President Wilson Presses Germany on Submarine Policy
Washington and Berlin clash over submarine warfare as Germany drafts a reply to the American note. Wilson and aides insist on a definite halt to unsanctioned attacks. Berlin signals new submarine instructions may shape diplomacy and risk of rupture. Nearby reports note Harold Walters’s Berlin leave and Col. E. M. House’s White House visit to discuss the issue.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Sayville
General Huarters
Germany
Washington Itseift
Washington
United States
State Department
Gerard
Wilson
Pat
House
Col. E. M. House
White House
Huge Heiress Crop Ready for England
London reports English mothers fear American heiresses will flood postwar society and buy English husbands. A Liverpool Daily Post writer notes wartime reductions in eligible men and riches that let American daughters marry into British titles. One mother claims American fortunes could eclipse rubber speculation as a better bet.
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London
Liverpool Daily Post
Giria
Prinen
States
Delegates Named for National Convention in St Louis
North Yakima Washington voters elect twenty eight delegates to the national convention at St Louis each holding half a vote. Four cases show electors named while a party committeeman Patissen of Spokane is mentioned.
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North Yaklina
Wash
May
St. Louis
Suce Ha Patiisen
Bpokane
American Army in Mexico Will Withdraw Toward Border
El Paso May 4 The tentative agreement between Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott and Gen. Alvaro Obregon contemplates a gradual withdrawal of American troops in Mexico. Troops near Namiquipa would move to Guerrero and then Namiquipa while remaining in a restricted area to police the border district. Obregon would pursue Villistas to clear Chihuahua and Durango. Washington awaits formal word, with officials noting withdrawal could occur in 20 or 60 days but not yet confirmed. Both sides maintain silence on deliberations.
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el Paso
Vox
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Namiquipa
San Antonio
Guerrero
Obregon
Chihuahua
Durango
Fi Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Washington
Craft
Francisco Villa
Trevino
Samuel Santos
Juarez
State
War Department
General Scott
General Obregon
Pershing
Obrecon
Villa
Carranza
President Serves Liquor Prompting Methodist Complaint
Saratoga Springs N Y May 4 Criticism of President Wilson for providing wines at White House banquets was voiced in resolutions to the Methodist general conference by Rev James W Anderson of Oregon MO. Delegates split as the Missouri delegation backed the resolution urging nationwide prohibition and the president to abolish the wine cup from functions under his control.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Wilson
White House
Methodist General Conference
James W. Anderson
Oregon
Committee On
Temperance
Anderson
Missouri
Woodrow Wilson
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jereby
Blow Struck At Civil Service Rule In Rural Credits Bill
Washington May 3 Senate democrats failed to pass Norris amendment 24 to 44 aiming to apply civil service law to appointments under the Hollis rural credits bill. The measure would open the system to political appointees and potential civil service erosion, sparking debate on merit versus patronage.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Democrats
Cvil
Norris
Hollis Rural Credita
Morrie
Port BeaJan Announces Three Olympic Trials Entered
An official from Nduina University announced plans to enter three Olympic trials at Port Beajan. The event details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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Diampollu
Moy d
Willlaw Low Hryan
Nduina Univer
Ron
Port BeaJan
Army Training Camp Opens in Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe Ga May 3 Work of training a citizen soldiery began with the formal opening here today of the southern military training camp. Hundreds of business and professional men from various parts of the country, especially the east and south, attended for enrollment. Lieut Col D W Ketcham coast artillery in charge, aided by a large staff of regular army officers. One of the first orders prohibited the use of intoxicating liquors.
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Fort Oglethore
D. W. Ketcham
Coast Artillery
Britain Now Has 1 000 000 Troops On French Front
Paris May 4 Britain's army in France swelled to about 1 000 000 troops, marking the largest expeditionary force ever fielded by any nation. The line stretches 160 miles from the North Sea to near Rheims, with Canadians and Australians in key positions. In Egypt, most Russian troops have crossed to the Mediterranean area, with further numbers expected.
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England
France
Arno Doasch
North Sea
Soltesons
Paris
Rheims
Europe
Kitchener
Joffre
Pollus
Arras
St. Elo
Australica
Lye
Alber Ood Solosons
Mediterranean
Egypt
Marine Engineer Strike Blocks New York Harbor Traffic
Freight congestion grips New York as marine engineers strike halts 75 percent of harbor traffic. About 150 boats remain unable to reach wharves, with Lehigh Valley, New York Central, and New York New Haven railroads moving some relief. Tuscania Espagne and other ships await arrivals, while shoremen strike threats loom and longshoremen may join.
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New York
Harber
Marine Engineers
Bor
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York Central
New Haven & Hartson
Tuscania
Espagne
United States
Central American
Qualified Indorsement for Justice Hughes by Michigan Republicans
Lansing May 8 Justice Charles E Hughes received a qualified endorsement in resolutions from the Republican state convention. The document urged Michigan's delegation to support Hughes or another good Republican after voting for Henry Ford on the first national convention ballot following Ford's primary victory over Senator William Alden Smith.
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Lansing
Mich
Charles E. Hughes
Michigan
Henry Ford
Hughes
Ford
William Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
Roosevelt Gains Support in New Jersey Poll
In New Jersey, about half the voters favor Roosevelt while the others back another candidate. The delegation remains pledged to back Roosevelt against any rival, despite concerns about prospects. Public sentiment in the area shows a Roosevelt boom.
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Washington, May
New Jerkey
Roosevelt
Governor Fielder to Nominate President at Convention
Governor Fielder was elected chairman of New Jersey’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention and chosen to place President Wilson's name in nomination if the president’s home state aligns with New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
Fielder
New Jersey
Wian
Dent
Grant wage raise would boost fare in Pittsburg
Pittsburg street railway company announces an 82 00 000 dollar wage increase plan that the company cannot meet from earnings. It proposes raising street car fares and serves notice to the city that immediate steps will be taken to end the strike. Fare would double after midnight to 1 cent.
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Tinburgh Couner
Lomediata
Conservation Fight Develops Over Water Power Bill
Washington reports diverging committees threaten a clash over the Shields water power bill at the national conservation congress. The majority backs private dam construction under government oversight. the minority seeks federal control and public-spirited tenure to attract private capital.
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Washington
National Conservation Congress
Shields
Gifford Pinchot
Heensen
Secretary of War
Congress
Senate
Forestry Committee
WL. Fodadets
Naval Courting
Swift & Company Convicted On Interstate Commerce Charges
Swift and Company packers were found guilty by a federal jury on all counts of the indictment accusing violations of interstate commerce laws. The maximum penalty possible is a fine of 624,000. Government evidence alleged shipments to Michigan at carload rates.
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Chicago
Swift & Company
Michigan
Car men to vote on strike tonight in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 4 officials and union leaders prepared for a strike vote tonight after wages differed by 493000 over two years between the car men's demands and the Cleveland Railway company offer. Mayor Harry L. Davis said no further concessions would endanger the 3 cent fare.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Railway Company
Harry L. Davis
Eastland To Become Navy Training Ship
The Eastland, docked in Quincy, will serve as a Navy training ship for summer cruises as the naval committee approved funds of 109000. Wilhelm A. Johnsen of the Quincy division announced the plan and noted the disaster on the Chicago River, where many lives were lost when the Eastland foundered.
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Eastland
Navy Training Ship
Quincy
Flmale Naval Militia
Hawtlind
Wilhelm A. Johnsen
Washington
House Naval Committee
Chicago
Four Irish rebel leaders shot after court martial
London reports four signatories of the Dublin proclamation were executed by court martial. Patrick Pearse James Connolly Thomas J Clark and Thomas MacDonagh were among those killed. Birrell resigns as chief secretary for Ireland in a cabinet shakeup.
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London
Ireland
Patrick Pearse
Atlnt
James Connolly
Irish Republican Army
Thomas J. Clark
Thomas MacMonagh
Asquith
House of Commons
Birrell
Christine Birrell
Hoa
Treasury Bench
Dublin
8. MacDtamid
Thomas MacDonagh
P. H. Pearse
Joseph Plan
Kaiser Will Yield for Germans' Sake in Crisis
Poria May 4 The new American ambassador to Russia David Francis arrived in Russia Monday aboard an American flag ship. He told the Bourse Gazette of Petrograd that Germany will do everything to avoid a rupture with the United States. He noted that 26,000,000 German origin citizens in the US would have to leave in a war, harming their interests and origins. He added Germany will yield to President Wilson's just requirements.
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Poria
Russia
David Francis
Bourse Gazette of
Petrograd
Francis
Germany
United States
Berlin
Bussee
Wilson
Riots in Berlin Brought Arrests and Deaths May Day
Berlin May Day unrest led to the arrest of socialist leader Dr Karl Liebknecht and eight others at Potsdam square. Military tribunal orders followed, civvies worn by Liebknecht. Reports say disturbances were not serious and quickly dispersed. nine arrests for disorderly conduct. Across Germany, crowds, mainly working women, marched for peace. confrontations in Chemnitz and Leipzig where police killed three and wounded 70. Berlin riots cited with 25 dead and 200 wounded.
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Paris
Verdun
Pelgian
Oixmude
War Office
Argonne
Harazeo
Berlin
Sayville
Karl Liebknecht
Potedam Square
Liebnecht
Civan
Herlin
Potadam Square
London
Germany
Maya
Amsterdam
Fixchange Telegraph Company
Chemnitz
Saxony
Geneva
Central News
Leipsie
Garment workers strike grows to 65000 idle in New York
May 4 New York 65000 workers out of work as 25 000 strike in sympathy with those idle after a lockout. Union officers estimate up to 200 000 affected across women’s clothing shops. Key demand keeps 1910 protocol favoring union members. Five thousand pickets assigned before factories. Independent cloak and tailor makers reportedly willing to grant demands once strike begins. Benjamin Schieber? president says no publicity demands yet.
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New York
Uplon
Benjamin Schiesainger
International Union
Inventive Fay Dreamer Defense Opens Case
The defense opened in New York on May 3 in the federal trial of Robert Fay a German army lieutenant Walter Scholz and Paul Davche charged with conspiring to destroy munitions carrying ships The attorneys argued Fay was an inventive thinker and that Scholz and Davche believed Fay was an inventor and visionary aiming to profit from a bomb device the government alleges would blow up ships
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New York
Robert Fay
Walter Schols
Paul Daeche
May
Scholz
Davche
Fay
Arsenal Employs to Get Wage Raise
Secretary Haa ken La announced today that departments would be undertaken with workmen of the Rock Island against seek higher wage. He expressed belief the government should lead as an employer and pay more than the YAup ware eil. The movement 1' e 200Te tary: should be on tele Loader, po "rl Mie smaloye who tl waa mo conditions the veems.
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Wahoehington
Haaken la
Ueet
Rock Island
Jl Aiaenst
Eoule
Smaloye
Frene soldiers allowed one pint of water
A brief wartime note reports that Frene soldiers were permitted to drink one pint of water daily. The item emphasizes rationing practices and discipline during the campaign.
Porkers Now Call Rivers Their Own
Washington May 3 Senators Kenyon pressed for public interest in rivers as commerce committee members trimmed the river and harbor bill. Framing river names as pet projects, they dodged calling rivers by their proper names, provoking objections to the new geography and inflamed efforts to secure favored allocations.
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Washington I
Kenyon
Xenatora
Foreign relations resolutions shelved in U S Senate
Washington May 3. The Senate foreign relations committee indefinitely postponed all pending resolutions on foreign affairs including Mexico and European peace. Action on Senator Phelan’s proposal to reaffirm U S faith in peaceful dispute settlement was deferred, as was Senator Newlands’ call to urge warring nations to propose concrete peace terms and Senator Gore’s plan for a northern Mexico boundary defense.
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Washington, D. C
Benair Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Mexico
Europe
Ume
Goleson
Phelan
Benater Newlands
Benater Gory
Okla Hon
Unclear text about Bulgaria and peace denial
fragmentary wording mentions Bulgaria peace, wireless to Baye VT Eard, unclear names and events, no verifiable facts or cohesive report available.
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Terlin
Dirty J
Chualtoriges
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