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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
1
The Indiana industrial board released a November report showing 2,600 industrial accidents in the state, with ten deaths and 2,519 temporary injuries. The total compensation paid from September to December reached $18,575.71, and steam railroads led with 240 injuries.
Indiana notes grant pensions to Charlotte Blackburn and others in Evansville. Huntington plans state centennial May 2 to 6 with historic demos by students. State finance and penal farm funding dispute. potential federal auto tax debated with Indiana home to 45 factories and rank among top states. Secretary Lansing brands Austro-Hungarian submarine actions as unlawful and holds its government responsible.
The state board of pardons sent its December session report to the governor. He parole d Charles T. Martin of Marion county for 90 days at the penal farm and remitted a $100 fine on the gambling charge. Martin was sentenced September 23, 1915. He also parole d Walker Penn, imprisoned in 1908 for burglary in Gibson county to serve a ten to twenty year term.
President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Norman Galt wed at the bride’s Washington home in a small Episcopalian ceremony attended by family and close friends. The couple plan a two week honeymoon in Virginia and the benediction was given by Rev James H Taylor.
Secretary of State Lansing was informed by Swedish minister Ekengren that Britain is interfering with parcel post service between Sweden and other nations including the United States. The State Department cabled the complaint to Ambassador Page in London. Officials believe Britain may inspect parcels only when addressed to Austrian or German agents.
American horse and mule breeders profit from large wartime exports to European nations. Horses valued at 83,812,184 dollars and mules at 20,576,754 dollars were shipped, signaling a substantial economic surge for breeders during the conflict.
Edward A. Evers, commander of the Illinois naval reserve, bought for 46000 the remnants of the ill fated Eastland, the steamship whose sinking on July 24 caused over 800 deaths, as Chicago reports.
Central Presbyterian church life contrasts with grand ceremony as President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson wed in a simple rites at the Galt residence. They depart by private car to Hot Springs Virginia for a private honeymoon and avoid crowds with police supervision. The reception features a circular rose-decorated dining room and a three-tier wedding cake. Indiana briefs note varied local incidents from fires and murders to refugees and scholarships.
London reports that all British troops at Suvla and Anzac districts on the Gallipoli peninsula have been withdrawn with guns and stores, to a new operation area. The move, carried out with minimal casualties, shifts the front while other sectors continue fighting.
Juarez became a Carranzista possession after Villa garrison evacuated on instruction. Fidel Avila named supreme commander of conventionist forces. Villa faction signs peace papers with de facto Mexican government. U S officials grant asylum to Villa if he enters, via a war department transmission.
Former President William Howard Taft reached La Crosse Wisconsin on Sunday and was carried to the home of Yale classmate George W. Burton where he was put to bed. He rose at ten o clock the next morning feeling much improved and in better spirits.
Guatemala City December 22 Jerwan an aviation school instructor in New York circles fell from his aircraft during a flight and was badly hurt probably mortally. He is well known in aviation circles.
New York December 22 England plans a large aerial strike on the German fleet in the Kiel canal. The claim comes from G Q Robinson an aeroplane expert who arrived aboard the Steamer St Paul.
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