Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-29
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European War News +,
A report reached Rome from Petro-
grad that Italy had sent note to Aus
tria which virtually amounted to an
ultimatum. The note is said to EN-.
body the minimum terms upon which
Italy will consent to conclude an
agreement with Austria
British submarines which had en-.
tered Helgoland blight were attacked
on April II by German ships. one and
probably others of the underwater
craft being sunk, the German admiral
ty announced at Berlin.
All sea communication between
Great Britain and the Netherlands
has been cut of. A great naval bat.
tie is believed to be near.
The British losses at Hill No. 60 at
Ypres have not been announced, but
they are estimated at well over 1000.
The Germans are believed to have
lost more than 1000 men.
Amendments to the prize rules gov
erning the operation of the German
navy, signed by Emperor William and
Admiral Won Tirpitz. published in the
Reichs Anzeiger, were designed as "a
reprisal for the decision made by Eng
land and her allies contravening the
Declaration OF London of February rs,
1909"
Following a combined land and sea
attack by the allies, the port of Enos,
Turkeys most southwesterly port on
the Aegean sea, has been evacuated
by the sultan's forces. The fleets
first bombardei the port and then the
British landed force of 1000 men.
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In retaliation for an aerial attack
upon the East Prussian towns Of In.
sterburg and Gumbinnen, German avi-
ators have bombarded Bielostok, an
important Russian railway center
southwest of Grodno. One hundred
and fifty bombs were dropped upon
Bielostok
England has SO divisions. or $4,000
men at the front. Chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd-George announced
In the house of commons In London.
He stated that every dead and
wounded soldier had been replaced.
Events are moving swiftly and de-
cisive action by Italy may b. expected
at any moment. All Italian steamers
have been notified not to sail for
America. They will be used as troop
transports If Italy enters the war.
Domestic
Two persons we're instantly killed
and boy badly injured when their
automobile was struck by Pennsyl-
vania railroad train on grade cross
ing near Tullytown. N. ]. The dead:
John L. John. Emma Myer.
Leo M. Frank at Atlanta, Ca, under
sentence of death for the murder Of
Mary Phagan, fled a petition for COM
mutation Of his sentence to life i'm
prisonmRt.
Six business buildings and one resi-
dence was destroyed in a fire that did
$4,000 damage at Elk River. MINI.
Eighty-three patients were carried
to safety when the hospital wards Of
the Northern Indiana Hospital for the
Insane at Long Cliff were destroyed
by fire. The loss Is estimated at $685.
900.
Retrial of the suit for $250.000 dam
ages brought by Max Frederick Kleist.
the former Michigan gardener and
chauffeur. against Edward N. Brei-
tung, banker, for the alienation Of the
affections of his wife and their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Juliet Breitung Kleist. began
in the federal district court at New
York
At a special election held at Gary,
Ind, the voters raised the city from
the fourth to the second class by a
vote of 2.150 for, to 1918 against
Another plot to spirit Harry X.
Thaw away from the New York au-
thorities, and hurry him to Virginia,
was frustrated by letter written to
the assistant district attorney by
Louis Weinrop OF Norfolk, Va, Sher-
III Grifenhagen said.
Another bumper Kansas wheat crop
in 1915 was predicted by J. C. Mohler,
secretary of the state board of agri-
culture. in report made public at
Topeka, Kan. The condition of the
1915 crop he estimated at 92.8 per
cent on total acreage of s.586.3c0.
William Earl Graham, construction
foreman of the Decatur Bridge COM
pany, lost his life In the fire of the
Decatur hotel at Decatur. III. Joseph
Fessner, st. Louis travelling man.
also is missing. The loss Is estimated
at $225.000.
Theodore Roosevelt ripped on the
political lid In New York, barred the
sacreta NJ "hoGer rule " and indul0ed