Senate Debates War Resolution and Stormy Adjournment
Washington reports a stormy senate adjournment as La Follette blocks immediate consideration of the war declaration. Senator Hitchcock introduces the war resolution, House committee postpones action, and a new Democratic-organized House meets with minor chairmanship changes. The session launches universal military training discussions targeting huge enlistment.
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Washington
Administration
United States
Germany
Senate
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
LaFollette
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Martin
la Follette
Chamberlain
Oregon
House
House of Representatives
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Borah
Idaho
Nebraska
House of Representatives Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee
Congress
Wilson
Teuton
State Department
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
von Czernin
Austria
Smcials
Social Dance at Commercial Cafe This Thursday
A social dance is planned at the Commercial Cafe on Thursday night with invitations extended to all interested attendees.
Emergency peace group building painted and banner torn
National guardsmen helped by citizens painted the emergency peace federation headquarters in yellow and others removed the banner and destroyed literature inside. Pacifists faced pressure as they urged lawmakers to oppose the war resolution and to hinder enlistment.
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Washington
National Guardsmen
Colimbia Infantry
Emergency Peace Federation
United States
Germany
Navy Department completes plans for 33 million war fund
Washington April 3 The Navy Department announced the plans for spending 33 million dollars now available for preparation for war with Germany have practically been completed. The fund includes 15 million emergency appropriation for shipbuilding and speeded construction of vessels with 18 million for yard equipment. The bulk will go to patrol boats submarine chasers and the purchase of auxiliaries and aircraft building.
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Washington
Germany
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Militia Spirit Rises In Elko Independent Carrier Boys Form Home Guard
In Elko a small group of Independent carrier boys drill on the streets declaring plans for a real company of home guards. They aim to master tactics and arms, with a drill master and flag soon, to defend against foreign invasion and strengthen patriotism and personal development. Visitors from Deeth include Binek Culver Stond Wilson and Monks.
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Elko
Young America
Biko
Deeth
Eiko
Binek
H. C. Culver
Mra
B. Stond
Mias N. Wilson
T. J. Monks
Peace Conference Proposal Sanctioned by Central Powers
Berlin reports that Count Von Czernin's plan for a peace conference without ceasefire has the support of the central powers. Austria and its allies sanction the proposal and a formal approval is anticipated at a Berlin meeting of four central governments.
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Berlin
Count von Czernin
Czernin
Austria
Overland Trail Drives Need Tag Day Support
Enthusiasm for the Overland Trail grows across towns along the Southern Pacific parallel. Elko plans a tag day next Saturday with membership tags priced 3.50 for auto owners and 2 for nonowners to fund club expenses. George Wingfeld of Reno offers his blooded horses for cavalry use if needed, boasting a large herd and world record contenders.
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Elko
Uute
W. D. Mason
E. E. Ennor
Robi. Hesson
Harry Mentz
Mae McNamara
B. P. Carville
Jos. Snelson
B. J. Bangs
A. L. McGinty
Misa Clara Riddle
R. E. Newman
Wm. Englert
Irene Gaylord
Muriel Littlefield
Teasie Crane
Mollie Carter
Chas. de Armond
Georgie Young
Dollie Russell
Bertha Knemeyer
Nevada
Ely-Eureka-Fallon
California
George Wingfeld
Reno
United States
Shale plant plan eyed by A M Catlin in Elko
A M Catlin of New York arrives to advance a shale oil plant south of town. He expects completion by May 1 with operations starting immediately. The testing plant handles about fifty tons daily and will produce a decolorizer from residue. Financing is personal.
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A. M. Catlin
New York
Catlin
Findlater
Elko
England Pleased With President's Message
The Pall Mall Gazette headlined Brothers in Arms praising the president for framing a stirring issue and expressing pleasure at shared blood and traditions with the United States.
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England
London
Brothers In Arms
Pall Mall Gazette
Guards Increased at New York Piers
New York reports all police off duty have joined reserve duty. Customs guards at the pier suppliers have risen from 400 to 700 as German merchants face wartime ties. George Garat arrives from White Rock and notes stock men welcome spring weather.
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New York Piers
New York
Pieza
George Garat
White Rock
Cannizaro Sunk by German Submarine Near U K Waters
The big British liner Cannizaro of 6000 tons reg left New York March 14 with grain and cargo when torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The crew was saved.
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New York
Cannizaro
Thousands of Siberian political prisoners freed to begin new lives
In Siberia on April 3, fifty thousand prisoners march in sledges toward freedom under new amnesty. Officials estimate over one hundred thousand political prisoners released from mines and convict camps as Russia opens a new era along the Trans Siberian routes.
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Typman
Siberia
New Russia
Asia
Aztec survivors land at Brest as search continues
US Ambassador Sharp in Paris cabled the state department that nineteen Aztec survivors were landed yesterday at Brest. Twenty eight crew members remain missing as a heavy sea storm hampers rescuers.
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Washington
United States
District Attorney Collects Taxes in Ruby Valley Case
The district attorney’s office collected back taxes from Ruby Valley Land and Irrigation Co without trial. Taxes of $355.43 for 1914 were recovered after suit filed in August 1915. An agreement led to a payment of $614.59 covering court costs advertising fees and a 35 percent penalty.
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Ruby Valley Land and Irrigation Company
Southern Guards Ordered Mobilized for Camp Duty
General Pershing announced mobilization orders directing the Southern Department to proceed to star mobilization camps immediately in San Antonio.
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San Anton
Pershing
Star
Cabinet agenda in war finance and mobilization plans
The president and cabinet met to discuss German retreat and to raise funds for war operations. They focused on financing the war, extending Allied credits, expanding the army, and countering German submarines. Industrial preparedness and national defense planning were also reviewed.
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Washington
Germany
Council For National Defense
German Empire
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