No Major Shifts Seen in Italy Neutrality Amid Rising War Prep
Associated Press notes no outward change in Italy's neutrality while military preparations intensify and navy activity increases. Geneva and Paris dispatches report German troop movements to Austria and renewed Balkan plotting. British actions include sinking ships and bombarding Smyrna forts, with several vessels lost and crews saved.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Paris
Dover
Dunkirk
Governor Vetoes Livestock Quarantine Money Allocation
Governor Ferguson vetoed a $25,000 appropriation to enforce quarantine sanitary regulations of the Livestock Commission. He signed a bill prohibiting the sale of lands of the public free school fund. Mrs. Tom Davidson dies in Bryan after short illness. funeral set in Waco. Survivors include husband, a son and four daughters.
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Livestock Commission
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Public Free School Fund
Bride and Groom Victims of Fire at Hotel
Mrs. John E. Frye of Adrian Michigan died in the Niagara Hotel blaze in Toledo. Her husband is missing and believed dead. The couple married three days ago and were on their honeymoon. The hotel held at least 200 guests as searchers comb the ruins. Vernon Gates and his son Hal of Chicago were severely burned and not expected to survive.
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Toledo
John E. Frye
Adrian
Mich
Vernon Gates
Hal
Chicago
Governor Vetoes Warehouse Law in Texas
Governor Ferguson vetoed a bill to authorize state warehouses under general laws and instead signed a measure allowing mutual assessment and accident insurance companies to contribute an admission fee not exceeding 3 dollars to the expense fund.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Future plans of pugiliots reported in Havana
Havana dispatch reports Jack Johnson will return to France to become a farmer while Jess Willard plans a national tour of the United States.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Jack Johnson
France
Jess Willard
United States
Twenty Seven Convictions in Terre Haute Election Fraud
Indianapolis April 6. All twenty seven defendants including Mayor Roberts in the Terre Haute election fraud cases were found guilty today by a Federal court jury. Sentences will be passed Monday on the convicted men and on eighty nine who pled guilty.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Roberts
Terre Haute
Teachers Examinations Held At Court House
A special teachers examination took place at the court house Thursday to Saturday. No applicants sought permanent certificates while five white and two colored applicants sat for first and second grade certificates. The exams were conducted by Prof. C. M. Bethany and W. L. Powers.
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Court House
C. M. Bethany
W. L. Powers
Russia backs Italy gains but warns against excess claims
Semi official Petrograd note says Russia sympathizes with Italy over Adriatic territory including Trieste but urges not to press excessive claims risking a new European war. Reports from Paris and London note Joffre’s optimism and a British torpedoing. U.S. observers ordered home.
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Associated Press
London
Italy
Petrograd
Russia
Adriatic
Triest
Trent
Austria
Rome
Lord Roseberry
Vienna
Bukowina
Gionale de Italia
Allied Troops Landed At Convenient Point
Berlin reports that over 30,000 Anglo French troops have been landed on Lemnos near the Dardanelles. British and Russian naval actions continue with ships sunk and bombardments reported along the coast.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lemnos
Dardanelles Entrance
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Eregli
Constantinople
Provident
Odessa
Note to England on Germany trade cut published
A note to Great Britain regarding cutting off commerce with Germany will be published tomorrow outlining the proposed restrictions and the expected impact on trade and relations.
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England
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Fancying to lower the American flag incident at sea
San Diego Cal April 6 General Serrano of the Carranza forces who arrived Friday at Acapulco forced the steamer Benito Juarez to lower the American flag but the Yorktowns marines rehoisted it. The Mexicans claimed the boat had never been transferred to American registry.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
General Serrano
Carranza
Acapulco
Yorktown
District Court Adjourns After Light Brazos Term
The March term of Brazos County district court adjourned today under Judge J C Scott after four weeks. It was one of the lightest terms in memory with eight grand jury bills and only three or four convictions, one with a suspended sentence. Jury commissioners P L Barron J W Batts and J C Cloud were named to select juries for the September term. Remaining civil and criminal cases were continued to the next term.
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Brazos County
J. C. Scott
Scott
P. L. Barron
J. W. Batts
J. C. Cloud
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U. S
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