Joffre Receives Rousing Welcome in Washington Arrival
The French commission led by General Joffre and ex Premier Viviani arrived in Washington aboard a convoyed steamship. They were greeted by officials and crowds. French and American ships displayed colors as bands played the French anthem amid an enthusiastic reception.
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Washington
Fren
G. I .Joffree
Viviani
State
Wrt
Navy
Tansinge
Wilson
Joffre
Viviana
Dreyfus
America
Atlantic
State Department
France
Paris
Secret Service
Marshal Joffre
Bread Rations to Begin in England
London reports England will soon adopt bread rations as the bread supply is described as the key issue in the food situation. Officials say workers in munitions must receive bread with restrictions imposed to ensure essential labor can continue.
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London
England
May Draft Teams to Plow for Fort Wayne Gardens
Fort Wayne Indiana April 25. A shortage of teams hampers food relief efforts as no teams have shown for plowing despite offers of good pay. A large tractor from a firm is being used on the plots while drafts may be needed to secure enough plow teams.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Germans Mass in Brazil Feared Insurrection in Santa Catarina
Telegraph reports from Paraná confirm German groups concentrate in Santa Catarina. Belief grows that a German insurrection in southern Brazil is imminent near Rio de Janeiro date April 25.
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State of
Santa Catharina
Rio de Janeiro
Parana
British Drive Turks From Mesopotamian Position
London reports British forces in Mesopotamia drove the Turks from a strong position between Samara and Iztabilat. The pursuit reached Samara station, with sixteen locomotives and 224 railway trucks seized along with two barges loaded with munitions. General Maude described a nightlong hand to hand battle on the Tigris riverbank.
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London
Mesopotamia
Samara
Iztabilat
War Office
Maude
Tigris
Woman Thrown Through Windshield In Sharpsville Crash
Mrs C FE Threw of Sharpsville and her son William were in a car with Mrs Andrew McNew of Tipton when an auto driven by Frank Spears sideswiped a machine north of Tipton. Mrs Brown was thrown through a windshield. In Peru Indiana Charles Dell aged thirty four killed himself due to ill health.
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Tipton
Ind
C. FE. Thrown
Sharpsville
William
Andrew McNew
Frank Spears
Here
Brown
Peru
Charles Dell
Denver
Indiana
Hold Woman in Fraud Case
Springfield authorities detain Annie Mohr alias Annie Miller aged sixty for Muscatine Iowa authorities on a confidence game charge. The case centers on a suspected swindle involving a local woman.
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Springfield
Annie Mohr
Annie Miller
Muscatine
Chicago and Omaha Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Grains
Chicago and Omaha live stock markets show hog receipts around 15 900 and 10 800 respectively with price ranges for hogs from 15 40 to 15 70 in Chicago and 15 25 to 15 60 in Omaha. Cattle receipts near 4 000 in Chicago and 9 800 in Omaha with steers and cows quoted across narrow bands and grain and produce prices listed for wheat corn oats butter eggs and poultry.
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Chicago
Omaha
Debated draft policy pins hopes on Jefferson era contrasts
Washington reports the American commission to negotiate the war draft, naming Elihu Root Charles R. Crane Professor Harper James Roosevelt as possible members. Speaker Clark opposes conscription, preferring volunteers and criticizing the draft push. Leaders like Osborn and Hamilton Lewis argue for both trial of volunteers and conscription as necessary for national life.
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Washington
Pervonpa
American Commission
Nye
Treati Wilson
Elihu Root
Charlier R.ae
Harper
Chicaroiversity
Theodore Roosevelt
Clark
Congress
National Security League
War Department
Harrison
Virgin's
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Thomas
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Association of Commerce
Union League Club
Kaiser Advised to Follow Example of Nicholas
Rome April 25 The Corriere of Italia reports that German pressure mounts for abdication. A bold Hohenzollern hinted the emperor could follow Nicholas. The monarch turned pale and left muttering We shall see after a family council. Italian circles doubt the tale’s German origin and intent to sway opinion.
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Rome
Corriere of Italia
Nicholas
Governors Vote Split On War Prohibition Across States
New York April 25 Governors of twenty one wet states favor war prohibition for conserving food materials while several others remain noncommittal. Western states show strongest support, with Nevada and New Mexico urging national prohibition now and during the war. Some governors like Wisconsin and New York stay quiet or defer to Washington.
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New York
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Washington Lindsay
New Mexico
Congress
Boyle
Nevada
Er l L. Philipp
Wisconsin
Lowden
Washington
Whitman
McCall
Massachusetts
Norse Mission to Washington to Coordinate Food Aid
London reports a planned visit to Washington by Herman Lagercrantz former Swedish minister to the United States. Scandinavians expect a Stockholm conference next month to appoint representatives from Sweden Norway and Denmark to travel to the United States. The goal is to arrange import of foodstuffs petroleum and other urgently needed materials.
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London
Washington
Herman Lagercrantz
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Freighter Sinks U Boat After Running Battle
Captain James Cruddace, skipper of the British freighter, reported a running fight in the Mediterranean. The U boat was struck three times in a thirty shot exchange, an explosion aboard the submarine followed and its probable destruction.
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New York
Mediterranean
James Cruddace
British Air Service Sets Aerial Record In War Effort
British airmen claim forty German planes downed near Arras in a dramatic air battle. At the front, ground fighting north of the Bapaume front advances yields several towns and over 1,500 prisoners. Fierce, historic combat continues as Germans resist with fresh reserves and heavy defenses.
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Arras
T Nodon
Bapaume-Cambralt
St. Quentin Canal
Beaucamp
Villiers
Plouich
Monchy
Roeux
Reuter
France
No Slackers in This Town in Hammond April 25 1917
Hammond Indiana notes Auburn leads in enlistments with eleven eligible youths. Ten have already enlisted to serve in the country’s war effort, as towns compete on enlistment rates relative to population.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana
Auburn
U S Diver Mistaken for U Boat Off Nantucket
Washington reports a sighting of a German submarine off Nantucket was actually an American submersible. Secretary Redfield testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that the department had a report twenty minutes after the sighting.
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U. S
Washington
Nantucket
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Aeroplane Sinks German Destroyer Off Zeebrugge
London reports a German destroyer believed sunk in a clash with British aeroplanes off Zeebrugge in an admiralty statement dated April 25. The engagement highlights air power restraining enemy sea forces in the area.
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London
Zeebrugee
Admiralty
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Virginia
Lewis
Giar
Vivian
Lonce
Tirtioh Royal Fying Corps
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