War Congress In Session Opens With War Plans
Washington April 2 The Sixty fifth Congress met amid Republican caucus discord and illness among members. Champ Clark seen winning the speaker vote. President Wilson plans a war program to declare a state of war with Germany and mobilize 1,000,000 troops, enlarge the army and navy, and pass key war measures. The President urges immediate action to back his war policy and deter German aims.
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Congress
Champ Clark
Wilson
United States
Germany
U. S
Coseress
Memphis Tornado Ravages City Wrecks Churches
A cyclone struck Memphis on April 2 tearing through Binghamton and wrecking two churches while worshipers were present. Four people were fatally injured and about fifty more hurt. The tornado damaged the general hospital and a Baptist hospital, smashing windows and tearing parts of each building. No patient fatalities were reported among hospital staff or visitors.
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Memphis
Tenn
Binghamton
General Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Pro German Field Day for Wisconsin
Milwaukee reports show pro German sentiment influencing local elections as Congress debates war with Germany. In Milwaukee the German American alliance weighs candidates for the school board while Socialists back allied candidates. near-monroe and Sheboygan hold unofficial war referendum. Mayville lists E H Naber as German American platform candidate for county judge. Nearly 100 towns vote on license issues.
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Milwaukee
Congress
Germany
Wisconsin
Monroe and
Sheboygan
Mayville
E. H. Naber
Leaders Champ Clark and J R Mann Named Speakership Nominees
The article highlights Champ Clark and J R Mann as the leading candidates for the Speakership. It outlines their roles and ambitions within the party and notes the contest expectations and political stakes.
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Champ Clark
J. R. Mann
U S Withdraws Its Envoy From Austria
Washington reports the United States has withdrawn its ambassador from Vienna and left the embassy under a chargé d affaires while Austria Hungary is not expected to retaliate with war. Ambassador Penfield departed as Count Tarnowski is not received at Washington.
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Washington
Austria- Hungary
United States
Penfield
Vienna
Lansing
Count Tarnowski
Danish Islands Now Ours after Purchase of Virgin Islands
The United States completed the 50 year effort to buy the Danish West Indies. Danish Minister Brun received a $25,000,000 treasury warrant as the purchase price. Wireless messages announced lowering the Danish flag and raising the Stars and Stripes. The islands became the Virgin Islands of the United States as named by the natives and adopted by the U S government.
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Washington
War department calls 7000 more National Guardsmen
Washington April 2 The War Department called into federal service for police protection about 7000 additional national guardsmen. The units named include Oklahoma First regiment infantry Louisiana First regiment infantry District of Columbia Third regiment infantry Texas Second Third and Fourth infantry First separate squadron of cavalry Arkansas First regiment infantry Rhode Island Second Fifth Twelfth and Fifteenth companies of coast artillery
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War Department
Federal Service
Oklahoma
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Texas
Arkansas
Rhode Island
Coast Artillery
Who's Who in Russia New Citizen Must renounce loyalties
John Z. Mond of East Moline a Russian asked for first citizenship papers in Rock Island. Deputy Clerk Louis Link hesitated over whom Mond should renounce but the clerk ruled Mond must renounce allegiance to the republic and government of Russia the duma and czar Nicholas II.
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Republic
Davenport
John Z. Mond
East Moline
Rock Island
Louis Link
Mond
Russia
Republic of
Government of
Duma of
Nicholas II
Democrats Prepare War Resolution Against Germany
In Washington on April 2, Democratic members of the foreign affairs committee, following Secretary Lansing's cue that the President was prepared to act, drafted a war declaration against Germany. The document mirrors the 1846 Mexican War resolution and authorizes use of militia and naval and military forces to prosecute the war to a speedy termination.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Lansing
Germany
United States
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Senate
Germany Call to Arms Extends to Men 45 and Older
Copenhagen reports Germany has issued a call to all men forty five years old and above to join the colors. Berlin says Hindenburg is mobilizing vast forces to end the war victoriously by year’s end. Laborers are being released to the front and the German armies will be at maximum strength for months. The aim is to spare no able bodied man regardless of age.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Hindenburg
Gardner Bolts Caucus Nominates Speaker Candidate
Washington April 2 Representative Mann of Illinois was nominated by the Republican conference as speaker candidate. Representative Gray of New Jersey and Gardner of Massachusetts left the caucus. Gray notified the state delegation he could not be bound by the caucus action. Gardner failed to secure adoption of a resolution freeing members from supporting the nominee.
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Washington
Mann
Illinois
Gray
New Jersey
Gardner
Massachusetts
$200 Million Planned Loans to Intensify Farming
Washington reports the federal land banks will loan out more than $200,000,000 in the coming year to strengthen farming as a national defense measure. The announcement comes from the federal farm loan board.
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Washington
Federal Land Banks
Federal Farm Loar Board
Mrs Pankhurst Serve Your Country Recipe for Votes
Prominent suffragist Mrs Pankhurst promotes a public appeal urging women to support national efforts for victory. The piece highlights her call for civic participation and broad political engagement to secure suffrage and influence wartime policy.
Thomas F. Smith Nominated by Tammany Hall for Congress
Thomas F. Smith, secretary for Tammany Hall, has been nominated to run for Congress. The selection signals party backing and aims to contest the upcoming federal election. Smith's background includes active involvement in municipal politics and party administration.
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Tammany Hall
Congress
Thomas F. Smith
Michael F. Conry
German at Indiana plant threatens to blow up factory
Newcastle Indiana April 2 Hellmut Metzdorff 21 an overzealous German subject is held in the county jail after a warning he would blow up the local automobile factory if war came. Federal authorities in Indianapolis sent J P Timmons to investigate and determine the truth of his story. Metzdorff said he was a sailor on a German merchantman interned at Seattle when the war began.
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Newcastle
Ind
Hellmut Metzdorff
Metzdorff
Indianapolis
J. P. Timmons
Seattle
Republicans Seek More Civil Service Exemptions
Springfield April 2 Republicans backing the Peck-Crook amendment to the state civil service law plan to ask the house to refuse concurrence with the unfavorable civil service committee report. Senate sponsors moved the bill onto the calendar after committee reconsideration following its previous defeat. The measure would increase exemptions and allow department heads to discharge employees for inefficiency without trial.
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Springfield
Ila
Pueck-Cancroft
House
Senate
Autoist Rescues Hammond Merchant From Ditch
In Hammond Indiana on April 2 Joseph Gasper a local merchant was found with his head buried in mud in a roadside ditch after an auto collision. An overturned car lay nearby and Gasper had been thrown through a windshield he was rescued from suffocation by a passing motorist.
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Hammond
Ind
Joseph Gasper
Casper
Flags Painted on Recalcitrant Student in Marion Event
At Normal College in Marion Indiana on April 2 students distributed small American flags. One student refused to take a flag and others seized him painted the national colors on his face. The student is American born but with German forebears.
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Marion
Ind
The
Normal College
Milk price up in Gary surpasses Indianapolis advance
Gary Indiana reports milk prices rise to 11 cents a quart starting today, up from 9 in Indianapolis. Consumers are urged to wash bottles after use and pay bills biweekly instead of monthly.
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Gary
Ind
Indianapolis
Plot to crown Nicholas exposed in Tsarskoe-Selo arrests
Russian provisional government moves to transfer captives from Tsarskoe-Selo to the fortress at Peter and Paul isolating the ex-premier and ex-empress. Police say Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna and two grand dukes plotted to proclaim Grand Duke Nicholas emperor, while Grand Duke Nicholas is in the Crimea and Olga has wed Captain Koudikowski. Premier Radoslavoff urges Bulgarian parliament that Russia's revolution may restore friendly ties, and Russian troops abroad swear allegiance in Paris.
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Russia
Crimea
Olga
Duke of Oldenberg
Koudikowski
House of Romanoff
Sofia
Radoslavoff
Duma
Bulgaria
Paris
Count Tenatieff
Smirnoff
A. P. Isvolsky
Fifty More Ships Sunk by German U Boats Report
Berlin reports a March submarine tally by the German admiralty detailing 34 steamers 2 sailing vessels and 14 fishing craft sunk by U boats. Among the losses 24 British ships including one auxiliary cruiser, 13 Norwegian ships and two Dutch vessels. Several ships unnamed.
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Berlin
Provisional Government Abolishes Death Penalty
The Russian provisional government announces abolition of the death penalty. Penal servitude for life or years will replace it. It also approves changes to public company laws removing restrictions on Jews and aliens except subjects of powers hostile to Russia.
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Ecommerce
Russia
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