Minority Leaders Push Immediate Vote on Army Bill
Republican leaders vow rapid passage of the army bill as amended by the Senate. They seek drastic rules to discharge the military committee from further consideration and to allow the speaker to appoint House conferees after a motion to recommit. Democrats press for limited debate and insist on timely action before conventions.
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Washington
Mann
Senate
House
Posale
Clarke
Garrett
Emmessee
Sunrtc
Tagain
German newspapers deprecate war in April commentary
Berlin reports quote various German papers arguing the United States is not seeking war and should see proofs about Sussex to clear tensions. The Cologne and Rheinische Gazettes discuss pretexts behind naval actions and urge avoiding break with America while preserving Germany's gains.
Primary Campaign Ends as Massachusetts Debates Roosevelt Bond
Massachusetts weighs delegation support for Theodore Roosevelt at the Republican convention with two groups split between unpledged and pledged Roosevelt camps. The Democratic side also backs President Wilson for the St Louis convention in agreement with prior endorsements.
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Oston
Thessachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
St. Louis
Ison
Boat Trade From Coast Ports Gone
Washington April 25 Intermountain rate case hearings reveal major steamship lines have halted coast to coast service since last September. Luckenbach and American-Hawaiian testify that canal operations ceased, no re opening expected for a year or more, as ships are redirected to foreign trade and higher rail rates persist.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
EE. P. Hamilton
Luckenbach Steamship Company
HH. E. D. Jackson
Lawaiia Steamship Company
Messrs. Hamilton
Jackson
Intermountain
United States
Denver
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Rai
River cuts new channel near Winona flooding farms
The Mississippi River broke Burling ton right of way causing a new channel five miles long south of East Winona. Ten square miles flooded to five to eight feet depth. A torrent pours through the railroad embankment displacing all families on low farms for miles south of East Winona.
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LA Crosse
Wis
East Winona
Burlington
La Porte printing company president dies in Rochester
Charles H. Waskinson, president of the La Porte Printing Company which published the La Porte Herald, died Monday in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 56 years old.
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Chas. H. Waskinson
la Porte Printing Company
la Porte Herald
Rochester
Minn Tle
Armed masked bandit robs Copper State Bank in Utah
An armed masked bandit entered the Copper State Bank in Bingstam Canyon Utah on Monday. After binding and gagging cashier J Walter Keeler the robber escaped with 5000. Posses pursue the suspect.
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Bingstam Canyon
Utah
Aand
Copper State
Ron
J. Walter Keeler
Von Gel Must Stand Trial In Welland Canal Plot Case
Federal grand jury evidence ties Capt Franz von Papen's former 60 Wall Street office to the plot to destroy the Welland canal. Papers seized from Wolfe von Igel appear not to be German embassy property. Von Igel allegedly joined the embassy staff in 1915, and Wassell identified the 1915 lease. Covani, linked to Horst von Der Goltz, is said to have fled to Italy and joined a front-line regiment in the Trentino.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Welland Canal
Franz von Papen
Wall Street
Wolfe von Igel
Department of Justice
Washington
Capitol
United States
Marshall
State Department
Roger B. Wood
von Tgel
Arthur A. Wassell
Plainfield
N. J
Wassell
von Papen
von Igel
von Egel
Horst von der Goltz
von Teel
Hans Tauscher
Conference Arranged Between Scott and Obregon Near Border
Major General Hugh L. Scott and General Alvaro Obregon planned a border conference to discuss pursuit of Villa and U S Mexican relations. Scott travels toward Juarez while Obregon heads north from Mexico City with Carranza’s approval noted by Eliseo Arredondo.
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Villa
United States
Mexico
Hugh L. Scott
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
General Scott
San Antonio
Texas
General Obregon
Mexico City
Carranza
Eliseo Arredondo
Lansing
Baker
Scott
Arredondo
State Department
Rodgers
Arredonda
State
War Department
Naco
Sonora
Utah
Obregon
Wilson
Three Zeppelins Bomb England Rain Across Eastern Counties
London dispatch reports three Zeppelins raided eastern England last night, dropping incendiary bombs amid clear conditions and a mild breeze. Other fronts note artillery duels on the French Belgian borders, with aerial raids cited and varying moves by British, French, Russian, and Turkish forces.
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London
Norfolk
Convict Escapes Hanging Cleared By Judge Clemency
Jasper Perry, sentenced to death for the December murder of Frank Herrod in prison, had his hanging commuted to life imprisonment by Judge Dibbell on clemency. The jury had urged the death penalty but the court ruled it too severe.
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Joliet
Jasper Perry
Frank Herrod
Dibbell
Masked Woman Leads Strikers in East Pittsburgh Riot
In East Pittsburgh 1500 Westinghouse strikers clash with guards after meeting in Wilmerding. A masked woman leads the march across Cable avenue bridge as shots fire and a detective is injured. The crowd retreats after guards deploy riot guns and a fire hose.
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Pittsburgil
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Wilmerding
Cable Avenue
Westinghouse
Charles Oakes
Wihmerding
East Pittsburgh
Governor Commutes Four Convicts' Sentences
Springfield April 25 Governor Dunne commuted four sentences for good highway work. Ralph Root, from November 1914 Cook County abandonment to May 28. Charles Steward, January 1913 Stephenson County manslaughter to May 16. Hiley Harper, March 1913 Cook County robbery to May 12. Harry Maretta, Cook County rape to May 16.
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Dunne
Ralph Root
Criminal Court
Cook County
Hil
Charles Steward
Stephenson County
Hiley Harper
Cook County, of Robbery, To Expire May 12. ‘Harry Maretta
Sears
Gerard Summoned Into Conference With Chancellor
Berlin April 25 via London An American ambassador was summoned by telephone to the imperial chancellor’s residence Monday morning. The conference with Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg lasted one hour and ten minutes. Gerard declined to discuss the nature of the meeting or whether others were present. Berlin April 25 via London The German reply to the American note will not be delivered before another conference with the emperor. Bethmann Hollweg spent the afternoon conferring on submarines with Admiral Von Holtzendorff and other high officials.
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London
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
Gerard
Kaiser
von Bethmann-Hollweg
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Admiralty Staff
von Jagen
United State
State Department
I. von Bethmann-Tollweg
Matey
German cabinet spares relations with United States
Confidential cables to the state department report German political powers resisting any Berlin step risking a break with the United States. Socialists and labor leaders oppose such action while Berlin may offer concessions on submarine warfare and preserve U S ties through negotiations led by Foreign Minister Von Jagow and Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg after talks with the emperor.
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Berlin
United States
State Department
Gerard
Germany
Capture of Sir Rodger Casement After Landing Attempt
London reports Sir Rodger Casement was captured from a German vessel that tried to land arms in Ireland and sank. The announcement says Casement was among several prisoners taken after the vessel, a German auxiliary, sank during the April 20–21 operation. Casement, a former British consular official, led an Irish separatist faction with German ties.
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London
Sir Rodger Casement
Ireland
West Africa
Congo Free State
Haiti
San Domingo
Brazil
Sir Rodger
Berlin
Troops Sent to Anchorage Amid Labor Unrest at Rail Project
From January Alaska dated report that troops at Fort Liscum near Valdez were ordered to Anchorage due to a strike by railroad construction laborers. District Judge Frederick M. Brown cannot attend the Wetchikan term as his presence is required in Anchorage.
State Auditor James J. Brady Weds in Florida
State Auditor James J. Brady married Catherine Koch of this city in St. Petersburg Florida on Monday. The bride is daughter of Mrs Maria Koch and Met Brady while working as private secretary to former State Treasurer Ryan.
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Suringeeeld
James J. Brady
Catherine — Kaech
Maria Koch
St. Petersburg
Pha
Weech
St. Petarthigrew
Oto
Ryan
Brady
Turkish garrison kills German officers at Trebizond
The Daily Mail dispatch reports that Turkish troops revolted and slew their German officers before Trebizond fell under Russian capture, per Odes Si correspondent.
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London
Garison
Trebizond
Daily Mail
Odes Si
Britton Wins Worlds Welterweight Title by Referee’s Decision
Jack Britton of Chicago defeats Ted Lewis of England in twenty rounds to win the Worlds Welterweight championship by referee’s decision in New Orleans. Dick Burke of New Orleans officiated the bout. Hammer Harmer of Chicago defeats Freddie Welch on points in Milwaukee in a fast ten round no decision contest with Welch sustaining a puffed eye and bleeding ear.
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New Orleans
Jack Britton
Chicago
Ted Lewis
England
Dick Burke
Hammer
Welch
Milwaukee
Ever Harmer
Freddie Welch
Uummer
Hammer Iss
Governor speaks on disease prevention at charity ball
Governor Dune told a charity ball at a large garage for Elisber Memorial hospital that disease prevention has surpassed mere isolation in importance. He noted forty years of state effort in medical matters, especially protecting the public from contagious diseases and from unqualified physicians.
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Dune
Elisber Memorial Hospital
Germans Withdraw Forces Around Saloniki
A Bucharest dispatch to the Havana agency says German troops around Saloniki were greatly reduced in March due to Verdun and the Russian front operations. Only two German divisions remain at the Vardar gorges, about 25 000 Bulgars, and a small Austrian infantry force with artillery.
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Paris
Saloniki
Verdun
Russain Font
Bucharest
Havan
Vardar Gorges
Bul- Rars
Cook Republicans Adjourn Without Action in Chicago
The Cook county Republican committee met Monday in Chicago but adjourned until Thursday due to Mayor Thompson's absence and did not take any action.
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Cook Republicans
Chicago
Cook County Republican Committee
Thompson
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