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German U boats sink British steamers Flaminian and Crown of Castile with no loss of life reported aboard. Berlin yields a war council on Dardanelles and Przemysl. Reports cite Russian reverses in East Prussia with 1000 taken prisoner and 2000 killed at Krasnopol. Falcon sails Falaba missing passengers include American Leon Chester Thrasher.
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Gold Coast
British West Africa
Indemnity Paid After Zapata Incident in Mexico City
Secretary Bryan announced a $20 000 in gold indemnity from the Zapata government to Ruth W McManus widow of John D McManus who was killed by Zapata soldiers in Mexico City about three weeks ago as Gen Frederick Funston arrived at Brownsville Texas to monitor border tensions during the Matamoros action. Three artillery batteries from San Antonio reached Brownsville and Villa and Carranza shells threaten the city. The war department sent three batteries to Brownsville amid reports of Villa forces suffering heavy losses and four Villa officers wounded. A colonel among them may die.
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Mexico City
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Brownsville
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Villa
Matamoros
San Antonio
Carranza
War Department
Washington Agriculture Orders Circus Animal Quarantine
The Washington Department of Agriculture orders circuses with foot-and-mouth disease animals to remain in their current states of quartering until eradication. Count Witte was in Berlin negotiating peace with Germany before his death. Col. E. M. House heads to Switzerland as the peace mission ends.
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Count Witte
Russia
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Germany
Col. E. M. House
Switzerland
Boxers Die In Separate Matches In Steubenville and London
Sporting Special Delivery Tully a Pittsburgh lightweight, killed in the first round of an eight round bout in Steubenville. Pat Moran from Pittsburgh knocked out English champion Bombadier Wells in London in the tenth round for 20 pounds. The world title fight Johnson vs Willard in Havana postponed to April 5 due to Cuban president Menocal objecting to Easter Sunday staging.
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Tully
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Banty Sharp
Pat Moran
Bombadier Wells
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London
England
Jack Johnson
Jess Willard
Havana
Menocal
Cuba
British firms miss 14 million ruble rolling stock bid
A large Russian government rolling stock order went to the United States after British firms in a syndicate failed to secure the 14,000,000 ruble contract. Raymond Swoboda, aboard La Touraine when it was burned March 6, was arrested in Paris on suspicion of arson with letters indicating plans to blow up the ship.
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America
Raymond Swoboda
French Line
la Touraine
Eaid
Community survey movement touches Union City Indiana
Union City adopts an Indiana university extension program for civic inspection. Questionnaires and expert analysis reveal municipal sores and suggest steps to address shortcomings. Elwood previously used a more dramatic civic revival approach.
Death by Own Action Claimed in Marion-David Tappan Case
Police say Marion-David Tappan died by his own action in a shooting. He had two life policies totaling $6,000 issued recently, one payable to his estate. A son from Logansport arrived to arrange burial as investigators pursue whether the death voids the $3,000 Central Life policy and the $3,000 American Insurance Union policy.
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David Tappan
Mfe
American Insurance Union
Tappan
Central Life and Casualty Company
Logansport
Man Stabbed Four Times in Vincennes Feud
Bob Conners aged fifty foreman at W H Brevoort farms was stabbed in the back four times by John Combs. Conners’ wounds are serious. The two men, both married with families, had long time tensions. Combs allegedly used a barrow knife in the attack.
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Bob Conners
John Combs
Coners
W.H. Brevoort Farms
Conners
Combs
Girl Receives Life Threats From Black Hand Note
Seventeen year old Corinna Hesaman in Bicknell has been harassed by letters signed Black Hand threatening her life. She was blinded with powder and tied to a telephone pole by an unidentified assailant. Parents found her unconscious and a note with A close call was left on a door. Authorities are investigating as her condition remains serious.
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Bicknell
Mias Corinna Hesaman
Miss Hessman
Monticello Family Welcomes Fourteenth Child
Mr and Mrs Jewel Ward of Monticello northwest of the city are parents to fourteen children born alternating by sex, with the youngest born on the 28th. All fourteen live at home except one daughter who is married and a mother. The Wards’ farm home was designed for a large family with modern conveniences.
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Monticello
Jewel Ward
Ward
Woman Sentenced to Indiana Prison for Delinquency
Katherine Sutton of this place violated terms of a suspended sentence and was sent to the Indianapolis women's prison to serve more than a year. She was found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of her sixteen year old daughter and was fined 500 dollars with an added six months in prison.
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Seymour
Katherine Sutton
Indianapolis
Former Kitty League Player Among Two Charged With Theft
Brazil Otis Shinn and Mongo Penmann, local men, were arrested for stealing four suits from A. C. Cooper's store after a patrolman spotted them in an alley. Shinn was caught after a three block chase and pled guilty in police court, implicating Penmann.
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Brazil
Otis Shinn
Kitty League
Mongo Penmann
A. C. Cooper’s
Shinn
Penmann
Farmer killed in runaway near Delphi Cyrus Jester
Delphi area reports farmer Cyrus Jester died instantly when his team ran away. He was riding a manure spreader. horses frightened, he was thrown and crushed by a back wheel. Jester leaves a wife and eight children.
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Delphi
Cyrus Jester
Jester
Husband Disappears From Danville Tailor Home
Danville man William C. Fraley a merchant tailor has vanished from his residence leaving a wife and two children. He departed last week and wrote his wife claiming he had gone for parts. At the American Express office sixteen suits he ordered on C O D remain in stock.
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Danville
William C. Fraley
American Express Company
Russians Kept From Hungary Amid War Front Reports
Amsterdam and Vienna dispatches describe Austrians pushing into Bessarabia and heavy fighting across the Carpathians. The Russian defense claims successes with thousands captured and ongoing clashes in Galicia and Bukovina as German and Austro forces press toward Poland and Warsaw.
Strike breakers in Chicago amid painter strike
The report notes a sharp labor clash in Chicago as strike breakers arrive to confront about 4,000 painters. The scene centers on the bitter dispute and its impact on the city during April.
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Chicago
Copper Exports Rise Despite Decline in March
Fragmentary notes indicate Bly and New York exports in April show copper movement to the west. A frightened report mentions 2,290 units and French involvement, with unclear dates and figures.
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Bly
New York
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