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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
5
The fragment lists a 5 Small Bore item with three inch indicators, en bloc components including Falaust and Fale, plus a lubrication system featuring a tubular radiator and auxiliary water tank. The OCR text is fragmentary but centers on mechanical parts and cooling oiling provisions.
Round trip fares offered to San Francisco and San Diego California for California Exposition travel. Tickets on sale March 1 to November 30 with a three month limit from sale date, not later than December 31 1915. Postings include events in Houston Columbus Fitzgerald Savannah Richmond Rome Athens and University of Georgia summer school. Contact local ticket agent for fares schedules and details.
J P Jones of Boothe Ark reports severe kidney trouble left him unable to work until Foley Kidney Pills straightened him out at once. The same tale is repeated by thousands who suffered weak backs eye kidney and bladder issues. Wayne Riley endorses the product as safe and effective.
Wentz and Sokolow announce their in-house cleaning and pressing for ladies and gentlemen suits. They will be in Butler every second and fourth Friday to take orders, operating directly from the barber shop in Howard, Georgia.
Savannah hosts a grand historical pageant and May Week with a meeting of Grand Lodge K of P. Tickets go on sale May 17–21 for trains arriving Savannah before noon May 22, with final limit May 23. Includes parades, drills, night dancing, athletic contests, auto parades, and electric illuminations. For fares and sleep car rates, ask any ticket agent. Central of Georgia Railway General Passenger Agent F J Robinson, Asst. G P Agent.
Rome reports Italy is at war with Austria-Hungary after a general mobilization order. The government proclaims war on provinces bordering Austria and Adriatic towns, with martial law preceding formal declaration. Austria and Germany face a state of war with Italy as 350,000 Italian troops mass along the Adriatic coast.
An Athens dispatch says Greek cabinet ministers and the physician treating King Constantine agreed to telegraph Berlin for a specialist as the king’s fever rose and an urgent operation was considered. Crown Prince George remains at his father’s bedside as Prof Friedrich Kraus of Berlin is requested to go to Athens.
In the Hat Creek valley near Redding California the Lassen peak eruption caused a brief threat of destruction. A mud flow diverted into old lava fields left the valley largely unharmed and residents returned home after a short evacuation. A preceding strong earthquake was reported but caused no damage. Clouds hid the volcano briefly before the flood was deflected and residents held thanksgiving services.
An official note says a British submarine sank two torpedo boats and two transports, one carrying troops. Turkish divisions under Liman von Sanders attacked British troops near Kaleh Tepe but were repulsed with heavy losses. Allies also report a submarine sinking two enemy ships. Pan American conference opens in Washington as Wilson greets delegates seeking closer hemispheric unity of interests.
London reports Austro German forces renew major push against Russians along a 200 mile front from Opatow to Kolomea. Germans claim crossing the San north of Przemysl and taking Sienawa, with southeast positions captured. Russians concentrate at Ivangorod to slow the advance. War notes indicate 30 to 40 army corps involved on the front.
President Wilson will await Germany’s reply to the U S note before further representations to the allies on alleged violations of international law in their commercial embargo on Germany. The note on American cargoes is not yet complete and any further dispatches will be delayed to avoid complicating relations with Great Britain.
In Galicia a German emperor party narrowly escaped a heavy shell near the San River village damaging automobiles and killing the emperor’s chauffeur after he had left minutes earlier. In Syracuse John M. Bowers argues the Barnes libel trial defense, claiming Roosevelt as Wilson’s guide despite three weeks of proceedings. Charleston and Harrisburg push Georgia to commute Leo Frank and Leo M. Frank death sentences to life imprisonment in related appeals.
Washington prepares to issue a neutrality proclamation to shield Mediterranean commerce as Italy declares war on Austria Hungary. Ambassador Ion Page informs Rome as Germany and Turkey may also declare war. Switzerland to protect German interests in Rome while the U S handles Italian interests in Berlin and Constantinople.
The Villa agency claims a complete victory over the Carranza army under Obregon near Celaya. Dispatches report 2000 killed wounded or prisoners at Monterey evacuation and fourteen troop trains captured. Villa generals Pereyra and Carrera Torres reportedly captured and executed at Paredon.
Secretary William G. McAdoo and Mrs McAdoo welcomed a baby girl at the White House. Named Ellen Wilson, she is the president’s granddaughter and the McAdoos married at the White House a year ago. The president was at the McAdoo home as the birth occurred.
The Texas House introduced a resolution signed by a large majority asking Georgia authorities to commute Leo M. Frank’s sentence. Governor Slaton and the prison commission also received a letter from Judge Arthur Powell stating that late Judge L. 3. Roan believed Frank to be innocent.
Paris-A dispatch from Rome reports Prince Victor head of the Bonaparte linePrince Louis Napoleon and Prince Alfonso of Portugal have asked the Italian war ministry for permission to join the army. Also, Italian ambassador to Germany Ricardo Boliatti was assaulted in Berlin as he left a dinner. authorities apologized and police detained the assailant after bystanders intervened.
Frequent clashes between John D. Rockefeller Jr and Chairman Walsh dominated the industrial relations commission session as Rockefeller testified about conditions in the Colorado coal fields. Two members protested the chairman’s hostile stance while Walsh conducted grilling examinations, pressing the witness on several points.
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