Wilson Pushes War Draft Bill and Financing Moves
President Wilson and Secretary Baker push the selective draft plan as Congress weighs the war bill. Kitchin and leaders discuss limiting enlistment to war duration while Secretary Baker aims to raise regular army strength via volunteers. Senate passes the army appropriation bill of 278 million and military academy funding.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Congress
Baker
Capitol
House
Clark
Kitchin
Kitchin Imself
Department
National Guard
Senate
Army
Military Academy
Sherman
Ilinois
Treasury
Ways and Means
Airriday
Site for U. S. Armor Plant
Washington April 12 formal announcement of the site for the armor plate plant and projection tile plant to be made at the navy department. Members of Congress interested in the location have been told informally that Chamigagon West Virginia has been named.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Ince Chakigagon
W. Va
Food Board Names Herbert Hoover as Chairman Whip
Herbert Hoover head of the American commission for relief in Belgium has accepted the chairman whip offered by the national defense council of the new food board in the United States after consultation with colleagues on the commission.
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Sonora
Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
National Defense Council
New Food Board
United States
House votes 5 billion war bond measure on Thursday
Secretary McAdoo and Rep Rainey announce a 5 billion bond plan to fund allied loans and U S war costs. The proposal splits 3.9 billion for loans to Allies and 2 billion for wartime expenses through June 30, 1918. A joint congressional committee on war conduct is proposed with six senators and six representatives.
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Washington
House
McAdoo
Rainey
Illinois
Ways and
Weeks
Massachusetts
Representative Madden
Senate
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Tour United States
Arthur J. Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, plans a forthcoming visit to the United States. The trip aims to discuss international affairs and strengthen Anglo American diplomatic ties.
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United States
War Brides Warned By Judge In Domestic Relations Court
Judge Stelk in Chicago warns war brides to avoid hasty marriages amid 1 198 permits issued in one day and hundreds still pending. He says such marriages harm national duty and risks a domestic relations boom if not stopped.
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Chicago
Stelk
Balfour to Depart for Washington on Special Mission
Foreign Secretary Arthur J. Balfour is to depart for Washington on a special mission, as announced officially. During his absence Lord Cecil will act as foreign secretary and oversee blockade duties, to be handled by a subordinate.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
Washington
Lord Cecil
Lord Robert Cecil
U S Food Waste Tops 700 Million Dollars A Year
The department of agriculture reports that American household waste reaches 700 million dollars yearly in lost food. Experts say better handling and cooking could save vast sums, with grease and fertilizer recovered from reduction plants showing how much is wasted.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Grand Army of Economy
City Street Bureau of
Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Markets and Prices Summary
Hog receipts reach 29,000 with light shipping at 15.90 to 16.30, heavy packing 16.09 to 16.30, and pigs 13.00 to 14.80. Cattle receipts 21,000 with steers 12.25 to 12.75 and cows 9.25 to 9.85, butchers 12.75 to 13.25. Grain and produce quoted. Sioux City and East Buffalo markets show declines in hogs and cattle, with lambs to 16.60 and calves to 15.00, among various regional quotes.
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Chicago
Ohio
Sioux City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
David F. Houston Urges More Crop Production
Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston calls for expanding farm output and crop cultivation to boost national food supplies amid postwar shortages and agricultural policy discussions. He urges farmers and policymakers to invest in soil, seed, and irrigation improvements to raise yields.
Texan carries U S flag in Vimy assault
An unofficial dispatch from Canadian headquarters in Europe says a young Texan who enlisted in Ontario carried the Stars and Stripes into battle at Vimy ridge during the latest assault. He was wounded and is in a hospital, and his act marks the first flag-bearing by an American in the European war.
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Ottawa
Stars and Stripes
Vimy Ridge
France
Europe
Ontario
United States
Thelus
Naval Course Is Cut a Year
Annapolis announces at the naval academy that the present third class will graduate in June 1918 instead of June 1919.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Germany halts all mail to United States and telegraph service
Berlin reports Germany has stopped all mail service between this country and the United States. Telegraph service is also halted, affecting direct and indirect routes.
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Germany
U. S
Berlin
United States
Sinking of Norwegian Bark Marion Reported
Washington reports the Norwegian bark Marion sank with one American aboard, according to Consul Frest. The incident occurred as the ship carried cargo on a voyage under wartime conditions.
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Washington
Marion
Frest
Russ envoy and wife recall sparks recall report
A Slav newspaper reports that ambassador Bakhmeteff and his wife have been recalled, signaling a formal withdrawal of diplomatic presence. The note highlights the ambassador’s imminent departure and the potential implications for existing ties.
Convicts to Pack Meat in Indiana Plant
Michigan City prison warden closes lease for Hauser packing plant near Hudson Lake to employ trusty convicts in slaughtering cattle and hogs. The effort aims to supply meat for state institutions and cultivate 3000 acres, meeting Governor Goodrichs harvest push amid wartime conditions.
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Michigan City
Ind
Fogarty
Hauser Packing
Hudson Lake
Wogarty
Goodrich
Indiana
Illinois girls volunteer for war census
Twenty five Illinois girls have volunteered in letters to Adjutant General Dickson to assist in the state war census. A bill to appropriate fifty thousand dollars for the work is introduced by Senator F E Curtis and recommended for passage. Dickson says thousands may be needed and many tasks will be done by volunteers with no pay. Illinois must furnish seventy five thousand soldiers per the adjutant general’s estimate.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Dickson
F E. C. Curtis
Adjutant General's Office
Prohibition Threatens Hammond Area Saloons
Federal agents in Hammond Indiana predict enforced prohibition may close numerous saloons in the manufacturing district. Foreign patrons and saloon owners seen as treasonous or sympathetic to German and Austrian interests are cited as triggering actions to revoke federal licenses.
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Hammond
Ind
East Chicago
Gary
Whiting
New Hampshire Senate Passes Lewis Prohibition Bill
Concord reports the New Hampshire senate passed the Lewis prohibition bill and will send it to the governor for signature. The measure is not bone dry and will take effect May 1.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Senate
Lewis
British Gain In Areas Fighting At Monschy et Preux
British forces capture Monschy et Preux and La Bergere as part of the Arras battle. Front reports show Canadians seizing Vimy ridge and Hill 145, with 3,280 prisoners counted and possibly 4,000 total, plus many heavy guns left behind. Casualties around Vimy estimated at 89 officers, about 1,200 men.
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London
Monschy-et-Preux
la Bergere
Monehy
Arras
Reuter
France
Louveral
Cambrai
Battery Valley
Vimy Ridge
Militia Department
Vimy
Drill Master Is Loaned to Geneva High School
Geneva Illinois April 11 The Geneva High School board accepted Col George TR Fabyan's offer to loan Sergeant Michael Timmins former regular army for military instruction in the high school. Boys training has begun with nearly every pupil. Timmins has trained employees at River Bank and Fabyan's estate near Geneva for eight months.
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Fabyan
Sargeant
Geneva High School
Geneva
Board of Education
George TR. Fabyan
Michael Timmins
Regular Army
Timmins
River Bank
Todd's Services Accepted for Government Duty in Atlantic District
Hammond Ind April 11 R B Todd president of East Chicago real estate firm the Calumet region's largest operator offered his yacht for U S use when Germany relations were severed and has been ordered on active duty as master mariner placed in charge of a district on the Atlantic coast the millionaire has sailed trans Atlantic and coast races for years
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Hammond
Ind
R. B. Todd
East Chicago Company
Calumet
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Todd
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American Press Association
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U.S
Egges
David F. Houston
Ambas
Sador Bakhmeteff
Trusties of Indiana Penitentiary
Calumet Region
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