Week's News Summarized From War Front and Domestic Events
The American steamer Cushing reports air attack with two bombs in the North Sea but no damage. British and Turkish actions span the Dardanelles and Baltic regions with battles, captures, and sunk ships. In the Straits of Otranto the French cruiser Le G from Gambetta was torpedoed with loss of 578 crew. Gallipoli gains and Austrian advances near Czernowitz are noted along with port closures and Italian diplomatic moves. Domestic items include railroad wage award, Hillman fire, and military transport Buford sailing to strengthen canal garrison. Incidents in Arkansas, Oregon, Wisconsin law and banking cases, and other court actions are listed.
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Cushing
Philadelphia
Rotterdam
North Sea
Bray
Kauff Leads Giants to Tie. Braves Triumph 13 to 8
Benny Kauff, once with the Yankees and later a Brookfed star, leaped to the New York Giants and tied the game at the Polo Grounds. Boston Braves manager labeled Kauff an outlaw before the final score 13 to 8. Also notes on rumors of a Mackay Astor engagement revival, Judge Anderson's recovery, Benson as chief of naval operations, an interstate rail rate decision, Wilson's potential grandfather status, and a Panama City fire destroying six blocks.
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Benny Kauff
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
New York
Boston Braves
Kauff
Boston
Illinois Legislature Adopts Pensions for Instructors Bill
Landee bill granting pensions to instructors outside Chicago passes the Senate 82 to 4. Reported forecasts note a long adjournment near June with many bills unread, and a special autumn session likely. The session faces heavy agenda, with 92 bills advanced in the House and lingering major legislation yet unseen.
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Chicago
Senate
Springfield
Dunne
Fortyninth General Assembly
Shanahan
Smejkal
House
Lee O'Neil Browne
Medill McCormick
Bert H. McCann
Farmers
Bankers
Pet Publishers
Cook County
American oil steamer Gulflight torpedoed in English Channel
London reports the American oil steamer Gulflight, 3202 tons, torpedoed off Bishop lighthouse near the Scilly islands while bound from Port Arthur to Rouen with naphtha. The captain died of heart failure, two crewmen drowned. the ship was towed to shore and beached. Nearby ships Europe, Fulgent, and Fotis suffered or faced seizure amid the German submarine actions.
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London
Gulflight
English Channel
Gulf Refining Company of Texas
Port Arthur
Tex
Rouen
Bishop Lighthouse
Scilly Islands
Scilly
Europe
Newlyn
Cornwall
Barry
St. Lazaire
Fulgent
Skelling Rocks
County Kerry
Ireland
Kilrush
William P. Frye
South Atlantic
Pring Hitel Friedrich
Buron Illinois Democratic Leader Dies in Salt Lake City
Mount Vernon reports the death of John W. Burton a longtime southern Illinois Democratic leader and two term clerk of the Fourth district appellate court He was born near Creal Springs Johnston county August 3 1853 admitted to the bar in 1879 practiced at Marion until 1884 elected appellate clerk in 1884 reelected in 1890 and moved with his family to Salt Lake City in 1894.
Four Ships Sunk In North Sea Battle
London May 4. In a small naval engagement in the North sea a British torpedo boat destroyer and an English trawler were sunk while two German torpedo boats were sunk after a running fight. The admiralty said one British destroyer Recruit was sunk by a submarine with four officers and 21 crew saved by the trawler Daisy. The trawler Colombia was torpedoed and sunk with one deckhand saved. A division of British destroyers chased the Germans and after an hour running fight both German torpedo boats sank. no British casualties, two German officers and 44 men rescued and captured.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Galloper
North
Recruit
Colombia
Wilson christens grandson Francis Woodrow Sayre in surprise
Springfield May 4 The christening of Baby Sayre at St Johns Episcopal church brought a surprise name change Francis Sayre becomes Francis Woodrow Sayre sharing the name of his grandfather President Wilson objected to the name burden but consent was won by Mrs Sayre The ceremony was led by Rev Dr Franklin Cater before Wilson returned to the White House
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Springfield
Mass
Sayre
Wilson
White House
Francis Sayre
Francis Woodrow Sayre
Suit to recover alimony from Stevenson estate filed
San Francisco May 4. A suit to recover alimony of 100 dollars a month awarded to Mrs. Katherine Osbourne was filed against Mrs. Isabel Strong Field administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Fannie Van de Grift Stevenson.
Depew Reveals Narrowly Missed Wealth at Birthday Dinner
May 4 report from New York describes Chauncey M. Depew at a Brooklyn Mouin k club birthday dinner for his eighty onest birthday on April 23. Depew says vast wealth once eluded him by a hair's breadth and reflects on fortune.
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Depew
Worth
New York
Moui
Nk Club
Brooklyn
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Indiana man tells of western Canada farming prospects
Walter Harris formerly lived near Julietta, Indiana, now in Hussar, Alberta, writes that failure comes from blaming the country and not mistakes. He notes two seasons, 1913 rain and good crop, then drought. cites Crowfoot Farming Co. yields on 1250 acres and 1350 acres, pricing shifts, and a manager with Ohio roots. He argues landowners who raise 100 bushels of oats or 75 bushels barley or 40 bushels wheat will “laugh last,” and highlights horse and cattle ranches as profitable, with examples of large cattle outfits and fat cattle sales.
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Walter Harris
Julietta
Warren Township
Indiana
Hussar
Alberta
Crowfoot Farming Company
Here
Ohio
Washington
George Clark
Harris
Bar Visits Spark Many Spirit Manifestations
A sizable number of reported spirit manifestations follow visits to bars, suggesting alcohol venues may trigger or influence paranormal experiences for some individuals. This pattern indicates social drinking environments as a potential context for ghostly or spiritual activity.
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Jeanne d’Arc
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Erte
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Hillman
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Canal
Francis H. Lomax
Sam Bell
Morrillton, Ark
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Richard Fryer
Oregon
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Wisconsin
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Allis- Chalmers Company
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Samuel Pearson
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Fremont
Sandoval
Ill
Edward J. King
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Dugger
Sullivan, Ind
Henry W. Legleitner
Indianapolis
Gregory
James Morrison Darnell
Kenosha
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
California
H. W. Johnson
United States
Hattie O’neil
H. Clay Moss
Moss
O’neil
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
John Jacob Astor
New York City
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A. B. Anderson
Evansville
Ind
Daniele
William Shepherd Benson
Naval Operations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
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Panama
Assembly
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Gem Specialty Company
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R. E. Turney
Fred D. Jackson
Robert M. Moore
George Blumenstock Company, Inc
Paul N. Dale
Wiley EB
Hosier
Leo Brewer
Deep Waterway Committee
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
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Peoria
H. E. Wood
H. B. Morgan
L. M. Harvey
HE. T. Harris
R. W. Thompson
la Salle
Thompson
James Hamilton Lewis
Penick
C. M. Bawcock
National Conference On Charities and Corrections
Baltimore
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Champaign
C. J. Whalen
John S. Porter
Jacob Frank
Reed Green
Cairo
Jerry Kane
East St. Louis
T. N
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Helen M. Chitillago
Nannie Dunkin
Seventy-First Conference
The
Evangelical Association of Illinois
Naperville
J. G. Schwab
Douglas Park
G. Degenkolb
Englewood
W. Storkman
Humboldt Park
Geipel
North Side
G. Busacca
West Side
L. Bucaletti
Lanea
Illinois
General Assembly
State Civil Service Commission
Annie Hinrichsen
Alexander
Fanny BH
Mc Masters
Clarendon Hill
John Monahan
Norma
Robert F. Burte
Henry
U.5
Germana
Woodrow
Sayre Baby
Western
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Northern Pacific By
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Northern Pacific
St. Love
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
Northern Ferland
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Fercomal
A. M. Cleland
Ed Pras
Northern Pacific Ridge
St. Pasi
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Volusia County
Florida Land & Settlement Co. Care
Alex. St. Clair-Abrams
Jacksonville
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