Zeppelins Bomb English Coast Cities in April Raid
German airships attacked Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds early April 30 with several fires and property damage but no casualties. Four fires were started in Bury Saint Edmunds after a ten minute overflight, while Ipswich reported minor destruction and no injuries. Zee Brugge near the North Sea submarine base was also heavily bombarded.
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Ipswich
Bury St. Edmunds
London
England
Bury Saint Edmunds
Waterloo Street
Wilson
Zeebrugge
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
North Sea
Belgium
Zeebrugee
Reuter Telegram Company
Rotterdam
Cushing
Philadelphia
Quarantine Listed on Six Iowa Counties
The department of agriculture announces foot and mouth disease quarantine is listed in Poweshiek, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott counties effective tomorrow. The quarantine is lifted in Buchanan and Dubuque counties except within a five mile radius of the infected area.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Buchanan
Dubuque
Government Ordered Seizure of Meat Ships
The British government under a Defense of the Realm act order in council commandeered the entire meat carrying capacity of all British steamships trading between Europe and the Argentine and Uruguayan republics. Action taken to secure meat supplies.
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Bandon
Europe
Jap Question Before Bryan in Conference
Washington reflects on a long conference between Viscount Chinda Japanese ambassador and Secretary Bryan. They maintain secrecy as the revised Japanese demands to China appear to expand the original twenty one articles with three added. Observers expect further U.S. modifications before the demands are judged to affect China’s administrative independence.
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Washington, D.C
Viscount Chinda
Bryan
Feking
United States
China
Tell Him I'll Stand by Him Says Wife of Convicted Clerk
The wife of Brooklyn paint firm sales manager Philipp T. White declares she will stand by him after his confession to leading a gang in a bold robbery. She condemns no blame in him, saying marriage means support and faith. Former Judge Wahle cites business pressure as a factor in his downfall.
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New York
Philipp T. White
Ormier
Brooklyn
White
Otherworld
Wahle
Haltup
New Dances Spoiled Rector Says New Dances Spoiled
Mrs. Christine Wheeler, wife of Rev Francis Rolt Wheeler, asks the domestic relations court to force him to pay $7 weekly for herself and two children, alleging desertion for another woman and luxurious living. She notes dances and free love literature influenced him, but says she bears him no animosity and feels pity for his hardship.
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New York
Christine Wheeler
Francis Rolt Wheler
St. Luke's Hospital
Court of Domestic Relations
Witness Describes Defeat of Primary Bill in 1911
Syracuse April 20 The first witness in the Barnes Roosevelt idol case was Harvey D Hinman a state senator when race track legislation was discussed He recalled 1911 senate votes for a U S senator to succeed Chauncey Depew showing Sheehan Depew as leading candidates Later James A O Gorman appeared and Justice O Gorman won Hinman testified introducing in 1910 the Hinman Green direct primaries bill in the senate The direct primary defeat tally ran thirteen Republicans and twelve Democrats with Meade Phillips bill favored by the organization passing with fourteen Democrats fourteen Republicans voting for The testimony was offered to show a bipartisan alignment
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Syracuse
N. Y
Harvey D. Hinman
Josiah T. Newcomb
Frederick M.davenport
State Senate
Hinman
Senate
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Roosevelt
Depew
Wm. F. Sheehan
Mr. Depew
James A. O'Gorman
Justice O'Gorman
Victorius
Dibrga
Slinman
Hinman-Green
State
Hughes
England votes for new liquor tax plan in Commons
Lloyd-George introduces a compromise liquor bill doubling spirits duty quadrupling wine tax and imposing a beer surtax. Government to control saloon operations in certain areas. Irish opposition centers on burden on Irish whiskey and beer as Redmond condemns policy. Bonar Law to critique later.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Altho
O’griennles
Illinois wets seek to repeal woman suffrage plan
Springfield April 30 The allied wet interests aim to repeal the statutory woman suffrage act passed by the last general assembly. They believe the move intends to bar women from voting in Chicago on wet or dry questions in 1916. Four dry bills linger in committees as leaders delay action, while a political fight over suffrage intensifies. William M. Irving denied telegraphing Governor Whitman to testify in a pending trial.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Sover
Chicago
Noow
Senate
Germans Wiped Out by Shells at Steenstraate
Favre France April 30 Thousands of Germans were annihilated crossing a bridge near Steenstraate Belgian artillery destroyed the bridge and field guns swept the attackers with shrapnel. Survivors were taken prisoner by Belgian forces as their lines surged forward in the chaos.
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Steenstraate
Favre
France
Vingtiene Siecle
Labor unions saved workers say Gompers at American Academy
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, told the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia that organized labor has been workers greatest protection amid the wartime economy and inflation. He praised unions for countering unemployment, resisting price hikes, and urging continued municipal and governmental construction, while stressing the labor movement remains loyal to civilization and the brotherhood of man.
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Philadelphia
America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Organized Labor
Jompers
Gompers
Hfe
Nfe
Mr. Gompers
Fatherlands
Brotherhood of Man
Collision injures Meredyth Place near Fourth and Mulberry
Meredyth Place age 22 was severely hurt after his motorcycle collided with a light auto driven by Lt. McCarty at the Fourth and Mulberry streets intersection. He was unconscious for a time and taken to his parents' home, with physicians reporting possible serious injuries though no bones were broken.
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Meredyth Place
McCarty
Franklin Street
Place
Fourth and
Mulberry Istreets
A. W. Place
High Street
Altho
Fourth J Street
1. C
Fourth
Mulbercy Street
German Shells Hit French Coast City as Death Toll Rises
A large German bombardment strikes a French coastal city with heavy shells. Twenty people are reported killed as a British steamer is sunk by a submarine and a traveler perishes near the Tyne. A major naval battle looms with German ships observed off the Belgian coast and a squadron described as war monsters roaming the North Sea.
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Kaiser
Belgian
North Sea
Mobile
Rocte
Traveler
Tyne
Dardanelles
Gaba Tepa
Gallipoli
Gallic
London
Isle of Lewis
Scotland
Belgium
Dunkirk
Paris
England
Great Britain
House of Commons
House
Galtapoli
Athens
Havas
Sea of Marmora
Allied warships damaged at Dardanelles say Turks
Reports from Constantinople say allied forces on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles have been cleared and several warships and transports damaged. The statement claims no enemy forces remain on that side while hostilities continue near Gaba Tepe.
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Dardanelles
Say
Constantinople
London
Inndad
Gallipoli
Germans Press Offensive Along East Prussian Border
Petrograd reports a broad German offensive along the Prussian border from Tilsit to the Vistula river. The movement appears aimed at the Baltic provinces rich in crops and other food supplies.
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Petrograd
London
Tilsit
Vistula
Baltic
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TA Witness
Commons
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Ilavana
Hinman-Green Hill
Meade-Phillips Pi
William M. Iving
Whitman
Teppelin
King Albert
Genetsal
Fong
Albert
Belgtum
Joffra
Labor Union Saved
Gomperg
Meredyth
el Tovar
Broadleat
Havana
Goagt Cit
Nagmara
Macedonia
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
RADER
Algeciras
Macédonia
Uzsck
Stry
East Prussia
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