Germany's Cable System Must Be Given Up Report
A report states Germany's cable system must be relinquished with future disposition of property unsettled leaving the outcome unresolved.
03 May 1919
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1919
Page
1
A report states Germany's cable system must be relinquished with future disposition of property unsettled leaving the outcome unresolved.
Allied and German delegations near formal presentation of the peace treaty in Paris as the council of three settles remaining terms. Germany must surrender its cable systems, but the five powers will hold control until decisions on disposition are agreed. Chinese and Belgian representatives express objections and seek assurances, while Italy, under pressure, reopens understandings with Premier Orlando amid ongoing criticisms of President Wilson.
Paris May 2 Associated Press reports Italy’s status improved with indications that arrangements would allow Italy to be represented when the peace treaty is presented to the Germans next week.
An Associated Press report from Helsingfors notes Bolshevik troops defeated along the eastern front in Siberian campaigns are retreating in disorder. The dispatch cites retreating units and general disarray as Soviet forces pull back under pressure.
Asa Roose of near Argos died from injuries after a stone rolled into a hole he was digging on his farm. He was taken to Woodland hospital Rochester and operated on, dying two days later. He was a son of Mrs. John Neher of Nappanee and uncle of A. Beisch of Nappanee. His wife and four daughters survive.
Leonard Dutch Cripe lost control of Baker's motorcycle near the Kunderd farm and his right leg was hurt while the machine was damaged. Both men are Goshen residents employed at the Pratt factory in Elkhart.
A daughter named Phyllis June was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harley McDevitt at Wilkinson Street. Mr McDevitt works as a motion picture machine operator at the Bucklen Theater in Elk Hart.
The Kelly Motor Co sold a new Ford touring car to Fred Stahley, indicating a customer purchase and vehicle transaction by the dealer.
The Curtiss Airplane and Motor Co announces government purchases worth several million dollars. About 1000 to 1200 war era flying machines will be taken over and may be repurposed by former army officers. Some planes could fuel new firing schools.
A May 3 bank robbery at Farmers State Bank in Mexico Indiana ended after 12 shots as robbers fled with less than seven dollars. Night watchman Clem Chaplin and citizen Horace Weibele confronted the bandits. no injuries reported.
Total subscriptions to the Victory Liberty loan rose to 1.575 billion dollars as the treasury department urged loan organizations to refine their sales plans for door to door canvassing next week during the campaign’s final phase.
In Geneva reports say Czech Slavs and Roumanians have refused to accept Bela Kam as premier. They reject territorial concessions in exchange for an end to fighting, per accords from Bratislava and surrounding capitals.
Thomas Hydon of an army unit was killed near Rirklia when a tank being moved on a transport truck crashed between two army vehicles. The tank mired and both tracks were used to pull it free.
The Cataranty Trust Co of New York provides a yield indicator for tax exempt securities. Investors can compare after tax values with normal federal income tax to gauge relative worth without detailed calculations.
Jesse Buronside of Nappanee was found guilty of damaging rural mail boxes but sentencing is delayed. Co defendants Carl Dennisen and Chiyten Stump, also from Napjaimee, were indicted for the same offense and have been arraigned.
Marion Ho Eichholtz of Liberty Mills in Wabash county, formerly operator at the Gouhen office of the Western Union Telegraph Co, has accepted an operator position in the main Western Union office in Indianapolis.
Fredo W. Dreseh Sr Lawrence W. Seaman and Morri Steele organize a baseball team and will manage the park grounds at Resers Bandy Park once ownership is settled.
John W. Zigler of Mishawaka offers to sell the Zigler Shoup tract on South Main street in Goshen for park purposes along the annal. The proposal centers on using the land to create a public park.
Lieut Milton M. Latta of Goshen was cited by Col Hough of the 166th Regiment for meritorious conduct in service.
Virgil M. Smith files for divorce from Henrietta Smith in circuit court. They wed November 25, 1918 and separated April 22, 1910. He alleges adultery on several occasions, long absences after dating with male admirers by telephone, and repeated cruel and inhuman threats when angered.
Reports in the hands of the General and Arrangements committees for the sixty fifth annual Grand Commandery Conclave to be held May 14 and 15 at the Masonic Temple Indianapolis. Fifty eight Indiana commanderies expected. eleven listed including Terre Haute Clinton Lafayette Kokomo Muncie Seymour Anderson Greenfield Franklin Knightstown and Lafayette with Purdue band of seventy players.
Paris hears that Petrograd has probably fallen to Finnish forces, based on information considered trustworthy reaching the city.
Eight year old Michael Witry died in mid May from an accidental rifle discharge in an attic where Frank Witry, 11, pointed a rifle at his sister Cecelia. The children are offspring of Jo Watts, a farmer four miles northwest of Buchanan.
The new state tax law blocks Madison County from raising 155000 to finance a tuberculosis hospital by time warrants. The county attorney seeks to secure 150000 from the state tax board to restart the project.
The regular May meeting of Fikhart County Commissioners began Monday with no agreement on where a proposed tuberculosis hospital should be built. The Fikhart County Tuberculosis Association also met and—while not at war—held divergent views, with commissioners favoring the county farm and the association pushing for a separate site.
The body of Dr George B Wort trustee of Bremen who died in a Kokomo bathroom while visiting his daughter has been interred at Hicksville.
Thomas F. P. Hammond aged 60, janitor at the T. Pidgeon millinery store in Fort Wayne, died after being caught by the elevator. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Township assessors must file by May th. The board of review convenes in June. Monday marks the final day to file mortgage exemptions.
A banquette hosted by the Men’s Bible class of the First Reformed Church at Anthony Deahl’s parlors drew 111 attendees. Speeches honored returning soldiers including Julius Becker and Warren Cline. letters from others were read. Guests included Dr Earl Weaver Dewitt McCally and Dr Harry Vander Bogart among participants. A fine meal was served.
Washington dispatch reports officials expect all United States troops overseas to be home by September 30 1979. The timing reflects progress in withdrawal plans and diplomacy with allied nations.
GL Wrigley Democrat will finish his second six year term as judge of the Whitley Nedde circuit court and will not seek renomination next year. He plans to open a law office at Albion while his son Roy Wrigley, an army officer, will move to Rendathbille. Democrats of the circuit nominate Whitefeather of Columbia City for judge.
Rev. G. A. Hubbart of Ligonier witnessed the wreck near Wawaka where Stanley Randall was killed and his father injured when the car he drove struck the side of the Twentieth Century Limited on the New York Central railroad.
The State Bank of Topeka pays four percent interest and a cooperative dividend of three quarters of one percent per year on qualified certificates issued between October 1 1918 and March 31 1919.
The management announces that for an indefinite period females will not be admitted as patients due to overcrowding at Lonzecliffe asylum. This emergency measure limits intake and reclassifies current beds to male patients as authorities seek to ease overcrowding.
Todianapolis papers report many school teachers ready to fill vacancies as current staff refuse to continue under present conditions.
Mrs. Babcock sold the J. N. Babcock house in Topeka to Mr. and Mrs. Smith Cunningham. The former owner, J. N. Babcock, died several months ago in New Smyrna, Florida.
Harry A. Stone applies for divorce from Tula Bell Weaver-Stone alleging insanity. marriage occurred in Michigan on December 3, 1918.
The Goshen city school administration reports that enrollment returns have not been completed. Officials warn of potential delays in state reporting and data accuracy until records are finalized. Local schools urge staff to submit outstanding forms promptly.
Dr. Albert Roy Messick 30 of South Bend and former Goshen resident died at Epworth hospital South Bend at 4 AM after six days of pneumonia. He practiced dentistry in South Bend since 1908, survived by wife Marie and two daughters, with funeral planned at First Presbyterian Church South Bend and graveside in Goshen Oak Ridge.
The will of Elk Hart county farmer George A Gilbert, who died at Tu valids hospital Buffalo New York after gall stones surgery, was filed for probate in the circuit court. Executrix named Sarah J Gilbert. $2500 bequeathed to son Cheney F Gilbert of Charleston West Virginia. remainder to wife. Meadowbrook farm over 200 acres, jointly owned, now for survivor.
A U S army hospital train carrying 168 wounded men from New York to Washington passed Fort Wayne on the Pennsylvania line. It halted briefly for public inspection to promote the Victory Liberty loan, drawing local spectators.
Persistent rainfall kept the region soggy as Elk hart River and Rock Eun Creek swelled, prompting higher water levels across local waterways and potential minor flooding concerns.
An Independent Cigar Store at 204 South Main Street advertises a Saturday promotion offering Samels and Lucky Strike products at two for three thousand units. The notice is brief and lists the store and price deal.
Confidential dispatches from Paris received in Washington suggest President Wilson will call a special session of Congress to meet around June 1. The notices describe preparations and expected legislative agenda discussions in Paris and Washington.
Stanford Willard's bank in Wakarusa reports progress in Fifth Victory loan sales with a $11,000 subscription toward a $290,000 quota. Elkhart County aims for $1,350,000 and is nearly subscribed, driven by 16 banking institutions in the county.
Women of Goshen will gather at 7 30 tonight in the public library auditorium to organize a campaign of education ahead of Indiana’s first presidential election with voting rights for women. A seventeen member committee led by Mrs Wo Raw Hateto will oversee the session with Miss Amy Keene of Indianapolis attending.
Reports from Elkhart say Mayor W. H. Foster, hospitalized with kidney ailment and complications, is improving. A Chicago specialist who arrived yesterday expressed confidence in his recovery and said he will likely be able to leave home soon. Some earlier reports about the river condition were exaggerated.
Josep W. Jefferson aged 48 and son of Jos eph Jefferson for whom the Jeffers theater Gere is named died at his New York City home after a long illness. He was a Columbia University graduate and acted with his father on stage in Rip Van Winkle in Denver in 1885. He appeared as a star at the Irwin and Jefferson Goshen in Rip Van Winkle. He is survived by his wife one son and one daughter. Jos. Jefferson Sr. died in 1905.
Former President William Howard Taft’s planned speech in Fort Wayne to support the Victory Liberty Loan was canceled for the upcoming Wednesday May 7.
Next Monday marks the final deadline to pay the spring installment for county and city taxes. Delinquent penalties will be added after the cutoff.
Capt. Sam A. Peck of Goshen has been appointed regimental adjutant of the 150th field artillery.
The city of Elkhart plans to spend 28 300 to improve drainage on Prairie Street, aiming to reduce flooding and enhance street resilience.
Denial issued that Indiana insurance rates will not undergo another increase. No boost planned or expected, according to officials.
The United States generally disapproves of aiding Germany's financial rehabilitation scheme. Officials voiced concern over implications for postwar economic stability and the burden on American resources.
In Paris on May 2 authorities and financial members of the American delegation rejected joint action to restore German business. The Chinese delegation protested the council of three decision on Kiao Chau saying it grants Japan control of Northern China.
Fifty men were overcome by black damp in the Nottingham mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co. at Plymouth. Twenty were brought to the surface, nine in serious condition. No fatalities were reported at noon, with thirty still in the mine and fate undetermined.
A Stitch in Time a cantata was successfully presented at the First Presbyterian Church last evening under the Westminster Guild. Mrs Henry E Krutz directed the performance featuring Lamar P J Creep Miss Helen Neleigh Goshen high school instructor and Miss Helen Vanderveer among the prominent cast with about twenty participants and a large audience.
Proprietary stamps for drug stores are on sale at the post office under a new law. Starting May 1, drug stores will pay a tax on nearly all in store sales, except serums antitoxins and physician prescriptions, at 1 cent for every 25 cents or fraction thereof.
Earl Starrett of Goshen was found in front of General hospital Elkhart and taken to the police station for medical attention after an injury with the street car company's construction gang. He was en route to hospital for treatment when he fell but later returned to his home in Goshen.
Emmett Haggerty died at his Detroit home from influenza pneumonia. The body was interred in Berrien Springs. Mrs. Haggerty, formerly Carolyn Slabaugh of Syracuse, graduated Syracuse High School in 1897.
Many Indiana Republicans express discontent as the Will Hays gubernatorial nomination drive moves forward and Gov Goodrich's political policies trigger upheaval within the party.
The plan for Goshen to assume Rogers Band Park by paying 5000 dollars did not close. City officials had pursued transfer of ownership but the deal remains unresolved and pending.
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