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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
3
Hardware and furniture stores in New Decatur will close each afternoon at a set time during the summer months, following a new agreement reached today. The rule applies except on payday after a gap of 83 days, per employer statements.
Germany plans to regulate submarine warfare by past law and seeks a factual basis on Lusitania’s fate before finalizing negotiations with the United States. Several notes are expected, with continued submarine actions and protections for neutral shipping, while foreign office avoids creating precedents for the admiralty.
London May 31 British newspapers comment on Germanys reply to Wilsons note calling it evasive and unsatisfactory They predict the reply will cause much annoyance in Washington
Berlin papers praise Germanys reply to Wilson note on submarine warfare The Koelische Zeitung says publicity of Germanys reply shows torpedoing the Lusitania was justified and that the US complaint has disappeared leaving it for Washington to complain to London.
Deputy James Draper brings Albert Metcalf back from Guntersville who was arrested there last week on a county arson charge. Metcalf denies guilt and awaits further proceedings.
Mt Lassen broke through a new crater 400 feet below the old one at 5 PM Sunday, marking its 99th eruption. The newly formed crater lies beneath the prior crater, which was clogged by the May 22 eruption, according to the International News Service from Redding California.
A brief reader note urges residents to call 46 for information and subscribe to the Decatur Daily, highlighting an easy path to ongoing local news and updates.
The County Law and Equity court convened with Judge West presiding. Henry West, a white man from the Eastern end of the county, is charged with perjury over alleged testimony against his first wife. He is also accused of adultery in connection with his divorce about a year ago.
Rome reports a Rimini custom house guard fired a single rifle shot that felled an Austrian aeroplane overhead. Rimini lies on the Adriatic coast about 100 miles south of Venice.
May 31 report states bombs were dropped by Austrians near the American consulate in Venice on Thursday. No damage occurred and the attack was described as slight in impact by Consul Carrot.
W G Gentry attends the Birmingham office meeting as about fifty delegates expected to gather for the state post office workers annual convention in Decatur next year.
Senator Benjamin Shively is reported critically ill today at a private sanitarium located at 156 West Seventy-fourth street in New York City.
Newell F Baker star pitcher and utility man for the A R Y M C A team joins Valdosta Georgia after signing with the cellar champions of the Georgia State league Baker left Birmingham to report for Monday's game and his brother Ewell Baker also draws attention as a prospective major league talent respected by fans in north Alabama
Willis Henderson of West Decatur received a telegram announcing the death of his brother’s widow in Chicago at noon Saturday. The couple formerly lived on Grant street and were active Congregational church members in New Decatur. Survived by a son and daughter in Chicago and two brothers, the pair were esteemed as upright, charitable citizens and had recent years marked by Henderson’s successful business career there.
An advertising notice promotes Owl Chill and Malaria Tonic from Owl Drug Co to stimulate secretions and purify blood. It promises a money back offer if claims are not met and provides the store address at 401 Bank St.
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