India Great Aid to the Empire
Austen Chamberlain discusses Indian loyalty to the British empire amid World War I. He cites king emperor devotion as a religious duty, cites Indian sacrifices in Gallipoli and a rise in honors including VC awards, and contrasts colonial rule with Germany's. He notes Indian officers and troops’ pride in serving and the personal impact of the king’s visits.
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Germany
Austen Chamberlain
India
Indian Empire
Vishi
Ken
Acion
Gallipoli
Empress of Russia Crew Ends Red Sea Slavery Raids
Vancouver report says the Empress of Russia crew, away twenty months, returned with souvenirs from Red Sea raids. They seized dhows and freed slaves, displaying carved weapons, spear heads, and pirate gear aboard the ship.
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Vancouver
Red Sea
Vilague
Russia
New Railroad to the Gulf Nears Completion
Work on the Alabama and Mississippi and Moos Point Northern railroad connecting link is rapidly nearing finish. President N E B Turner says the line from Vinegar Bend Alabama to Leakenville Mississippi will provide a gulf outlet at Moss Point Mississippi once connected, in a sparsely settled high rolling country.
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Alabama and Mississippi
Moos Point
Landed Aristocracy Is Sheppard's Fear
Senator Sheppard of Texas warned the Senate that a growing landowner aristocracy threatens the country and proposed a constitutional amendment to let Congress purchase hold improve subdivide and sell land to promote farm home ownership via government loans.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Today
United States
Congress
Bethlehem Steel Announces Ten Percent Wage Raise
The Bethlehem Steel Company raises wages by 10 percent for 24,000 employees. This marks the third 16 percent advance in ten months, adding about 170000 dollars to the monthly payroll.
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Bethlehem
bethLehem Steel Company
Colonel Gewin Attends Sale of Blooded Cattle
Col C C Gewin United States marshal for this district returned to Mobile from Greensboro Ala after attending a Prairieville Hale county sale of livestock One hundred head of shorthorn high grade yearlings sold bringing 150 to 450 per head bidding was spirited.
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Col
C. C. Gewin
United States
Mobile
Greensboro
Ala
Prairieville
Hale County
Col. Gewin
High treason trial in Sarejevo sentences 16 to death
A large high treason trial in Sarejevo, Bosnia, ended with 16 persons sentenced to death. Vasil Grisi, former deputy, and priest Mattia Popvic were among the condemned. Sixty-eight were sentenced to prison for one to twenty years. Fifty-five others were acquitted.
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Amsterdam
London
Sarejevo
Bosnia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Vasil Grisi
Mattia Popvic
Ifty
Would Be Normal Operation Appeals by Killer
Fred Bissell, jailed for the murder of 10 year old Edna Dinsmore in Topeka, writes from the Kansas state penitentiary asking for brain surgery to regain normal function. He says a kick to his horse caused a brain injury leaving him unaccountable at times and seeks an operation at the earliest date. Warden Coding promised to arrange the procedure.
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Lansing
Kansas
Fred Bissell
Edna Dinsmore
Topeka
State Penitentiary
Warden Coding
N C M and C Excursion to Sunday Baseball Game
Railroad to operate an excursion train from Laurel Mississippi to Mobile Sunday for a game between Mote and Atlanta. Assistant general ticket agent J H Jackson reports several hundred fans expected aboard with a return trip planned Sunday night at seven.
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Eee Cage Railroad Company
Mobile
Laurel
Miss
Mote
Atlanta
J. H. Jackson
The
Petain Honored For Remarkable Leadership At Verdun
Paris April 28 General Petain commander in chief at Verdun along with Generals Balfourier and Claret de I Touche is placed on the burial roll of the Legion of Honor for conspicuous service at Verdun. The inscription praises his valor calm firmness and skill in leadership across brigade division army corps and army restoring confidence and rendering the country notable service.
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Paris
Petain
Verdun
Balfourier
Legion of Honor
Toulminville Church Activities and Local Social Notes
Methodist and St Mark's churches host preaching services across the area with ministers from Mobile and Semmes. The Woman's Missionary Study Circle meets, Bap tist Sunday school efforts grow, and local residents attend choir practice, Bible studies, and social visits. Memorial Day observances appear in Magnolia Cemetery as community life centers on faith and youth activities.
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