Pope Letter Highlights Catholic University Anniversary
In Walington on April 15 a vast Catholic audience gathered at St. Patrick's Church for the Catholic University of America's twenty fifth anniversary. Attendees included three American cardinals eight archbishops 30 bishops and numerous university representatives. A papal letter from Pope Benedict was read marking the first such message to America praising its vigor and youth. Cardinal Farley led the Mass with others present from Clark University Notre Dame and the Association of American Universities. Cardinal Gibbons preached on liberty and lawful order noting democracy requires law.
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Cardinal Farley
Thomas Finn
Rockford
Joseph F. Smith
New York
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Association of American Universities
J. Cavanaugh
Notre Dame Universality
Cardinal Gibbons
Zeppelin raids hit eleven towns along Tyne coast
Newcastle dispatch says the Zeppelin attacked eleven Tyne district towns dropping at least thirty missiles. One tug Jupiter narrowly escaped a large explosive bag as two men and a woman were hurt and a building burned. The raid spanned thirty five minutes, with searchlights, gunfire, and a large crowd reacting in fear across Blyth, Wallsend, and Newcastle.
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Newcastle
Eng
Tyne
Jupiter
Blyth
North Sea
South Shields
Armstrong Works
Hagland
Armstrong Plant
J. W. Ogden
Count Zeppelin
God Save the King
Wallsend
Strike to cost thousands of Chicago workers jobs
A 16 000 carpenter strike began as unions rejected an wage scale by the Employers' Association. Carpenters sought 70 cents an hour versus 50 by the employers, while the pact offered 70 cents for half of a three year term. The strike risks widespread job losses and drew a request for Mayor-elect William Hale Thompson to intervene.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
Carpenter's District Council
Carpenters
William Hale Thompson
Carpenters’ Union
Flood After Dam Break Drowns Eight in Arizona
A reservoir on the Little Colorado River near St Johns broke just before midnight, flooding Apagh County and drowning eight people. Another reservoir west of Holbrook is in the flood path and could threaten Woodruff if it collapses.
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Holbh
Ariz
Lywan
Colorado
St Johns
Apagh
Hust
On Johns
Woodrudf
Holbrook
Lonely Man Murdered Near Port Orchard
The 65 year old Stephen Ranage, a wealthy bachelor, was found murdered in his cabin nine miles south of Port Orchard. The body showed buckshot wounds to the head and the man had been dead about ten days. Robbery is suspected as motive since he recently received a large sum from England and deposited it in a Bremerton bank.
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Seattle
Wash
Stephen Ranage
Port Orchard
Ranage
England
Bremerton
Women and Children Jailed After Vesta Mine Riot
Thirteen women with seven babies in arms and twenty men were jailed in Washington county after a riot at the Vesta coal mine Tuesday. Women allegedly threw buckets of scalding water at strikebreakers and union miners while men fired on them. State police quelled the disturbance and bail was set to keep the women in jail until Monday.
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Washington, Fa
Washington County
Vesta
Thes Bates
Blackleg cases reported among cattle near Laramie
Reports from Laramie Wyoming on April 16 note several blackleg cases in local ranch stock. The disease follows overfeeding on lush pasture, causing fattening that thickens blood and endangers the animals and age groups in the herd.
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Mack LU Ts
Laramie
Wyo
Proclamation Urges Wyoming Tree Planting For Statewide Observance
Governor John B. Kendrick proclaims Friday April 30 1915 as a day to plant trees and shrubbery across Wyoming. The memo urges schools colleges and all officers and citizens to participate promoting reforestation and love of nature for present and future generations.
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Wyoming
Mhose
John B. Kendrick
State of
Arbor Day Proclamation Encourages Tree Planting in Wyoming
Superintendent Edith Clark urges Wyoming teachers to read the governor's Arbor Day Proclamation to students. The letter notes Arbor Day founded in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton and highlights observing the day by planting trees and shrubs around schools, homes, parks, and farms, even in drought-adapted areas. Clark asks teachers to share Arbor Day efforts and report constructive projects.
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Wyoming
J. Sterling Marton
Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Plenasea
Eaith K
Clark
Announcement That Cattle Plague Is Ended
Government officials announced on April 1 that no animate stock infected with foot and mouth disease had been found in the United States since last October. The end of the outbreak is not immediate and stray cases may occur. lingering contagion could remain in manure, feed, and on ground. A revised Farmers Bulletin on the pestilence and its symptoms will be issued free upon request.
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United States
Tsbel
Hlinda
Aeae
Aera
Department of Agriculture
Colorado Wyoming irrigation case readied for Supreme Court
After five months of work the Colorado Wyoming irrigation controversy evidence is prepared for the Supreme Court. Attorney General Farrar says 6600 printed pages and loads of exhibits will be presented early next fall. Wyoming seeks priority rights and limited Colorado water to protect Wyoming projects.
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Denver
Supreme Court of the United States
Farrar
Wyoming
Colorado
Imperial Valley
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Robbers Loot Silk Train Then Escape in Auto Truck
A dozen masked robbers halted a New York fast freight train near Sanborn and north of North Tonawanda Mississippi early today. They looted bolted silk worth about 50000 dollars, fired on the crew, and fled in four five ton auto trucks. Engineer Goss of Syracuse escaped and reached Suspension Bridge with the alarm.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
North Tonawanda
Goss
Syracuse
Two Killed and Sixty Hurt in Subway Car Panic
Two men and a woman were seriously injured and about 60 persons hurt when a Third Avenue elevated train derailed at Chatham Square. A car derailment, brief turnout, and small fire fueled passenger fears during the incident.
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New York
Third Avenue
Chatham Square
Mrs Roosevelt Operated On in New York Hospital
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt underwent an operation at Roosevelt Hospital in New York today. Dr Alexander Lambert of Cornell Medical College led the procedure. The nature of her ailment was not disclosed but the operation was described as successful. Colonel Roosevelt and Mr Roosevelt visited until the wife was taken to the operating room.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Alexander Lambert
Cornell
Wequing Public Notice Invites Attendance
In Wequing Ma on April 15 a notice invites the public to attend a ceremony. Willem Milley, age 101, reportedly prepares for a welding task today as a security precaution. Milley is described as twice married and widowed, with little other verifiable detail available.
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Sorgin
Willem ‘Milley
Mia Pike
Miller
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Sheridan
Robert L. Bryant
Lethbridge
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Bury
Bryant
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