Lloyd George proposes huge tax on liquor in war effort
London May 1 Chancellor Lloyd George submits the government's liquor program to the House of Commons. He seeks immediate adoption of a raised duty of 16 shillings 9 pence a gallon on whisky brandy and gin, effectively doubling the tax. The plan aims to curb intoxication in shipyards and war material areas and to reform or close pubs there.
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Lloyd George
Hove of Commons
Bend
England
Flanders
France
Mrs Astor Engaged Report Sparks Rumor in Washington
A rumor of an engagement between Clarence H. Mackay and Mrs Joan Jacob Astor resurfaced in Washington after Mrs J J Widener of Philadelphia hosted Mackay and friends. Colonel Astor, Titanic victim, had left a will restricting his widow’s remarriage from receiving about $250 000 a year in income.
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Washington
Clarence H. Mackay
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Mra
Joan Jacob Astor
New York City
Colonel Astor
J. J. Wideper
Philadelphia
Mackay
Multi-incident World News Roundup Report
A compiled late morning dispatch covers a fatal crash near Fremont Ohio with fifty injured as two cars on a single track collide, a Clyde resident dies from a skull fracture, and further reports note a Cape Town battle with German losses, a Zeppelin wreck near Bruges and Ghent, U S Army transport Buford heading to the Canal Zone with officers, soldiers and horses, plus a Nancy Nancy area air crash injuring three with fatalities.
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Lake Shore Electric Railway
Clyde
WV. Maldwin
Toledo
Wags
N. Bellway
Ony City
Mich
Canal Zone
Galveston
Tex
United States Army
Buford
Cristobal
Canal
Francs H. Lomaxs
Allies Halt German Drive Near Calais and Ypres
London April 29 British and French forces halt the German third drive for Calais and recapture Lizernes on the Ypres canal. The French retake Hartmannsweller Kopf, while Belgians regain lost ground along the canal. German attacks on Ypres repulsed as reinforcements bolster Allied offensives near St. Julien and Mesne northeast of Ypres.
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London
Calais
Ypres
Wrench
British War Office
St.Jwlen
Thres Miea
Belelan Legation
Lizerns
Hartmannssweller Kopf
Berlin
Lizerne
Fortmannsweller Toons
Argonne
Combres
Ailly
Menge Heights
Priestwald LePretre Forest
International Brotherhood convention discussed unity plan
Philadelphia delegates from eastern chapters of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philly, plus Canada and Jamaica, gathered for the eleventh international convention to discuss national unity, interdenominational federation plans, and campaign organization. Deal, England, April 28. Noordam sails for Rotterdam with delegates to The Hague peace congress after North Sea traffic embargo delays. Newport News, April 26. German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm interned per Navy deputy Roosevelt announcement.
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United States
Canada
Jamaica
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philly
Deal
England
Vila London
Noordam
Hague
Rotterdam
Washington
Cuatoma Hamilton
Newport News
Petera
Catan Thierfelder
Roosevelt Inter
Sinking of Leon Gambetta Removes 678 from Crew
In the Strait of Otranto the French cruiser Leon Gambetta was sunk by Austrian submarine U-6, carrying 714 aboard. 678 perished, 136 saved by Italian boats in dire condition. The ship went down in ten minutes near the Otranto entrance after docking with Jules Ferry.
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Leon Gambetta
Paris
Strait of Otranto
Adriatic Sea
Ministry of Marine
Gambetta
Jules Ferry
Strait of
Otranto
Adriatic
George Ritter von Trapp
The
Temps
Dardanelles
Italy Remains Neutral in War War Policy Unveiled
Italian government official warns Italy will stay neutral in the war to gain a greater victory than joining either side. Dispatches to Berlin and Vienna follow a Rome meeting between Foreign Minister Sonnino and Prince von Buelow. Sonnino will address parliament on May 12 with a full international situation statement.
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International News Services
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Italy
Nautral
International News Service
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Vienna
Sourlino
Prince von Buelow
Garman
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Ita
Baron von Macchia
oMeral
Maly
Signor Sonnino
Battleships Damaged as Turks Hold Dardanelles Front
Amsterdam dispatch reports British ships Majestic and Triumph damaged, Jeanne d Arc set afire, an English destroyer sunk, transports hit and one beached. Turkish claim says six armored cruisers and several destroyers attacked, inflicted casualties, and that attackers withdrew. London accounts Maldos bombarded, two towns captured, Turkish transport sunk, and Allied gains on both sides of the Dardanelles.
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Majestic
Triumph
Jeanny d Are
Molday
Berlin
Bedd-E-Bahr
Majeatic
Jeanne d'Arc
Narrows
London
Maldos
Dardanelles
Sari Balt
Admiralty
Turks Claim Big Victory At Dardanelles Fight
Halil Bey in Berlin reports Constantinople telegraphs claim 8,000 French and British troops driven to the sea and 12,000 captured as allies attempt to land near the Dardanelles. A British admiralty notice says allied forces hold Gallipoli and push forward after repelling attacks. The Ottoman war minister cites General Simon von Sanders: center and right wings defeated. left wing expected to fall.
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Berlin
Death Pact Revealed In Teen Lovers Tragedy
Danial Hurley, 19, farm hand, confessed to a planned pact with his 17 year old sweetheart Katherine Roller to die together. Roller died from convulsions Saturday. Hurley failed to complete the agreement after a sleepless night in solitary confinement and a grilling by State's Attorney C E Smith of Laogun County.
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Danial Hurley
Katherine Roller
C. E. Smith
Laogun County
Twin Cities Case Decided By Interstate Rail Rates Ruling
Washington April 30 The interstate commerce commission rejected railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio proposed ninety cent class rate on traffic to St Paul and Minneapolis. The eighty three cent scale was kept and a twenty one cent differential for Minneapolis and St Paul over Duluth was maintained. The decision, known as the Twin Cities Case, affects vast western railroad traffic.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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New York
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Minneapolis
Railroada
Duluth
Minneapoli
Twin Cities
Deathbed marriage ends twenty years of lies in South Carolina
Lucy Luker Gibbons, dying of tuberculosis in Woodless, N. C., between 1900s era months, asks her partner A C G Gibbons to marry so their children can be legitimate. They rush a minister to Salisbury, N. C., and wed just as she dies, sealing a truth long concealed by public consent.
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Woodless
Mies
Lucy Luker
A. C G. Gibbons
South Carolina
Gibbons
Mia
John Bunny Actor Dies at Brooklyn Home
New York April 26 John Bunny a leading film comedian died Monday at his Brooklyn home after three weeks illness from overwork and nervous breakdown He was fifty two born in New York and educated for the priesthood His first stage role was in Stranglers of Paris He entered moving pictures about eight years ago and was reputed the highest salaried actor in the business
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John Bunny
Brooklyn
Gail
Bunny
Parta
Belasco
Pictura
Roosevelt ends testimony in Barnes Roosevelt trial
Syracuse N J April 30 The name of Gov Charles S Whitman emerges as Roosevelt closes his record breaking testimony in the Barnes Roosevelt case Whitman then district attorney of New York county wrote Feb 19 1914 urging a reunion of Progressives and Progressive Republicans to rid the state of boss rule Roosevelt logged nearly fifty hours on the stand over seven court days and parts of two others
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Charles S. Whitman
Roosevelt
Whitman
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Charles H. Duell, Jr
Divorce leads to shooting in Morrilltan Ark
A young centile buyer named Sam Bell killed four members of his wife's family and escaped after divorces left him estranged. Victims include Amos Fryer, a seventeen year old, Mrs Bard Bearden, and others. Local authorities report the incident as a domestic tragedy with missing details.
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Ark
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Sam Bell
Arachard Fryer
Amos Fryer
Bard Bearden
Bell
Fryer
British Honor Heroes Crowns Given to Five Soldiers
The London Gazette announced on Wednesday afternoon that Victoria Crosses have been awarded to five noncommissioned officers and men in the British and Indian armies.
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London
London Gazette
Victoria Crowies
Italy calls envoys to meet in Rome
Italian foreign minister Sonning will confer with ambassadors from Paris London Vienna and Berlin summoned to Rome. Signor Titton reached Rome after a brief trip from Paris. Marcos Cariotti would not return to Petrograd but a message was sent. Carranza claims Morvalla in Michoacan state and Vic en Ureatite control. Milwaukee parson James Morrison Darnell to face Mann act trial on May 1. Detroit city council bribery cases moved to dismissal.
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Paris
Italan
London
Vienna
Berlin
Roma
Sonning
Signor Titton
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Paria
Marches Cariotti
Petrograd
Carranza
Michoaca
el Paso
Tex
Obregon
Carranzaa
Morvalla
Michoacan
Vic
Terry Rev. Darnell
Milwaukee
James Morrison Darnell
Kenosha
Rail body awards no wage rise for 66000 engineers
Chicago May 4 the western railroad arbitration board issued an award denying any general wage increase for about 66 000 engineers and firemen who sought a 10 percent raise and working condition changes. The engineers and firemen representatives protested the decision noting wages would fall in many cases unless protected by the award’s high wage clause. A few light engines saw a small increase, but overall engineers claimed a victory only for limited gains. President Carter said they would accept the result.
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Western Railroad Arbitration Board
W. S. Carter
President Carter
German shells attack U S ship Cushing at sea
Rotterdam dispatch says the American steamer Cushing from Philadelphia was attacked by German airmen in the North sea. Two bombs were dropped with no damage reported. The ship carried 2,491,000 barrels of refined petroleum and 60,000 gallons of lubricating oil and sailed under the American flag.
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London
Reuters
Rotterdam
Cushing
Philadelphia
North Rer
Cush- Wi
Standard of! Company
Dynamiter Paroled. Mexican Die. Dreadnaught Sale Off
Henry W. Legieitner, part of the 1912 Ironworkers conspiracy, is released on parole from Leavenworth by Attorney General Gregory. Reported battles between Villa and Carranza cost over 900 Mexican soldiers. eleven lives lost in the Emma schooner wreck off San Jose de Gabo. Argentina rejects Moreno purchase. US urges Turkey to halt Armenian massacres.
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Washington
Henry W. Legieitner
Indianapalla
Gregory
Leavenworth
Chihuahua
Mex
Villa
Carranza
Silor
Guanajiste
Los Angeles
Cal
Emma
San Jose de Gabo
Bernardo Reyes
San Diego
Big Timber Tract Burns. Amber Forest Threatened
In Ridgeway Pa April fires scorching along Bear Creek threaten thousands of acres of virgin Amber, the largest tract in the state, as forest fires burn fiercely along the creek.
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Ridgeway
Bear Creek
Germans Bombard Dunkirk and Zeppelin Race Headlines
Tacis May 3 German bombardment of Dunkirk reported with 60 shells dropped. About 150 killed or injured, civilians most affected, barracks roof smashed, heavy property damage across the city. Zeppelin reportedly raced a train near Bury St. Edmunds as bombs fell. In Wellington a Pittsburgh man, Charles L. Stephen, 35, was killed instantly in a Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck seven miles east of the city.
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Mtke
Bury St. Edmunds
England
de Alroy Ue Cruin
Wellington
Charles L. Stephen
Pittsburgh
Baltimore, & Ohio
Train Hire Auto Fatal Crash in Louisville
Legarda Hollins twenty five and Roderick Sherrard forty one were killed when their automobile stalled on the tracks as an auto train struck it in Louisville Kentucky on May 3.
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Train Hire Auto
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Legarda Hollins
Roderick Sherrard
Aut. C. Trald Strack
Auto Crash Kills Dr J W Phillips in Pittsburgh
Dr J W Phillips is dead and three others injured in a high speed runabout crash on Grant Boulevard Pittsburgh. The driver and two passengers were hurled from the car as it overturned in a lively clip, with two others feared fatally hurt.
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Pittsburgh
J. W. Phillips
Grant Boulevard
Ring theft ends in assault in South Norwalk
Edward Anderson, a well known local youth, visited Misa Grace Harrigan and demanded the engagement ring he had given her. When she refused, he allegedly grabbed her by the throat, seized the ring, and broke her finger. Anderson was jailed by Judge Lockwood for two months on an aggravated assault charge.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Edward Anderson
Misa Grace Harrigan
Woman Recovers Health After Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Ironton Ohio resident Mrs Rena Bowman says she could not sit up due to female troubles and nervousness but after a year on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and can work again. Her daughter, thirteen, improved similarly, sleeping better and appearing healthier, prompting praise and a confidential offer of advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Aronton
Ohio
Lydia E. Finkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Rena Bowman
10Th Street
Ironton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Mage It Unanimous. Militant suffragists in Crimson Gulch?
A humorous Washington Star quip notes Bronco Bob quips that militants would shoot any who interfered with a teacher's vote while the poll is left untouched by all to prevent embarrassment. The piece satirizes attitudes toward suffrage and voters in a wild west setting with a nod to female voting rights.
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Crimson‘Gulch
Bronco Bob
Washington Star
No Cheap Kineer Percival I’ll Pay for a Kiss
Fragmentary dialogue shows Penelope rejecting an offer and asserting independence amid snippets of dialogue among Tess and Percival. The exchange hints at social tension over money and agency in a domestic or theatrical scene.
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Penelope
Tess
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