ignacio Lozada gravely wounded. The fate of Mexico hung in the balance as Villa’s men retreated,…
Ford’s Betrayal: A Scandal Unfolds on the High Seas
In a shocking turn of events, Henry Ford, the automotive magnate, has abandoned his peace mission to Sweden, leaving his delegation in the lurch. The Special Train bearing members of the Ford Peace Party arrived in Stockholm on December 25, 1915, where they were welcomed by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Association. But the festivities…
Emily Wilson, Cruelty Charges, Indiana 2022
In the sweltering summer of 1915, a solitary woman, Mary L. Morningstar, was reported as having taken on a daring job in Elkhart, Indiana – operating a nickel wagon, a precursor to modern-day buses. But behind the scenes, Morningstar’s marriage was teetering on the brink of disaster. Her husband, John M. Morningstar, a factory employee,…
Ironworker Union Man Fires Back at Judge Ashford’s Scathing Remarks
December 23, 1915, marked a tense showdown between James P. Curran, a San Francisco union man and alleged organizer for the Ironworkers Union, and Judge Ashford who sentenced Curran to four months imprisonment for assault on a non-union man just last week. In a biting letter to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Curran took aim at the…
Siege of Dardanelles: Imperial Forces Flee Gallipoli Peninsula
December 20, 1915, marked a dramatic turn of events in the war-torn Dardanelles as British forces, numbering more than 100,000 soldiers, were hastily withdrawn from the Gallipoli Peninsula. The ill-fated expedition, launched with grand ambitions, had been plagued by brutal fighting and unrelenting Ottoman resistance. The removal of these troops, coupled with the relocation of…
London on High Alert: Zeppelin Menace Looms
In a chilling prophecy, T.R. Macmechan, president of the Aero Nautical Society of America, warned that London would suffer another devastating Zeppelin attack within sixty days. The aerial assault, Macmechan predicted, would be bigger and more brutal than anything the city had endured before, with night after night of unrelenting terror. The German airships, Macmechan…
Josephus Tumulty, Education System Criticism, Arizona 1915
Bisbee, Arizona, December 9, 1915 – In a scathing rebuke, President Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels’ right-hand man, Josephus Tumulty, has lambasted the education system in the United States, declaring it a failure. Speaking at a gathering of state teachers, Tumulty laid bare the inadequacies of America’s schools, citing incompetence among many…
Michael Madigan, Public Corruption, Illinois 2020
It was a tumultuous December in 1915 for the city of Chicago and its surrounding areas. Just a year ago, the small town of Lake Forest was besieged by desperate individuals seeking food, a stark reminder of the economic hardships plaguing the nation. But it was not just hunger that drove the masses to the…
