Roosevelt Libel Trial Opens With Boss Charge Details
In Syracuse on April 21 the Barnes libel case against Theodore Roosevelt proceeds with Roosevelt’s testimony spanning Cuba and his public offices. Openings by Ivins and Van Benschoten stress Barnes’s political role, while Roosevelt lists Senators and associates as sources of alleged corruption linking Barnes and Murphy to state rot.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York State
William S. Andrews
Roosevelt
Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Sgins
William H. van Benschoten
van Benschoten
Brand William Barnes
Davenport
Newcomb
Hinman
Wainwright
William Loeb
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John A. Hennessy
James Creelman
Charles B. Connolly
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Sulzer
Murphy
Forest fire ravages New Hampshire towns
A wildfire in South Litchfield has scorched over 2,500 acres across Litchfield Merrimac and Hudson as farm buildings burn. About 500 workers including women assist men. wind drives spread. Loss estimated at $100,000.
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Manchester
N. H
STAR BALL PLAYER TO JAIL
Eddie Ain smith premier catcher of the Washington American league baseball team was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse without option of a fine in the police court after conviction of an assault upon a street car motorman. Joe Engel a pitcher was fined $50 for participating in the assault. Appeals were taken. Carranza Troops Take City.
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Washington
Eddie Ainsmith
Joe Engel
Hartford Man Shoots Couple Then Ends Life in Los Angeles
William Hunter, 49, of Hartford, shoots Mr. and Mrs. Beachey F. Crampton at a hotel in Los Angeles and then commits suicide. The victims are seriously wounded. Police did not release further details.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wlliam Hunter
Hartford
Bomb Plotters Sent to Prison in New York
Anarchists Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone who made and set a bomb in St Patrick's Cathedral on March 2 are sentenced to six to twelve years in Sing Sing.
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New York
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Sing Sing
Zinc Ore Arrival and Expansion Plans Stated
Zinc ore from Australia arrives in Galveston aboard the Lydia totaling six thousand tons with the captain noting an additional fifty thousand tons either aboard ships or under contract for shipment to the port.
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Australia
Galveston
Tex
Lydia
Illinois dry sweep grows as towns vote to ban saloons
Illinois voters moved toward expanding no license areas on April 22. In Du Page county three of four towns went dry including Lombard Naperville and West Chicago while Elmhurst stayed wet. Female voters tipped several outcomes with Naperville showing 476 dry and 295 wet among women and 222 dry 286 wet among men.
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Chicago
Illinois
du Page
Lombard
Naperville
West Chicago
Elmhurst
Dramshops
Colmar Menaced as Allied Offense Forges Ahead
British and French forces push in Alsace and Flanders with fierce fighting. French bayonet assaults in the Vosges gain ground toward Colmar near Metzeral. Berlin confirms a German repulse southwest of Ypres as mines are exploded along the Yser.
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Alsace
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Vosges
Colmar
Metzeral
Valley of the Rhine
Berlin
War Office
Ypres
Yser Canal
Teutons Take Daring Flyer Lieut Garros Captured
Berlin reports German headquarters say Lieut Roland G Garros the famed French aviator has been taken prisoner at Ingelmunster Belgium seven miles north of Courtai. Garros was known in the United States for flying in competitions and his latest deed was at Dun Kirk where he shot the German observer and aviator in the air.
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Berlin
Roland G. Garros
Ingelmunster
Belgium
Courtai
Garros
United States
Dunkirk
Frank Appeal Dismissed in Atlanta Murder Case
The U S Supreme Court on April 21 dismissed Leo M Frank of Atlanta Ga appealing his murder conviction over a habeas corpus petition. The decision leaves Frank under Georgia state court jurisdiction to carry out the death sentence for the Mary Phagan killing.
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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
Turks Lose Torpedo Boats at Bosporus Entrance
London April 22 Two Turkish torpedo boats were blown up by Russian mines at the Bosporus entrance while they led the Turkish fleet returning from the Black Sea.
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London
Bosporus
Black Sea
Six Hurt in Cattle Stampede in Evansville
Six people were injured in Evansville Indiana on Tuesday afternoon when a cattle herd being unloaded from a steamboat stampeded through city streets causing chaos and injuries.
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Evansville
Ind
Death takes Rich Kentuckian Rankin Clemmons
Lexington Kentucky April 21 Rankin Clemmons aged ninety the largest individual land owner in Kentucky and a miser is dead at South Elkhorn after a month long illness He is said to have left no will.
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Lexington
Rankin Clemmons
Kentucky
South Elkhorn
Death of Kaiser's Aid with General Hindquist
Berlin reports the death of General von Hindquist, chief aide to the Kaiser, at seventy five. He served as aid to Emperor William I and was a longstanding military assistant.
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Kaiser
Berlin
von Hindquist
William I
Bride of Navy Officer Mrs Emmet C Gudger
Mrs Emmet C Gudger widow Paymaster Gudger U S N recently married. She formerly Miss Genevieve Walsh daughter of Senator and Mrs Thomas J Walsh of Montana.
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Emmet C. Gudger
Paymaster Gudger
Genevieve Walsh
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Gardens In Palestine Lush Retreats Reflect Oasis Life
Gardens in Palestine cluster around towns and rely on springs and cisterns for life. They are fenced with hedges and walls, offering shaded paths and tranquil spots for devotion and family gatherings amid a hot Syrian sun. The phrase a man may sit under his own vine and fig tree signals peace and security.
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Palestine
Paradise
Christian Herald
The Burdened Lover in Springtime Verse
The piece notes the heavy burden on a springtime lover as he seeks love. It sketches the struggle to win affection, from rhyming schemes to finances, housing, and social hurdles with family. The tone satirizes the lightweight lyric about love versus the real demands it carries.
Cowboy Taunts Spur Western Duel Card
A Western tale recalls a taunt provoking a duel as a cowboy responds with a decisive knife display, ending the confrontation. The exchange highlights frontier bravado and the swift, measured violence typical of the era.
No Arms Embargo Firm Stand On Policy
President Wilson rejects German demands for an arms embargo and a food trade boycott, affirming strict neutrality. The April note, drafted with Counselor Lansing, defends U S rights, rejects changes to neutrality laws, and emphasizes visit and search as safeguards.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
England
Germany
Great Britain
Marsh Elected Democratic Committeeman for Iowa
Des Moines April 23 W H Marsh of Waterloo Iowa won the national Democratic committeeman seat to fill the vacancy created by Martin J Wade recently named district judge of the US district court for the southern district of Iowa.
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Waterloo
Martin J. Wade
Des Moines
W. W. Marsh
National Democratic
United States Court of the
Southern District of Iowa
England fields 540000 men at front in WWI record
London April 23. England had 36 divisions or 540000 men at the front as Lloyd George told the House of Commons that every dead and wounded soldier has been replaced.
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London
England
Lloyd. George
House of Commons
Anti saloon forces win several dry victories in SD towns
In Aberdeen South Dakota on April 23 anti saloon forces won a string of municipal elections. Fifteen towns shifted from wet to dry while only one town moved from dry to wet.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Oldest Knight of Pythias Killed While Walking Tracks
Marshall resident M. A. Huffington aged eighty four, long believed to be the oldest Knights of Pythias member in the United States, was killed near here while walking on the Big Four railroad tracks on April 22.
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Marshall
M. A. Huffington
Knights of Pythias Lodge
United States
Prison Plant in Madison Shuts Down
Governor Philipp ordered closure of the state prison binding twine plant in Madison over a $60,000 annual loss on a $600,000 investment. No twine already made will be sold.
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Madison
Philipp
British Minerva Drives Turkish Torpedo Boat Ashore
In the first naval clash of the Turkish British war, 100 of the Manitou crew drowned after the British transport was torpedoed and sunk off Chios near Smyrna. The Turkish torpedo boat was forced ashore by the Minerva and destroyed with its crew captured. Also reported, the British submarine E 15 ran aground near Kephez. 21 of 31 crew were rescued by the Turks, including the former vice consul. Warships attacked Bulair forts on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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Manitou
Admiralty
Chios
Gulf of Smyrna
Dardanelles
Asia Minor
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Smyrna
Minerva
Kalammuit Bay
Chios Island
Kephez
Kephez Point
Constantinople
Bulair
Gallipoli
Paris Spy in Custody Feared to Harm Self
Raymond Swoboda, under espionage examination in Paris, is closely watched in his cell amid fears he may attempt self harm. British minister Grey announced in parliament that raw cotton is not contraband in wartime. Yale Class of 1915 to receive diplomas in June at a reported total cost of 1 079 111 dollars.
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Petit Parisien
Raymond Swoboda
London
Sir Edward Grey
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale News
Three Die In Ohio Auto Crash In Greensville
In Greensville Ohio two persons died and three were hurt when an automobile went over a 12 foot embankment driven by Barry who tried to avoid a runaway horse. The dead include Ray McKoon of Greenville and Mrs Walter Cook of Richmond Indiana. Mrs Barry is not expected to recover. In a second crash in Indianapolis on Saturday Dr J W Toye Marion Indiana was killed another man and a woman injured and a third man slightly hurt in a two car collision on East Washington Street near Sherman Avenue.
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Ray MckKoon
Greenville
Walter Cook
Richmond
Ind
Harry Barry
Barry
Indianapolis
Washinton Street
Sherman Avenue
J. W. Toye
Marion
Venizelos Plans Brief Sojourn Before Going to America
The Athens correspondent of the Petit Journal reports former Greek premier M. Venizelos will stay on Samos for a fortnight before sailing to America. He denounces the Greek king’s denial of his statements as an insult.
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Greece
Paris
Athens
The
Petit Journal
M. Venizelos
Samos
Congressman John M. Faison Found Dead in North Carolina
Congressman John M. Faison of North Carolina's Third District was found dead at his home with a bullet wound to the head. Authorities report a complete mystery surrounding the death as investigators search for leads.
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Faison
N. C
John M. Faison
North Carolina
Red Light Queen Found Strangled in Denver
Denver authorities investigate the murder of Maria Caveis known as the queen of the red light district. She was found in bed with a small rope fragment around her neck and police believe foul play caused her death.
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Denver
Colo
Maria Caveis
Denver Redlight District
Flood Threatens Farms in Mississippi Flood
Muscatine Iowa April 22 Thousands of acres of cultivated ground will be under water within twenty four hours as a result of the flood stage of the Mississippi. The river is rising at the rate of a foot a day.
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Muscatine
Mississippi
City Burles Air Bomb Victims Funeral Held
Berlin reports a public funeral for eight victims of a French air raid on Frbéiburg. Citizens joined the service as authorities and residents observed the mournful ceremony.
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Berlin
Frbéiburg
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