Germany Replies to U S Note on Submarine Warfare
Berlin transmits the Jagow note replying to the April 20 U S communication on submarine warfare. Germany defends its policy while accusing Britain of violating international law and urges the United States to insist that Britain honor freedom of the seas. The document keeps options open if U S demands fail.
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Berlin
Sussex
United States
Britain
Gottlob von Jagow
Gerard
James W. Gerard
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Jagow
Where is the lesson located questioned by Tom
A teacher asks a recurring Sunday question to his pupil Tom who always replies with a fixed location Nine miles southwest of Jerusalem. Tom misses a Sunday and when asked again he repeats the same offset answer in a mechanical tone.
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Jerusalem
Tom
Christian Herald
Speaking of Noise on Mada gascar Music Lovers
A brief note observes the Mada gascar natives cherish music and use primitive instruments along with the popular accordion. The speaker jokes about bagpipes appealing to them.
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Budd
Madagascar
Diplomat's Truth Delays Spark Political Banter
A witty exchange questions a diplomat accused of delaying truth telling. The reply defends patience in seeking exact facts, noting truth often surfaces after careful consideration. The dialogue highlights tensions between candor and diplomatic discretion in public discourse.
Bullfighters Afraid of Cows in Arena
An Exchange summary notes most Spanish bullfighters fear drawn cows used in arenas. It says half breed wild cows are quicker, their horns sharper, and they stay alert to follow movements, unlike bulls which lower heads and charge.
Not Altogether The Vermiform Appendix
A witty quip from Life notes the appendix as useless yet historically saved doctors from starving, reflecting the magazine’s humorous medical musing.
Great Invention Sparks Private Player Piano Roll
Ohio inventor patents a machine allowing a person with a player piano to create perforated music rolls. He notes potential to produce porous plasters as well, showcasing a versatile device.
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Jill
Ohio
Agreement on cooperation with Mexico withheld until Carranza approves
Washington reports President Wilson disclosed a tentative pact with Mexico after a conference between Gen. Scott and Gen. Obregon. The plan outlines joint operations and a phased Mexican offensive against bands south of the border while U S troops gradually withdraw as Mexican policing improves. Railways are to be used to supply the expedition. Confirmation awaits Carranza acceptance.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Hugh L. Scott
Obregon
Republic of Mexico
el Paso
Scott
Baker
Carranza
French Gain Ground at Verdun Front in May Advance
French forces press their advance around Dead Man's Hill northwest of Verdun with increased gains and trenches consolidated. German troops claim two survivors from a trench, while French artillery engages near Avecourt wood and Vaux with a depot destroyed at Grande Dune Belgium.
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Paris
France
Dead Man’s Hill
Verdun Front
War Office
Dead Man’s
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Vaux
Grande Dune
Belgium
Berlin
le Mort Homme
Verdun
Wilson Hesitates to Withdraw Until Villa Is Captured
President Wilson will not pull U S troops from Mexico until Villa is captured or killed. Washington has informed the Carranza government via General Obregon after talks with General Scott at El Paso Juarez. The United States will order troops home the moment Villa is apprehended or dies and will not remain in Mexico longer than necessary.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Obregon
Scott
el Paso
Juarez
United States
General Pershing
Chihuahua
Senate House Conferees Reach Big Army Agreement
Senate and house conferees reach substantial agreement on military bill plan for a regular army of 180000 at peace and about 260000 in war strength. The senate bill fixed peace strength at 250000.
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Washington
Senate
Senate-House
No Freedom for Philippines Senate Vote Rejected Independence Plan
The House, meeting as the committee of the whole, voted 193 to 165 against the Philippines bill provision allowing the president to grant independence in four years. The result was regarded as a defeat for the independence section ahead of a final vote.
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House
Washington
Philippines
Rail Wiremen Delay Strike On New York Central Lines
The callout of 4000 telegraphers on the New York Central and Nickel Plate railroads is held in abeyance as the federal mediation board negotiates. President H W Perham says no strike now but full opportunity for arbitration via the mediators.
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Chicago
New York Central
Nickel Plate Railroad
Federal Board of Mediation and
Two Killed in Riot at Braddock Steel Works
A mob attacked the Edgar Thom son works of Carnegie Steel at Braddock on Tuesday. Two men were confirmed killed, four fatally wounded, and about a score seriously hurt as 400 shots rang out. Deputy sheriffs and plant guards repelled the rioters after a one hour battle. 2000 borough residents were sworn in as deputies amid plans to deport foreigners involved. The disturbance spread to Rankin and other Braddock plants.
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Pittsburgh
Edgar Thomson
Carnegie Steel Company
Braddock
R. H. Jackson
Rankin
French Gain At Verdun In Night Assault
Paris reports a strong French attack southeast of Fort Douaumont on the Verdun front capturing a first line German trench about 500 meters long and taking 100 prisoners. West of the Meuse artillery activity continued to Dead Man's hill with gains on the north slope of Dead Man's hill, while Berlin cites repulsed Verdun assaults east of the Meuse.
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Paris
Fort Douaumont
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Avecourt
Dead Man’s Hill
Berlin
Relief ships Fridland and Hendenhall sunk. more losses reported
Two vessels chartered by the American commission for the relief of Belgium the Fridland and Hendenhall were sunk within two days. The City of Rochester and the Rio Branco also went down with one fireman lost on the City of Rochester.
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London
American Commission For the Relief of
Belgium
Fridland
Hendenhall
City of Rochester
Rio Branco
Packing Firm Swift & Co. Found Guilty in Rebating Case
The Swift & Co. packing firm was found guilty on 20 counts in federal court for rebating. A $520,000 fine is likely under the applicable law.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Wisconsin Fourth District Seat Voted for Carney
The House, with no dissent, rejected Winfred R. Gaylord as the Fourth district seat candidate and adopted a resolution to seat incumbent Republican William J. Carney from the district.
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Washington
House
Winfred R. Gaylord
Wisconsin
Elections Committee
William J. Carney
Swedish Editors Jailed for Urging Soldier Strike
London May 5. Three Swedish editors Hoeglund Oljedlund and Hedin were sentenced to prison for advising soldiers to strike if Sweden entered the war. The court found their urging aggressive and potentially disruptive to national policy.
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Sweden
London
Messrs. Hoeglund
Oljedlund
Hedin
Tradesmen School Opens At Iowa State College
Iowa State College has established the first trades training program in the state, two years in operation. The two year course covers drawing building construction brick and tile work heating plumbing cost estimation and shop practice. Graduates can pursue contracting drafting or advanced building roles. Open to men 17 with eighth grade education.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
Mystery Solved as Ben Baker Found Dead Near Creek
The body of Ben Baker was found on a creek bank near Columbus Junction city limits with the head in the water. A passing woman reported the sighting. authorities believe a fainting spell caused him to fall in and drown.
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Columbus Junction
Ben Baker
Baker
Fire Destroys Ft. Dodge Factory
A fire destroyed the Iowa Paint Manufacturing plant in Fort Dodge with losses around 42000 dollars and about 15000 dollars insured. Nine months earlier a similar fire at the same plant caused about 17090 dollars in net loss after insurance and salvage. The cause remains unknown, manager Robert Paterson says the firm will rebuild.
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Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
Iowa Paint Manufacturing Company
Robert Paterson
Poison Claims Two Children in Lake Park Family
Four other family members, including parents and two younger children, fall ill after supper as ptomaine poisoning is diagnosed. Doctors initially struggled to identify the cause. The Wilhelmi family, residents of Lake Park, report the two young sons aged five and four died from the illness.
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LeMars
Edmond
Raymond
John Wilhelmi
Lake Park
Farmers' Dairy Bankrupt in Waterloo
The Farmers' Dairy association, formed by farmers to distribute their milk, files for bankruptcy in Waterloo. Liabilities are around 11000 dollars with assets listed at 9400 dollars.
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Waterloo
Farmers’ Dairy Association
Government to Negotiate Higher Wages with Rock Island Arsenal
May 5 report from Washington states Secretary Baker announced negotiations with Rock Island arsenal workers over a higher wage scale, asserting the government should pay increased wages.
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Washington
Baker
Rock Island (II.) Arsenal
Lake Carriers Head Deny Right of Search
William Livingston president of the Lake Carriers Association said the Canadian government does not intend to exercise the right of search on vessels visiting Canadian lake ports.
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Detroit
William Livingston
Lake Carriers’ Association
British Decline Pass for German Origin Goods Blockade
Washington reports Britain refused the State Department request to permit passage of goods of German origin contracted for before March 15, 1915, through blockade lines.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
Belgian Relief Ship Fridland Beached After Tow
The Swedish steamer Fridland, previously damaged and towed by the Dutch Batavia IV, has been beached according to a dispatch received in London on May 6.
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London
Fridland
Senate panel backs rivers and harbors bill
Washington May 6 The senate commerce committee authorized Senator Clarke chairman to report favorably the rivers and harbors bill carrying approximately 343000000.
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O. K
Set Date for Waite Trial in Poisoning Case
New York May 4 The trial of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite for poisoning his wealthy father-in-law John B Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan was set for May 22 by Justice Shearn of the supreme court.
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Waite
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John B. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Justice Shearn
Supreme Court
Aegusa Yacht Sunk Near Mediterranean Mine
London reports the yacht Aegusa formerly Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin sunk in the Mediterranean by a mine. Six men lost in the incident, as announced by the admiralty.
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London
Aegusa
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Erin
Thomas Lipton
Trucks Resume Run From Columbus On Pershing Line
Rapidly drying roads allowed the reopening of truck transportation to stations along General Pershing's line of communication. One hundred and eight trucks left Columbus on May 6.
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Columbua
Columbus
General Pershing
Page predicts sudden end to war when peace comes
Thomas Nelson Page the American ambassador to Italy said he saw no immediate prospect for peace in Europe but believed when it arrives it will be sudden like the outbreak of the war. He spoke in Washington on May 6 and emphasized timing rather than near-term settlement.
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Washington
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Europe
Congressman McArthur Files Libel Suit in Portland
Congressman Clifton N. McArthur sues R. H. Hutton for 60000 dollars in libel and slander claims alleging defamatory statements about him on the liquor question made in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Clifton N. McArthur
R. H. Hutton
Hutton
Treaty Seeks to Close Open Door on Chinese Coast
Open Door policy on Chinese coast challenged as Tokyo and Petrograd negotiate a treaty granting Russia and Japan rights in Chinese territory. The agreement aims to close avenues previously championed by the United States.
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Peking
Tokyo
Petrograd
U.S
Bank Clerk Held Over $8,000 Shortage Claim
A. Lyle Bradley, 27, former bookkeeper at the Iowa National Bank, is arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Vanderwilt for allegedly making false entries to hide a shortage of about $8,000.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Bank
A. Lyle Bradley
United States
Vanderwilt
High Price Set At Waterloo Holstein Sale
At a Waterloo sale of Holstein Friesian cattle eighty eight head of high grade stock sold for 17255 dollars. The top price of 450 dollars was paid for an animal owned by Dairy Commissioner Berney.
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Waterloo
Berney
Railroad ties Anamosa delegation to Waterloo join line
A business delegation from Anamosa and other cities on the Chicago Anamosa and Northern railroad visited Waterloo on a Cedar Rapids route tour of inspection. The trip signals the first move to connect the CC A N with the Cedar Falls line by laying about fourteen miles of new track and electrifying the Chicago Anamosa and Northern.
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Waterloo
Anamosa
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls & Northern
Cedar Falls
Retired Farmer George Kaiser Dies at Home
George Kaiser aged 0 retired farmer of Clemons collapsed and died of heart failure after burning cornstalks in the field. He was found by his son near Clemons after he failed to appear for supper. Kaiser came to Iowa in 1888 and lived in the county since 1867 and is survived by a large family.
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Marshalltown
George _ Kaiser
Clemons
Ames Donor Named Behind $10,000 Campus Lake
Laverne W. Noyes a member of Iowa State College’s first graduating class is revealed as the donor of a $10,000 lake on campus. The lake, over three acres, sits near the south side and will be fed by College Creek, with landscaping by O C Simonds. The project aims to enhance campus beauty with native trees and shrubs and may support winter ice sports.
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State’ College
Ames
Laverne W. Noyes
Iowa State College
Noyes
America
O. C. Simonds
Chicago
College Creek
Seed Corn Shortage Strains Iowa Farmers
It takes 2,000,000 bushels of seed to plant Iowa cornfields each year, equal to half the state’s top counties production and to the amount produced by other counties. A seed corn shortage would limit planting across Iowa crops this year.
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Ames
Iowa
Acid in Iowa soils prompts lime use
Iowa soil tests from the Iowa Experiment Station show 220 of 272 samples or more than 80 percent have an acid reaction. The tests covered almost every county and section of the state, indicating widespread lime requirement.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa Experiment Station
Major Fort Dodge Building Boom Planned
Fort Dodge undertakes a building surge with three quarters of a million dollars needed for ongoing and contracted projects. The expansion includes an annex doubling the Wahkonsa hotel, a new 150 room fireproof hotel, two schoolhouses, one church and a county building, plus several stores and offices. Residential projects are not counted.
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Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
Wahkonsa
Stolen Horses Found Near Perry After Barn Fire
Two horses missing from Thomas Scott’s barn two miles northeast of Perry were found five miles north of Perry. No thief identified. The same night the barn burned, eleven horses other stock and farm equipment were destroyed in the blaze.
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Perry
Thomas Scott
Hampton Contractor Killed at Depot
Jesse Miller of Coulter, a contractor, died from injuries after being struck by a freight at the Chicago Great Western depot. He stood on the edge of the platform with his back to the tracks when the engine pulled in, throwing him under the wheels. He leaves a family.
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Hampton
Jesse Miller
Coulter
Chicago Great Western
Auto Race Ends in Death Near Davenport
An automobile race between two wealthy farmers ended tragically when a car struck a telephone pole near Davenport, killing 6 year old Bessie Schutter, daughter of Roy Schutter of Pleasant Valley, and possibly injuring her father.
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Davenport
Bessie Schutter
Roy Schutter
Pleasant Valley
Masonic Grand Lodge Set for Davenport Gathering
The seventy third annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa A F and AM will be held in Davenport from June 9 to 15. The first three days, June 9 10 and 12, are devoted to the school of instruction. The grand lodge session runs June 13 14 and 15.
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Masonic Grand Lodge
Davenport
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Grand Lodge
Bootleggers Fined in Clinton District Court
County Attorney George Claussen led clean up steps as two bootleggers were fined $100 each after arraignment before Judge Letts in the District Court in Clinton.
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Clinton
George Claussen
Motors Replace Horses In City Fire Departments
Des Moines reports to the state insurance department indicate horses are being phased out of fire departments as motor trucks replace horse drawn apparatus. The shift quickens response though it dulls the public thrill. data show 5,869 horses across 690 cities a year ago and 7,059 horses across 315 cities two years earlier.
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Des Moines
State Insurance Department
Mystery Man to Be Released from Cherokee State Hospital
Estherville figure W Leopard, charged with stealing 3700 in diamonds while an ex press agent at Gridley, has recovered from a mesmeristic state since last August and will leave Cherokee State Hospital. He will be arrested and tried in Estherville on a confidence game charge.
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Mystery
Estherville
W. Leopard
Gridley
State Insane Hospital
Cherokee
Leopard
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