German Fleet Denied Shelling Dunkirk By British
London April 30 British official statement denies that German warships bombarded Dunkirk citing unconfirmed reports. A German fleet sighting off Belgium’s coast is noted with a Berlin claim that Dunkirk was shelled yesterday. Sweden’s Captain Scott reported a fleet of 68 vessels in the North Sea.
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London
Dunkirk
France
North Sea
Belgium
War Office
Scott
Berin
Germans Launch Biow at Russia
German offensive moves across the eastern front from Tilwit to the Vistula aiming at Battic provinces rich in crops. Reports say heavy artillery, cavalry thrusts, and limited infantry advances mark the campaign as Russians and Austrians adjust positions along the Carpathian and Courland fronts.
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Petrograd
London
Tilwit
Vistula
Battic
Polangen
Baltle Prince of Courland
Carpathian
Ussok
Stry
Bemb
Rupalany
Lwow
Lemberg
Usteokpasa
Ruxelin
Germa Drive on Yser Halted in Northern Front
The German attack on the Veerias ceased with the enemy falling back to a defensive line. Allied reports say the Belgian front remains intact as forces attempt to cross the canal and repel further crossings at Dizmude.
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London
France
Dizmude
Escaped Liner Said to Have Been Found
Paris dispatch reports the Hamburg American liner Macedonia escaped internment at Las Palmas on November 1 and has been recaptured near Algeciras. She is being taken to Gibraltar with another captured German steamer in pursuit.
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Paris
Algeciras
Macedonia
Las Palmas
Gibraltar
Noted Officers Killed Mentioned in Frontline List
London reports Brigadier General Kid del and Lieutenant Darwin among officers killed at the front. The list also notes Moorehouse, grandson of Charles Darwin, who died from wounds after bomb dragging missions yesterday.
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London
Kiddel
Soon Oander
Northumberland Fusiliers
Wife of Noted Mexican Leader Dies
April 30 in Vex Texas announces the death of Emvlia Carransa aged 66 widow of Gen Veoustiano Carranza father of Mesh ngay 7 et c homere today. She leaves a son and daughter and is survived by her husband in Texas at EB Paso.
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den Antoniy
Emvlia Carransa
Hebssilan Currooge
Veoustiano Carranza
Fipai
Chi
Aviva
Want Fiame for Italy in See Is Made
A fragmented note indicates a desire for a fire or FIAME action for Italy, with unclear context. The readable text mentions a page and a phrase See is made, suggesting a minimal reference rather than a full event.
Tax on Incomes to Produce 80 Million Dollars
Treasury officials expect total income tax results to exceed the original $89 million estimate, with estimates near $90.1 million. Individual tax receipts offset lower corporate gains as enforcement targets many suspected tax dodgers, with about 367,000 people paying.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Tiwoe
McAdoo
Internal Revenue Osborn
Tipping Trust Exposed by Girl in Chicago Cafe
Mary Hudwagner known as coin magnet claims a Chicago tipping trust of three men controls most concessions except Congress and Auditorium hotels. She alleges the group pays waitresses 9 to 10 dollars weekly, with annual earnings near 100000, and says the trust operates in New York San Francisco Detroit Toledo Louisville Milwaukee and Michigan resorts. Wisconsin Senate overrode governor veto on Horshard anti tipping bill by 20 to 10.
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Chicago
Mary Hudwagner
Joan of Arc
Tipping Trust
Cafe du Lac
Cafe du Lac. the “Trust
Bernard Enberger
Jacques Rousso
al Weisberg
Congress
Auditorium
Trust In Power
Mary
New York
San Francisco
Detroit
Toledo
Louisville
Milwaukee
Michigan
la Salle
Maury
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Horshard
Bryan Hears Chinda on Japanese Demands
Washington reports Viscount Chinda and Secretary Bryan held a lengthy conference on Japan China talks in Peking. The revised seven articles have three added, with modifications prompting explanations from Tokyo as U.S. policy weighs further changes before China’s administrative independence is affected. Japan may seek rights to propagate Buddhism in China.
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Washington
Viscount Chinda
Aunother
Bryan
Peking
United States
China
Japan
Suffragists Plan Wall Street Demonstration in New York
Five hundred women planned to march in Wall Street this afternoon and send a delegation to Senator O Gorman to seek his views on the proposed federal constitutional amendment. The action marked the first of a series by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to visit members of Congress nationwide. Mrs O H P Bent arranged the visit with the senator.
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New York
Wall Street
United States
O'Gorman
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Congress
Cen
Mra. O. H. P. Bent
American physicians head to war zones for Red Cross relief
A new group of Red Cross surgeons and nurses sails from New York for service in Europe. Doctors Beasley of San Francisco Jolley of New Haven Cole of Boston and Penhallow of Boston accompany others to Berlin Vienna and Paignton England with assignments across England Germany Austria Hungary and Serbia.
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Washington
Red Cross
New York
Europe
England
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Shadworthy
Beasley
San Francisco
W. A. Jolley
Neven Cole
Berbin
Walpole Brewer
Tuskegee
Vienna
Dunlay P. Penhallow
Herbert H. Ppuniep
Boston
Paignton
China to deliver reply to Japan tomorrow
Peking May 1 The Chinese statesmen will meet the Japanese plenipotentiaries tomorrow to present China s reply to the last list of demands from the Tek government There is reason to believe the Chinese reply will contain only a limited number of further concessions
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Peking
China
Tek
Hayes Held Guilty of Second Degree Forgery
A verdict found Hayes, of Port Pierre, guilty of second degree forgery after deliberation. Details indicate a contested case and a post trial review is expected by court officials.
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Hayes
Aera & Ob
Foyt Port Pierre
Allied push at Gallipoli threatens Turkish defense lines
Athens reports Galliopoli captured near the Sea of Marmora entrance. Berlin maintains Turkish troops fought bravely as Allies win two lines across the Gallipoli peninsula, threatening Constantinople's supply routes. British forces reportedly occupy the tongue of land north of Gallipoli as naval bombardments persist.
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London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
Sea of Marmora
Berlin
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Penane
Kum Kale
Seddul Bahr
Bombs Hit American Vessel in North Sea Claim
Rotterdam dispatch reports the American steamer Cushing attacked by German airmen in the North Sea last Wednesday. Two bombs were dropped but caused no damage while the ship flew the American flag and bore its name in huge letters. The Cushing, formerly the Prometheus, is owned by Standard Oil and registered in the United States since November. Its cargo includes 2 401 000 gallons of refined fuel and 60 000 gallons of lubricating oil.
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Cushing
North Sea
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Prometheus
Allied forces claim cleared Dardanelles area and Gallipoli gains
An oral statement from Constantinople reports that allied forces landed on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles have been entirely cleared away and much of the Gallipoli invasion force driven off. It adds several enemy ships and transports were damaged while other Gallipoli positions remain contested.
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Constantinople
London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Gabu Tepe
Ninwale
Banipe
Turks Active Near Suez Canal Reported In Turkey Region
London April 14 The Post says military operations near the Suez Canal continue with reports of Turks firing on a white flag party delivering a letter to Turkish officials. Two killed and eight wounded in the incident.
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Suez Canal
London
Bues Canal
Middies to Cruise to the Golden Gate
The Annapolis midshipmen embark on a 10 000 mile voyage beginning June 6 from Annapolis under Rear Admiral Jullam aboard the battleships Missouri Ohio and Wineconal. They sail via Colon Magdalena Bay San Diego and San Francisco visiting Los Angeles and Panama before returning August 34.
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Washington
San Francisco
Annapolis
Jullam
Missouri
Ohio
Colon
Pangan
Magdalena Bay
Weesely
San Diego
Nineteen Nurses to Receive Diplomas at St Joseph Hospital
Nineteen girls completing a three year nursing course at St Joseph hospital will receive diplomas this afternoon at 5 in the narrow hall. Reverend Mer Saunders of Fort Dodge Iowa will confer the diplomas. Names of graduates include Miss A Facier Emma Spackings Elaine Wilson Bertha Wilson Elizabeth Krogam Nell Foley and others.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Nagel to Stay on Mediation Board Amid Rail Labor Talks
President Wilson decides there is no cause to remove Nagel from the mediation board handling wage disputes between railroads and their firemen and engineers. The decision follows railway employee protests over the wage talks and alleged interference.
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Washington
Wilson
Chaar
Emannes
Webstrelon Board
We Orp
Paris Arrest Highlights Ray Bw Alias in Local Case
A Paris resident using the alias Ray Bw faces an arrest in a local case as authorities outline the alleged intrusion and related charges. The report notes May Bayowad Rut Schwind as the figure associated with the case and emphasizes the ongoing investigation.
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Paris
Bayowad
Schwind
Ray
Three Towns Hit by Zeppelins In Night Raids
Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds report German zeppelin raids causing multiple fires but no fatalities. In Ipswich incendiary and blast bombs damaged homes on Waterloo Street before moving to Whitton. a girl’s bedroom was spared by her father’s rescue. Bury St Edmunds saw four fires from shelling with about ten minutes of overflight.
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Ipswich
Eng
Waterloo Street
Siede
Harry Goodwin
Whitton
Bury Saint Edmunde
Wilson
Wabash Railroad Proposes New Reorganization Plan
A proposed Wabash reorganization plan outlines a new company with $205.118 million stock, reducing existing stock by $17.201 million. Kuhn Leach & Co. backs the plan and would appoint reorganizing managers. A $27.72 million assessment is planned, with bondholders to cover any shortfall.
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New York
Wabash Failroad Company
Winslow
Pierre
Kuhn, Leach & Co
Tllinois
Indiana
Missouri
Lowe
Ohio
British coal ship sunk by submarine near Isle of Lewis
London reports a British steamship named Mobile carrying coal was sunk by a German submarine off the Isle of Lowen North Wootland. The Mobile's 33 crew were landed today after drifting for nine hours before reaching land.
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London
Isle of Lowen
North Wootland
Mobiles
Mobile
Juror in Hop Field Riot Case Murdered in California
A juror in the Wheatland field riot murder case was found shot dead in Marysville California. His wife was found with a bullet wound in the head in the same home. The tragedy follows the 1918 riots and trial proceedings.
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Hop Field
Maryeville
Cal
Bell Pickard
Wheatland
Ieee
Royal Opera Wanagen Dies and Film Opera Tribute
Royal Opera Wanagen dies leaving a void in the stage world. Tributes pour in from colleagues and theaters as authorities note his influence on opera and travel shows across the region.
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Royal Opera Wanagen
Covenk
Water routes would boost inland trade says official
John A. Reicherd of the national inland navigation bureau says U.S. rivers are idle due to public indifference and government rules. Bernhard notes the Mississippi lags behind the Rhine, urging subsidies for the merchant marine and river harbor improvements under a cabinet‑led department.
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Munkoyes
Olu
Amerrema
John A. Reicherd
National Inland Navigation Bureau
New York
Bernhard
United States
Bodia
Lawsuit Aims to Probe Arms Conspiracy in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee complaint filed under Wisconsin discovery law seeks to determine if Allis-Chalmers and Otto Falk conspired with Bethlehem Steel to manufacture and ship shrapnel shells to European belligerents. The case, set for May 6 before a circuit court commissioner, requests contracts and letters linking the firms.
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Wacington
Milwaukee
Winconal
Allin Chalmers Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Europe
Garrison
Department of Justice
Wis
Wisconsi
Allis-Chambers Company
Otto Falk
Falk
Eclrcult Court
Falkin
Allis- Chalmers Company
Samuel Pearson
United States
Great Britain
France
Serbia
Montenegro
Russia
Japan
Nine Men Accused of Misusing Trust Funds
Los Angeles authorities indicted Charles A. Elder and eight former Los Angeles Investment Co officials on sixteen counts for illegally loaning themselves 1 557 000 from 18 006 stockholders. The indictment alleges 1912 deceit about Carnegie Schwab Clark and other magnates negotiating to buy Tatude for a profit of 4 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles A. Elder
Los Angeles Investment Company
Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
W. A. Clark
Montana
Gas devises endanger operators on front lines
London reports new information on German asphyxiating gas devices. Two cylinders, eleven inches long, sunk in trenches, connect to six foot pipes aimed toward Allied lines. The Times says Germans had poison gas material but cautions some devices failed when cylinders were moved for refilling.
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London
Mon Werk
Ieee
Noted Actress Dies in London private life mention
London reports May L Evelyn, a well known actress, has died. The notice notes she pursued a private life and mentions Mr. Watson in connection with the event.
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London
May L Evelyn Sey
Mrmm Watson
Army of Crickets Ravages Washington
A chaotic report describes a vast marching line of crickets four miles long and 13 feet wide advancing through Chant county wheat fields. The infestation stretches in four divisions, with scattered references to local names and garbled phrases.
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Wikeen
Wash
Chant
Hapchers
Gow Lee Tee Tee
I. Foon
Waa
Van Horn Defense Asks For Directed Verdict
The Van Horn defense contends for a directed verdict after the inquest subpoena was served. The transcript notes a claim that the witness would not be compelled to testify, citing irregularities in the process and potential prejudice.
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van Horn
Tariff Boosting Need Not Folly War Says Expert
Secretary Redfield tells the American Academy of Political and Social Science that tariff increases are unnecessary after the European war. He notes the United States gains from foreign trade and debt payments, with Britain, Germany, and the U.S. leading in competition before the war. He argues U.S. resources remain strong and warns against protectionist clamor driven by propaganda.
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Philadelphia
United
Ayy
Redfield
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Europe
Academy of Politicw
City’s Guard Reorganization Sparks Statewide Interest
Leu April 20 reports the National Guard's increased city protection role amid plans to reorganize police and military units. Counties may see cavalry and engineering detachments formed. Logan state forces participate in the reshaping.
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Hlous
Ini National Guard
Logan Atates
Crest of flood passes safely toward the Gulf
Fragmentary report notes concern about a river flood crest moving toward the Gulf region. Readers are urged to monitor updates as tides and river conditions evolve amid uncertainties in the weather forecast.
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Gulf
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