Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany in landmark address
President Wilson, addressing a joint session, urges a state of war with Germany and calls for immediate mobilization of forces and resources. He denounces German submarine warfare as a global danger, notes armed neutrality as impractical, and outlines plans for naval buildup, army expansion, credits, and taxation to support a full war effort.
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Belgium
The Right Is More Precious Than Peace Speech
The speech declares that the country must not choose subjugation and will fight for fundamental rights. It emphasizes that property can be paid for, but lives cannot, and asserts America is prepared to spend blood and might for the principles of its birth and happiness with God aiding the nation.
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Presidents Address on War Measures and Allied Support
The speaker urges protection for the people against inflation from vast loans and calls for supplying Allies as much as possible. Emphasizing minimal interference with domestic prep, he supports aiding nations at war with Germany by providing materials obtainable only from the U S or with its help. He proposes executive departments submit measures for wartime objects for congressional consideration.
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Six Plotters Convicted in German Fire Vessel Plot
New York April 3 Captain Charles von Kleist and five other Germans were found guilty by a federal district court jury of conspiracy to destroy steamships carrying food and munitions from the port for the entente allies using incendiary bombs. The ordered names include von Kleist of Hoboken chemist Karl Schmidt chief engineer Ernest Becker Frederick Karbade Wilhelm Parades and George Praedel all assistant engineers aboard the Friedrich der Grosse. The jury retired fifty minutes.
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Federal District Court
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Karl Schmidt
Ernest Becker
Frederick Karbade
Wilhelm Parades
George Praedel
Congress Gets Down to Action on War Measures
Washington April 3. After President Wilson spoke, Chairman John Fitzgerald moved a resolution to fund war efforts with millions for four key appropriations bills. The war congress under Champ Clark was organized with Democratic control, vote 217 to 205 to elect Clark as speaker, defeating James Mann as Republicans split and independents sided with the administration.
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Guardsmen Called Up for Police Duty in West Virginia and Virginia
War Department ordered Second West Virginia Infantry Fourth Virginia Infantry and Battery 10 Field Artillery Virginia into federal service for police duties. Army recruiting surged in late March with more than 2800 men added nationally, with more expected from other sources.
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Dr Emil von Behring Dies After Illness in Marburg
Berlin reports the death of Dr Emil von Behring world renowned therapeutist and diphtheria serum discoverer after a long illness at Marburg He held the 1901 Nobel Prize in Medicine and in 1905 claimed a cure for consumption based on animal experiments.
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Morgan Gets $25 Million More Gold Deposited
New York reports additional Canadian gold totaling 25 million dollars deposited to J P Morgan and Co. Fifteen million placed in the Philadelphia month and ten million in the United States assay office. This raises total imports of gold this year to 295.7 million dollars and since January 1, 1915 to 1.4332 billion.
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German Held for Wilson Threat in Camden
Adolph FB. W. Simmers of Woodbine New Jersey a German by report was held in United States Commissioner Joline on bail of twenty thousand dollars for a further hearing Wednesday on a charge of threatening the life of President Wilson according to Camden New Jersey dispatches.
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Riots Reported in Berlin and The Hague
Reports from reliable sources indicate further disturbances occurred in Berlin over the past week, with continued unrest in the city as of April 3. The update also references incidents linked to The Hague.
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Aztec Torpedoed by German Submarine
French admiralty dispatches report the armed American merchantman Aztec was torpedoed without warning. Lieutenant Fuller Graham and twelve American linejackets aboard were saved, but several crew members were reported missing.
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Wits Bre
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Bribes Allegedly Paid to Russian Commanders Revealed
Copenhagen reports the commission found Libau commanders received 2,000,000 dollars and Mittau's commander 1,500,000 from Germany. General Kuropatkin, Riga governor, got 8,000,000 but did not surrender the city and sent funds to Petrograd. The bribe payer killed himself after Riga stayed occupied.
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Mrs Alton B Parker Dies in New York
Mrs. Alton B Parker widow of the former judge and 1904 Democratic presidential candidate died in New York. Born Mary L Schoonmaker at Accord New York she will be buried after the funeral at Holy Cross Episcopal church Kingston Wednesday morning.
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Turks Suffer 8000 Casualties at Gaza Battle
Andrew Bonar Law told Parliament that Turkish losses in the Gaza Palestine engagement reached about 8,000 with British deaths under 400. The statement was reported from London on April 3.
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Army recruits surge as war threat grows in ten days
Washington reports show 2,800 recruits added to the general recruiting service in the last ten days of March as the war threat looms. Additional figures from other sources are expected to raise the total.
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General Recruiting Service
Villa Truce Arranged Between Factions
Juarez reports that Villa and General Marcula have arranged a truce. A German resident of Chihuahua allegedly persuaded both sides to unite against the United States.
Aged Couple End Lives Together in Belvidere
Mr and Mrs Louis Bell ages eighty and eighty one were found dead after neighbors reported a gas smell in Belvidere Tih on April 3. The couple reportedly used gas to end their lives and were discovered later by relatives or authorities.
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Ana Elone
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Police Slayer's Trial Set in Shelbyville Case
Shelbyville Indiana April denoting court date Judge Alonzo Blair set Monday May 4 for the opening trial of Claude Taylor an Indianapolis man charged with the murder of Policeman John Ye Rossette. The case moved here on change of venue. Taylor says relatives in Indianapolis will obtain counsel.
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Alonzo Blair
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Indianapolis
Martial Law Quells Revolution in Spain
Madrid reports that Spanish authorities have imposed strong measures to suppress a widespread agitation that had taken a revolutionary turn. Premier Romanones states the government will not treat the movement as revolutionary while labor leaders signed a manifesto calling for a general strike and a change in government.
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