U S Army Faces Choice on Villa Pursuit in Mexico
Washington reports say Maj Gen Scott will decide if pursuit of Villa can succeed with limited forces. If Villa is deep inland and cannot be captured, the option is withdrawing troops. Carranza’s hostile stance and Germany’s crisis affect the expedition’s future plans.
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Washington
Villa
Hugh L. Scott
Funston
San Antonio
Army
Ais
Baker
War Department
Scott
Mexico
Pfunston
Germany
General Pershing
Carranza
Parra
Vna
Cabinet Formed for China Under Yuan Shih Kai Pact
Peking April 24 reports a new cabinet formed under Yuan Shih Kai following his mandate. Tuan Chi-Jui appointed premier and war minister with Lu Cheng-Halang as foreign affairs minister and Chang Hu as finance minister. Wang Yih Ting becomes interior minister and Liu Kuang-Heun remains marine head. Tsan Yulin serves as communications minister. Chow Tzu-Chi moves from agriculture to Bank of China director general. Yuan agrees to surrender civil authority to the cabinet.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shih Kai
Tuan Chi-Jui
Lu Cheng
Mackensen to Aid Turka Front in Armenia
Field Marshal von Mackensen and Enver Pasha reportedly left Constantinople for the Armenian front to direct operations against Russia. An Austro-German corps has been sent to reinforce the Turks.
Plant Sold for Four Million to Buffalo Leader
The Klinek Packing Company pork and beef plant was sold to William Morgan, president of the Buffalo and Brass Rolling Mill in Black Rock. The purchase price is understood to be over four million dollars, with terms not disclosed.
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Buffalo, N
Teutons Break Through But Fail To Hold At Dead Man's Hill
German troops opened a night assault at Le Mort Homme and briefly penetrated French trenches before an immediate counter attack drove them out. They also attacked Caurette wood with liquid fire but were repulsed. The Meuse bombardment continued, and Paris experts say French initiative has returned on the Meuse though no general counter-offensive is seen.
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Paris
le Mort Homme
Caurette Wood
Meuse
Vaux
Verdun
Lloyd George Denounced in Open Letter from Daily News Editor
Alfred Gardner, Daily News editor, writes an open letter denouncing David Lloyd George as minister of munitions. Gardner blames Lloyd George for the government crisis, noting his shifting support from radicals to conservative press and Northcliffe outlets. He says the country chose between Asquith and Lloyd George and warns Lloyd George will face public opprobrium.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Alfred G. Gardiner
The
Daily News
Gardner
Lloyd. George
Northcliffe Press
British Retake Trenches and French Attack Reports
Berlin reports from the German war office admit British troops have recaptured trenches lost to the Germans on Monday. The statement also notes a French attack at Caurattes wood succeeded, while a French assault at Le Mort Homme was repulsed, with German losses.
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Berlin
Garman War Office
Caurattes Wood
le Mort Homme
Torpedoed Steamer Sable Unarmed and Sunk
A Lloyd's Patch: reports confirm the steamer Sable was torpedoed without warning. the vessel was unarmed. The incident occurred as described in London on April 24.
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London
Lloyd
Italian Recruits Called Up by Royal Decree
Rome April 24 Italian recruits were called up by royal decree totaling ten cagses or cases as reported in the dispatch.
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Rome
Cos
Army Bill Passed as Turkish and German Actions Reported
Washington April 20 Senate passes army reorganization bill to raise regulars to 250000, coast artillery to 21749, and require military training in schools. It enforces uniform respect with penalties for discrimination by carriers, theaters, and firms. Bipartisan support with 22 Republicans and 21 Democrats for the increase. opposition mainly from Progressives. Turkish volunteers attack near Kut El Amara and Syrian coast actions noted. German and Austrian fronts report gains and losses in Dvinsk region and Ashkala.
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Petrograd
London
Dvinsk
Garbunovka
Giovka
Postavy
Bosphorus
Ashkala
Erzerum
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Sheikh Said
Kut-El-Amara
Asherak
Lauristan
Gnaz
Karatash Point
Kenston
Smyrna
Washington
Senate
Hose
Regular Army
Coast Artillery
Army
Navy
Borah, Jones, Curtis and Smith
Michigan
Protests Arrest of German Embassy Official After NYC Conspiracy Charge
In New York on April 20, Wolf von Teel former secretary to Captain von Papen of the German embassy was arrested on a conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal after a tense confrontation on the twenty-fifth floor of 60 Broadway. Von Igel and three others were subdued as agents drew revolvers. Bond for von Teel was set at $20,000. Washington officials sought to release von Igel amid embassy immunity claims. In Hot Springs Ark a Canadian MP J R Stratton died after 36 days of fasting and a physician faced manslaughter arrest.
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Wolf von Igel
Captain von Papen
New York
Department of Justice
Welland Rang
Broadway
Wolf von Teel
von Papen
Welland Canal
von Igel
U. S
Howe
von Tgel
Washington
State Department
Department of Justice Rele Ase
von Papan
Wellang Canal
Hot Springs
Ark
Britain partially admits order over illegal blockade reply
Ambassadors report that Britain's reply to the American blockade protest acknowledges some aspects of the legality of the British order. The statement came from Washington on April 22 and was conveyed to the state department by Ambassador Spring-Rica.
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atHhegal
Washington
Ambbassador
French Take The Offensive Near Verdun On Meuse
Paris reports French troops have taken the offensive on the east bank of the Meuse in Verdun’s second battle. The official communiqué says a successful attack in the Vaux region captured a retreat and some trenches Germans had built after advancing on the northeast Verdun front.
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Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Vaux
German Forces Report Gains at Ypres and Langemarck
Berlin April 28 war office bulletin reports marked German successes against the British in Flanders. German troops penetrated English trenches at Ypres and captured English positions at Langemarck, taking an officer, 108 men and two machine guns.
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Berlin
Flanders
War Office
Ypres
Llangemarck
Langemarck
Wilson restores public land in Montana and Thaw divorce outcome
Washington reports President Wilson restores 184 090 acres of public land in Custer County Montana. Harry K Thaw secures a divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in a common pleas court on grounds of infidelity. A Cedar Rapids fire at the former St James Hotel causes property losses of 460000 dollars.
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Washington
Wilson
Custer County
Montana
Pittsburgh
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit’ Thaw
Cohen
Common Pleas
Grounth
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Union
St. Jamea
State University
Own’ City
Nine Die in Outskirts of Vienna Street Clash
Nine Bergang were killed and many wounded in a street clash on the outskirts of Vienna. Leopold Fichtner, a loudstorm infantryman, under his charge at a polite post, became insane during the incident.
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Vienna
Bergang
Leopold Fichtner
Iowa Leads in 1915 Farm Stats With Cattle Gain Reported
Iowa expects to publish 1915 crop figures soon, with cattle increasing and hog losses from cholera down. Winnebago and Mitchell counties show large reductions in hog deaths and rising cattle counts, suggesting statewide gains between 460000 and 500000 cattle if trends continue.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
State Census Department
Department of Agriculture
Census Department
Winnebago County
Mitchell County
Mogs
Petersen Family Store Sells for Record Davenport Sum
Forty six years after J H C Petersen started selling matches in Davenport his sons opened a three generation department store. The family sold the store for six hundred thousand dollars in what Davenport records as the largest mercantile deal in the city. The original founder's sons died recently, leaving a wealthy legacy.
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Davenport
J. H. C. Petersen
Scott County
Mr. Petersen
J. H.C. Petersen
J. H.C
Spanish War Hero Diegnan Dies in Colorado Sanitarium
Stuart-Osborn W Diegnan a Spanish war hero native of Stuart died recently in a tuberculosis sanitarium at Canon City Colorado Born in 1877 his father a railroad man was killed in the Grinnell cyclone of 1882 Diegnan left home at fourteen to seek his fortune becoming a seaman and later enlisting in the navy He served in the Spanish American War and was with Hobson on the Merrimac at Santiago marking the crew as heroes
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Stuart
Osborn W. Diegnan
Canon City
Colo
Diegnan
Navy
Hobson
Merrimac
Santiago
Married Sixty-Six Years Thompson Couple Celebrates
Forest City couple Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Thompson mark sixty six years of marriage. Mr. Thompson, founder of a community center and early state builder, is 79 and Mrs. Thompson 75. They recall the state’s early days with sparse rail lines and farmland selling for about $1.26 an acre, compared to today’s value.
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Forest City
Jasper Thompson
Thompson
Mr. Thompson Ia
Iowa City
Davenport
Revenue Office Reestablishes Federal Station Here
Ottumwa will regain a federal Internal Revenue collection station after Washington orders its reestablishment at once. The city, with many cigar manufacturers, expects benefits as about half of the annual $100,000 revenue will come from cigar box stamp sales and the remainder from proprietary stamps.
Look and Feel Fresh Daily Through Internal Sanitation
The ad promotes daily morning use of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion constipation biliousness dull complexion and overall health, urging readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate.
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Dolsonius Gia
Canadian Land Appeal Sparks Defense In Spokesman Letter
Mr Wallace of Spokane defends Canada against negative reports citing his five years in Saskatchewan. He touts government aid, land yields, and personal success, noting affordable delivery costs and profits from 135 acres despite health issues.
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Canada
Alberta
Spokesman Review
Spokane
Wallace
Crestiine
Spokan
Weste Canada
Spokesman
Spokesman-A
Chamber of Commerce
America
Saskatchewan
Crestline
Fragmentary OCR note with unclear protest wording
A garbled OCR fragment mentions protests and neutrality with scattered phrases about rules and counters. Content is largely indecipherable, offering no clear names, places, dates, or events to confirm.
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Fletcher
Hanford
Ely
Po Warel Ag
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