Scott Will Not Believe Funston
General Scott plans to inspect border affairs and report. Secretary Baker emphasizes Funston remains in supreme command of the expedition and will stay there. Scott proceeds along the border for direct knowledge, with daily reports, while officials study the Carena note on withdrawal. Dispatches show no major developments and Pershing and Funston keep a standstill position near Parral. Villareal in Laredo is suspected of planning an invasion, drawing Justice Department attention.
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Parral
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Carranza
Gutierrez
Mexico City
Rodgers
Eliseo Arredondo
Arredondo
Tie
Lansing
Antonio
Reaffirm belief in Villa's death despite denials
El Paso April 20 Gen Gavira and Consul Garcia reaffirmed confidence in the finding of Villa's body despite Gov Enriquez's denial. Gavira said Calvatazos failed to reach Musahuanachic to exhume the body, having altered his route toward Santa Ysabel 35 miles north of San Borja. News from Col Favatos remains absent as tensions with Germany draw attention away from Villa.
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Chihuahua
Ailroad
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Garcia
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Villa
Germany
Mexico
Republicans Meet Chooses Elector for 20th District
Jacksonville Alabama April 20 20th congressional contention for the district was held on Wednesday E E Caldwell of Havana was recommended to the fee convention as presidential elector for the district.
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French Retreat by Bayonet Frontier Actions Report
London dispatch notes heavy French casualties as Germans press near Haudremont and seize a stone quarry. At Les Eparges Germans breach trenches briefly after three assaults. Russian front sees ongoing artillery exchanges with no major shifts. Austrian-Sereth region repelled a Russian attack. Monte Fume pass and Monte Ancora seized by Italians. Turks suffer losses near Iirzerum and Ashkala as Russians advance. Asquith delays conscription statement amid cabinet rift. Britain and France respond to US protest on maritime commerce. Greece protests entente base use at Suvla Bay Crete.
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Galicia
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Monte Ancora
Iirzerum
Ashkala
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Washington
Greece
Suvla Bay
Island of Crete
Tornadoes Kill Two in Kansas and Missouri
A Kansas report says three tornadoes struck parts of the state causing at least two deaths Mrs Miller near Fort Scott and an infant of the Hixon family. Dozens injured and extensive property damage as roads clogged with debris. In Hort four women injured and ten houses demolished. Missouri deaths and Iowa damage also noted with injuries and livestock losses. Chicago man Louis Lieberman dies after lightning strikes his home during a storm.
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Lieberman
New Yorkers Confer on War Measures Albany meeting
In Albany on April 20 Major Gen Woot and Major Gen O Ryan Adjutant Gen Stolesbury and Police Commissioner Arthur Woods conferred with Gov Whitman about precautionary NYC measures in case of war with Germany. Endorsement of Wilson policies follows in Danville Illinois where a Democratic convention denounced Cannon over preparedness votes.
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Regular Army
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Stolesbury
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Arthur Woods
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Whitman
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Danville
Wilson
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Cannon
Ford Leading in Nebraska Primary Race
Omaha April 20 Returns show Henry Ford leading Republican presidential nominee votes with 6 347 to A B Cummins 5 559 and Charles E Hughes 900 Henry D Estabrook 2397. Ballots delayed by a complex county primary with 259 of 1800 precincts reporting Hughes appearing on ballots. Returns also indicate Hitchcock renominated and Neville leads Bryan for Democratic governorship. Bryan trails among 6 candidates for delegates at large.
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Keith Neville
A. W. Bryan
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W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Four murderers granted pardons in Springfield action
Gov. Dunne pardoned four murderers on Wednesday after state board rec ommendations. Thomas Perkins, released for cancer treatment after fifteen years of a life term in Joliet, and Arch Smith, freed after fourteen years in Gallatin custody, were among them. Also paroled were Thomas Moran, Gordon Johnson, and Thomas Bann, plus Allen Scroggins for rape and John McDonald for illegal liquor sales.
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Dunne
State Board of Pardons
Thomas Perkins
Joliet
Thomas Moran
Perkins
Arch Smith
Chester
Gallatin
Gordon Johnson
Williamson County
Thomas Bann
Clinton County
Allen Scroggins
Madison County
John McDonald
Christian County
Scroggins
McDonald
Sussex Submarine Attack Note Urges Germany to Halt War Tactics
The note to Germany cites the Sussex sinking on March 24, 1916, by a German torpedo. It says US naval inquiry found the torpedo was German made and fired by a submarine without warning. It condemns indiscriminate submarine warfare and recalls US protests in 1915 and 1916. The message presses Germany to abandon current methods or risk breaking diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Lansing
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Folkestone
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Aay
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Ireland
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Wilson warns Germany to drop unrestricted warfare
President Wilson tells Congress that Germany must abandon present submarine warfare against passenger and freight ships or the United States will sever diplomatic relations. The note to Berlin explains patience exhausted and inevitable breach, urging immediate restraint to protect neutral rights and humanity.
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Congress
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Berlin
German Empire
Sussex disaster not stand alone in German war crimes
The United States asserts the Sussex torpedoing was not an isolated incident but part of a pattern. The American note cites evidence including recovered fragments from German torpedoes and bolts matching German munitions, plus affidavits and warhead paint. It argues Germany violated pledges and urges legal submarine restraint within the laws of nations.
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