![]() Whealton was at odds with former mayor Charles Windham and the many Windham supporters who suggested a more liberal stance towards alcohol and harbor development. He was also firmly against alcohol, and campaigned to keep it out of Long Beach. Whealton was determined to change the way Long Beach government was run, and make sure it was run more effectively. This 60% increase stretched city services to the bone and the municipality could not keep up with the needs of the population. In 1913 its population was estimated at 28,976 by 1914 it was estimated to be 45,948. Long Beach was continuing its tremendous growth. The official verdict of the tragedy had been that Long Beach had grown too fast for governmental services to keep up with civic responsibilities such as public safety inspections. The 1913 Empire Day disaster had shown the need for new governmental policies in Long Beach. This action, too, brought turmoil and unrest. (LA Times ) CITY GOVERNMENT REFORM Amidst all this world upheaval, Long Beach launched its own political reformation by electing Louis N. When questioned, Stahlberg said he was a special war correspondent from Mars and had received permission from world powers to take motion pictures of the war to show the peaceful inhabitants of his home planet. Attempting to launch this early form of tricycle off the end of the pier, Stahlberg was stopped by local authorities. Declaring he was on his way to Europe to take movies of the war Christopher Stahlberg said he had just stopped off in Long Beach to get gas for his “velocipede” bicycle. Nurse Dreble bent the rules of the hospital by making an exception to the “No Dogs Allowed” policy, and eventually married the French sergeant. Exhausted, the dog sat there and howled and barked until some soldiers came along and rescued the man. The dog smelled his master’s scent and began digging away the earth until he uncovered the face of the wounded man. He was saved by his old faithful dog, who he had taken with him when ordered to the front. The French sergeant was practically buried alive when the Germans blew up a trench he was in. The story made headlines around the world. One of her patients was a wounded French sergeant, who had been saved from death by his dog. Soon she found herself in charge of a full ward. Her medical talents were augmented by the fact that she spoke not only English but French and German as well. Margaret Virginia Dreble of 30 Linden Avenue quickly volunteered her nursing skills and was assigned to a field hospital in France. They are fighting for their own kind, the Servians, and for reprisal from Germany, a country that has never been the friend of the Russian, either as a nation or as a people.” Long Beach women were also anxious to help in the European War. We are not only prepared but the Russians are enthusiastic. In the August 10th issue of the Daily Telegram Alexieff stated: “Russia has every right on its side in this war and her people will fight. ![]() Returning to New York, alexieff presented himself to the Russian counsul general who was trying to charter a ship to transport all Russo-Americans wanting to enlist in the czar’s army. One Long Beach Russian joined the war early Alexander Alexieff, a young Russian living in Long Beach, was the first local resident to join up for the war. In England, after a week of standing in line waiting for cancellations, the Savery’s were able to book passage back to America. The Savery’s managed to secure the last space on a boat leaving Amsterdam for England, witnessing the destruction of the Harwich when it ran into a mine in the English Channel. All passengers were forced to exit the train, have their luggage carefully examined and their passports scrutinized before they were allowed to proceed on a Dutch train. When their train arrived at the border with Holland guards forbade the German train to cross. ![]() Somehow they managed to get a train, but their troubles had only begun. They had forty-eight hours to leave Germany before all trains were appropriated for troops. James Savery and her son were in Nuremberg when the war broke out. Long Beach residents traveling in Europe rushed to get back to the safety of the United States. Turmoil also exploded onto the scene–on August 1, 1914, Germany declared war in Europe. intervention caused our local National Guard unit, Company H, to prepare for war. The Mexican Revolution continued to rage throughout 1914 and rumors of U.S. In June, Mount Lassen in Northern California erupted, marking a year long period of volcanic activity. ![]() Trees and telegraph poles were leveled, railroad connections cut off and telephone service crippled. Here in Long Beach one of the worst gales in city history struck on February 20th. News stories from the local press 1914 WAR Newspapers in 1914 were full of dreadful stories of floods, volcanoes and war. ![]()
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