World War Fronts See Rapid Movements Across Europe
Reports from Vienna and Berlin describe a large scale Russian front offensive in the Caucasus and counterattacks on East Galicia and the Balkans. Canadian troops are said to have fought heavily on the western front with 535 casualties. A relief expedition to Kut el Amara reportedly broke through 15 miles from the besieged city. Other dispatches claim submarine activity, Italian trench clashes near Tolmino, and Austro-Hungarian losses. The Montenegrin government evacuates Cetinje as Austrian forces advance toward the capital. the Austro-Hungarian fleet concentrates at Cattaro, signaling regional danger to Italy.
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Caucasus
Turkish War Office
Constantinople
Vienna
Kut-el- Amara
Mesopotamia
London
Cetinje
Gulf of
Cattaro
Italy
Adriatic
Turmoil and Disaster Span Nation in Early 20th Century Crises
A riot in Du Pont near Pittston left a trooper dead and many injured as 39 troopers battled 500 protesters in front of Sacred Heart church. Fires burned vast stock and equipment in Minneapolis and St Paul losses to Kuhles & Stock. Fire destroyed Washington College building in Chester Town. Explosion on submarine E-2 at New York navy yard killed four. Mexican bandits killed 18 Americans near Santa Ysabel. Italian steamer Giuseppi Verdi cleared to Genoa with guns. Political indictments issued against McGraw and Durbin and a not guilty verdict for Menace Publishing case. Multiple federal actions implicate ships, smuggling, and bank investigations.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus
du Pont
Pittston
Ann
New York Navy Yard
Igus
Mexican Revolt Shocks Santa Ysabel Villistas Executed
Telegraphic reports reach Nuevo Laredo describe a mas sacre against American mining men near Santa Ysabel Chihuahua. General Carranza orders any citizen to shoot bandits. Dispatches claim Generals Rodriguez and Almeida were executed at Madera after arrest. Martial law declared in El Paso. US soldiers raid places tied to Villa followers after the captures.
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Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua
Venustiano Carranza
Queretaro
Nuevo Laredo
Jose Rodriguez
Almeida
Madera
Jacinto Trevino
el Paso
United States
Rodriguez
Carranza
Sporting Les' Darcy Defeats Brown In Sydney Title Bout
Australian middleweight champion Sporting Les Darcy won a 20 round decision over George Brown of Chicago in Sydney New South Wales. Darcy secured another victory extending his undefeated record in a hard fought contest at the Sydney arena.
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Les’ Darcy
George
Montenegro Surrenders to Austria in Historic Peace Move
Montenegro unconditionally surrenders to Austria and will lay down arms becoming the first belligerent to seek peace in 18 months of war. Terms will be discussed immediately, with possible cessions of Mount Lovcen and Scutari noted. The announcement came from Austro Hungarian general headquarters and Count Tisza, triggering street celebrations and parliamentary turmoil in Berlin.
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Count Tisza
Berlin
Montenegro
Austria
Mount Lovcen
Scutari
Little Mountain Kingdom
Vienna
Serbia
Cetinje
British Defeat Turks Near Kut el Amara
In the Mesopotamian theater Turkish forces have fallen back to within six miles of Kut el Amara after a British victory. J Austen Chamberlain announced in the house of commons that the Turkish positions at Waddi were carried Saturday by British forces. Turkish withdrawals followed a delayed Russian advance in the Caucasus.
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London
House of Commons
Mesopotamia
Kut-el-Amara
J. Austen Chamberlain
India
Waddi
Caucasus
Constantinople
Bergen Fire Racks City Leaving 20000 Homeless
A large Bergen fire left about twenty thousand people homeless and caused at least 40 900 000 in property damage in the business district. Manitoba seized 10605 from Mannheim Insurance as a prewar guarantee deposit.
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Bergen
Norway
Manitoba
Mannheim Insurance Company
Mannheim
Germany
Washington Senator Seeks U S Intervention in Mexico
A Republican senator from California introduced a senate resolution urging the president to intervene in Mexico to establish and maintain a government until it is safe to withdraw. It moved to the foreign relations committee. President's cabinet affirmed current policy lacking armed intervention and would rely on Carranza to punish Villa bandits.
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Works
California
Senate
Washington
Mersico
Foreign Relations Committee
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Allies Land Near Athens In Balkan Crisis
Berlin dispatches report allied troops landing at Phaleron near Athens and at Piraeus, signaling forceful Greek pressure. Italy abandons Balkan campaign plans and readies evacuation of Albania as tensions rise.
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Berlin
Greece
Pholeron
Athens
Piraeus
Phaleron
Italy
Albania
Wirt Oklahoma Fire Leaves Town Homeless and Looting
Citizens of Wirt appeal to Governor Williams asking for state militia after a Monday fire destroyed business and home sections, leaving 1000 people homeless. Four men were shot during looting of the ruins.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wirt
R. L. Williams
Child Labor Bill Advances In Congress
Washington report says the house labor committee favored a bill prohibiting interstate shipment of mining products made where children under sixteen work. The measure, led by Representative Keating of Colorado, aims to curb child labor in mining industries.
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Washington
House Committee On Labor
Keating
Colorado
Illinois News Roundup of Fires Cast Deaths and Trials
Johnston City driver aged seventeen killed at L. Lake Creek mine after six weeks in Kentucky. Danville labor case involves Slipper Joe Jakonis facing charges linked to Westville funds. Kinmundy fire devastates opera block. LeRoy garage explosion damages 30 cars with $40 000 loss. Sterling leader Colonel Moses Dillon dies at seventy. Flood fears rise on Illinois Fox rivers threatening armory and high school. Oconee elevator burns with grain loss $12 000. Clinton Avery and Daniel Walsh testify in Dunning hospital inquest into patient death. John Pritchard convicted of murder in Big Muddy case. Chicago sees inquest into hospital beatings of patient Leonard Noll. Democratic state convention slated for Springfield April 17 with Dunne administration endorsed.
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Kinmundy
Danville
Charles Reed Parker
First Congregational Church
Altona
Parker
Andrew Steinhardt
Gary
Ind
State Insane Hospital
Kankakee
Joe” Jakonis
Westville
Montreal
Canada
Bloomington
Charles D. Jones
LeRoy
Here
Sterling
Moses Dillon
State Board of Equalization
Illinois
Seventy-fifth
Ilinois Infantry
Ottawa
Fox Rivers
State Armory
Clinton
State Board of Health
Pana
Keyhole & Co
Oconee
Benton
Franklin County
Williamson County
Williamson
Chicago
Clinton Avery
Daniel Walsh
Chicago State Hospital
Dunning
Leonard Noll
Walsh
Avery
George Leininger
Irving Park
John F. O’connell
Murphysboro
John & Pritchard
Big Muddy River
Bracey Force
John Atkinson
Force
White
Springfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Wilson
Dunne
Harmony
Carter Harrison
Henry T. Rainey
Carrollton
Jacob Creighton
Fairfield
Reed Green
Cairo
Harry M. Pindell
Peoria
Roger C. Sullivan
Lews
Robert M. Sweitzer
Jad Salts Promoted as Kidney Relief for Meat Eaters
A period advertisement claims Jad Salts cleans and stimulates sluggish kidneys after heavy meat intake. It describes backache, dull kidney pain, cloudy urine, and other symptoms, recommending four ounces in water each morning for a few days to restore kidney function. The ad touts Jad Salts as a safe inexpensive life saver.
The Best Excuse
A witty remark notes that ignorance of the law excuses no one while a richer person may hire better lawyers. The dialogue contrasts legal knowledge with social advantage in a concise exchange.
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Brown
Smith
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children
Advertisement notes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for feverishness teething disorders and bowel regulation, touted as pleasant for children and worm remedy. Claims 28 years of use and easy to take, with free sample offer. Mentions AM Druggista 2c and Mother Gray Co LeRoy N Y. Fragments include a remark about birthdays and women.
Pains Inside and Back Women Report Cure by Pinkham Remedy
Burlington Wisconsin resident Anna Kelly testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash cured her irregularities and back pains. The advertisement urges other women to try the root and herb remedy and offers confidential free advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Burlington, Wis
Ular
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Kelly
Chestnut Street
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Foucault
Tolmino
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Adriatic Sea
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Armentieres
Lille
Plectric Short
Luce
Minneapolis
Minn
Kuhles & Stock Company, Cigar Manufacturers
St. Paul
Auditorium Theater
Mathew A. Schmidt
Times
San Quentin
William Smith
Washington College
Chestertown
George Washington
Giuseppi Verdi
New York
Genoa
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Charles R. Durbin
Grafton Bank
Grafton
W. V
the Menace Publishing Company
Aurora
Joplin
Austria Hungary
Cologne Aviation
Amsterdam (Holland
Telegraaf
Zuider Zee
Katwoude
Zuidpolder
Edam
Folderezeevang
Baron Chelmsford
Queensland
New South Wales
Baron Hardinge
Wirt, Okla
House Labor Committee
State News
Johnston City
John Stodghill
L. Lake Creek
Kentucky
Moline
Chris Dvnkas
Warners
Warner
Reque Warner’s Safe Remedies CO
Rochester
N.Y
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Snable
W.N. U
Chicago, NO
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