Three Nominations For Richmond School Board Ventilate City Politics
Three candidates were nominated for the sole Richmond public school board vacancy at a council meeting. Charles W. Jordan seeks re election with bank ties and club leadership, Willard Z. Carr pitches industrial community ties and support for a practical training focus, Edward Ramler withdraws leaving two contenders. Election is scheduled for Monday evening June 21, with further entries possible before balloting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Richmond
Edward Ramier
Charles W. Jordan
The
Commercial Club
German-American Bank
Willard Z
Jordan
Walterman
Ramier
St. Andrew's
Baen
Carr
Councilman Williams
Sloane
Williams
Five Large Ships Torpedoed by German Submarines
German submarines continue active warfare around the British Isles. Five large ships were sunk, including three Norwegian vessels, one Belgian, and one Russian. Total deaths 19. Sunk: Glittertind 7157 tons off Shields en route Sweden to Hartlepool. Superb 1515 tons off Fastnet en route Buenos Aires to Queenstown. Trudvang 1040 tons off Welsh coast. Adolf Russian schooner off Scottish coast with two deaths. Menatier Belgian 1425 tons off English coast with 17 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Isles
Glittertind
North Sea
Shields
Hartlepool
Sweden
Indiana and Richmond Weather Forecast Update
The storm that crossed Indiana yesterday moves to the eastern states while fair weather remains west of the Alleghenies. A new storm is forming in the northwest and will bring unsettled weather within a few days. Warmer conditions are expected Wednesday across Indiana and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Indiana
Allegheny Mountains
W. E. Moore
Wilson Named New Superintendent of Mails at Post Office
L A Handley resigns as superintendent of mails effective June 15 after seven years in the post. Frank W Wilson, recently at the stamp window, is appointed to succeed him and brings 21 years of postal service experience. Handley to join German American Trust and Savings Bank as cashier June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Handley
Frank W. Wilson
Handley
Wilson
Civil Service
Board of
Civil Service Examiners
Richmond
Postal Service
Richmond Maennerchor Delegate Heads to Covington Saengerfest
Richmond s Maennerchor selects Albert Blaesser as delegate to the Saengerfest in Covington Kentucky with Gus Poitlin as alternate The event unites Ohio Kentucky and Indiana reps under the Tri State Singers association Approximately 100 Richmond residents will travel by special Pennsylvania train at 550 am Sunday with about eighty singers in the group and the rest in the audience for the chorus performances
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Covington
Kentucky
Tri- State Singers’ Association
Indiana
Ohio
Richmond Maennerchor
Albert Blaesser
Gus Poitlin
Pennsylvania
Unfair Assessment Covers Forty Years
David J. Doddridge of Washington township complains to the county auditor about a tax dispute stretching back four decades. He claims four acres of land have been unfairly taxed while portions were deeded to the Doddridge Cemetery Association from 1830 to 1878, and that ownership proof and surveys are unclear. It will take weeks to resolve the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Doddridge
Washington Township
Mordecai Doddridge
Henry
Fayette
Doddridge
Doddridge Cemetery Association
Cemetery Association
Hias
German Armies Close Around Lemberg Forts
Vienna reports Austro German forces close to Lemberg Galicia expecting bombardment of Russian forts. Two armies converge from west and south, with forts strengthened by Russian staff after occupation. Czar's offense falls as German arms win in eastern theatre. Russians repulsed in Poland and checked on San river. Lemberg siege imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galicia
Russia
Carpathian
The
Carpathians
Austria
Hungary
Przemysl
Mackensen
Vienna
Lemberg
Czar
Berlin
Baltic
Windau River
Poland
San River
Rudnik
Smilawa
Przemyel
Teutonic
Dniester
Bukowina
Russian War Office
von Linsennen
Doctor Jordan to Speak at Richmond Coliseum
Steady preparations by committees for an elementary lecture on Peace and War by David Starr Jordan former head of Indiana University and chancellor of Leland Stanford University to be delivered Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum Richmond officials report the event will draw a large, representative audience. The decorating committee will unfurl the emblem of peace as the chorus of male voices and other music enhance the program. The Labor Council supports the talk, and Jordan may visit Richmond after a Cleveland engagement if no Monday commitment exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starr Jordan
Indiana University
Leland Stanford University
California
Ovid Starr Jordan
Richmond
George Dilke
Lee B. Nusbaum
Labor Council
Committee On
Jordan
Cleveland
Turks Defeat Allied Forces In Hot Battle
Turkish war office reports severe Anglo French defeat in the Gallipoli southwest. Ensuing calm on Sunday after heavy artillery exchanges. Turkish guns destroyed a Dardanelles front position near Ain Burnu and trenches north of Sed el Bahr. Artillery shelled enemy positions on the Asiatic coast and silenced a hostile battery at Sed el Bahr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Dardanelles
Ain Burnu
Sed-el-Bahr
Asiate
Blackburn Bound Over On Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Eye witness reports Blackburn drove at least fifty miles per hour when his borrowed automobile struck Ernest Nordsieck near the Lutheran cemetery on Liberty Pike. He was bound over to the grand jury and transferred to the county jail. bond not yet fixed. Prosecutor Reller plans to push the case despite coroner’s ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Blackburn
Grand Jury
Blackburn
Ernest Nordsieck
Liberty Pike
Reller
Fox
Wayne County
Cane
Morrow
J. F. Hipskind
Nordsiesk
Nordsieck
French and Italians Gain Ground in Major World War Fronts
June 8 dispatches report French advances north of Arras on the Souchez front near the sugar factory and repulsed German counterattacks behind Neuville St Baast. South of Arras 150 prisoners were taken as French forces press a potential wedge between German right and center. In Italy, Tolmein remains Austrian held as Italian forces secure the Isonzo eastern bank, construct bridges, and push lines closer to the town with relatively light Italian losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Arras
War Office
Souchez
Neuville St. Baast
Teutons
Oise
Aisne
Rome
Lnne
Caporetto
Isonzo
Gulf of Trieste
Tolmein
Tolmino
Luigi Cadorna
Tsonzo
Italians Seek U S Citizenship Step Amid War News
Bulgarians, Russians, Roumanians, Germans, Austrians and Englishmen have filed first citizenship papers at the clerk's office in the past. It was learned today that a rush of Italians to become citizens was expected after Italy's declaration of war, though the only Italian to take out first papers did so June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ford to move growth plan as Michigan caps capital
Ford Motor company plans to raise capital from 32,000,900 to 100,000,000 but Michigan law limits state incorporation to 25,000,000. The decision forces Ford to incorporate in another state, boosting Michigan treasury by the foreign corporation fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mid
Ford Motor Company of
Detroit
Beecetary
Coleman C. Vaughan
Ford Company
Michiagan Treasury
Michigan
Wilson denies cabinet split on ship note
President Wilson says there has been no delay in sending the American rejoinder to Germany and denies any cabinet split or changes to the note. He states the draft was read last Friday, extreme care used in its preparation, and it will be sent to Germany as soon as finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Germany
Wilton
Roads Bobsters Ready 10 Name County Leaders
Wayne county township groups unite under National Old Trails Road association for a county organization meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the circuit court room. Delegates will vote on issues including Fourth of July celebration plans and site selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
National Old Trails Road Association
National Road Movement
Circuit Court
Court House
Clay
Greensfork
E. S. Martindale
Clay Township
Richmond
Charles Bond
Will Roller
Orville Hoover
Charles Knote
Edward Allen
Don Overman
Ray Deeter
H. H. Fagan
Harry Chapman
Albert Albertson
Fred King
Ray McMullen
J. D. Kerr
Recall von Mueller as Turko-German fleet rift widens
Advices from Constantinople report a rupture between Admiral Souchan and Captain von Mueller of the Goeben, leading to von Mueller’s recall to Berlin. He is deemed responsible for the irreparable damage suffered by the Goeben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Constantinople
Souchan
von Mueller
Berin
Bavis Seeks Civil Service Shield as City Plans Plant Takeover
Repugnance over a half million dollar municipalized electric service guiding city policy sparks opposition to Richmond Light Heat and Power takeover. President Bavis urges applying civil service to the municipal plant to bar partisan influence and protect jobs. A local builder and Watts the city electric engineer appraise the Light, Heat and Power plant for state commission price setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company
Bavis
Pubiic Works
Light, Heat and Power Company
Robbins
Mr. Bavis
Indiana
Civil Service
Kleinknecht
Municipal Civil Service Board
Electric Service Department
Watts
The
Nordsieck Honored by Militärverein at Funeral Service
Military honors were paid to Ernest Nordsieck by the Militaerverein, with pallbearers from veterans of the Franco-Prussian wars. The funeral at St John's church followed by a procession to Lutherania. Nordsieck, a member of the Hanover Seventy-fourth, died in an automobile accident. his son, a former German navy member, had recently died. New York report notes Shively's condition unchanged and comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Nordsieck
Militaerverein
Nordsieck
St John’s Church
William ,Remmert
Henry
Nordsiee
Hanover
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carr and
Ramler
Post Office
Beck
Singers’ Society
Citizens’ Committee
Bind Blackburn
Arras Field
U. S
FORD
Recall von Mueller
Shively
New York
Yaya
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!