French Cruiser Leon Gambetta Sunk by Austrian Submarine
Paris reports the armored cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed by the Austrian submarine U five in the Otranto Canal area. About 600 lives were lost, officers perished at their posts, while 136 crew members were rescued. Gambetta, built in 1903 at Brest, displaced 12 416 tons and carried a substantial armament and costs.
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Paris
J i Gambetta
Otranto
Katic Sea
Leon Gambetta
Brest
Kaiser's Warning to Enemies Signals German Triumph
The Kaiser telegraphs to his sister the Greek queen reporting German successes on both eastern and western fronts. He insists the enemy cannot advance and predicts a German victory in sight. He warns grimly that those who oppose Germany will suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Greece
Tunnel Use Probed at Earlham College Amid Resignation
Richmond Indiana. Following Prof Albert Russell's charges of lax discipline after his resignation trustees, an investigation by the faculty probes reports that male students used an underground tunnel linking the men's and women's dormitories to spirit co eds on campus after curfew. Four athletes in dining service at Earlham Hall are involved and unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Indiana
Earlham College
Albert Russell
Hearlham Hall
Houston to Visit Forests Washington
Secretary Houston travels west to inspect national forests and assess timber forage grazing and water power development for public use. He will study forest service administration and related management challenges during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Forests
Washington
Forest Service
Illinois Labor Bills Advance From House Commission
Two labor measures recommended for passage by the Illinois House industrial affairs commission. The McCormick bill would limit working hours for women to nine per day, while the Kane bill provides for one rest day in every seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Springfield
Ill
Industrial Affairs Commission of the
House
McCormick
Kane
Impresario Widow Ida Bonora Dies in Poison Death
Ida Bonora, Milan ballet dancer known privately as Mrs Mari Lombardi and wife of a grand opera impresario, died in Portland Oregon after taking poison. She learned her husband had previously dropped dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Ida Bonora
Milan
Italy
Mari Lombardi
Grand Opera
Impresario
Washington court fines owner over trooper admission mix
In a published case from Fort Myer linked dispute, a public amusement venue owner was fined ten dollars after a trooper demanded entry and the establishment barred him. The ruling addresses alleged discrimination against soldiers at such venues and concludes with the owner’s financial penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Police Rt
T Eine
M. Uel
Fort Myer
Nglieh Colleges Bar Drink Incident Reported
A brief notice from nglieh Colleges describes an incident at a campus bar involving students and staff. No injuries reported. The event prompted campus safety review and a reminder of alcohol policy enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nglieh
Allies Landing On Both Sides Of Dardanelles Straits
Paris and London report Allied forces have begun the march on Constantinople after landing on both shores of the Dardanelles. French and British troops secure Kum Kaleh on the Asiatic side as Turks mount seven counterattacks under naval guns. The total force ashore remains unspecified while operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Dardanelles
British War Office
Admiralty
Gallipoli
Paris
Kum Kaleh
Straits
Ivan Hamilton
Nome saloon license issue to be decided May six
Nome Alaska voters will decide on May 6 whether to continue licensing saloons. The election was ordered by the U S district court after petitions from dry forces. Women now vote in Alaska and their stance is highly watched by both camps as Nome, the Bering Sea region’s metropolis, with a winter population around 3,500, swells to over 5,000 in summer navigation months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
United States District Court
Bering Sea
Storstad Blamed for Empress of Ireland Disaster
The admiralty court ruled Storstad responsible for the St. Lawrence collision with the Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914. The disaster claimed over 1,000 lives in the river collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Admiralty Court
St. Lawrence
Peace Talks Delayed as Chicago Carpenters Strike
In Chicago 16 000 carpenters pause peace negotiations as arbitrators fail to agree on wage demands. Workers seek 70 cents per hour, a 5 cent rise above the current scale, delaying settlement.
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Chicago
War Insurance Bills Soar in Britain Claim Payouts
British life insurance companies paid war claims nearing 10 million dollars to relatives of soldiers and officers killed in the first seven months of the war. One insurer alone settled about eight thousand claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dynamiter Paroled from Leavenworth Prison
Henry W. Legleitner, convict in the 1912 iron workers conspiracy case, was paroled by Attorney General Gregory. He had been serving a three year sentence at Leavenworth penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry W. Legleitner
Indianapolis
Iron Workers
Gregory
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Husband Granted Horses as Alimony in Divorce
Lexington, Mrs. Thomas Lewis filed for divorce citing burdensome care of her husband and his horses. The court granted her the horses as alimony, noting the husband’s demand for farm duties and animal care as factors in the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Girl Walks Out Window in New York Fall Injures Self
A 12 year old girl named Catherine Reed walked out a window in New York and fell into a yard. She was dangerously hurt in the incident near Nek Ladveca and the event is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Catherain Reed
Nek Ladveca
British Retreat At Ypres Amid Heavy Fighting
London reports five days of near continuous combat in Flanders centered on Ypres. German headquarters claim 1,000 Canadians and 4,000 others captured. British line readjustment places front south of St Julien as fighting continues northeast of Ypres. Meanwhile Allied naval landings on the Gallipoli peninsula proceed under fleet guns, with Turks offering strong resistance. Vienna cites Austrian gains in the Carpathians and reports heavy Russian losses near Uzsok Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Flanders
Ypres
British War Office
St. Julien
Gillipoli
Dardanelles
Straits
Texas Faces 16 Inch Rainfall In Austin Storms
The Austin area received more than sixteen inches of rain since Thursday. A Sunday cloudburst caused little damage while flood wreckage from prior storms was washed away. No lives were lost, and southwest reports indicate continuing floods and cyclones with no additional fatalities.
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Austin
Tex
Woman Lieutenant Promoted in Petrograd Cossack Regiment
Miss Alexandra Le gferay of a Cossack regiment is promoted to lieutenant. She was once a German prisoner, killed her guard, escaped, and led a party that captured 18 Uhlans in Petrograd era reporting.
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Petrograd
Alexandra le Gferay
Aerodrome Destroyed in Allied Air Attack Report
Berens reports from Amsterdam that in a recent allied air attack on Belgian German fronts a aerodrome at Gontrode was destroyed and a Zeppelin stored there was demolished.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Berens
Belgium
Gontrode
Peoria Banks Consolidate To Form New Bank
In Peoria the Merchants' National Bank and the Illinois State Bank announce a merger creating the Merchants and Illinois National Bank. The consolidation unites two longtime local lenders under a single institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Merchants’ National Bank
Ilinois State Bank
The
Merchants and Illinois National Bank
Envoy Trawler Surfaces After False Sink Claim
London reports the trawler Envoy, once believed sunk by a German submarine, was found and safely brought into the Tyne, clarifying the wartime incident and restoring confidence for the crew and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tyne
Hats Draw Two Men to Police Station in New York
Miss Anna Goldsmith, 18, led two young men to a police station after they made remarks about her new hat. The incident occurred in New York as authorities reviewed the complaint and potential charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Goldsmith
Fires House and Shoots Self in Joliet Farm Scene
George Yaroma, a discharged farm hand, returned to Matson Clark’s Wilmington farm and, after driving Mr and Mrs Clark out, barricaded himself inside with a revolver. An all day confrontation followed as deputies battled to end the standoff. The man set fire to the house and died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Joliet
Ill
George Yaroma
Matson Clark
Wilmington
Clark’s
Mass Atrocities Reported in Transcaucasia Slaughter
Refugees reaching the Russian line describe mass casualties of 1500 Armenians killed by Muslims near Van Armenia Asiatic Turkey. Villages near Van are said to be wiped out and survivors flee. An Armenian girl Elizabeth Macara recounts defense at Hosrova Catholic mission where 48 victims were buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Van
Armenia
Turkey
Hosrova
Elizabeth Macara
David Ishma
Armenian Exodus and Massacres Confirmed in Caucasus
Dilman Perscia reports on the exodus of about 30 000 Armenians and Nestorian Christians from Azerbaijan provinces, with more than 1 500 massacred, 2 000 dying of disease at the American mission compounds in Uramiah, and possibly another equal number of refugees in the Caucasus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilman, Perscia
Azerbaijan
Uramiah
Caucasus
Passport Perils at Julfa Border During Refugee Crisis
Refugees fleeing across the Russian frontier face passport problems at Julfa. Desperate crowds push while Maddened women throw their children into the Araxes river or pools to escape cold and hunger. Father De Cross fights a mob as he distributes food amid mud and freezing nights for three weeks until dispersal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julfa
Araxes
Father de Cross
Court ruling to close Fort Smith saloons
Judge Paul Little in the circuit court rules saloon petitions lack the required majority of white adult signatures under state law. The decision is expected to close all Fort Smith saloons permanently on August 1 after Prohibitionists appealed county court license grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Paul Little
Canal Operated at a Loss Despite Some Improvement
Washington reports the Panama canal operated at a loss of about ten percent for the first eight months of use. Officials say indications point to the loss being reduced to under six percent in a few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Two Indicted in Bank Failure in Duquoin
The grand jury at the April term of the Duquoin city court returned indictments against Henry Horn Jr the cashier of the defunct Bank of Duquoin and Frank Wells both charged with embezzlement after five weeks of court sessions.
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Duquoit
Duquoin
Henry Horn, Jr
Bank of Duquoin
Henry Horn
Frank Wells
Horn
Wells
Kidnaper Slain Report From London Desk
London dispatch reports Yanne Sandausky, Macedonian brigand and former kidnapper of missionary Eben Stone in 1901, has been slain by unknown assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Sofia
Reuter’s
Telegram. Co
Yanne Sandausky
Migs
Eben Stone
Bank of France Releases Funds to Bank of England
The Bank of France released 5,000,000 francs or 91,000,000 dollars to the Bank of England for a mission to New York aimed at steadying exchange rates. The move involves a large transfer to stabilize international currency markets and support financial confidence amid unsettled conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of France
Péris
Bank of
Bank of England
Sens
New York
Missing Int sBeatary Hot House Fire Bieal
A fragmented report notes a house fire at a site labeled Missing Int sBeatary Hot House. Authorities respond as firefighting units work to contain flames and determine a cause while evacuations or nearby hazards are assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire _ Bieal
Ins. Top
Wisinett Neve
Invents Bug Killer for Chinch Bug Control
Inventor W Swires, a contractor and carpenter, develops a bug killer plan to combat chinch bugs. The device aims to clock bees and bugs for targeted pest elimination, with notes on implementation and operation.
Dunne Deep Waterway Bill Moves Toward Passage
Springfield observers report steady progress on amendments to the eight foot waterway bill. Governor Dunne and Senator Lewis reviewed proposals with the deep waterway committee executive panel led by Samuel Alschuler. Ottawa residents fear flooding while Joliet to Peoria advocates seek protections. Letters of broad support pour in, and action is expected in both houses next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Deep Waterway Committee
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
Dunne
Ottawa
Joliet
Peoria
Alschuler
Northern Illinois
H. E. Morgan
M. Harvey
E. T. Harris
Chicago
R. W. Thompson
la Salle
Thompson
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Known In Illinois as Allen Jewel thief linked to Springfield case
Springfield report says Charles Williams of London, aka Charles Allen, a noted safe breaker, participated in a 1906 daylight post office robbery. He was jailed in federal prison after conviction and earlier served at Chester penitentiary before the Springfield crime. Last heard he sailed to Europe to join Joe Killorane, dead after a brawl that cost him a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Allen
Springfield
Charles Williams
London
Charles Allen
Post Office
Chester
Europe
Joe Killorane
Killorane
White County Roads Get State Aid Additions
Carmi White county will receive 982 state aid money for hard roads in addition to the 8000 already apportioned because about a dozen counties forfeited their state aid by failing to make equal county funds. Other counties receive extra allotments: Clay 395 Coles 1010 Crawford 2175 Edwards 157 Effingham 692 Marion 759 Hamilton 459 Jasper 428 Jefferson 501 Lawrence 778 Wayne 597.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White County
Carmi
Clay
Coles
Crawford
Edwards
Effingham
Marion
Hamilton
Jasper
Jefferson
Lawrence
Wayne
John W. Burton Dies in Salt Lake City
John W. Burton longtime southern Illinois Democrat leader and two term Fourth District appellate court clerk died in Salt Lake City He was born August 3 1853 on a farm near Craal Springs Johnston county Admitted to the bar in 1879 He practiced at Marion before his 1884 election and 1890 reelection He moved with his family to Salt Lake City in 1894 His widow and a son and daughter survive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Burton
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Salt Lake City
Burton
Craal Springs
Johnston County
Marion
Bure
Invents Chinch Bug Killer by Swires Contractor Inventor
Vitden J W Swires, carpenter and contractor, patents a machine to kill chinch bugs. Built on a vacuum carpet sweeper plan with a four horsepower gasoline engine. The suction can lift a shingle yet will not harm crops. Swires has applied for a patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitden
J. W. Swires
Swires
Book 7:9 Omri Lied in Second Mere Minated
Fragmentary OCR reading notes Omri involved in a second-minute lie in a publican context with unclear surrounding details. The fragment lists names and quotes but lacks full sentence structure for a clear event or outcome. Further readable text needed for a precise headline and summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omri
Rts
Publican
Caren
Illinois Music Teachers Convention in Centralia
Illinois Music Teachers association will convene in Centralia May 4 to 7 with teachers from across the state. The program features high school and public school demonstrations, recitals by Frederica Downing, Rudolf Ganz, and others, lectures on pedagogy and European studies, and performances by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with Emil Oberhoffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Music Teachers’ Association
Centralia
Frederica Downing
Arie Zendt
Gustav Halmquist
Hagar Nelson
Effen Bilis Perfield
David Allen Campbell
Glenn Dillard Gunn
van Garden
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Kenneth Bradley
D. A. Clippinger
Maurice Rosenfeld
Leonora
Allen
Herbert Miller
Allen Spencer
Hugo Kortschak
James Whittaker
Anaaiany Pg
John.c. Freund
Cutchan
J. Lawrence Erhet Wedig
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Emil Oberhoffer
Marion Green
Rudolph Reuter
Maria Sandelius
Richard Qzerwonky
Delegates Named by Dunne for National Conference on Charities
Governor Dunne named Dr. N. S. Penick and Dr. C. M. Bowcock of Springfield as delegates to the May 12 19 national conference on charities and corrections in Baltimore. Additional appointees include J. B. Harris Champaign Dr. C. J. Whalen Chicago Dr. John L. Porter Chicago Dr. Jacob Frank Chicago Reed Green Cairo Jerry Kane East St. Louis Mrs. T. N. Gorman Peoria Clinton C. Tilton Danville H. N. Wheeler Quincy H. S. Simpson Rock Island Samuel Aschuler Aurora James F. O'Donnell Bloomingon Mrs. A. J. Graham Chicago Miss Margaret Haley Chicago Jerome Crowley Chicago Mrs M. J. Corboy Chicago Judge M. W. Pinkney Chicago F Emory Lyon Chicago Eugene T. Lies Chicago Miss Helen M. Crittenden Chicago Mrs Nannie Dunkin Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunne
Springfielda
N. S. Penick
C. M. Bowcock
Charities and Corrections
Baltimore
J. B. Harris
Champaign
C. J. Whalen
Chicago
John L. Porter
Jacob Frank
Reed Green
Cairo
Jerry Kane
East St. Louis
Eugene T. Lies
Helen M. Crittenden
Nannie Dunkin
Fifteen Take Communion at Sacred Heart Church
The Sacred Heart Catholic church held its annual first communion services led by Rev. Charles J. Eschmann. The class included Andrew Albers Frank Hemmer William Hemmer George Kern Frederick Pundsack Adolph Reinhart Harry Royster Walter Schneider Joseph Biefert Margaret Anheuser Ida Porgy Catherine Kern Lucy Oestreicher Catherine Rogers and Lillie Wendling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquoin
Sacred Heart Catheolic Church
Charles J. _Eschmann
Andrew Albers
Frank
William Hemmer
George Kern
Frederick Pundsack
Adolph ‘ Reinhart
Harry Royster
Walter Schneider
Joseph Biefert
Margaret. Anheuser
Ida
Porgy
Catherine. Kern
Lucy Oestreicher
Catherine Rogers
Lillie Wendling
Private gift listed to Knox college official
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a $100000 gift associated with Cal Galesburg and Knox college, naming Mrs Ellen Browning Scrigp in La Jolla California as donor, with unclear committee or signatory references. The text is garbled and lacks full context or confirmation of recipient details or purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Galesburg
Thowes Cleland
Knox
College
Ellen- Browning
la Jolla
Cal
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