Liberty Loan drive pushes toward three billion
President Wilson proclaims April 26 as Liberty Day urging nationwide rallies to pledges funds for the third Liberty loan. Subscriptions totaling $1,089,734,900 reported, with $136,811,650 from Wednesday. districts race to surpass the $3 billion goal as intercity competition grows. St Louis leads by percentage. New York the top contributor, with sermons planned nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
McAdoo
United States of America
America
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
District of Columbia
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
National
New England
Pape Declines Liberty Bonds Refuses Court Writ
Theodore B. Pape Quincy attorney and city official faces espionage act charges after reportedly telling Liberty Bonds solicitors he would not buy bonds to weaken the U S war effort. Authorities failed to serve a federal writ as crowds and police guarded his arrest prospects. Pape confirmed he had not purchased bonds and did not intend to. He earlier faced calls to resign from civic posts including the Park and Boulevard association and water commissions.
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Theodore B. Pape
Quincy
Park and Boulevard Association
Water Commissioners of
Adams County
United States
Ross Moore
John Coens
Pape
Whig
Liberty Bonds
Germany
Sixth Avenue
Hampshire Street
Quincy Attorney Pape Opposes War Bonds
Attorney Pape refused to buy water commission bonds and compared his views to President Wilsons stance before US entry in WWI. His antiwar remarks sparked indignation in Quincy business districts. A warrant for his arrest was issued by United States Commissioner W. P. Martindale and served by Deputy Ross Moore at 620 Elm Street.
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Pape
Wilson
United States
Germany
Quincy
W. P. Martindale
Ross Moore
Elm Street
U S Medical Man Receives British War Cross
Lieutenant Theodore Higepins Sweetser of the U S Army medical reserve is recommended for the British Military Cross for gallantry near Paschendaele on March 13. He aided over forty men suffering gas exposure despite his own injuries. His current address is unavailable.
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Associated Press
Frince
Theodore Higepins Sweetser
U.S. A
Paschendaele
Sweetser
American War Losses List Details 72 Names
The casualty list shows 72 names with 12 killed in action 3 died of wounds 5 died of disease 7 wounded severely 45 wounded slightly. Notable entries include Captain James E. Miller killed in action Lieutenant Arthur B. Warren died of disease and Lieutenant James E. O'Toole wounded severely. The list names many privates corporals sergeants and officers with causes such as pneumonia measles and scarlet fever. Also reported Austria German socialist party plans May Day work stoppage and peace demonstrations per Amsterdam Telegraph.
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Ashington
James E. Miller
Arthur B. Warren
James LE. O'Toole
Nathaniel P. Brooks
Henry L. Damon
Russell A. Hoyt
Henry G. Maxted
Ralph J. Spooner
Joseph KE. Blair
Michael Meresewski
Reynold Neilson
Wim. J. Noble
Edward J. O'brien
Frank To Szolt
Basil A. Timmons
Roland E. Cole
Oscar Johnson
William Weiss
Arthur
Warren
Harold R. Sleeper
Jerry C. Stewart
Harry R. Sutton
Elmer Tf. Tarbox
James P. Troy
Frank M. Vannes
Ralph Wiranis
Amsterdam
the Telegraph
German Socialist Party
Austria
Germans Suppress Propaganda as Army Officer Bids Reward
In France on April 18 Associated Press reports German military authorities curb propaganda at home. Baron Von Gayl, commander of the seventh German army corps in Muenster, offers 3000 marks to any person who implicates an English or American agent guilty of inciting disturbances or revolutions in the district to ensure court condemnation.
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France
Austria Is Hotbed of Hatred and Instability
A Swiss dispatch from Budapest reports Austria Hungary in extreme delicacy with security vanished and hostility possible. Vienna shows marked discontent as Czechs Jugoslavs and Poles in parliament inflame anti German sentiment while socialists dem. call monarchy not aligned with Germany. Burian named finance minister may not stay long. German press warns and internal plots against the alliance are feared amid Entente sympathy among many locals.
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Austria-hungary
Switzerland
Budapest
Austria
Vienna
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Socialists-Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Great Britain
France
America
Baron Burian
Brian
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
Charles
Ignna
Muenighener Neueste Nachrichten
Chamberlain Sees Baker Before Senate Panel Hearing
Chairman Chamberlain of the Senate military committee met with Secretary Baker in Washington and agreed to convene a hearing next week to hear Baker recount his overseas trip.
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Chamberlain
Baker
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Baker urges Press On to U S Army in France
General Pershing releases Baker letter dated April 7 praising American expeditionary forces in France. He notes training improvements, cordial relations with British and French units, and the civil welcome. Baker urges speeding transportation of troops, building a great army, and upholding American and allied traditions. Pershing adds a note stressing duty, loyalty, and confidence in the ranks.
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Associated Press
France
General Pershing
Baker
United States
America
Newton T. Baker
Governor Approves Labor Loan Parade in Illinois
Springfield April 19 Governor Lowden gave hearty approval to the labor Liberty Loan parade set for Saturday in Chicago. He urged all Illinois workers to back the bond sale, saying labor understands what autocracy would mean and will defend its rights at any cost.
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Springfield
Lowden
Chicago
Working Forces of
Illinois
Camp Dix to be concentration camp for Midwest soldiers
Camp Dix in New Jersey will be made a concentration camp for soldiers from the Midwest, according to a War Department dispatch. The move aims to organize training and housing for servicemen arriving from the central region.
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Camp Din
N. J
Camp Dix
Middlewest
War Department
Pat's Fighting Spirit Aroused Defies Blackmailers for Passport
Desperate tale of O Brien facing German authorities and blackmailers Hayliger Huyliger with a bogus passport. He vows not to surrender, plans to outwit pursuers, and decides to stand firm while awaiting a second visit from his extortionist. Page 11 continuation promises more detail on his dealings.
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Pat
O'Brien
Hillgliger
Huyliger
Tat
Hayliger
Repulse Germans on line north of Ypres
Allied fronts report heavy German assaults between Givenchy Robecq and north of Ypres. British and French forces repel attempts to cross La Bassee canal and threaten Vimy ridge while French gains east of the Avre and in Lorraine reduce enemy positions. Air activity intensifies with multiple enemy aircraft shot down by Italian and British aviators.
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Associated Press
France
Givenchy-Les-La-Bassee
St. Venant
la Bassee Canal
Kemmel
Givenchy
London
Robecq
Reuter
Teutons
la Bassee
Ypres
Ten Mile
Bethune
Vimy Ridge
Arras
Lens
Vimy
Bailleul
Amiens
Avre
Senecat
Aisne
Corbeny
Champagne
Lorraine
Cotton Exchange Scene Of Wild Hubbub
New York April 19 The New York Cotton exchange saw spectacular price swings as traders faced bewildering advances and declines exceeding nine dollars a bale. A Washington report that a bill to fix cotton at 20 cents a pound had been introduced in the House helped drive the late trading chaos.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Washington
Haig reports heavy fighting on Lys front
Field Marshal Haig says sustained bombardment and strong German attacks from La Bassee canal to Lys river east of St Venant were repulsed with heavy German losses and over 200 prisoners. Fighting remains fierce near Givenchy and Kemmel with continued artillery activity on the Lys front. Berlin reports unchanged Lys situation and French gains north of Lys with thousands of prisoners, while Meuse and Somme fronts see renewed activity. Paris notes French advances near Senecat wood and along the Avre between Thennes and Mailly-Raineval tightening lines toward Castle.
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Haig
Lys
la Bassee Canal
Givenchy
Lys River
St. Venant
Kemmel
Somme
Avre
Thennes
Mailly-Raineval
Senecat
Castle
Capelle Chesty Makes Light of U S Ship Plans
Amsterdam April 19 Vice Admiral Von Capelle German minister of the navy declared that U boat construction exceeded losses and that submarine effectiveness had risen He quoted figures that sinkings were thrice or sixfold the tonnage of new British ships He said American destroyers failed in their aim and warned America must first lay down shipyards before fulfilling its giant paper program and postwar shipping ambitions.
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von Capelle
Reichstag
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
America
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