French aviator Garros captured by German forces near Courtrai
Lieut Roland Gérios Garros, famed French aviation hero, was taken prisoner after being forced to land inside German lines near Courtrai on April 18. The French war office confirmed his capture, noting his daring missions as a scout and fighter.
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Roland G. Gérios
French Aviation Corps
France
Germas
French War Office
Garros
Courtrai
Iminster
Tion
United States Warns Turkey Over Armenian Killings
The State Department lodged representations with the Turkish government urging steps to prevent further massacres of Armenians, acting on a Russian request through Ambassador Bakhmeteff. A March 27 dispatch notes ongoing European wartime updates from Copenhagen, Saloniki, London, and Paris.
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Washington
State Department
Turkey
Bryan
Bakhmeteff
Mayor Announces Two Special Cleanup Days In Cheyenne
Mayor R N La Fontaine designates Friday and Saturday as cleanup days following a push by the Industrial Club. Residents and property owners urged to brighten premises. schools to close for Arbor Day Friday and join the effort with students helping plant trees and assist in cleanup. Cheyenne schools asked to mobilize pupils and teachers for the two days. extra city crews will collect debris piled in alleys at no charge to owners.
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R. N. la Fontaine
Industrial Club
Cheyenne
Iran Fee
R. N. LaFontine
Baltic Sea Mine Sinks Swedish Freight Steamer Centric
Stockholm reports the Swedish steamer Centric sank by a mine off the Aland islands in the Baltic while en route from Stockholm to Helsingborg. Crew members were saved but other vessels face peril as Allied and German actions ripple through northern waters.
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Baltic Sea
London
North Sea
Stockholm
Centric
Helsingborg
Sweden
Aland Islands
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Schleswig
England
Koge
Denmark
Albert Jensen Company
Vestland
Narvin
Middlesbrough
Germany
Thirteen Babies Die Amid East Heat Wave in Cleveland
Cleveland reports thirteen infant deaths linked to record April heat as temperatures reached 82 degrees before rain offered relief. Weather bureau predicts continued heat across the Midwest with widespread high temperatures.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Health Department
Chicago
Cage
Middle West
Weather Bureau
British Parliament lauds U.S. aid for POWs
London reports both Houses praised United States efforts to improve conditions for German held prisoners. Lord Kitchener condemned German inhumanity while Premier Asquith pledged postwar reparations. No concrete plan was agreed in either chamber.
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London
Germany
House of Lords
Commons
United States
Lord Kitchener
Asquith
Premature Explosion Kills Seven in Valhalla Work Site
In White Plains New York seven foreign laborers were killed and twenty injured when twelve sticks of dynamite exploded underground in a trench 100 feet deep. The blast occurred at a Valhalla work site for a new Ken sico dam base.
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White Plains
N. Y
Valhalla
Ahi New Ken Sico Dam
Loss for Villa Could End Trouble In Mexican Conflict
Washington reports another Villa defeat could end his power amid Mexican factions, with officials noting a victory would restore dominance in Mexican affairs. Refugees from Tampico fear oil property destruction as Carranza forces threaten retaliation. Major Eduardo de Bequertody resigns from Villas army after news of his brothers death in Ireland.
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Washington
Villa
Carranya
Howwever
Girl Burned to Death as Gas Explodes in Danville
Miss Viola Downs of Rodgfam died in a house fire started while she attempted to light a stove with gasoline. The Downe home was destroyed and a second gas explosion injured James Mitchell and T. Hughes at the Christian church in Redman, Holgar County.
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Danville
Viola Downs
Rodgfam
Downe
Miss Downs
James Mitchell
T. Hughes
Christian Church
Redman
Holgar County
California Exposition Leader Contest Opens For Cheyenne Women
The Cheyenne State Leader announces an eight woman delegation to California and San Francisco for the exposition. Votes determine who travels all expenses paid with chaperone and honors. Entry urged through friends and neighbors to win a coveted spot and a two week vacation amid world fairs and attractions.
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Califoria
California
Baller
Land of Flowers
Queen City
San Francisco
Exposition
Cheyenne
Eag Lt
San Prancheco
Waev
Wis
Walsh Replies to Rockefeller Attack on Labor Report
Chicago April 27 Chairman Frank T Walsh of the US Commission on Industrial Relations returns from Kansas City and says Rockefeller denounces him as a liar. Walsh notes letters were written and quoted and that Rockefeller efforts miss his duties to reveal industrial unrest. He will reply in full at his next public speech in Cincinnati.
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London
Evening News
Copenhagen
Herr Gottschalk
Germany
von Bethmann-Holleg
Chicago
Frank T. Walsh
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Kansas City
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Walsh
Colorado
Jesse FP. Welborn
Rockefeller
L. M. Howers
Bingham
Denver Millionaire and Pioneer Dies
Rodney Curtis of Denver, founder and first president of the Denver Tramway company, died suddenly in a San Diego hospital where he had been treated for bowel hemorrhage. He had been improving before a relapse. The body will arrive in Denver Friday afternoon.
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Denver
Rodney Curtis
Denver Tramway Company
San Diego
Cal
Lawson accused of arming strikers in Nimmo murder trial
Testimony by Charles Seyder described Lawson directing arms and ammo to a mobile unit near the Colorado & Southern railroad cut before Deputy Sheriff Nimmo was shot. Seyder testified Lawson carried a rifle and pistol and ordered distribution of shells to men at the colony and to use the cut for picket duty.
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Trinidad
Colo
Charles Seyder
United Mine Workers of America
John’ IR. Lawson
Colorado
John Nimmo
Snyder
Yeaeterday
Croge
Colorado & Southeastern Railroad
Nimmo
Lawson
Texas flood waters recede amid hopeful Moody district reports
Houston dispatches indicate flood recovery in Texas with reports from the Moodred district deeming the danger of a repeat 1913 disaster unlikely. The Brazos Burleson Milam Washington Bustrop Waller and Wharton counties report rivers exceeding banks and widespread inundation of fertile farmland as waters rise from the upper watershed.
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Houston
Texas
Moodred
Brazos
Burleson
Milam
Washington
Bustrop
Waller
Wharton
Invariant Vik Washington Remarks on Burnes Rooseseit Lawault
Secretary of Sieteryan comments that the Burns Rooseseit lawault provides an inferior view of the party and urges gratitude. The remark signals internal party critique during Ayr 27 events in Washington.
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Washington
Ayr
Sieteryan
Burnes Rooseseit Laweult
Spain Eyes Gibraltar and Ceuta for Territorial Gain
Paris dispatch reports Spanish public figures discuss postwar Europe and Spain’s potential move to seize Gibraltar from England. Accompanying proposals include exchanging Ceuta in Morocco to secure access, aiming to reduce British influence and sever ties with Britain through strategic territorial realignment.
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Paris
Spain
Europe
Benoy Ascarate
Deputies
Gibraltar
England
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Ministry of War
Constantinople
Saloniki
Enver Pasha
von de Goltz
Liman von Sanders
Ypresn
Belgium
Sir John French
War Department
St. Julien
Sir John
Ypres
St. Tulilan
French
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Neuve Chapelle
Warsh.o
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AID
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Tes
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San Antonio
Tex
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Ireland
Eduardo de Bequertody
Hequer
Aviation Corps
Villae
Canada
Frank Walsh
Tangier
Ceuta
Morocco
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