European War Notes and World Events Snapshot
European War updates and world briefings across the globe. Italy aligns with Entente on Adriatic access while naval actions include Renard in the Dardanelles and Newlyn rescuing Wayfarer survivors. Bulgaria presses Serbia. German air power builds for June raid. Kronprinz Wilhelm seeks harbor refuge at Newport News. Canada to supply a new expeditionary force. relief boat Harpalyce sunk. political shifts in the US and Europe noted.
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Juondon Daily Mail
Rome
Italy
Serbia
Adriatic
Lord Kitchener
England
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Richard Borden
Kitchener
Europe
Washington Suits McAdoo and Williams Over Defamation Claims
The District of Columbia Supreme Court suit accuses Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller Williams of abusing official power in thirty seven alleged acts. It seeks an injunction preventing McAdoo from usurping the treasurer's powers. The Des Moines cruiser was ordered to Santo Domino to protect Americans as tensions rise and a possible second warship is requested. Officials consider sending an army transport to Tampico to bring home about three hundred unemployed Americans. Secretary Lane announces the Seward Fairbanks rail route and government purchase of Alaska Northern Railway for 1,150,000. The cabinet backs the Alaska route. Germany criticizes Allied shipments of arms while noting the US rights to ship arms and foodstuffs to belligerents.
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Riggs National Bank of Washington
Des Moines
Lane
Washington
Seward-Fairbanks
Government
Alaska Northern Railway Company
Seward
Zeppelin Raid Strikes Tyneside District In Night Attack
A Zeppelin bombed Blyth Wallsend Seaton Burn and nearby towns near Newcastle on Wednesday night. Five bombs hit Wallsend while others fell in fields and a house. one man injured by shell splinter. The raid lasted about 25 minutes as the airship crossed the Tyne toward South Shields.
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Newcastle
England
Tyneside
North Sea
Blyth
Tyne
Wallsend
South Shields
Cramlington
Choppingtown
Weston
Beaton
Elswick
United Kingdom
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Britain
Armstrong
Hiswick
Krupps
Carranza Army Executions Reported After Huisachito Battle
Carranza officers in Nuevo Laredo claim 350 Villa troops surrendered after a clash near Huisachito and were executed along with ten to eighteen Mexican women. The report cites wartime violence between Villa and Carranza factions.
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Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Villa
Huisachito
Taft and Roosevelt pallbearers at Yale professor funeral
Former President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt met in New Haven Connecticut for the first time in four years and served as pallbearers at the funeral of Yale professor Thomas Lounsbury.
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Republican Nationaens
Willam H. Taff
Theodore’ ‘Roosevelt
New Haven, Conn
Thomas P. Lounsbury
Yale University
Taft
Roosevelt
New Haven
Conn
Thomas Lounsbury
Yale
Fifteen Die In City Street Car Train Crash
Fifteen persons are reported dead and thirty-nine injured in a collision between a Detroit United Railways street car and a freight train at West Jefferson avenue near the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad. The westbound car, filled with workers, was struck broadside and hurled from the tracks as wreckage blocked the crossing.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railways
West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Russians Win Narrow Carpathian Breakthrough Near Przemysl
Lemberg April 16 Russian forces attacked the Austrian right flank at Mezo Laboreg in the Hast Beskid region. After a twelve hour battle the Austrians retreated leaving the main crest in Russian hands.
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Lemberg
Mezo Laboreg
Hast Beskid
Carpathians
Przemysl
Funston to Take Charge at Brownsville Border
Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston commanding American forces on the Mexican border travels from San Antonio to Brownsville Texas to assume personal charge as the border situation grows threatening.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
San Antonio
Brownsville
Tex
Northern Pacific offers low round trip fares to California expositions
Low round trip fares are now in effect via the Scenic Highway of the Northern Pacific to California Expositions and the North Pacific Coast. Tickets allow liberal stop overs and include Yellowstone National Park via Gardiner Gateway. A. M. Cleland invites plans for 1915 western trips with rates and literature.
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Northern Pacific
California
North Pacific Coast
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
A. M. Cleland
Northern Pacific By
St. Paul
Minnesota
Cuticura Soap Baths Ad Promises Comfort for Infants
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Baths as giving great comfort to infants and children, aiding sleep and speedy healing of eczema rashes itchings chafings and other skin troubles. It claims to be the best for nursery and toilet and offers free samples by mail with a Book at Cuticura Dept XY Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Intervention Question Turns on Mexican Rivalry
In dialogue from a 19th century scene, a judge notes that a conflict with a Mexican man was halted by intervention of a father figure. The exchange hints at family authority affecting a near siege over a central youth.
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Mexico
Arlington Merchant Feels Better After Mayr Remedy
Friedrich Redeker of Arlington Illinois faced stomach and heart-related troubles after an operation. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with restoring his appetite and strength and reports relief from gas bloating and abdominal distress. The advertisement promises permanent help for stomach liver and intestinal ailments with a money back guarantee.
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Friedrich Redeker
Arlington
Ill
Mayr
Chicago
Adv
Russians Prepare Sweeping Advance Noted in Preliminary
The Preliminary quotes a military observer stating that the Russians are poised to sweep all before them, while another remark suggests they have already stirred up substantial dust signaling progress.
Allen’s Foot Ease and Marine Eye Remedy Ad Copy
A vintage scent of ads promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for aching feet and a foot bath remedy. claims instant foot relief and comfort for visitors at expositions. Also advertises Marine Eye Remedy for red watery eyes and granulated lids with a free book from the Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago.
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Allen
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Woman Recovers Health with Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Richmond Pennsylvania woman describes severe nervous exhaustion and bodily distress improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits better sleep stronger nerves and renewed energy after two bottles and urges other women to try the remedy from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Cuanrk
N. Tulip St
Lydia E.pinkham
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Reuter
Tenedos
Renard
Dardanelles
Newlyn
Falmouth
Wayfarer
Scilly Islands
Zaneka
Malachi
Paris
Germany
New York Harbor
Newport News
Harpalyce
New York State
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Elihu Root
Whitman
Schoeneck
William Barnes, Jr
Senate
Brown
Albany
Supreme Spur
Madison
Wis
David F. Houston
United States Department of Agriculture
Thomas Jefferson
Karl Bitter
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Charles R. Crane
Donn M. Roberts
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Anderson
Leavenworth
First National Bank
Milwaukee
Christopher Paulos
State Assembly
Paulos
Jefferson Club
Philadelphia
Wilson
Chequamagon Bay
United States Mail
Bayfield
Lapointe
Peter D. Martin
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Cal
Lily Oelrichs Martin
Charles O. Martin
August H. Frederich
St. Louis
Berrien County
Benton Harbor
Mich
King” Benjamin
House of David
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Eastbank
W. Va
United States
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Tampico
State Department
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton Burn
Funnston
California’s Expositions
Pacific Coast
Your
Arlington Merchant
Lydia E
Sloan
Co. Curtis
N. 16Th St
Springfield
Charles Hyde
Prairie Ave
St. Loui
Sloans
Earl S. Sloan, Inc
Dept. B
SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
U. 8
Carter
Arters
W. D. Scott
Kentucky
Rosenblatt & Co
Haweaville
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, la D.C
D. Bartley
Athelstase
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