Bank fight delays court case against McAdoo Williams
A high profile legal clash centers on Riggs National Bank seeking an injunction against Secretary McAdoo Comptroller Williams and Treasurer Burke. government seeks a one week delay as lawyers prepare their main plea, with officials likely to testify. The case involves alleged conspiracy to wreck the bank and political interference.
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Riggs National Bank
McAdoo
Williams
Burke
Bailey
District Supreme Court
Brandeis
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Willams
Riges Bank
Higgs National Bank
Dresden Sinking Provokes Chilean Apology
British government grants a full and ample apology to Chile over the sinking of the German cruiser Dresden in Chilean waters on March 14. The Dresden was interned after failing to leave Cumberland Bay, and the British squadron silenced her after a flag of truce. The Chilean note contends the action violated sovereignty. Britain's reply says Dresden had not accepted internment and may have attacked British shipping if allowed to sail.
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Dresden
Martns
Cumberland Bar
Great Britain
Cumberland Bay
Juan Fernandez Island
Glasgow
Chile
England
Mines In Turtle Bay Stir Pacific War Talk
A report from Los Angeles cites mine-like objects off Turtle Bay and the Izumo's officer urging caution. Hubert M. Kittle says the objects are mines not buoys and Joseph Blackman seeks a State Department inquiry if Japanese landings exist on Turtle Bay land. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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Los Angeles
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Hubert M. Kittle
United States Navy
West Virginia
Turtle Bar
Kittle
Tomosada
Izumo
Turtle Bay
John E. Blackman
Magdalena Bay Company
State Department
Mr. Blackman
Numance
Japan's Pacific Naval Move Raises U S Alarm
A Washington dispatch says Rear Admiral Howard aided a Japanese cruiser aground in California, signaling a Japanese naval base on the Pacific coast. The move prompted debate over Atlantic fleet needs, secrecy, and U S leverage in China.
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Washington
New York Herald
Thomas B. Howard
Agama
San Bartolome Bay
Lower
California
United States Pacific Fleet
Daniels
Howard
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Richmond Pearson Hobson
China
U. S
Most Daring Eastern Rail Hold-Up Nets $50,000 Loot
Bandits derail and hold up a fast freight train on the New York Central near North Tonawanda. Four trucks quickly haul away costly fabrics, with $10,000 to $56,000 reported. Engineer Goss and Conductor Burke survive as crews are held at gunpoint. Police pursue but capture none. shots fired, no injuries.
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New York Central
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Niagara Falls
Suspension Bridge
Sanborn
North Tonawanda
Fiveston
Goss
Syracuse
Folce
United States
Eastern Railroading
Ward Road Crossing
Morria Goss
Michael Burke
Burke
Enelneer Goss
Allies Offensive in the West Pushes Front Lines
Paris reports gains as the Allies go on the offensive from Alsace to the Albert sector with bayonet fighting and artillery. French troops claim to have captured positions south of Notre Dame de Lorette and damaged German trenches near Ablain Saint Nazaire, while Alsace and Somme sectors show progress. Russians struggle in the Carpathians with heavy losses and renewed attempts to invade Hungary meet setbacks as Berlin notes defeats at Lupkow and Eser Dukla passes. Approximately 30,000 Russian soldiers killed and tens of thousands taken prisoner since Easter.
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la Neurissons
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le Pretre
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Alsace
Somme
Carpathians
Hungary
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Petrograd
Carpathian Mountains
Budapest
Uzschpaas
Berlin
Lemberg
Przemyal
Lupkow
Eser Dukla
Italy
Canal costs exceed canal revenues in early years
Panama reports that since the canal opened expenditures ran about ten percent above revenues. From July 1 to March 1 authorities spent 2,595,000 dollars while earnings totaled 2,334,000 dollars due to maintenance and operation costs of the waterway.
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Panama
Panama Canal
U. S. Girl Held as War Prisoner Near Lille
Miss Victoria Verhulst of Woonsocket R I who joined the French Red Cross at the outbreak of the European war is reported as a prisoner at Lille military hospital in a line received today by her father Francis Verhulst. The letter from Victoria offered no further details.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Victoria Verhulst
Red Cross
Lille
New Today
Francis Verhulst
Deny Folkics in Riggs Case
An item notes a denial concerning a Riggs case with details limited to the header text, followed by brief references to related international and domestic topics. The page index lists political, military, and social items including reactions from Huerta, England, and the pope, plus notices and sports, reflecting a broad issue snapshot.
Zeppelin Raiders Close to London Do Much Damage
On April 16 two Zeppelin air ships attacked England's east coast shortly after midnight. They dropped bombs on Maldon Heybridge Basin and Lowestoft causing property damage and fires. A woman was injured lightly in Maldon. Southwold and Halesworth were also visited with multiple bombs.
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London
England
Jured
Maldon
Essex
Dutch Ship Katwyk Torpedoed Off North Sea
The Netherlands steamer Katwyk from Baltimore to Rotterdam was torpedoed near the North Hinder lightship. All 73 crew were saved. The sinking is called the gravest incident of submarine warfare affecting the Dutch government. Reports say a submarine periscope was seen as the ship sank fifteen minutes after the blast. The Dutch press questions German responsibility and notes the ship carried grain chartered by the Dutch government.
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Katwyk
Baltimore
Holland
Germany
Teutons
London
Rotterdam
Wesr
North Hinder
North Sea
Hague
Miniaterial Department
Reuter’s
Flushing
Reuter
Amsterdam
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Pada
Huerta Defends Role in Madero Death in New York Statement
Gen Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico rejects blame for Francisco Madero's death arguing he sought peace, blasts Washington reporting and vows Mexico can be saved by Mexicans, not foreign intervention, noting anarchy and arms embargo hindered his forces. He dismisses betrayal claims and cites professional secrets as to Madero's fate.
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Francisco Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Madero
Madera
Washington
Tie
San Antonio
Tex
Lee
Jackson
Gen. Huerta
City of
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