Officials Ordered Into Custody in Terre Haute Election Case
Sheriff Dennis Shea City Judge Thomas Smith and Street Inspector Alexander Aczel were ordered into custody by Judge Anderson for alleged tampering with witnesses in the Terre Haute election case. The court warned all defendants, with Bond set for Steel at 5000 and others at 10000, as more testimony on witness manipulation continued.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Dennis Shea
Thomas Smith
Alexander Aczel
Steel
Terre Haute
United States
Anderson
Vigo County
Mr. Dailey
Smith
Mark Storen
Shea
Marshal Storen
Warcraft to Stop Sailing of German Ships
Fear that Hamburg American liners Odenwald and President will sail without clearance papers prompts officials to dispatch a fast destroyer from Cuban waters to San Juan harbor. The port reports concern over interned vessels in American harbors and libel actions begin against the Odenwald for attempting to depart San Juan without papers. The Coast Guard chief heads to New York to oversee neutrality enforcement as the Algonquin heads toward San Juan.
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Munsey
Washington
Odenwald
President
Cuban
San Juan Harbor
San Juan
Puget Sound
Bertholf
Coast Guard
New York
West Indies
Gregory
United States District Attorney of
Porto Rico
United States
Congress
Christians slain by Turks in Persia seek U S refuge
The Persian War Relief Committee in New York reports via Teheran and Tiflis that Urumiah and surrounding areas face massacre and arson. Fifteen thousand refugees crowd the American mission while 10,000 more flee to Russia. Turkish attacks on Urumiah and nearby Djulfa prompt calls for safe haven in the United States.
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Persia
U. S
Tiflis
Russia
Urumiah
Italians Fortify Dodékanese Islands in Aegean
Saloniki March 23. The Italians fortify the Dodékanese Islands off Asia Minor with heavy guns as steamers carry munitions there. The Turkish Sporades chain sits in the southern Aegean near the western coast of Asia Minor.
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Saloniki
Dodékanese Islands
Riots Flame Across Cities As China and Japan Clash
Reports from London and Pekin describe widespread rioting in Chinese cities against Japanese influence. Belgians are shot in Ghent after a German court martial, while Japan rushes troops to China and negotiates terms on Manchuria and South Manchuria affairs with China.
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London
Ghent
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
The
Commercial Tribune
Pekin
China
Japan
Shanghai
Tsiwan
le Cheng-Hsiang
Eki Hioki
Manchuria
South
South Manchuria
Kirin-Changchun
East Mongolia
Mayor Sued Over Naturalization Fees in Urbana
Prosecuting Attorney Harold W. Houston representing Ohio filed suit in Common Pleas Court seeking to recover 9.60 dollars from former Champaign County Clerk of Court Marion Rk Talbot for naturalization case fees collected while in office.
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Commercial Tribune
Urbana
Harold W. Houston
State of
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Marion Rk
Talbot
Champaign County
Guns and Cars Ready for Russian Army Shipment
Eighteen long range American guns consigned to the Russian army via Vladivostok lie at Vancouver awaiting shipment. In Seattle Tacoma and Vancouver 384 traction automobiles for Russia wait for ships. The guns resemble those used in the siege of Przemysl.
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Seattle
Wash
Vladivostok
Vancouver
Tacoma
Traction
Przemysl
Militia summoned as police chiefs slain in Elmira
In Elmira New York Chief of Police John J Finnell and Detective Sergeant Charles Gradwell were shot and killed while questioning Edward Westervelt and Jack Cramer about burglaries. Westervelt blamed Cramer for the shooting and confessed to robberies. Westervelt was later captured with a broken leg. Justice McCann ordered local militia for emergencies.
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Elmira
N. Y
John J. Finnell
Charles Gradwell
Edward Wethtervelt
Jack” Cramer
Westervelt
Cramer
Justice McCann
Supreme Court
Finnell
Gradwell
Warship to garry fund for sisal crop
The United States will use a warship to move 625000 dollars in currency to Mexico to finance sisal hemp shipments. About 250000 bales await at Progreso and Merida as Carranza forces position near Mexico City and Villistas near Matamoros.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Yucatan
Mexico
United States
Galveston
Tex
Daniels
Edward Co. Heidrich, Jr
Peoria
Ill
Progreso
Merida
Carranza
New Zeppelin Ready Sets Stage for War Aircraft
Geneva reports the newest Zeppelin airship completed at the Zeppelin works on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen and leaves for trials. The Zeppelin X will follow in a few days. Chief Engineer Durr of the works receives the Iron Cross for his role.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Zeppelin Works
Lake Constance
Friedrichshafen
Durr
Public letter urges Cincinnati school board reform
A Cincinnati reader to The Commercial Tribune criticizes coverage of the school situation. The author claims meetings are held in Avondale and directed by President Withrow, urging support for a representative board and noting widespread teacher and principal interest in reform.
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the Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Board of Education
Avondale
Withrow
T.ee. Acher
Italian War Preparations and Allied Dardanelles Report
Italian agents purchase a carload of horses in Memphis for shipment to New York then St Louis as Italy mobilizes, while Rome previews a royal decree to curb spies and calls for female labor in mobilization. Amsterdam reports diverging British and French tallies of Dardanelles losses, with Athens noting heavy Allied defeats and low Turkish casualties.
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Commercial Tribune
Memphis
Tenn
New York
Express
St. Louis
Rome
Italy
Austria
Kilid Bahr
Kalesultaine
Ft. Hamidieh
Dardanos
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Uramiah
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
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