Presidential Primary April 10 Explained for Voters
A full notice explains the presidential primaries set for April 10, detailing voter rights, party tickets, and how delegates to county and state conventions are chosen. It describes polling hours, precinct duties, and how delegates may be instructed by the statewide or district vote, urging voters to participate.
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Apar
Iso Far
Atate Tes
Sevral
Board of Supervisors
Olta
Subsea Warfare Principles Unaltered Says Dutch Statement
London reports the text of a Dutch note on German submarine warfare. It states Germany will not change its principles except to clarify treatment of armed merchantmen, with strict orders to avoid or resist examination before attacking neutrals. Also notes inmates from a soldiers orphans home will receive instruction from Nanois rlute Normal university student-teachers.
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Germany
London
Eng
Netherlands
Mperial
Nanois Rlute Normal University
Ira Long Sells Stake in Silver Greets Colliery
Selle His Coat Holdings Warmington notes Ira Long, an early stockholder in Silver Greets Colliery, which employs about 200 men, has disposed of his interest in the company.
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Warmington
Ira Long
Silver Greets Colliery Company
Emnloyes
Special Privileges Raise Dairy Rate Debate Hearings
W B Barney state dairy commissioner told the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago that carrot rates would likely hurt small creameries by favoring big centralized buyers like Swift and Armour. Four states argued the rate, with Judge W B Quarton and Iowa dairy groups opposing. Barney predicted the commission would not grant the carrot rate after a four day hearing.
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W. B. Barney
Ioterstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Barney
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Tlinois
Iowa
Jurge W. B. Quarton
Algona
Iowa State Dairy Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waite Abandons Insanity Claim in Fourth Confession
New York April 3 Arthur Warren Waite the dentist indicted for poisoning his father in law John E Peek has made a new confession to his lawyer Walter R Devel Waite asks for the electric chair claiming greed for money drove him to kill his benefactors He says he was sane and dismisses the Bad Man from Egypt tale as sheer nonsense He admits murdering both mothers in law and father in law to obtain wealth and luxurious living
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peek
Walter R. Devel
Dr. Devel
Waite
Prisoner Held For Arson In Fort Wayne Case
Fred Lepper confessed to burning Mrs. Lora Dysert’s house after she refused him visits. Police say a laundry valued at 26 dollars was destroyed and an oil lamp caused a mattress fire, leading to arson charges as Dysert returned home Thursday night.
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Fort Wayne
Led
Lora Dysert
Fred Lepper
Night Zeppelin Raid Hits English Coast Killing and Wounding
London reports the second Zeppelin raid on the English northeast coast within 24 hours. Sixteen dead and 66 wounded after bombs drop on towns causing eight houses to collapse and a town hall and chapel to be damaged. A British pilot engaged a Zeppelin at 9000 feet. his plane was hit but survived.
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London
England
British War Office
War Office
Rad
Zeppelin
Villa Surprised I Captured Steamer Handedly
Pancho Villa wounded in the hip escaped U S troops after a clash at Guerrero. American forces under Col G A Dodd killed about thirty Villa followers, captured prisoners to be identified by Carranza commanders, and pursued the retreating bandits into the hills. The report describes Villa using a scatter-and-reunite tactic and the Americans taking action until nightfall. Separately, Ernest Schiller claimed to be a German spy after capturing the British steamer Matoppo and terrorizing its crew, with investigators uncertain about his story.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pancho Villa
United States
Villa
G. A. Dodd
Second Cavalry
United States Army
Guerrero
Daye
Porfirio Dias
U.S
Ded
Americana
Villiataa
Worka Old Villa
Ville
Prof Cecil F Lavell Found in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, April 3. The 1913 disappearance of Professor Cecil F. Lavell of Ohio State University in Columbus was solved when Lavell admitted his identity claiming amnesia. He has been working as a hotel dishwasher in Colorado Springs for over four years and says he sought to regain his memory through mental experiments.
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Prof. Lavell
Ohio
Colorado Springs
Col
Cecil F. Lavell
Ohio State University
Columbus
Lavell
Bishop Luccock Dies Enroute to Conference
Bishop Naphtali Luccock head of Methodist Episcopal churches in Montana and the Dakotas died in La Crosse Wisconsin from Bright's disease after pneumonia. He was en route from Helena to a Brooklyn conference when illness struck. Dr. Walsh Wins Laetare Medal at Notre Dame to be awarded to Thomas J. Walsh for science and authorship. presentation after Easter Sunday.
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Methodist Church of
Walsh
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Thomas J. Walsh
New York
Slayer Is Spirited Away After Rival's Death in Indiana
Scottsburg Indiana reports Hardy Robinson twenty two shot and killed Anciy Phillips seventeen at the home of Misa Myrtle Huffman Lexington high school girl. Robinson was sent to the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville for safekeeping amid fears Lexington residents. Sheriff Clarke ordered extra guards at the county jail and Robinson was rushed to the station before a car took him away. He left town before the move was completed. Also Thorpe, April 4, Thorpe released to Milwaukee by New York Giants in Brewers Beaumont Texas.
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Riva
Scottsburg
Ind
Hardy Robinson
Anciy Phillips
Misa Myrtle Huffman
Lexington
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Clarke
Guerde
Robinson
Thorpe
Brewers
Beaumont
Texas
Jin Thorpe
Milwaukee
New York Giants
Revenues Show Big Gain in Terre Haute District
The quarterly report of the Seventh Internal Revenue District shows over $4.89 million in taxes for the final quarter of 1916, an increase of about $1.74 million from the first quarter of 1916. The data indicate gains in collections across the district, underscoring improved revenue performance.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Seventh
Internal Revenue District
Editor falls from window in reform paper incident
Valparaiso Ind April 3 L Garf ield Snow editor of The Independent suffered a fracture of his left leg when he fell or was thrown from a second story window in his office He alleges three unnamed men attempted to kidnap him and shoved him from the window as he was taken to a hospital He says the men wanted to take him to University Hill to be horsewhipped by a young woman mentioned in his paper Three assaults were reported one in a restaurant and another on Main Street linked to articles in his paper officials faced bitter attacks alleging law violations were shielded An alleged resort linked to Skip Reddington was cited William Klein dies Lafayette Ind April 3 William Klein aged fifty six long active in Democratic circles in Tippecanoe county died after pneumonia He was president of the Jackson Club and Retail Merchants Association Monticello Ind April 3 John H Miller hanged himself at his home He weighed his neck with a heavy log chain from a barn rafters citing business worries as cause He owned an ice coal and cement shop
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Valparaiso
Ind
L. Garfield Snow
the Independent
Snow
University Hill
Skip” Reddington
William Klein
Lafayette
William Kein
Tippecanoe
Jackson Club
Retail Merchants’ Association
Buide
Monticello
John H. Miller
Miller
Release Request By Wickliffe Murder Suspect
Aske Ald of Sernstorf Cairo Illinois on April 3 declares he is employed by the German embassy in Washington. William A Nex arrested at Wickliffe Kentucky after a murder is reported. Nex telegraphs Ambassador Hernstorff requesting his release.
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Aske Ald
Sernstorf
Cairo
Washington
William A. Nex
Wickliffe
Hernstorff
Flood Carees Traffic Hall Incident at Lawrenceburg
A flood disrupted traffic at Lawrenceburg Intl on April 3 causing suspensions on the Big Pour branch toward Aurora as water rose near the track and beer suspenders were affected.
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Lawrenceburg
Intl
Treffic
Aurora
Dr James Burrill Angell Laid To Rest In Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor on April 3 held the funeral for Dr James Burrill Angell at his residence at 2 30 pm conducted by Dr Lloyd Douglas of the Congregational church. Interment followed at Forest Hill cemetery. Angell led the University of Michigan for thirty eight years and was emeritus president since 1909. He died at eighty seven after a year of poor health and several months of near blindness. His demise ends a long career as educator and diplomat.
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Ann Arbor
James Burril
Angell
Lloyd Douglas
Congregational Church
Forest Hall Cemetery
University of Michigan
America
Buohbrl Tas
Heir 18 Sent to Prison for Forgery Claimant to Millions
Keith Edward Dalrymple, claiming to be sole heir to a Alleghany Pa estate valued in millions, was sentenced by Judge A C Backus to five years in prison for forgery. He was arrested in Chicago after passing bogus Milwaukee bank checks to fund his legal fight.
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Keith Dalrymple
Millons
Bogus Co.kg
Milwaukee
Dalrymple
Alleghany
Keith Edward Dalrymple
Keith
A. C. Backus
Chicago
Wreck blame laid on engineer in Amherst disaster
Cleveland April 3 D Moon general manager of New York Central blamed engineer Herman Hess of the second section for the Amherst wreck last Wednesday that killed twenty eight and injured forty as the train ran fifty miles an hour through dense fog. Also in Elkhart Walter Lloyd fourteen a high school freshman was killed by a discus hurled by Lowell Mickinger a track team member during outdoor practice.
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Herman Hess
Cleveland
Ohio
New York Central
Amherst
D. ©. Moon
Diecus
Elkhart
Ind
Walter Lloyd
Lowell Mickinger
Lloyd
Rate Order Voided in Pacific Northwest Rail Probe
Washington on April 3 reports a state commerce commission order altering rates from Oregon and Washington points to Astoria on a competitive basis with Seattle Tacoma Portland and Spokane. The order was considered following railroad petitions and concerns over rate fairness.
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Washington
Iutep
State Commerce Commission
Oregon
Wabkington
Astoria
Seattle
Pacoma
Portland
Spokane
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Swanson
Peeks
Egypt
Soane
Villa General
Lopez
Marvelous Tala
Ernest Schillar
New York Harbor
Lewes
Schiller
Liverpool
Tower of London
Matoppo
Richard Bergner
The
Savant
Luccock
FOES
James
Angels
DR. Angell
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