Italy Prepares Show of Force Over Turkish Post Offices
Rome reports Admiral Grenet will lead eleven battleships and eight destroyers carrying about 7,000 men and 500 guns to Asia Minor to back Italy's demand for post offices in Turkish territory. The move follows Turkey's refusal to permit Italian offices while other nations operate there.
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Rome
F. Grenet
Regina
Elena
Duke of the Abruzzi
Asia Minor
Turkey
Tripoli
Italy
Balkan
Albania
Macedonia
French Grievance Over Turkish Control Of Eregli Mines
A diplomatic clash grows as Turkey seeks to regain control of the Eregli coal mine, with a French company involved in a $15 million stake. France backs the concessionaires and demands proof of funds, while cutting Turkish loans and signaling daily indemnities and damages. Italy’s stance toward Turkey adds to the tension, including a threatened Italian naval display in Turkish waters.
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Constantinople
Eregli
Asia Minor
France
Porte
Italy
Turkey
Father of Baseball Henry Chadwick critically ill
Henry Chadwick famed as the Father of Baseball is gravely ill at his Brooklyn home on Halsey Street after a heart disease attack followed by pneumonia. The 83 year old writer and pioneer of baseball rules faces a serious illness as family and doctors remain hopeful but concerned. His wife and daughters Mrs. Thomas F Tidridge and Mrs. William C Edwards are at his bedside.
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Henry Chadwick
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Chadwick
Sporting Gee
The
Nations Baseball League
Enthusiasm at Newark New York game ends in collapse
Thomas J. Eyman of East Orange, secretary of the American Button Company, collapsed from a stroke while a sensational play unfolded at Wiedenmayer's Park Newark. He was taken to St James Hospital in unconscious condition after a spectator’s cheer erupted during Shannon’s leaping catch.
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Wiedenmayer’s Park
Newark
N. J
Thomas J. Eyman
Watson Avenue
East Orange
American Button Company of
St. James Hospital
Eyman
Shannon
New York
Sharp
Five Bronx Boys Form Bandits Group And Thief By Dice
Five youths known as The Bronx Bandits were arrested after a pocketbook theft. They rolled dice at the Alexander Avenue Station to choose who would confess, with Martin Strobel among the suspects and others named by police. The group reportedly planned and executed street thefts, targeting Mrs. Freda Young and others before being apprehended.
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Alexander Avenue
Post
Martin Strobel
East 142d Street
Bronx
18Th Street
Thira Avenue
Edward Kane
Fast
John “Ericson
East 138Th Street
Stroh i
Harry Mellvray
East 136Th Street
Adolph Schwartz
East 187Th Street
Brown Place
Kane
Ericson
Freda Young
Negritos Resemble Central African Pygmies Says Professor
Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago reports that the negritos of Central Luzon share key physical traits with Central African pygmies after three weeks with Pampanga tribes. He notes no linguistic similarities. Also, five hundred teachers prepare for a major educational conference in Baguio with Starr and colleagues among the principal speakers.
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Manila
Frederick Starr
Chicago
Univerity
Luzon
Central
Africa
Pampanga Province
Baguio
Starr
McClintock
Burke
Roberts
America
Steamship Florida Arrives at Naples on April 5
Latest shipping news reports the steamship Florida arriving at Naples on April 5. The vessel event is logged with the city and date, signaling a port entry and maritime movement.
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Florida
Naples
Dorflinger Fine Glassware Ad Promotes Variety
An advertisement touts Dorflinger fine glassware in a great variety for use and ornament. It presents a concise sales pitch highlighting craftsmanship and decorative appeal.
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Dorflinger
Burglars Rob Bloomingdale Home Through Roofs
Two men in heavy coats robbed the Bloomingdale residence at 42 West Sixty-ninth Street last night, escaping via roof routes. Mrs. Bloomingdale and their daughter Marian were present. jewelry worth hundreds of dollars was taken, with a partial list totaling several hundred dollars. Police searched the house and roof lines but found no suspects.
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Emanuel Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale Brothers
Fifty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
West Sixty-ninth Street
Bloomingdale
Sagan Returns to Paris Amid Marital Rumors
Passengers say Prince Helle de Sagan behaved with devotion to a young English girl during the voyage aboard the St. Paul. He avoids reporters in Evreux and Paris while French papers mock the de Sagan Gould affair and hope the international farce ends soon.
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Paris
Prince Helle de Sagan
St. Paul
Italy
Prince Helle
Evreux
Cri de Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
de Sagan-Gould
United States
Easter gift supports church extension drive
Mrs. Anna E. Prentice of Brooklyn donated 17000 for church extension to the General Synod’s Board of Church Extension. The board also received 20000 in promises from eighty individuals and several Sunday schools and churches for the Special Frontier Donation Fund aimed at building churches in western towns and suburban areas. Over 1100 General Synod Sunday schools joined an Easter service that raised about 25000.
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Anna E. Prentice
Brooklyn
Board of Church Extension
General Synod of the Evangelical Church In
United States
Prentice
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Edward Everett Hoshour
New Special Frontier Donation Fund
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Speeding Arrests Sweep Westchester Towns
Police across Westchester counties tighten speed enforcement ahead of Briarcliff trophy race. Dozens of autoists arrested as constables ambush motorists. notable cases include Emil Leitner from the Bronx, H M Jones of Sound Beach, and John F E Parsons in Mount Vernon. Monetary deposits posted for appearances.
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Westchester County
New Rochelle
Emil Leitner
Bronx
Pannelli
Sergeant Atwell
Silverstein
Corcoran Manor
Mount Vernon
Joseph Critenon
Georgee E. Weller
J. S. Cram
Auto Runs Down Children in Bronx Incident
An auto from a renting company on West Thirty-ninth Street struck a group of children at 168th Street injuring Charles Sims and George McGowan. Raymond Heartt, arrested at Tremont Avenue Station, and several other drivers were questioned as police recorded multiple Bronx arrests for speeding and bail on watches.
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West Thirty-ninth Street
Washington Avenue
168Th Street
Charles Sims
George McGowan
Broook Avenue
Raymond Heartt
West
169Th Street
Third Avenue
Heartt
Tremont Avenue
Bronx
Willam D. Finley
East Sixtieth Street
John Dillon
Highbridge
Clarence Martin
East Thirty-eighth Street
Haggerty
Jerome Avenue
Kingsbridge
Leland Roth
Plaza
Willliamsbridge Road
Pelham Parkway
Dutton
Roth
Crushed to Death by Auto in Trenton Street Incident
Charles Balliguin aged 18 of 246 Grand Street died when an automobile driven by Corwin Nichols a Princeton freshman skidded onto South Broad Street sidewalk and crushed him against a building. Nichols and companions were arrested. Nichols says wet pavement caused the skid and his innocence.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Charles Balliguin
Grand Street
South Broad Street
Corwin Nichols
Wilmington
Ohio
Princeton University
Balliguin
Nichols
Princeton
Winford Adams
Harold Haywood
Auto Victims Hide Identity in Wakefield Crash
A touring car from New York with a wife, husband, daughter, and chauffeur struck a road boulder near Wakefield Massachusetts at high speed. The daughter suffered multiple fractures while the mother and father were severely injured and the chauffeur Wilder is not expected to survive. Neighbors assisted the victims and medical help was summoned, with all but the chauffeur refusing to reveal names.
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New York Times
Wakefield
Mass
Wilder
Firemen Stop Runaway Milk Wagon Near Richmond Turnpike
Fire crew from truck 103 on a practice run near Tompkinsville, Staten Island, spotted a runaway milk wagon. Fireman Augustus Franzied sprang from the vehicle, grasped the horse by the bridle, and halted the runaway after being dragged about fifty feet as children headed to Sunday school in the valley below.
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Richmond Turnpike
Tompkinsville
S. I
Augustus Franzied
Launch Ashore Rescue At Atlantic City Air
Special to York Times reports the launch Harry X of Wildwood with twenty passengers mostly women ashore near Hereford Inlet after noon Easter. Life-saving crew evacuated passengers. launch floated at high tide. Earlier the same crew saved four men from a fishing boat nearby. Capt James Burnett and two friends were rescued by the revenue cutter Hudson after their launch Clio lost fuel between Battery and Staten Island.
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York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Harry X
Wildwood
Hereford Inlet
James Burnett
Hudson
Locust Point
Battery
Staten Island
Clio
Revenue
St. George
City orders aim to give a seat for every rider
Public Service Commission issues sweeping car orders for three lines, effective April 27, to provide a seat for every passenger except during rush hours. The Twenty third Street Crosstown, Lexington Avenue, and Grand Street lines will increase service, with at least ten percent more seats than passengers or a minimum of twenty five cars per direction per fifteen minutes when needed, and plans may expand to other lines.
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Public Service Commission
New York City Railway Company
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
Twenty-third Street Crosstown
Lexington Avenue
Grand Street
Martbie
Maltbie
Twenty-third Street
lMnes
Twentythird Street Crogstown
Twentythird Street
Grand Central Station
Fourth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Erry
Maltbie Bays
New York
Big Hats Hide Church Fire in Easter Service
In St Louis at St John’s Catholic Church Easter service worshippers remained calm as large Merry Widow hats in the front rows blocked view of a blaze on the altar. The fire was extinguished by a priest and two altar boys. Father J Stepan says vanity led wearers to front pews, likely saving many from injury.
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The
New York Times
ST. Louis
St. John’s Catholic Church
Church Ban on Big Hats Sparks Easter Seating Crisis
In Burlington New Jersey churches consider banning Merry Widow hats during services. Ushers struggle to seat crowded Easter worshipers as oversized headpieces limit pew capacity. Clergy warn women front-row wearers face consequences.
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New York Times
Burlington
M. H. Armor
Nurse Dies of Pin Scratch at Riverside Hospital
Maybelle E Scrawski, a nurse at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island, died yesterday morning from blood poisoning after a diphtheria ward injury. An infection began from a scratch on the thumb caused by a safety pin. She formerly resided in York, Pennsylvania, where her father serves as a judge.
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Maybelle E Scrawski
Riverside Hospital
North Brother Island
Miss Scraw
York, Penny
Bishop Potter III Misses Easter Service Due to Illness
Bishop Henry C. Potter could not attend the Easter service at Christ Church in New York City because of illness. Rector Rev. Dr. George Alexander Strong announced the Bishop was unwell, suffering a mild indigestion, and stood in for him at the Christ Church pulpit while Potter attended a morning service at the Church of the Epiphany.
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Henry C. Potter
Christ Protestant Episcopii
Buit
Christ. Church
Strong
Lake Trout Near Town Thrive in Sterling Lake
Sterling Lake near Greenwood Lake and Sterlington is the only NY area water within miles where lake trout thrive. Fishermen Frank Duoning and three others returned with five trout weighing about twenty pounds. The lake was stocked earlier by the Government, while millions of fry were released into neighboring waters. The lake is deep clear and cold.
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New York
Montclair
Greenwood Lake
Steriington
Frank Duoning
Sterling Lake
Hopitcone
Gambling Employes Win In Cumberland Strike Settlement
Cumberland Md April 19 The street railway strike that began yesterday ended tonight as the company agreed to reinstate two discharged workers who gambled in the carbarn office on condition of no repetition and strict enforcement of company rules including no drinking or gambling.
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Cumberland
Copany
Thera
Cars Run At Chester Amid Strike Tension
Chester Pennsylvania April 19 crowds disrupted traction service with eggs and stones aimed at operators. Police arrested several demonstrators as cars ran intermittently under guard. Officials later said normal service would resume on Tuesday.
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Chester
Penn
Traction Company
Stata
Second Street
Jack
Chester Traction Company
Death on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City
Mrs Grace McJilton Shreve a 54 year old from New York City died suddenly last night in a rolling chair on the Atlantic City Boardwalk as she returned from a theatre after Easter Day festivities. Her son in law Thomas Fisher was with her when death occurred and the body was sent home today by special car.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
Grace McJilton Shreve
New York City
Eoen
Thomas Fisher
Debate Death Strikes Brother-in-Law of Senator Bailey
Dr G W Rucker of Temple Texas died suddenly at his home after the lively Temple debate between D W Odell defending Bailey and Gal We Crawford attacking him. Rucker sat on the speakers stand among Bailey supporters.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
G. W. Rucker
United States
Bailey
Temple
D.W. Odell
Clebourns
Biley
Gal
Crawford
Dr. Rucker
Stranger leaps to death after lodger incident
Ralph Thomas observed his lodger fall from a fourth floor window at 1M West Sixty-first Street after a stranger rented the room. The man died at Roosevelt Hospital from a fractured skull. Police found unsigned letters and a crushed violet in Italian notes suggesting despair and a botched attempt, the suspect described as around thirty years old.
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Ralph Thomas
Appa
Gompers Denounces Court Ruling as Labor Crisis Rise
Samuel Gompers warns 8,000 workers at Grand Central Palace that Supreme Court rulings threaten unions. He vs. defines labor and capital, cites Sherman anti trust Act misuse, and urges action through new legislation to shield wage workers and union rights nationwide.
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Samuel Goampers
Amertemm Federation of Labor
Raul
Grand Central Palace
United States
Gompers
Supreme Court
Suprema Court
Ias
Congress
Trosta
Mr. Gompers
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Street Car Company
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Eee
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