Victory Liberty Loan Terms and Tax Exemption Notes
Washington April 15 announces the victory liberty loan at 4.4 percent notes maturing in four years with a three year redemption option. The 4.4 percent notes are tax exempt except for certain taxes and convertible into 3.4 percent notes tax free. Subscriptions to the loan open April 21 and run to May 10 with over subscriptions rejected and quotas set by district offices.
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Washington
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Treasure Glass
Glass
Munich Red Guard And Loyal Troops Fight in the Streets
Berlin reports continued heavy fighting in Munich between red guards and government loyal troops. Key buildings including the central railway station post office and telegraph offices changed hands with use of mine throwers. Casualties reported and reports note Hoff man government gains elsewhere in Bavaria. Dr Levien allegedly fled to Switzerland with two million marks of state funds.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Munich
Red Guards
Hoffman
Bavaria
Hof
Bamberg
Nyburg
Levien
Switzerland
Tate
Roper Extends Time For Filing Corporate Returns
Washington April 15 extension to June 15 for filing corporation income and profits tax returns announced by Interpol Revenue Commissioner Feer. Extension also applies to fiduciary, withholding, partnership, and personal service corporation returns. Corporations must pay half the tax due by June 15 with interest. first installment could have been paid March 15.
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Washington
Interpal Revenue
Feer
Roper
Chamberlain Reluctant as His Report Was Taken Up
Paris April 1 The seventeenth day of Captain FL G Chamberlain of San Antonio Texas on trial by court martial for allegedly false aerial reports on the British front last summer. Commander Immett Pollock retired testified no questions about document authenticity or report accuracy were raised before the documents were sent to the aeronautic service. The witness said Chamberlain showed nervousness and mild reluctance as the documents were referred to authorities and suggested changes to stress the unofficial nature of the flight.
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Associated Press
Paris
FL G. Chamberlain
San Antonio
Texas
Immett Ro Pollock
U.S
Chamberlain
Imperator Fitted Up For U. S. Transport
Washington reports the giant liner Imperator, among twelve German ships pledged for US troop transport, will be delivered to England around May 1. After refitting it can carry about 123,000 soldiers, part of a total capacity over 50,000 men for the fleet. Eight ships have been delivered and several are en route to the United States.
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Washington
United States
England
Prince Joachim May Seek Home in United States
The former German emperor’s youngest son Prince Joachim hopes to emigrate to America after peace is signed. He arrived from Berlin and will stay in Switzerland until the peace settlement. The Wohenzollerns bought a large estate near Lugano where the former emperor plans to live in exile.
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Geneva
Jochim
America
Berlin
Switzerland
Lugano
Enforcing War Time Prohibition After July 1
Legal advisers struggle to find authority for enforcing war time prohibition after July 1. The Overman act and possible executive orders are weighed against funding limits and legality, as officials distinguish wartime liquor manufacture from sale bans and consider state vs federal enforcement roles. New York officials say state laws must handle enforcement if federal action stalls.
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Washington
Iternal Revenue Bureau
Wilson
Overman
Revenue Bureau
Congress
Internal Revenue
Ropers
Customs Division
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New York
William HW. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
New York East
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Anderson
Navy Planes Readied For Atlantic Flight Test
NEW YORK April 15 Two or possibly three NC airplanes will participate in the navy department effort to win the first trans Atlantic flight. Three machines are being prepared at Rockaway Beach. Commander Scofield says haste will not override safety precautions to ensure a safe and sane attempt. Start not likely before early May. Our object is to show it can be done any day of the week. If others beat us we would not abandon plans.
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New York
N. C
Navy Department
America
Scofield
Naval
Rockaway Beach
Navy
Eleven Y M C A workers killed abroad in war
New York April 15 Eleven Y M C A overseas workers were killed in action, three died of wounds and 56 from disease and other causes since the war began. The Y M C A sent 8,338 men and 23,801 women abroad, with 6,428 men and 2,187 women now overseas. Since armistice, 726 workers have been sent abroad. Y M C A men are scattered from Archangel to Rome and Vladiostok to Brest, London and northern Scotland.
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New York
National War Work Council
YM. C. A
Archangel
Rome
Vladivostok
Brest
London
Scotland
Cardinal Mercier Plans U S Visit In October
Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium informed visiting American congressmen in Brussels that he will travel to the United States in October.
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Paris
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Brussels
United States
Washington Bust May Be Placed In Famous Abbey Of Westminster
John A. Stewart of New York and Major Louis Seaman announced a cable offer to present marble busts of George Washington to Westminster Abbey St. Pauls Cathedral and Sulgrave Manor where the Washington family originated. Ambassadors and officials praised Anglo American friendship and a new era of cooperation promising peace. Seaman and Stewart also noted the Barnard Statue of Lincoln to Manchester next week and urged defense of Anglo American ties against Bolshevism.
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London
John A. Stewart
New York
Louis Seaman
British War Relief Association
Sulgrave Association
United States
George Washington
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
Sulgrave Manor
Northamptonshire
Washington
Stewart
Major Seaman
Barnard
Lincoln
Manchester
Davis
Spanish cabinet resigns amid political turmoil
The Spanish cabinet resigned in Madrid on April 14, with Associated Press reporting the move as a major political shift in the country. The step signals ongoing instability and may prompt a new government formation and potential early elections.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Allies Demand 100 Billion Gold Marks from Germany
Paris reports a final settlement demanding Germany pay 100 billion gold marks for war losses. Payments break into 20 billion within two years, 40 billion in bonds over 30 years, plus 40 billion more when the commission assigns. The commission will oversee data, testimony, and distribution among allies.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Wilson
Emiment
Express Handlers Win Wage Increase Across Rail Express
Washington April 15. About 69 000 American Railway Express Company workers receive an average 15 dollar monthly rise, with a 25 dollar hike above January 1 1918 scales for sleeping and parlor car staff and a 25 dollar rise for dining car workers. Net adds around 12 50 monthly after prior increases. War cycle complete. future raises to be set under peace conditions by the same agency. Wages effective immediately.
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Washington
American Railway Express Company
Hines
Railross
Express
War Labor Board
Railroad Administration
Board of Wages and
Three Hingis Counties Report Watchless and Clockless
Springfield WL April 15 three Hingis counties are described as watchless and clockless by local assessors. Representative Howard Hicks of Rockford, chair of a special house committee investigating sessions, relayed the finding. A nearby agricultural county reportedly has a lone sheep valued at sixteen cents. A metropolitan city is said to lack a piano. Hicks may speak in the house as revenue committee members suggest the topic The Poverty of Phlluits as Disclosed by the Assessors.
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Springfield
Hingis
Howard
Hicks
Rockford
House Revenue Committee i
Exclusion Of Foreign Tongues In Nation's Schools
Washington April 15 genuine Americanization topped the twenty eighth annual continental congress of the American society Daughters of the American Revolution Mrs George Thacher Guernsey president general urged English only in public schools calling foreign language teaching a barrier to ren e tion She also spoke on the league of nations saying Americans must give as well as take Madame Breshkovskaya the grandmother of the Russian revolution attended and ten nominations were received for vice president generals including Mrs Frank William Bahnsen of Illinois and Mrs William Henry Wait of Michigan
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Washington
League of Nations
Guernsey
Madame Breshkovskaya
Frank William Bahnsen
Illinois
William Henry Wait
Michigan
Japan Pays 270000 For Soldiers Slain
A cablegram from Shanghai reports the Japanese government settled with the United States for the killing of two American soldiers in the French concession at Tien Tsin. The payment of 270000 follows an incident on March 13 when Americans objected to Japanese police actions. No prior US reports confirmed fatalities. earlier word spoke of severe wounds.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
United States
Tien Tsin
Order Investigation Of Border Shootings
Washington April 15 The state department orders a thorough inquiry into the shooting of two American citizens by Mexican bandits in the Tama oil district and the robbery of 15,000 pesos from Huasteca Petroleum. George T. Way superintendent was shot in the neck and Frank Willis construction engineer wounded in the shoulder. a Mexican party member was killed near Rivera. The Monday attack raises to 18 the total Americans wounded or killed in the Comaleste region.
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Waselington
State Department
Tames Oil District
Huasteca Petroleum Company
George T. Way
Guite
Hastigh
Frank Willis
Rivera
Peace Talks Advance Toward Final Draft in Paris
Paris April reports quote President Wilson saying peace questions are near complete solution and will move quickly to final drafting. German plenipotentiaries invited to Versailles on April 25 while Italy’s Adriatic issues receive priority. Wilson notes progress and praises France and Paris in a Temps interview.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Council of Four
Versailles
Italy
Adriatic
Germany
Temps
The
France
Washington
Seine
Potomac
Skipper And Five Of Crew Brought To Port
Five sailors and the skipper of the abandoned schooner Net te Shipman arrived in New York aboard the steamship William B. Palmer after a four day storm, 22 days on an island, and 15 days at sea. They crossed from Jacksonville to Antilla Cuba and were stranded near Walling Island off San Salvador. Natives initially feared they were Germans before aiding them as Americans.
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New York
Nette Shipman
William B. Palmer
Jacksonville
Fla
Antilla
Cuba
Wallings Island
San Salvador
Riga Mobilizes Youth Amid Bolshivik Hostage Report
A Libau dispatch says the Bolsheviki have mobilized all Riga residents aged 18 to 38 and are said to hold many citizens as hostages in Russia. Reports warn open revolt is kept in check only by terror.
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Victory
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Red Guard
U. S
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Army ‘“Y
Cardinal Marcier
Abbey of Westminster
Viscont Finlay
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Ambassador Page
Great Britain
Seaman
Movement For Republic
David Lee
Seoul
Korea
Korean National Association
Lee
Japan
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Great
Commission On Payments
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Riga
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