British Losses and Revelations in War Across Africa and Europe
Reports describe German princes among captured prisoners after a fierce action near Peace Chelette in the Sudan theatre. A British officer wounded. Prince Leopold of Hohenlohe noted among casualties. Meanwhile strategic moves unfold in Europe with Italian and Austrian tensions, and news from Smyrna and the Dardanelles frame a shifting war balance.
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Peace
Chepette
Hanes
Leopold of
Hohensotsat
Frederick Leopold I
Wohensolern
Emperor William
Consul Held for Bribery Puts Up Bail
Wilhelm Mueller and his assistant posted 1000 bail each in Seattle for trial on charges of conspiring to obtain Seattle Construction and Dry Dock company secrets. The German embassy protested a warrant on Mueller and aide, claiming consular treaty violation. Mueller allegedly tried to influence John Murdock to sell industry secrets. Murdock reportedly sought 1500 then settled for 1000. Officials note searches at the consulate and a lack of personal molestation. Murdock, 22, worked as tank shipping clerk. nine original bills of lading found under his bed. The plant denies submarine work for Britain. Elsewhere, Illinois House advances Burns bill on primary nominating methods. Iowa House passes Johnson road law repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department
Mueller
Seattle
Wash
Germany
United States
John Murdock
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Great —Brittir
British Columbia
State Department
Murdock
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company
Murdock’s Bed By A Special Agent of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
J. W. Paterson
The
Dry Dock Company
Chicago cafes face dance ban challenge in court
In March chaos over hotel and cafe dancing erupts as Municipal Judge Courtney rules the city dancing ban invalid. Two downtown hotels test the ordinance, aiming to curb public dancing, with an appeal likely to higher courts.
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Heenem
Courtney
War Council Deliberations As German Leader Visits Front Near Lille
Reports say Emperor William and Geeta Von Palkenhayn arrived at German army HQ near Lille to join a war council with Saxony and Wertemburg rulers and crown prince talks. Allied and Russian actions on eastern and western fronts continue with limited fighting and village burnings blamed on Russians. Belgium and Champagne fighting centers see artillery exchanges and Belgian gains along the Yeer.
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Italy
Avetria
Prince von Hivelow
Germany
Francis
Joseph
Smyrna
Dardanelles
Neuve Chapele
Enai
Leadon
Copenhagen
William
Geeta von Palkenhayn
Lille
Saxony
Wertemburg
Berlin
Poland
Belgium
Champagne
Arconne
Yeer
Western railroads seek live stock rate hikes to ten cents
At a commerce commission hearing in Chicago on March 18 a Burlington Railroad official testified that freight rates for transporting live stock could rise by as much as 10 cents per hundred pounds. Fort Worth's H Cowan challenged the proposal, arguing it would add 62 million dollars annually to cattlemen while the industry bears the burden of higher costs.
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Western Railroads
Burlington Railroad
Commerce Commission
Burlington
H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Texas
Quiet for Mexico City and rail link progress
Washington reports Mexico City quiet with progress restoring railroad communication to El Paso Texas. In Somerville County Circuit Court Miss Alice Stuttman of Freeport won a 1.25 judgment against Heye Wessels a wealthy Cherry Valley farmer who struck her with his auto causing permanent injuries.
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Washington, D.C
Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
Sterling
Stephensom County
Alice Stuttman
Freeport
Heye Wessels
Wessels
Cherry Valley
Local Pastors Speak at Mission Meeting in Cambridge
The Rock Inland Mission district of Augustana Lutheran held sessions Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cambridge Lutheran church. Rev N J Forsberg spoke in Swedish, Rev E W Magnuson delivered an English address, a 9 am business session followed, and a 2 pm Bible discussion led by Rev A F Bergstrom included all attending pastors. Evening services featured Rev C J Sodergren and Rev Mr Edman with Prof J M Anderson, Sodergren, and Anderson discussing an upcoming oratorio set for May 22 to boost district interest.
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Rock Inland Mission
Augustana Lutheran Synod
Lutheran Church
Cambridge
N. J. Forsberg
Zion Lutheran Church
E. W. Magnuson
Geneseo
A. F. Bergstrom
Moline
C. J. Sodergren
Augustana Theological Seminary
Mr. Edman
Ophiem
Englsh
J. M. Anderson
Augustana
Sodergren
Anderson
J. V
Court Dismisses United Shoe Monopoly Suit in Boston
Boston on March 18. The federal government suit to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery Corporation for being an illegal monopoly to restrain trade was dismissed by the federal district court today.
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Boston
Mass
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Federal District Court
Germans Use Fire and Water to Drown Russians at Masurian Front
London report from March 18 notes German engineers flooded waterways and ignited oil-soaked trees in east Prussia. Russian forces advancing into the Masurian lake district were trapped by canal locks opened by German forces, many troops perished as fires and floods engulfed the advancing regiments.
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London
Mazurian Lake District
Gothenburg
Westminster Gazette
East Prussia
Masurian
Dunne Urges Irish Americans to Back President on Neutrality
Cincinnati March 18 Governor Edward F Dunne of Illinois urged hyphenated Americans to place loyalty to the United States above sympathies for European nations at war He spoke at an Irish Fellowship club St Patrick celebration urging Americans of foreign birth to support the administration to keep the country out of entanglements as belligerents trample neutral rights.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Vernor Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
Irish Fellowship Club
Dunne
America
Washington
Europe
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with probable snow flurries. Colder with a low around 25 degrees, fresh northerly winds. Temperatures: 7 am 33, yesterday high 44, low 33. No precipitation. humidity 53 at 7 pm. Astronomical notes list Mars Saturn evening and Jupiter Mercury Venus morning. Sirius rises toward the west at 7 pm. The article also includes a political editorial urging neutrality and American focus on peace.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Sirius
Canis Major
Anti Commission Men Ready With Petition
The anticommission advocates of Moline announce petitions to place the issue on the spring election ballot will be filed Saturday. They report 2,200 signatures opposed to the commission form of government, far exceeding the 1,250 needed. No mass meeting this week. committee session scheduled for this evening with plans for a mass gathering before the election.
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Anticommission Form Workers of Moline
Wife's Confession Aims at Acquittal in Nebraska Killing
West Point Neb March 15 8 Joseph E Vance a retired businessman was acquitted of killing A J Krause a former friend His defense rested on the unwritten law His wife testified confessing relations with Krause Washington March 18 President Wilson plans to review Atlantic fleet maneuvers in New York in May unless prevented by official duties
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West Point
Neb
Joseph E. Vance
A. J. Krause
Krause
Washington, D. C
Wilson
New York
Bomb at Mayor Herrmanns Home in Gottenburg New Jersey
March 18 report says a bomb wrecked mayor Herrmanns home in Gottenburg. No injuries. the mayor, three brothers, and his mother slept inside as police, recently discharged, investigate while the attacker remains at large. The blast occurred while the police ball was underway and is tied to earlier discharge claims.
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Gottenburg
N. J
Herrmann
Patmont Held on Arson Charge in Newark
Newark March 18 Rev Louis R Patmont indicted for arson arrested here last night He was later released on 1500 bail Patmonts house burned in 1912 and his church Christian Baptist destroyed by fire in 1913 He says he returned from the west to clear himself.
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Newark
N. J
Louis R. Patmont
Patmont
The
Christian Baptist
Patment
Illinois Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Dyson Case
Bloomington reports Jerry Johnson a Black man convicted of manslaughter for shooting Abraham Dyson last August in Bloomington. Johnson contends self defense. In federal notes Washington cites army transport use due to Philippine shipping limits. Creston to get eight-page weekly The Creston Independent by Lux Brothers with first edition March 26 and 150 subscribers. village board backs launch.
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Bloomington
Ill
Jerry Johnson
Abraham Dyson
Johnson
Dyson
Rochelle, Ill
Creston
Lux Brothers of
Rochelle
Leper Discovered Living in Chicago for 18 Years
Chicago health officials confirm Ignatz Kolakowski aged 61 has harbored leprosy for 18 years in the city. He is a legal resident with a family, and while not deportable, will be isolated as the disease progresses.
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Chicago, I
Health Department
Chicago
Ignatz Kolakowski
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Frederick Leopold of
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Cermane
Ream
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Newed
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Ilachey
Retich
Peres
Alexandre
Demandor
Fasheda
White ‘Nile
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Maeley al
Naseer
Senmmar
North Africa
China
Russia
England
White House
Great Britain
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Tokio
Baron Takaaki
Kato
Japan
Hioki
Naval Construction Company
Wilhelm Mueller
Burns Bill
Springfield
House
Elections Committee
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Seratan
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