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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
1
Paris January 8 Premier Clemenceau had a formal engagement with Col House of the American peace mission this afternoon ahead of President Wilson's conference with the British French and Italian premiers. The session marked the first formal meeting preparatory to the actual peace preliminaries.
London January 9 reports the initial peace treaty will probably be signed before the end of February according to the Pall Mall Gazette. The brief note emphasizes an imminent settlement in the ongoing talks.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs James Melvin Clark who died Monday from influenza. Rev A Cook officiated as mourners gathered on the Clark lawn. Misses Veitie Armstrong and Bes Smith with J A Rutherford and Campbell Fields sang. Pallbearers were James Davis Claude Stephenson Byron Henderson Leland Thorne Warren Webster and Herman McCormick. Interment followed at Green Hill.
Mrs. Will Judah of Shirleenth Street was approached by a stranger Tuesday night who attempted to seize her. The assailant fled toward the railroad yards after being frightened away and was not identified or located despite a police search based on a detailed description provided by the victim.
The Public Service Commission will hold a supplemental hearing January 15 at 2 p.m. in the State House, Indianapolis, to review a survey of Interstate Public Service Company facilities at Bedford Beau fore. Wm. A. Baehr of Chicago prepared the report and the commission intends to order necessary improvements.
London dispatch reports Allied pressure on Medina to surrender immediately to prevent destruction of forts at the Dardanelles. The message warns that without capitulation the forts will be destroyed, signaling a severe military escalation.
Winfred Gilstrap and Hazel Hook of Fairview were married Wednesday evening at six by Justice John W. Owens. The ceremony was at the home of David Lively located at Sixth and J streets.
A Canadian engineer extracted helmets from a Cambrati hollow that were intended for German troops, who had been defeated. The discovery highlights remnants from a failed advance toward Paris.
Clay Duncan attends the annual convention of Indiana implement dealers at the Severin Hotel in Indianapolis. Duncan is named to the Resolutions Committee as dealers deem the postwar gathering highly significant. Frank Patterson faces grand larceny and receiving stolen goods charges after arraignment, pleads not guilty, and remains jailed awaiting trial. Winfred Glistrap of Lawrence County is bound over for trial with Hazel Hook of Lawrence County as a co defendant.
The piece discusses a $9,000 West Baden Red Cross building and cites accusations of waste in Southern towns. It mentions idle large constructions, including a city-block school project in Nashville and a $51,000 structure for the Paoli Republican Superintendent, warning against squandered funds.
Relatives confirm Lieut Harley H. Pope and Sgt W W Fleming from Providence R I died when their airplane plunged into the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville North Carolina Tuesday night. Soldiers from Camp Bragg are raising the wreck and searching for the missing men. Pope, born May 25 1879, was from Bedford Indiana and had lived in Spokane California and other places before serving in the field.
The WCTU will hold a Mothers meeting in the Library Assembly Friday at 2 30 p m. Program includes devotions by Mrs Allie Dillmar reading Our Jewels by Mrs Chas Moore poem Gods Service Flag by Mrs Henry Pearson and a talk on Wilson on Child Welfare by Mrs Dan Tofante Handkerchief Shower led by Mrs Edward Pearson to benefit Soldier Boys convalescing at West Baden Please send handkerchiefs.
A northbound Main line train from Monon arrived 45 minutes late after an accident near Farabee station 10 miles south of Salem. The southbound Louisville and French Brick No. 7 train burst a finé causing the delay and blocking progress for other services. Visitors are welcome as hospital furnishings progress after the influenza recovery efforts.
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