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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1915
Page
1
Parchments to be awarded to pupils of Newpecatur High amid ceremonies. Reports claim Austrian victories along the front with Rome noted as a location of actions.
Rome reports rapid Italian thrusts along the Cadore frontier with several towns in Austrian territory captured and passes seized. Skirmishes occur but no full battle yet, as Italian forces threaten the Latvi Polmen Goritza corridor and the crucial Goritza Trieste highway.
Eight graduates of New Decatur High School will receive their diplomas at the Masonic Theatre Thursday night after final examinations finish today. Prof B M Wright of the state normal school at Troy will deliver the address. The program includes invocations, musical selections, and diploma delivery followed by a 10 am graduation ceremony in the New Decatur High School Auditorium.
Ambassador Paige in London said Sir Edward Grey granted the Chicago packers’ request to bring detained cargoes to trial in British prize courts on June 7. Four shiploads of meat bound for Scandinavian ports and seized last December are involved.
Birmingham May 26 Jesse White charged with the murder of Dr C Fatre about a month ago was today convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.
The American steamer Nebraskan was hit by a mine or torpedo off Fastnet and is returning to Liverpool where it is expected to arrive tomorrow. None of the crew were injured. The Nebraskan sailed from New York on May 7 and on May 34 began its return voyage. The 2824 ton steel freighter is 360 feet long and owned by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co.
Dr Henry Barker and Dr Chas Barker lead an afternoon program at the Chautauqua featuring lectures on healthy living. Attendees try exercises, deep breathing, and hot water routines. Miss Vivian Ditto presents lectures and performances while Signor Pallaria leads a grand concert.
Local committee outlines a two day program for the Alabama Underwriters meeting starting Thursday in Decatur with 75 to 100 delegates expected. The schedule includes an automobile tour, sessions led by President Brown and Senator Green, and the election of officers with the next meeting site to be decided.
Geneva reports two Italian submarines attacked Austrian ships near Pola yesterday and damaged an auxiliary cruiser, per a Laibach dispatch.
Opportunities are available now for all on equal terms. The United States holds vast wealth and growing permanent value, with rapid population and output increases but low wealth per square mile compared with Britain France Germany. The invitation to participate in development remains irresistible to broad visionaries. Continued on page 2.
An Italian bomber that dropped bombs on Goerz near the frontier was shot down by Austrian artillery yesterday. Two Italian staff officers aboard were killed. The dispatch from Vienna cites Austrian headquarters.
Petrograd reports Austro German forces press a counter offensive along the San river seeking to break Russian center and compel retreat on both wings. The move surprised observers after earlier indications that the San plan had collapsed.
In Chicago on May 26 Wheat broke sharply after opening at 1559 and falling to 1 48 i. The rapid drop unsettled traders as the May wheat market showed a dramatic intraday shift.
All Woodmen Circle members are required to attend a meeting at Odd Fellows hall Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock.
Athens reports King Constantine of Greece is steadily weakening as stimulants are given hourly. The royal family has been summoned to his bedside with the king believed near death.
McIntosh, alleged to be wanted in Montgomery County on obtaining money under false pretenses, has been arrested in Birmingham. Bond was posted in a sum not disclosed in the available report.
Washington reports the American steamer Nebraskan, sailing from Liverpool to Delaware breakwater, was torpedoed 40 miles west by south of Fasnet Rock Ireland. Consul Skinner in London forwards the event as the U S awaits direct Queenstown reports before comment. Secretary Bryan expresses concern as facts remain unclear and the crisis potential rises.
London May 26 President Harold Sanderson of the International Tile Marine officially confirmed the torpedoing of the American steamer Nebraskan by a German submarine this afternoon. The Nebraskan was chartered to the concern, and details remain sparse.
The Holland American liner Ryndam bound for Rotterdam with 77 passengers was rammed by the tramp Cunao in a fog off the Massachusetts coast. All passengers and crew, about 200, were transferred to the Cunao as warships and nearby vessels rushed to aid the crippled liner and its sinking mail cargo.
In the case of state versus Hugh and Gordon Boggs, both were found not guilty in a Law and Equity court verdict. the assault charge stemmed from an affray on Bank Street involving deputy Mack Murphy. L. O. Stout faces trial for alleged prohibition law violations connected to a sheriff raid on a lower Bank Street property.
Stuyvesant Fish, prominent social figure and wife of a former railroad president, died at her country home early today from a brain hemorrhage. The report notes her long public life and status in society.
The Nebraskan was returning to an American port in ballast and flying the U tag, with Mr. Sanderson noting the ship had nothing aboard that could fall under the German ban, making the German action seem astounding.
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