Aviators on both sides press fight near Ypres
Allied forces land about 20,000 troops near the Danelles in Belgium while six destroyers attempt to force the Straits. Bombs fall, German missiles hit Bialystok, and Russian forces retaliate at Soldau. British and French air activity continues as German airship hangars at Ghent are attacked.
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Dandanelles
London
Belgium
Ypres
Bialystok
Russian Poland
Soldau
East Prussia
Ghent
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Enos
Turkey
Gulf of
Saros
Constantinople War Office: six torpedo boats attempted Dardanelles
A war office statement says it is now definitely known that six torpedo boats tried to penetrate the Dardanelles. The disclosure underscores ongoing naval actions in the strait amid broader Mediterranean operations.
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Constantinople
War Office
Dardanelles
German Army Report Notes Argonne Bomb Effect
Berlin reports on the progress of hostilities states that French forces in the Argonne employed a bomb that caused soldiers to vomit. The remark appears in a military bulletin issued by Berlin as part of ongoing war dispatches.
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Berlin
Argonne
Public transport workers punished for rudeness and abuse
Judge Malone in general sessions court ruled that courtesy to passengers is part of duty for transport employees. He sentenced subway guard Michael Gavin and Third Avenue surface car conductor Joseph Friedman to one year in prison each after they settled quarrels with passengers by striking them.
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New York
Malone
Sessions Court
Michael Gavin
Joseph Friedman
Third Avenue
Pilgrims Shelter Saved in Plymouth House
Plymouth Mass The Howland house the sole remaining dwelling from the Mayflower passengers era will not be sold for debt The Society of the Descendants of Pilgrims has satisfied judgment on a note and will retain the house
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Pilgrim’s
Plymouth
Mass
America
Society of the Descendants of
Pilgrim's
Week's Trade Balance Drops to 12.94 Million for April 17
The United States posted a favorable foreign trade balance of 12,937,087 for the week ending April 17. Exports reached 51,310,853 while imports totaled 38,376,766, a decrease of 5,754,180 from the prior week ending April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Woman elected mayor in Warren Illinois history
Mrs. A. R. Canfield aged 74 becomes Warren Illinois first woman mayor after defeating Daniel Staver by four votes. Warren, with about 1500 residents, confirms a new female chief executive in the state.
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Chicago
A. R. Canfield
Warren
Ill
Daniel Staver
Aviators Fall 75 Feet Into Bay Near San Francisco
A hydroaero plane carrying Charles Strauss of Cedar Falls Texas and aviator Robert Fowler plunged 75 feet into San Francisco Bay. Both passengers were rescued by a launch and suffered no injuries.
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San Francisco
Cal—A
Charles Strauss
Cedar Falls
Tex
Strauss
Robert Fowler
French Flier Bomb Kills Child in Kandey School
Amsterdam reports from Mulheim Am Bubr say a French aviator dropped bombs on Kandey and Loerach. A blast at Kandey’s school killed one child. In Loerach six bombs killed one person and injured four others.
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Amsterdam
Mulheim-Am-Bubr
Kandey
Loerach
Quarrel Over Hotel Purchase Ends in Double Shooting and Suicide
In Los Angeles a 49 year old man, William Hunter, shot and seriously wounded Begchey Crampton, 40, and his wife Winifred, 30, during a dispute over a hotel purchase. Hunter then killed himself with a pistol shot to the brain.
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Self
Los Angeles
Cal
William Hunter
Begchey C. Crampton
Winifred
Austrians Mass Along Italian Front as Invasion Threat Looms
Reports from Rome indicate the dual monarchy is amassing troops on the Italian frontier amid talks of Rome entertaining proposals from a combined Germanic crown. Large Austrian contingents are said to be quartered at Monfalcone Ronchi and Sebrado with fortified Isonzo line entrenchments and batteries ready.
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Rome
Italy
Austria
Monfalcone
Ronchi
Sebrado
Isonz River
Decision Believed Imminent for Italy War Involvement
Rome reports Italy may decide on war within hours as time limit for Austria’s proposals expires. Berlin claims German forces advanced in the west, penetrating four French positions and retaking Embermenil.
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Mdon
England
Two WV Officials Arrested in Charleston Election Case
In Charleston, West Virginia, postmaster R. E. Wood and police chief R. M. Brawley, both Democrats, along with eight other Democrats and ten Republicans, have been arrested in a municipal election probe for buying votes and are held on $500 bail awaiting hearings.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Messrs
R. E. Wood
R. M. Brawley
Squatters Rush 60 Acre Alaska Tract After Rumors
In Seward Alaska rumors spread that the Alaska Engineering Commission would open to settlement the 60 acre terminal tract recently acquired with the Alaska Northern RR purchase. The rumor prompted a stampede of squatters who occupied nearly all of the tract.
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Seward
Alaska
Alaska Engineering Commission
Alaska Northern R. A
Washington Not Surprised by Villa Line of Communication Strain
Consular dispatches from Mexico support Carranza victory claims at Celaya and Obregon's advance. Villa retreats north, destroying rails. 6,000 killed or wounded in six days. Trains carry defeated forces to Aguascalientes. West coast control by Carranza nears, Villa lines to the border questioned. Zapata isolated, Mexico City possible under Obregon.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Carranza
Obregon
Villa
Celaya
Aguascalientes
Irapuato
Department
Howard
Vila
Matamoros
Zapata
Mexico City
U S to Become Financial Center Amid Trade Boom
Washington report says the United States leads global finance as its trade surplus surpasses 600 million dollars with forecasts of 1 billion by June and another half billion by year’s end. Officials claim America will become banker of nations and curb European wartime demand.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Europe
England
Germany
Compulsory Education Plan Proposed in Russia
A letter from an officer of the emperor’s household reports that M. Kasso is drafting a compulsory education decree to be issued after the war. The plan aims for full empirewide enforcement within five years.
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Russia
New York
M. Kasso
Empire
Baby Drowned After Wandering Into Pool Near Sedalia
John Wandell an 18 month old child of Mr and Mrs J Frost Wandell wandered from home north of Sedalia and walked into a swimming pool where he drowned.
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Sedalia
J. Frost Wandell
John Wandell
Whisky and Bible in Stone at Camden Courthouse
A forty five year old bottle of whisky and a Bible were placed in the Benton county courthouse corner stone at Camden when the building was erected. The stone was part of a border town celebration. As demolition is underway for a new courthouse, the whisky will be removed from the corner stone. A contract has been set for the new courthouse construction.
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Camden
Tenn
Benton County
Scientists Study Woman In Remarkable Bone Healing Case
In Grand Junction Colorado Mrs L E Black ston suffers a broken hip from a rug slip and endures fifty pounds of iron over the bedpost as daily X ray photographs chart the slowly mending bone. The series aims to join one of the most remarkable medical records.
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Grand Junction
Colorado
L. E. Blackston
Chicago Pioneer Hotel to Go
Work of dismantling the Wellington Hotel at Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard has begun. The Wellington, long a leading Chicago hotel, is being removed as part of urban redevelopment plans.
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Chicago Pioneer Hotel
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Kron Prinz Is Dry Docked
The German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm was placed in dry dock at Norfolk with the treasurer department notified of the action.
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Kron Prinz
Washington
Norfolk
Treasury Department
Marshal Kills Rich Indian in Mounds Shooting
City marshal of Mounds, Okla, Herod, shot and killed Tames Tiger, a wealthy Indian, after Tiger lost control of his team and drew his revolver. Herod went to assist but fired first, ending the confrontation. Tiger was said to be intoxicated at the time.
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Salpulpa, Ok
W. I. Herod
Mounds
Tames Tiger
Tiger
Herod
Garb Sufficient Not Enough in New York Dance Halls
Reverend Thomas F. Whigs of St Francis Xavier's College in West Sixteenth Street says women wear sufficient clothes but not enough. He urges a rule of enough clothing and believes it will prevail as women grow more sensible.
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New York
Thomas F. Whigs
St. Francis Xavier’s College
West Sixteenth Street
Men Freed After Refusing to Pay for Sunday Drinks
Two men arrested for refusing to pay for drinks bought in a saloon on Sunday were discharged in Chicago by Judge Gemmill in municipal court. The judge ruled they did not have to pay for drinks sold in violation of the law.
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Chicago
Gemmill
Japan Orders Warships Home From Pacific Waters
Japan directs all warships in Pacific waters near the American coast to return to home stations except those salvaging the wrecked cruiser Asama in Turtle Bay. Advices from Tokyo were received at the Japanese embassy.
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Japan
Washington
Pacific
Asama
Turtle Bay
Tokio
New York Supreme Justice Burr Dies
New York judge Joseph Arthur Burr of the Appellate Division and Supreme Court died at New York Hospital after an operation.
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New York Supreme Justice
New York
Joseph ‘Arthur’ Burr
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of New York
New York Hospital
Illinois Grain Dealer Dead in Urbana
Illinois grain dealer I F C Strong secretary of the Illinois Grain Dealers Association is dead at his Urbana home.
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Illinois
Urbana
F. W. C. Strong
The
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Prodigy Boy Cecil Fry Stricken With Heart Disease
Eight year old Denver prodigy Cecil Fry who could read and write by age two and use a typewriter by three has heart disease and is to be rushed to Albuquerque New Mexico for possible life saving treatment. He has mastered Bacon and the lives of all the presidents along with many classics.
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Denver
Colo
Cecil Fry
Bacon
Albuquerque
N. M
Governor Dunne lays cornerstone for Illinois National Guard armory
Gov Dunne presided at the cornerstone ceremony for the Second Regiment Illinois National Guard armory valued at 400000 dollars. Civil and military officials attended as staff and others observed the event in Chicago.
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Gov. Dunne
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Copper Cent Sold for Eight Dollars in New York Auction
W H Peck paid eight dollars for a 1799 copper cent in good condition at Merwin Galleries on East Fortieth Street New York. The specimen is noted as among the rarest American cents for that date.
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New York
W. H. Peck
Merwin Galleries
East Fortieth Street
Wolf Dog Team Wins Race in Nome Alaska
Leonard Seppala drove his 16 Siberian wolf dogs to win the 412 mile all Alaska sweepstakes dog team race starting at 9 am Wednesday. His time was 78 hours 44 minutes 37 seconds, four and a half hours slower than John Johnson’s 1910 record.
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Nome
Alaska
Leonard Seppala
John Johnson
Wolves
Four Freed in Murder Case at Graham Courthouse
E W Pry former Texas legislator and three co defendants were acquitted on charges of murdering deputy sheriff Thomas Cherryholmes in an attack at the Young county courthouse in Graham Texas on the night of February 24. The verdict ends the case against the four men who had faced trial for the alleged shooting and death.
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Wichita, Falls
Tex
E. W. Pry
Texas
Thomas Cherryholmes
Young County
Graham
Progressive Turns Republican Senator Poindexter Renominates
Spokane Washington as the sole Progressive in the United States senate Miles Poindexter of Washington has announced he would seek renomination on the Republican ticket He took his seat in the senate as a Progressive on April 17 1911 and his term expires March 31 1917
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Spokane
Wash
United States
Senate
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Carpenters Ready to Arbitrate in Chicago
Efforts to settle strikes and lockouts in Chicago affecting 125000 building trades workers are under way. John A. Metz, president of the Carpenters District Council, said the union is ready to arbitrate.
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Carpenters
Chicago
John A. Metz
Carpenters’ District Council
Dunne Seeks Broad Support For Illinois Waterway Bill
Springfield Governor Dunne expressing confidence that sufficient votes exist in the Illinois House and Senate to pass the No. 3 waterway bill between Lockport and Utica. He cites expected wide backing from business, newspapers and the public, and argues the project will lower Chicago freight rates, boost Illinois producers, and integrate with Panama Canal changes. The plan has pledges from state and national bodies and notable endorsements from Chicago and New Orleans groups.
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Springfield
Dunne
House
Senate
Illinois
Lockport
Utica
Chicago
Panama Canal
United States
Eastern Seaboard
Ohio
Indiana
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Illinois Valley
Mississippi River
Grafton
Cairo
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
New York
Rivers and Lakes Commission
Association of Commerce of Chicago
Pedura
Joliet
LaSalle
Peru
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Real Estate Bédard
Hainois Society of Engineers and Surveyors
River
National Rivers and Harberg Congress
Ilinois
The
Western Canada praised by Minnesota paper reader
A letter from A G Hansen of a farm near Clavet Saskatchewan defends Western Canada against American criticisms. He notes strong settlement by Americans, decent crop yields, Canadian laws, voluntary military service, and mutual loyalty to Canada and the United States, ending with a defense of life liberty and happiness.
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A. G. Hansen
Clavet
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Cottonwood Current
Cottonwood
Minn
Hansen
Iowa
Dakotas
United States
Luck and Sense in Judgment Debate
A conversation between a man and Senator Sorg Bhuma on trust in luck versus judgment. The senator notes some people's judgments are so poor that relying less on them may improve outcomes.
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Senator SorgBhum
Fun for Her Innuendo Sparks Curious Exchange
A terse exchange centers on affection and hesitation as a woman questions why she avoids Reggie and revels in hearing him stammer his proposals. The dialogue hints at social dynamics and playful flirtation within a dating context.
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Reggie
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