France and Italy receive US loan aid in brief
President Wilson approves immediate US loans to France and Italy, with Italy to receive funds already arranged and France likely receiving a larger share. Total allied loans may reach 500 million by end of next week, potentially 1.5 billion for the first quarter of WWI. Joint conferences planned with Britain and France.
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France
Washington
Italy
Wilson
America
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McAdoo
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Rene Viviant
Chocheprat
Benson
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war department
war college
Mikado Issues Decree Allowing Direct Appeal to Emperor
The privy council issued a decree through the emperor enabling the humblest private citizen to appeal directly to the mikado for redress. Aimed at widening access to government, the move ties the emperor closer to the people. appeals must go through proper channels with respect. The emperor attended the drafting session of the regulations.
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Tokyo
privy e council
Japan
privy council
Montgomery's Offer Accepted
Charles W. Montgomery secretary of the Republican state central committee has been notified his services to the United States in the reserve officers corps have been accepted and he is ordered to report May 8 to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana for training school work.
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Newark
Charles W. Montgomery
Republican state central committee
United States
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Eighteen Plead Guilty in Indiana Fraud Case
Eighteen Indiana Democrats pleaded guilty to election frauds in Indianapolis. Judge Anderson reserved decision as of April 28.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Anderson
Clark Denies He Quit Cold at Baltimore Convention
Speaker Champ Clark rebutted former Ambassador Gerard at the American Newspaper Publishers' association banquet in New York. He called Gerard a liar, rejected claims of “cold feet” in Baltimore, and said he never withdrew as the Missouri delegation pushed the final roll call despite Wilson’s anticipated nomination.
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Baltimore
Washington
Champ Clark
Ambassador Gerard
American Newspaper Publishers’ association
New York
Judge Gerard
Missouri
Wilson
Lloyd George Irish question essential to world peace
Premier Lloyd George urged settling the Irish question to secure world peace and expedite victory, calling for Irish patriotism and unity. He also warned the Allies’ success would come with reduced costs and stressed the war’s broader aims amid ongoing military actions. German warships raided the English coast, destroying homes at Ramsgate, killing two and wounding others near the Thames mouth before fleeing from British destroyers.
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London
Guildhall
Lloyd George
Ireland
English
Thames river
Ramsgate
Baseball scores and lineups from an American League matchup
Dated box scores show Cleveland at Chicago with run totals and batteries. Detailing pitching duels, fielding notes, and late innings, the report lists batters Klepler Ned Wu and Sehalk for Chicago, plus Wellman Koob Sev sroid Dauss Stanage for Detroit. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia game notes follow with similar lineups and scores. An American Association section includes city standings and team tallies for 1904.
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R.H F. Cleveland
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Klepler
Ned
Wuama
Sehalk
DETHOOT
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Netrait
HoperonHOOD
Wellman
Koob
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Dauss and
Stanage
Oscar Straus May Go to Russia as U S Commissioner
Oscar Straus may depart for Russia to assume the role of United States commissioner in a diplomatic mission. His appointment would involve overseeing negotiations and advancing American interests in the imperial capital amid ongoing international discussions.
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Russia
United States
House Rejects Roosevelt Proposal in War Bill Debate
Washington April 28 debate on the conscription feature of the administration's War army bill continued in the senate. Leaders aim for a final vote before adjournment tonight and the bill with selective draft seems certain. A Roosevelt volunteer amendment failed 170 to 106, with Rep Ranken of Montana among those opposing the measure.
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Washington
senate
Wilson
war department
Roosevelt
France
Representaive Austin
Tennessee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Miss Rankin
Montana
Appeal to Workmen German papers fear May Day strikes
Copenhagen reports widespread German anxiety over a possible revival of last week's strike movement on May Day. Officials announce a large scale remobilization of munition workers and exemptions to front service, with women drafted under military auxiliary rules to replace them. Railroads to be Heard by ICC on 15 percent rate case starting May 7. Shippers may cross examine on May 23.
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Copenhagen
Tas
military auxiliary service
Washington
Agil
interstate commerce commission
representa Yves
Hastings mine explosion traps hundreds of men near Trinidad
Gas explosion in Hastings mine main stope traps about 129 workers and officials behind a fire wall. Helmet squads push 1201 feet into a 23 distance where no trace of missing men is found as rescue crews abandon hope. Company officials rule out foul play and note the mine’s gas-prone history.
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Trinidad
Colo
Hastings
Victor-American company
festines canyon
Colorado Fuel and Tron company
War Bread at Canton and Patriotic Rent Abatement
Canton Ohio April 28 bakers raise bread prices to 7 cents for small loaves and 14 to 15 cents for large loaves Mayor Stolberg announces Canton will have war bread with wheat flour mixed with corn meal and rye flour sold at a reduced price. Cincinnati April 23 Model Homes company led by J G Schmidt announces rent abatement for tenants who enlist in federal service. company owns 350 buildings housing about double that number of families.
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Stolberg
Cincinnati
Model Homea company
J. G. Schmidtapp
thisx city
Cannons Booming on French Front
London reports Haig’s forces pressing the German lines in northern France with heavy casualties. Allied losses are substantial but German losses exceed 200,000 according to the French war office, as artillery and infantry clash near Arras Cambrai and along the Scarpe and Chemin-Des Dames sectors.
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France
Field Marshal
Haig
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
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Lens tao Auberive
Arras
Belin war Office
Scarpe river
Arras- Cambrai
Aines river
Chemin-Des Dames heights
Ohio State Graduate Jumps to Death in Chicago Rotunda
Jomah Kinnear, son of William S. Kinnear, leaped from the twelfth floor of the Marquette building in Chicago. A 1910 OSU graduate and former purchasing agent for Mineral Point Zinc, he had paced offices overnight. A poem titled I Have a Rendezvous With Death was found in his pocket. He was to marry an Iowa woman. no reason was given. Senator Borah to Retire in 1999 after term ends. he will return to law practice in the West.
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Jomah PD
Kinnear
William S. Kinnear
Marquette
Chicago
Ohio State university
Mineral Point Zinc company
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Europe
Kinear
Iowa
Borah
Washington
William F. Borah
Idaho
west
Deaths and robberies mark Ohio brief notices
Newark man Farner dies by his own hand in unclear motive while retired farmer Moull shoots himself. Captain Johnson dies of heart trouble in Cincinnati. A lone bank robber evades capture in Galion. A Toledo shooting over a romance leaves three dead. Gold coins found at Cincinnati YMCA site. one laborer arrested. Probate judge Slusser ousted in Akron for corrupt-practice act violation. Dry forces vow against liquor tax. suffrage convention set for Columbus in May with Catt and Cox speakers. Postmasters cancel Ohio convention due to wartime duties.
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Newark
Orlando Moull
Cincinnati
Akron
circuit court of appeals
Lewis D. Slusser
Summit county
Cox
War plans outlined by French officers to United States
Washington reports that French military experts told American officers that months of combat lie ahead and that the United States must build a two million man trained army before sending troops. They oppose sending a small expeditionary force for moral effect, urging preparation through the draft and cantonments with centralized processing and broad publicity to enforce registration.
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French war commission
United States
general star
general staff
Europe
Russia
war department
state adjutants general
Fuel Controller Selected in National War Effort
Chicago April 2 unofficially announces Francis S. Peabody a prominent Chicago coal man has been appointed controller of the national fuel supply during the war.
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Chicago
national defense council
Francis S. Peabody
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