Declaration Passes Vote Against War Resolution
The article notes a historic vote on a war declaration with 82 to 106 opposition. La Follette leads a bitter speech defending German submarine warfare while others rebuke him. Three Wilful Senators withdraw opposition as the debate shifts toward entering the war.
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German Press Denounces U S in London Prelude
Berlin newspapers advance hostile views on President Wilson and the American public after his congressional address and Senate actions. The Koelnische Volks Zeitung suggests Wilson masks his aims while warning of war as German U boats gain leverage amid Britain’s finanical peril.
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Senate War Resolution Clears Senate Vote 82 to 6
The Senate passed the war resolution by 82 to 6 and sent it to the House. Debates begin tomorrow at 11 o clock. The measure declares a state of war and directs the President to use all military and naval resources to achieve a successful termination.
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Plans With England discussed for possible war cooperation
London reports frequent talks between Ambassador Page and Foreign Secretary Balfour and close contact between the American naval attache and admiralty. Officials weigh sending a commission to the United States or bringing an American commission here. Washington appears the likeliest meeting site. The Westminster Gazette notes an important political mission will soon depart for America to discuss war cooperation.
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Russian envoy official shot at Baltimore country club
M Michael Borzakovsky, commercial attache of the Russian embassy in Washington, arrived from Petrograd with a finance ministry document and was shot at the Baltimore Country Club early today. He is hospitalized.
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Russian attache dies after gunshot at Baltimore club
TM Borzakovsky arrived from Washington with documents for the Russian embassy and planned to stay as commercial attache. Griswold Thelin hosted him at the Baltimore Country Club, where he was found unconscious at 2 am. Friends said a pistol exploded while he toyed with it. doctors later said the bullet lodged in his stomach and the shooting was not an accident. The Russian embassy was notified.
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Musical comedy actor Melville Ellis dies in New York
Melville Ellis a familiar figure on the musical comedy and variety stage died in a New York hospital today after a brief illness from typhoid fever. He was born in San Francisco about forty years ago.
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Boston rally sings Battle Hymn to urge war effort
Six thousand men and women and young Fred Rubin stood on Boston Common in a preparedness mass meeting. Under flickering arc lights they raised the Battle Hymn of the Republic in a night of patriotic fervor as the Senate debated war with Germany.
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British Hopes Rest On U S Table Of U Boat Losses
A six week summary from British admiralty tables shows ships arriving and leaving British ports, vessels sunk, and ships unsuccessfully attacked. The data highlight the U boat campaign impact on British shipping and the cost to both sides in naval losses.
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Roosevelt division ready for war as Texas-Oklahoma unit mobilizes
Colonel Sloan Simpson announced the Roosevelt division for foreign service is organized and ready. He said his Texas-Oklahoma regiment is fully officered and manned and could depart within a few hours on notice.
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Nation awaits Congress decision as British press reports
London April 4 The British public waits with breathless impatience for Congress to decide, while the English press carries full coverage of the proceedings.
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Austria to Break Relations If War Declared
Austria-Hungary will sever diplomatic relations with the United States if Congress declares a state of war with Germany. The government has provided a special car for U S Ambassador Penfield, who is expected to depart Vienna on April 5.
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Cloudy Forecast for Boston and New England
Washington reports forecast for Northern New England shows increasing cloudiness Thursday with rain Thursday night and Friday. Southern New England and Eastern New York may see overcast skies Thursday with rain Thursday night and Friday and moderate temperatures.
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War Department plans to raise an army of two million
Detailed War Department plans to raise an army of two million if necessary to bring the German Empire to terms were placed in President Wilson’s hands. The bill, prepared by the general staff and revised by Secretary Baker and senior officers, calls for enrolling all young single men in a register and training them before any overseas service.
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War Training Plan Aims to Produce 2 Million Soldiers Two Years
The President has approved the war plan and the War Department is ready to present it to Congress. Secretary Baker said it will go to the House and Senate committees after a war resolution is adopted. Major-General Scott will explain the plan and why rapid training of at least 2,000,000 recruits within two years is needed.
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