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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
4
A concise wrap of international events and major developments with emphasis on countries in conflict and diplomacy. Highlights include political shifts, military movements, and economic updates affecting nations and markets worldwide.
The Kronprinz Wilhelm after 255 days at sea seeks sanctuary at Newport News Va barred from New York harbor by British cruisers. The raid sank 14 merchant ships valued at 7 million dollars. Heavy French losses reported on the Meuse battle. Berlin claims repulsed attacks. Kitchener calls for a Canadian expeditionary force. Harpalyce relief ship torpedoed or mined with 26 dead and 27 rescued.
A West Virginia incident recalls a boy who flagged a Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train to avert a collision with a pile of ties, preventing a serious wreck.
Sporting Bob Fitzsimmons, former heavyweight champion, marries Miss Temo Zillen in Washington. The bridegroom gives $85 000 in jewels as a wedding gift. Jess Willard accepts Jacksonville Florida challenge for world title from Frank Lyons with a year to prepare.
Demonstrations in Rome backing Italian intervention led to arrests. Pope Benedict issued May prayers for world peace in Catholic churches. In Glamorganshire Wales miners struck over wages. Paris banned Argentine tango by expulsion decree targeting teachers. An assassination attempt occurred in Cairo when a young Egyptian fired at the target.
A1980 warning piece explains motorists should beware of fuel economy tricks and used car scams. It details how unscrupulous sellers “gyp” buyers with temporary mechanical fixes, deceptive ads, and staged private sales to obscure poor engine condition and misleading prices.
In Chartres street haunted tenements Miss Lucile Lacoste believed a phantom cavalier courted her for a midnight minuet. She attempted suicide by leaping from a Port Chalmette bridge before Sheriff Fred Hahn rescued her from the ravine and drowning.
An elderly man with thick lenses is stopped on North Clark by a young thief who mistakes him for a relative and tries to swap money for a stickpin. The exchange spirals into talk of historic Chicago figures before the imposter bolts around the corner.
In Los Angeles a baby boy William Charles Flynn and baby girl Alene Calvert Houck, both labeled perfect, are pledged by their mothers to a future marriage. After competing in a baby congress each child has won multiple first prizes, and the mothers say fate may unite them for a planned future but deny coercion in shaping their children's lives.
A wildfire threatened Moorefield and surrounding farms as flames swept a mile and a half through woods and fields. Farmers with plows, plus residents including women and children, battled the blaze by bucket brigades. Raney barn and livestock losses were reported, with thousands of dollars in damage before plowed ground stopped the fire near the village edge.
In Indianapolis on April 12 Dr Henry T Davis of Richmond announced his intention to retire after 22 years in Indiana public health service. His term ends in May. The board reorganized for two years with Dr James S Boyer of Decatur elected president and Dr H H Sutton of Aurora vice president. Dr J N Hurty remains secretary.
Fire destroyed the Wilkerson Ice and Coal company stables and the Ditzler Ice Cream company buildings in Huntington on April 12. Loss estimated at about 10000 dollars with seven horses and delivery gear lost at Wilkerson. Fire endangered Huntington Light and Fuel plant and nearby homes as railroad services suffered outages.
Three Shelby county farmers escaped death after a storm strike. Warl Babb was knocked senseless as lightning hit a metal roof barn, killing one of three horses. Renus Copeland suffered a peeled nose, and Eli Green had a paralyzed right arm. The men stood against the barn framework and all survived.
In Auburn on April 12 Fort Wayne won the bid to host the 1916 Northern Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference on the third ballot. Seven cities competed, with Fort Wayne receiving 129 votes and Muncie 74 while others withdrew.
Joseph G. Mc Dowell a department store clerk was arrested on a charge of forging a $300 note cashed at Elwood on March 24. He allegedly forged the signatures of Mont McKay and George C. Wood of Elwood. McDowell, 30, married, had worked in a large Elwood store.
April 12 report from Evaneville says seven year old Joseph Smith was killed when he fell under a moving automobile fire truck. Firemen state the boy climbed onto the running board despite warnings and was thrown to the street as the vehicle backed up, the wheels passing over his head.
Edward Hackett, 25, a lineman for Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction, died after contact with 4000 volts of electricity. He was at work in Fort Wayne when the fatal shock passed through his body.
A Boston scene captures Cynthia refusing to recite Mary Had a Little Lamb. The kind old man notes the poem has little value and is not true to life given meat market constraints, suggesting Mary could only own a chop, not a lamb.
An old advertisement urges customers to try Marine Hye Remedy for red, weak, watery eyes and granulated lids. It claims no gocertlne and offers a free Book of the Ye Eye mail. Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
The article notes selected ash as strong and light and resistant to shock, used in propeller construction. Built up layers of spruce with mahogany centers are also used. The aircraft framework is mainly wood, with spruce favored for its straight grain and lack of defects.
A vintage grocery ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue detergent as sure to please in every home, urging grocers to stock the product for customers seeking a trusted laundry aid.
In London the fog aids air defense as streets veil anti aircraft measures and searchlights. The weathering fog complicates GermanZeppelin raids and boosts morale for residents and defenders alike.
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