Wilson presses for universal military service draft
President Wilson urged Congress to back the army plan based on universal military service. He summoned Dent to the White House to stress national safety depends on the administration measure and warned of possible moves to keep the volunteer system. Dent and Anthony faced opposition as debates over conscription continued in Congress and on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Wilson
congress
Dent
house military committee
White House
Anthony of Kangas
Wally
United States
staf
Baker
war department
senate
Kirby
House
Kahn
SUGGESTS COMPROMISE Senator Harding End Army Draft Split
Senator Harding of Ohio proposes a two headed approach to building the army. Volunteers would supply the European expedition force while a selective draft would form the permanent national defense force. He argues no man should be forced to fight in Europe unless he volunteers.
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Harding
Washington
Senator Harding
Ohio
Europe
army of national defense
congress
Buckeye Briefs Vet’s Lose Malirta Dry Vote
In Napoleon Maliirta near here a dry vote passed by a margin of 47 amid 107 total votes cast setting a village record. one saloon is ousted. In St Marys Ohio a groom killed himself on the eve of his wedding after bidding farewell to his fiancée. A Cleveland fire saved five in a $15 000 blaze at the M and M Company building. An Alliance officer survived a stabbing during an arrest attempt. Auto crash in Cleveland injures Phil Brock and his coachman. fight with Killane may be postponed.
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Malinta
Napoleon
Maliirta
here
Self
St. Marys, O
John Leis
Second
Ohio regiment
General Munitions Board Created in Washington
Washington April 10 Creation of the General Munitions Board was announced by the council of national defense. It will be headed by Frank A Scott and will supply the army and navy with munitions and equipment. The board will decide between military and industrial needs and includes 20 members from army navy and industry led by civilian members Bernard Baruch Julius Rosenwald and Dr Franklin Martin and military officers.
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Washington
seneral munitions board
council of national defense
Frank A. Scott
Cleveland
army
navy
Mr. Scott
Bernard M. Baruch
Wowara E. Coffin
Julius Rosenwald
Franklin Martin
aary
Thomas Cruse
F. G. Hodgson
H W. Fisher
J. &. Kafter
P. E. Pierce
Charles Wallace
A. B Darker
H. H. Rousseau
W. 8. Canps
Leigh
T. A. Kirney
B.C Holcomb
J. A. Hancock
W. B. Lemly
Cuban President Mario G. Menocal At War With Germany
President Mario G. Menocal leads Cuba as the nation remains at war with Germany. The article notes Cuba's wartime alignment and key diplomatic stance amid global conflict.
What Can Women Do in the War Learnings at Home
Helen Eagen tells a landlord she can ruin an elevator and would replace an army enlistee. Alice May Woodworth of the National Special Aid Society trains as a traffic policeman. Both are preparing to take civilian roles to free men for combat duties in wartime.
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Helen Eagen
Alice May Woodworth
National Special Aid Society
Lawmakers Demand Details On War Funding Bill
In Washington on April 10 the House faced a fight over a $100,000,000 war appropriation. Republican Leader Mann warned against hasty approval and pressed for 18 detailed estimates from the War Department, while Democrats and Republicans voiced opposition to seeming overreach. Fitzgerald of the House Appropriations Committee urged caution and urged full support for the administration.
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Washington
house
Jobes
Wilson
Thane wa
Mann
senate
ita
war department
Caarman Fitzgerald
house appropriations committee
Fitzgerald
Egan
Connor
Fitgerald
Governors conference urged by Cox in war effort
Governor Cox telegraphed President Wilson urging a conference of governors in Washington and Columbus to discuss Germany war problems. He proposed leaders address the meeting and advise on mobilization, food supply, home guards, and federal policy coordination. A separate St Louis quake report notes a violent tremor lasting 10 to 15 seconds with minor property damage.
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Wilson
Washington
Columbus
Cox
Germany
secretary of agriculture
secretary of the treasury
home guards
agricultural department
St. Louis
Tae sirimogiaya
St. Lome university
dowtown
Rush Munitions and Food to Allies Plan Outlined
Washington report details a long Wilson Daniels conference on Navy alliance support with Entente nations. Bethlehem Steel and other firms joined talks to apportion plant output for US army navy orders and Allied supply needs. A coast patrol and submarine protection measures were outlined to safeguard merchant ships.
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Washington
Wilson
Daniels
Bethlehem Steel corporation
steel and ordnance companies
navy
Europe
Two Foreigners Shot Near Anthracite Mine
In Saamokin Pennsylvania on April 10 two foreigners were shot while crossing a railroad bridge near an anthracite colliery after failing to halt when commanded by a national guardsman on duty. One man died soon after, the other was not seriously wounded. The guardsman said he gave three commands to halt. Protests against conscription continued with Texas voicing official opposition through Governor Ferguson. In Boston the illuminated dome of the statehouse will remain dark until war’s end per a public safety committee request.
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Saamokin
Boston
statehouse
British Breakthrough Across 15 Mile Front Near Arras
London reports a major British assault along a fifteen mile front from Leng to Henin sur Vermandois southeast of Arras. Canadians stormed fortified positions including Vimy Ridge with about 2 000 prisoners. Heavier fighting and bombardments continued near Cambrai Demicourt Vreincourt and St Quentin as German aerial activity rose.
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London
Aptil u—Sunccess
Leng
Henin-Sur-Voyeul
Arras
France
Givenchy-en-Gheile
Henin-Saur-Consent
Cambrai
Demicourt
Vreincourt
St. Quentin
Parre forest
Rheims
Baltic sea
Roumania
Macedonia
Plot to Blow Up Plant Uncovered in Chicago Arrests
Secret service men uncovered plots to blow up a Chicago manufacturing plant and to trip the western railroad fines. Fourteen suspected spies were arrested after an employee found a wire attached to dynamite and nitroglycerin. A German technology professor among the arrestees held maps and plans for explosive placements.
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Chicago
western railroad
secret service
cago
Passing of Richard Olney Statesman and Internationalist
Richard Olney, eighty two, former secretary of state under President Cleveland, died at his Boston home after four years of poor health. The article notes his 1895 Venezuela boundary dispute stance and his role in shaping the Monroe doctrine.
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International Avairs
Boston
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Wilson
Britain
Bat Quincy
federal reserve board
Venezuela
England
Olney
United States
President Wilson Thanks King George For Noble Message
Wilson responds to King George praising allied aims and human rights. He calls the message timely amid national life and stresses shared ideals, independence, and the rights of humanity in a world of free peoples.
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King George
London
Wilson
Germany Declares War State Affects Preparations
Berlin reports Germany will not meet U S war preparations and will focus energies on renewed military action in Eyrene and on diplomatic efforts to end the war. Government officials state no cognizance will be taken of any declaration of war.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
America
Atlantic
Eyrene
Conference on Nation's Food Supply in St Louis
Agricultural experts and state commissioners gathered in St Louis for a conference to boost spring planting and food distribution for the war effort. Plans for central military agricultural supervision and improved production and feed distribution were discussed amid concerns over winter shortages and enemy actions. Secret Service arrested additional suspected alien enemies in New York, interning seven after questioning.
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St. Louis
Asrientture
west
sant
Moeston
Wis rap
middle west
state commissioners of agriculture
New York
Secret service
beme
Furs Island
Breaks With United States Threaten War Fallout
Austria Hungary severs relations with the United States prompting seizure of Austrian ships in American harbors. Officials fear Bulgaria and Turkey may follow, while Berlin and Vienna posture for potential conflict amid a broader crisis in entente relations.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Washington
Hungary
gaugig
Germany
United States
Juci Zwerlinck
Walfasres
state department
hiimself
Stovall
Berne
Austria
Pararetoft
Spain
Sweden
Rafe
Tarnowski
New York
Wilson
develon
Althowgh
congress
Ibis
Sunk by submarine in Mediterranean sinks crew of Amelia steamer
The Amelia steamer Seward was torpedoed in the Mediterranean with warnings given. President Harrison of the Atha Freamshire company identified the Seward as the Lees Sowa Gthe Tine. Enroute to Genoa, the incident follows other wartime chatter as Chicago reports Cupid Scores and a record 1,132 marriages in a single day.
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New York
Seward
wollen
Mediterranean
Harrson
Atha Freamshire company
Genoa
Toft
Chicago
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