World War News: Russia Seeks Constantinople Control
Reports from Petrograd show a demand for coasession of Constantinople and both Bosporus shores. Allied troops land at Gallipoli as air and sea operations escalate. Dutch submarine seizures and Belgian executions widen the war’s reach. German forces claim massive Russian captures and Przemysl’s garrison details emerge as Dar-danelles land operations loom.
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Congress of Representatives of the Nobility
Petrograd
Russia
Constantinople
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Turmoil in Michigan Legislature as Sy monds Attacks Railroad Official
A packed Michigan Senate hall heard Charles P.D. Symonds attack Charles Cunningham of the state railroad commission for backing higher passenger rates. In Illinois, Senate elections panel seated Baldwin and Austin, granting Republicans a one vote majority. Other items include Gompers in Chicago, a deadly fire in Mississippi, and record February New York exports.
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Michigan
Charles PD. Symonds
Charles Cunningham
State Railroad Commission
Senate
Oak Park
Englewood
Cook County
Senate Elections Committee
Illinois
Percival G. Baldwin
Henry W. Austin
Mexican Revolt Alters Orders and Notables Passes
Reports from Mexico describe Leonard Worcester of Jefferson City held for a 9000 dollar ransom by Villa forces in Chihuahua. General Lucio Blanco was executed for treason. Villa defeats Carranza near Montgomery with 2000 Carranza troops captured. British consul Arthur Pierce and French consul Esteban Ailloud expelled from Yucatan. Mary Anna Jackson and Mormon Church President Joseph F. Smith’s wife Sarah Richards Smith die in Utah. Leo M Frank trial judge L S Roan dies in New York. Rear Admiral Michael Drennan (ret.) dies in Boston Michigan in 1863.
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Leonard Worcester
Jefferson, C
Granby Company
St. Louis
Arthur Pierce
Festaban Ailloud
Yucatan
Carranza
Galveston
Mr. Ailloud
Havana
Sarah Ellen Richards Smith
Joseph F. Smith
The
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Plan to Assist in Organization for Indiana Caucus
Plans to build organization in every county to select delegates to state conventions and candidates for legislature and party chairs. The effort aims to promote a constitutional convention and to ensure delegates pledge to support party platforms. James Risk leads the executive committee with Ross Lockridge as secretary.
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Indianapolis
Citizens League of Indiana
League
Hume-Mansur Building
James K. Risk
Ross F. Lockridge
James B. Wilson
Bloomington
E. H. Harria
Richmond
Bowman Elder
W. H. Elchhorn
Bluffton
J. H. McGill
Valparaiso
James V. Kent
Frankfort
W. A. Moon
Crawfordsville
Risk
John R. Jones
W. H. Eichhorn
E. H. Harris
Locbridge
Mr. Risk
Congress results and freight rate suspension in Washington
A total of 30,052 bills and joint resolutions were introduced and seven hundred were passed during the Sixty third congress at Washington. Proposed increases in lake and rail freight rates, both east and west bound, were suspended by the interstate commerce commission at Washington for investigation of their reasonableness.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs Florey Is Released After Fugitive Charge
Mrs Luia Florey of Linton, age twenty four, was released in police court after her husband appeared with her and withdrew the charge he filed. She testified he failed to support her and that she came to town seeking work.
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Pettijohn
Louis Elkins
Sophia Elkins
Elkins
Thomas Bauer
Lafayette
Eunice Martin
Martina Lafayette
Luia Florey
Linton
A. C. Pettijohn
Florey
Oldest Fountain County resident Joshua Cates dies at 99
Joshua Cates, longtime Fountain County resident and namesake of Cates station, died at his son Prior Cates's Covington home. He would have turned 100 on April 1, born in Virginia and moved to Fountain County at age five. Old Soldier Col John H Fells, 84, died in Gary at his daughter Mrs Albert Garver's home. he commanded West Virginia Confederate troops and stood with General Lee at Appomatox.
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Statehouse
Levi P. Harlan
Marion County
John D. Shea
Harlan
M.G. A
James Andrew Jackson Brunt
Anderson
Brunt
Jack Brunt
Madison County
Indianapolis
Joshua Cates
Fountain County
Cates Station
Prior Cates
Covington
Virginia
John H.fells
West
Murderer’s Father Dies Before Son’s Trial
William P. Smith aged 79, father of Cassius B. Smith, under indictment in Indianapolis for first degree murder in the killing of his father-in-law Marcellus Hollingsworth near Augusta. Smith died at his Rushville home without learning of his son’s alleged crime. He is survived by his widow and eight children.
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William P. Smith
Cassius B. Smith
Indianapolis
Marcellus Hollingsworth
Augusta
Rushville
Eiz
Worthless Checks Arrest Report Spotted in Montpelier
A detective from the Indiana Bankers Association arrested Lon Flint in Montpelier for passing worthless checks on the National Bank. The incident highlights bank fraud concerns and ongoing investigations by state authorities.
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Lon Flint
Montpelier
Indiana Bankernr” Association
Onan ‘Fin
National Bank
Birds the Friends: birds as insect eaters help farmers
Fragments show many species such as pine siskins night hawks and bobtailed grackles feeding on large numbers of insects. The text notes the ring necked pheasant plant seeds and the cheery Bob White and claims birds are the farmer’s best ally, destroying pests and weed seeds.
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Beco
A. Banks
Vila
Haywards
Cal
Texas
Kenucky
Washington
Bob White
Singing in Danger on British Ships with Tip popular
A historical note says unwritten naval custom drives officers to urge crews to sing when facing peril such as mining or torpedoing. It cites the Formidable and Vernon incidents where sailors sang songs like Tipperary and Bill Bailey to boost morale while battles for survival continued.
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Tipperary
Vernon
Portsmouth
Heutenant
Bill Bailey
Pearson’s
Drunken man dozes in Atlanta undertaker shop
George Russell arrived from Birmingham and, after drinking, wandered into Greenberg and Bond’s at Ivy and Houston streets around midnight. He settled on a cooling board and slept late. Staff woke to his snores and called police. Russell was taken into custody after the nap.
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George Russell
Atlanta
Birmingham
Mr. Russell
At Our Boarding House Unrest at Breakfast Noted
A breakfast remark in a Philadelphia Public Ledger item shows a boarder noting vague unrest among people while another speaker declares boarders’ complaints definite. The scene ends with the cheerful idiot ordering another dish of prunes.
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Philadelphia Publig
Byer
George's Advantage and the Washington Nephew
A clipped dialogue about tradition and wealth shows a young man voicing ambition to emulate a Washington figure. He expresses willingness to marry for security but notes not all can marry into wealth, mentioning widows and the value of a prudent path.
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George
Washington
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