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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1915
Page
6
A column argues a small monthly income can support a family and warns against misused capital. It promotes Mutual Benefit’s contract as a safeguard, offering a regular income after death and provisions for the holder’s old age through settlement options.
Washington November 26 President Wilson will take no part in a proposed neutrals peace conference and will not send government representatives. A flood of telegrams to support peace continues as Henry Ford’s peace ship faces government nonparticipation. Mme Rostha Schwimmer and Mrs Ethel Snowden urged action, with about 400 peace advocates at the White House. Governor Brumbaugh and Governor Manning declined Ford’s invitation to join the expedition to Europe.
New York reports Heinz Kuitz a self described deserter from the German army ordered excluded from the United States and interned inland for the war’s duration. Schultz claimed to have fought at Liege Antwerp and the Marne and described desertion plans and escape across Europe amid danger and personal loss.
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad announced November 26 that it has placed equipment orders totaling nearly 3 million dollars. The order includes freight engines 109 steel passenger cars and two steel dining cars.
Testimony shows six Hamburg America liners chartered by John Turner were to transfer cargoes to German vessels off Brazil and South Atlantic. Adolph Hachmeister and George Rotter guided the schemes while Captain Subren and others discussed wireless rigging and routes from Newport News to supply German cruisers.
A six months loan of 59 million dollars at 14 percent has been arranged for Britain. The loan is secured by 17 million pounds sterling British government bonds and will be deposited in the Bank of England. New York banks and trust companies, plus interior and home institutions, will participate. Other similar loans are expected to follow.
Victor Carlstrom, the aviator, completed a 600 mile flight from Toronto to New York today. The trip began yesterday as a test for a new motor and other equipment. Carlstrom landed at Binghamton, New York this morning and continued to New York without incident.
London reports British forces in Megapolumbia advance with General Townshend’s troops holding the field near Dialah ten miles above Ctesiphon. Turkish retreat noted toward Bagdad with 1,800 prisoners Ferried to Lajj and 3,500 wounded, including 1,300 sent to Basra by steamer. Townshend praised for handling troops despite severe losses and hardship.
The statement places British losses at 2,000 killed or wounded, with 300 prisoners captured and large quantities of arms and equipment seized. The note emphasizes the need for water and supplies amid fighting and reports on British casualties and captures in the engagement.
Basel reports copper roofs from Donaueschingen Imperial Castle are seized for munitions, weighing many tons. The move follows prior seizures from Berlin palace and mentions cathedral copper roofs at Bremen also dismantled for military use.
Dallas Lexas November 26 evidence continues to clear up the death of Mrs Hugh Perry wife of a Dallas businessman found concealed under brush in a ravine. Initial theory of self harm is questioned by the undertaker who removed handkerchiefs tied about her neck and suggests other factors. An autopsy and British official reports note she was without food for some time prior to death with stomach contents empty.
London reports the German protected cruiser Frauentlob sunk by an Allied submarine near the south Swedish coast. The loss follows the Undine, a sister ship, sunk earlier in the same area. Both vessels carried 21 sailors, were 210 feet long, and armed with ten 1 inch guns and two 12 inch torpedo tubes.
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