Cyclops Collier Missing With 293 Aboard
The American collier Cyclops carrying 293 aboard including the U S consul general and 15 officers left Brazil with one engine damaged. No word of submarines found. search ongoing as Navy expresses extreme anxiety for the vessel since March 13.
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Washington
Cyclops
Cearrying ST
Atlantic
Navy Department
West Indies
Brazil
U. S
A. L. Moreau Gottschalk
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Colfer
Navy
Senator William Stone dies after stroke in Washington
U S Senator William J Stone of Missouri, longtime Democratic leader and foreign relations committee chairman, died in Washington following a Friday stroke. He opposed arming merchant ships and declaring war on Germany but supported war measures after the war began. Born May 7 1848 in Kentucky.
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William J. Stone
Missouri
Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Stone
Germany
Kentucky
Locate German Spy Nest In Havana Cuba
Secret service sources say the German espionage headquarters for this hemisphere is located in Havana Cuba. Principal agents are Latin operatives directed by Germans. Cuban officials and Cuban secret service agents have marked the location for ending its usefulness.
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Hemisphere
U. S
Secret Service
Washington
Havana
Cuba
United States Secret Service
German Troops Land in Finland Prompt Finnish Protest
A Stockholm message to the state department says the Finnish official news bureau declared all German troops landed in Finland were sent at the Finnish government's request. Sweden protested the landing on Aland island.
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Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Finland
Aland Island
Sweden
King of Burglars Sentenced to Death in Utah
Howard de Weese was sentenced to death by Judge Louis Brown in Salt Lake City district court and scheduled for execution on May 24 after being found guilty of murdering his wife, formerly married to H. W. Fisher of New York. The supreme court denied a new trial.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard de Weese
Louis Brown
District Court
de Weese
H. W. Fisher
New York
Supreme Court
Senator William J. Stone Dies After 45 Years in Public Life
Kentuckian born 1848 who moved to Missouri and led as governor 1898 1907 and long served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee died in Washington after a paralytic stroke. He opposed arming merchant ships and the war resolution but supported war once committed, shaping U S policy with independent stances.
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Washington
William J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Stone
Wilson
Germany
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hitchcock
Stone
Missouri University
George G. West
Senate
Watterson Improving After Hospital Visit
Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal is at Norton Memorial Infirmary Louisville Kentucky April 15. Physicians report his condition is improved and stable following his illness and hospitalization.
British halt after furious battle at Neuveglise
British forces repulsed seven German attacks in the Merville sector and in the Bailleul area. Southwest of Bailleul the enemy briefly penetrated and was driven back by counter attacks. The British retired from Neuveglise for the second time after a fierce fight.
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Bailleul
Neuveglise
French Forces Gain Ground North of Montdidier
Paris reports improvement for French troops in the southern front with gains north of Montdidier and near Hangard. Prisoners were taken as the advance continued.
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MAE
Americans repulse large German attacks northwest of Toul
In France near Apremont forest American forces beat back two German assaults after heavy shelling and gas bombardment. Twelve of 36 prisoners captured Friday died of wounds. two German machine guns and assorted arms were seized. Reports praise bravery ofLieutenant from near Boston and other soldiers in hand-to-hand fighting while Berlin claims a north of St Mihiel attack with heavy losses.
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Toul
France
Apremont Forest
Yankey
Shoektroop
SOC
Landwehr
Sixteenth Ploneers
Uhlans
United States
Boston
Heutenant
Leutenant
Berlin
St. Mihiel
First American Prisoner Flees From Germany Reaches Basel
The Temps reports the first United States prisoner to escape from Germany has reached Basel Switzerland after slipping away from his captors.
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U. S
Germany
Switzerland
Paris Temps
Paris
Temps
Basel
Switstrland
Three German Cruisers Sunk Off Zeebrugge
Telegraaf dispatch from The Hook of Holland says three German cruisers were sunk west of the Maas lightship after striking a mine off Zeebrugge. A separate German report claims British forces bombarded Ostend and Zeebrugge but suffered no damage. one torpedo boat was set afire and captured.
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Amsterdam
Maas
Hook of Holland
Telegraaf
Meuse
Belgium
France
North Sea
Manshurst
Hague
London
Zeebrugee
Exchange Telegraph Company
Flanders
Admiralty
75 000 Machine Guns Sent
Col Samuel McRoberts of the ordnance department told a National Security league luncheon that the United States is producing more infantry rifles per day than England or France did at their peaks. He cited 75,000 machine guns delivered to fighting divisions and said small arms ammunition production set a record.
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New York
Samuel McRoberts
S. A
Ordnance Department
National Security League
United States
England
France
Tate
Concrete ship trial gains $50 million approval
President Wilson approved a $50,000,000 appropriation to test concrete ships. Chairman Hurley will confer with House Appropriations chair Sherley, who will introduce the bill and push its passage. No opposition expected. $15,000,000 to be made available immediately. The president is keenly interested in this construction method.
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Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
Hurley
Sherley
House Appropriation Committee
British Repulse Four Attacks in Flanders Front
London April 15 British repulsed four German attacks along the Lys front and near Neuve Eglise held by British forces. French reports say Montdidier to Noyon artillery activity continued with French reconnoiterers taking prisoners in several sectors.
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Lya Battle
London
Flanders
Neuve Eglise
Pres Marshal Haig
Meteren
Wulverghem
Pestubert
Locon
Lys
Neuve Egeuse
Buillentl
Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
Weevre
Col du Bonhomme
Mexican Governor Slain Report From Tamaulipas
Report of the killing of acting Tamaulipas governor General Emiliano Nafarrati comes from travelers arriving in San Antonio. News said to be current at Reynosa and other interior towns.
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Nafarrati
Tampico
San Antonio
Tex
Freen
Brownsville
Tes
Emliane Nafarrati
Tamaulipas
Interior
Reynosa
Mealen
W H Stead Ends Life in Chicago Hotel
William E Stead a two term attorney general and aide to Governor Lowden was found dead with a bullet wound in his head at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago. Police indicate he shot himself after standing before a mirror. He reportedly killed himself due to grief over his wife’s death a year earlier.
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Chicago
William E. Stead
Sieator, UL
Hilnels
Lowden
Great Northern
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Missourizm
aeOecet
Joo Mge Gededei
Merville
Hangard
Anita Baldwin
Big Animal Relief Fund
Lucky” Baldwin
U.S
Holland
Maas Light
Teuton
Zeebrugge
Col. McRoberts
O. K
Haig
Lys Battle Front
War Office
Neuve Elisa
Festubert
Lys Front
W. H. Stead
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