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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
3
World tensions surge as Serbia evacuation is reported with Balkan battles looming Greece border threats rise. Britain plans a 4 million man army by April 1916 while Wilson lectures on preparedness. Fires and accidents hit Erie and Bethlehem works as notable deaths unfold.
Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory urges stronger neutrality safeguards and sanctions for those harming U S neutrality. The Petrolite incident prompts naval inquiry and proposed safe conducts for German attaches. Treasury head McAdoo touts strong finances and hints at bond issue and tax measures.
Sporting Joe Stecher, a Nebraska aspirant to the world wrestling title, defeated Paul Martinson of Chicago in two straight falls at Sioux City Time. The scores were 20:35 and 11:40.
The French cruiser Des cartes stopped the Porto Rico liner Coamo and took four German sailors from the merchant ship aboard the warship. Emperor William moved his youngest son Prince Joachim wedding to Princess Marie of Anhalt from late December to end of February. Bulgaria aims to hold eastern Serbia with Nish and Pirot, Macedonia, and a Danube strip to form a common frontier with Hungary, per Berlin’s Vossische Zeitung.
The United States addresses Austria-Hungary with a note calling the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona barbarous and indefensible. It demands punishment for the attacker and indemnity for American victims, urging prompt Austrian action to preserve law and humanity.
In Cleveland two workers plunged from a wrecked scaffold at the Hollen den Hotel. A rope snapped, the scaffold dropped, and one man fell about 300 feet to the ground, as a crowd watched in horror. The incident followed dramatic onstage action in a motion picture, deemed tame by comparison.
Report from Americana travelers says Villa troops were shot after capture in a march from Fronteras to San Joaquin and through a Chihuahua mountain pass. Executions were ordered by Gen. P. Elias Calles and Gen. Angel Flores governors of Sonora and Sina loa to punish Villa looting.
Market quotes list wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.17 to 1.19 per bushel and assorted grades, corn quotations across white and yellow varieties from 67c to 67 4c, oats across multiple grades, hay with several grade prices, eggs poultry and fowl prices, and cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs and calls with varied bid ranges. Includes ranges for shippers and butchers, packers and feeders, and miscellaneous livestock categories.
A chronicle of frontline moves across Europe from December 13 to 19 1914. Allied and German offensives shift gains in the Lys Alsace Lorraine Ypres and the Var, with Belgrade and Dubrovnik movements noted. Naval actions include British shelling and Turkish sea losses as Turks press in Asia Minor.
Mayme quips that he is too slow for her, while Ethel calls the compliment pretty. Mayme notes the man lacks the nerve to press the bit with a proposal, likening him to an autumn leaf.
A Columbia State note cites the New York Herald questioning if a kiss is worth one hundred twenty five dollars a minute. The piece implies some kisses are priceless beyond rubies.
Terre Haute Bishop Chartrand presided at St. Mary of the Woods where 23 novitiates took the habit. Clinton Serbian merchant Mister Seventjeveck died from unknown gunfire amid local tensions. New Albany Saloons permit for John Ott in Greenville after six years dry. Indianapolis Hugh T. Miller withdraws U S Senate bid from sanitarium. Lafayette Annexation talks hint possible vote March 7. Bloomington Mrs. Margaret Dunn, 94, longtime resident, widow of Samuel Dunn. Terre Haute Donn M. Roberts, ex mayor and former city official, barred from Vigo bar. Shelbyville Mrs. Alice Phillips found dead, heart disease suspected. Fort Wayne Farm Women’s club formed in Washington Township. Franklin Diphtheria outbreak prompts school closures and quarantines. Bedford Eliphalet Pierson sues railway for $5,000 over crowded seating. Columbus Teacher reports Purdue cure-all hoax bottle. arrest sought. Jeffersonville William Pitts, 30, jailed 10 to 20 years for burglary after prior pardon.
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