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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
5
Report details minimal gains and setbacks across major fronts. British and French forces report trench captures near Ypres north of Hooge and aronds. German counterattacks repulsed with heavy losses. Telegraphed totals include prisoners and matériel taken, with wider Alpine and Galician battles citing high casualties on both sides.
Washington reports ambassador Page in London forwarded a full naval experts report on the American steamship Nebraskan. Fragments of metal found aboard support the conclusion that the Nebraskan was torpedoed and did not strike a mine. State Department officials say portions of the report, arriving by mail, may be made public soon.
London June 26 The British steamer Strathnairn torpedoed off the Scilly Islands sank with twenty two crew lost including the captain. Of nine Englishmen and twenty four Chinese onboard only one Englishman and ten Chinese survived. Survivors landed at Milford Haven after boats failed to aid the drowning. A submarine was seen but did not rescue the victims. Strathnairn was 4336 tons, en route from Cardiff to Archangel with coats. London June 17 reports three Aberdeen trawlers Pi Petrel Explorer and Japonica sunk by German submarines.
The Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring faced calls from the board of visitors for upgrades. They urged funding for a new dormitory, maintenance, a 50 600 appropriation, and improvements to the negro quarters to advance the institution.
A verdict for the Georgia Rauway and Power company was returned in Judge Ellis court yesterday morning in the $2 0004 damages case brought by Mrs. Lora Murphy over the death of her husband Orphey Murphy. He was killed in an auto collision with a trolley at Dew Man's curve on the Peachtree road. The suit claimed the power company caused the accident. The decision favors the power company.
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