Convicted officials linked to county charity graft case
Public Welfare Commissioner Callaghan was found guilty of graft by a jury after a five day trial. Prosecutors said Cal laghan and Gandolfo were not the only men involved and pledged further prosecutions as evidence pointed to forged orders and records in the charity fund scheme. The jury convicted on the second ballot after 47 minutes of deliberation.
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James J. Callaghan
Lester Gandolfo
Hessell
Callaghan
H. Brackett
John F. Dore
Supreme Court
Americans Penetrate German Third Line Near Dogs Wood
In Lorra ine region French forces report American infantry broke into the German third line trenches at Dogs Wood on Friday. About 300 U S infantrymen carried out the attack with exclusively American artillery support after thorough preparation by their battalions. The French note praised the American gunners for mastering French artillery methods.
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Dogs’ Wood
Lorraine
Pro vost marshal bans 150 volunteers from Colorado youth unit
Washington May 4 The pro vost marshal general issued a ban for 150 men of grammar school education from the specialist volunteer class of Colorado. They will be sent to Colorado College at Colorado Springs for a two months course of training.
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Washington
Colorado
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Senator Gal linger Demand Probe War Department Spending
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire urged an inquiry into all war appropriations by the war department. He introduced a resolution empowering the committee on expenditures to investigate and to compel witnesses, with authority to summon them.
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Washington
War Department
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Committee On
Rome reports action against church man
The Osservatore Romano announces that the papal nuncio at Vienna has begun ecclesiastical proceedings against Monsignor Geglio, bishop of Lubiana, on grounds that he is alleged to be favorable toward Italy.
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Rome
The
Osservatore Romano
Vienna
Monsignor Geglio
Lubiana
Italy
Cadet Airman Killed in Flight Crash Near Camp Kearny
In San Diego on May 4 cadet Avi ator Nicholas Healy was killed and cadet Emmett E O Hanley wounded when their Army plane crashed near La Jolla. Cadet Byron Payne was injured when the plane he piloted toppled onto the Camp Kearny airfield.
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San Diego
Nicholas Healy
Emmett E. O'Hanley
la Jola
Byron Payne
Camp Kearney
First Step in Home Rule Campaign in Belfast
May 4 Ulster unionists council meeting, requested by Sir Edward Carson, begins campaign against home rule in Belfast as the initial move in the organized opposition.
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Belfast
Ulster Unionists’ Council
Sir Edward Carson
German Holland affair settled satisfactorily to both parties
A German news agency reports that the entire German Holland affair has been settled in a manner satisfactory to both sides. No further details are provided.
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the Hague
Paris Front Reports Lucky Hit On German Long Range Gun
Paris newspapers quote front reports that a fortunate shot struck one of the German long range guns on Friday, signaling a minor but notable artillery success amid ongoing fighting.
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Paris
Aviator Finishes New York Liberty Loan Flight
Harrisburg May 4 reports Georges Vilanchaire arrived at 11 45 a m from New York aboard the Liberty Loan flight.
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Harrisburg
Ligut
Georges Vilanchaire
New York
Tteburg
Casualties in Britain: weekly totals released
London reports 36 262 casualities for the past week with officers among the dead 62 officers and 6 044 others wounded 1 492 officers and 26 994 wounded soldiers missing 41 officers and 6 799 missing soldiers listed in official tally.
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London
Callaghan Remains KC Welfare Commissioner Amid Conviction
James J. Callaghan stays in his role as King County welfare commissioner after Friday's conviction. County commissioners did not seek his resignation or discharge on Saturday, keeping him on the payroll pending trial and likely through appeal. Commissioners named are Claude Ramaay, chair. Christ Knudsen. Lou Smith.
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James J. Callaghan
King County Welfare
Claude Ramaay
Christ Knudsen
Lou Smith
Callaghan Convicted on Grand Larceny Charge at 67
In Seattle courtroom, Sergt. William Callaghan and Lester Gandolfo faced a grand larceny indictment. Testimony linked forged grocery bills to James Wood editor of the Town Crier and other charity aids. Callaghan, 67, denied the main charges while admitting some forged names.
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William Callaghan
Coast Artillery Service
Callaghan
Lester Gandolfo
Gandolfo
James Wood
Wood
Rev
Mar Matthews
Scott Bone
Post-Intel
Altho
H. Brackett
Frank Hessell
William Bell
John I. Dore
Seattle
California
Harbor
San Francisco
K. Sartori & Co
Wilson Orders Probe of Aircraft Expense
President Wilson orders a military probe into the 640 million aircraft program expenditures. The inquiry targets possible graft by military and civilian figures, aims to court-martial guilty officers and prosecute civilians, and seeks to curb irresponsible reports while protecting trustworthy personnel.
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Wilson
Baker
Civiian
Wilson Pardons Two In Post Sleep Death Sentences
President Wilson ruled that two of four American soldiers condemned to death for sleeping at post and disobeying orders will not die. Privates Forest B. Sebastian and Jeff Cook receive full pardons for youth and lack of disloyalty. the other two, Olan Ledoven and Stanley G. Fishback, are commuted to three years at Fort Leavenworth.
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Washington
Wilson
Fort Leavenworth
Forest B. Sebastian
Jeff Cook
Olan Ledoven
Stanley G. Fishback
Leavenworth
Sebastian
Cook
Callaghan graft case linked to broader county charity fraud
J Callaghan charity commissioner is not the only one guilty. The article argues that misuse of county charity funds by Callaghan implicates friends with possible guilty knowledge of graft. It accuses crooks of preying on widows and orphans and urges Prosecuting Attorney Lundin and assistants to finish cleaning up the mess.
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Callaghan
King County
Lundin
Two Die In Owl Wreck Near Kent Washington
Two men died when train No. 563 known as the Owl derailed at Thomas Spur two miles west of Kent at midnight Friday. Engineer William Filliott and fireman Roy Crane, both Seattle residents, were killed and buried under the engine. About 200 passengers escaped injury as cars stayed on rails. cause unknown with rail tampering or spreading considered. A rescue train reached the scene at 6:45 a.m. Saturday and passengers were sent to Portland on a newly assembled train.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Thomas Spur
Kent
William Filliott
38Th Ave. & W
Roy Crane
Filliott
Crane
Portland
Huns in Prisoners Foiled Tunnel Escape at Camp Fort McPherson
In Atlanta on May 4 guards halted a mass German inmate escape at Fort McPherson after discovering a 50 foot tunnel from a barracks toward the barbed wire perimeter. A disturbance led to a bayonet advance and the tunnel was found during a systematic search. Several ringleaders were confined.
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Fort McPherson
Guarda
Fighting on Italy Front Intensifies Near Giudicaria Valley
Vienna dispatch via London reports increased fighting on the Italian front between the Giudicaria valley and the Adriatic Sea. Officials announced the violence escalated on Thursday indicating intensifying hostilities in the region.
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Vienna
London
Giudicaria Valley
Adriatic Sea
French Repulse Enemy Near Rheims
Paris reports the war office says enemy attempts in the Cavalier de Courcy sector and north and northwest of Rheims were repulsed.
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Paris
Cavalier de Courcy
Rheims
War Office
America clears major milestone in third Liberty Loan
Washington May 4. By early today the Third Liberty Loan crossed the 3.0 billion mark and was sweeping toward 4.0 billion. Incomplete returns show oversubscription by 6 million with more expected. Officials hope final figures hit about 5.9 billion, with 15 to 18 million subscribers nationwide. Demand ran high across regions and last minute rumors of an extension circulated.
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Washington
America
Seattle unfurls flag of honor at noon today
The flag of honor, presented by the U S Treasury, was unfurled at Liberty Loan Headquarters in the Central building at noon to celebrate Seattle's over subscription of the third war loan. Dr Henry Suzzallo spoke after the ceremony and crowds saluted a sailor bugler.
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Seattle
United States Treasury Department
Liberty Loan
Suzzallo
Henry Suzzallo
State Council of Defense
Telegraphers Warn of Spies in Seattle Wires
Secretary of War Baker was warned of espionage risk in Seattle telegraph offices via a telegram from International Vice President J F Campbell of the Commercial Telegraphers union. He urged government takeover of wire operation pending a lockout settlement, citing pro German readers and indiscriminate access.
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Baker
Seattle
International
J. F. Campbell
Campbell
Signal Corps
Portland
Labor Temple
German Battle Lines Press Foreseen Attacks in Flanders
The German forces began heavy bombardments in two Flanders sectors as a prelude to simultaneous drives toward Hazebrouck and Ypres. Observers note planned frontal assaults toward Hazebrouck and a northern flanking move to envelop Ypres, with multiple fortified positions and key high ground involved.
Allied Leader Optimistic On Battle Result
At Versailles the inter allied supreme war council in session two days reports full agreement on military questions and satisfactory results to date. Gen Foch is optimistic, said a spokesman. Present were Clemenceau Lloyd George Orlando Foch Sackville West Robilau Bliss Belin Wilson Haig Pershing Petain Wemyss De Bon Milner plus other senior officers.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Supreme War Council
Versailles
Foch
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Sackville
West
Robilau
Bliss
Belin
Wilson
Haig
Pershing
Petain
Wemyss
de Bon
Milner
Artillery Fire Rages On North Line Near Ypres Front
London May 4 The opened an intense bombardment along the northern Flanders front this morning. The enemy struck from Locre toward Ypres and fired through Nieppe forest toward Meteren. French forces captured two guns and improved positions northeast of Hinges, three north of Bethune, in a local action last night.
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Kate Hill
Monte de Merris
Meteren
Locre
Ypres
Scherpenberg
Voormezeele
Dickebush
Monts Rouge
Noir
de Cats
Hindenburg
London
Flanders Battle Front
Nieppe
Hinges
Bethune
Henry Wood Awarded Legion of Honor in Paris Ceremony
United Press correspondent Henry Wood, long with Allied forces on the French front, was decorated Thursday as chevalier of the Legion of Honor at General Headquarters. The award, given by France on Gen. Petain’s request, recognizes his twenty months of service and coverage. Wood, from Omaha and Ohio newspaper roots, has worked with the U S press for about ten years and previously served in Rome and Paris bureaus. The Legion of Honor, Napoleon’s 1802 award for merit in military service, includes the chevalier class.
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Paris
Henry
United Press
Legion of Honor
T R
Petain
Henry Wood
Omaha
Sammies Take Hun Prisoners On Amiens Line
United Press reports on May 3 that American troops on the French battle front captured two Germans in machine gun positions and another in a hole. A patrol noted no major change in German divisions. prisoners were from a replacement regiment amid ongoing bombardment and gas shell activity. Weather cleared to warm sunshine as anti air guns engaged enemy aircraft.
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Fred St. Ferguson
United Press
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Holland
J. Callaghan
Atlanta, Ga
Fighting Crows
Battle Lineup Today
Flanders
Hazebrouck
Nieppe Forest
Vieux-Berquin
Plate Becque River
Leeks
Chain of Hills
Lowell Mellett
North Line
HMS Busy
Amiens
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