Spy Crusade Sweeps Nation as U S Arrests alleged traitors
United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne urges public aid in hunting spies amid mass arrests nationwide. Federal agents round up prominent figures in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Gary with dozens detained and warned. A plot to poison meat at Chicago stockyards is foiled.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago ‘Yards
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Mr Clyne
Federal
R. W. Kiessling
Otto H. Kiensle
Stockbridge
Mass
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Arthur E. Bielkowsky
Karl George Frank
Sayvill
I. I
Gary
Ind
Gustav H Jacobsen
North
Hermitage Avenue
Franz Bopp
Foral
San Francisco
Canada
St. Helena
Cal
Favors Rule by People in Democratic Party Plenum
The Constitutional Democratic Party, after declaring for a republic, adopted a resolution at a Sunday convention calling for a democratic and parliamentary form of government. Prince Dolgo Rouki, head of the party’s central committee, urged continued war and adherence to allied agreements until victory.
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Petrograd
Constitutional Democratic Party
Dolgo Rouki
Russia
Five Brown Drown In Missouri River Boat Capsize
Bismarck North Dakota April 9 five men drowned in flood waters after a boat capsized in the Missouri River near Bismarck. The deceased are Ed Massey of Mandan Harry Barwind of Bismarck J A Vale of Minneapolis A A Van Vlagen of Minneapolis Ned Prentice of Minneapolis M H Lang of Mandan was the sixth aboard and was rescued by Roy Frost but in serious condition. his wife is said to be in despair.
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Bismarck
N. C
Missouri River
Ed Massey
Mandan
Harry Barwind
Gowan, Lenning & Brown
Duluth
J. A. Vale
Minneapolis
A. A. van Vlagen
Ned Prentice
Minneapolis Drum Company
M. H. Lang
Roy Frost
Lloyd George's Son Weds in Bath England
Major Richard Lloyd George eldest son of Prime Minister Lloyd George marries Roberta McAlpine daughter of contractor Robert McAlpine of Totteridge Herts in Bath England on April 9.
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Lloyd George
Bath
England
Richard Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George
Roberta McAlpine
Robert McAlpine
Totteridge, Herts
Republics Fighting for Rights of Man
President Wilson replies to President Poincare in welcoming France’s wartime support. He calls the alliance a partnership of noble democracies defending rights and freedoms and salutes France for joining the struggle against imperial Germany.
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Washington
Poincare
United States
Wilson
Germany
France
Brazil Seethes for Break with Germany Over Parana Telegram
Rio de Janeiro reports the Brazilian press clamors for a rupture with Germany after a telegram from the Parana captain claiming cannonading by a German submarine following torpedoing off Cherbourg. Germany prepared to depart for Montevideo. its archives to be handed to Spain which will represent German interests in Brazil.
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Rio Janeiro
Germany
Parana
Cherbourg
Montevideo
Brazil
German cruiser Cormoran blown up by its crew in Guam harbor
The interned Cormoran was destroyed by its own crew in Guam as U S marines moved to seize the ship. Two men are reported dead, the first fatalities in the war between the United States and Germany.
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Washington
Cormoran
Guam
United States
Germany
Wilson Thanks Minnesota After House Endorsement
President Wilson expressed appreciation for Minnesota House endorsement and pledges of loyalty in a letter received by Oscar Arnesen, chief clerk, in St Paul.
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Wilson
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minnesota House
Oscar Arnesen
Death by self in Keokuk area shocks local landholder
Keokuk Iowa April 9 reports William Davis a large land owner from Memphis Missouri near here shot himself dying from self inflicted wound. Financial worries are said to have driven the tragedy.
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Keokuk
William Davis
Memphis
Missouri
Here
Arrest Gary Man as Spy in German Suspect Case
Gary Indiana police arrest Joseph Kezil, a German national, and hold him as a suspect in an espionage inquiry. The charges and specifics remain unclear pending further investigation.
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Gary Man
Gary
Ind
Joseph Kezilman
Mysterious Raider Reported Near Nantucket Shoals
A suspicious vessel was spotted forty five miles south west of Nantucket lightship with a second report within a day. Shipping warnings were briefly issued as censorship eased then tightened again. Rumors claimed U boat activity and possible sinkings near Boston and Nantucket.
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Boston
Nantucket
Boston Navy Yard
Edward G. Blakeslee
New England Radio District
Sichi
Europe
Nantucket Shoals
Newport
U. S
Joston
Poston
British Forces Advance Near Louvavoil Front
British reports say progress on an 8000 yard front north of Louvavoil near the Bapaume Cambrai road. Prisoners captured near Ypres. Several air bombardments reported and hangars destroyed.
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Capaume
Cambrai Road
London
Bapaume Cambreil Road
Louvevail
Ypres
Austria Recalls Envoy Amid Monarchy Spat
Berlin reports Austria-Hungary recalls Count Tarnowsky ambassador in Washington who was never received by the United States. Geneva notes American Ambassador Penfield demands his passports at Vienna in a delayed dispatch.
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Berlin
Austria-Hungary
Count Tarnowsky
Washington
United States
Geneva
Penfield
Vienna
Grace Lockwood to Wed Archie Roosevelt
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Thomas Lockwood 111 Bay State Road declares engagement of Grace S Lockwood to Archie Roosevelt Harvard 1917 son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. The couple plans no date yet as of Boston April 9.
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Archie Roosevelt
Boston
Thomas
John Lockwood
Bay State Road
Grace S. Lockwood
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Indiana farms to aid war and boost Indiana crop output
Across Indiana ninety two county meetings focused on increasing food production and conserving supplies during wartime. Farmers, civic leaders, and state officials responded with strong turnout and enthusiasm for widespread cooperation to expand the food supply statewide.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Indiana
Goodrich
Mystery surrounds shipment of Shively body to Brookville
In South Bend Indiana on April 9 authorities investigated a so called roust box said to contain the disinterred body of former Senator Benjamin Shively en route to Brookville Pennsylvania. The cemetery sexton denied removal orders and Mrs Shively widow of the senator has been in Brookville. It is believed state officials had been asked for permission to move the remains.
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South Bend
Ind
United States
Benjamin Shively
Brookville
Girl Hangs German Flag. Local Crowd Misunderstands
In Boonville Indiana on April 9 a 13 year old girl hung a flag from a window after seeing neighbors do so. The flag turned out to be a German flag once owned by her father Fred Birch. A crowd gathered and demanded explanation, believing the act to be intentional.
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Boonville
Ind
Fred Birch
Germany
Must Salute Flag, Anyhow in Freeport Case
Thomas Fahey, arrested by guardsmen, was sentenced to salute the flag at Freeport for remarks about tin soldiers. He stated he would comply gladly but questioned why soldiers could not take a joke good naturedly.
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Freeport
Thomas Fahey
Fahey
Robber Bypasses Drawer, Steals From Diagonal Bank Vault
Creston Iowa April 9 police search for a robber who entered the First National bank at Diagonal Ta forced the cashier and his wife into the vault and fled with more than 600 dollars. He left 600 dollars in another drawer.
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Creston
First National Bank
Diagonal
Labor pledge clears way for wartime labor calm
Washington reports that Samuel Gompers pledges organized labor to support the government and to forego walkouts during the war. A national defense council forms a board of economists and bankers to finance war expenditures and aid the Entente Allies. A $5 billion bond issue is planned as a popular loan at 3 to 3.5 percent.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Council of National Defense
Advisory Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
War Budget and Taxation Boost Entente Funding
The speech outlines an addition near three billion dollars to the Entente, supplementing a five billion bond provision. It states federal revenue now about one and a quarter billion yearly, with at least one and a half billion more to be raised by congressional action.
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Congress
Gen Wood to Retain His Position in East
Washington declares General Leonard Wood will remain in command of the Department of the East with headquarters in New York. A planned transfer to Charleston was reversed, the move abandoned amid signals political motives will not influence war department operations.
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Gen. Wood
East
Washington
Leonard Wood
War Department
Department of the East
New York
Charleston
8. C
Department
Wood
Freer Prussia Ordered by Emperor William to End Class Elections
Emperor William directs Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to reform Prussian electoral law and end elections by classes. He cites the people's gigantic deeds and calls for direct and secret elections of deputies at the war's end.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Twenty One Sentenced for Liquor Sales in Minnesota Territory
Twenty one men charged with selling liquor in northern Minnesota Indian treaty territory were sentenced to terms ranging from ninety days in jail to one year in the federal prison at Leavenworth.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Indian Treaty Territory
Leavenworth
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Austria
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