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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
6
Passenger ships report a British transport torpedoed off the Scilly Islands with heavy troop losses, while Allied air raids on German lines and Paris bombardments cause casualties. Tsarina and military leaders announce large conscription plans as German gains push fronts east and west.
A Berlin dispatch says American buyers in Germany predict losses amounting to millions of dollars for goods ordered for the Christmas season. A separate item notes King Gustav narrowly escaped injury in Jerna Sweden when a sudden train jerk threw him from his car. Another dispatch reports the Baltic liner arriving safely at Liverpool after sailing from New York on August 18 with a 10 000 ton cargo largely consisting of war munitions and automobile trucks.
President Wilson delays plans to return to Cornish New Hampshire as tensions over Germany’s submarine warfare persist. Diplomats report progress in the Arabic case and a possible mediation effort between Germany and Great Britain on sea freedom. The Interstate Commerce Commission rejects proposed rate hikes by southwest railroads for packinghouse and meat products. U S exports reach 2 7686 billion in the year ending June 30 up 17 percent from the U K in second place. Wilson signs neutrality proclamation between Italy and Turkey.
Sporting Evansville, Ind., clinched the Central league baseball pennant as the season closed on Tuesday. Rube Marquard, once a New York hero, was sold by the Giants to the Toronto club of the International league.
The New York Zoological Society opens nesting and feeding box displays in the zoological park to attract birds and educate visitors. Assistant curator Lee S Crandall warns that urban pressure and forestry changes threaten songbird survival, urging action to protect nesting sites and food sources.
Indianapolis marriage license clerk Russell Jewett warns he will refuse to issue licenses outside official hours. He previously granted licenses any time for $2.50, but now he insists on seven days a week only within the set schedule, despite public demand for off hours.
In Philadelphia a father of seven, with sixteen children total, miscounts his brood delaying discovery of seven year old Pamine Velucci missing from 29 Kimball Street. Police locate him at Fifty second and Market, return him home after the father admits the error.
In East Liberty, members of the Hast Liberty Treating club line up at a men’s store choosing a thrifty celebration. They aim to replace saloon fare with gifts from local furnishers and advance camaraderie without alcohol, buying ties and collar buttons as their next treats.
Berlin reports Lipsk ten miles from the new Russian line as Austro German forces under General Woyrsch push toward Vilna Revno. Teutonic troops cross the Sukolla while efforts to clear Galicia of Russians continue with renewed intensity and debate on a broader campaign in the Balkans.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson has accepted an invitation to address the Wisconsin State Teachers association convention in Milwaukee on November 4. Her topic is America's Opportunity Every Schoolhouse the Community Center and Every School Principal the Community Secretary. She will also be a guest of Milwaukee community centers that evening.
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz reports the killing of E. F. Wells on August 13 by bandits near the Tabasco Plantation company site in Tabasco. The outlaws dynamited a train killing Wells and 17 Mexicans. Wells was buried by constitutionalist soldiers. the state department investigates to confirm Wells’s American identity.
Rear Admiral Bush announced the submarine F4 has been raised and placed in harbor awaiting dry dock. Navy officials say the 21 victims will be recovered for investigation into the disaster causes.
A heavy frost hit Mason Iowa on the morning of August 31 with the thermometer at 30 degrees above zero. Ground cover suffered notable damage to plants and crops in the area.
Warsaw, Aug 30 Acting Judge A G Wood granted a writ of habeas corpus to George Mowery a National Guard member who did not attend Fort Harrison encampment citing sickness A court martial sentenced him to eight days in jail The state plans an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court to challenge the ruling and preserve Guard discipline.
Prof Don aldson Bodine head of geology and zoology at Wabash college for 20 years died at Douglass Lake Michigan at age 48. Born in Richboro Pennsylvania he led the department since 1895 and held AAAS and AE society fellowships. Survived by widow sister and stepson Phil Clugston. Lifelong Presbyterian elder and noted singer.
Indiana women attending the state fair next month will focus on fine arts culinary products fruits flowers and dairy exhibits. The poultry show features glass globe chick hatching by electric warmth and forestry wood displays. Women’s handiwork rises in the fine arts department with sewing knitting embroidery lace painting decorating china basketry leather brass stamping wood carving and more.
South Bend on August 30 reports sixty year old K. K. Culver father of Frank Culver founder of the Culver Military Academy risked his life to save a woman and her little son. He sprang for the bridle, was dragged beneath the horse's hoofs and broke his leg but survived to state his leg was hurt. A doctor confirmed a leg fracture.
Charles Kroener a 30 year old local baker was arrested for assaulting his sweetheart Miss Lee Griffith with a razor at her home early Friday. He is bound over to Vanderburgh County Circuit Court in 2000 bond. If Griffith dies charges may rise to first degree murder. The mother fainted upon seeing her daughter's critical throat wounds.
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