Italy Braces for Sudden Austrian Attack Amid War Intervention Fears
In Rome a widespread belief grows that Austria will strike suddenly once Italy signals intervention. Italy strengthens frontier forces while Milan reports drastic anti contraband actions with 500 arrested for smuggling flour rice and spaghetti. London reports a Russian bombardment near Karabun and German officers seen in Constantinople as troops redeploy for defense of the capital.
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Anis
Rome
Austria
Italy
Mafin
Milan
Paris
Secolo
Turkish Camp Destroyed by Allied Naval Bombardment
Imbros reports say two battleships shelled and destroyed a Turkish camp in Enos Bay on the north Gulf of Saros as part of a fleet movement tied to the Mitilene occupation, with ten warships observed in the approaching fleet. The document also notes broader claims and counterclaims about aerial warfare effects and ongoing Carpathian delays.
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London
Imbros
Bay of
Enos
Gulf of Saros
Polhe
Mitilene
Times
Lesbos
Another Disastrous Defeat for Gen Villa
R Calso Varias reports from Vera Cruz a cablegram dated April 16 to Consul Royalo detailing a new defeat of Villa by Obregon north of Celaya. The Confederate forces suffered thirty cannons, five thousand Mausers, ammunition, and fourteen thousand men lost with Villa fleeing northward.
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R. Calso Varias
Mexico
Mobile
Royalo
Vera Cruz
Villa
Obregon
Celaya
Reckless Cyclist Fined for Hitting Policeman
Leslie Anderson, charged with reckless driving, was fined $2.60 or five days in jail in the recorder's court after colliding with Officer Giddens at the Eslava and Dearborn street intersection. An extra $1 fine was added for lacking a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Anderson
Recorder’s Court
Megro
Giddens
Eslava and
Dearborn
Lawyer's ousting sparks tumult in Vicksburg court
In Vicksburg Mississippi Judge W K McLaurin, lead counsel for Dr Kk R Cook charged with manslaughter in the Blanche Pace death, was ordered from the courtroom by Special Judge R B Anderson for defying rulings. The crowded room of about 500 people erupted as deputies escorted him out prompting a panicked rush toward exits.
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Vicksburg
Miss
W. K. McLaurin
Kk. R. Cook
McLaurin
Pope
F.A. Scott
J. P. Keeler
Battleship Arizona Christened With Water in Dry State
PHOENIX Arizona April 17 Water instead of champagne has been chosen by Governor Hunt for christening the battleship Arizona to be launched at the New York navy yard on June 19. Arizona is a dry state and the water will be taken from the first flow over Roosevelt dam spillways.
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Arizona
Governor Hunt
New York Navy Yard
Ten Year Old Robber Held on Mail Theft Charge
James Worsham ten years old and Will Nelson of Richton Mississippi were bound over to the federal grand jury by U S Commissioner J C Tyler on a charge of robbing the mails at Richton. Worsham learned the box combination and confessed to stealing letters for months including money. He was caught through a decoy letter used by authorities.
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Biloxi
Miss
James Worsham
Will Nelson
Richton
Federal Grand Jury
United States
J. C. Tyler
Worsham
Montclair Housemaids Class Receives Diplomas
The first ever housemaids class organized in the United States earned diplomas from the Montclair board of education today and returned to duties. A graduating luncheon followed, each student inviting her mistress to attend.
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United States
Montclair Board of Education
Arrest of Adolph Hunt in Biloxi on Indictment
Adolph Hunt, arrested Thursday night by Sheriff J C Elmer on an indictment returned by the grand jury nearly two years ago, was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of 500 dollars. Hunt left Biloxi for New Orleans then returned ten days ago and was located by the sheriff.
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Biloxi
Mis
Adolph Hunt
J. .C. Elmer
Hunt
New Orleans
Elmer
Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association Formed
Delegates from Bay St. Louis to Biloxi formed the Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association in Gulfport to publish descriptive logs and road booklets. Officers include Dr. E. P. O Donéal president and A Edwards secretary treasurer. A scout car will initiate erecting signboards and logging routes to Vidalia and the Jackson and Gulf Coast road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Bay St. Louis
Biloximer
Mississippi-Gulf Coast Highway Association
New Orléans, Mobile and
Gulf Coast
Grand Beach
Jackson and Gulf Coast
Brookhaven
Monticello
Columbia
Poplarville
Vidalia
Harrison County
Pass Christian
Meridian
Hattiesburg
Jackson
Gulf Coast Road
E. P. O'donéal
Biloxi
A. Edwards
Ray St. Louis
W. H. Bousley
A. R. Robertson
White
T. J. Lowther
Mississippi
Jackson and
O'Doneal
New Orleans
Chef Menteur
Pearlington
Jackson and Gulf Coast Road
Dixie Highway Directors Set Meeting Date in Louisville
Governors McCreary Slaton and Ralston coordinate to inform Dixie Highway Association directors that their first meeting will be held in Louisville on April 23. The route intended runs from Chicago to Miami with directors authorized to locate the path across seven states.
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Frankfort
McCreary
Kentucky
Slaton
Georgia
Ralston
Indiana
Dixie Highways Association
Louisville
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee
Florida
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Superintendent Feagin Visits Anniston Commencement
Superintendent of Education William F. Feagin spent yesterday in Anniston for a school commencement. He has been absent from the capitol this week, visiting northern Alabama schools and handling departmental matters. He plans to return home Saturday.
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Montgomery
Ala
William F. Feagin
Anniston
Capitol
North Alabama
Frisco Marks 1906 Fire Anniversary Parade
San Francisco inaugurates a six day commemoration with a military and civic parade and Panama Pacific exposition ceremonies. Troops from the Presidio, sailors from Oregon and Goat Island stations, and 1400 UC cadets take prominent roles in the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Presidio Military Reservation
Oregon
Goat Island Naval Training Station
University of California
Six Africans Put to Work on Vagrancy Sentence
Six men arrested Thursday night by Officers Macon and Malone were docketed on vagrancy charges and sentenced Friday afternoon by Recorder D. H. Edington to twenty years of hard labor.
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Macon
Malone
D. H. Edington
Auto Bandits Hold Up Philadelphia Manufacturer
Auto mobile bandits robbed William Tutelman, shirtwaist manufacturer, of nearly $3,000 as he returned from payment to his employer. In a thickly red district three shots were fired when a motor car approached. Tutelman wrested the satchel from his clerk and was knocked down by a companion, with two men entering the car and driving away. Police believed the car was the getaway vehicle.
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Philadelphia
William Tutelman
Tutelman
Heea
Smith
Leased Wire Briefs From Around the World
George W. Guthrie and Mrs. Guthrie depart Yokohama for the United States on the Manchuria on leave. Gardiner Hall, a millionaire cotton and silk thread maker, dies at 78 in South Willington Conn. James W. Gerard attends Goettingen camp YMCA club opening. Ninety two American cars at the front. Dr Amaro Cavalcanti to represent Brazil at Pan American conference. Cr. H. Smart appointed grand recorder of Tennessee Royal and Selected Masons to fill unexpired term. 16,000 barrels damaged.
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Tokio
George W. Guthrie
Japan
Goettingen
Rio Janeiro
Amaro Cavalcanti
Federal Supreme Tribunal
Brazil
Cr. H. Smart
Nashville
Grand Council of
Tennessee
John B. T
Ieee Cee. Ae Agn
Rockefeller Will Leaves Majority Of Estate To Charities
The will of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, filed in New York, directs residuary estate valued around 2 million dollars to charitable institutions. Executors are John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. with broad discretionary powers over investments and distributions.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Charmavdle
John LD. Rockefeller
J. Parmaree Prentice
John WD. Rockefeller
Alrs. Prentice
Harold Fk. McCormick
Lucy M. Spellman
Margaret Strong
Hessie Rockefeller Strong
Rockefeller
Caroline
Luvlid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Baptist Home of
Northern Ohio
Women’s Baptist Home Missionary Society
Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Spellman Seminary
Atlanta
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Dreamland Manager Faces License Charge
A warrant charging Clay Williams with operating the Dreamland Theatre without a license was served Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Dan Petty. Williams posted bond for his appearance in the inferior criminal court. The theatre has long operated as vaudeville and stock house under various managers.
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Clay Williams
Dreamland Theatre
Dan Petty
Williams
Inferior Criminal Court
Woman's Bond Reduced in Grand Larceny Case
Daisy Sherron had bond cut from 250 to 150 by Judge Samuel B. Browne after habeas corpus hearings.
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Daisy Sherron
Samuel B. Browne
Wanted An Umpire Rancher Takes Seat After Shot
El Monte and Irwindale baseball nines sought an umpire after a rancher named John Hayes replaced the chased official. Hayes was shot twice in the breast by a spectator who bet on El Monte, then disarmed the man and finished the game. He was not seriously hurt and said he would not umpire again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hayes
el Monte
Hayes
Man Confesses Aiding Disposal Of Murdered Man Body
Winston-Salem April 17 8 P Christy and three others stand charged with the murder of G J Warren last August Christy confesses assisting in disposing of the body while denying the killing He allegedly chloroformed then strangled Warren with a rope and the body was sunk in Muddy Creek A preliminary hearing is set for next week in Saline Texas Christy was arrested after a letter led investigators to him
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Winston-Salem
N. C
P. Christy
G. J. Warren
Warren
Clifford Stonestreet
Feverish trading in U S Steel on enormous scale
New York stock market activity surged this afternoon with feverish trading in steel and industrial shares. United States Steel led gains among leaders while American Locomotive dipped before recovering and other steel makers such as Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel industries fueled the session.
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U. S
New York
Stock Exchange
Baldwin
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel
Texans Grow Round Shouldered Carrying Silver Money
In Dallas on April 17 the report says Texas needs paper money as pockets are worn from silver dollars and the few coins in circulation are heavily worn. The piece notes silver dollars being called iron money and warns against losing Mexican pesos and other depreciated coins to the state treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Rowing Season Opens Amid Overcast Skies At Annapolis
In Annapolis Maryland on April 17 an overcast sky and a diagonal chill wind cast doubt on opening rowing season on the Severn. Princeton varsity and freshmen were to meet Navy varsity and fourth crews at 4 PM on a mile and five sixteenths course.
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Annapolis
Severn
Princeton
Navy
Ferrill Granted Continuance In Embezzlement Case
Adolph S Ferrill received a continuance until April 21 in the recorder's court on Friday afternoon. Head accuses Ferrill of embezzling 27 dollars.
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Adolph S. Ferrill
Recorder’s Court
Ferril
A. S. Head
Weather outlook for Mobile and Alabama
Fair and little temperature change tonight and Sunday. Alabama values show fair skies tonight and Sunday with variable light winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Rain Needed for Crops to Aid Farm Yields
The article stresses frequent careful cultivation due to moisture shortage. It urges planting corn potatoes cane velvet beans and continuing crop cultivation on every farm to improve growing conditions and yields.
Crop Report Highlights Broad Farmer Planting Activity
Farmers continue planting corn sweet potatoes cotton sugar cane and velvet beans with velvet beans on large acreage. Corn near finish cotton and sweet potato planting extend into May. Early corn shows good cultivation while potatoes and fruit orchards progress. rain shortages worry some. Pasture fair cattle healthy berries up. truck crop marketing set to begin soon.
Crops Improve but Rain Urgently Needed Across Territory
Weather has favored farmers with warm days while more rain is needed in most farming areas. Over half the season’s crops planted and some seeds not yet sprouted. moisture missing in many sections though Mobile county reports light recent rain. If no rain in ten days, crop conditions may drop about ten percent. farmers keep soil loose to conserve moisture. Velvet beans expected bumper crop as diversified planting drives large acreage for feed and silage.
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Mobile County
Health experts to survey Walker County Monday
Commissioned officers and sanitary jury from the public health service will visit Walker County to examine rural sanitation. The investigators will inspect water supply, sewage, mosquitoes and rats, typhoid and malaria risks, and other communicable diseases, and give public lectures with slides from the health service library.
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Washington
Blue
The
Public Health Service
Anne Arundel
Maine
Orange County
North Carolina
Walke County
Andrea County
Ances
Theublic Health Service Stereopticonibrary
Dutch Anger Grows Over Katwyk Steamer Sinking
The Dutch press denounces the sinking of the steamer Katwyk by a German submarine. Algemeen Handelsblad says the act threatens neutrality and could push the Netherlands to join enemies of Germany. It warns Berlin that attacks on Dutch subjects or property will not be endured.
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Ismsterdam
London
Katwyk
Algemeen Handelsblad
Germany
Netherlands
Thaw Ordered Back to Matteawan by New York Court
New York April 17. The appellate division of the New York supreme court ordered Harry K Thaw back to the Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane. The court affirmed denial of his motion to return to New Hampshire and ruled the original commitment to Matteawan remains valid. Plans to appeal to the state court of appeals were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
State Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Page
Thaw
New Hampshire
Matteawan Asylum
State Court of Appeals
Heavy Mortgage Filed on Fine City Property
Felix S. Cleveland and wife and Stone wall J. Cleveland and wife filed a mortgage for $20,000 in probate court. The loan from Louis Lowenstein is secured by the Clevelands property at the southeast corner of Commerce and St Michael streets.
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Felix S. Cleveland
Stonewall J. Cleveland
Louis Lowenstein
Clevelands
Commerce and
St. Michael Streets
Non Partisan Elections For California Assured
Sacramento April 17. Bills passed by the senate establish a non partisans election of all state officers. The measures, already approved by the house, fulfill Gov Hiram W Johnson's recommendations and California is said to be the first state to adopt such legislation.
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Sacramento
Gal
Senate
House
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Testimony Details Louisiana Railroads Funding Defeat Proposal
Testimony shows Louisiana commercial interests contributed funds totaling $9 658 to defeat a proposed tax measure aiming to reorganize taxation. Railroads Illinois Central Texas and Pacific Southern Pacific Shreveport and Pacific plus New Orleans banks funded the effort with 40 per contributor on election day and $1 850 to country districts. The investigation follows an interstate commerce commission report on railroad spending to defeat the measure.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Eneanine
Rerk
Charles Marshall
Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tha
Commerce Commission
Wild West Shows Fizzle in Europe Against War Tales
Carl A. Ritter of Corpus Christi says Western shows fail to draw in wartime Europe. The Dresden performance failed as the war disrupted the show with Ritter returning after six weeks and planning to repay the borrowed stake on a Texas ranch.
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Europe
Houston
Tex
Carl A. Ritter
Haling
Corpus Christi
Dresden
Ritter
Discount for Cash In Paying Alimony Innovation In Ohio Court
Cleveland April 17 Judge Estepa notes an alimony reform in the common pleas court. Sophia Zwick seeks divorce and $1800 alimony but agrees to reduce to $1500 if Moers Zwick a junk dealer pays within thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Common Pleas Cour
Estepa
Sophia Zwick
Moers Ris Zwick
Fires Break Out In Oakdale and St Stephens Road Residences
Two small fires kept the fire department busy on Friday afternoon. A 12:20 p.m. chimney blaze at a one story frame dwelling on Oakdale avenue and lane, occupied by Bouest and owned by E. B., was minor and spread to the roof from flying sparks. A second chimney fire around 4:40 p.m. at a story frame residence on St Stephens Road, owned by Smith, caused little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale Avenue
Lane
Bouest
E. B
St. Stephens Road
German shells hit Swiss territory amid war
German shells fell on Swiss territory for the third time since the war began, reported from Delemont Switzerland on April 17. The Democrate notes German forces aimed at destroying a French installation near Beurnevesain on the border with the Porreni canton, about six miles from hausen.
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Delemont
Switzerland
Paris
Democrate
Beurnevesain
Porreni
Hausen
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Dixie Highway
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Frisco
Auto Bandits
Dreamland Manager
Los Angeles
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Milwaukee
Wis
Orville E. Collins
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