Austrian Naval Base Destroyed Reported By Italian Action
Paris reports the Austrian naval base at Pola was bombed by an Italian dirigible. Bombs struck the railroad station and oil depots, and Monfalcone shipyards suffered damage as torpedo boat forces sunk several flour laden barges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Austrian War Office
Elavatone
Trent
Paneveggio
Vienna
Innsbruck
Bozen
Peneveggio
War Office
Pola
Adriatic
Monfalcone
Shavl
Baltic
Pilitza
Warsaw
Luhbaczowka
Jaroslaw
Sieniawa
Monasterzh
Yser Canal
Arras
Souchez-Ceaney
Majon
Souchez
LePretre Wood
New Livelihood for Atlanta Man Paid to Halt Suicide
In Atlanta a former paint shop proprietor, C. S. Stafford, is paid 310 a week by the city to prevent self harm after a five year illness. He was kept at the detention hospital after recovery and faced forcible ejection, leading authorities to hire him to deter suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Finance Committee
C. S. Stafford
Strickenill
Beck er and family concede Rosenthal killer will be executed
In New York a close associate says Charles Becker and his wife and brothers have abandoned hope that the condemned man will avoid the electric chair for Herman Rosenthal's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Son-In-Law Sues Farmer for Alienation of Affections
William Hughes of Indianapolis sues his father in law William Fear in Noblesville Indiana seeking 5000 dollars damages for alienation of affection. The case details are filed in the local Special court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville, Ind
William Hughes
Indianapolis
William Fear
Vigo County Trustee Alleged Graft Bared
Former Vigo county Lost Creek township trustee Thomas Ferguson settled with the state board of accounts paying about 4109 to be returned to the township. Ferguson, ex-trustee for six years, is now a deputy sheriff and county auditor-elect. Names of Indianapolis suppliers and local figures are connected to alleged excessive charges for school and township supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas Ferguson
Lost Creek Township
Vigo County
State Board of Accounts
Ferguson
George, M. Ray
Clarence A. Hawkins
David B. Hill
Jacob Finkelstein
Terre Haute
O. G. Steffey
Ray
Hawkins
Hill
Finkelstein
Muncie
Clay County
Ps Susoz
Judge Robert Daniels Dies On Platform At Georgia Grand Lodge
Judge Robert T. Daniels sovereign grand chief of the Odd Fellows of America collapsed on stage while delivering an address to 1,560 attendees in Fitzgerald Georgia and died shortly after. He had been inaugurated as sovereign grand chief at Atlantic City and had toured Canada and the United States visiting grand jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald, Ga
Robert T. Daniels
Order In
America
Daniels
Sovereign
Atlantic City
Canada
United States
Spanish Arsenals Step Up War Material Prep
Paris dispatches report from Madrid that Spanish arsenals are accelerating the manufacture of war materiel as tensions rise in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madrid
Mayor Removes Official in Terre Haute
Terre Haute mayor removes assistant city attorney Peter B. May after a letter accusing him of failing duties in Vigo County courts. The mayor plans to replace May with Thomas Gallagher and also removed City Health Officer Dr Frank A Tabor. Dr W F Willien appointed to replace Tabor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Covington Ind
Wheeler James Gossom
Peter B. May
May
Circuit Court
Superior Court
Vigo County
Thomas Gallagher
of Tilley & Gallagher
Frank A. Tabor
Tabor
State Board of Health
W. F. Willien
Fine Worth Hitting Son In Law In Columbus Court
Mrs. Johnanna Thomas admitted to assault and battery after Charles Lacy filed an affidavit. She pleaded guilty in E. H. Kinney’s court and paid a total of $11 including a $1 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Johnanna Thomas
E. H. Kinney
Charles Lacy
Thomas
Vandalia Railroad Sued Over Hours of Service Violations
Frank C. Dailey district attorney brings federal suit for $1,000 against Vandalia Railroad Company for two violations of the hours of service law. Action urged by the attorney general on information from the Interstate Commerce Commission in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vandalia Railroad Company
Frank C. Dailey
Attorney-General
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jitney Bus Service Figures for Fort Wayne
Figures show Fort Wayne has twenty jitney buses in regular daily use and thirty on Sunday nights. The jitneys average 170 miles daily and earn about 64 cents per mile, meaning an average weekly income of 1400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Infirmary Plan Fails in Hartford County
Hartford county officials debated abandoning the infirmary for a new facility. The county commissioners supported the plan but the county council refused to appropriate 53,000 dollars for land and building costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Anarchist Joe Moran jailed for whisker grabbing
In Elwood Indiana special report Joe Moran organizer for the I W W is jailed for sixty days after pulling Mayor Hardit's whiskers on the street Moran shouted to the mayor and invited a confrontation by seizing the official whiskers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Joe Moran
Hardit
Moran
Eggs Must Be Candled Orders Issued To Local Dealers
Columbus Indiana special report states orders issued by Harry Truitt sanitary officer require all local dealers to candle eggs. Tests show many eggs are bad and shipped to eastern markets where they are candled again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Inds
Harry
Truitt
Legal Sanitary Officer
Death by Own Action Reported in Redkey Incident
A fragmentary notice from Redkey cites a self inflicted gun issue resulting in death. The brief mentions an act of intent and the loss of life, with uncertain details and wording.
Double shooting in South Bend ends in wife’s death
In South Bend Indiana Mrs Emma B Scott fifty five is dead and Christian B Scott sixty is dying after a gunman scenario at the Scott home. Arthur Gimderman roomer found Mrs Scott’s body and Scott on a lounge with a revolver nearby. Jealousy and a divorce suit alleged as motives with Mrs Scott having filed for divorce last Tuesday in St Joseph circuit court. Police seek Scott for further light on the tragedy. Mrs Scott survived by seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Scott
Emma .B. Scott
Christian B Scott
Arthur Gimderman
St. Joseph Circuit Court
Epworth Hospital
Robert Hosey
United States Army
Harry Hosey
Franklin
T. J. Grogan
Edward Hosey
Rockford
Poison Plot Probe Heads to Grand Jury in Spencer County
An investigation of a supposed poison plot targeting Owen County residents begins in Spencer County. Citizens will keep the inquiry quiet and present findings to the grand jury when it convenes June 7. Indianapolis postal authorities also probe the poison shipments sent as free quinine samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer, Ind
Owen’ County
Indianapolis
Spencer County
Redistricting Enjoined in Marion County
Judge Louis B Endbank granted a temporary injunction on Jewett's application preventing the Marion County Board of Commissioners and County Auditor Patten from adopting any districting order or ordinance for nominating or electing legislature representatives. The legislature had fixed ten representatives elected from ten districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Louis B. Endbank
Circuit Court
Charles W. Jewett
Board of County Commissioners
William T. Patten
Marion County
Collie Saves Boy From Trampling Bull in Indiana
In Huntington Indiana special report a collie shielded 13 year old Ralph Shell son of Mr and Mrs D H Shell Union township from a enraged bull. The dog charged the bull’s head drawing its attack away from the boy and the mother with a pitchfork aided the retreat to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Ralph Shell
D. H. Shell
Union Township
Shell
Grey Family Found After Automobile Trouble Near Arland
Mr and Mrs W E Gray and their two grand children from Rochester were located in Arland Indiana after automobile repairs delayed them. Rumors of foul play followed initial reports but authorities confirm they are safe and unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend
Ind
Rochester
Arland
Obscene Words Scandal Ties Bus Adress to Indiana Car
William Boyer, a bus driver, used obscene language toward a street in Terre Haute Indiana. The incident occurred in view of passengers as the car traveled to the state penal farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre. Haute
Ind
Wiliam Boyer
State Penal Farm
War and liquor in wartime measures across nations
European belligerents advertise war time liquor controls while censorship hides facts. Russia and France curb strong drinks as a war measure, England resists bans, and Turkey maintains its longstanding prohibition. Armies issue rations of alcohol, with vodka banned in Russia and absinthe restricted in France, while beer wine and rum appear in German French British rations. A Chicago Tribune dispatch notes widespread drinking among Allied troops, estimating most soldiers drink daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
England
Turkey
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Ypres
Posey County Wheat Crop Stricken by Hessian Fly Plague
Posey County farmers report crop damage as the Hessian fly infests wheat stands. After a drought break, conditions briefly improved before the pest devastated fields, especially those sown last year. Some townships plowed under and replanted in corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey County
Eastern Star Initiation in Connersville Chapter
The Connersville Eastern Star Chapter initiated four candidates last evening. The work was conducted by the local team and witnessed by a large crowd. The degrees were conferred on Dr and Mrs J B Booker and Mr and Mrs James Oliver, followed by a ten o’clock banquet. Additional candidates will complete the work in a few weeks. Mrs James Oliver, formerly Mrs Lida Boyd of the city, was among the candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Connersville
J. B
Booker
James Oliver
Ind
Lida Boyd
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Robert P. Skinner
London
American Press Association
Ambassador Page
Skinner
Washington
George Hay
Georgia Grand Lodge
S'M
Sir Edward, Carson
A. J. Balfour
Churchill
Kitchener
Edward Carson
Grand
Collie
Bull
British Medical Journal
Cadice Milling
Grandview
Indiana
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