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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
1
The British liner Minnehaha, biggest war munitions carrier from the US to the Allies, was ignited by an explosion about 570 miles southeast of Halifax. The captain said the fire is under control and a Holt bombing is blamed. the ship heads for Halifax with the fire now controlled and smoke thick.
In New York a two hour and a half cross examination of Harry K. Thaw by Deputy Attorney General Cook ended at luncheon with Thaw calm and amiable. He answered questions calmly and concisely, refusing to answer in a few instances, while the crowded courtroom watched today's testimony likely to continue through the evening.
London reports the White Star liner Adriatic may pass north of Ireland and dock at Greenock rather than Liverpool. A second dispatch claims the Adriatic is convoyed by British cruisers.
The Adriatic has not arrived in Liverpool as of this morning. No information from the liner's office indicates its status, though it would have been communicated here by nine if on schedule.
Buffalo dispatch reports a Queenstown trolley crash last night left 17 dead and 75 injured. Nine people were killed instantly while others died en route to hospitals.
A violent wind and rain storm swept seven states from Nebraska to Illinois overnight, killing between 50 and 60 people and injuring well over a hundred. Cincinnati area reports 33 deaths with extensive property damage exceeding a million dollars as the storm moves eastward.
Berlin reports the bombardment of Arras led to the destruction of the Arras cathedral and three British stores. The loss hindered French regrouping and deprived the English army of main front line supplies. Officials mourn the collapse of the historic edifice.
Paris reports that French forces renewed offensives in the north of Arras. Official word says the French captured a line of German trenches north of Souchez with all defenders killed except those taken prisoner.
Berlin reports from the general staff admit losses by the Germans in the Arras area. French troops penetrated German trenches near Souchez on an 800 yard front, signaling a shift on the front.
John Webb a resident of Trinity was ordered to serve six months after a complaint by his wife led to charges of assault and battery. The sentence was imposed by Justice of the Peace Lyle of that beat.
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed his case and sheriff papers sought him as Marion Thomas, recently convicted for violating prohibition laws and sentenced to six months on the road, surrendered to county authorities late yesterday to begin his sentence.
Meager reports from Chicago indicate the death toll from the multi state tornado may reach 200 with uncounted victims in Ohio Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Missouri. Towns across Cincinnati and along the Ohio river report widespread destruction and heavy property and crop losses.
A horse hitched to a wagon from Home Steam Laundry spooked yesterday afternoon near the Delite theatre on Second Ave. It dashed along Johnson Street, tried to plunge over the embankment behind Odom Shoe Co., but iron bars stopped it. The wagon was demolished.
The article reports John Terry, who killed his wife and then himself at Trinity, had just one week earlier served on a Moulton Alabama jury that convicted John Warren, a white man, of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ordered Capt Bullard to seize the Sayville wireless station in New York to stop unneutral messages from German representatives to submarines off the British coast, after censorship failed.
Reports from Stockholm say heavy cannonading was heard off the island of Gothland in the Baltic as another naval battle between German and Russian ships is believed to have occurred. The date is given as July 8.
Local friends of J B Patterson in Lacon Morgan County report a photograph of Patterson's farm. He planted a large share of acreage in alfalfa which thrives in North Alabama. He says alfalfa yields him as much gross as cotton. Countywide reports note diversified crops.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad failed to raise passenger rates on its branch lines from 2.4 to 3 cents per mile. The state railroad commission denied the petition after extensive hearings and testimony, reaffirming its February 19 1913 rate of 24 cents per mile.
Rome reports the Italian armored cruiser Amalfi torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic Sea. Official announcement says almost all crew saved. the ship carried 654 men.
Petrograd reports that Russian forces in Poland advanced 12 miles from the Wilkolaz heights while maintaining pressure on Austrian troops. The front notes Austro German plans against Wielgorod and Warsaw ended in failure as German assaults near the region yielded heavy losses and no gains.
London July 8 Lord Mersey presiding at Westminster delivered a verdict that the British liner Fallada was sunk without warning in March and that the German submarine’s failure to offer passengers time to board lifeboats caused heavy loss of life. Leon C. Thrasher, an American, died in the sinking.
The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company has a crew working for several days removing defective poles and installing new ones. The project started at Decatur and will continue toward Mobile, with Falkville among the stop points.
Washington reports the 1914 cotton crop at 16,124,930 500 pound bales, the largest ever and about 14 percent above 1913. Texas led with 4,592,113 bales, followed by Georgia Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma and South Carolina each exceeding one million. Linters rose from 114,544 bales in 1899 to 701,464 in 1914.
Carranza officers report that General Ladero’s Villa army was dislodged and defeated in a Wednesday battle near Paredon with heavy losses on both sides. They claim 100 prisoners and 20,000 cartridges captured as Villa forces retreat to Paredon and are pursued.
Troops of Villa and Carranza fight six miles south of the border near Douglass Arizona. Carranza forces evacuated Aguaprieta today but were attacked by Villa units before completing their retreat.
Morgan county officials announced at the courthouse today they will requisition supplies for their offices in the future. It is understood the commissioners may have warrants for accounts made without the court's endorsement.
Local humor column Abe Martin quips that a man may burn through three or four cigars nightly during courting, yet after marriage he will kick the habit and refrain when he malfunctions or neglects his duties, delivering a playful slice of rural wit.
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