Presidents Reply to German Note Ignites Diplomatic Standstill
President Wilson’s reply to Germany notes acceptance of abandoning submarine policy and promises scrupulous enforcement of the altered rules. The United States rejects any condition linking neutral rights to other belligerents and stresses single responsibility for high seas conduct.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
United States
Germany
The
United Sates
High Seas
Army Bill Fail Resets Amendments to Conference
The House again rejects Senate amendments to the army bill. Proposals to empower the president to raise the standing army to 260000 in peace and a federal volunteer army of 361000 are defeated 22 to 14 and 251 to 109 respectively. The private plant amendment is substituted by Chairman Hay without a recorded vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vaw
Hay
Mouse Military Affairs Committee
Mining Man Drowned in Coeur d'Alene Lake
In Coeur d'Alene Idaho a search is under way for the body of W H Daniel a wealthy mining man and clubman from Spokane Washington who was drowned when his launch capsized during a high wind on the lake.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
W. H. Daniel4
Bpokane, Wash
Coeur d'Alene Lake
Four Die in Fire at Warroad Minnesota Home
Four persons were burned to death and five others injured seriously when the residence of Aloman, located two and a half miles from Warroad Minnesota, was destroyed by fire on Sunday.
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Warroad
Minn
Aloman
Villistas Raid Olean Springs in Texas Ambush
About seventy Mexican bandits crossed the Rio Grande and swept inland to attack a nine-man cavalry detachment from Troop A Fourteenth Cavalry. Three troopers and a 10-year-old boy were killed, two wounded, one missing presumed dead. Citizens pursue the bandits while a firefight in an adobe house ends with several troopers killed during a retreat.
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Alpine
Tesas
Villisia
Rio Grande
Olean Springs
Fourteenth Cavalry
Coahuila
Mexico
J. Deemers
Compton
Marathon
Glenn Springs
Troops Clash With Mexicans in Victorville Campaign
A 230 man Eleventh cavalry squadron surprised and routed Villistas at Ojo Azules, 17 miles south of Cusihuirlachic. Forty two Mexicans killed and a Humber wounded. no American casualties. Major Robert L. Howze’s force had pursued Generals Cruz Do minguez and Julio Acosta for days before the engagement. The Mexicans were surprised and sprang from their pallets.
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Namiquipa
Mexico
Eleventh Cavalry
Ojo Azulen
Cusihuirlachic
Actul
Robert L. Howze
Cruz Dominguez
Julio Acosta
Rescuer Dies While Saving Missing Woman at Snake River
Peter Nelson perished as he helped rescue Miss Gertrude Nelson after a capsized boat threw them into the Snake River at Sterling Bridge. He drowned in midstream while two companions escaped.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Gertrude Nelson
Peter Nelson
Snake River
Sterling Bridge
Senate approves Hollis rural credits plan with land banks
The Hollis farm loan bill passed the Senate 58 to 6 establishing a nonpartisan farm loan board to supervise a system of twelve or more land banks and cooperative loan associations. Farmers must invest 5 percent of loan in stock. loans up to 50,000 per property and terms up to 36 years, with loans secured by first mortgages not exceeding 60 percent of appraised value.
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Washington
Hollis
Senate
Farm Loan Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Land Bank
Farmer Murders Physician in Ogden Car Tragedy
Dr. C. F. Ongood a 48 year old Ogden physician and prominent resident was shot three times and killed while seated in his car Tuesday evening. Suspect Heber Burch age 34 claims the slaying stems from a past head operation in St Louis in 1994. Burch believed to be insane. relatives deny any recent head surgery.
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Ogden
Utah
C. F. Ongood
Heber Burch
Dr. Osgood
St. Louis
Burch
Farmer Confesses Murder in Ax Slaying Case
Frankfort authorities report wealthy farmer and elevator owner Qiles W. Trask confessed to killing Mrs. Alice A. Evans known as Mme Rand. He allegedly said the fortune teller blackmailed him and he went to her home to settle the matter, an altercation followed, and he struck her with an ax.
Socialist Peace Plan at Hague Congress on June 4
International socialist congress to discuss actions toward peace will gather in The Hague on June 4 with delegates from several nations. Leaders say the meeting aims to coordinate efforts for a truce and diplomatic settlement.
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Copenhagea
Ac Lon
The
Hague
American Marines Halt Hostilities in Dominican Republic
After warnings of intervention, Dominican factions agree to talks. Diplomats and local officials formed a commission to urge President Jiminez and General Arias to settle differences. Jiminez has resigned. Arias demanded surrender as condition.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Jiminez
William W. Russell
Arias
General Arias
Chief of Police Removed in Salt Lake City
Supreme court ruled C. W. Shores not a qualified elector at appointment and thus ineligible as chief of police. Shores’ tenure ended when the court’s opinion was filed. It is claimed his home is in Denver.
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Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
C. W. Shores
Shores
Denver
Protest Oregon Bizure Washington Seizure by Rainbow
The state department protested to the British government over seizure on the west Mexican coast by the British cruiser Rainbow of the American schooner Oregon.
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Washington
State Department
Rainbow
Oregon
Capt Otto Wolpert arraigned on arson conspiracy charge
Capt Otto Wolpert, superintendent of the Atiag Steamship Company's New York pier, was arraigned on a charge of conspiring to set afire the ships of allied nations' ports. He was said to be held on bail.
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Otto Wolpert
Atiag Steamship Company
New York
Germans Deliver Deadly Attack Over 15 Mile Front Near Verdun
The report says German forces launched focused bombardments from the Argonne to the Woevre with the largest gains in a day in a month. Fighting raged along the Meuse front as the crown prince led what was described as the campaign’s fiercest battle.
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London
Germany
Verdun
Meuse
Campalen
Argonne
Petrograd
Kokenhufen
Friedrichstadt
Galicia
Stripa
Yarlovemiz
Caucasus
Prince of Wales
Victor Emmanuel
Havas
Rome
Peace signals from pope to Wilson amid war hopes
Pope Benedict and the German emperor reportedly signal readiness to seek peace. Austria Hungary proposals and Emperor Franz Joseph are said to have approached Benedict with tangible terms, with Cardinal Gibbons noting signs of a potential settlement.
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Washington
Pope Benedict
Wilson
Vatican
Germany
Francia Joseph
James Gibbons
Flatmore
Catholic Church In
America
Gerard Talks to Germans in Berlin Interview
In a national newspaper interview James W. Gerard the American ambassador says the crisis risks and repeated misunderstandings between Germany and America must be avoided he vows no war is desired by either side and he denies being an enemy of Germany while urging restraint and dialogue.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
James W. Gerard
Ane
Rean
Germany
America
Austria Denies Attack on Kerwan Vessel Incident
Vienna reports to Washington that the Austrian government provided its version of the Imperator incident. Officials deny firing on the Kerwian bark and say no official port statement exists about the attack. An American casualty was reported among those rescued.
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Washington
Pentcl
Vienna
United States
Austria
State Department
Amener
Barcelona
Spain
Dominican general resigns amid arms threat easing
Santo Domingo figure General Juss mines, president of Banta Dowie, resigns to avert armed intervention by the United States. The move aims to defuse potential conflict and maintain stability in the region.
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Dimines
Santo Domingo
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