War News and Elections Shape Early 1916 Period
German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich seeks internment in Newport News as relief fails. Italian fleet moves toward the Adriatic, while U-28 is lost. Sweden protests England seizure of the Odenwald. Austria and Germany push troops to the East amid Carpathian fighting with heavy Austrian losses. Local murders, political races, and prohibition votes unfold across the U.S. and Alaska.
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Max Thierichens
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
United States
Newport News
Carpathians
Vienna
Germany
Austria
Navy orders court martial for San Diego blast officers
Secretary Daniels at Mare Island orders a court martial to try Junior Lieutenant K L Hill Chief Water Tender W S Apple and Chief Machinist T O Donnell for the January explosion on the cruiser San Diego near San Diego that killed nine sailors. Secretary Bryan releases the U S reply to Britain's blockade of German ports asserting neutral rights and British responsibility for damages. Jack Johnson loses heavyweight title to Jess Willard by knockout in Havana after exile.
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Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Washington
Mare Island
K. L. Hill
W. S. Appleby
T. O'Donnell
San Diego
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Jack Johnson
Havana
Jess Willard
Constitutionalists Defeat Villistas at Vera Cruz Battlefield
In Vera Cruz a battle left Villa’s Villistas nearly wiped out as Obregon’s constitutionalists defeated them. Villistas suffered heavy losses after an attack at Celaya station and retreated toward Guanajuato with about two thousand fighters. PTa Ga Duvall West and Consul General Arnold Shanklin headed to Mexico City to check on Americans and other foreigners.
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Obregon
Villiatas
Villa
Célaya
Guanajuato
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Duvall West
State Department
Washington
Arnold Shanklin
Mexico City
Crown Princess Cecelle of Germany Delivers Daughter
The mother and child are reported to be well. Crown Princess Cecelle married Frederick William in June 1905. The couple now has five children four boys and one girl.
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Cecelle
Germany
Frederick William
Editorial meeting to unite Indiana editors at IU Bloomington
A state wide conference of editors and newspaper publishers will meet April 29 and 30 at Indiana University Indianapolis to form a non political organization. Delegates from Northern Editorial Association Republican Editorial Association and Democratic Editorial Association will appoint committees and hear speakers from the New York World and New York Tribune.
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Indiana University
Indiana
J. W. Piercy
University Department of Journalism
Northern Editorial Association
Walter §. Chambers
Newcastle Democrat
Samuel BE. Boys
Plymouth
Republican
Keo K. Fesler
Marion County Mall
George D. Lindsey
Marion Dally Chronicle
Thomas J. Brooks
Bedford Mall
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Lew M. O'Bannon
Corydon Democrat
William L. Slinkard
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North Judson News
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New York Tribune
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Carroll County Citizen-Times
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Lebanon
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Don Seltz
Julian Hogate
Danville
Department of Journalism
Sigma Delta Chi
National Collegiate
Dession
Heave. Com
Indiana’ Association “of
Indiana, Association of Teachers of Psychology and Education
Indiana Association of High School Principals
H. B. Ramsey
Fros. J. E. Neighbors
Wabash Schools
Principals’ Association
Indiana Association of Teachers of Psychology and Education
G. N. Tapey
Wabash College
M. BE. Haggerty
8. A. Courtis
Department of Educational Research
Detroit
Leonard P. Ayres
Division of Education
Russell Sage Foundation
Charles A. Greathouse
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
M. E. Haggerty
Science Hall
Northern Teachers Decide Against Disbanding at South Bend
At the 32nd annual Northern Indiana Teachers association convention in South Bend 2500 members voted to remain united and not form a congressional district group. W A Denny was elected president, with F D Mackaleroy vice president, Kate Cox secretary, and O N Pittinger treasurer. Resolutions praised district meetings and thanked the legislature for the teachers retirement fund and license law revisions.
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South Bend
Congressional District Association
Indianapolis
W. A. Denny
Anderson Schools
Association
J. F. Nunez
Mishawaka
F. D. Mackaleroy
Hammond
Kate Cox
Logansport
O. N. Pittinger
Frankfort
John BR. Carr
J. C. Black
Anderson
H. G. Brown
Lebanon
A. T. Elliott
Lewell
A. L. Ulery
George L. Lette
Angola
H. R. Horton
N. B. Hillegas
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
C. P. Emerson
Indiana University
Doctor Hillegas
Sherman Refuses to Tip Bellboy in New York Hotel
The Kansas City Star reports on Sherman criticizing tips as a test of conviction. In New York a bellboy's constant hovering and ice water requests irritate him. Sherman recounts the bellboy’s triple thank you and his sharp retort, “You’re welcome, goldarn you, gol darn you, goldarn you.”
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Sherman
Fia
New York
Kansas City Star
War anecdote of professors clashing over Provencal love songs
A German reserve sergeant and a French Sorbonne professor, both prisoners, argued during a troop escort in Germany. The dispute sprang from a quarrel over the subjunctive in old Provencal love songs, provoking a comic clash witnessed by a laughing lieutenant.
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Boersenbilatt
Leipzig
Maubeuge
Germany
Sorbonne
Measuring Kisses by Feet and Clocks
A brief letter exchanges jokes about censor rules in Chicago and Los Angeles comparing film kiss lengths to the mantel clock method. The quip emphasizes preference for traditional measures over film standards.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston Dresses Reform Move Aims For Practical Style
Boston undertakes its biggest reform project to change women’s clothing toward comfort utility and chic style. The effort, centered in civil service circles, seeks broader adoption yet faces doubt while envisioning a new fashion standard amid a history of fires from light and age.
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Boston
Mother of Movements
Cradle of Progress
Civil Service House
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