Many Rifle Clubs Form in Washington
Congress authorized free Krag rifles and ammunition for rifle clubs and the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice plans to organize civilian rifle training associations across government departments. Over 250 clubs have formed nationwide since last summer, with western states leading. eastern ranges are scarce, prompting calls for new range construction and protection measures.
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Washington
Congress
Chief of Ordnance
Krag
National Board For Promotion of
Onnonece
Germany
General Staff
Army
National Guard
United States
Kragirifes
Mational Rifle Association ‘of America
New Dodge by Booze Dealers in Charlestown Markets Foreigners
In Charlestown on April 24 an Italian accused of violating prohibition law was arrested for distributing a note to foreigners claiming exemption from enforcement. The note urged foreigners to show marked liquor containers and request jury trials and legal counsel if arrested. Authorities seized several documents and will investigate.
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Charleston
Pune
West Virginia
United States
Quit School and Earn Alimony Says Judge Denver
Judge Rothgerber told Harvey J. Pugh a University of Colorado student to quit college or face jail if alimony payments of 30 dollars a month were not met. Pugh had asked to stay in school while paying alimony and was given two weeks to leave, find a job, and begin payments.
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Denver
Colo
Apr
Rothgerber
Harvey J. Pugh
University of Colorado
Electric rates rise in London all suppliers announce price hike
London, Apr 24. All companies supplying electricity in London announced an increase in the price of current beginning today. Similar increases via gas were announced recently.
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Assgubed Press
London
Cost of Domes Elizabeth guns in full fire attack
London April 24 report quotes a naval expert estimating that if the battleship Duke Elizabeth fired all its guns at full capacity the British government would incur costs exceeding 1,259,000 dollars per hour. The analysis discusses ammunition use and financial impact of intensified naval fire.
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Associated Press
London
Battissalp Ducon Elizabeth
Serbian Conditions in Serbia Described in Typhus Letter
A letter from Dr. Barton Cookingham in Valjevo, Serbia, relays dire war conditions. He and Dr. Albert S. Cooke describe severe typhus, crude hospital facilities, shortages of milk eggs bandages cotton and beds, no antiseptics, and widespread hunger and filth. The Serbian government contract and hospital chaos worsen casualties.
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Washington, D. C
Serbian Agricultural Relief Committee of Americas
Barton Cookingham
Valjevo
Serbia
Cooke
Albert S. ‘Cooke
Brooklyn
Cam
Symnasium
Military Hospital
France Has Very Few Unemployed Says Jouhaux
Paris April 24 The war has put few workers out of work in France says Secretaire Jouhaux of the federation of labor syndicates. Of six million workers in France between one and a half and two million are in the army. The remainder have work, with building at a standstill while other industries absorb idle hands. Machinery and metal workers in unoccupied regions work to the limit. Major plants repair equipment and produce shells. A general revival of commerce depends on the end of hostilities and helps shopkeepers more than workers.
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Axsresinied Press
Fparis
France
Jouhauxy
Federation of Labor Syndicates
Department of the Seing
Associated Press
Praare
Monsieur Jonhaux
Monsieur Togha
Socialist Party
Italy
Minn
Syndiceliss
Aapital
Panama moves to colonize San Blas coast under monopoly plan
The Panamanian government, backed by a presidential decree, sets aside San Blas territory for colonization and trade strictly through Colon port. The move aims to raise revenue amid financial difficulties but faces US objections over harming cocoanut trade and Indians resisting Panaman authority. A colonial police, a gunboat San Blas, and military-style administration will enforce the scheme and quell any uprisings.
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Associated Press
Panama
San Blas
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Porras
Triplet Egg Reported in Portland Pullet Record
A 7 1/2 month old Portland pullet owned by Mr and Mrs Aurelia Lanor fax reportedly laid a triplet egg breaking records. The egg measures four inches long and contains three distinct yolks and whites, marking a remarkable poultry feat in this city.
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Portland
Ore
Aurelia Lanorfax
British general staff opens officer training school near Frante
Correspondence from London reports a British staff school near headquarters at Frante with over a hundred students. The month long course blends theory and practice, including mathematics and hygiene. Classes use old mansion rooms and dormitories built from barns and sheds amid a sand-banked courtyard for trench models. Students are tested for aptitude and morality for field rank, with weekly 24 hour trench immersion under an instructor.
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Associatéd
Maintain Big Army In Egypt
New Zealand defence department orders drafts to keep the New Zealand expeditionary force in Egypt at full strength with about 1,800 men drafted every two months. Current forces in Egypt number about 5,000 men, with four months training before dispatch.
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Associated, Press
Selington
New Zealand
New Zealand Defence Department
Meyot
Egypt
Rhinoceros Kills Four Soldiers in East Africa Front
CAPE TOWN April 24 Four scouts in a small East African contingent sent against the Germans were killed by a enraged rhinoceros. The leading motor car was struck without warning overturning the vehicle and killing four occupants. Fifty men with knives finally killed the animal after it disabled another car.
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Associated Press
Cape Town
Cane Times
Organ grinders put under ban in wartime London
War era London curbs on street musicians shift demand from wheezy organ grinders and begging tunes to professional players from Belgium now moblized as a superior citywide street music force. Pianos on wheels accompany solo acts or vocals, with repertoires ranging from popular sentimental pieces to opera numbers, graded by neighborhood. Many performers conceal identity with a domino and are regarded as respectable yet fallen due to war.
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Frese
London
Belgium
Soho
West End
German attorney Deltz awarded the iron cross
LETVSIC April 24 AP reports William Deltz of his city, famed for prosecuting the Captain of Copenick, receives the iron cross. In ODESSA April 24, coal shortages in South Russia threaten large Odessa district factories. owners hold talks to conserve fuel and avert closures.
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Associated Press
Letvsic
William Deltz
Copenick
Odessa
Russia
Australia to Dispatch Third Expeditionary Force
Melbourne April 24 The third Australian expeditionary force will total about 10 000 men with roughly 140 officers and 4 000 other ranks from each state Victoria and New South Wales supplying most of the recruits Reinforcements for the 30 000 already in the field will accompany the contingent Light horse and infantry form the main body Some officers and men have prior service in German New Guinea though mainly in a garrison role.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Victoria
German New Guinea
Sassafras Tea Cure Mistaken Remnant Voice
A printed note recalls the old practice of giving sassafras tea to children as a spring tonic. It warns that tea can cause nosebleeds and blood thinning, describing how bark is harvested and dried and how mothers enforced four days of treatment.
Dreaded Typhus Gains Ground Across Serbia and Region
Reports from Belgrade and surrounding areas describe a surge in typhus, with over a hundred doctors dead and thousands afflicted as Austrian prisoners and Serbian civilians suffer. The piece notes hospitals strained by uniforms and clothing shortages, plus relief efforts by Red Cross and American suggestions to deploy aid via the Jason collier, while detailing local rescue and public health actions in Belgrade and Belgrade area towns.
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Associated
Red Cross Sanitary Commisssion
Jason
Bellbens
Statavelk
Salonika
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Toledo
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McGraw Coal Company
Jessie Beavers
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