German note on submarine war rapid but reluctant reaction
Berlin reports the American note on submarine warfare has reached Foreign Minister von Jagow. Officials say a reply is unlikely to meet Washington demands and that German sentiment favors no further weakening or abandonment of submarine operations. Ambassador Gerard’s messages are closely watched. Berlin and Washington expect a response by mid next week if at all.
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Berlin
London
von Jagow
Washington
Gerard
State Department
Lansing
Ambassador Gerard
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Emissy
Germany
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Mrs Rowe Not Guilty in Welfare Commission Case
Chicago reports Louise Os borne Rowe commissioner of public welfare was found not guilty by formal report released today of pressuring Mrs. Page Waller Eaton former superintendent of social surveys to contribute part of her salary for the benefit of Mrs. Margaret E. Mivelaz sister in law of Mayor Thompson. The commission found Eaton's testimony unsubstantial.
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Mrs. Rowe
Chicago
Louise Osborne Rowe
Page Waller Eaton
Margaret E. Mivelaz
Thompson
Eaton
Operators Submit Counter Proposal in Anthracite Talks
New York April 21. After a counter proposal was submitted today by representatives of the mine owners to the joint subcommittee of operators and miners in conference for seven weeks on a new contract, President John P. White of the United Mine Workers called a tri-district meeting to schedule the miners convention in Pottsville Pa for May. The counter proposal to miners demands for shorter hours higher wages and union recognition was not disclosed but indicates near accord. Final reports are expected to be submitted within a few days for the miners general board to review.
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New York
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Tri-District Board
Pottsville
Sub Committee
Triboard
White
Sub
General Board of Miners
Railroads Prepare for Wage Demands Negotiations
In New York on April 21 executives of railroads serving three territories met to plan for talks with the twenty four railroad Brotherhoods. A joint committee including John G. Walker J W Higgins and C B Neill was formed to set a time and place for negotiations to address eight hour day and wage increase demands.
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New York
John G. Walker
Eastern Roads
J. W. Higgins
Western Roads
C. B. Neill
Scott and Funston Discuss Frontier Pact Amid Villa Pursuit
General Hugh L. Scott and General Frederick Funston met at Fort Sam Houston to review punitive expedition options after Villa pursuit. Scott stated uncertainty on recall timing and Villa capture, as Baker sends him to report back with conclusions.
Wilson Pays Brief Visit to Philadelphia
President Wilson made a short trip to Philadelphia to see his daughter Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre and his infant granddaughter Elanor Axon Sayre born last month. He traveled with Mrs. Wilson and returned to Washington planning Easter at the capital. A several thousand strong crowd greeted him at Broad Street Station and along the route with enthusiastic cheers.
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Washington
Wilson
Philadelphia
Francis Bowes Sayre
Elanor Axon Sayre
Broad Street
Quiet at Hastings As Company Plans Monday Reopen
Quiet prevailed at the National Conduit and Cable Company plant in Hastings New York as state troops guarded a 3000 worker strike. Announcement said the company plans to reopen Monday.
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Hastings
N. Y
National Conduit and Cable Company
Oneweingmran
Verdun Front Heavily Bombarded by German Artillery
London reports Germans shell French positions around Verdun including Le Mort Homme and Fort Vaux while no infantry clashes occur. The dispatch notes Russian and Turkish actions in the east, a British defeat near Felahie, and a plan to move large Russian forces to the western front with sustained Allied support.
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London
Verdun
le Mort Homme
Meuse
Fort Vaux
Paris
Argonne
Galicia
Popovagora
Petrograd
Ikekull
Olyka
Mourvatza
Black Sea
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Trévizond
Tigris
Felahie
Marseilles
France
Western Front
Russia
Crazed Austrian Kills Nine in Vienna Street Rampage
Amsterdam dispatch reports Leopold Fichter, a Austrian sentry, went insane at a police post and shot nine people in a Vienna suburb. He fired from a house, then at crowds in the street as firemen struggled to subdue him with a hose. He fired sixty more shots before falling.
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London
Vienna
Leopold Fichter
Sandstrum
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Co
Fichter
Illinois endorses Sherman for president at Peoria meeting
Peoria Illinois April 21 control of the Republican party organization in Illinois passed to a new political combination led by Senator Sherman Frank O. Lowden and Mayor William H Thompson The convention endorsed Sherman for president nominated twenty nine presidential electors and adjourned to reconvene in Peoria September 19 to nominate three university trustees and adopt a party platform
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Peoria
Ill
Republican Party
Illinois
Charles S. Deneen
Chicago
Sherman
Frank O. Lowden
William H. Thompson
Congress debates roads aid and judiciary nomination delays
Senate met at 11 am resuming good roads federal aid discussions for state projects. Judiciary committee postponed Trabeis nomination action. Tax and timber inquiry continues. Adjourned 5 05 pm to Saturday noon. Next session at 11 am considers agricultural appropriation with forestry issues. Representative Bennett introduces inquiry on the detention of Samuel Schwarz by British authorities. Adjourned 5 52 pm to 11 am Saturday.
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Judiciary Committee
Trandeis
Sisal
Samuel Schwarz
Bennett
Securities stolen from ferry boat recovered in Baltimore
Edward J. Quigley was arrested in Baltimore with securities stolen from a New York ferry boat on February 26. An alleged confederate, George F. Windall, was also arrested on a technical charge. The haul includes stock certificates of the Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, and New York stock with face value about 400000, plus a $38000 sight draft.
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Baltimore
Edward J. Quigley
New York
George F. Windall
Quigley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
New York City
RB. Chapin & Co
News York
Smith Lockhart & Co
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Post Office
J. C. Koons
Washington
Koons
Philadelphia
Federal
New Orleans
Windall
Quaker Oats Not Violating Sherman Act, Court Finds
Chicago April 21 The Quaker Oats Company is not operating in violation of the Sherman act according to a decision by judges of the United States circuit court of appeals here today. The finding followed two days of argument based on testimony from cities nationwide since the suit was filed in June 1912.
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Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Dutch Vessel Sunk Off Ymuiden
A Lloyd's report from Ymuiden Holland says the Dutch steamship Lodewijk Van Nassau was sunk yesterday afternoon. The ship went down in six minutes with five crew members drowned. Thirty six survivors have been landed at Ymuiden.
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London
A_ Lloyd’s
Ymuiden
Holland
Lodewijk van Nassau
West Virginia and Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
West Virginia sees likely showers and cooler temperatures for Saturday with Sunday fair conditions. Virginia expects partly cloudy skies and cooler weather on Saturday, followed by fair conditions Sunday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
New Mexican problem causes concern discussed by president and cabinet
The cabinet discussed the Mexican situation with no action taken pending Major General Scott’s full border report. Secretary Baker said no orders to Funston Pershing had changed and warned against any abrupt moves while Diaz backed revolution plans drew attention to anti American sentiment in Chihuahua.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Villa
Mexico
Scott
San Antonio
Texas
Funston
Baker
Pershing
Parral
State Department
Carranza
War Department
Tompkins
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Chihuahua
Diaz
Death claims John Harrison Surrat longtime Lincoln conspirator
John Harrison Surrat, last survivor of the conspirators linked to the Lincoln assassination plot, died in Baltimore at 72. He had recently retired as general freight agent for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company and served in the Confederate secret service during the Civil War. He fled to Canada and then Europe amid a warrant for his arrest, was tried again after being brought back, and was acquitted.
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Baltimore
John Harrison Surrat
Abraham Lincoln
Surrat
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Secret Service
Lincoln
New York
Canada
Europe
Peyot
South America
Mexicans anxiously await withdrawal of American troops
In El Paso and Juarez officials expect Gen Carranza to place Mexican railroads at the disposal of General Pershing if the expeditionary force is withdrawn. Juarez commander Gavira hints rail use would not be opposed by his government. Mexican officials watch the Scott Funston talks at San Antonio, fearing delays raise the risk to federal troops.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Carranza
General Pershing
Gavira
General Scott
General Funston
San Antonio
Mexico
Illinois Democrats Back Wilson With One Dissent
At Springfield Illinois on April 21 resolutions endorsing President Wilson were adopted by the Democratic state convention with a single dissenting vote. Roger Sullivan was elected chairman of the Illinois delegation to the Democratic national convention.
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Springfield
Ill
Wilson
Roger Sullivan
Illinois
Westinghouse strike demands eight hour day and higher pay
In East Pittsburg 2000 Westinghouse workers walked out with 6300 claimed to have joined in the broad plant walkout. Labor leaders say most of the 18000 employees across Westinghouse plants will join the action seeking an eight hour day and wage increases. A petition circulates in shops ahead of a May 15 presentation to management.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
East Pittsburg
B. M. Herr
Francis Bacon Author of Shakespeare Works Declared
In Chicago on April 21 a circuit court injunction under Judge Pettill held that Francis B Bacon authored Shakespeare works. The ruling targets William Selig motion picture maker and George Fabyan publisher to stop further Baconian books, finding Shakespeare’s name used as a disguise.
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Chicago
Francis B Bacon
William Shakespeare
Pettill
Circuit Court
William Selig
George Fabyan
Shakespeare
Wage Increases Announced by Sharon Steel Hoop Co
Sharon Ohio and Sharon Steel Hoop Co announce a ten percent wage raise for 900 employees effective May 1. Knox Pressed Welded Steel Co follows with a wage hike affecting 350 workers in the same area.
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Sharon
Sharon Steel Hoop Co
Knox Pressed Welded Steel Company
Reinforcement Movements as Pershing Army Prep Grows
American troops move from border points to the Columbus base in New Mexico to be ready to reinforce General Pershing if needed. Washington awaits developments before further action against Villa. Carranza forces move to Parral to preserve order, while gold duties are slated to be paid in gold next month per the Mexican consul.
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el Paso
Texas
Columbus
N. M
General Pershing
Washington
Villa
Durango
Chihuahua
Juarez
Moose Seek Carnival License Amid Local Debate
A Loyal Order of Moose committee asked council for a carnival license to fund a local home project. The plan faced opposition and a quorum issue halted action. Health Officer to hire extra teams for a city wide cleanup led by Boy Scouts and coordinated with schools and business groups.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Adams Street
William Schofield
Fast River Avenue
Pearl Street
Akers
Princeton Avenue
Lee Street
Appalachian Power Company
Shafer
Chamber of Commerce
Barrett
Villa Near Parral Seen With Escort Southward
April reports say Villa wounded in Parral area is being carried by an escort toward Durango. Col. W C Brown and the Parral fleet provided evidence that Villa, with 150 men, passed El Valle about twenty miles west of Parral bound south toward Durango.
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Villa
Parral
Pershing
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
W. C. Brown
Tenth Cavalry
Durango
el Valle
French Make Gains on Verdun Front in Latest Fighting
Paris reports continued progress toward Dead Man's Hill on the Verd front with the capture of German trenches and four officers among about 150 men. East of the Meuse German assaults were repulsed while the French gained ground south of Haudremont.
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Paris
Dead Man's Hill
War Office
Geran
Meuse Fier
Haudremont
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