Allies mass troops for Dardanelles land attack
Tages Heitung reports 20,000 British and French troops landed near Enos in European Turkey on the north shore of the Gulf of Savos. Heavy cannonading pounded Enos as allied warships bombarded Turkish batteries. Dispatches note Lemnos activity and daily troop movements from Alexandria amid tight censorship ahead of a likely Dardanelles strike. A report from Dedeagatch describes violent cannonading in the Gulf of Saros. Six torpedo boats reportedly tried to penetrate the Dardanelles but the outcome remains undisclosed.
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Derlin
Tages Heitung
Enos
Turkey
Gulf of Savos
Aispatch
Berlin
Athens
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Alexandria
Egypt
London
Dedeagatch
Bulgaria
Gulf of Saros
Uun
Constantinople
War Office
Burning Bombs Dropped on Reims by German Airmen
Paris reports Reims again faced German bombing with a large incendiary shell effort. Fifty incendiaries were trapped but no damage details given. Artillery duels persisted along the Meuse and Moselle fronts and in the La Prette forest where German infantry assaults were repulsed.
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Reims
Paris
Meuse
Moselle
la Prette
Marsh Named to National Democratic Committee for Iowa
Wilbur W. Marsh of Waterloo was chosen to represent Iowa on the national Democratic committee by the Democratic state central committee. His election followed a lengthy deadlock over Third district seats and came after multiple ballots.
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Des Moines
Wilbur W. Marsh
Waterloo
Iowa
National Democratic Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Marsh
State Central Committee
August EK. Johns
Fort Madison
C. Huber
Tama
Han Wibhonth
Wade
Hie Conuittes
Powerful British cruisers gather off New York harbor
A squadron of three cruisers, the most powerful since the war began, lay off the New York harbor entrance. A four-funnel British schooner sat near the shore seven miles east of Ambrose Channel, with two other fast auxiliary and four-funnel cruisers positioned fifteen miles southeast of the Highlands.
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New York
New York Harbor
Ambrose Channel
Highlands
Woman Arrested on Charge of Bribery in City Vote
H. Clay Mose and Mrs. Hattie O Neil were arrested after a city election day bribery claim and released on bonds. They deny knowing Miss Flora Dawson and Mrs. Rattle Franklin who alleged they received three dollars to vote.
Nude man seized by police declares no name in box car
An unidentified man found naked in an Illinois Central box car is taken to the city jail after declaring no name. He later identifies himself as Fred Johnson and resides at Linn and Sumner. He resists restraint, bites an officer, and twice attempts self harm. He is moved to the county jail for supervision pending transfer to Independence. Blood, a Illinois Central brakeman, has become violently insane and may be sent to an asylum. relatives informed.
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Fred Johnson
Linn
Sumner
F. M. Shores
Illinois Central
Lewis Burk
Henderson
Independence
Ihinosis Central
Wilson Urges Neutrality and Peace Mission
President Wilson addressed the Associated Press luncheon in New York, stating that American neutrality should be guided by duty to peace and disinterested aid to reconstruction. He asserted America must help both sides after the conflict and emphasized a patriotic "America first" stance.
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New York
United States
Wilson
Associated Press
America
Europe
Villa Evacuates Monterey Refugees in Distress
Vera Cruz dispatches report Monterey evacuated by General Villa’s forces. U.S. efforts to transport 300 Mexican refugees to safety failed. American consul W. W. Canada forms a relief committee to find private housing as hotels are full.
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Vera Cruz
Monterey
Suit Seeker Awards Widow Damages in Promised Gift
Washington April 24 A $36 000 verdict for breach of promise was awarded to Mrs Ida M McNabb a 37 year old widow of Escanaba Mich against John Kinney a 78 year old Michigan mine owner The jury deliberated all night over damages as Kinney’s counsel said the case would be appealed to a higher court.
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Washington, D. C
Ida M. McNabb
Escavaba
Mich
John
Kinney
Michigan
Mr. Kinney
Aunt of Admiral Schley Killed by Automobile
Virginia Schley aged 75, aunt of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, was struck and killed by an automobile in front of her Atlanta home last night. The accident occurred on April 21, with authorities reporting the fatal hit and run as the sole incident involving the elderly woman.
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Atlanta, Ga
Virginia Schley
Winfield Scott. Schley
Anautomobile
Profits Shared With Factory Workers Prompts Power Shift
Mrs James Warbasse, largest stockholder in the $6,000,000 Dennis Manufacturing Co, turned control to employees to run on a profit sharing basis. She says this is a ploy toward a future where labor will run corporations. The time is near when workers control the firms they now serve as employees.
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James VP. Warbasse
Dennis00
Obe Man
Diplomats See Peage Hope In Italy's Tangle
Washington April 21 war end talk rises as Wilson weighs offering terms to belligerents. Rome reports suggest possible general peace in Europe soon. Italy Austria relations spark negotiations with Britain France Russia and Germany involved, shaping a path to potential peace talks.
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Peage Hope
Italy
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Rome
Europe
Austria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
French Take Shining Cross Seen in Sky as Portent of Victory
Paris reports meteorological phenomena have appeared with increasing frequency amid ongoing artillery on the front. Aboue Moreux of Bourges Observatory notes halos crowns and luminous crosses observed by devout observers. He says crosses are atmospheric reflections from humidity and depressions over the North Atlantic and not linked to artillery fire.
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Paris
Abouée Moreux
Observatory of
Bourges
Abbe Moreux
North Atlantic
Tie
Boss Rule Describes Fight Over Direct Primary Law
Syracuse reports Roosevelt testimony detailing Albany politics and the Barnes Republicans versus Gov Hughes fight over direct primaries. The former president discussed Barnes domination, party organization, and defeats of legislation backed by Governor Hughes, with references to Platt and Hendricks.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Albany
Uhoudlare Roosevelt
Barnes
Murphy
New York
William Barnes
Slushes
Chambers
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Hall
Court House
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Bowers
Mr. Barnes
Washington
Oyster Bay
Mr. Bowers
Tying
Senator Platt
Platt
Ivins
Francis Hendricks
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Iving
Ross Rule
Boss Rule
Unsettled Hotel Lease Ends in Double Shooting
William Hunter 49 previously from Hartford shot and seriously wounded Beachey F. Crampton and his wife at a Los Angeles hotel after taking its lease a week earlier. He then killed himself in the hotel lawn, dying instantly. the Cramptons may recover.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Hunter
Hartford
Crampton
Hunter
State Prison Plant Closed by Governor Madison
Governor Philipp ordered an instant shutdown of the state prison binding twine factory in Madison. He cited investigations showing the plant, costing $600000, loses $80000 yearly and would not profit $40000 as books claimed. Orders for already manufactured twine were canceled due to $50000 in bad bills with uncollectible $25001.
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Madison, Wis
Philipp
Germans Drop 100 Bombs on Russian City
On Tuesday morning ten German aeroplanes raided Bialystok in the Russian Poland region, about 45 miles southwest of Grodno, dropping more than 140 bombs in the attack.
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Petrograd
Bialystok
Russia
Poland
Grodno
Aeroplane Hit by Mexican Guns in Border Incursion
General Funston ordered Greid to investigate firing on a United States army aeroplane near Brownsville Texas as Mexican soldiers across the Rio Grande fired about twenty shots from a machine gun. The plane piloted by Lieut. B Q Jones with Lieut. T D Milling as observer landed safely. The Fort Brown wireless station was struck. The Carranza consul claimed the Mexicans were drunk during the incident.
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Browneville
Tex
Funston Hag
Greid
United States Army
Carranza
Bio Grande
Jerail
B.Q. Jones
T. D. Milling
Fort Brown
Germans Capture Ammunition in African Fight Near Jassini
Berlin reports official German East Africa dispatches stating a two day battle near Jassini on January 18 and 19 driven British losses include 200 killed and about 700 total casualties. Germans seized four field companies, 355 rifles, one machine gun and 60 000 rounds. German losses were seven officers and eleven men killed with thirty eight wounded. Mafia island was held by the British as of January 1.
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Berlin
German East Africa
Jassini
Mafia Island
Paper Delivery Notice for Late Service
Carrier error may have prevented home delivery by six o'clock please call R890 for a copy to be mailed after 6 30. If needed call 2069 for assistance and delivery of the paper.
Germans Gain Advantage on Western Front
Dispatches from the French front report heavy artillery actions with small gains for both sides between the Meuse and Lorraine. Germans gain a slight edge, while French advances near Fliery are described as not worth the effort. Berlin cites minor successes including a Lorraine village recapture and a Pont-a-Mousson advance.
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London
Meuse
Lorraine
Fliery
Berlin
Pont-a-Mousson
VALE
Newcastle
Aaquith
Vosa
Tarnow
Galicia
Lemberg
Hazebrouck
France
Ypres
Young Belgian's Artificial Limbs to Be Readjusted
Edmund DeWigenaere, a young Belgian who lost both feet in a railroad accident last September, must return to Minneapolis for new adjustments on his artificial limbs funded by Teadera of the Courier and Reporter. The limbs, bought from a Minneapolis firm, have shrunk with his limited walking from his Commercial street room to the business college where he receives free tuition. The trip will take a few days, adding burden while a Black Hawk county appeal seeks funds to cover travel and education so he can complete his studies and gain a place in business. Donations are urgently needed, total about $21.59 prior to yesterday evening.
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Edmund DeWigenaere
Minneapolis
Teadera
Courier and Reporter
Commercial Street
Business College
DeWagenaera
Black Hawk County
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