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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
The British premier asked Parliament to approve an extra 750 million pounds for war costs and Lloyd George secured a settlement ending the South Wales coal strike. Reports from German and Russian fronts note Russian retreats near Wars aw Novo Georgievak Ivangorod and Lublin and German advances toward Riga and Lublin.
Secretary Lansing met with President Wilson in Belisvad New York to review a nearly finished note to Germany. The draft was shown to the cabinet, with Wilson urging secrecy and possible changes before dispatch to Berlin. The session ran two and a half hours and the policy appeared unified.
The strike is expected to end at midnight Wednesday, with about 290,000 miners returning to work. Dispatches from Chiasso report a swift Austrian rout on the Caran Tain and a furious Isonzo front battle along the Italian front.
Secretary Lansing announced an official inquiry into the submarine attack on the steamship Orduna after a passenger from Chicago reported shelling of the vessel when the torpedo missed. The Treasury Department will conduct the inquiry.
Reports reached Portland by mail that British warships sighted and fired on a German submarine off the Nova Scotia coast. The Canadian censor forbade sending the news by telegraph, according to the writer.
Lambert Robbins transfers 10 acres in Graham township to Adam Rob bins for 150 dollars. Susan Albee unmarried transfers property in Hanover to Thor B McGregor under private consideration. Madison B and A Association No 8 sells property in Hanover to Tona J Benham and Luetta Benham for 430.85 dollars. Frank Nicholas and others to Samuel G Nichols 52 acres in Lancaster township for 1500 dollars.
Leo Franks remains under medical care at Milledgeville prison farm as doctors report mixed signals. While Warren Smith notes that infection has cleared, Frank’s temperature rises and physicians detect pus in the wound, though officials say his condition remains hopeful at noon.
Milton and nearby communities report visitors and family gatherings. Mr A J Stewart and Mrs Stewart visited Mrs Will Adams in Monitor. Lee Morgan and sister visited relatives in North Madison. Jesse Perkinson and wife from Madison saw his father Sam Perkinson. Wille Culver and Carroll Bradley visited Doll McAlister. Geo Welch visiting his children. Oscar Cull broke a finger while binding oats. Mrs George Boggs and three children visited daughter Mrs Edgar Callis in Hisle. John Williams of Baro Bone and wife visit daughter Mrs Ben Stockdale.
Bridgeport Conn July 20 Orders issued to the naval militia to report for strike duty at the Remington Arms Factory upon hearing fifteen strokes of the fire alarm. Fifteen rounds of riot ammunition issued for each man.
Bridgeport July 20. After hour long talks with the employee General Manager Pesfield of the New Remington Arms Works, the machinists strike was temporarily averted. Fewer than fifty machinists at the old Remington Plant Gaynor Manufacturing Co and Bridgeport Engineering Co joined the vote.
Daniels orders an official inquiry into the mysterious blaze aboard the battleship Oklahoma at Camden shipyards. It marks the third suspicious fire on American battleships within a week.
Walter Warner 35 a Greenfield box-maker for a local canning firm was shot and killed by Mrs Gilbert Robinson when he tried to force entry into her home early today. Four shots were fired through a glass door.
A Washington labor leader says that the Bridgeport plan for workers to share profits from war materials is only a start. He warns that up to a quarter of a million men nationwide will demand higher wages or strike. Goshen hosts the fourth Redpath Chautauqua opening with 1000 tickets sold.
Amos Butler reports Richmond will host the annual State Conference of Charities and Corrections from October 30 to November 2 with six general sessions. Notable attendees include Governor Samuel M. Ralston, Dr. Edward T. Devine, Miss Julia Lathrop, Dr. Hurty, and Prof. Donald DuShane chairing round tables.
Miss Ethel Antonivas eighteen died from burns at Portland Indiana after a car cleaner spill ignited by a lighted match. The incident occurred three miles north of the city. Bayonne reports nine hundred Standard Oil workers on strike with six vessels loading oil for European allies tied up. The article notes two months as the average life of a horse at the front.
The undersigned named as executor in the late will of Bridget Howley of Jefferson County has duly qualified before the Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Madison Safe Deposit Trust Co. July 19 1915. Executor July 22 3t
Mrs Emma Jordan spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Mart Oshier near St Magdalene. Nick Augustine was in Dupont last Monday. H E Spann made a business trip to Madison last Thursday. Mrs N J Van Antwerp and daughter Mrs Florence Donovan spent Monday with J D Johnston and wife near Dupont. Rev C Gasdorf and wife and Robert Eads and wife went to Needs more last Tuesday and began revival services. Float Shadday and family of Holton spent Sunday with Ed Adame and family. Mrs Hazel Dannecker returned home from Bloomington Monday. Thelma and Austin Donovan are visiting relatives in Holton. Rev Scarber preached here Sunday morning. There will be preaching services here Friday night. R F Rogers and family of Marble Valley spent Sunday with friends here.
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