27 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
1
Washington Feb 25 The House adopted the conference report on the rivers and harbors bill and also the report on the peace time army bill limiting the army to 170000. The report now goes to the Senate.
Investigators in Munich uncovered a planned uprising to dethrone Bavaria’s socialist regime and restore the throne. The plot involved Prince Joachim, sixth son of the ex Kaiser, and Ruppecht, former Bavarian crown heir. arrest of Ruppecht is probable. Prince Joachim is in Potsdam after deportation from Bavaria.
Stockholm reports that General Ludendorff, once first Quartermaster General of the German army, who had been living incognito in southern Sweden while writing a war book, has departed for Germany.
Washington reports administration leaders say the Senate will not vote to ratify the League of Nations constitution until after the American people speak. The President has returned to Washington and will address the issue in time.
Mannheim, an important industrial city in Baden, has been proclaimed a Republic by the Spartacides. The city is cut off from the outside world and remains isolated as the news spreads from Berlin on February 25.
Andrew Lytle of Vails undertaking house received word that Stephen Markt died this morning in Anderson Indiana. Markt was the oldest Indiana undertaker, aged 84, and served as a bank president in Anderson. Lytle had previously worked for the decedent before moving to Madison. Markt was widely known as an undertaker across the state. Texas women cast nearly half the total vote in the recent state primary.
In Indianapolis on February 25 the House adopted a minority report urging indefinite postponement of the railroad commission bill. The Senate had approved increases for field examiners salaries to ten dollars a day and set firemen pension funds, while the Anti German bill passed the House 97 to 0. The measure now goes to the Governor.
Dispatch to Daily Express reports forty thousand idle workers in Munich have been armed by the Independents or Radicals, with further trouble anticipated as a result of the unrest.
Colonel William Hayward, former New York public service commissioner, arrives back in America hailed for a strong war record with the 369th United States Infantry, the Fifteenth, noted for never losing a trench or a prisoner to the enemy. The Fifteenth’s roll of honor lists more than 160 colored soldiers from private to officer. Deportation of fourteen Spanish radicals connected to an alleged plot to kill the President is being considered as a swift solution to the problem.
John Saylor died at his home near Kent at 2 pm after a long illness with cancer of the stomach and Bright's disease. He was 62, born in Germany, and lived on farms in Milton township Madison and near Kent. Survived by wife Lena Disch, daughter Mrs Edward Coleman, and sons Albert, Edward, and Cecil, plus brother Jacob Saylor. He was a member of Cleo Lodge and K P Brooksburg.
Local tobacco market reports strong week with Planters House selling 38,775 pounds at 27 cents per pound while Peoples House moved 22,726 at 25.23 per hundred. Farmers House handled 22,000 pounds averaging 27.418 per hundred as overall season sales near 1.5 million dollars with projections above 2 million.
Announcement of the wedding between Dorothea Bohne and Axel Aulin at St. Columba’s Church at 8 o’clock Wednesday. Bridal party hosted a breakfast for fourteen at the Tool House. The couple plan a brief nuptial trip and will reside in Washington D C where the groom works at the Naval headquarters.
Clerk Prewatt issued a marriage license to Cameron Taylor of Regina Sask Canada and Verrel Demaree of North Madison. Rev J H Barnard performed the ceremony at his west Second Street residence at 3 pm. The couple will reside in Canada.
Madison township Assessor John Carlisle opens an office in the Richert building to begin assessing personal property and real estate from March 1 to May 15. Victor Rowlison directs the office with deputies Charles Buck William C Nodler Charles A Bowman William McLaughlin Lincoln Lee and William D Jones for outside the city and Benjamin Mayo William Smith for city real estate.
The remains of Mrs. Arthur Mc Gee died in Indianapolis Friday morning arrived at North Madison by noon train and were taken to the Christian Church for services conducted by Prof. Levi Burnworth. Her father Louis Bracken and sister Louise Hall could not return due to influenza. Interment followed at Fairmount Cemetery with pallbearers A. J. Champion Jeff Glore Wm. Phillips Harry Jack Lyman Bush and Luther Young.
List of real estate deeds with multiple grantees and grantors including values. West Main Street parcels in city and Ryker's Ridge in Madison and Milton townships lead transfers. Notable entries include 106 acres for 2800 dollars and 97 acres for 6000 dollars with several 70 to 80 acre lots and prices ranging from 1 to 6500 dollars.
Edith Virginia Stiver, twelve, daughter of Mr and Mrs John V Stiver, died at the family home on Ryker's Ridge at five this morning after a weeklong illness with influenza and complications. She attended Ryker's Ridge school and the Methodist Sunday school, and is survived by her parents and younger brother Raymond.
A Vienna dispatch reports martial law in Gratz after riots. Gen Bennett H Young a Louisville lawyer and soldier died suddenly on Sunday. Paris reports Premier Clemenceau’s wound healing and expects to resume duties by Thursday. Quotation about people talking wisely but acting foolishly remains.
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