Lynching of German Miner Prager in Collinsville
Reported mob lynching of Robert P. Prager, German-born coal miner, in Collinsville Illinois after alleged disloyal remarks at Maryville. Details note mob of 350 dragged him from city hall basement, hanged him on a tree, and marched him toward St. Louis amid fears of further violence and possible federal action. Governor Lowden vows punishment for guilty, considers martial law if needed.
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Gregory
Robert P. Prager
Collinsville
Wilson
Germany
Department of Justice
Springfield
Lowden
Madison County
St. Louis
Prager
Maryville
Ill
Japs Land at Vladivostok in Protect Mission
The Japanese naval force landed at Vladivostok to protect life and property after five armed Russians killed one and wounded two following a refused demand for money. The landing was small and aimed at preventing further disorder and is not linked to any broader Japanese intervention in Siberia.
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Washington
Vladivostok
State Department
Siberia
Two Illinois Soldiers Convicted at Camp Logan Texans
Privates Walter Matthews and John B. Mann former members of Company I Eighth Illinois colored regiment were hinged at Camp Logan Houston Texas on Friday They were convicted of killing Private Ralph M Foley of the One Hundred thirtieth Infantry
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Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Walter Matthews
John B. Mann
Eighth
Illinois Colored Regiment
Ralph M. Foley
Norwegians Suffer Shipping Losses Near March End
Washington reports continued German submarine ruthlessness against Norwegian shipping. In March, 19 ships totaling 34 994 tons were sunk and 44 seamen lost with 20 missing.
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Washington
Cunard Liner Valeria Sunk in Irish Sea
The Cunard steamship Valeria, a 5865 ton vessel, was sunk in the Irish Sea after sailing from New York in March with cargo for a British port. The report from New York states the incident occurred recently.
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Cunard
Valeria
New York
Irish Sea
Allin Ordered to Report for Entrainment to Camp Grant
Brent Dow Allin, a young pacifist from Chicago, was ordered by exemption board No. 44 to report immediately for entrainment to Camp Grant, as he resists military service.
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Chicago
Brent Dow Allinson
Chicago Exemption Board
No. 44
Camp Grant
Richard Mansfield Dies at San Antonio Camp
New London April 6 Richard Mansfield son of the late famous American actor enlisted in the aviation corps died at a San Antonio camp from meningitis.
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Young Mansfield
New London
Conn
Richard Mansfield
Aviation Corps
San Antonio
Third Liberty Loan Bill Signed Opens Campaign
President Wilson signed the third Liberty loan bill. Bonds mature September 15 1928 and bear 4 percent interest from May 9 with semiannual payments. The four week campaign runs to May 4. Subscriptions tabulated in five days. payment options include treasury certificates and tax exemptions apply.
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Washington
Wilson
Treasury Department
Treasury
Third Liberty Loan
United States
30 Years for Enemies in War Material Destruction
Senate and House conferees agree on a bill imposing severe penalties for destruction or sabotage of war material and utilities. The measure provides thirty years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for acts intended to injure or destroy war material. It also punishes willful manufacture of defective war materials and their ingredients.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Big Loan Bill Passed by Senate During War Bond Push
Washington April 5 The senate in record time approved the Liberty loan bill authorizing 4.5 billion dollars in new war bonds and 1.5 billion to Allies, with treasury indebtedness certificates rising from 4 to 8 billion. The measure has House approval. conference will settle minor differences.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
House
Fire in Kansas City devastates wholesale district
A Thursday blaze in Kansas City Missouri swept the West Bottoms wholesale business area destroying property estimated at five million dollars. Firemen were injured when the floor they stood on collapsed, one possibly fatally. the fire is blamed on incendiary origin.
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Kansas City
West Bottoms
Pacific Coaster Goes Down Near Vancouver Island Wreck
Wrecking and relief steamers departed from a British Columbia port on April 8 to reach the scene of the Canadian Pacific railway steamer Tees wreck near Vancouver Island. The incident occurred without loss of life.
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British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tees
Vancouver Island
Investigators Recommend Commutation for Frank M. Ryan
Washington April 8 Investigators for President Wilson have recommended immediate commutation of Frank M. Ryan's seven year sentence for conviction in the dynamite case.
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Ryan
Washington
Wilson
Frank M. Ryan
Bank Vault Blown and Cash Taken at Clyde Bank
Bank of Conception vault in Clyde, Missouri, blown open and $1,800 stolen. Sheriff pursues robbers who flee in a motorcar.
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St. Joseph
Bank of Conception
Clyde
Fire Wrecks Massillon Plant. Thousands Idle
A $800000 blaze damaged the Massillon Electric and Gas Company plant in Massillon Ohio. The resulting shutdown idles many operations and puts thousands of workers out of work.
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Masillon, O
Massillon Electric and Gas Company
Senate House clash over harsh penalties to protect war material
Conferees approved a bill imposing 30 years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine for acts intended to injure or destroy war material and utilities. The measure covers arms, munitions, equipment, buildings and transit infra, with an exception allowing wage protests to pause work.
Spies Charged With Harming U S Gas Mask Production
Senator Thomas of Colorado charged in the Senate that German spies disrupt gas mask manufacture for France. He cited a factory where 2,900 of 5,000 masks were defective and packed with passable ones, claiming this reflects broader enemy actions and condemning profiteers.
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Washington
France
Senate
Thomas
Colorado
Inter
United States
Senate amendments on wheat price guaranty reach conference
The house disagreed with Senate amendments to the agricultural appropriation bill including raising the government wheat price guaranty to 2.50 dollars. The measure now goes to a conference to resolve the differences.
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Senate
Washington
House
Congress approves two more Secretaries of War
Washington reports Congress took final action on a bill creating two additional secretaries of war and announcements are expected within days. The likely appointees are Edward R. Settmus, surveyor of army purchases, and Frederick Keppel, dean of Columbia University and current confidential assistant to Secretary Baker.
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Baker
Washington
Congress
Edward R. Setttmius
Frederick Keppel
Columbia University
Naval Academy to graduate 202 midshipmen July 7
Annapolis announces the first class of 202 midshipmen will graduate on July 7. A 450 member reserve officer class will complete its course on May 21.
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Navy
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Pro-German Spies Executed in Greece
Lieutenants Calamaras and Hedropoulos, agents of former King Constantine, were condemned to death by a court martial and executed on Tuesday in Athens.
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Athens
Calamaras
Hedropoulos
Greece
Constantine
No Bulgar: In Big Battle Report From Sofia
American Consul General Murphy reports from Sofia that no Bulgarian troops were moved to the western front for the major German offensive. The note clarifies Bulgarian involvement amid wartime operations and strategic positioning.
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Washington
State Department
Murphy
Sofia
Cadet T. J. Jennings Dies of Air Crash Injuries
Cadet T. J. Jennings of the Royal Flying Corps died in a Fort Worth hospital from injuries suffered in a March 28 crash at Benbrook wing of Tallaferra field. Jennings was from Toronto.
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Flyer
Fort Worth
Tex
T. J. Jennings
Royal Flying Corps
Benbrook
Tallaferra Field
Jennings
Toronto
United States to Rush Draft Program
Washington reports measures to speed up the draft are in contemplation with an official announcement expected soon. The aim is to meet the emergency in France and accelerate the $100,000 year call. Officials do not expect more men sent abroad that year beyond current arrangements. over 1,500,000 American soldiers are under arms in the U S and in Europe.
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Washington
France
Department
Europe
Wilson asserts America will meet autocracy with vast force
President Wilson accepted the German challenge and pledged full U S strength in battle to defeat autocracy. He urged a fair peace if proposed sincerely, while noting Germany’s Russia actions as a denial of peace. Liberty Day rallies and the third Liberty Loan drive marked nationwide demonstrations.
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United States
Baltimore
Wilson
Mwe
Germany
Russia
Fifth Regiment
Camp Meade
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Liberty Loan Call From Churchill Urges Unity For Democracy
Winston Churchill urges Americans to support the war effort and the third Liberty loan. He calls for unselfish national and international cooperation, abolition of secret treaties, and self determination for nations, tying democracy to human liberty and allied victory.
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Wilson
America
Junkers
Ant
Russia
World Service
Russia declares war on Japan over Vladivostok landing
In an April 9 dispatch Admiral Kato denounces the Vladivostok landing by Entente and Japanese forces as a premeditated act after a Japanese soldier was killed. The Soviet council calls it an invasion and pledges resistance, while British forces are also shown to have landed with no local warning.
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Austria-Hungary
Czernin
Bulgaria
Serbia
Count Czernin
Hague
Daily Mail
Clemenceau
France
Austria
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Clemenceau Lad To Say When Told of the Statement of Count Czernin
Moscow
Admiral Kato
Vladivostok
Russia
Lfe
Siberian
Council of National Commissaries
Japan
Soviet Republic
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies
War Finance Bill Passed by Congress
Congress adopted the conference report to create a War Finance Corporation with a $500 million authorized capital and power to issue up to $3 billion in bonds. The secretary of the treasury and four others are named incorporators.
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Washington
Congress
War Finance Corporation
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Order to intern Dr Karl Muck in wartime
The Department of Justice ordered the internment of Dr Karl Muck former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the war period. He is classified as an enemy alien and held by authorities in Washington.
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Doctor Muck
Washington
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Department of Justice
Heney Resigns From Federal Trade Commission Post
Washington report says Francis J. Heney has completed his work and resigned as counsel for the Federal Trade Commission in the packing industry investigation. Officials declined further comment on his departure and next steps.
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Francis J. Heney
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Heney
Peace Only by Allies Victory
Lord Aberdeen former governor general of Canada and lord lieutenant of Ireland said in New York that peace can be achieved only by a victory for the allies in a Thursday speech.
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New York
Lord Aberdeen
Canada
Lord Neutenant
Ireland
Indiana Flyer Is Killed in Ellington Field Crash
Lieuts. Carl E. Erkstrand of Brooklyn New York and Russell H. Ewiggins of Waynestown Indiana were killed in an aviation accident at Ellington Field Houston Texas. They were in the same aircraft.
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Indiana
Houston
Tex
Carl E. Erkstrand
Brooklyn
Russell H. Ewiggins
Waynestown
Ind
Ellington Field
Mrs Goodwin Seeks Absolute Divorce in New York
Mrs Nat C Goodwin formerly Miss Margaret Moreland has filed for divorce. Mr Goodwin denied receiving papers in the action as of Saturday, the New York report says.
German Army Near Kharkov Reported Seizure Threat
A state of siege is proclaimed at Kharkov after German forces approach the city, capital of the Kharkov province, 424 miles southwest of Moscow. The advance comes as German units press toward Kharkov, a key Ukrainian Soviet capital.
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Kharkov
Moscow
Ukraine
Vorwaerts Editor Ends Life in Munich Prison
Kurt Eisner former editor of the Vorwaerts Socialist newspaper, reportedly died by his own hand in a Munich prison while awaiting treason charges. the report comes from Copenhagen via London.
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Vorwaerts
London
Munich
Kurt Eisner
Berlin
Copenhagen
Eisner
Stelinius and Ieppel Named Assistant Secretaries of War
President Wilson appointed Edward Stelinius as second assistant secretary of war and Fred P. Ieppel as third assistant secretary of war. They assumed duties immediately on Saturday afternoon in Washington.
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Baker
Washington
Wison
Edward KR. Stelinius
Fred P. Ieppel
Bonds Feed the Boys at the Front
Farmers rally behind liberty bonds to feed soldiers abroad. The notice urges purchase to sustain troops overseas, noting many farmer’s sons serving in France and the need to prevent hunger with bond funding.
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Bonds
France
Liberty Bonds
Don’t Bury Your Liberty Bonds During Crisis
A civic exhortation urges bond owners to deposit Liberty Bonds with their country banker rather than hide them. Bankers can issue certificates of deposit and borrow against the bonds at Federal Reserve banks to provide funds if needed. Hoarding bonds harms circulation and the nation’s war effort.
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Federal Reserve Bank
The Safest Guide and Cautious Leadership
The text contrasts optimists and pessimists as guides. It argues optimism wrongly masks danger while pessimism breeds paralysis. A cautious leader who waits may be most trustworthy and steady for progress.
British Retake All Positions In Counter-Attack
British reports say counter-attacks re-established positions in Aveluy wood with over 120 prisoners and several machine guns captured. another assault opposite Albert was repulsed and a night attack south of Hebuterne broken up by artillery. French actions report German drive stalled with heavy losses.
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London
Aveluy Wood
Albert
Hebuterne
Somme
Paris
Hungard-en- Santerre
Montdidier
Verdun
Grivesnes
Noyon
Oise
Chauny
Barisis
Chemin Des Dames
Amiens
Corbie
Ancre
Dernancourt
Thennes
Trio Shot by Devoted Husband Ends in Suicide
Derbey Adkins, 23, killed his father in law Nolan McGowan, mother in law Ruby McGowan, and his wife in Mexico Missouri on April 8 before fatally shooting himself.
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Mexico
Derbey
Adkins
Nolan McGowan
Ruby McGowan
Fifty Dead Huns an Acre
Paris reports a French officer wounded in action remarks on retaking ground from German forces. He says they have been selling “bits of ground” at the price of 50 killed per acre and are prepared to continue as losses are recouped in battle.
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Paris
Two U S Flyers Missing From Lafayette Escadrille
Paris reports Charles Kerwood of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania and Houston Woodward of Philadelphia both with the Lafayette Escadrille have been missing since April 1 Kerwood reportedly fell behind German lines in combat.
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U. S
Paris
Charles Kerwood
Bryn Mawr
Houston Woodward
Philadelphia
Lafayette Escadrille
Kerwood
Frontline Press Reports Heavy Casualties Near Dresden
Basel dispatch notes a substantial advance by forces but cites the Dresden Neueste Nachrichten saying the army has fallen behind mountains of dead as confirmed in copies received there.
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Basel
Dresden
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