112 Are Dead in Munition Blast at Eddystone
Chester Pa April 12 A massive explosion at the Eddystone Ammunition plant near Philadelphia killed at least 112 and injured about 200. Many victims were women and girls employed in the pellet and shell rooms. A second blast destroyed storage buildings, flames burned for hours, and hospitals filled with the injured. An inside plot is suspected in connection with related Minneapolis and Chester incidents.
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Chester
Grear
Eddystone Ammunition Corporation
Eddystone
White
Philadelphia
Fifth Regiment
Minneapolis
Secret Service
Roosevelt Seeks Military Plan From Wilson At White House
Colonel Roosevelt visited President Wilson at the White House with his daughter Mrs. Nicholas Longworth to present a plan to raise a foreign service division. He reported receiving the utmost courtesy and consideration but no decision, noting Wilson listened carefully during a half hour conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
Executive Mansion
Nicholas Longworth
Ecoronel
Fire destroys Beald Public School in Gillespie
Fire swept the Beald public school in Gillespie Illinois causing an estimated 25000 in damage. The building carried 18000 in insurance and was reported destroyed.
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Gillespie, Ill
Beald
Evansville Opens $225000 Coliseum with dedication
Evansville Indiana dedicated the Soldiers and Sailors coliseum built at a cost of more than 225000. The opening ceremonies marked the completion of the project and its readiness for public use.
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Evansville
Ind
Soldiers and Sailors
Twenty Eight Lost As Aztec Sunk By Torpedo
Ambassador Sharp in Paris reports the American steamship Aztec was torpedoed with twenty eight lives lost. Eopolucci Boatswain's Mate of the U S naval guard died. twelve other guard members survived among nineteen total survivors.
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U. S
Washington
Ambassador Sharp
Paris
State Department
Boatewain
Eopolucci
United States Naval Guard
Conscription Plan Opposed In House
Congress shows strong opposition within the House Military Affairs Committee to the administration plan for conscription. Chairman Dent warned the president that no bill could be reported for at least a week and that any measure would be a war- time instrument, not permanent law. Texas also opposes the plan, demanding Texas officers for Texas recruits.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Dent
Committee On Military Affairs of
The
House
Wilson
Texas
Ferguson
Garner
Lone Star
Military Affairs Committee
Appleton Sees 12000 Parade Participants in Citywide March
More than 12 000 Appleton residents joined a city parade on April 19 with participation from school children and members of lodges and fraternities marching through principal streets.
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Appleton
Wis
Supreme Court ruling may free Terre Haute officials
Belief spread that a Supreme Court decision against federal election fraud prosecutions will lead to the release of Mayor Donn Roberts and Sheriff Denny Shea, City Judge Tommy Smith, and three other Terre Haute city officials still jailed in Leavenworth.
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Roberts
Terre Haute
Ind
Supreme Court
Donn Roberts
Denny Shea
Tommy” Smith
Leavenworth
May Wheat Prices Slip Amid Fed Control Talk
May wheat on the Chicago board of trade opened at 2.0614, fell to 2.02 a bushel, then recovered to 2.0514 by mid-session. Compared to Monday's 2.15 high, the market softened as talk of federal food control and commission-house discouragement weighed on traders.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Commission
Seized Elaborate Private Wireless Station in Iowa
Davenport Iowa April 11 government officials seized a private wireless station said to be one of the most elaborate outfits discovered connecting with New York and San Francisco.
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Davenport
New York
San Francisco
Eighteen Missouri Infantry Deserters Face Court Martial
Eighteen members of the First Missouri infantry who have not reported for duty will be dropped from the muster rolls and classed as deserters. If caught they will face court-martial and imprisonment.
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St. Louis
First Missouri Infantry
War brides list compiled as rush to wed grows
Chicago April 11 Acting on orders from U S District Attorney Clyne federal agents under Hinton G Clabaugh secured the names of nearly two thousand applicants for marriage licenses issued since war was declared with Germany The government withheld action while county clerks struggled with long lines as extra clerks were withdrawn leaving only four clerks to process licenses creating hours long waits for applicants.
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Chicago
United States
Clyne
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau of Investigation
Germany
Robert M. Sweitzer
Former Indiana Man James P. Green Dies in Danville
James P. Green sixty seventy years old died after weeks of illness in Danville Illinois. He spent years in omnibus and transfer work and built fortunes then lost them. A Parke county native he earned wealth in Rossville Civil War era horse and mule trade. He also ran Crawfordsville’s livery Bates House and later a transfer business in Indianapolis.
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Danville
James P. Green
Green
Parke County
Indiana
Rossville
United States Army
Crawfordsville
Bates House
Indianapolis
U S War Credit Plan Signals Giant Bond Issue
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee endorses a bill authorizing 5 billion dollars in 8 percent twenty year gold bonds and 2 billion in one year certificates to fund the war effort with France and other Allies likely to receive the major shares. Kitchin returns to Washington and defends the plan amid debate on conscription and enlistment incentives.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
One Great American Party
Kitchin
Ways and Means
Treasury
France
Russia
Italy
Great Britain
Claude Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Guatemala Declares Martial Law Over Frontier Disturbances
Guatemala City reports martial law imposed following disturbances on the Mexican and Salvadorean frontiers. Authorities cite suspected German involvement as the source of the unrest and order is maintained under emergency powers.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
Rush of Applicants for War Bond Drives Investment
Washington April 11 applications for allotments of the 25 billion dollar bond issue have reached the treasury department in such numbers that the administration believes the sale will be a success.
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Washington
Treasury Department
British Take Station Near Bagdad in North Advance
The War Office reports a further British advance north of Bagdad. British forces captured Blad station on the Bagdad Samarafi railway and the town of Herbe.
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London
Bagdad
War Office
Blad
Bagdad-Samarafi
Herbe
President Wilson to conference with Mrs Bass on women's war work
Chicago correspondent reports Mrs George Bass, wife of a Chicago man, left for Washington after being summoned by President Wilson to discuss the role of women in war preparation. She emphasized women's long history of service and current Red Cross involvement as they prepare for broader duties.
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Chicago
Wilson
George Das
Washington
United States
Red Cross
New York Liner Strikes Mine but Sails On
Aboard the American liner New York five miles off the Liverpool bar at 7 40 p m, the vessel struck a mine but later proceeded to Liverpool. Consul Washington in Liverpool reported to the state department. The ship carried 58 passengers and mail and a crew of 234. The Minnesota, another American liner, arrived safely at a British port with 105 Americans aboard.
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Washington
New York
Liverpool Bar
Liverpool
State Department
American Line
Minnesota
Diver Flee Guns On Liner After Close Call
New York reports a German Uboat crew fled when a 6 inch gun on the Cunarder Ansonia trained on them during an attempted torpedo attack. The submarine sank a nearby freighter instead as Ansonia’s passengers watched.
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New York
Ansonia
U S Plans to Seize Railroads
Washington reports strong official intimations that the government plans to take over certain railroads in the county for mobilization purposes.
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U. S
Washington
Robinson Missing. First Zeppelin Killer Reported Lost
London April 11. News reports Lieutenant Willis Leefe Robinson the first aviator to bring down a Zeppelin in England is reported missing in the latest dispatches. The Royal Flying Corps officer gained fame for neutralizing the threat over World War I skies.
British push on 50 mile front near Arras despite snow
British forces drive deeper into German lines along a 50 mile front from Lens to St Quent in heavy snow. Monchy le Prex falls near Arras as Haig claims advances and prisoners, while Berlin admits penetration but says the line holds. German losses exceed 40 000 in two divisions.
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Haig
Arras
Berlin
London
Monchy-le-Prex
Vimy Ridge
Arras Lens
Lens
St. Quentin
Teuton
Hindenburg
German War Office
Douglas Haig
Fritz Kolb Convicted in Hoboken Bomb Case
In Jersey City on April 11 the jury found Fritz Kolb guilty of possessing bombs in his Hoboken hotel room. Hans Schwartz was acquitted. the state alleged a plan to cause a second explosion on Black Tom Island. Jean Humbert was alleged to have instigated the plot and will be tried later.
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Jersey City
N. J
Fritz Kolb
Hoboken
Kolb
Hans Schwartz
Seco
Black Tom Island
Jean Humbert
Humbert
Provisional Government Warns of German Offensive
Petrograd April 11 The provisional government issues a proclamation warning of a German effort to deliver a decisive blow to Russia and calls for immediate concentration of all forces to defeat the enemy. It blames the old regime for leaving Russia disorganized in finance food supply transport and munitions.
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Petrograd
Russia
Ola
Pacifists of Britain urge peace meet in Leeds
April 11 report from Leeds England says the Independent Labour Party pacifist wing adopted resolutions calling on the Allies to open negotiations for a just and honorable peace.
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Britain
Leeds
England
Independent Labor Party
Labor Party
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Louis Feuerstein
National
Velt Division
Iowa
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Dean
U.S
Senate
Gallinger
Canada
George Bass
Women 'S Call
American Press Association
Mrs. Bass
Diver
Cunarder
Russ
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