Arrest of Swoboda Prompts Graft Exposé In France
Washington reports say Raymond Swoboda, an American accused in the La Turaine liner fire case, was a broker for Paris house Moi Mo Paris buying French army supplies. His arrest is said to reveal graft by buyers of U S suppliers, with commissions outlined and claims of vast potential business lost to rivals.
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Washington
Raymond Swoboda
France
R. Hk, McLea
Swoboda
White House
State Department
Lusitania
la Touraine
Mola
House of Moi
Paris
Morrison
Huerta Looms Upon Mexico Horizon Amid Invasion Talk
Reports from Washington and Madrid indicate General Huerta left Cadiz seeking unknown destinations and plans for a fresh Mexican insurrection. Carranza denials clash with dispatches of possible Huerta-backed revolution as Spain and US officials watch closely.
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Washington
Huerta
Cadiz
Bpiain
Mexico
State Department
Inter
Bryan
Lansing
Mexico City
Carranza
Deaf mute confesses to double murder near Green Mountain
John Confer, a 25 year old deaf mute, confessed to killing Dennis Milan 47 and Mrs Minnie Milan 46 at their home near Green Mountain. Police say jealousy motivated the slayings. Confer is jailed in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
John Confer
Dennis Milan
Minnie Milan
Green Mountain
Confer
Milan
Victims Named in Rancher-Cattle Raid Murders
R H Aitken arrived in FPL Paso Texas and disclosed the killings of two Americans Harold Smith of Houston Texas and Foscoe Billings and two Turks two months earlier by a Carranza troupe seeking cattle. Aitken, who escaped, said the raid occurred as the Americans and Turks were targeted.
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Fpl
Paso
Texas
R. H. Aitken
Harold Smith
Houston
Foscoe Billings
Colorado
Wyoming
Aitken
Carranza
Warren Sues Senator Warren for 50000 Damages
Special to Cheyenne State Leader Washington April 1 Senator Francis Warren of Wyoming is defendant in a 50000 damage suit in the district of Columbia Supreme Court. Plaintiff A S Connelly charges Warren caused his detention in a government hospital while investigating illegal fencing by the Warren Livestock Co in Wyoming. Connelly says he was released from the asylum in May 1914 and that Warren instigated his arrest. This suit follows a series of prior accusations against Warren, some investigated in Washington with no action.
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Washington
Francis ©. Warren
Wyoming
A.S. Connelly
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Connelly
Warren
Warren Livestock Company
Senator Warren
J. H. Bilbrey
Russian Black Sea Fleet Bombards Bosporus Forts
Russian warships bombarded Turkish ports Zunguldak, Zonguldak, Kosi and Eregli on the Asian Minor coast. Officials report the attack paused due to artillery and air resistance, with accusations of heavy shell use and explosions at coal mines.
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Bosporus
London
Asia Minor
Zunguldak
Koshi
Kilimu
Ercell
Petrograd
Zungmuidak
Kosta
Millmlr
Eregli
Black Sea
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Odessa
Zungulak
Mregli
Koslu
Bresti
Witness Perjury Arrest Ties Hecla Riot Trial
Dell Wheeler an Erie teamster and key state witness in the Hecla strike riot case was arrested for alleged perjury after failing to ID the defendants on the witness stand. A grand jury witness whose testimony underpins indictments against William Knowles Gui Brack Dan Griffith and Arthur Spenlow, the defendants, was reported.
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Boulder
Colo
Dell Wheeler
Erie Teamster
Hecla
Wheelers
William Knowles
Gua Brack
Dan Griffith
Arthur Spenlow
Nation-Wide Prohibition Crusade Opens in Cheyenne
The Flying Squadron of America launches a national prohibition campaign in Cheyenne with Daniel A. Polling and Dr. Charles M. Sheldon as speakers. Local events run Friday and Saturday at First M B church with 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. sessions, and Sunday at Capitol Avenue theatre.
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Cheyenne
Abraham Lincoln
Flying Squadron of
America
Capitol Avenue
Daniel A. Polling
National Ciizenship Department
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Apr Mittes
Mr. Poling
Young People's Societies
Archie Allison
C. C. Schwiering
Bible Schools
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Flying Squadron
Charles M. Sheldon
Congregational Church
Daeniel V. Polling
Ira Landrith
Ward-Delmont College of
Nashville
Tenn
Presbyterian General
Carolyn Geisel
Battle Creek, Mich
John Bb. Lewis
Massachusetts
Oliver Wayne Stewart
Wines
Middle Weat
Vera K. Mullie
M. B
Banday
Pitol Avenue
Money Gift Changes View Of Life For Mrs. Gordon
In Denver on April 1 a $25 gift to Mrs. Gordon at the county hospital alters her outlook. She speaks of loneliness and disgrace after giving birth, doubts who helped her, and asks the donors to read about her gratitude in the paper while acknowledging the kindness.
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Mrs. Gordon
Denver
Ange Soran
Gult
Gorton
Roushy
Belverde
Bunday
Bret
Gordon
Plutes Cleared by Army Chief in Murder Charge
General Scott reports Plutes not guilty after arriving from the expedition with the belief Tae-Ne-Gat led the murder plot. Evidence described as circumstantial and possibly tainted.
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Washington
General Scott
McAdoo Recovers After Appendicitis Relapse
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, recently operated on for appendicitis, has suffered a sinus relapse but officials say his condition is improving and he remains under medical care.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Native Christians Massacred in Azeriijan Frontline Report
Reports from the region describe a mass casualty event near Saluac plains in Azeriijan where hundreds of native Christians were killed or harmed during a Russian reoccupation. Eyewitness accounts mention bodies recovered from wells and wells and mass graves, with reports of women wailing and survivors burying spouses amid ongoing violence.
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Tap
Persia
Wemesday
Mar
Petrograd
London
Saluac Plains
Azerbaijan
Uremish
Maftdewan
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Cuba
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Hregli
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