Balfour Arrives as Wilson Prep Talks With Britain Allies
President Wilson meets Arthur Balfour as British and American officials outline preliminary work for wartime cooperation. Plans focus on political, military, shipping, food, and financial collaboration with subcommittees to draft general principles. The British delegation arrives with documents to provide precise answers and avoid costly mistakes.
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Washington
Arthur J. Balfour
Balfour
Lansing
State Department
White House
United States
Belfour
Secretary Houston Urges Farm Labor Retention
Secretary Houston told the senate agricultural committee that labor may be the limiting factor in the wartime food effort and every effort should keep men on farms. His remarks echoed his report to the senate on Saturday in Washington on April 24.
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Washington
Houston
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
Serbian Force Sails to Balkans From Gary
Thousands cheered as 250 Serbian steelworkers from Gary Hammond Indiana Harbor and East Chicago left on a special train to join Allied armies in the Balkans. The provisional battalion, veterans from Gary who went to fight in the Balkan war five years ago, will serve under General Serrail.
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Gary
Ind
America
Hammond
Indiana Harbor
Chicago
Balkans
Serrail
Chicago and Omaha Live Stock Markets Report
Chicago market receipts hogs 44 000 with light shipping to heavy packing ranges 15.25 to 15.65 and 11.50 to 15.25 for pigs. cattle receipts 18 000 with steers 11.50 to 12.50 and cows 9.00 to 9.65. Omaha market hogs 6 800 with heavy 15.20 to 15.65 and light 15.00 to 15.50. cattle receipts 3 400 with native steers 9.50 to 13.00 and western 9.00 to 11.50. sheep 6 500 with yearlings 12.00 to 13.75 and lambs 14.75 to 15.80.
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Chicago
Omaha
Marshall Field III Heir Joins Guard Amid $400 Million Legacy
Marshall Field III heir joins the guard amid public attention to the family fortune valued at about 400 million dollars. The move ties a prominent Chicago mercantile name to military service as authorities note the wealth and status involved.
Young Field Joins First Illinois Cavalry as Private
Young Mr Field grandson of the late Marshall Field, Chicago merchant prince, enlisted in the First Illinois cavalry as a private. He believes it is the duty of all young men to enlist.
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Mr. Field
Marshall Field
Chicago
First Illinois Cavalry
Court upholds marshal ruling on contempt power
The Supreme Court ruled Congress lacked authority to punish H. Snowden Marshall U.S. attorney for New York, exempting him from further proceedings. Chief Justice White said the lower court erred in denying habeas corpus discharge, and the court ordered Marshall discharged after impeachment charges against him collapsed.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
H. Snowden Marshall
United States
New York
Marshall
White
House
Buchanan
Illinois
British Break Through Hindenburg Line Near Lens
British forces cut off the arm of the Hindenburg line near Lens as Haig’s drive advances on both sides of the Scarpe. They captured Gavrelle and Guemappe, taking over 1,000 prisoners while the enemy stronghold at Douai’s defenses weakens along the Wotan line. The city of Lens and surrounding area suffer heavy destruction to deny mines to the foe.
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Lens
Louider
Hindenburg Line
France
Republic
Scarpe
Sir Douglas Haig
Gavrelle
Guemappe
Arras
Douai
Arras-Cambrai
Drocourt
Queant
Teutons
Douat
Deserted on wedding day ends in divorce suit
Orle Winger files for divorce in Fountain county after Retta Winger vanished following a Covington marriage on July 15. The husband claims she wed to escape parental authority and has not seen her since the wedding day. Winger is a farmland owner in Fountain county.
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Lafayette
Ind
Orle Winger
Retta Winger
Covington
Winger
Fountain County
U. S. Plans to Arm Over 1,000 Merchant Ships
Secretary Daniels submitted a supplementary estimate of $5,000,000 to arm and provide ammunition for 1,104 merchant ships. The move aims to strengthen naval readiness as the United States expands armed merchant capacity.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Daniels
Congress
German baker in Peoria calls for killing the President
Henry Funk a German baker arrested by the U S secret service in Peoria says the president should be killed and that he would like to pull the trigger. He previously worked in Chillicothe where he made the declaration.
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Peoria
Peoria, Ill
Henry Funk
United States Secret Service
Funk
Chillicothe
Rotarians Urge Gardens in Appleton Wisconsin Plan
The Rotary Club of Appleton Wisconsin has decided to devote all efforts to a civic organization plan and vacant lot gardening.
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Appleton
Wis
Rotary Club
Premier Terauchi Japanese Leader Sustained in Election
Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake wins re election as Japan's government and political factions confirm continued leadership in a national vote. Rising support amid post war stabilization signals continuity for Tokyo policy and allied strategy in Asia.
Serbians Start for War From Joliet Illinois
One hundred Serbians left Joliet to join the Allied army in France. A lecturer had spoken of Serbia’s despoilation last week. Learning they could go to France without violating U S laws, 100 volunteered to go. four hundred more will follow. They go to France because they cannot reach Serbian soil.
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Joliet
France
Serbia
United States
Bruce bill faces first test in Illinois liquor debate
Springfield Ill April 24 The Bruce bill expected to reach second reading next Wednesday after a judiciary committee approval by 19 to 14 The session may draw a full house as hardline wets and drys prepare to press for or against advancing the anti whiskey measure and a ten percent alcohol plan.
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Springfield
Ill
House
Bruce
Judiciary Committee
Shanahan
Teuton Plot In Strike Shocks Illinois Miners
President Frank Farrington of the state miners union says he will seek a federal investigation into suspected German influence on a strike idleing nearly 3,000 miners at Nokomias Kincaid and Witt. He notes a Spring Valley miner’s letter asking about pay differences as possible provocation.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Frank Farrington
State Miners’ Union
Nokomias
Kincaid and Witt
Farrington
Spring Valley
Sugar barrels to grocers amid refinery surplus
Terre Haute Indiana April 24 Jobbers have agreed to sell to grocers one barrel of sugar at a time. They say the refineries report there is plenty but cannot promise delivery in thirty days owing to railway congestion.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Seeadler Pursues American Steamer Off Brazilian Coast
An American steamship was chased for five miles by the German raider Seeadler off the Brazil coast on April 12, the captain reports upon reaching New York on Monday.
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New York
Seeadler
Brazil
Gas Tank Blast Kills Two In Indiana
Galesburg Indiana April 24 Leland Tarpley of Murphysboro Tennessee and George Staat a Warren County farmer were killed when an explosion occurred in a gas tank they were repairing.
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Galesburg
Ind
Leland Tarpley
Murphysboro
Tenn
George Staat
Warren County
Drive Launched Against Russia in Baltic Front
Petrograd reports German squadron left Libau with transports to strike behind Russian lines in the Baltic. A second fleet from Kiel is en route to Libau while troops mass along the Dvinsk Riga line in readiness for a possible northern front assault. The plan may aim to cut off Petrograd via a Gulf of Finland landing.
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Liban
Daltic
Riga
Kiel
Rica
Libau
Russia
London
Dvinsk-Riga
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
M. Teheidse
Council of Workmen's and
Bulgaria
Amsterdam
Fta
Bulgraria
Storms Cause Death and Major Damage in Indiana
A severe wind and rain storm in northern Indiana killed five year old Adeline Bock struck by a street car and injured farmer William Tomlinson who was blown 500 feet. Roofs of a Christian Science church and several barns were destroyed. Cars were wrecked by wind blown debris and trees uprooted. New Carlisle roofs and a stretch of utility poles along the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway were toppled.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Adeline Bock
William Tomlinson
New Christian Science Church
New Carlisle
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company
Houston Seeks Food Survey Funding From Senate Panel
Secretary of Agriculture Houston asked the Senate agricultural committee for power and money to make an immediate survey of the food supply of the country to determine what the resources of the country are. He said the total supply now cannot be estimated.
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Houston
Food Survey Fund
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agricultural Committee
Australian pugilist Les Darcy enlists in U S Army
Memphis Tenn April 24 Les Darcy the Australian boxer who faced slacker charges in the United States has enlisted in the reserve aviation corps at the Memphis training camp joining the U S Army flyer program amid wartime service push.
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Les Darcy
U. S
Memphis
Tenn
Reserve Aviation Corps
United States Army
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