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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1915
Page
7
Reported sinking of a French cruiser by an Austrian submarine with heavy losses. Federal grand jury indictments allege 100 men on a labor trust charge. Allied forces claim gains in the North Sea and Mediterranean for the war effort as battles rage with costly heights in Alsace.
Berlin reports show French armored ship Leon Gambetta torpedoed by Austrian submarine with part of crew saved. British and French landings at Dardanelles advance under stubborn Turkish defense while German and Allied actions expand across Ypres and Poperinghe fronts.
London April 28 British Parliament debated treatment of British prisoners in Germany praising the United States efforts to improve conditions. Lord Kitchener condemned German inhumanity while Lords Lansdowne and Cromer urged action and Premier Asquith vowed reparations after the war.
Edouard de Reszke, veteran Metropolitan Opera tenor and brother of Jean de Reszke, is living in a cellar in Poland with no fuel oil or coffee. The war has destroyed his estate burned possessions and seized his horses and stock, leaving him destitute. Mme Marcella Sembrich leads the American Polish Relief Society to aid him.
The De Wagenaere fund receipts show total contributions today as the Belgian student, injured last year, continues studies at Waterloo Business College. Since a fund reopening by the Courier and Reporter, responses have been smaller, yet Waterloo and Black Hawk County donors are urged to support him until he can complete his education and enter business life.
Henry W. Legleitner of Pittsburgh, serving three years for dynamite conspiracy complicity, was paroled from the federal prison at Leavenworth today. He has tuberculosis.
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United States deputy marshals hunted for contractors electrical fixture men and labor leaders indicted yesterday in Chicago. Eighteen labor officials, eighty-two contracting firms and two trusts are charged with conspire to restrain trade and interfere with interstate commerce. Indictments allege boycotts against goods made outside Chicago and agreements to hire only union members on projects using outside manufactured material.
Galveston April 28. Phil McCleary, the American newspaper man recently reported sentenced to death by General Carranza, arrived today on the Steamship City of Tampico from Vera Cruz. He says he has had no trouble with the Carranza government and is employed in its news service.
Petrograd reports April 28 that the battle near Stry in the Carpathians between Austro-German and Russian forces has entered its fifth day with no sign of diminishing. Fighting continues in the narrow mountain pass with limited maneuver room as fresh Austro-German reinforcements arrive.
Rome dispatch reports King Victor Emmanuel spending time studying the international scene with Ambassador Titoni. In Genoa bankers advise staff of German and Austrian nationality to depart Italy. Italian ambassadors return from London Paris Berlin and Vienna for a meeting with the foreign affairs minister amid signs of Austrian concessions and unsettled points.
A dispatch from Athens, carried by Reuters, states Turkish authorities in Constantinople have arrested about 400 Armenians, including the Armenian patriarch, on allegations of preparing a rising in the Armenian provinces. The report cites Constantinople sources via Athens.
Forty two delegates from the United States led by Miss Jane Addams of Chicago arrived in The Hague from London for the International women's peace congress after a delay caused by Britain stopping traffic to Holland. The party reached the city yesterday.
The twenty fourth annual convention of the Photographers' association of Jawa opened today in Dex Moiins with President G A Gilbert of Independence presiding. A large exhibit features entries from photographers across the United States. The convention adjourns tomorrow after the annual election of officers.
Lansing Mich April 28 The legislature sent Senator Pauls boxing bill to Governor Ferris for signature establishing state supervision. The house approved the measure 66 to 40 signaling a shift to regulated prizefights under a state commission.
Col Colonel claimed Barnes and Murphy should belong to the same party. Roosevelt in New York speeches denied agreement in principles for both were without principle. Crugs examination ends with questions on salary and traveling allowance. Invisible government again appears in discussion.
Syracuse N Y April 28 The Roosevelt testimonial examination closed with questions on speeches and his presidential salary and travel costs. Attorneys debated admission of evidence as Justice Andrews warned jurors against newspaper leads. Roosevelt disputed quotes and pleaded misreporting of remarks about Barnes Murphy and Tammany while confirming a $350 000 salary and $25 000 travel allowance.
Indiana Pa April 28 George Verthas hatched a plan to rid himself of a nuisance dog by tying dynamite to its tail and fleeing. The rope broke, the dog chased him, and the blast wrecked the porch and part of the house. Verbos was unhurt but his dog wagged on.
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