Army Draft Debate Divides House and Senate Leaders
Washington April 26 Speaker Clark led a long floor fight as supporters of the army bill press for final passage by Saturday. A poll shows 60 to 70 in favor in the House while the Senate leans toward passage with consent vote hoped for by Saturday. Senators Reed Vardaman and Sherman rail against conscription and defend the volunteer system. Chamberlain of the Senate committee plans to set a time for voting today.
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Washington
Clark
House
Senate
Reed
Vardaman
Sherman
Paty
War College
England
Milness
Muncie
Ind
New York
Chaimian Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
New Spanish Cabinet Formed After Resignation
Lisbon April 26 A new cabinet replaces the Abowida administration which resigned April 21 after a negative vote in the chamber on the national economic policy. Premier and finance minister Dr Alfonso Costa. War Minister Major Norton De Mattos. Navy Minister Josse Antonio Arantes Pedrosa. Foreign Minister Dr Augusto Soares.
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Lisbon
Antonio J. Abowida
Chamber of Deputies
Naional Economnic
Alfonso Costa
Norton de Mattos
Amarine
Josse Antonio Arantes Pedroso
Augusto Soares
Food Riots Reported in Sweden and Rallies at Stockholm
Reports from Copenhagen via London describe new food demonstrations in Stockholm where a military order forbidding soldiers from attending a socialist meeting was ignored as several hundred troops joined the gathering. Smaller protests also occurred in Upsala 435 miles from Stockholm.
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Copenhagen
London
Stockholm
Dagens Niether
Upsala
123000 Enroll for Roosevelt Division
About 123000 men have applied to join Theodore Roosevelt's proposed army division. Only 4 of the applicants are under 25, none below this age is being accepted. Of the total, 10000 are Negroes, with 60 percent from southern states. In New York City, not more than 1000 have enrolled.
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New York
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Balfour Welcomed by Americans in Capital Speech
In a warm address to U S audiences, Balfour thanks Americans for their welcome and the wartime sympathy shown to Britain. He notes the British mission's gratitude, references the war’s impact on daily life, and singles out Marshal Joffre as a key allied figure.
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France
Marshal Joffre
Maine
Pifteen
The
Marne
United States
America Becomes World Banker With 200 Million England Loan
The United States arranged a 200 million dollar loan to Great Britain and pledged further swift financial aid to Italy France and Russia, marking the first government loan since entering the war. Secretary McAdoo will study requests from allied nations over the next ten days to coordinate relief and decide on subsequent loans.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Russia
Unclear fragment on bond offering amounts
The passage discusses an ite program and determining the sum needed for the initial bond offering to be placed before the public.
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Ite
British Troops Advance on Arras Front Near Scarne River
London reports the British line along Arras extended Wednesday with new advances south of the Scarne river. The official communique notes continued aerial activity as German planes attacked and British aircraft returned to base. Thousands of German dead lie on the battlefield according to the statement.
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London
Arras Battle
Scarne River
Prief
Te Hbase
Batutlefield
Great Western Sugar declares special dividend and beet payment
In Denver on April 26 the Great Western Sugar directors announce a 10 share special dividend on 15,000 shares of common stock. The payout applies to earnings through March 1, 1913. W L Petriken of Denver is elected president. Directors also set a minimum 6.40 per ton for beets and 2 cents per ton for each percent of sugar above 12.5 in the beets.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Accuuaiabons Pring
W.L. Petriken
Censor Ship to Oversee U S Cables and Mexico Lines
Washington reports that a new executive order will establish government censorship of all cables touching the United States and telegraph and telephone lines into Mexico. Navy will direct censorship with civilian clerks. army to control lines into Mexico. offices in New York Key West Galveston and San Francisco. Publishers condemn the censorship as a threat to free speech and press.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
State, Navy and Justice Departments
Committee On Public Information
Navy
New York
Key West
Galveston
San Francisco
Army
South
Central America
Germany
Congress
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Submarine contract awards likely within days
Washington April 26 Navy department officials have completed bids for eight submarine contracts and expect awards within a day or two. The submarines will replicate the SOC type already under construction. A decision on additional destroyers is also awaited.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy personnel reduction bill headed for House panel
The administration bill to decrease the navy enlisted personnel from 15000 to 10000 and the marines from 17000 to 1000 was ordered favorably reported to the House on Wednesday by a unanimous vote of the naval committee.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Directors Empower President on War Effort
Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad adopted a resolution authorizing the president to take any action deemed necessary to maximize the companys utility and service to the government in fuel preparation and conduct of the war effort.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Balfour Denies US Entangling Treaty Role
British Foreign Minister Balfour told reporters after talks with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing that the Allies seek unreserved cooperation in democracy without entangling alliances. He dismissed rumors of a secret or public treaty pulling the United States into European conflicts.
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America
Balfour
British War Commission
Tam
Great Britain
France
United States
Wilson
Lansing
War Commission
Spring-Rice
Opposition grows as German crisis deepens in 1917 reports
London dispatch notes bitter opposition in Germany to Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg amid internal reform rifts food woes and war submarine policy. Pan German and conservative papers demand a change while liberal papers fear peril from ruthless submarine warfare and seek a clear war aim. Austria Hungary stability adds to concern.
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Copenhagen
London
von Bethmann-Heilweg
Germany
Scheidemann
Deutsches Tages Ze
Austria- Hungary
Ames College Sends Quota of Officers to Training Camps
About 2500 graduates and students at the Ames College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts are candidates for admission to officers reserve corps training camps. Gen Rush Bo Lincoln says the commandant conferred with officers at central army department HQ. Successful applicants will report to Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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Chicago
Apel
Tawa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Ames
Rush Bo Lincoln
Central Army
Fort Snelling
Minayo
Revenue Officers Catch Smugglers in New York Arrests
Internal revenue officers seized narcotic drugs valued at about 500000 dollars smuggled from England and Canada in two New York City apartments and the customs house. Two Russian suspects are under arrest charged with possession.
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New York
United States
England
Canada
Internal Revenue Officers
Custom House
Mongolia Claims First War Gun Sinks German Submarine
London reports Capt. Rice of the American steamship Mongolia says a German submarine was hit at 1000 yards after a periscope sighting near British waters on April 19. Gunners fired a clean hit. the periscope shattered and oil surfaced, with crews believing the U boat sank.
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London
Rice
Mongolia
Associated Press
United States
Mojesty
Taneyver
War Bulletin Reports Vessels Sunk and Front Movements
The bulletin notes 40 vessels of over 1,600 tons sunk by mines or submarines. British forces in Macedonia advance 500 yards along a mile front near Doiran lake to Doldzeli. Maude reports 687 prisoners and 15 guns captured near Iztabilat. Dunkirk bombarded by German destroyers. French torpedo boat sunk in action with patrol ships.
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London
Macedonia
Doiran Lake
Doldzeli
Saloniki
War Office
Washington
Mongolia
Maude
Mesopotamia
Shatt-El-Adhem
Tigris
Iztabilat
Paris
Dunkirk
Periscope Shattered as Submarine Disappears
The Heutenant commanded the crew of gunners as the Bisons boomed. The periscope was shattered and the submarine vanished. A Navy observer praises the crew's precision and discipline in a clean mathematical strike against the Mongolia.
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Mongolia
Trayve'lingg
Destruction in the Channel as British and German Destroyers Clash
Two British destroyers, the Swift and the Broke, engaged six German destroyers off Dover on April 20. In brutal hand to hand combat at night, boarding attempts, ram attacks, and rapid gunfire tore the ships and left British midshipman Donald Grace wounded yet in action.
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English Channel
Dover
Wall
Geman
Swift
Donald Grica
Seymany
Na Eli
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