German stowaway seizes steamer Matappo threatens bombs
The British steamer Matappo bound for Vladivostok with war munitions was seized by German sailor Ernest Schuler who forced the captain to retreat to a cabin and claimed bombs were planted aboard. After steering the ship through the night, Schuler surrendered near Rehoboth Bay and was taken to the Lewes customs house in irons. Authorities search for bombs aboard the vessel.
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Lewen
Del
Russia
Ernest Schuler
Federal Customs House
Lewes
Matoppo
Sandy Hook
Vladivostok
New York
Schuler
Rehoboth Bay
Delaware
Maritime Exchange
Delaware Breakwater
Federal Coast Guard
Rehoboth
German captain Tauscher held in canal sabotage plot
Captain Hana Tauscher, husband of opera singer Mme Johanna Gadeki, was arrested by U S Justice Department agents on a federal warrant. He faces charges of participating in a September 1914 conspiracy to blow up the Welland Canal in Canada. Tauscher leads Tauscher Arma and reps Krupp Gun Works in America.
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New York
Hana ‘Tauscher
Mme
Jo ‘Hanna Gadeki
Department of Justice
Welland Canal
Canada
Tauscher
Horst von der Goltz
Bridgman Taylor
Tower of ‘London
Tauscher Arma Company
Krupp Gun Works
Hsaen
Germany
Wilson aid to wed heiress in White House report
Announcement from Washington on April 1 states Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon heiress and former ward of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has announced engagement to Dr. Cary T. Grayson Navy surgeon and president's personal friend and physician. The piece notes Gordon’s late husband was a bridge builder and mentions this is the fourth White House romance since Woodrow Wilson’s presidency began.
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Washington
White House
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Cary T. Grayson
United States Navy
Miss Gordon
Congress
Sussex
Germany
United States
Count von Sternstorff
von Tir- Ditz
Count von Bernstorff
von Hethmann-Hollweg
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Whitman
Boulogna
Channellier
Dover
George Crocker
Fitchburg
Mass
Joshua D. Armitage
Wilder Penfield
Hudson
Wis
Immigrant Bill Wins Again in Congress Vote
Washington April 1 The Burnett immigration bill twice passed by both houses and vetoed twice by Taft and Wilson was again approved by the House in a vote of 808 to 87. The House rejected Rep Sabath of Illinois proposal to strike out the literacy test.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Wilson
Agai
Sabath
Ilinois
Pullman Shops Strike Ends in Chicago
Five hundred workers at the Pullman car works return to their jobs after a two week strike for higher wages. They accept a two cent raise, boosting pay from 20 to 22 cents per hour.
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Pullman
Enda
Chicago
Pullman Car Works
Train Robbers Take Mail at Shreveport Station
Train robbers bound two mail clerks at Shreveport station and escaped with two pouches of registered mail from Texas and Pacific mail train No. 28 on April 1. The event disrupted service and prompted police investigations. Early reports indicate no injuries.
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Srreveport
Texas & Pacific Mail
Wreck Kills Twenty-Seven on Lake Shore Line Near Amherst
A multi-car crash on the Lake Shore line near Amherst Ohio left 27 dead and 40 injured as eastbound and westbound trains collided. Investigations by New York Central inspectors state railroad personnel may share blame. survivors describe fog, wreckage, and urgent rescue efforts across multiple hospitals and towns. Names of identified victims span Toronto New York Detroit Indianapolis and Cleveland with several unidentifieds.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Amberat
Tilly
Amherst
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Ernat
Berman Hess
Tyer
New York Central
A. S. Ingalls
Garver
Lorain County
Packard and Heffernan
Public Utilities
Belknap
Bilis
McAdams
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blyria
Lorain
Amherat
New Governor of Paris Appointed in Capital
Paris April 1 General Duball is appointed military governor of Paris and commander of the army protecting the capital, succeeding General Maunoury who retires by own request due to ill health.
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Paris
Duball
Maunoury
Greeks Aided Germans Submarine Support Network Discovered
Discovery on Corfu of an elaborate organization supplying information or provisions for submarines leads to about forty arrests. The Greek island revealed a network aiding enemy U boats with critical aid and resources.
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Pauis
Corfu
Waite Confesses to Dual Nature in Murder Plots
New York消息报道医生沃特 Waite 承认杀害其岳母 Hannah Peck 与岳父 John Peck 两人，称两性格对立致使犯罪。供述在检察官与助理检察官面前作出，称“好与坏”两性拥有并曾被恶意自我支配。
More Airships for Mexico and San Diego
Cant V Clark and Lieut Thomas DeWitt Milling, both with the signal corps aviation school, have orders to go to Washington to inspect purchase and test new aeroplanes to be sent to expeditionary forces in Mexico. French General Killed in Verdun March 31 General Largeau, a young brigadier who served in Africa with the Marchand expedition, was killed in action at Verdun.
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Mexico
San Diego
Cal
Cant
V. Clark
Signal Corps Aviation School
Thomas DeWitt Milling
Washington
Paris
Largeau
Verdun
Africa
Marchand
Du Pont Plant Wrecked by Explosion Near Uniontown
An explosion destroyed the Orphant plant of the Du Pont Powder Company eight miles from Uniontown Pennsylvania on March 31. Four men were injured though none seriously. Cause was yet undetermined.
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du Pont
Uniontown
Orphant
du Pont Powder Company
Cauge
Pence Dies After Illness During Wilson Era
Washington reports the death of Thomas Pence, secretary of the Democratic national committee and advisor to President Wilson, after months of pneumonia. In a separate update, the Senate Republicans accepted administration guarantees that current troop levels on the Mexican border protect American interests without seeking further troop increases at this time.
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Washington
Democratic National Committees
Wilson
Senate Republicana
Italian Ministers Decorated at Paris War Conference
Paris April 1 President Poincare awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor to Premier Salandra and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy. The Italian ministers attended the allies' war conference in Paris. New York April 1 John B Roosevelt aged millionaire cousin of Theodore Roosevelt lent his aunt funds for the annulment of his marriage to Edith Briscoe Roosevelt.
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Paris
Poincare
Salandra
Sonnino
Italy
Paria
Roosevelt
New York
John B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Edith Hammersley Briscoe Roosevelt
Educator Ends Life In Chicago Hotel Firestorm
Edward P. Cummings, Lansing superintendent, shot himself in the Stratford hotel. His brother Dr Herbert Cummings in Grand Haven swallowed poison. Police believe the acts were unconnected. doctor alive but weak. Cummings had feared mental decline and faced nervous strain, after earlier self inflicted gunshot wound. He left letters to his widow and to Mr. Seagrave explaining he did not want to burden family or state.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Hannah Peck
John
Swann
Mancusco and
Brothers
Walter R. Dauel
Mr. Brothers
Doctor Waite
Clara
District Attorney’s Office
Peck
Waite
Raymond C. Schindler
Doctor Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Chicago
Hdward P. Cummings
Lansing
Mich
Stratford
Herbert Cummings
Grand Haven
Michigan
Langing
Cummings
Brown
Detroit
Seagrove
Verdun Drive Forces Evacuate Malancourt Village
German assault on Verdun renews with brutal bombardment and three heavy attacks. Malancourt, ten miles northwest of Verdun, falls to German forces after fierce fighting. 228 French prisoners taken and French garrison withdraws after a long defense. Paris reports 20 000 German losses in the renewed Verdun battle.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Malancourt
War Office
Bethincourt
Paris
299 ARE SAVED FROM SHIP
A fogbound grounding of the trans pacific liner Chiyo Maru off Lema islands near Hongkong led to the rescue of 299 passengers from San Francisco and Manila by nine tugs and a British destroyer. In Rome, New York artist Charlotte von Kuehnan was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and banishment for secret service work for Germany in Lucerne, with another woman receiving the same sentence.
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Shanghai
Lema Islands
Hongkong
San Francisco
Manila
New York
Rome
Charlotte von Kuehnan
Germany
Lucerne
Planes Planned on Large Warships at Puget Yard
Seattle April 3 Navy yard reports all large war vessels will carry aero planes and launch equipment. Orders recalled to build launching ways on deck.
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Seattle
Puget Sound Navy Yard
How Mrs Bean Met The Grisis
Nashville Tenn. A reader recounts how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured a large abdominal tumor during the Change of Life. The testimonial states the tumor disappeared after using the Pinkham remedies, with the writer sharing gratitude and urging others to try the product. The letter is signed Mrs E H Ban and lists an address in Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
E. H. Ban
Joseph Avenue
Lydia I. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
City Without Private Houses in New York
The article contrasts Manhattan as a city of tenements and apartments with few private homes, noting a 15 year trend of dismantling brownstone fronts for denser housing and a broader “tenementization” of the city. A separate report describes Thor Skongaard digging at Thirty-fifth and Lyndale where a cow fell into a trench, requiring two fire companies to rescue it.
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New York
Manhattan
Thor Skongaard
Miss Seveleaf Plans Wedding to One in a Thousand Man
In a playful exchange, Miss Seveleaf declares she will marry one man in a thousand. Misa Cut tem reactions with a surprised query about the last one.
At the Ball He Complains Of The Dancing Floor
A playful exchange unfolds on the ballroom floor as he praises the surface while she retorts that she should not be blamed for the state of his dance. The banter captures light social tension and humorous flirtation in a period-tinged setting.
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U. S
Gadski
Welland
Cary Grayson
Ohio
Amherst, O
Dora Roseberg
Toronto
Arpad Hellal
Walter Haston
East
Philadelphia
Raisin Ohdah
Indianapolis
Malinca Binnes
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Gustav Waly
First Evangelical Church
Thaddeus Street
Fred Weazer
J. H. Hearn
Gallipolis
D. Frutehhtman
B. 2. Alsh
Olms
Louis Agaumnie
Pecks
Egypt
Germe
Fed Polson
Berlin
Creavon
E. P. Cummings
Lansing, Mich
Kin
Doctor
Lema Islanda
Mrs. Bean
Grisis
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Absorbine, JR
Dessets
Iren
F. Young
Temple Street
Springtisid
Masa
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