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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
6
Short dispatches summarize global happenings arranged for quick reading. Items cover diverse events from politics to science and culture, offering brisk updates for busy readers with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness.
General von Mackensen’s forces close on Przemysl while internment of 40,000 Germans and Austrians begins in Great Britain. Riots erupt in Italy and in Trieste as the Lusitania sinking sparks protests. Goliath torpedoed in the Dardanelles. Arras gains reported. officials declare possible shift to general service in Britain.
The revolutionary forces’ success in Lisbon is confirmed. Joas Chagas to preside over the new government proclaimed from city hall windows, with enthusiastic crowds. Casualties show 67 killed and 300 wounded. The American line steamship Dominion arrived in Liverpool from Philadelphia May 1 with passengers and cargo.
A Juarez report claims an American settlement near Esperanza Sonora was decimated by a Yaqui force of about 300. Sixty five men women and children are reported killed or missing in the slaughter about seventy two miles southeast of Guaymas.
A tornado damaged El Paso Illinois with $25000 in losses and cut off outside lines. Rev Francis H Gavish of Indianapolis elected president at Baltimore conference. Harold Ault killed wife then suicided in New York Hotel St Regis. Three Mittones brothers murdered near Lowry Minnesota. Thaw wins NY appellate fight for jury trial on sanity. Kansas City ballot stuffing alleged in Capper probe. Rockefeller wins tax injunction over $1.5 million. Fort Sheridan Illinois quarantines all cavalry horses for hoof and mouth disease.
The Atlantic fleet departs New York to begin the largest naval war game in U S history. Admiral Fletcher commands sixteen battleships with cruisers destroyers and submarines defending against an enemy force modeled by auxiliaries led by Rear Admiral Beatty. The game spans from Cape Hatteras to Eastport Me and out to sea 1 200 miles.
Government in Ottawa awaits order to send a regiment to Emerson to round up about 400 Austrians sheltered in Horticultural Hall. Officials report 1000 more refugees en route and fear many will press into Minnesota after arrival. Refugees face cold, with women and children aided by placarded town crews.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled current class rates from Freeport and Rockford Illinois to New York discriminatory. It set new rates of 89.8 cents per hundred pounds from Freeport to New York and 88.3 cents from Rockford to New York with intermediate steps on the same scale.
Shipping records report cargoes moving through the canal in Saree with noting of passage status. The brief item indicates transit activity and canal traffic details.
President Woodrow Wilson received a glowing reception in New York at a Hotel Biltmore luncheon. He avoided commenting on the Germany crisis during his remarks. A disturbance arose when suffragists Florence Harmon and Mabel Schofield attempted to reach him, triggering a rapid response by Secret Service and detectives. no arrests were made.
New York crowds estimated around half a million cheered President Wilson as he reviewed the naval parade in a stormy day spectacle. Security was tightened with 660 detectives aiding in keeping order near Fifth Avenue. The Mayflower carrying the president anchored off Thirty second Street and sailed upriver with the Baltimore convoy.
A wireless message from Tokyo reports a fire aboard the steamship Chiyo Maru, which sailed from San Francisco. The vessel, bound for Yokohama, was at sea Sunday night and is due in Yokohama tomorrow.
Wayne County commissioners filed for an injunction in circuit court to bar Terre Haute Indianapolis Eastern Traction Co from raising passenger fares above two cents per mile within Wayne County. The suit challenges the company’s contract rate of one and two thirds cents per mile and asks to halt operations on grounds of franchise forfeiture under a state public service commission order setting a uniform two cent rate countywide. Arguments set for May 27 before Judge Fox.
In Indianapolis May 17 W J D Counts was elected president of the Indiana Travelers' Protective Association. New officers include Horatio Smith Lafayette Charles Newhouse New Albany Marcus Hasty Richmond as first to third vice presidents. Committee chairs named Railroad Andrew Jackson Marion press W A Ryan Terre Haute legislative Ray Ellis New Albany hotel Co A Mendenhall Richmond employment Julius Newman Evansville membership John J Shuttleworth Terre Haute director Edward Maurer added Indianapolis. Secretary Charles M Sink New Albany seeks $2000 salary two year terms and HQ move to Indianapolis. Three hundred women wives and daughters of Indiana traveling sales men enjoyed an automatic city tour.
West Lafayette May 17 Purdue University releases the commencement week program with events from June 6 to June 9. Highlights include a baccalaureate address by Rev Joshua Stansfield at 3 p m on June 6 and graduation exercises with an Angell address on June 9.
The woman's auxiliary to the diocesan board of missions of Michigan City closed a three day session. Mrs. G W Stevens of Detroit spoke as president. Normal classes were led by Miss Elizabeth Thomas and Mrs G B Torrence. Rev H A Whitehead of Indianapolis served as registrar. Dr Ozora S Davis of Chicago delivered the final sermon.
In Terre Haute on May 17 the German Reformed Churches of the Indiana-Illinois conference held a session with Rev. Julius F Grauel of Butler Memorial Reformed Church Indianapolis delivering remarks on the value of Christ and related church matters during the readings of reports.
The ad notes low round trip fares via the Scenic Highway of the Northern Pacific to California Expositions and the Pacific Coast with liberal stop overs. Tickets allow visiting Yellowstone National Park via Gardiner Gateway. A.M. Cleland invites plans for 1915 vacations and offers to send brochures and travel literature from St. Paul Minnesota.
A sharp exchange captures sarcasm about Dudley’s constant boasting of his forebears. The retort notes that his own descendants will not brag about him.
Dr Aug F W Schmitz of Thomas Oklahoma testifies he suffered backache for 25 years and Bright's disease but found relief using Dodd's Kidney Pills. After two boxes he improved, later used three more boxes with renewed relief, and three years later his backache has not returned. He recommends the product.
A 52 year old Confederate hardtack, browned by battlefield exposure, sits with T F Perkins in Hartsville Tennessee. The two inch square piece was picked up July 3 1868 by Rounds Saunders a Jeb Stuart cavalryman and sent to Miss Liela Roberta Perkins Bedford City Virginia now Mrs A J Hall Hartsville.
A woman admitted to throwing stones at a Pacific avenue building and her lawyer Indignation Jones sought a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Goggin. The judge paused to confirm the address, then declared the property owner would pay the fine and warned against future window breaking.
A brief debate contrasts outward gratitude with inner lack as a speaker acknowledges plenty yet laments what remains unseen. The exchange underscores subjective happiness versus unmet needs without detailing any names or places.
A historic report details a town’s choice to maintain a dry status, outlining local officials and community debates. It covers municipal actions, voter sentiment, and the broader implications for residents and businesses.
A Topeka woman credits Postum with curing years of insomnia nerve troubles and dyspepsia after giving up coffee. She says improvement began weeks after switching and has persisted five years without medicines, underlining Postum's role in her recovery.
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