Greek War Turmoil Spurs Crown PrinceStaff Recall
In Athens the Greco Turkish emergency sparks revolutionary mood as opposition leader Rallis demands military staff changes. King George authorizes recalls for Crown Prince staff with generals Smolenski and Mavromichali. Delyannis pushes to stabilize government amid palace protests and rumors of royal flight.
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London
Athens
Rallis
Legislative Assembly
George
M. Delyannis
Ralli
Smolenski
Mavromichali
Dimopouli
Daily Telegraph
M. Ralii
Royal Baking Powder Ad Celebrates Purity and Strength
An advertisement from Royal Baking Powder Company New York extols its product as robust and healthful, proving resistance to alum and all adulteration common to other brands.
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Royal Bakinc Powper Co
New York
Turkish advance threatens Volo as Greek troops retreat
The Times correspondent notes Turks within an hour of Volo and Greek forces withdrawing to救 wounded from hospitals. Ex minister Ralli arrives, denounces Constantine's staff, denies a real battle at Mati and blames the staff for the retreat from Tyrnavo and Larissa.
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London
Athens
the Times
Volo
Ralli
Boule
Mati
Tyrnavo
Larissa
Greeks tighten grip around Pentepigadia in April advance
Dispatches report Greek forces hold all positions around Pentepigadia. Colonel Manos seeks reinforcements to push toward Janina. Colonel Dalraktaris moves with 2000 troops to support the effort. Rumor of Manos being ordered to retire is unfounded.
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Athens
Pentepigadia
Manos
Janina
Dalraktaris
Greeks routed at Tyrnavo as Turkish artillery opens fire
Athens correspondent reports M Ralli stating Greeks held positions through Friday evening but were driven back after Turkish artillery on Dereli heights west of Tyrnavo opened fire. Turkish cavalry feinted then withdrew prompting Greek pursuit by staff officers who believed Ethnike Hetairia irregulars were on the heights.
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Hetairia
Edhem Pasha Reports Greek Retreat as Rout
Edhem Pasha confirms Greek retreat near Tyrnavo, calling it a general rout. He says the Greeks left large artillery and munitions that the Turkish forces will repurpose. He also notes Albanian night march singing delayed pursuit, allowing time to strike.
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Tyrnavo
Atrhens
Associated Press
Edhem Pasha
Turks Capture Large Quantities of Arms at Tyrnavo
Turkish official dispatch from Constantinople reports imperial troops seized rifles ammunition cannon and provisions at Turnaro Tyrnavo is surrounded with Ottoman cavalry patrols. Greek prisoners sent to Elasona and Turkish measures to prevent depredations noted with foreign observers praising troop conduct.
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London
Constantinople
Turnaro
Elassona
Tyrnavo
Greeks abandon Tyrnavos stores show hurried retreat
Athens April 28 report from the Associated Press correspondent with the Turks at Larissa states the large quantity of military stores left by the Greeks at Tyrnavos and other locations indicates they fled in a precipitate retreat rather than drawing back in orderly fashion.
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Athens
Associated Press
Larissa
Tyrnavos
Final Stand at Thermopylae Declared by Greek Government
London April 28 Greek government orders that if defeat comes at Pharsalas the army will retire to Thermopylae for a final stand. Athens dispatch notes this plan as a precautionary strategic move amid the campaign.
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Thermopylae
London
Athens
Pharsalas
Turkish commander may attack Volo amid refugee panic
A Salonica dispatch reports Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander in Thessaly, plans a probable assault on the port of Volo as Tyrnavo and Larissa refugees fill surrounding areas.
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Volo
London
Salonica
Edhem Pasha
Thessaly
Tyrnavo
Larissa
Greeks in Turkish service allowed to stay
The porte announced that Greeks employed by consulates hospitals foreign missions and post offices may remain in Turkey while all other Greeks must leave the country.
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Constantinople
The
Porte
Turkey
French and Italian Warships Sail to Salonika Gulf
Warships for Salonika, Canea, April 28. The French cruiser Tronde and the Italian warship Sardenega have hurriedly sailed from Cretan waters for the Gulf of Salonika.
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Salonika
Canea
Tronde
Sardenega
Cretan
Gulf of Salonika
Terrific explosion rocks Aldersgate station injuring many
A large explosion hit the Aldersgate underground station in London at 5:30 PM. A first class coach was wrecked and debris filled the platform as injured passengers were moved to hospitals. Authorities weigh gas ignition against possible bomb damage.
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London
Aldersgate
Supposed Suicide of Lodi Bank Proprietor Shocks City
John S. Sheldon, wealthy Lodi resident and Sheldon Bank proprietor, vanished from Tremont House Friday and is believed to have died by suicide by jumping into the lake. Local authorities and police are investigating the disappearance and potential death.
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Johns. Sheldon
Lodi
Iils
Sheldon Bank
Tremont House
Tams Bixby Sent for Washington by Secretary Gage
It is learned that Tams Bixby has been sent for by Secretary Gage to come to Washington on April 28.
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Tams Dixby
Washington
Tams Bixby
Gage
Promised Land Break Floods Hit Madison Parish
Three quarters of Madison parish in Mississippi, about 45 000 acres of cultivated land, are under water after the Promised Land break. Iscahua and Sharkey counties face severe impact. one plantation reports a foot rise and residents flee submerged homes. In Minnesota, St Vincent reports 18 inches of new high water with Flack and Samar missing after their houses were swept away.
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Vicksevura
Miss
Madison Parish
Iscaquena
Sharkey
Promised Land
St. Vincent, Minn
Flack
Samar
Labor Federation submits four point appeal to Congress
A memorial from the Federation of Labor to the president cabinet and Congress urges action on four fronts. An amended federal hour law for public works enforcement. immigration reform to protect American families. banking and currency reform to shield the people from financial crises. and generous appropriations for public works and harbor improvements.
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Wasti Incron
Congress
Federation of Labor
United States
Spanish Loss Large in Cuban Skirmishes Victory
Havana news via Key West reports ten days of fighting at Banes in Puerto Principe province. Insurgents, about 2000 strong, defeated Spanish columns under Colonels Rizo and Cruz Gonzales, with 800 Spaniards killed. Insurgents maintain control of Banes. reinforcements to the front were not received.
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Havana
Key West
Puerto Principe
Double Tragedy at Milwaukee Avenue Office
John H. Rapp, a wholesale liquor dealer, was shot and killed by his former secretary and clerk B. W. Breunschweig in Rapp's private offices at 672 Milwaukee Avenue. Breunschweig then killed himself with the revolver as Deputy Sheriff Philip Solomon observed, acting on an embezzlement capias.
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Curiaco
John H. Rapp
B. W. Breunschweig
Rapp
Milwaukee Avenue
Philip Solomon
Breunschweig
Chicago U Students Cheer Greece Support at Athens
Four hundred University of Chicago students cheered for Greece at a evening meeting in Chicago. Resolutions of sympathy were adopted and a committee formed to raise funds for Greek volunteers unable to cover transport to Athens. A cablegram from Professor Coulter sent to Athens expresses heartfelt sympathy.
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Chicago University
Athens University
ChicaGco
University of Chicago
Greece
Athens
University At Athens
Coulter
Dull Week in Congress Amid Grant's Tomb Observance
Washington reports no senate quorum this week as many members attend General Grant's tomb ceremonies in New York. The finance tariff bill may be reported Thursday but likely postponed to next week. Senate committee reorganization proceeds formally while the House will transmit no business this week.
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Washington
Senate
New York
General Grant
Finance
House
Vernon in Critical Condition After Boxing Bout
Billy Vernon the Haverstraw light weight collapsed in the 14th round with Leslie Pearce at Camden New Jersey. He remains in critical condition and death may occur at any moment.
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Vernon
Philadelphia
Billy Vernon
N. Y
Leslie Pearce
Camden
N. J
Olympic Athletic Club
Athens
Republican caucus in Frankfort remains deadlocked
In Frankfort Kentucky on April 24 the adjourned Republican caucus to nominate a senatorial candidate met behind closed doors with 68 attendees. Hunter withdrew but election remained unresolved after eleven ballots.
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Frankfort
Hunter
British Squadron enters Delagoa Bay in display move
A Cape Town dispatch reports eight British warships entering Delagoa Bay causing excitement yet Cape Town officials say the march is only a naval demonstration.
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Briish Sqadron
Cape Town
London
Delagoa Bay
Hay and White Visit British Foreign Office Officials
United States ambassador Colonel John Hay with secretary Henry White met with permanent officials at the British foreign office in London on April 24.
Banker Spalding jailed on embezzlement charge in Illinois
Charles W. Spalding, president of Globe Savings Bank and treasurer of the University of Illinois board of trustees, was jailed by order of Judge Dunne after bond concerns raised during his arrest on embezzlement charges brought by university alumni.
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Spalding
Curiaco
Charles W. Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Dunne
Circuit Court
New Lumber Tariff Reduces Rates Across Lines
The St Paul and Northwestern lines join Wisconsin Central in cutting lumber rates by about 2 cents per hundred, totaling roughly 50 cents per 1000 feet. Tariffs take effect after printing and formal promulgation around May 5, with Wausau to Chicago dropping from 12 to 10 cents per hundred.
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Milwaukee
St. Paul and Northwestern
Wisconsin Central Company
Wausau
Chicago
Michigan
Miles seeks permission to observe Greco Turkish conflict abroad
General Miles asks the president for authority to travel to Greece to observe the war with Turkey from a military standpoint. Secretary Alger has presented the request, which if granted would mark the first instance of a serving army commander going abroad during active hostilities as a military attaché. Henderson reports renewed illness in Duson Iowa with doctors ordering two weeks of complete rest.
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Ninetos
Miles
Greece
Turkey
Alger
Congressman Henderson
Dusveur
Henderson
Work of wreckers mars Louisville train wreck in Alabama
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed at a trestle near Wilcox Alabama killing engineer Alvin Adams and fireman Jordan Jones along with an unknown tramp. The wheels left the track after the trestle ties were sabotaged with rails displaced seven to eight inches. Several passengers were fatally or seriously injured.
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Montgomery
Ala
Wilcox
Here
Alvin Adams
Jordan Jones
Day
Minneapolis Alderman Indicted in Municipal Scandal Case
Alderman C E Dickinson of the Twelfth ward was arraigned on a bribery indictment tied to a city printing contract with the Pout Press. Henry P Brown charged with illegally receiving 7500 from ex City Treasurer A C Haugan. Brown’s trial set for June 15. Dickinson posted a 5000 bond. money described as a loan.
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Minneapolis
C. E. Dickinson
Twelfth Ward
Pout Press Company
Henry P. Brown
Citien and Optician
A. C. Haugan
Haugan le Brown
Brown
Charles A. Pillsbury
Clinton Morrison
Dickinson
Wisconsin Assembly Kills Constitutional Convention Maption
The assembly votes unanimously to kill the senate resolution for a constitutional convention. Both houses pass a libel bill favorable to the press and the senate concurs in a bill setting Soo road passenger rates at 3 cents per mile.
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Wis
Assembly
Senate
Joe Choynski Challenges Fitz Simmons In Finite Bout
Brief note records Joe Choynski challenging Fitz Simmons to a finish fight. Also reported is an attempted assassination of Uruguay president Senos Jidiarte Bomla, with the assailant arrested.
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Joe Choynski
Fitzsimmons
Uruguay
Senos Jidiarte Bomla
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