Allies Insist on Blockade Rights and Search
Washington reports Great Britain and France in a joint note to the United States maintain that blockade principles have legal backing and may regulate imports into neutral Holland Sweden and Denmark. They urge the right to search approaching neut rals and explain modern papers complicate cargo proof while prize courts in England are guided by international law.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Germany
Austria
State Department
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
England
Late Returns on Nebraska Primary
Omata Neb April 21 Returns on Tuesday's preferential primary from more than a third of the waiting precincts still leave Bryan in doubt for the Democratic delegate at large to the national convention. Latest displays place Bryan sixth among seven candidates with four to be elected. Henry Ford leads Cummins by about 1000 votes for the Republican nomination while Hughes sits third.
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Omata
Nebr
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Violent outbreak before Reichstag reported
The Journal des Debats published a dispatch from Va Switzerland claiming a violent outbreak occurred before the Reichstag during Dr Karl Liebknecht’s interpediation. It asserts troops held back a huge crowd which was fired on, killing more than 200 people, though unconfirmed by other sources.
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PARES
Journal Des Debats
Fournier
Switzerland
Reichstag
Karl Lishknecht
Aserts
Germany Allows U S Import of 15000 Tons Dyestuffs
Washington April 21 Germany agrees to permit export of 15000 tons of dyestuffs to the United States. An exception to the British blockade aims to ease shortages affecting American textile makers. Dyestuffs must be used by American manufacturers and not re exported to Britain. State Dept to press for safe delivery.
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Washington
United States
Count von Bhernstorff
Lansing
Germany
Great Britain
State Department
Gerany
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Pershing Holds Force in Defense in Mexico
San Antonio April 21 General Pershing is holding his troops in a defensive position in northern Mexico as Major General Hugh L. Scott travels as secretary Baker’s envoy. No major developments were reported at Fort Funston headquarters regarding Villa’s pursuit, with unconfirmed tips that Villa moved south into Durango and chatter that he may have died of wounds south of Cusi huirachie.
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San Antonio
Texas
Hugh L. Scott
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Mexico
Gen. Funston
Villa
Durango
State officers relieved by court in Illinois case
In Springfield Illinois on April 21 Judge James A Creighton sustained two demurrers to the amended deficiency appropriation bill against John B Fergus Chicago taxpayer The ruling frees State Treasurer Andrew Russell and State Auditor James J Brady from liability for appropriations paid from the treasury if approved by the governor after passage by the legislature The court overruled the state's general demurrer and denied portions of the Fergus injunction suit attacking committee expense bills of the General Assembly Also Brady Treasurer Passell and Secretary Stevenson were noted in responses.
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Springfield
John
Pergus
Chicago
Sungai County
James A. Creighton
Creighton
Andrew Russel
James J. Brady
Ceneral Assembly
Circuit Court In Answers
Hal de
Brady
Passel
Stevenson
Mexican Affairs at a Standstill
Washington Abril 21 diplomatic talks with Gen Carranza and the pursuit of Villa by American troops appear stalled while President Wilson awaits full advices on military prob lems faced by the border forces. Major General Slugh L Scott arrives to consult with Gen Funston and Secretary Baker plans to send further wire reports and personal consultations to gain full views.
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Washington
Carranza
Villa
Wilson
Mexico
Slugh L. Scott
San Antonio
Funston
Baker
Gen. Scott
Gen. Bliss
Pershing
United States
German Attache in New York Charged in Canal Plot
Wolf von Segel, and secretary Wolf von Igel to Capt. von Papen, German attache, arrested on an indictment accusing conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal. He resisted federal agents in Papen’s former office at 60 Wall Street, shouting that the event would mean war with Germany.
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Wolf von Segel
Wolf von Igel
von Papen
Washington
Welland Canal
Federal
Secret Service
Wall Street
New York
Germany
Russians Arrive to Reinforce France in Major War Move
Paris reports the arrival at Marseilles Thursday of a large flotilla carrying Russian troops to fight beside Allied soldiers on the Western Front. Officials withhold exact numbers, but the deployment is seen as significant militarily and politically, filling gaps created by recent fighting and signaling Russia’s support.
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Paris
Marseilles
France
Russia
Cyclone Hits Kansas and Missouri. Death Toll Reported
Storm связь limited by wire outages as eastern Kansas and western Missouri suffer severe damage. Estimated dead around twenty with hundreds injured, including many seriously. Stover Missouri cut off with unknown casualties. property losses near three quarters of a million dollars.
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Kansas
Cety
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Stover
Morgan County
Russians Reinforce West Front Amid Allied Hope
London dispatch reports a large Russian force arriving in France to bolster the western battle line. Joffre welcomes the troops as a flotilla lands at Marseilles, with Paris noting German shifts of forces from Russia, Serbia, and Macedonia to the Verdun theater. In the Ypres area and Veux sector, fighting continues with both sides claiming gains and losses. The Russian drive also presses in Asiatic Turkey around Bitlis and Diarbekr, advancing toward Sghert as Turkish positions face fresh assault.
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London
France
Nicholas
Marseilles
Alimot
Verdun
Russia
Serbia
Macedonia
Lemort Homme
Caillette Wood
Veux
Ypres
Berlin
Olva
St. Blot
Ypres-Langemarck
Turkey
Bitlis
Sghert
Diarbekr
Turk Armes
Supreme Court Tax Decision Across Several Cases
The Springfield report details multiple Supreme Court actions on April 21. Key items include a 1913 valuation fix for the Tinois Central Railroad at 191,020,034.03, a 70 cent tax rate per 100 on equalized value of 135,714,023.82, and a bond-issue veto for a Cook County forest preserve due to English language printing in a German newspaper. Other rulings cover disbarment, a jail near a church case, futures trading deeming gambling, Brooklyn officials’ release, local option law sentences, and a widow’s award taxed under inheritance law.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Tinois Central Railroad Company
James J. Brady
Brady
Illinois Central
Puterbaugh
Carter
Imegal
Cook County
William E. Kelly
Chicago Bar Association
William G. Anderson
Anderson
Dunn
Edmund M. Dunn
Peoria
St. Joseph’s Church
Rock Island
P. Miller
Charles Sincere
Circuit Court of
Miller
Sincere
Brooklyn
New City Administration
St. Chair County
Robert Jackson
Michael Elliott
Otto Jennings
Decatur
Macon County
Circuit Court
Elliott
Jennings
People
Holmes Forsythe
Chicago
German Minister Calls on Carranza at National Palace
April 21 Herr Von Feixhardt German minister to Mesxien held two long conferences with Gen Venustianga Carranza head of the de facto government at the national palace. The first meeting lasted most of an hour and the afternoon session was longer and private. Officials could not provide any information on the talks and described the visits as mere courtesy calls.
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Menico City
Herr von Feixhardt
Mesxien
Venustianga Carranza
Ambassador Gerard Delivers Ultimatum Front
The American ambassador James W. Gerard handed the note to Germany at the foreign office Thursday evening. The chancellor has not yet seen the note and is at army headquarters, communicating by telephone with the foreign office. Berlin newspapers react cautiously awaiting the published text.
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London
Germany
Foreign Office
James W. Gerard
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Army
Berlin
Attack on Peaceful Ship Sparks Talk of rupture
Washington April 21 U S officials warn another attack on a peaceful American ship could rupture relations with Germany. Berlin’s submarine policy and Bernstorff’s mediation proposals are discussed as Washington demands immediate abandonment of present methods. Secretary Lansing defers any changes until Germany formally replies. William J Bryan visits to push for peace while President Wilson faces holidays in Germany and public sympathy for anti war sentiment.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Bernstorff
Mediterranean
U. S
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Lansing
Count von Bernstuarts
Aimbaassander
Ater
Gerard
Foreign Office
White House
Wilson
Brean
Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
West
Munitions Plant Plotter Arrested in Dunkirk Case
Harry L. Newton, described as an expert mechanic and native American, was arrested in New York on April 21. Detectives say he conspired with a supposed German contact to blow up a Dunkirk munitions plant, showing plans of several factories including Dunkirk and Brooks Mfg Co. He claimed familiarity with time bombs and planned to return to Buffalo to obtain explosives for the attack.
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New York
Harry L. Newton
Dunkirk
N. Y
Newton
Dumkirk
Brooks Mfg. Co
Erangerd
Buffalo
Xa Te
Parral Mayor Describes Instructions From Military Leader
A Mexican interview with Mayor Luis Herrera of Parral claims he received orders from Gen. Luis Gutierrez of the de facto government forces to seek American troop protection. The plan aimed to move south of Santa Cruz de Villigen near Parral, where U.S. troops were encamped about six miles away.
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Chihuahua City
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Charles FE. Hughes
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Fergus
Scott Baker
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Baiburt
Trebizond
Illinois
Justice Carter
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