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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
1
Local audience heard a plea to Mexico on humanitarian grounds during a Chautauqua week session. Two dozen stands were responsible for selling 700 tickets at $2.50 each. Brooks Fletcher delivered the week’s greatest address on Saturday afternoon. Armed intervention in the Southern Republic of 18 not looked for at the capital.
Washington May 31 The President will issue a plan after the cabinet meeting outlining steps if Mexican leaders fail to halt fighting and form a government. Officials expect the move to show outside involvement may be needed, with an embargo on arms exports discussed as a way to halt the war while famine grips much of Mexico.
The document names guarantors including L. W. Borton B. L. Malone E C Payne D D McGehee Dr L A Neil J L Behols C B Eliott Fred Bloodworth W R Hall J H Calvin Lamar Penney M S Thompson J H McNeill John A Thomason H B Beard Lawson Sykes R G Cortner Chas Bassett John D Wyker The Fashion Horton Hodge Lyons Hotel Thos B Pride Side Hardware Co EB R Guy.
Twenty four citizens of Decatur guarantee 700 season tickets at 2 50 each ensuring the Chautauqua will return next year. The venture, previously unprofitable, was saved by local guarantors led by John F Chambers. The next event will be independent of any organization and aimed at benefiting both towns. The final program featured Alice Nielsen in a recital though she and her company suffered colds.
Havre May 31 The steamer Dixiana owned by the Strong Steamship Company of Savannah has been sunk by a submarine off Ushant France where submarines are active. The vessel flew a British flag and all crew were saved. They boarded lifeboats and were picked up by a Greek steamer that landed them at Barry Wales. This 2100 ton vessel left Savannah May 11 bound from Savannah to Swansea and this port.
Belgian aviators flew over a large portion of Belgium dropping hundreds of thousands of leaflets. The notice urged Belgians to support Italy and the Allies, stating that Italy has gone to war against Austria and Germany and more than one million men are in the arena for humanity and liberty.
Athens May 31 The British government has established a blockade along the Asia Minor coast from the Dardanelles to the Strait of Samnos. The measure takes effect Wednesday and applies to all neutral ships entering blockaded ports regardless of departure time.
Rome May 31 Italian forces press the invasion in Trent despite bad weather. Austrian forts on the Carnia range endure bombardment as Italians threaten defenses in the Gal i valley. A detachment sieges Malborghetto and another army advances toward Prebil pass. Italian Marines close the Strait of Messina by night. A telegraphic apparatus is found hidden in a church at Capporeppo and Austrian priests are arrested as spies.
Geneva reports Austrian losses in the first week of the war with Italy at 1,800 killed, 3,000 wounded and 1,000 captured. Frontier forces are about 650,000 men, with feeble resistance to the Italian advance. Seventy heavy batteries line the border.
Turkish guns on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles bombard the Anglo French positions on the Gallipoli peninsula. Turkish forces have been reinforced and Allied attempts to retake trenches recently captured have been unsuccessful.
Paris May 31 The great battle between the Germans and the Allies north of Arras continues unabated. Official communication reports artillery duels and counter attacks with heavy losses for the French soldiers.
The Georgia Prison Commission opened the clemency appeal for Leo Frank today in Atlanta. Congressman Howard and associates lead the effort as hearings are expected to last three days with a further week for deliberation.
The article describes a Sunday School session at Ninth Street and South-Side Methodist churches with hymns, prayers, and class discussions centered on David and the Ark. Teachers like Robert Woodward lead classes as members debate reverence, war ethics, and divine aid, ending with a prayer from Rev. C P Hamby.
Morgan County rural letter carriers meet for their ninth annual gathering in Hartselle. LA. Quire of Somerville begins program with devotional exercises led by Fret dent. John L. Foote delivers welcome, RF D Letter Carriers trial read by R. K. Black, and joys of RF D carriers by Cc. W. Williams. Erection of mail boxes by Joe W. Winton. Postmaster McMillin absent, jokes about speeches in two months.
Washington May 31 the state department decoded Germanys reply to President Wilson and found the Berlin press text largely accurate. The note claimed Lusitania carried mounted guns while the official text says Berlin knew the ship undoubt edly carried such weapons. Officials expect Wilson to promptly reaffirm the American position.
Berlin May 31 official circles say that in talks with the United States over the Lusitania sinking and submarine warfare Germany is considering new rules of warfare for the future. The foreign office has not stated concrete proposals but the government is ready to argue that submarine and aeroplane warfare must be viewed anew.
In Indy under severe weather Ralph De Palma led at 100 miles and 275 miles while Resta fought back from tire changes. De Palma set a new pace above 89 mph, with 325 miles leaving Resta narrowly ahead. Achin and Cooper trailed in third and fourth as the race progressed.
Governor Charles Henderson proclaims June 7, 1915 as Illiteracy Day to launch a statewide campaign. County Superintendent J C Tidwell leads local efforts to wage the illiteracy fight with clubs, schools, and civic groups urged to organize and cooperate statewide.
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