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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1915
Page
1
Italy restores Anthony Salandra as premier after failed attempts to form a cabinet. King Victor Emmanuel seeks unity amid turmoil as Salandra presses to declare war on Austria if Italian demands are met. Parliament to meet Monday. declaration expected by week’s end.
Washington May 15 The United States presses for Germany to halt submarine warfare against noncombatant vessels while seeking a compromise. Officials discuss authority to bar explosives on passenger ships and potential court arbitration or wider delays in Berlin. Also notes Bernstorff's influence and Manila dairy cattle importation from Australia.
The Daily News Shop League parade, led by the Grand Army band and with about 75 autos carrying players and supporters, celebrated the league anniversary and first games in Canton. Mayor Stolberg pitched the first ball at Timken Grounds as The News praised clean sport and awarded cups for the season.
London May 15 The great Austro German offensive in western Galicia drove Russian forces from key Carpathian passes and opened the Dunajec line. By early May the retreat began, with about 40,000 men lost and many wounded stragglers and disabled guns left behind as the Russians fell back along the Biala and Dunajec corridors.
The weather section notes Sunday showers followed by fair and good conditions Monday. The entry also includes stray ads for Canton auto goods and a Canton motor company, mentioning Overlands and a metal weather strip.
An advertisement lineup highlights Nance O Neil in Prince Romanoff at the Grand today and notes piano offerings from Ernest Gabler Co and J W Brown Piano Co with easy payments. Additional lines promote piano tuning at Kenny s Piano Dept and optical services from George Double Co as the evening shows.
The Canton Daily News will stop accepting patent medicine and other medical advertising and terminate existing medical advertising contracts. It will drop doubtful classified ads such as fortune teller notices and any other objectionable advertising. The paper pledges the highest standards of advertising character to serve readers as a newspaper of character.
Attorney George H. Clark and W. L. Alexander, named to suggest corrected values to the tax board, say downtown property was undervalued and will likely see increases. They caution no figures or feelings are yet shared as the board may adjust estimates. deputies finish personal-property work while assessors may seek more time to complete totals.
Fine stock of iron settees also vases have just arrived at E D Lang West Lawn Granite. Both phones. Adv. 15 16 17. Overlands first Because Overlands last The Canton Motor Car Co Advt vt
London papers hail President Wilsons protest to Germany as a moral turning point in the war. The Westminster Gazette calls the note a worldwide stand against murder and piracy. The Star ranks it with the Declaration of Independence for its world shaping significance and moral courage.
Settlement ends coal strike in southeastern Ohio district. About 2500 Wheeling and Lake Erie employees will return to work within 60 days, with 75 percent from Canton Mansfield Brewster and nearby towns. Normal system employment is 6500. freight business plunge during the strike fell sharply.
M J Jones announces donations pave way for a Canton public school dental clinic funded by subscriptions. The program seeks board of education support to fund a room and hire dentists with sponsors supplying chairs tools and equipment. Expansion aims to serve poorer city areas with treatment on a donation basis or at cost.
Warsaw dispatch reports Archduke Charles Francis Joseph heir to Austria’s throne seriously wounded in western Galicia when a bomb splinter struck his right leg. He was rushed to Konopitch military hospital for treatment.
Stark Representative says the Senate will concur on a $1000 appropriation to start a home for crippled children. Frank Reighard and Rep. Adam Oberlin tout the measure as a needed startup, with legislature adjournment planned until May 27. The liquor bill decentralizes licensing, placing Starkco with Summit and Portage under a joint county board.
Paris reports an official statement detailing a northern Ypres defeat inflicted on the enemy and several trench seizures near Het Sas Steenstraate west of the canal with the capture of three machine guns and about 50 prisoners including an officer. Further south near Arras Notre Dame delorette Lorette and Neuville St Vaast saw advances and random village house gains. Northwest of Pont a Mousson the Allies took around 50 prisoners including an officer.
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