French Cruiser Sunk After U4 Attack in Strait of Otranto
The French armored cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed twice by Austrian submarine U4 and sank with 578 dead from a crew of 714, 136 officers and men survived. Allied forces reported gains along the Gallipoli front and a broad allied assault on the Dardanelles as the war across Europe continued with multiple shifts in control and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Gambetta
Fenet
Strait of
Otranto
Notable Deaths and Health News Across the Midwest
Personal Federal Judge A B Anderson of Indianapolis improves after pneumonitis at Evansville Indiana. John Bunny a Brooklyn film star dies at fifty two from overwork. Edward C Wall former Milwaukee chamber of commerce president dies at home in Milwaukee aged seventy one. Charles Boucher Green Lafayette College treasurer dies at Easton Pennsylvania. George R Downer longtime Outagamie county asylum superintendent commits suicide in Appleton Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunny
Brooklyn
Bunny
New York
Edward C. Wall
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee
Mr. Wall
Charles Boucher Green
Lafayette College
Easton
George R. Downer
Outagamie County Asylum
Appleton
Wis
Fox River
Wilson names Benson naval chief of operations
Secretary Daniels announced in Washington that President Wilson selected Capt. William Shepherd Benson as chief of naval operations. The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a railroad proposal to set a ninety cent class rate on east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio for rail lake and rail traffic from New York and the east. President Wilson expects another grandchild within a month at the home of Secretary McAdoo and his wife, the second daughter of Mr. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Kleist
Edward N. Breitung
Daniels
Washington
Wilson
William Shepherd Benson
Naval Operations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
New York
East
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indiana Tax Report Shows State's Value Rising Since 1860
A federal tax report traces Indiana's taxation from 1860 to 1912, showing total property values growing from 411 million in 1860 to about 1.898 billion in 1912 and noting shifts toward intangible property. It contrasts Indiana with Ohio Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois and discusses personal property totals, rates, and revenue implications. The piece also covers rising death rates in March 1945, city and rural stats, leading counties, and public health notes. It adds a note on the Indiana Woman's Peace party organizing in Indianapolis with Mrs. Bennett as state chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Tax Commission
Indiana State Tax Association
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Ilinois
State Board of Health
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
Gary
Muncie
Hammmond
Richmond
Anderson
East Chicago
Elkhart
Lafayette
Michigan City
New Albany
Logansport
Marion
Delaware County
Boyn
Lake County
Scott County
Woman’s Peace Party
R. C. Bennett
Bennett
National Peace Party
Charity Dye
George C. Hitt
Propylaeum
Jane Addams
Miss Addams
Hague
Miss Dye
Hitt
J. F. Barnhill
G. Ritchie
Eleanor Carey
J. B. Elam
Helen Ernestinoff
A. H. Butler
R. “Artman
F. M. Ayres
Russell Fortune
T. V. Smith
Florence’ Webster Long
R.J
Leonard
Marguerite Frenzel
Henry
E. Ostrom
Way Out Uncle Zeke Loses Razorback Pigs
An elderly man named Uncle Zeke reports two razorback pigs vanished from his pen. A neighbor notes his deep gloom as he muses the pigs escaped not by theft or climbing over the pen, but by somehow pushing through a crack in the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke
Darky
There has been a lot of grip this spring on outdoor sport
The sympathetic man notes relief as the epidemic fades and you see robust outdoor sport. He welcomes the open baseball season, stating nobody fears a draft when games offer lively recreation and public spirit.
Off Affliction A Society Girl Sunk by Sinking Feeling
A brief quip frames a scene with a society girl in concern for a sinking feeling. The exchange suggests social satire and a doctor’s diagnostic echoing light social anxiety.
Fragmentary Quote Fragment on Work and Red Tape
A hazy fragment discusses overwork, laughter, and red tape as a critique of modern life. The lines mix a philosopher, a taper, and a dismissive tone about time and effort, revealing a satirical mood.
Also Mentioned on This Page
British War Office
London
Halil Bey
Berlin
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Bojan
Sir John French
Ypres
Amsterdam
Paris
Vienna
Rome
Sonnino
Elfriede
Pacific
Recolo
North Sea
Centric
Aland Islands
Baltic Sea
Lord Kitchener
House of Lords
Calais
von Seydewitz
Italy
Edward J. King
State Bank of
Dugger
Sullivan, Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt
Barnes
Syracuse
N. Y
Henry W. Leglettner
Gregory
Thomas McClelland
Galesburg
Ill
Knox College
Billen Browning Scripps
la Jolla
Cal
Miss Scripps
James Morrison Darnell
Kenogha
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
California
H. W. Johnson
United States
Sam Bell
Morrillton, Ark
Hell
Richard Fryer
Chicago
Hattie O'Neil
H. Clay Moss
Moss
O'Neil
Kathryn Brown Decker
Henry E. Decker
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Boston
Charles Sumner Bird
Ind
A.B. Anderson
State Tay
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