No Arms Embargo Firm Stand On Policy
Washington April 23 The United States will not apply an arms embargo or alter its neutrality laws during the war, a calm dignified note from President Wilson replying to Count von Bernstorff. It rejects calls to bar arms and to press England, upholds neutrality, and rejects any change in policy as a violation of American neutrality. It lists key points defending U S rights, visit and search, blockade, and refusal to alter war rules for neutrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
England
Germany
Great Britain
Marsh Wins Democratic National Committeeman Seat
Des Moines April 23 W W Marsh of Waterloo Indiana was elected national Democratic committeeman to replace Martin J Wade recently appointed district judge of the United States court for the southern district of Town 640 000 Men at Front London April 23 England had 36 divisions or 540 000 men at the front Chancellor Lloyd George told the House of Commons He said every dead and wounded soldier has been replaced Dry Win In South Dakota Aberdeen SD April 23 Anti saloon forces won key municipal elections Tuesday flipping 15 towns from wet to dry while only one town shifted from dry to wet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
National Democratic
Martin J. Wade
United States Court of the
Southern District
Town
London
England
Lloydeorge
House of Commons
South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
British Lose Transport Manitou in Turkish War Encounter
London reports detail a naval clash off Chios where the British transport Manitou, carrying troops to Asia Minor, sunk after torpedo attack with about 100 crew drowned. Turkish torpedo boat destroyed. Minerva pursued and torpedo boat ashore at Kalammuit bay. Also, E-1b submarine run ashore near Kephez. 21 of 31 crew captured. Warships strike Bulair forts on Gallipoli peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manitou
Admiralty
Chios
Gulf of Smyrna
Dardanelles
Asia Minor
Pierse
Smyrna
Minerva
Kalammuit Bay
Chios Island
Kephez
Kephez Point
Constantinople
Bulair
Gallipoli
Paris Espionage Suspect Monitored in Paris Cell
Paris report says Raymond Swoboda, under espionage inquiry, is closely watched in his Paris cell amid fears he may attempt self harm. In London, Sir Edward Grey announced raw cotton is excluded from contraband of war. Yale Class of 1915 to receive diplomas in June at cost of 1,079,111 dollars per Yale News figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petit Parisien
Raymond Swoboda
London
Sir Edward Grey
Lst
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale News
Three Die in Separate Auto Crashes In Greensville
In Greensville a car plunged down a 12 foot embankment killing two people and injuring three. The deceased are Ray McKoon of Greenville and Mrs Walter Cook of Richmond Indiana. Injured are Mr and Mrs Harry Barry of Greenville Walter Cook of Richmond and Mrs Barry not expected to recover. In Indianapolis an auto collision on East Washington Street near Sherman Avenue left one dead and two injured. The victim is Dr J W Toye a dentist from Marion Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensville
Ray MckKoon
Greenville
Walter Cook
Richmond
Ind
Harry Barry
Barry
Indianapolis
Washinton Street
Sherman Avenue
J. W. Toye
Dentlat
Marion
Venizelos plans U S trip after Samos stay
The Athens correspondent reports former Greek premier Venizelos will stay two weeks on Samos before sailing to America. He calls the king’s denial of his statements an insult. In a separate item, Rep. John M. Faison of North Carolina is found dead at his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, leaving a surrounding mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Athens
The
Petit Journal
M. Venizelos
Greece
Samos
America
Faison
N. GC
John M. Faison
North Catalina
Roosevelt Testimony in Barnes Trial Highlights Boss Center Ties
In Syracuse on April 24 Roosevelt, former president, described public offices held and Rough Riders service while detailing alleged political corruption links between Barnes and Murphy. Ivins argued Barnes acted politically, others contended Roosevelt spoke with malice but with respect for prominent figures, including Sulzer. Roosevelt named several senators and associates as sources of supposed corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
William Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York State
Williams
Andrews
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Cuba
Barnes
Justice Andrews
William M. Ivins
Ivins
Mr. Barnes
Iving
William H. van Benschoten
van Benschoten
Davenport
Newcomb
Hinman
Wainwright
William Loeb
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John A. Hennessy
James Creelman
Charles B. Connolly
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Sulzer
Murphy
Men and Women Fight Fire in New Hampshire Blaze
Fire swept over 2,500 acres across South Litchfield Merrimac and Hudson as farm buildings burned. Five hundred volunteers including men and women battled the flames as high winds drove its spread, with losses pegged around $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Farma
Mancester
N. H
South Litchield
Litchfield
Merrimac
Hudson
Star ball player to jail in assault case
Eddie Ainsmith premier catcher for the Washington Armic league team was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse without option of a fine. In police court after conviction of an assault on a street car motor man Joe Dagel a pitcher was fined 350. Appeals were taken. Carranza troops take city Guadalajara captured by General Dieguez forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eddie Ainsmith
Washington Armrican
Joe Dagel
Way
Carranza
City
San Diego
Cal
la Paz
Mexico
Guadalajara
Dieguez
Illinois wets extend as towns vote dry in Du Page county
Illinois days on Tuesday moved toward more dry territory with Du Page county leading the drive as Lombard Naperville and West Chicago voted to ban saloons. Women delivered decisive margins in Naperville and West Chicago while Elmhurst remained wet. Overall the dry reach expanded to about 800 townships state wide with only a fraction of counties remaining entirely wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
du Page
Dramshops
Lombard
Naperville
West Chicago
Elmhurst
Bimhurst
Monro
Italy Demands Austria Peace Terms In Note At Ultimatum
A Rome report says Italy sent an ultimatum note to Austria outlining minimum terms for a potential treaty. Military preparations surge on the frontier as Austria concentrates troops. Switzerland recalls German and Austrian subjects, transatlantic service to the United States halted, and Great Britain Netherlands sea routes cut off without reasons given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Petrograd
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Lugano
United States
Great Britain
Netherlands
Holland
Germany
Colmar Menaced by French Bayonet Rush in Alsace
London reports furious fighting at the battle line ends in Alsace and Flanders with marked progress for Allied forces. In the Vosges bayonet charges push Germans from slopes granting French positions near Colmar, while a southwest Colmar victory claim and a repulse near Ypres are noted in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alsace
Flanders
Vosges
Colmar
Metzaral
Valley of the Rhine
Berlin
War Office
Yprna
Yser Canal
Mrs Story Wins Re election as DAR President General
Memorial hall roared as Mrs William Cumming Story was reelected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution and carried her entire ticket to victory by a 284 vote majority. Ten vice presidents general were chosen including Mrs George B Ransdell treasurer general Mrs William A Smoot organizing secretary general Mrs Grace H Pierce registrar general and Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln editor of the DAR Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Memorial Hall
William Cumming Story
Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Story
George T. Guernsey
Independence
Kan
George B. Ransdell
Louisiana
William A. Smoot
Virginia
Grace H. Pierce
New York
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
D. A. R. Magazine
Teutons Take Daring Flyer Garros Prisoner in Belgium
Berlin report says Lieut. Roland Garros, famed French aviator, has been captured by German forces at Ingelmunster Belgium, seven miles north of Courtal. Garros, a noted airman in the United States and French service, recently killed in the air the German pilot and observer near Dunkirk three days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Roland, Garros
Ingelmunster
Belgium
Courtal
Liieutenant Garros
United States
Dunkirk
British Submarines Sunk by German Forces in Helgoland Bight
British submarines entered Helgoland bight and were attacked by German ships on April 17. One submarine was sunk with probable others destroyed. escape from mine fields remains unclear. Admiralty confirms the action and notes this as the first reported British sub activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Amsterdam
Helgoland Bight
Admiralty
Helgoland
Frst
Frank Appeal Is Dismissed by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Leo M. Frank of Atlanta in his appeal challenging a habeas corpus writ after a Georgia court denial. The ruling leaves Frank under Georgia jurisdiction to face the death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan. In London, two Russian mine casualties near the Bosporus endanger the Turkish fleet returning from the Black Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
United States District Court of Georgia
High Court
Frank
State Courts of
Georgia
Turku Lese
London
Bosporus
Black Sea
Red Light Queen Marla Caveis Found Strangled
Denver police report the death of Mrs Marla Caveis queen of the Denver red light district in her bed with a rope around her neck. Authorities believe she was strangled in this murder case reported April 23 in Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Marla Caveis
Denver Red Light District
Hartford Man Shoots Couple then Commits Suicide
William Hunter, 49, of Hartford, Connecticut, shot and seriously wounded Mr. and Mrs. Beachey Crompton at a Los Angeles hotel on April 23 before killing himself. Local police began investigations into motive and circumstances surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enda Life
Los Angeles
Cal
Willam Hunter
Hartford, Conn
Beachey
Crompton
Battle of Ypres Yet Unsettled as British Holdey Stand
In Ypres southeast area the Allied line remains the focus of fierce front fighting. Counter attacks are repulsed but the ground is disputed. British losses estimated well over 2,000 while German losses exceed 4,000. Nearby, a fatal auto collision in New Jersey and a large Elk River fire causing 126000 dollars damage are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hin No. 50
Ypres
Six Hurt in Cattle Stampede at Evansville
Six people were injured Tuesday afternoon in Evansville Indiana when a herd of cattle being unloaded from a steamboat stampeded and bolted through the city streets causing panic and injuries. Local authorities investigated the incident and urged crowd control near riverfront loading zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Explaining Songs Of Birds In Nature And Nurture
The article explains why birds sing, linking the male nightingale’s song to wooing and nesting duties. It contrasts the joyful music during nest building with the guttural croak after eggs hatch, suggesting the bird resumes singing if nests are lost to attract mates and rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eara
Biamate
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Wilson
von Bernstorff
Crulher Minerva
Ohio
J. W. Toyp
U. S
Colonel Rips Off the
Bays
Boss Centre
Barnae
Joe Engel
Emmanuel
Geneva
Rhine
BD. A
Teutons
Roland Garros
Courtrai
U, & Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tullytown
N. J
John L. John
Emma Myer
Elk River
Minn
Eiston
Stewart
Canada
Reek
Klet
Tentimentals
Butt Cutler
Gutter Laboratory
Gerkelov, Cal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!