Auditor General in Arkansas Faces Alleged Law Breach
Arkansas lawmakers dispute the claim that Attorney General Moose violated the spirit of the law by holding state funds. The audit panel cites a $2,600 inheritance tax payment and April salary warrants, while the Legislature sanctioned expenses with a $25,000 appropriation. The report also covers railway refunds, municipal court suits, tax enforcement, and state agency appointments.
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Bays
Little Rock
Moose
Gener
Wol. Moose
Newport
Ifelena
Fort Smith
British Torpedo Boats Sink German Vessels in North Sea Fight
British destroyers Laforey, Lancaster and Lark pursued two German torpedo boats in the North Sea and sank them after a brief chase. Two German boats were sunk. 44 men were rescued and taken prisoner. One British destroyer was partially disabled, with casualties minimal. A German submarine engagement also damaged the convoy with ships Colombia and Reerut.
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London
Mritieh
North Sea
Torpero
Ali Wits
Neletherhowt
Gatloper
Northhinder Nebtehtps
Dirings
Colombia
Westwitd
Une Laforey
Teantici Lawford
Lark
Mike
Dextros
Destrus Serait
Aed
Mely
Unclear draft on German raid and Norfolk Navy Yard
Fragmentary text describes a naval matter involving the Norfolk Navy Yard and a German raid reference. The garbled passage mentions Secretary of the Navy and Portiquath with March 26 timing, but key names and actions are unreadable.
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Norfolk
Taniels
Portiquath
Income Tax Is Growing
An unclear OCR snippet discusses tax growth and local fiscal concerns. The readable names and places are limited, but the gist notes rising tax burdens and community effects. Further details are not legible.
Frye Settlement Near Vetbetedm A and related treaty claim
Fragmentary note discusses a Frye settlement near Vetbetedm A and a claim tied to 1799 American treaties. It references compensation for owners and a court decision affecting the old Prog nln American treaties, with unclear details and entities.
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Sritis
Michlin
Modifying Embargo Reported by British Embassy
British embassy announced an arrangement to ease shipment of food bought in Germany to American importers before March 1. The plan aims to avoid terror incidents and involves allied warships escorting the cargo.
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Washington
Germany
Trade between England and Holland May Resume
The Admiralty advises that trade between England and Holland may be resumed but passenger traffic remains not permitted.
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London
England
Holland
Two Bridges Destroyed as War Alarms Rise
Vancouver reports German sympathizers allegedly burned the Granville and Connaught bridges as part of a broader wartime strike on vital traffic routes. Police traced the act to a plot to burn the entire area while government moves to detain nationals at war with the Allies intensify. The piece links the arson to broader wartime measures and includes commentary on liquor law reform and shipyard labor impacts in Britain.
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Vancouver
B.C
Granville
Connnaught
Hisch Police
Connaught Vedic
Siauiine
Canduri
Osu
Mary
Ypres
Winchester hearing on new trial motion sparks perjury claim
Testimony in the Wallace and Chaney murder case is challenged as false by the widow of the murdered Holle Tinderwood. She admits fear prompted a stated story and offers to be prosecuted for perjury if proven true. The judge delayed ruling on the motion until further evidence is gathered.
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Vetere
Lone
WH Martin
Arkansas State Wair Association
Marle Wo Hodes
Dill
Iuifet
Judee
Lay Falk
Arkansas State Mail Association
William J. Moore
Mehaffy, Reif & MeMery
Supreme Court
Winchester
Wallace
Frank Cages
Trawler Held and Fish Confiscated by German Torpedo Boat
A Dutch trawler from Rotterdam was halted in the North Sea by a German torpedo boat after three days of fishing, surrendering 76 baskets of fish before being released.
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Rotterdam
Union
North Sea
Inquiry Still On Submarine Parts Shipment Reported
Persistent reports say submarine parts have been shipped from the United States into Canada and remain under investigation. Secretary Bryan said his department has nothing to report at the moment.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Bryan
Menace Men to Go to Trial in Catholic Week Controversy
A federal judge overruled a demurrer to the indictment against the Menace, an anti Catholic weekly from Aurora Missouri. The defendants Wilbur F Ithelps Struce Mhelps Theodore C Walker and Martin Grown face trial in the June term in Joplin for mailing obscene material alleged to attack Catholichood.
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Kansas City
the Menace
Aurora
van Valkenburgh
Joplin
Wilbur F Ithelps
Struce Mhelps
Theodore C Walker
Martin Grown
Effort to Reform Civil Service Age Limit and Navy Air Base Plan
Reports show an executive order to raise the civil service age limit beyond 60 removing old guards from the 35 year range. Admiral Moore describes attempting to flood a Maryland cruiser with air from a submerged submarine to surface the craft. Chicago health officials report 200 new measles cases in 24 hours, pushing the city toward a severe epidemic with over 4,000 total cases.
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Iplumitio
Civil Service
Livides
Hontoces Fair
Washingtin
Admiral Moore
Honolulu
Maryland
Chicago
Robertson
Two Like Shore electric cars collide near Fremont
A Fremont area crash injures between 60 and 60 people when two Like Shore electric limited cars collide head on about a mile east of Fremont. Several passengers are reported fatally injured or critically hurt as emergency crews respond to the scene.
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Freemont
Ohio
Fremont
Fire Devastates Colon 13 Wrecks City and Homes
A massive blaze in Colon 13 destroys 22 blocks, kills ten people including two native policemen, injures hundreds, and leaves 10,000 to 12,000 homeless. Loss estimated at $2 million as authorities guard looting and fight the flames with canal zone units.
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Colon
United Sites Coast Artillery
Christobal
Allied Gallipoli Offensive Presses Turkish Defenses
Reports describe renewed Allied action along the Dardanelles with landings at multiple Gallipoli points as Turkish forces organize a defense. The Heitsh war office notes trenching and consolidation from the southern peninsula toward key narrows guarding the strait.
Coast Cold Wave Eases After Wide Frost Damage
A severe cold wave and high winds crossed the coast, causing widespread damage and forcing vessels to seek shelter. The chill threatened fruit districts with frost while many boats were driven onto the California coast and several ships faced delays as they attempted to depart San Francisco Bay.
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San Francisco
California
Bay
Increased Wage Award Expands Engineers Cash Pay
Chicago an arooration award ad vancing to some extent the mass of pay of 64,000 locomotive engineers, firemen and hustlers epened on the 140,000 miles of the line of 98 western railroads i the United States and Canada, bounded on tre east by the Sinois Central and the Great Lakes, has been signed there by the albltm dlog board.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Tre
Great Lakes
Albltm Dlog Board
British General Killed at Front Names Riddell and Darwin
The latest list of officers killed at the front includes Brigadier General Riddell commander of the Northumberland Fusiliers Brigade and Second Lieutenant Darwin grandson of Charles Darwin the famed scientist and naturalist.
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London
Riddell
Northumberland Fusiliers
Darwin
Charles Ko Darwin
Midshipmen to Cruise to Pacific Exposition
Annapolis midshipmen plan a 10 000 mile summer cruise to the Tanama Pacific exposition in San Francisco. They depart Annapolis in June and return in August under Rear Admiral Pullam commanding the battleships Missouri Ohio and Wisconsin.
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Washington
San Francisco
Annapolis
Pullam
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Panama Canal records first eight months in deficit
The Panama Canal shows a loss of 261,098 dollars from July 1, 1914, to March 1, 1914, despite traffic being better than expected due to high operating and upkeep costs. President Wilson to address financiers at the Pan American financial conference opening May 24 in Washington per treasury department notes.
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Washington
Wilson Pintis
Panama
Panama Canal
Wilson
Treasury Department
Bryan to Lecture at Carnegie Hall on Temperance
Secretary of State Stryan will deliver a temperance lecture at Carnegie Hall in New York. Prohibition rate and abstainers will be enforced for the event, with Mrs. Bryan occupying a box to hear her husband speak.
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