Face of Cabinet Hinges on Election in Japan
Tokio Japan A general election across the Japanese empire was held to choose a new house of representatives. The last Diet was dissolved on Christmas Day 1914 for refusing to ratify the cabinet’s military program. The outcome could force Premier Okuma to retire if the Seiyukai maintains a majority. independents are expected to rise from 12 to about 40, potentially balancing the chamber. The campaign was marked by intense, costly efforts and notable outreach by candidates wives. Okuma spoke from a special train during a whirlwind campaign.
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Tokio
Japan
House of Representatives
Shigenobu Okuma
Seiyukai
Okuma
Mother Slain in Her Home in Chicago Illinois
Mrs. Anna Kovich, 19, was found strangled in her Chicago residence. Eight lodgers and her husband Samuel Kovich were detained as detectives examined fingerprints on the neck. The body lay in her bedroom as the husband returned from work. A year-old baby slept in a crib nearby.
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Chicago
Illinois
Anna Kovich
Samuel Kovich
Nicholas Dodo
Kovich
Bank Directors Indicted Over Rogers Bank Bond Case
Five former Bank of Rogers directors in Bentonville Arkansas face perjury indictments for false affidavits about their property holdings when they posted a 100000 bond to protect depositors last June. The bondsmen's property sold for only 8000. Indicted are W. E. Talley a former Sankers' Trust Co official, Lee Graham, George Jennings, J. E. Felker and one unnamed man not yet arrested.
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Bentonville
Arkansas
Bank of Rogers
Ark
W. E. Talley
Sankers’ Trust Co
St. Louis
Lee Graham
George Jennings
J. E. Felker
Striking Coal Miners Sued by Elk Coal Co in Columbus
Elk Coal Co of Columbus sues 145 coal miners in Zanesville for 25000 damages alleging strike led to unmet contracts and financial losses. Company seeks compensation for losses from the stoppage.
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Zanesville, O
Elk Coal Co
Columbus
Greece Orders Steel From U S Steel Firm
New York based United States Steel Corporation announced it received an order for 50 000 tons of steel for the Grecian government highlighting continued demand from Greece and the role of the U S steel industry in supplying essential materials.
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Greece
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Floor Collapse at Woodmen Circle Meeting in McAlester
During the Oklahoma state Woodmen Circle gathering in Armory Hall McAlester a supporting pillar failed causing the floor to sink four feet in front of the stage. About 30 women were injured though none seriously as panic spread among attendees.
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McAlester
Woodmen Circle
Armory Hall
Blifer couple marks 76th wedding anniversary
Freeport Illinois celebrates Thomas Blifer and his wife as they mark seventy six years of marriage. They, both aged 98, are believed to hold the American record for length of wedlock.
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Freeport
Mgr
Thomas ‘Blifer
Russian Victory at Przemysl Tops War News
The Russian war office reports over 119000 prisoners taken at Przemysl including 9 generals and 93 officers and 117000 men. Six hundred of the newest type guns were among captured matériel. Leading to the final sortie, garrison troops were given rations biscuits warm clothes and boots while officers urged the defense despite an inglorious fate.
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Petrograd
Russian War Office
Przemysl
Kusmanek
Original Garrison Killed
London dispatches in Petrograd say the Przemysl garrison began with 170000 men. About 40000 were killed and just under 120000 surrendered when the fortress capitulated. The figures exceed prior estimates and reflect a heavy Russian victory in the siege.
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London
Przemys
Petrograd
Minimum wage bill altered in Arkansas
In Little Rock the state legislature passed a wage measure for women but Gov. Hays signed it last Saturday after officials found the word mercantile removed from the list of covered establishments. Labor officials doubt the bill's value though the commission may extend its reach to mercantile workers.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Hays
Clary
Seven German POWs Drowned at Belle Isle Beach
Seven German prisoners of war were drowned off Belle Tile En Mer in a severe coastal storm. The men went to the beach to watch the breakers and were swept away. Local authorities reported the incident as a tragic consequence of the weather.
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Belle Tile En-Mer
France
Nashville Reserve City designation by federal reserve board
Nashville Tennessee was named a reserve city for national banks by the federal reserve board. The board set criteria of 60 000 population 3 000 000 in capital and surplus across national banks and deposits totaling 10 000 000.
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Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Federal Reserve Board
Indian Woman, 105, Dies in Ohio Infirmary
Mrs. Victoria Cada ract, aged 105, long believed the last survivor of native Ohio Indians, died at Ottawa County Infirmary near Oak Harbor Ohio. Her death closes a historic chapter for Indigenous heritage in the region.
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Toledo
Ohio
Victoria
Cadaract
Ottawa County Infirmary
Oak Harbor
Refuses to Dismiss German Consul in Seattle Case
Seattle prosecutors refuse to drop criminal conspiracy charges against William Mueller the German consul and his secretary B M Schulz. They argue the charges must first be proven not guilty before dismissing the case.
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Seattle
Wash
William Mueller
B. M. Schulz
Mueller
Lundip
Students Vaccinated in University of Mingis Outbreak
Owing to five smallpox cases among Mingis University students last week, Dean Clark issued an order requiring immediate vaccination for all students. The measure aims to halt spread and protect campus health.
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Champaign
University of Mingis
Dean Clark
Russians expelled from Memel in costly siege victory
Berlin reports the Russians driven from the Baltic seaport Memel after a brutal street fight as German forces from Tilsit retake the town. Earlier, a Russian detachment south of Memel was defeated and forced to retreat into the city amid barricades and heavy combat.
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Berlin
Memel
War Office
Tilsit
Meme
Przemys Fall Ends Long Siege in World War I
The St Petersburg war office reports the Austrian fortress Przemys has fallen after a months long siege. The Austrian garrison of about 50,000 surrendered to Russian forces under General Dimitrieff, freeing roughly 160,000 Russian troops for action in Poland and along the Carpathian front.
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St Petersburg
Przemys
Russian War Office
Poland
Carpathian
Dimitrieff
Crawford Fairbanks Daughter Dies in Indiana
Mrs Bruce Failey died after an appendicitis operation. She was the only child of Crawford Fairbanks, reputedly Indiana’s wealthiest man with an estimated fortune of 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Crawford Fairbank
Terre Haute
Ind
Bruce Failey
Crawford Fairbanks
Indiana
Gasoline Yacht La Sota Burns Off San Pedro
In Los Angeles six miles off San Pedro the gasoline craft La Sota caught fire. Ownership by millionaire Morgan Adams with his bride of a month and a party of friends aboard led to rapid life boat launch. They were rescued within an hour by the motor boat Sallys from Catalina.
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Los Angeles
Cal
la Sota
Morgan Adams
San Pedro
Indicted Promoter Released in Danville Bond Case
Danville New Jersey H J Freelich the Chicago promoter who was indicted last November by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud Johnston City National Bank has been released on bond of ten thousand dollars after being jailed since December.
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Danvile
H. J. Freelich
Chicago
Johnston City
Fire Fiend Chases Clark at Pass Christian Hotel
Speaker Champ Clark his wife and daughter Miss Genevieve Clark narrowly escaped injury as the Lynn Haven Hotel in Pass Christian burned down. The blaze caused extensive damage and drew wide attention to the incident involving the Clark family.
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Jackon
Champ Clark
Genevieve Clark
Lynn Haven
Pass Christian
Vian man held on old murder charge in Lemon Cove case
A. J. Looney, 51, arrested in Vian Oklahoma on a murder charge tied to a 23 year old killing in Lemon Cove California. He and two others allegedly killed a wealthy real estate dealer after a robbery.
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Vian
Lemon Cove
Cal
A. J. Looney
Looney
Unwritten Law Plea Fails in Indiana Slaying Case
In Boonville Indiana Clyde Barnhill was found guilty of manslaughter for the January killing of William O Loughlin. The defendant had pleaded the unwritten law as a defense.
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Boonville
Ind
Clyde Barnhill
William O’loughlin
Barnhill
Aviator Drops Bombs on Mulheim Berlin
An enemy aviator appeared above Mulheim Baden and dropped three bombs on the city and the artillery barracks. Three soldiers were wounded.
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Mulheim
Berlin
Baden
Boy 4 shoots playmate 3 fatally in Evansville playroom
In Evansville Indiana four year old Buster Caldwell fatally shoots three year old Russell Stand ard while they play with a pistol. Both boys’ mothers were present during the incident.
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Evansville
Ind
Buster” Caldwell
Russell Standard
Fire Destroys Home Killing Woman and Two Children
In Orange Texas Mrs W Wallace 22 years old dies from burns in a house fire that killed her daughter Glady and an infant child. The blaze destroyed the family home and the woman and children perished in the flames.
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Orange
Tex
American Mission Attacked by Turks Bloodied Orthodox Refugees
A Djulfa dispatch from the Russian news agency reports Turkish forces led by Mehemed Raghib Bey attacked the American mission at Urumiah, injuring priests and deacons and beating an American missionary. A gibbet was set in the mission courtyard as refugees faced peril amid a delayed relief effort.
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Petrograd
Djulfa
Urumiah
Mehemed Raghib Bey
Conul
al Jen
Selmas
British Coal Ship Sunk Off Beachy Head
British steamer Cairntorr torpedoed in the English Channel eight miles from shore. Crew survived after rescue boats tried to tow her to port. Cairntorr was en route from Newcastle to Genoa with coal.
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London
Beachy Head
English Channel
East Burne
Newcastle
Genoa
Weather Halts Dardanelles Bombardment Report
The admiralty says unfavorable weather blocked operations at the Dardanelles and seaplane reconnaissance was not possible. Damage to forts cannot be determined and due to drifting mines losses, the attack was not pressed to its conclusion on that date.
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Dardanelles
London
Admiralty
Break Seems Near London
Dispatch from Rome reports Italy Austria tensions at a critical level. Austrian and German subjects are urged by consuls to depart Italy promptly and several recently arrived Germans are under watch for suspected military spying.
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London
Italy
Austria
Rome
Drastic liquor suppression order issued in Arkansas
Pine Bluff Ark. Chancellor J M Elliott ordered sheriff to notify all interested persons that no liquor may be kept in the county after April 1 marking one of the harshest anti liquor moves in the state.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
J. M. Elliott
Alleged Wife Murderer Freed in Willow Springs Case
George Ward charged with murdering his wife Mrs Ward whose charred body was found in the ruins of the burned family home near Willow Springs on March 11. He was discharged by Justice R F Holloway of Willow Springs.
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Freed
Springfield
George Ward
Trench Diggers Unearth Bonds in War Tunnels
In Paris a French reservist in trenches uncovered a package of bonds valued at 100000 francs about $25000 and promptly handed the treasure to his officer. The find highlights how ongoing shelling exposes hidden wartime assets amid urban bombardment.
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Paris
Passengers Witness Naval Battle In Irish Channel
Passengers aboard the British steamer Lapland arriving from Liverpool saw a clash in the Irish Channel between a British torpedo boat escort and a German submarine. The Lapland urged speed as the encounter unfolded.
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New York
Liverpool
Lapland
Dreaming miss finds daughter in Fort Worth street
A man from Waco Mrs Mo Laird reported missing daughter Mya was located on a crowded Fort Worth street after he dreamed of her disappearance. J F McForums of Waco Ted assisted. The missing daughter was found safe and in the area.
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Fort : Worth
Tex
Mo Laird
Pat Worth
J.F. McForums
Waco
Ted
Laird
Illinois Hoof and Mouth Losses Top Two Million
A report to Illinois legislature by Israel Dudgeon shows livestock losses from hoof and mouth disease exceed 2 million dollars. The document lists each herd owner and loss, noting one Peoria county herd recently developed the outbreak. Federal and state costs for fumigation and inspection also loom large.
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Springfield
Israel Dudgeon
House Agricultural Committee
Dudgeon
Peoria
Believe Mitchell Murderer in Dawson Family Case
Evidence will be produced to convict Lovey Mitchell of the Dawson family murder in this city on September 30, 1911. Mitchell, a yellow-nosed man described as big and stoop-shouldered, was arrested in St. Louis by Monmouth’s police chief Webb Morrison. A Joliet penitentiary detective says he has information strengthening the case. A conference of sheriff, police chief and attorneys indicates several arrests may follow. The search began after the name Lovey was found scratched on an electric flashlight in the Dawson yard. Mitchell has evaded capture until now and is linked to similar murders terrorizing the country.
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Mitchell
Monmouth
Lovey Mitchell
Dawson
Webb Morrison
St. Louis
Joliet
Governor Dunne Has No Jurisdiction Over South Park Appointments
In an opinion sent to Governor Dunne, Attorney General Lucey holds that the governor has no jurisdiction over appointing South Park commissioners. The governor informed the Chicago Federation of Labor that he would not hear the protest against Cook county judges selecting a successor to Edward Tilden.
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Springfield
Dunne
Lucey
South Park
Chicago Federation of Labor
Cook County
Edward Tilden
Suspect released in Emma Peterson murder case
Aurora police say Hal Burke, named by Mrs. Katherine Franc as the man seen in Podolsky and Cohen store buying yarn gloves like those tied to Emma Peterson's killer, is released. Chief Michels states Burke had nothing to do with the murder.
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Aurora
Hal Burke
Katherine Franc
Podolsky & Cohen
Emma Peterson
Michels
Burke
Farmer seeks surname change from Damm to Daum
Joliet report notes Edward Damm, a Homer farmer and head of the Damm family, filed a petition in the Will County circuit court to change the family name from Damm to Daum. He quipped You're dam right when asked about neighbors' reactions.
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Joliet
Edward Damm
Damm
Daum
Damin
Sick Man Ends Life in Peoria Dark Note
A brief report from Peoria notes a man ended his life in a suicide. The terse item names the city and hints at a tragic incident without sensational detail.
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Peoria
Suffem Roylogia
Este ‘Ie i
War Reflections on Conscience and Cost Across Nations
Western World Presbyterian faction votes down a resolution amid debate over whether the current European conflict is divinely ordained or a costly error. The piece weighs liberty, history, and the high price of war, hoping future lessons curb barbaric methods and protect culture and human rights.
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World Presbyterian Alliance
Alexander the Great
In Society's Zoo Yeoman Returned Hero Honored
In Society's Zoo the returned hero was met with open arms and crowded acclaim. Society flocked to him in swarms and mobs, elevating him to a lion of praise while he paradoxically made a monkey of himself with a rash or flawed showing.
Lobster Joke Quip At Baltimore American Page
A brief Baltimore American quip cites a playful line about lobsters and limousines, attributed to Miss Polly. The gag reflects light entertainment content typical of the page.
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Baltimore American
When a man says every man has his price
A terse aphorism suggests that such claims reveal a motive to profit from others. The line implies sellers seek value or leverage, while buyers pursue advantage. It echoes skepticism about integrity and the universal bargaining impulse in human relations.
Gravity railroad to tour visitors at Panama exposition
A gravity railroad will transport visitors around the Panama exposition, offering a novel ride for attendees. The ride promises a simple, scenic loop that showcases the fair’s attractions and landmarks, enhancing the overall experience for guests.
Free Advice Offered by Lydia Pinkham to Women
Urges women with health issues to contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts. A confidential women-to-women correspondence service promises reading and personalized advice without publishing letters or disclosing writers. Offers a free 80 page Text Book by mail and invites all women to participate.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Andinka
Masa
Lydia E. Pinkham
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