Bloody Contest Waged for Belgian Stronghold
London reports a fierce battle around Ypres where Hill No 40 changes hands amid heavy losses. Germans reportedly suffer 4,000 casualties. British losses estimated over 60. Floods strain Carpathian actions while west fronts see better weather and stalled movements. The local victory at Hill No 40 relieves Ypres and tightens British defenses southward.
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London
Ypres
St. Mihiel
Carpathians
Poland
No. 40
St. Eloi
Famous Chickasaw Official Byrd Dies in Ada
Ada Okla April 22 Former Governor William L Byrd a leading Chickasaw official and one of the last surviving executives of the old Chickasaw Indians died at his home here yesterday Funeral arrangements were not announced Byrd had long been active in Chickasaw affairs and state politics during the early days of Oklahoma customs and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklo
William L. Byrd
Temperatures April 22 from Buchanan Optical
A weather note lists temperatures for April 22 supplied by Buchanan Optical Co. It includes daytime highs and nighttime values, with scattered figures and historical ranges from 1911 to 1914.
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Buchanan Optical
British Lose Submarine in Helgoland Bay
Berlin reports the German admiralty says British submarines have been observed and attacked in Helgoland bay in the North Sea. One hostile sub was sent to the bottom April 17, with further destruction of such vessels deemed probable.
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Berlin
London
North Sea
Admiralty
Helgoland Bay
Beay
Helgoland
Eleven Cripples Hurt and Three Die in Cleveland Crash
Eleven deformed children on a ride to a school for cripples were injured when the wagon they rode in was struck by a street car in Cleveland. Three children were killed and the wagon attendant was badly hurt and may die. The driver said he saw the street car but could not stop because a crippled child had the brake foot.
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Cleveland, O
Bumper Wheat Crop Predicted in Kansas for 1915
Topeka Kansas April 2 favorable conditions point to another bumper Kansas wheat crop in 1915 announced by J O Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture in a public report. The 1915 crop is estimated at 92.8 percent on 8 526 300 acres with last year at 96 5 percent on 8 580 000 acres. Mohler says the crop could yield about 159 000 000 bushels at twenty bushels per acre and notes ideal growing conditions with little wind and winter kill damage.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. O. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Mr. Mohler
Acre
Mohler
Death Ends Tragic Life Story of Adele Hugo
Adele Hugo Victor Hugo's youngest daughter dies in Paris at age five after a famed kidnaping. Kidnapped in Guernsey as a child by an English officer, she later wandered New York claiming to be Hugo's daughter. Returned to France she lived in isolation, rarely speaking, with only public glimpses at her father's plays.
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Adele Hugo
Victor Hugo
Paris
New York
Sureznes
Guernsey
Viestor Hugo
France
Air battle over the Rhine as allies fight German planes
Geneva reports a two hour aerial clash along the Rhine from Basel to Muelhausen. Four Allied aircraft attacked a stronger German group, endured Fort Istein bombardment, then returned with reinforcements to drive off the Germans. Later two Zeppelin airships plus planes triggered two more hours of firing near Huningen.
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Geneva
Rhine
Basel
Muelhausen
Fort Istein
Huningen
Frank Asks Commutation of Sentence
Attorneys for Leo M. Frank filed a petition with Governor Slaton and the Georgia prison commission asking that the death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan be commuted to life imprisonment.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Slaton
Georgia Prison Commission
Frank
Mary Phagan
Trolley Wire Nearly Kills Mounted Man Near Park Avenue
Jesse Sisco of 1022 Williston Avenue narrowly escaped death when a charged trolley wire was torn from its fastening and fell within two inches of him as he rode a horse. Sparks burned him as the wire trailed near the Park Avenue line opposite Nauman factories, displaced by a ball thrown by youths. The rails were seared where the wire touched.
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Jesse Sisco
Williston Avenue
Mr. Sisco
Stuth
Park Avenue
Nauman
Twelve Dead From Collapse Of Store Walls In Birmingham
Searchers continued in Birmingham today among ruins of two five story stores demolished by a collapsing wall. Death toll expected to reach at least twelve with five bodies recovered and seven missing. Several injured, windstorm toppled a weakened wall after a recent fire. stores occupied Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. and Hann Shoe Co. were wrecked.
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Birmingham
Ala
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Hann Shoe Company
Carranza Forces Take City as Villa Evacuated
On board the U S S Colorado Carranza customs officials with 100 soldiers sailed from Mazatlan via San Blas to seize the town recently evacuated by Villa forces. Colonel Qbnezon, a brother of a Carranza general, named military commandant at Mazatlan.
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U. S. S. Colorado
la Paz
Mex
San Diego
Cal
Carranza
Kerrigan HI
Mazatlan
San Blas
Tepin
Villa
Qbrezon
Villa Objects to Huerta's Visit
Villa officers at Aguas Calientes protested to the American consul against the presence of former dictator Huerta in the United States. A message to the Villa agency said that generals and officers of the ex federal army appeared before the American consul to protest Huerta's stay in the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Aguas Calientes
Huerta
United States
Renerals
Aris
Cadero
Tira
Victoriano Nuerta
Wilson Denies Neutrality Violation in German Note
Washington reports a formal U S reply to Count von Bernstorff denying any neutral rights violations and rejecting German objections to American trade with Germany. The note asserts adherence to wartime neutrality rules and seeks no British interference. Von Bernstorff refused to comment after reading the reply.
Wilson to Attend Big Naval Review
President Wilson will attend the Atlantic fleet review in New York on Monday May 17. Seventy one ships will form a parade along the Hudson river with guards on rails bands playing and the Mayflower yacht to receive a twenty one gun salute from each ship. The event marks a major naval display with the presidential observer aboard the Mayflower.
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Washington
Wilson
Atlaantic
New York
U S.reply to German protest over arms sales to allies
Washington on April 22 reports Secretary of State Terun replying to Count von Bernstorff. The note states the United States cannot embargo arms shipments as it would violate neutrality. It affirms the government’s stance against altering its laws during war and insists no change to neutrality policy will be considered.
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United States
van Bernstein
America
Germany
Altho
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Great Britain
Wilson
von Bernstorff
Noth
Washington, D.C
Terun
Count von Bernstorff
Arma
Iself
Changes in Fish and Game Laws for Otate
The Thirty-sixth General Assembly enacted major fish and game law revisions. Spearing fish is prohibited. hunting license now requires nonresident fees. fishways required at dams. authorities can seize illegal nets. game fish size limits set. prairie chickens and quail bag limits reduced. breeding and sale licenses created. Hungarian partridges season extended to Oct 1 1917. State warden E C Hinshaw praises the session's protections and notes swift committee action before adjournment.
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Thirty-sixth
General Assembly
Clarke
State Department of Fish and Game
E. C. Hinshaw
Courier
Hinshaw
Italian liners ordered 10 stop Atlantic trips
Geneva reports that all German and Austrian subjects in Switzerland were recalled by their governments. The Italian government halted transatlantic service to the United States, refunds issued to ticket holders, and plans to requisition all steamships. In Rome a Messaggero interview quotes Senator Carafa predicting a possible breakdown in Italian Austrian talks and a future rupture with Rome.
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Geneva
Paris
Switzerland
Lugano
United States
Rome
Messaggero
Riccardo Carafa
Italy
Austria
Prince von Buelow
Vienna
Germany
Dutch Steamer Stopped by Germans Near Gefle
A German steamer stopped a Dutch vessel outside Gefle on the gulf of Bothnia and checked papers and cargoes. The incident suggests Germany will closely watch traffic between Finland and Sweden. In Glasgow, 500 British seamen strike for a $5 monthly wage increase, with settlement unlikely soon.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Gefle
Gulf of Bothnia
Germany
Finland
Sweden
Glasgow
Scotland
Wildlife officials pledge protection for game and songbirds
The warden plans improvements with an expert engineer for small lakes and approves plans to shelter and harbor game birds. Deputies William Renton and Elmer Geotell in Back Hawk County enforce fish and game laws under Warden Hinshaw. They urge sportsmen to report violations promptly and commend deputies Benton and Goodell for their energetic work.
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Dei Parment
Back Hawk CO
William Renton
Co¢ar Falls
Elmer Geotell
Waterton
Wack Hawk County
Hinshaw
A. P. Houston
Benton
Mr. Goodell
Roosevelt Testimony Touches State Printing Graft
Syracuse April 22 Theodore Roosevelt testified amid cross examination about New York state residency for governor and printed state documents. William Ivins, Barnes’ counsel, pressed Roosevelt on residency affidavits and a 1911 Bayne committee report detailing Albany printing contracts and alleged graft involving the Journal and Argus companies. Roosevelt described dictating a statement for publication to reach voters.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Hig Cross
Theodore Roosevelt
William Ivins
William Barnes
State of
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Andrews
Bayne Committee
Albany County
Tacord
Albany Journal
Argus Company
Argus
Boss Barnes
Boss Platt
Murphy-Barnes
Bowers
Barnes
State Printing House
McGrath
Oyster Bay
New York State
Ving
Roosevelt l
iColumbia University
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Edith Deacon
Boston
Newport
Florence Baldwin
Antoine Radziwill
Dorothy Deacon
Gugenti
Thomas Nelson Page
Miss Deacon
Ircraft
Raine
von Bernstorf
von Bernatort
Bernstorff
Count von Moernstorf
State Department
Tovar
Havana
U.S
Fon
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Atlantic
Bhnes
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