Martial law spreads in Ireland as rebel uprising grows
April 27 Irish disturbances in Dublin are being quelled though martial law is proclaimed across Ireland Major General Maxwell takes command with plenary powers while government censures news coverage. Casement expedition captured in London front with details of arrest and seizure of arms.
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Drogheda
Ireland
Dublin
Sense
All Ireland
Asquith
House of Commons
John Maxwell
Egypt
Edward Carson
John Redmond
Apquith
Rail Heads Meet Employes Agents Over Hours Demands
Chicago April 28. Three railroad company reps and four officials of railroad traffic employees plan talks on eight hour day and time and a half overtime. Representing western eastern and southeastern lines are J W Piggens J G Walther and Charles P Neill. For the workers W G Lee W G Stone W G Carter and A B Garretson will speak for their brotherhoods. Employers seek written reply by next Saturday. Railroads have reportedly refused the demands and neither side shows readiness to arbitrate.
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J. W. Piggens
J. G. Walther
New York
Charles P. Neill
Washington
W. G. Lee
Trainsmen's Brotherhood
W. G. Stone
W. G. Carter
A. B. Garretson
General Managers’ Association
British Submarine Sunk and Cruiser Hit by German Forces
Berlin reports the German admiralty announced the British submarine B-22 was sunk by German naval forces. The same dispatch states a British Arethusa class cruiser was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine. The notices come from London and dispatches in Berlin transmitted April 27 and 28.
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Berlin
Sayville
London
Ber
German Suspect Removed From Steamship Colon
On arrival in New York from Cristóbal the steamship Colon was met by a Justice Department agent, a Secret Service man, and a Neutrality Squad representative who took a German passenger into custody on Washington orders. He was not Arrested. details were withheld. Army officers accompanied the deputies. the man’s name may be Autenwasser.
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New York
Department of Justice
United States Secret Service
Neutrality Squad
Custom House
Colon
Cristobel
Washington
United States
Canal Zone
United States Army
Auten Wasser
Quaker State to Raise Army of Own in Philadelphia
Philadelphia April 27 Maj Gen Leonard Wood and Maj Gen George Turnett led a dinner launching a campaign to raise 500000 dollars to equip and maintain a citizen army of 48000 in the city.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Wood
George Tturnett
German officials head to Vienna to meet Austrian and Hungarian authorities
Berlin reports officials of the German government traveled to Vienna on April 26 to discuss economic and political questions with Austrian and Hungarian authorities. The move follows ongoing tensions in central Europe as allies seek stability and policy alignment.
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Berlin
Tuckascon
Vienna
Morris Coming Home From Sweden On Leave
Morris, the American minister to Sweden, plans a two months leave of absence, signaling no outstanding international tensions. The move follows his stay in Stockholm, with the return anticipated via London in April.
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Btockholm
London
Tio Ira Nelson Morris
Sweden
United States
Morris
Germans Sink Ship That Ignored Zepp L-17 Rescue
Berlin reports German naval forces bombarding Lowestoft sank the steamer King Stephen and captured her crew. The ship had refused to rescue the Zeppelin L-17 crew. A destroyer, another scout boat, and an auxiliary steamer were sunk. a cruiser sustained a fire. A British destroyer was badly damaged in related actions.
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Berlin
London
Lowestoft
North Sea
Flanders
Zeebrugge
Juarez Scene Of Obregon Meeting
April 28 report from San Antonio indicates a conference among Generals Scott Funston and Obregon will be held in Flago Juarez or El Paso. Scott and Funston plan to depart for El Paso tonight. Gavira says Obregon will reach Juarez tomorrow.
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Scott
Funston
Obregon
Flago
Juarez
el Paso
Gavira
Finnton
Andres Garcia
Garcia
Customs House
Dias
Taft
Juares
General Obregon
Scott and
Nuevo Laredo
Eagle Pass
Rumors of Anti American Feeling Reach Mexican Border
Disturbing reports from northern and central Mexico describe rising anti American sentiment. Durango City Americans warned to leave. many have married locals and feel unsafe. Mexican papers amplify Parral clash claims, portraying a massacre and a Mexican defeat.
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Tex
Mexico
Durango
Durango City
United States
Coen
Parral
Carranza
Chihuahua
Instructions Sent To General Scott On Mexican Problem
Washington April 27 Major General Hugh L Scott chief of staff of the United States army who will confer with General Obregon received instructions from the Washington government for the conference Carranzas war minister Carrangas war minister to discuss basis for cordial and complete cooperation between American and Mexican forces in attaining their common object as stated by Secretary Baker
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Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Obregon
Carranga
Baker
Germans Fire Heavy Shells In Coastal Raid
Reports from Lowestoft and Yarmouth describe a German bombardment Tuesday morning. At Lowestoft a big gun salvo caused many crashes, a house split and killed a man, his wife, and child. The bombardment lasted 16 minutes. At Yarmouth no injuries were reported despite severe shelling and fires in a large block of buildings.
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London
Lowestoft
Yarmouth
Bone Resorts
Min
Dewnpaper
Norwegian steamship blows up off Germany
Copenhagen reports a Norwegian steamship named tom snaes bound for Lubeck with a cargo of herring from Norway exploded near Glodner Denmark. The crew were killed at Warne morning in Germany.
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London
Tom Snaes
Lubeck
Norway
Glodner
Denmark
Warne
Americans financed Sir Roger Casement ties to Irish independence
New York April 2. Jeremiah A O Leary director of the United Irish societies says Irish Americans contributed over 1 000 000 to Casement's cause. He cites about 12 000 raised in his 1911 US tour and notes no link to the Dublin revolt. A mass meeting planned for Sunday will endorse Casement's expedition and the Dublin rising.
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Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Dublin
New York
Sir Roger Casement
Bere Yeaterday
Jeremiah A
Leary
United Irish Societies
Thi City
American Truth Society
Sir Roger
O) Leary
O'Leary
United Irish Soelates
Roger Casement
Huge Funds Behind Peace Propaganda Plan
Washington April 28 thousands of telegrams protesting ending war with Germany proliferate. Reports from New York and major cities indicate more than 259000 messengers to be filed for transmission to Washington. American Embargo conference funds the night letters at fifty cents each, with tolls potentially totaling 125000 if 260000 messages send. Destructions withheld until ordered released. debate grows for congressional inquiry into spontaneous outburst and its impact on Berlin. Senator Husting cites Wisconsin letters from Chicago headquarters urging embargo against European munitions shipments.
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Germany
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Iton
Cincinnati
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St. Louis
Oltiey
Bach
Jasper T. Int
Chica
Darling
Wilson
Congress
Berlin
Husting
Senate Today
Wisconsin
Europe
Mob atmosphere as Topeka prisoner feared lynching
Topeka and Lawrence report mobs seeking Fred W. Bissell, prime suspect in Edna Dinsmore murder, with deputies and guards clashing. A Shawnee jail standoff ends as Bissell is moved to safety while a Lawrence mob disperses after confinement.
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Kan
Edna Dinsmory
Topeka
Fred Bissel
State
Bissell
Lawrence
Sumisaion
Lansing
Biswell Ls Uocliner
Kanans
Wehoo
Fred Bissell
Edna
Bisell
Shawnee County
Top
Fred Wiss
Edna Dinsmore
Douglas County
German Suits Against Cunard Line Over Lusitania
German agents seek to shift blame for the Lusitania sinking to Cunard. At a New York meeting survivors and passengers discussed suing the liner’s owners for negligence. Joseph L. Myers and James L. Leary said a lawyer facing neutrality-law charges offered to finance suits for 50 000 dollars and to secure payment regardless of outcomes.
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Ly Steamship Lusitar
Cunard Steamship Company LY
Joseph L. Myers
James L. Leary
Damage from German Zeppelins Made Light
London dispatch reports Zeppelins over Kent and Essex caused little damage with no casualties despite about 100 bombs dropped. Airships were illuminated by searchlights after reaching the Uriioh coast and subjected to heavy anti air bombardment, forcing them to retreat back across the channel.
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Kent
Soldere
Uriioh
Dutch steamer Macabaven strikes mine near Rotterdam
Rotterdam via London April 27 The Dutch steamer Macabaven struck a mine yesterday while sailing from London to this port. Four tugboats assisted the damaged vessel, which arrived at Waterwege today.
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London
Macabaven
Thin Port
Carvolog
Waterwei Woday
Colquitt Letter Appeals for German Aid in U S Race
New York World quotes correspondence involving ex Governor Colquitt of Texas asking for German support in his bid for the United States senate. The piece accuses German Americans of arranging a nationwide effort to influence elections and outlines alleged German-American leadership and lobbying activity in New York and Texas.
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Wilson
Congress
New York World
Coluitt
Texas
United
Mr. Colquitt
A.4
Koelble
Bernard H. Ridder
New York Staats-Zeitung
Thea
Campagn Bewlwarters
United States
Germany
New York City
de Tmartias
Eli
Wilken
Colquitt
British Sunk Dutch War Vessel Reported by Dutch Paper
Berlin reports from overseas indicate the British sank a Dutch warship weeks ago. The Bredasteamship's homeward voyage from India included handling that could not be detailed, with Britain promising to pay damages. The Dutch press signalled British liability and indemnity.
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Berlin
Sayville
Wave
de Tribune
India
Great Britain
Nieuw Rotterdamsche Courant
Breda
Renate probe probes bankers ties to wheat grower case
The Renate investigation in Washington on April 27 examined alleged American banker collaboration with a Yale wheat grower. Lawmakers sought to determine if antitrust laws were violated and whether justification existed for high prices through illicit actions.
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Washington
Renate
Yuese Tin
Ransdell
Rival factories lure strikers as open shops rise
Pittsburgh, April 28. Fifteen hundred workers added to the unemployed when notices posted at the Shady Side plant say shops closed to avoid annoyance to employees. Strike leaders claim 25,000 idle. Employers' Association of Pittsburgh forms to create an open labor market, seeking freedom of contract and to oppose output restraints and boycotts, with 100 firms represented at the meeting.
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Weatinghouse
Shady Side
Weatinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Turtle Creek
Employers’ Association of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Wilson Hopes 10 Grab Ford Vote
Washington April 28. President Wilkens and petition chiefs claim he will benefit from votes favoring Ford seen as peace voters. They say Al Wilson lacks momentum as election nears and the public will credit the administration for peace. They contend peace supporters may back Wilson over Roosevelt if Ford’s followers pivot.
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Wilkens
Henry Fond
Michigan
Nebraska
Ford
al Wilson
Wilson
Fighting at Verdun Shows Small Change
Paris reports French positions near Verdun subjected to heavy bombardment but German infantry attacks avoided. A small assault north of Fort Vaux was halted by French artillery. German patrols north of the Aisne were repulsed with hand grenades. A reconnoitering party east of Le Meant dispersed. A German airplane was shot down in Spincourt wood by a French pilot.
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Verdun
Fort Vaux
War Office
Aisne
Spincourt Wood
Russians Arrive As French War News Grows Dim
Berlin reports Major Moraht of the Tageblatt notes in a military review that 6,000 Russians arriving at Marseilles underscores France’s shaky morale. The public reacts with euphoria as German troops adapt to handling the "bravest of Russians" in Galicia and Poland.
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Bayville
Moraht
Tageblatt
Hhis
Murselilen
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Marseilles
France
Galivia
Bolin
North Carolina Democrats choose delegates at Raleigh convention
The Raleigh meeting selected delegates and alternates to the national convention. Boerdbury Daniels, after 26 years on the national committee, said he would not seek reelection. The party faced divisions over the presidential elector slate and platform.
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Raleigh
N.C
Tate
Boerdbury Daniels
Promorth Carolina
Joadetu
Cocoanut Planting Plans Speculated in North Borough
A garbled note suggests rapid coconut planting in Weltish North Borough. The fragment mentions a table and a nonfunctional word sequence, with no clear dates, organizations, or named individuals to identify firms or authorities involved.
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North Bornoe
Neutral ship sunk as emperor considers reply
The Carmanian, a Norwegian bark of 1,840 tons built in 1867 and sailing from Buenos Aires February 18 for Falmouth, was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine off Ireland’s west coast. Crew escaped in boats, one boat capsized. nine crew including the captain survived. Ambassador Gerard prepares to meet the German emperor as Berlin signs a more optimistic note on the submarine war.
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London
Toexdas
Ireland
Oii
St. Avenger
Buenos Aires
Falmouth
Most Difficult Problem Berlin Has Yet Tackled
London April 2 The most difficult diplomatic problem Germany faced since the war began is the American note on submarine warfare. A semiofficial Berlin telegram to the Cologne Gazette says the reply will not be given before week’s end as the decision is the hardest since the outbreak of the war.
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London
Apr
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Exchange
Amsterdam
Revolts Reported in Bohemia Amid Executions of Noted Figure
New York reports fresh revolts in Prague Pilsen and other Bohemian cities. It claims prominent families including Miss Anna Mazaryk have been executed by the government. News came via the Bohemian National Alliance from secret sources in Austria.
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Prague
Pilsen
Tabor
Bohemian
Mian
Anee Mazaryk
America
Aadvinen
Bohemian National Alliance
Austria
Mazaryk
EF. V. Vonka
Switzerland
Bohemia
Russian Hydroaero Planes Reported Over Constantinople
An Athens dispatch to Havas says two Russian hydroaero planes operated over Constantinople on Monday night in what appears to be a military air action. The report notes the event was observed from the Greek capital and carries implications for the regional conflict dynamics.
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Paris
Athens
Constantinople
Cummins Campaign Set to Move Into Oregon
Washington D C April 27 following a town delegation meeting and talks with State Chairman Rawanon and Senator Kenyon Cummins will launch a vigorous campaign in Oregon. The effort is viewed as important for the far west and could bolster Cummins strength if successful.
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Washington, D.C
Rawanon
Lansing renews plea for prisoners' release
Washington reports Secretary Landing announced the United States pressed for the release of 24 sailors seized from the American steamship Ching by a Danish cruiser off Shanghai. A note dispatched yesterday is to be published, with four of the detained listed as charged and four against the British government.
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Landing
United States
Shanghai Tie
WJM
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