Aeronautic Industry Standardization Moves Forward
New York reports that Jay Sperry chairman of the committee of Aeronautics announced the American Society of Aeronautical Engineers has begun standardizing the industry. About 160 experts are on 17 committees spanning government aero service. Auto industry partners assist with engine tests and training for naval aviators. European data aids night operations over water and bomb drop methods.
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Jay Anvociar
New York
Voth
Government Aero Service
Automobile Club of America
Dutch Publicize Note 10 On Palembang Sinking
The Hague via wireless reports Germany’s note to the Dutch government on the Palembang incident. Germany argues no accidental torpedo hit by a German warship nearby and cites Rotterdam dispatches claiming Palembang was torpedoed while alongside a British destroyer during mine clearance.
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Tan
Palembiang
Isax
Hague
Oversea
Palembang
Rotterdam
Copenhagsen Politiken
Ministry of Marine
Provision to abolish title of counsellor in state department
Under Secretary Washington April proposal to abolish the title of counsellor and replace it with under secretary was adopted in the annual appropriation bill amid Senate opposition. The measure would raise the bill to about 28.2 million dollars, with House passage still pending. Senator Smoot saluted Democrats for accepting the proviso, recalling past Republicans’ similar efforts and Democrats’ criticism of the idea.
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Washington
State Department
Stacy
Senate
Carrio
House
Smoot
Denial Over Guard Lobby In Washington Senate Row
A denial that the National Guard kept a lobby in Washington for preparedness legislation was sent today to Senator Lee by General J C R Foxter, head of the National Guard Association, for the Senate record. Also an advertisement touts Tonoline as a weight gain aid and urges richer meals and slower eating for better assimilation.
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Washington
National Guard
Senate
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Lee
Maryland
J. C. R. Foxter
National Guard Association
Toledo street car talks fail end in federal hands
Mayor Roys last effort to settle Toledo Ohio street car controversy by calling a conference of company and union officials failed. The dispute remains with the United States district court as cars were removed a week ago and no understanding between Toledo Railway and Light Company and workers. Judge Killite indicated he will name a receiver Monday but it may take two days to advance the open shop plan.
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Toledo
Milroy
Unite States District Court
Toledo Madwaya and Light Companyt
Nes
Killite
Poison Pen Case Rocks Salem Church Controversy
Miss Anna Gemmell of Salem Ohio, age 40, a stenographer, was arraigned in U S district court before Judge John H Clarke on a charge of sending objectionable letters through the mails. Bail was set at 500. She pleaded not guilty. The indictment charges nineteen letters and cards to Salem residents including Vara Ziegler now in Akron, with jealousy over attention to Ziegler by O Russel, whom Gemmell had courted.
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Cleveland
Anna Gemmell
Salem
John H. Clarke
United States District Cour
Tom Salem Church and Society
Miss Gemmick
Vara Ziegler
Akron
Sinking News Reports From Lloyds Cable
Lloyds announced the French fishing vessel Sainte Marie was sunk and the crew landed. Nine firemen died aboard the steamship Chantala J. Kobe cabled that the Ide Maru bound for Vladivostok is overdue with fears for its fate. Ide Maru, formerly Haku ehika Maru, is 4548 tons and 400 feet long.
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London
Lloyd's
Kobe
Japan
Seattle
Vindivostok
Man Arrested for Public Whisky in Yost Law Victim
A man named Charles Davisyon was arrested on Third Street Saturday evening by Deputy State Prohibition Commissioner John H. Tenney for possessing a bottle of whisky in a public place. He is jailed to await trial or a hearing before Magistrate Jackson V. Carter. A. J. Drummond, new manager of the State Restaurant at Parkersburg, has arrived to take charge and plans improvements while continuing past service.
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Charles’ Davisyon
Third Street
John H.tenney
Prohibition
Jackson V. Carter
A. J. Drummond
Thin City
Stata
Parkersburg
A. Willamas
Forget 1912 Adige Backing Harding At Appomattox Banquet
Republican leaders from across the nation gathered at the Hamilton Club in Chicago for the Appomattox day banquet. Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio served as temporary chairman and urged moving beyond 1912 with a return to Republican unity and a strong tariff. Harding warned of future industrial and European challenges and defended preparedness while criticizing Wilson era policies in Mexico and foreign meddling.
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Appomattox
Hamilton Club
Warren G
Republican Party
Harding
Europe
Villa
Wilson
Mexico
Carranza
Cold Weather Forecast Across East With Snow and Rain
The weather bureau predicted continued cold conditions for Sunday and Monday across the eastern half of the country east of the Mississippi. Snow and rain were forecast for New England the middle Atlantic states the lower lake region and the upper Ohio valley with freezing temperatures reaching the middle Atlantic waters. A storm off the New Jersey coast moved northward prompting warnings along the Atlantic coast from Delaware breakwater to the marine coast, while another storm was centered in Ohio.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Tonight
Mississippi
New England
Middle Athletic States
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
Atlantic
Delaware
Ohio
Wellsburg trolley death grisly tunnel accident report
In Wellsburg on April 8 David Waugh aged 75 prominent miller died instantly after being struck by a trolley car in a tunnel near Wellsburg and Bethany. A brother was killed in the same tunnel years earlier when run over by a wagon.
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Wellsburg
David Waugh
Wellsburg and Bethany
Wage Increase At Chesapeake And Ohio Railroad
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company announced a six per cent wage increase for 9,000 machinists telegraph operators and laborers across all divisions. The raise totals $400,000 annually and takes effect January 4 1917 for operators and March 1 1917 for other workers.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Snow Causes Auto Accidents In Toledo
A Toledo report states a score of more persons were injured in automobile accidents caused by skidding on snow covered pavement. Pedestrians suffered bruises as many walked due to street car service disruption. Snow had fallen since early morning with temps slightly above freezing.
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Toledo
Nore
Washington Hails King Albert on 41st Birthday
April Wilson congratulated King Albert of Belgium on his forty first birthday. The president sent a cablegram expressing cordial felicitations and friendship and high regard for the monarch on this anniversary.
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King Albert
Belgium
Wilson
Farmer
Washington
Albert
Tornado demolishes nearly all buildings in Louisiana town
New Orleans reports an April 8 tornado flattened most structures in Helmont, about sixty miles west, with twenty five families left without shelter and no casualties. Paulina also suffered damage.
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New Orleans
Denta
Helmont
Paulina
Waterway project report to Congress on Great Lakes Mississippi link
The War Department adverse report to Congress details a proposed federal waterway from Lake Superior to the Mississippi River with an estimated government cost of seven to eight million dollars.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
Shorter yard stick changes English measure
London reports that English manufacturers will now mark a yard of cotton cloth as thirty six inches instead of thirty seven. The shift ends the old thirty seven inch yard said to originate from spinners measuring from the far side of the thumb adding a disputed inch. War prisoner report from Berlin dated April eight relayed via London.
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London
Nicaraguan Senate Ratifies U S Canal Treaty
American Minister Jefferson reported Nicaragua’s senate unanimously ratified a treaty granting the United States an exclusive option on the canal route and a naval base in the Bay of Fonseca for 3 million dollars. Next week the remaining congress likely to vote. Italian steamer Giuseppe Verdi arrives with 1,700 passengers from Palermo and Naples after a quiet voyage, carrying two guns on deck.
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Ay Asmocuites Pease
Washington
Jefferson
Nicaragga
State Department
Senate
United States
Bay of Fonseca
Congress
New York
Palermo
Naplea
Mediterranean
Federal Court Term Opens In Local Federal Building
A regular semi annual term of United States district court will be held here in the federal building tomorrow morning with Judge A G Day presiding. A term has just concluded at Martinsburg and several court officials will come here from that city though most returned home Saturday. A report also notes the French president’s son in law is a prisoner of war at Erding near Munich.
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United States District Court
Federal
Tuos
A. G. Day
Philipp
Martinsburg
P. m
Tregliche Rundschau
Poincare
France
Erding
Munich
Memory Lost Millionaire Son Reappears In New Orleans
Earl A. Devlin age 28, son of a Detroit automobile manufacturer, told reporters he wandered for two weeks with no memory after an inexplicable urge to travel. He boarded a Detroit train and then his mind went blank until he reached New Orleans where reading papers revived his memory.
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New Orleans
Earl A. Devlin
Detroit
Devlin
Devlin Motor Co Vice President Missing in New Orleans
Michill Earl F. Devlin of Devlin Motor Co and son-in-law of George H ell, former head of People's State Bank of Detroit, was missing after vanishing from his home March 30. His overcoat, with a note, was found on a dock at First Street, prompting police to believe he drowned himself.
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Michill
Earl F. Devlin
New Orleans
Devlin Motor Company
George Hell
People's State Bank of Detroit
First Street
Pollea i
Powells Move to Pittsburg for Future Home
Mr and Mrs J C Powell have gone to Pittsburg and it is probable they will make that place their future home.
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J. C. Powell
Pittsburg
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