Fleet Steaming North Along the Pacific Shore
The American battleship fleet departed San Diego for Los Angeles early today with plan to split into four divisions for visits to Long Beach Santa Monica and Re dona before continuing to San Pedro. Admiral Evans stands by Sunday order restricting parades and the fleet shows gradual improvement in health.
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Long Beach
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Redona
San Pedro
Julia Grant
U. S. Grant, Jr
Jessie Burbeck
Alexander Sharp, Jr
Connecticut
Lew M. Atkins
Blue Jackets
Marines
Evans
Pat
Paso Robles
Church Federation
Sunday Rest League of
California
Thomas
Police search for three Iowa City safe burglars
Police hunt for definite clues into the identity of three burglars who blew the safe at the People's Laundry and caused a fire before dawn Friday. Ten suspects are held for ten days in the county jail as the probe continues.
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Iowa City
Ball
County seeks new trial over large attorney fees
Johnson County objects to paying a big fee to attorneys in the Popham and Havner case. In Iowa City the district court awarded high fees to lawyers who served Baron von Kutzleben, the train wrecker, in the supreme court, a decision the county attorney says contradicts law and evidence.
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Iowa City
Iowa County
Popham and Havner
District Court
von Kutzleben
Supreme Court
Former Postmaster General Dickin son to Flint Sanitarium
Former Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson, who served under Cleveland, was taken to a sanitarium in Flint Michigan with his family to recover from a nervous breakdown on April 18.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Don M. Dickinson
Cleveland
Flint, Mich
Persian Bandits Defeated After Mountain Attacks
In Tiflis on April 18, Persian brigands withdrew to mountain fastnesses and renewed attacks on Belostivar. Russian forces bombarded brigand shelters, seven Russian soldiers died, and a Russian report blamed Persian authorities for anarchy in the Karabagh border region where robbers armed with modern weapons siege villages and cut telegraph lines to hinder mobilization.
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Tiflis
Belostivar
Karabagh
Persia
Tabriz
Troops Sended to Quell Night Riders in Kentucky
Owensboro Kentucky April 18 A company of the Kentucky National Guard leaves tonight for Paducah to serve in Trigg and Calloway counties where the Night Riders are being rounded up.
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Owensboro
Kentucky National Guard
Paducah
Trigg
Calloway
Mailed Fist for Castro
In Washington on April 18 the senate received confirmation that the President may deploy naval and military force to Venezuela. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the President’s close ally, presented a resolution authorizing a special commissioner to Venezuela to secure a hearing. The foreign relations committee is expected to take up the Venezuelan question next Wednesday.
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Washington, D. C
Venezuela
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Odell Brokerage Company Receiver Appointed in Ohio
In Cincinnati on April 18 the Odell Brokerage company petitioned for a receiver in state court. Attorneys said the firm planned to close out operations immediately after the action. The move followed rumors of trouble though officials stated the business remained in good shape.
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Cincinnati
Odell Brokerage Company
Thomas J. Cogan
I. C. Road
Belleville
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
United States Trust Co
New York
Northern Texas Battered by Wind and Floods
Fort Worth reports a severe storm sweeping north Texas with suspended telegraph lines and rail service. Cleburne endured a tornado like wind storm and major flooding as two bayous overflowed, wrecking a circus and allowing two lions to escape and roam the town, causing panic.
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Texas
North Texas
Cleburne
Here
Unrest Sends Albany For Three Months Cruise South
The Bulletin reports secret orders to Commander Mayor of the cruiser Albany to sail for three months with supplies and ammunition. The voyage likely targets La Union, Salvador, and Mare Island for provisioning as naval circles expect envoys to seek permanent peace among southern republics.
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San Francisco
Albany
la Union
Salvador
Mare Island
Paris gossip claims Anna Gould wed Prince De Sagan abroad
Paris reports the fashionable set’s marriage may have occurred at a frontier town after a Hoboken ceremony on April 18. Justice of the Peace Edward Markley in Hoboken was seen buying wine as the couple left for Europe, with rumors of a fat fee for the wedding.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Prince de Sagan
Hoboken
N. J
Edward Markley
New York
Europe
Barkeep
Mme. Gould
Prince
Fire Murderer’s Executioner May Have Caused Jail Blaze
In Seneca Kansas on April 18 James Lally charged with murder was burned to death as a jail fire destroyed the facility. Officials believe he set a bed ablaze during a personal crisis. In Poultney Vermont about 150 youths fled a five story Troy Conference academy dormitory fire causing minor injuries and $80,000 loss. In Worthington Indiana two young daughters of William M Watts aged 3 and 4 were cremated in a barn fire started by the children while playing.
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Seneca
Kan
James Lally
Poultney
Troy Conference Academy
Methodist Episcopal Church
Worthington, Ind
William M. Watts
Jordon Convicted of Immoral Conduct and Expelled
William F. Jordon of Storm Lake Iowa was convicted of immoral conduct and expelled from the Methodist Episcopal church by a verdict of appeal in Marshalltown on April 18. The initial February hearing led to conviction and the appeal upheld it. Daniel B. Ferguson of Ida Grove filed the charges.
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Methodist Church
Marshalltown
William F. Jordon
Storm Lake
Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Daniel B. Ferguson
Ida Grove
Bryan Heads to Glen Falls for Evening Speech
In Rochester Wm. J. Bryan departed this morning for Glen Falls where he is scheduled to speak tonight.
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Bryan
Glen Falls
Rochester
N. Y
Wm. J. Bryan
Nomination to Senate Murrray for Comptroller of Currency
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Lawrence O Murray to be the comptroller of the currency replacing the resigned Ridgely.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Lawrence O. Murray
Ridgely
Cars Run Empty as Strikers Jeer in Chester
In Chester on April 18 the Chester Traction company resumed streetcars, each guarded by eight hundred state police. Cars carried no passengers while crowds jeered and hooted along the line.
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Chester
Chester Traction Company
Mrs Vanderbilt rumored to seek divorce in New York
New York April 18 reports Referee McClure will file a recommendation in the Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt divorce case. Meanwhile Mrs Frank Jay Gould has filed for separation from her husband citing cruelty and neglect amid jealousy and public attention.
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New York
N. Y
McClure
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Hotel Plaza
Weaver for Legislature in Jasper County
Des Moines reports General James B. Weaver of Colfax will run for the Jasper county legislature this year asserting a political bid in Iowa.
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Des Moines
James B. Weaver
Colfax
Jasper County
Minnesota Governor Johnson Attacks Centralization at Messiah Festival
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota and C G Schultz spoke at Bethany college during the Messiah festival in Lindsborg Kansas. Johnson said he would speak offhand and warned that centralized control destroys opportunity, urging a return to wider economic start up chances.
Italian Squadron to Demonstrate in Turkish Waters
Rome reports April 18 that Italian naval forces will make a demonstration in Turkish waters after Turkey objected to Italian post offices in Turkish territory. The move follows Italy's opening of such offices like other nations.
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Rome
Turkey
Greek Boarding House Shooting Leaves Man Fatally Wounded
In Davenport Iowa two Greek men Grigoris Morngas and Nick Morngas opened fire after a quarrel over stolen money from George Thiotis. Thiotis is in a hospital with fatal abdominal wounds while Nick Morngas is a fugitive amid a statewide search.
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Davenport
Nick Moragas
Grigoris Morngas
George Thiotis
Thiotis
Nick Morngas
Morngas
Morngas Brothers
Roosevelt pledges fair show for oldest American in Indian land issue
President Roosevelt, addressing Tulsa Commercial Club members at the White House, backs removal of restrictions on sale of Indian lands in the new state. He vows to help the club secure rights and to ensure the Indian also gets his due.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tulsa, Okla
White House
Weather Outlook For Iowa And Illinois
The Iowa forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Sunday with slightly cooler conditions in the eastern areas. Illinois also expects fair conditions tonight and Sunday with a touch cooler night temperatures. Sunrise is 5 06 and sunset 6 34 with moonrise at 8 53.
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