Roosevelt defense hit by a series of rulings in Barnes libel suit
In Syracuse on April 30 Col. Roosevelt faced multiple legal setbacks as Justice Andrews barred key testimony in Willam J. Barnes libel case. Witnesses including John A. Hennessy and H. H. Vreeland were excluded on grounds of immateriality and lack of known Democratic contributions. Former Senator Hinman supported Roosevelt’s view of bipartisan opposition to the 1911 direct primary bill.
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Syracue
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Willam J. Barnes
Justice Andrews
Roosevelt
John A. Hennessy
Sulzer
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Barnes
Hughes
Hinman
Terrifying German 42 centimeter shell described
The article notes the terror of the war with a German 42 cm shell said to tear up the strongest fortifications. Engineers are believed to have given up hope of a fort resisting such fire. The piece compares its 16.5 inch diameter and 64 inch length to French shells, which measure under 3 inches in diameter.
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Gineers
Arbitration board seeks wage award in Western railroad case
Members of the board of arbitration in the Western railroad wage case resumed effort to reach a decision today after a shortened night. The time limit to announce the award expires at 4 this afternoon.
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Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Western Railroad
Eight Wyoming women invited to contest free trip to San Francisco
The Leader announces a contest offering eight Wyoming ladies a chance to visit California and the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco without cost. Entry closes soon. nominations must be sent immediately. The program highlights travel, hotel, and admission expenses paid by the contest.
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California
San Francisco
Europe
Exposition
Wyoming
Britain's Deadly Peril Enjoined From Publicity
London reports that the War Office ordered censorship to suppress William Queux's book Britain's Peril alleging to reveal German dangers in Britain. The defense of the Realm Act holds up unsold copies and restrains publication while Queux claims his accounts include a German living on the east coast and coded signals used to warn of German activity.
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London
Associated Press
War Office
Britain
William Queux
Great Britain
Ting Amy
Ten Die as Bliss Fire Destroys Colon
Fire roared through Colon on April 30 leaving ten dead and several hundred injured. The blaze wrecked more than half the town with an estimated two million dollars in losses and ten to twelve thousand left homeless.
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Colon
German Zeppelin Bombardment Reported Over England and Europe
German Zeppelins sighted over Suffolk county England with no bombs dropped. Allied airmen attacked Ostend and southern German towns. German submarines sunk the trawler Lilly Dale and the collier Mobile. Bombs reportedly dropped near the American steamer Cushing.
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London
Suffolk County
England
Belgium
Ostend
Germany
Mobile
Cushing
Weather Outlook for Wyoming Over Weekend
Forecast from Washington on April 20 indicates a dry spell through Saturday with likely continued sunshine and a chance of rain late Sunday as conditions change across the state.
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Washington
Wyoming
Bitter German suspicion grips Vancouver amid fires arrests
In Vancouver British Columbia anti German sentiment runs high as four Germans are held and two bridges are burned fires described as coincidences. Police report detentions swell while Germans and Austrians indoors. Baron von Luttwits Dr Otto Gruenert Paul Koppe and Fredrich Stritzell in custody following raids at Point Grey homes including Gruenert who claims American citizenship. The American consul visited the prisoners.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ccity
Point Grey
Ypres
Baron
Lawson Murder Trial Nears Jury After Closing Evidence
In Trinidad Colorado on April 0 the Lawson case closed its evidence. John R Lawson labor leader faces murder charges in the Nimmo deputy sheriff shooting on October 25 1913. Lawson testified denying prior prosecution witnesses and claimed he stayed in his tent except for escorting women through the danger zone. Four rebuttal witnesses were called and a jury verdict is anticipated tomorrow night.
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Trinidad
Colo
John R. Lawson
John Nimmo
Hillyer
Lawson
Frisco hit by deadly gale and losses rise
Frisco, April 30, a violent gale battered the city for 24 hours with near 100 mph winds. Two boys were killed by fallen wires and property damage nears 200000 dollars. A wireless station reports a five man launch near the Farallon Islands vanished and wreckage from a fishing launch washed ashore, raising fears of more deaths.
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Ban Francisco
San Francisco
Farallono Islands
Icicles Hit Fruit Trees as Western Storms Rage
A san Francisco report notes widespread tempest effects from Oregon to California. A sheepherder in Morrow County saved 400 of 1,600 sheep after two days of wind snow and sleet. In Monterey a warehouse collapsed into the bay and icicles hung from fruit trees in Southern California. First snow in Salt River Valley Arizona and a desert hurricane in Nevada. Eastern Oregon damages likely exceed 500000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
Morrow County
Ore
United States
Rockies
Montery
Calif
Bay
California
Salt River Valley
Ariz
Nevada Desert
Oregon
Russia Signs Large US Armament Contracts Amid War Trade
In Pittsburgh on April 30 officers announced several US contracts with Russia as driver. Pressed Steel Car and others seek orders for weapons and core components. Unofficial sources report a $40,000,000 contract for Westinghouse guns and $31,000,000 for airbrake work as part of broader arms shipments. Speculation swirls about a possible $50,000,000 appropriation influencing local markets.
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Pyttsburg
Pittsburg
Russia
Pressed Steel Car Company
Mer
Core
Airbrake
Germans Invasion and Dardanelles Battle Report
Turkish resistance on Gallipoli intensifies as British and French forces establish positions and advance near the Narrows. Allied ships bombard Dardanelles forts while Turkish troops defend Kum Kalem fortress. German forces plus cruisers engage in Baltic and Channel actions with raids halted by British naval cordon.
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London
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Cape Kum Kabit
Straits
Seddul Bahr
Triumph
Maidos
Smyrna
Gulf of A Rese
Jeee
Dunkirk
Admiralty
Kiel
Belgium
France
Atlantic
English Channel
English Suffragist Assails Silly Platitudes at War Congress
At the International Congress of Women in The Hague on April 30 five Belgian delegates spoke. only two responded as Jane Addams greeted them. Mile Hammer urged justice before peace, demanding war until wrongs are righted, while others urged stopping bloodshed and negotiating peace.
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Hague
International Congress of Women
Jane Addams
Chicago
Mile Hammer
Belgium
Aleo
Amy Lillingster
London
Galt
Juror Dead in California Murder Trial Case
In Marysville Cab a juror in Wheatland 1915 murder trials was shot dead in his barn. His wife was found dead at the house with a bullet to her head, suggesting a linked double tragedy in an apparent homicide.
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Marysville
Cab
Mewerd
Wheatland
Cal
Prison Breaker’s Bold Parole Bid Spurs Jail Tale
A Springfield report details Alfred Jacks and an inmate at Chester penitentiary who stole a $10 leaving allowance and used improvised tools to break out. After two years of labor he fashioned weapons, escaped by breaking a lock, and was recaptured. he seeks clemency via the pardons board.
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Springfield
Alfred Jacks
Chester
Cheater
Arriv
Board of Pardons
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