Mayors and Officials Convicted in Terre Haute Election Case
Indianapolis April 6 Twenty seven defendants including Terre Haute Mayor Donn M Roberts were found guilty by a federal jury in the Terre Haute election fraud trial now in its fourth week. Judge Anderson set sentences for the twenty seven convicted and eighty nine plea bargainers for next Monday. The jury, led by foreman William Schwaninger, includes ten farmers an insurance agent and a druggist. The defendants faced charges of conspiracy to corrupt the November election.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Anderson
Alexander Aczel
Steel
Eli H- Redman
Elmer E
Edward R. Driscoll
Vigo County
Hilton Redman
Eli H. Redman
Chas, Houghton
Lewis Nunley
Joseph O'Mara
Crockett
Richard Knuckes
Roberts
Arthur Gillis
John E. Greene
Wmn
Doyle
Pearley McKay
Geo. Severn
Timothy
Bull) Conway
Andrew O'Brien
Bartenano
Joseph Strauss
Samp. Woodwall
Regi O'Donnell
Schwaninger
Jeffersonville
Local Option Day at Pennsylvania Capitol
Harrisburg March, thousands travel from across the state to back a local option bill. Governor Brumbaugh supports allowing county voters to decide on prohibition and liquor sales every three years if 30 percent petition. The measure, introduced two months ago, sits in the House committee at the governor’s request.
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Harrisburg
Brombaugh
General Assembly
United States notes demand reparations over wartime violence
Washington outlines firm but conciliatory protest to Britain and Germany over interference with neutral trade. It seeks full reparations for thedestroyed William P Frye and 28 in indemnity covering ship value freight and damages while excluding cargo value pending ownership. The notes warn Britain of heavy responsibility for violations of neutral rights at sea and urge protection of American commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
France
United States
Germany
William P.rye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
State Department
Law of Nations
High Seas
Actor George C. Staley Dies on Stage in New Jersey
Elizabeth N J April 4 Geo C Staley an actor in a road company died suddenly of heart disease in his dressing room after a performance He had recently joined to fill the part left vacant by John Fay Palmer of Cleveland who died during a Trenton performance Palmer died not long ago Staley was 44 years old
Germany protests against holding ship
Germany protested to the United States against the detention of the Wamburg American liner Odenwald af San Juan, P. Ro under neutrality regulations. An advertisement for El Tovar, Froadleaf Wavana appeared amid the text.
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Washington, I
Geremany
United States
Odenwald
San Juan
P. Ro
Eitel Commander Confers With U S Naval Officials
Newport News April 6 The German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich remained at her wharf with smoke from the funnel as painters scrape rust and workers remove seventeen engine room plates. Marines sense the ship will intern while Thierichens Beatty Helm and Hamilton hold secret talks.
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Newport News
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Germans Repulsed in Belgian Congo
Havre France April 6 Fresh attacks by German forces against the Belgian Congo have been repulsed according to a report from the deputy governor general of Katanga to the Belgian minister for the colonies An assault on Mount Hebu north of Lake Kivu was driven back with heavy losses to the Germans who were pursued into their own territory.
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Havre
France
Belgian Congo
Katanga
Mount Hebu
Lake Kivu
U. S. Troops Await Matamoros Battle
Brownsville Texas April 6 United States troops held in Fort Brown last night as trenches fired nearby but no attack occurred. Matamoros and Villa headquarters forecast action in a few days. Washington April 6 President Wilson awaited more details on Dean C Threesher's death aboard the British ship Fataha sunk by a German submarine before any Germany policy moves.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
United States
Fort Brown
Carranza
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Dean C. Threesher
Fataha
Germany
Submarine Caught in Net Off Dover
A German submarine has been securely entangled off Dover by a net designed for such purpose. The Petit Journal Dunkirk correspondent reports French naval authorities expect to capture the submarine when it surfaces.
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Dover
Petit Journal
Dunkirk
British Get Coal From New York
Dudley Field Malone the New York port collector charged that British cruisers patrolling near the U S coast violated no neutrality law by coaling from vessels leaving New York. He said an extended conference with U S District Attorney H Snowden Marshall discussed the matter and that he would bring it to the federal grand jury.
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New York
Dudley Field Malone
United States
Malone
H. Snowden Marshall
Nearly Million Voters Expected in Chicago Mayoral Vote
Chicago voters faced a busy ballot in an April election for mayor city treasurer city clerk one municipal court judge and thirty eight aldermen with bond and annexation proposals and a two platoon fire department plan. Registration reached 709106 including 486815 men and 282291 women as Thompson Sweitzer Stedman Hill vie for mayor amid wide forecasts of turnout near 700000.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Seymour Stedman
John H. Hill
Wollen
Illinois Votes Down State on Saloon Question
Illinois townships vote on wet or dry, with nearly 480 saloons at stake and many beer licenses potentially affected. Anti saloon forces rely on women voters while business leaders warn of shifting trade to neighboring towns. Danville township, including Danville, Murphysboro and Kankakee, is among key areas voting.
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Chicago
Illinois
Danville Township
Danville
Murphysboro
Kankakee
Auto Plunges Thru Bridge Drowns Three Montclair Alumni
Three young men from the Montclair academy alumni association drowned when the auto carrying seven people plunged through an open drawbridge into the Passaic river near Newark. Gordon Knapp of East Orange was identified, the others remained submerged until rescue efforts. A RoteniiaN at the bridge was knocked into the water and injured. In St Louis, election talk centers on a 115000 vote turnout with a new city board structure and key alderman candidates A Frederick and Francis M Qurhoy.
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Newark
Montclair Academy Alumni Association
Passaic River
Gordon Knapp
East Orange
New Jersey
Italian ship Luigi Parodi sunk by German submarine
Genoa reports a German submarine sunk the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi which departed Baltimore January 22 carrying coal to Genoa. News says many Genoese fears of reprisals, authorities tightening protections, fate of the crew unknown. parodi built 1899 at Stockton and owned by A Varodi.
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Genoa
Thaly
Paris
Luigi Parodi
Baltimore
MNI
Luisi Parodi
Elven
Augusta
Sicily
Facilities Gauge for Increase in Cattle Rates
Chicago April 6 Special facilities needed for transporting live stock cited as a reason for higher freight rates in the Western freight rate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Conrad Spens freight traffic manager of Chicago Burlington and Quincey testified that stockyards chutes handling and disinserting and caretakers require added costs. He could not estimate stockyard costs, noting yards were built before separate accounting. He said his road paid 242000 in livestock damage claims last year, or a small share of revenue.
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Chicago
Conrad
Spens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Road
Clifford Thornar
Death Reunites Father and Son After Ten Years Tragedy
A father in Waterloo learns his long lost son Freddie, now 36, has died soon after a joyful reunion. The Frank Watson family near Charleston faced tragedy when a younger child died and the mother sank into insanity. Autopsy to determine cause follows as word spreads to relatives and institutions.
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Charleston
Frank Watson
John
Fred
John Steet
Washington Street
Waterloo
Frank Watbon
Fredi
Usht
Pred
Hoelol Ag
Cileage
Mr. Watson
Tim
Freddie
Russians Face Prolonged Battle in Carpathians
Berlin via London reports a Tagelblatt front correspondent warns the Carpathian struggle may wear down both sides. He notes forward thrusts risk heavy losses and that victory depends on exhausting the opponent rather than quick gains, with broader war factors influencing the battle’s outcome.
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Berlin
London
Carpathians
Germany Blamed by Japanese for Trouble in China
Tokio April 6 The Asahi quotes Count Okuma the Japanese premier telling officials that negotiations with China are complicated by German efforts to persuade China Japan seeks to annex China as Korea He says negotiations will not be as difficult as rumored and may settle in April
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Tokio
Asahi
Okuma
Kou
Japan
China
Germany
Korea
Hnsson
Temparapores April 6 Report Irregular Scribbles
Fragmentary OCR text from TEMPARAPORES dated April 6 1913 shows garbled phrases and numbers. No clear events, names, or locations are readable to form a coherent summary.
Who Will Contest Willard's Title to Championship
In New York on April 6 the heavyweights seek a challenge to Willard for the title. A $15,000 guarantee for a ten round Madison Square Garden bout with Willard in May was offered by Ally Gethgon, manager of Jim Coffey. Coffey fights Carl Morris in a ten round bout tomorrow night. Bob Fitzsimmons, once champion, praised Willard's victory and expressed pleasure that the title returned to a white man.
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New York
Jesa Willards
Willard
Ally Gthgon
Jim Coffey
Madison Square Garden
Coffey
Dublin
Wil
Carl Morris
Bob Fitzsimmons
Wile
Von Der Goltz Urges Renewal of Serbia Campaign
Paria April 6. The Athens desk reports Field Marshal von Der Goltz visited Berlin to press Emperor William for renewed, stronger assaults on Serbia. The aim is to sway neutral Balkan nations toward the Triple Entente and alter the regional balance as World War I widens.
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Paria
Berlin
von der Goltz
Turkey
Athens
William
Serbia
Balkan
Constanti
Orders to haul down the U S flag in Mexican action
Carranza forces forced the steamer Korrigan II to lower the U S flag near Acapulco after Captain Hassbrouck of the Yorktown raised a marine guard to protect the flag. General Serrano claimed authority. no complications followed as the Korrigan sailed away. Benito Juarez registry dispute halted at Acapulco since March 18 with provisional American registry sought. The Korrigan, a French-owned vessel, was seized by Carranza forces. The Geneva was captured by the Korrigan on April 26, 1914.
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Colorado
Magdalena Ay
San Diego
Cail
General Serrario
Carranza
Maapiltes
Korrigan II
Ordereu Bhy
Benito” Jones
Hasabranck
Yorktown
Sorraine
Korrigan
Acapulca
Hassbrouck
Serrano Lormerly
Mazatlan
Benito Juarez
Acapulco
Denito Juarez
Amipala
Honduras
Narier C Company
Kerrigan
Boleo Company
Geneva
Arist Will Make Race for Lieutenant Governor
Des Moines April Senator Leo Mertan Crist of Clarke county will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He is a native of Iowa born on a Clarke county farm in 1872. He began in politics as mayor of Osceola four years then four years as city solicitor and is now serving his second term in the senate. He was selected by allied temperance forces to lead the fight in the legislature for the best temperance legislation possible and has been a conservative and successful legislator.
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Des Moines
Leo Mertan
Crist
Clarke County
Iowa
Osceola
Senate
Allied Temperance Forces
Hobble Skirts and Ancient Rome in Cobern Lecture
Philadelphia April 6 Prof Camden M Cobern archaeologist described ancient life in Rome and Palestine. He noted hobble skirts mingled with luxury, seven ty labor unions, great trusts in oil and perfumes, and lavish spending by elites including Nero. He spoke at Arch Street Methodist Church about ancient shorthand, stone inscriptions, and biblical lands.
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Philadelphia
Nero
Rome
Dame Farhi
Hfe
Camden M. Cobern
Palestine
Cobern
Vroft
St. Paul
Rockefeller
New York
Pioney
Egypt
Abydos
W. W. Flinders Petrie
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St. Louis
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de Francis M. Qurhoy
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