British Make Gains as Guns Roar on Western Front
London reports say British forces advanced south of the Bapaume Cambrai road reaching the St. Quentin canal and took Beaucamp and Villiers-louich. More than 1,500 prisoners were captured as fierce fighting rages between Lens and Trescault with heavy German counter attacks repelled.
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London
Bapaume-Cambrai
St. Quentin Canal
Beaucamp
Villiers-louich
Monehy
Roen
France
Arras
Lens
Trescault
Douai
Cambrai
Craonne
Paris
Hurtebise
Foulon
Champagne
Wilson signs bill creating seven billion dollar WWI war chest
President Wilson, alone in his White House study, signed the bill authorizing 7 000 000 000 to finance American expenses for entering the world war. He wrote his name at the bottom and no ceremony attended the action.
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Washington
Wilson
America
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Bonar Law's Son Wounded in Palestine Report
Lieut C J Law son of Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer is reported wounded in Palestine and to be missing.
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London
C. J. ‘Law
King’s Own
No Peace for Russia Says Official Dispatch Denounces Separate Talks
An official Petrograd telegram to the U S State Department denies any prospect of a separate peace with Germany. It cites Russia’s resolve to persevere until its war aims are achieved, praising the U S role and contrasting American unity with German intrigue. It notes Wilsons congress address and the broad circulation of allied praise in Russia. It emphasizes Russian sacrifice and resolve to prevent a separate peace.
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Washington
Petrograd
State Department
Russia
Germany
Department of State
United States
Council of Ministers
Wilson
Congress
Jailed for Insulting Flag in Minot
Carol J Helmgan and A Ganson members of the I W W arrested in Minot for insult ing the American flag were sentenced in police court to 20 days in jail. They allegedly tried to start a fight with a navy recruit and cursed the flag and what it stands for during the exchange.
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Minot
N. D
Carol J. Helmgan
A. Ganson
Navy
Bulgarians Repel British Attack on Macedonian Front
A Bulgarian war communiqué reports a British assault between the Vardar and Lake Doiran repulsed with heavy losses after a period of drum fire on the Macedonian front.
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Sofia
Lake Doiran
Vardar
Yar
French War Mission Arrives in United States With Joffre
The French commission led by Marshal Joffre and former Premier Viviani has landed in the United States and is escorted to a port by American destroyers. The party includes key figures such as Rene Viviani and Pierre de Chambrun, while Lt Gen Bridges of the British commission calls for universal service and warns against prior Allied recruiting errors.
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Washington
United States
Department of State
Marshal Joffre
Viviani
Atlantic
State Department
France
Rene Vivianis
Council of Ministers
Independent Socialist Party
Painleve
Briand
Miller
Ays
Clemevreau
Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
P. L. A Chocheprat
Pierre de Chambrun
Chamber of Deputies
M. Simon
M. Howe- Jacque
Dreyfus
Balfour
Wilson
Bridges
British Commission
England
General Bridges
Europe
Spain Issues Another Note on Submarine Question
Madrid reports the government has sent another note to Germany on submarine policy as the cabinet reviews attacks on Spanish ships. King Alfonso remains in steady talks with political leaders.
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Madrid
Berlin
Alfonso Active
Germany
Yl Imparcial
Alfonso
German Strikers Forcing Hamburg Food Card Shutdown
An American observer reports Hamburg and Berlin area strikes eased food card use, with bread and potatoes scarce even on cards. Observers note Ballin’s optimism for peace, while Berlin papers detail Spandau munitions strikes ending and wage hour reductions, plus political demands presented to the chancellor.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
Berlin
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Spandiau
Spandau
Ludwig Loewe
Borsig
Leipzig
American Captain Sweeny to Train U S Army in Washington
Captain Charles Sweeny, veteran of the foreign legion in France, arrived in New York to offer his services in training the American army. The French government granted him unlimited leave to assist the U S effort. A West Point graduate and son of Spokane business leader, Sweeny earned the Legion of Honor for front line valor.
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New York
Charles Sweeny
Foreign Legion
France
Washington
Sweeny
Legion of Honor
Federal Smelting and Refining Company
Spokane
Wash
West Point
Two Norwegian Ships Sunk in Torpedo Attack
The Norwegian steamers Pelve and Skjold were torpedoed and sunk near Christiania. Their crews were saved according to reports received here on April 25.
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Christiania
Pelve
Skjold
Congress Primer Favors Volunteer Draft Over Compulsory Service
Speaker Clark opposes selective conscription and predicts it will not pass. He cites petitions from the National Security League and urges volunteers, criticizing the war department for pressuring support. The draft fight centers on Roosevelt leading a possible division to Europe. Administrations push for selective draft with exemptions for essential workers and aim to raise a 2 million man army. Cabinet discusses trading with the enemy and compensation for sailors’ families amid submarine threats.
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Washington
Clark
Congress
Naonal Security League
War Departments
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House
Emerson
Ohio
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Germans Target Hospital Ships In Exchange for Prisoner Transport
Paris reports an official note accusing Germany of violating international law by stating it will torpedo all hospital ships without warning. It adds that, under these conditions, French prisoners will be embarked on these vessels.
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Paris
Anglo-Saxon Plot Alleged by Ocean Navigation President
Berlin papers publish interview with Alfred Lohmann head of Ocean Navigation company who says Anglo-Saxon races plot world economic domination and that the United States contemplates a post war economic war.
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Alfred Lohmann
United States
London
Berlin
Ocean Navigation Company
Congress Tackles Food Problem Amid War Army Bill Debate
Washington reports the war army bill debate continues in Congress as leaders seek timing for a vote. Senate discussion is slow with few senators heard and Chairman Chamberlain planning to gauge sentiment on an unanimous consent vote amid resistance to cloture and curtailing debate.
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Union News Service
Washington
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Washington Congress Debates Food Control and Prices
Senate Agricultural Committee hearings feature Secretary Houston outlining the administration’s food control plan. The FTC and Agriculture Department call for a nationwide price inquiry with governors to meet April 30. Big farmers’ groups pledge support and possibly back price controls. The Labor Department launches the United States boys working reserve mobilizing a million farm workers led from Washington by William Edwin Hall.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Houston
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
United States Boys Working Reserve
William Edwin Hall
New York
Boys’ Club Federation
Eight Million Women Voters in U S Suffrage totals
New York and Nebraska added to the suffrage column as the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission reports the total voting strength of women in the United States at 8 557 308. Thirteen of forty one legislatures convened have taken favorable action with seven approving presidential suffrage, five municipal suffrage, and six constitutional amendments.
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New York
Nebraska
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission
United States
Standard Oil Controls Trade in Gasoline Industry
The federal trade commission reports to the senate that Standard Oil interests dominate refining pipeline transportation and marketing of gasoline. It states real competition does not exist due to interlocking stock ownership and majority holdings across Standard Oil companies. Domination, despite the oil trust dissolution, allegedly affects gasoline prices through arbitrary increases.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Oil Trust
Supreme Court
Demand Grows for Higher Food Rations in Sweden
Dagens Nyheter reports a major food demonstration at Klamar Sweden where 5000 workers halted work at noon, formed a delegation to press the food commission for larger rations, then paraded through town as shops were stormed and clashes erupted with police unable to restrain the crowds.
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Copenhagen
Dagens Nyheter
Klamar
Sweden
Food Commission
College students recruited for farm battalions
A plan by the Agriculture Department to enlist U S college students in farm work battalions for country district labor at current wages. Supervision by college authorities would grant academic credit for the labor. Letters were sent to heads of colleges and universities nationwide.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management
United States
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