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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
1
Notice is given that the judge has appointed Richard El Polk administrator of the estate of Marshall C. G. Polk late of Jefferson County Indiana deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Curtis Marshall attorney. June 10 1915.
Armies marching from west and south threaten Lemberd as Russian fortifications strengthen. A submarine believed Austrian is sunk at the western entrance of the Dardanelles. A Belgian steamship is sunk by Germans in the North Sea with seventy one lost.
Reports from Paris Vienna and Berlin note maritime losses and troop shifts as Austria and Germany move on Lemberg. Submarines sink several ships including the Mena-Pier and Trudvang while the German press questions peace with Russia. President in Washington says no official info confirms the Dutch peace movement. Paris and London dispatches describe extended hostilities near Arras and naval actions in the North Sea.
The British report five submarine victims in the North Sea near the British Isles. The Norwegian ship Glistertind, 7000 tons, sunk off Shields en route from Sweden to Hartlepool. crew rescued. Russian schooner Adolf sunk off Rattrayhead by a German submarine. two perished, four landed.
A report to the State Department says S. P. Jones was killed and A. T. Graves Tom Mallard Mrs Mallard and an infant fatally wounded in a battle near Tuxpam Mexico Sunday. All victims are British subjects seeking refuge when they came within range of fire.
Secretary Lane outlines a plan to form a 15 000 strong workers club in Washington with a one level hotel and a chain of cooperative stores to supply food clothing and goods cheaper. The Home club already maintains co operative buying with member discounts and is expanding through the interior department network.
Washington reports say delays in sending President Wilson’s note to Germany stem from careful drafting rather than policy shifts. Officials insist no advisers’ split occurred and no vital changes were made since the draft Friday. The note, to be finalized at today’s cabinet meeting, will be dispatched tomorrow. Bryan arrived late adding to cabinet talk.
At the Madison Motor Boat Club annual meeting the name was changed to Madison Boat Club with motor eliminated and constitution revised to admit more members. New members elected include J. G. Ross Paul Jeffries T. W. Lotz and Fred Friedersdorf. The club plans a larger Labor Day regatta and improved levee areas with Jack Hoffman rehired as custodian. Officers elected are A. Augustin Sr. Commodore R. F. Peddie Vice Commodore L. A. Ernat Secy and Treasurer Geo H. Simpson Launch Director and G. W. Hoffman Collector.
Nashville Indiana June 5 nineteen year old Sarah Watson living five miles southeast of Nashville woke to footsteps in the kitchen. She hurled a lit lamp toward the intruder starting a table cloth fire and then the tramp helped extinguish the blaze. He claimed he was starving and Miss Watson fed him before sending him away.
A Silver Medal Contest featured four senior contestants from the T L Girls group at Willard Hall. Miss Myrtle James received the Silver Medal after performances including The Bartender's Dream and Two Portraits, with supporting magical numbers by Letha Lemen Florence Server and Bernice Suter. Mr Byron F Mouser awarded the prize amid praise for the temperance event.
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