Submarine Crisis Nearing Closure Follows German Policy Change
Washington battles over the submarine issue continue as President Wilson and the cabinet reaffirm the goal to resolve the crisis with Germany. Officials indicate the note to Berlin will state the American case up to date without an ultimatum, keeping a path open to avoid breaking diplomatic relations. The timing of the Berlin dispatch remains undecided.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Berlin
Congress
Pursuit of Villa to Continue Amid Diplomatic Talks
The United States will treat with General Carranza on withdrawing American troops from Mexico while diplomatic negotiations proceed. In the meantime the pursuit of Villa continues as the situation is reviewed by President Wilson and his cabinet. Secretary Lansing and Secretary Baker outlined no immediate orders to General Funston.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Wilson
Lansing
Baker
Funston
Mexico asserts limits on U S punitive expeditions
Mexico City reports the government will demand that any armed American expedition entering Mexican soil be restricted to 1,000 men of a single service, cavalry, according to sub-secretary of foreign relations Juan Neftali Amador who is leading the foreign office in Canedo Aguilar's absence in Quaretare.
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Mexico City
United States
Juan Neftali Amador
Candido Aguilar
Quaretare
Amador
Foreign Office
Salt Lake City Wrestling Bout Ends In Draw At Theatre
Brown and Mike Yokel wrestled three continuous and forty five minutes to a draw in a finish wrestling contest at the Salt Lake theatre Friday night. The grueling bout wore both men down with no decisive hold possible. Police halted the match.
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Salt Lake City
Per Brown
Mike Yokel
Salt Lake Theatre
Frontline clash near Mt Paso wounds and captures reported
A brief dispatch from Mt Paso Texas states troops engaged near the front with an advancing force led by General Turango. An auto supply train was attached and driven off after a brief skirmish leaving American casualties and one Villista killed.
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Mt Paso
Texas
Caverul
Turango
Packers Indemnified in Chicago Settlement
Final settlement reached with Chandler P. Allerson for the Artiaur, Swift, Alaamond and Morris firms and Shayd Griscom for the Schwarzware Child and Sulzberger company. Check issued to Chandler P. Allerson in the indemnity deal.
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Lemion
Chicago
Chandler
Allerson
Artiaur, Swift, Alaamond and Morris
Griscom
Senate blocks Welahl Slater bill for 16 to 19 year olds
Albany Newfoundland senate voted 12 to 1 to move out of regular order and defeat the Welahl Slater bill authorizing general military and physical training for youths aged 16 to 19.
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Albany
Senate
Britain to call 1-year youths to training duty
Reports in the house of commons indicate Great Britain will soon summon one year old youths for immediate training, with plans for them to enter service promptly.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
American Forces First Clash With Natives at Parral
American troops clashed with Mexicans at Parral in western Chihuahua as Seventh Cavalry under Major Tompkins was fired upon and used a machine gun. Carranza garrison reportedly took a doubtful part. casualties incomplete. Baker said Funston to take necessary steps to prevent further trouble. Parral clash underlines Carranza claim that U.S. troop presence risks wider conflict.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Seventh Cavalry
Tompkins
Parral
Chihuahua
Baker
Wilson
War Department
Funston
Wilson at Jefferson Day Banquet Seeks United States Restraint
President Wilson spoke at a Jefferson day Democratic banquet urging the U.S. to avoid entering conflicts not of its choosing. He asked if the people were prepared to act where American interests align with humanity and to withdraw once those interests are safeguarded.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
America
Citizens push recall of Sheriff Forbes in Tucson
A Tucson citizens committee circulated petitions seeking the recall of Sheriff Albert W. Forbes. The petitions cite the killing of Mrs. James Bates as one of the reasons for the recall.
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Tucson
Ariz
Albert W. Forbes
Citizens’ Committee
James 8. Bates
Mexican civilians disarmed along the border by U S forces
Report from the border Thursday night states Mexican civilians along the march in Mexico have been disarmed by United States troops amid ongoing tensions at the frontier.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Captain Smith pursues Villa as Twentieth Infantry officer
An officer of the Twentieth Infantry, Captain Smith, leads troops into Mexico in pursuit of Villa. The action reflects ongoing border operations and cross border pursuit strategies.
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Twentieth Infantry
Mexico
Villa
Second Gunman Convicted in New York Murder Case
A jury convicts Frank Ferrara of first degree murder for his share in the killing of noted poultry dealer Grnet Walt by gunmen. The verdict follows a high profile assault and marks a decisive judicial outcome in a violent crime case.
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New York
Frank Ferrara
Grnet Walt
Poultry Dewer
Legalize American Academy Bill Passes Among Notable Founders
The bill to incorporate the American Academy of Arte and Leviera passed. It lists President Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and forty eight others among the charter members.
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Washington
American Academy of Arte and
Leviera
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Americans Asked to Withdraw Troops From Mexico
The Mexican de facto government sent a note to Secretary Lansing seeking the withdrawal of American forces after Villa’s dispersal. The note says cross-border pursuit was once proposed, but now withdrawal is urged as Mexican troops pursue remaining Villa followers.
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Quaretaro
Mexico
Washington
Lansing
Eliseo Arredondo
Carranza
United States
Columbus
A&8
Villa
Constitutionalist
View Pursuit as Failure in Mexican Press
Mexico City reports treat General Carranga's note to withdraw American troops as vague. Afternoon papers broadly condemn what they call "the Yankee failure" and criticise Washington for not outlining a concrete plan.
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Mexico City
Carranga
Washington
Morgenthau to Resign as ambassador to Turkey
Washington report says Henry Morgenthau will resign as American ambassador to Turkey and submit the notice to President Wilson immediately. Abraham Alkue of New York has been suggested as his successor.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Abraham Alkue
New York
Wilson Supports Brandeis Nomination to Supreme Court
President Wilson intends to back Louis D. Brandeis for associate justice of the Supreme Court despite reports of strong opposition from Senate members.
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Washington
Wilson
Louis P. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Senate
Germany Denies Sinking Sussex in Responding to US Inquiry
Berlin's note signed by Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow, forwarded to Washington, denies the Sussex was attacked by a German submarine. It states the March 24 investigation covers all actions, mentions a war vessel, and notes the Englishman and Eagle Point were sunk after attempts to escape with time for evacuees.
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Berlin
Germany
Sussex
Manchester
Berwindvale
Eagle Point
Gottlieb von Jagow
Washington
Gerard
Folkestone
Dieppe
London Daily Graphic
Hodges Heads Seventeenth Infantry on Mexican Border
Colonel Henry C. Hodges commands the seventeenth Infantry stationed along the Mexican border, directing patrols and military posture as tensions rise in the frontier region.
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Hodges
Seventeenth Infantry
Navy hits record active duty with 64000 sailors
Secretary Daniels announced that Navy enlisted personnel have reached 64 000 on active duty, the largest number in U S history, reflecting expanded naval strength and manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Daniels
Woman Named Mayor of Sawtelle California
Mrs Hilen French Aldrich a clubwoman formerly of Dayton Ohio will be the free woman mayor of Sawtelle California based on an official count showing she received the leading vote polled by any candidate.
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Sawtelle
Cal
Hilen French Aldrich
Dayton, O
Bawtelle
Fight Around Verdun Sees German Offensive Continue
London reports the crown prince's forces press the Verdun area with about 660,000 troops. German units attack Le Mort Homme Cumieres and Douaumont Vaux, gain small trench portions, suffer counterattacks, and take prisoners. Artillery battles and crater fighting persist. Russians halt a German push near the Ikskull bridgehead as the front remains active nationwide.
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London
Verdun
le Mort Homme
Cumieres
Douaumont- Vaux
Douaumont-Vaux
France
Belgium
Aisne
St. Eloi
Ikskull
England replies to American note on trading with the enemy act
Great Britain describes the act as purely domestic legislation aimed at restricting activities under British jurisdiction. It assures the United States that enforcement will be careful to avoid injury to neutral commerce.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Richard Harding Davis Dies At Mount Kisco
Richard Harding Davis, noted author, playwright, and veteran war correspondent of five conflicts, died at his Mount Kisco home Tuesday night from heart trouble. His body was found Wednesday morning. he was born in Philadelphia in 1864.
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Mount Kisco
N. Y
Richard Harding Davis
Philadelphia
Russia Grants Japan Control in Far East, Newspapers Warn
Pekin and Chinese papers express alarm over a reported Russo Japanese treaty granting Japan control in the far east. They cite Russia’s need for war materials as a motive for the agreement and warn of broader conflict implications.
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Pekin
Japan
Russia
Wilson backs Booth Memorial drive for Salvation Army founder
President Wilson telegraphed to Misa Evangeline Booth endorsing a fundraising campaign aimed at raising 600000 dollars for a memorial to the Salvation Army founder.
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Washington
Wilson
Misa Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
The
Army
Governor in Cheng-Yi Talks Peace With Yunnan Rebels
Report from Chengtu says Governor Cheng Yi has ended hostilities with Tsai Ao leader of the Yunnan rebels and is seeking terms for peace through negotiation in brief.
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Shanghai
Cheng-Tu
Sze-Chuen
Cheng-Yi
Tsai Ao
Yunnan
Rivers and Harbors Bill Advances to Senate Vote
The rivers and harbors appropriation bill carrying 40 million dollars passed the house 210 to 133 and moves to the senate for approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Villa in hiding reported in Sierra mountains
Francisco Villa has abandoned his main force and is said to be in retreat within the Sierra mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico, nearly unguarded and fugitively elusive.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Sierra Mountains
Chihuahua
Senate approves ransom fund repayment for Hillen Stone
The Senate passed a bill to restore 66 000 dollars to American contributors to the ransom fund for Hillen M Stone the American missionary kidnapped by brigands in the Balkans in 1901.
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Washington
Senate
Hillen M. Stone
Balkane
Drafting Navy Fiscal Bill in Washington
The House appropriation committee began work on the 1014 naval appropriation bill. It would fund the administration plan for a five year increase program as Congress seeks to advance defense spending.
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Washington
Lesson on the Resurrection and Its Gospel Power
A Sunday lesson summarizes 1 Corinthians 15 on the gospel as the resurrection story. It stresses the centrality of Jesus the Christ, explains witnesses to the risen Christ, and outlines four arguments defending the resurrection and its implications for believers.
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Jesus
Galilee
Paul
Christ
John
Pilate
Peter
Judas
Thomas
Myphel i
James
Jerusalem
Adam
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