French Army Probes Second German Zeppelin Landing in France
Paris reports another German airship landed on French soil amid a frontier miscue. Capt Devall and Lt Von Mirbach aboard. craft released after officials decide landing unavoidable. French Foreign Office seeks German measures to prevent repeats and to set rules for future incidents.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Devall
von Mirbach
War
Interior
Germany
Foreign Office
Jules Cambon
Berlin
M. Cambon
California Governor Johnson backs US with Japan on alien land law
Special dispatch reports Governor Hiram Johnson and President Wilson reconciling California's alien land ownership debate with treaty obligations to Japan. Johnson pledges full cooperation and avoidance of actions that could impair US Japanese treaty relations. The president may wait for California’s legislature to proceed cautiously.
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First Husband Returns Sues Second For Board
In Boston on April 22 a jury awarded Mrs. Elizabeth Beals 1712.94 for board and lodging provided by Mileton Woodbury who lived with her as her husband after her first spouse disappeared in 1894. The suit stems from an Enchanted Arden style case.
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Elizabeth T
Beals
Mileton A. Woodbury
Woodbury
Enoch Arden
Bea
Prostitution Rooted in Low Wages Says Vice Commission
The Philadelphia Vice Commission reports that prostitution stems from low family incomes and male wage gaps rather than female wages. It urges enforcement of laws, new legislation, child education, and social services in workplaces, parks, and entertainment venues to curb vice.
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Commission
Philadelphia
Blankenburg
Sife
Long missing child restored after days of search
In Columbia Mississippi a four year old boy believed to be Robert Dunbar missing from Opelousas Louisiana since last August was identified today by his mother Mrs C P Dunbar after the father Mr Dunbar confirmed. The peddler W C Walters who found the child at his jail was guarded amid fears of lynching as the reunion scene unfolded with the mother fainting and the boy crying mother. A nationwide search had cost thousands of dollars and stretched across many states.
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Miss
Robert Dunbar
Opelousas
C. P. Dunbar
Dunbar
W. C. Walters
Walters
Ohio Proclaims May 11 as Mothers Day
Governor Cox issued a proclamation designating Sunday May 11 as Mothers Day in Ohio He urges everyone to wear a white carnation on that day in honor of his or her father.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohio
Three Die In Explosion At Atlas Powder Plant
An explosion at the Atlas Powder Company packing house at Lake Hopatcong New Jersey killed three men and injured seven. The blast wiped out the packing house and shattered windows four miles away as physicians were summoned from Stanhope and Morristown to treat the injured among workers scattered through fifty other buildings on the plant grounds.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Atlas Powder Company
Packiig
Stanhope
Morristown
Judge Dissatisfied With Jury Action In Smith Case
Springfield April 2 A sparsely attended courtroom heard opening statements in the Smith case after women were required to remove hats. Pathologist Dr J J Coons testified he believed Mrs Smith died from an extraneous cause though he would not swear to the fact. Witnesses placed Mabel Merchant with Dr Smith before the wife’s death and on a train a month after. The judge warned the jury to guard against outside opinions and threatened to lock them up if not stricter.
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Smith
J. J. Coons
Columbus
Mabel Merchant
Biggest steamship Imperator meets mishap at Elbe
The Hamburg American Line steamship Imperator, 900 feet long, grounded off Altona on the Elbe while proceeding from Vulcan Ship Yards and was floated at night. She will be the largest vessel in service when Maiden voyage to New York begins May 28, with trial trips planned late this month. Emperor William may join the first trip.
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Hamburg-American Line
Imperator
Elbe
Vulcan Ship Building Yards
Altona
New York
Germany
William
Hinman Will Seeds Hospital for the Poor in Columbus
The late Charles D. Hinman, a Columbus banker, leaves nearly a half million dollars to fund a hospital for poor residents regardless of color or religion. The Edward H. Hinman Hospital Company will be formed, with the local congressman and the county auditor named as trustees, while relatives receive the remainder.
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Columbus
Charles D. Hinman
Edward IL. Hinman
Thousands of Pupils Rebel Against the School Chief
Pittsburg April 22 Thousands of public school pupils in Pittsburg join a strike against Superintendent S L Heeter after his acquittal on two charges. Demonstrations paralyzed traffic, police were deployed, one girl was killed by a streetcar, and arrests for riot and disorderly conduct were made as banners and effigies appeared citywide.
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Pittsburg
S. L. Heeter
Hester
Pittsby Board of Education
Proms
Mppaigue
W. H
Voters’ League
J. Regis Canevin
George W. Shelton
Second Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Union
J. Leonard Levy
Rodeph Shalon Synagogue
Charles McCormick
William ‘Slater
Slater
Carri
Ee Heeter
Heeter
Chicago Carpenter Takes Own Life After Long Work Silence
Fred Wulf, 52, a Chicago carpenter with 30 years at one firm, shot himself at home on 2246 Montana Street after expressing distress over idleness. He died before a doctor arrived. his wife and five children were upstairs.
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Chicago
Fred Wulf
Montana Street
Wulf
Millionaire Bixby Denied Felony Warrant In Enslavement Case
Los Angeles April 22 Deputy District Attorney McCartney refused to issue a felony warrant against George H. Bixby a Long Beach millionaire amid claims of enslavement of two young girls. Police Chief Sebastian and new testimonies from Jeanette Ellis and Marie De Vaughn failed to produce corroboration. Bixby a 184 year old banker and director said he was framed by blackmailers. If no warrant is issued the case may go to the county grand jury.
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McCartney
George H. Bixby
Long Beach
Sebastian
Irene Mary B Brown-Levy
Josie Rosenburg
Brown-Levy
Rebestian
Jeannette Ellis
Marie de Vaughn
Bonnie Espey
W. H. Wood
Tin Heck Peart
Jionaire Associates
Bixby
Office boy frees mice to crowd Broadway subway ride
An office boy released about twenty mice from a cardboard box on a Broadway subway express. He and friends claimed seats and hung from straps as homebound workers fled in alarm. Passengers mistook the scene for a fire or fight before the mice were found.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Montenegrin Forces Enter Scutari
Official dispatch from Cetinje reports Montenegrin troops have entered Scutari on April 23, signaling a shift in control during ongoing operations. No further details provided in bulletin.
Bank guard shoots at thief in Cleveland theft
A Cleveland Trust Company guard fired a dozen shots at a man fleeing with 500 dollars on Euclid Avenue as three firemen tackled the suspect near Chester Avenue station. The man, Albert Betosky, was arrested for theft and said his hunger drove him to the crime.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
Euclid Avenue
East Ninth Street
Chester Avenue
Albert Betosky
Rose Farrell
Betosky
Glover to Appeal to Supreme Court in Sims Assault Case
Washington April 22 Congressional probe of the assault on Representative Sims by banker C. C. Glover began before the House select committee. Glover sent a letter to the panel saying he acted in a moment of passion and reserved the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Sims
C. C
Glover
Select Committee
Clark
House
Charles McAllister
Revenue Cutter Service
Sherman Allen
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Coon Hunt Arouses Englewood In Early Morning Noise
In Englewood Chicago a 3 AM coon hunt at 661 Englewood Avenue led Henry A Blatt and neighbors to shoot raccoons with a ten gauge shotgun. Four raccoons killed and one wounded in a two hour dawn raid that drew four policemen and a private watchman. Moonlight aided the late night chase.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Englewood
Englewood Avenue
Blatt
Belgium Socialists Win Manhood Suffrage After 10 Day Strike
In Brussels on April 22 the Socialists secured a record victory as the government agreed to consider equal suffrage ending the plural vote system. About 375,000 to 500,000 strikers backed the move, with 2,000 more joining in Brussels. Leaders vow continued pressure until a republic is established.
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