Gap in Financial Budget Spurs Call for Extra Session
Western Newspaper Crien News reports officials in Washington expect an extra congressional session by June to finish pending appropriation bills and address gaps in the government's financial scheme. The armed neutrality bill could top the agenda if the president lacks authority to arm ships without Congress, aiming to unify support and resolve Senate criticism from the recently adjourned session.
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Crien News
Sessions
Washington
D. C
Congress
Wison
Senate
RULES TO UNDERGO CHANGE Senate rule urged by President Wilson
Washington DC modification to Senate rules aims to curb filibusters by arming a two thirds majority of senators present to shut debate. Conference committee of ten, five Democrats and five Republicans, endorses the plan. Leaders expect caucus support and quick senate action. Both parties back the change, pressuring any small faction to oppose filibuster tactics.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Liv Dill
Conference Committee
Independent bloc Looms in House Speaker Talk
Washington DC reports a potential five independents threatening to block House business as Democrats and Republicans vie for control with Champ Clark as speaker. Independents have held secret caucuses and may vote as a unit, delaying action if party lines hold. Neither party likely to exceed 215 members. 21 votes needed to elect a Speaker unless an agreement shifts the math.
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Washington, D. C
Orgenizaion
House
Champ Clark
Wires Distress Message From Tacoma Coast Guard Mission
A distress message from Tacoma reports the United States transport Dix en route to Manila left Seattle and is 350 miles southwest of Cape Flattery in need of assistance. Coast guard cutter Snowhomish from Port Angeles was dispatched to aid the Dix. The Dix usually does not carry troops and the message provides no clear indication of the nature of the Dix’s distress.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ledger
Port Angeles
United States
Dix
Seattle
Manila
Cape Flattery
United States Coast Guard
Snowhomish
Senate condemns U.S. senators over vote test action
The Kentucky state Senate adopted a resolution condemning United States senators who blocked a vote test week in Congress on the armed neutrality bill.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
United States
Congress
Four Die in Blast at Forg Auto Plant Cincinnati Ohio
An explosion at the Forg automobile plant in Cincinnati Ohio killed four people and left eight others seriously injured while another worker was fatally injured. Authorities believe gas formed in an electric enameling oven caused the blast.
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Cincinnati
Ovio
Forg
Peruvian Cabinet Break in Lima As Foreign Minister Resigns
In Lima, Peru, the Peruvian Auero, who led the council and served as minister of foreign affairs, resigned. The cabinet had been formed in August 1915, signaling a major government shakeup.
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Lima
Peru
Auero
Te Council
Inauguration Speech Promises Free Seas and World Peace
President Woodrow Wilson takes oath publicly and delivers an inaugural address urging free seas and armed neutrality. He stresses unity, cooperation with all nations, and vigilance against factional intrigue, aiming to guide the world toward peace through shared principles and universal rights.
Doings of the Late Congress 1914 Era Reforms
The Sixty fourth congress, now expired, enacted far reaching preparedness and economic statutes. It authorized naval armaments and a three year building program including battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, and expanded the regular army to 216000 with wartime expansion plans. It passed labor, immigration, rural credit, and educational acts, plus a ship purchase bill creating a government shipping board and funding. Several veteran senators retired, opening room for figures like Kellogg and Knox as new leadership formed.
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Sixty- Fourth Congress
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Congress
United States
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Ftth
Rey- Chuere
Kitchin
Jeaner
House
Sways Nnd
A Atlanson
Porto Rico
Government Shipping Board
Writers Behind The Times In London And The Tongue
A garbled excerpt discusses Joseph Vallee and De Morgain, critiquing outdated writing in London and the evolving American tongue. It touches on editors of periodicals and writers, and questions language changes over fifty years, noting social and regional shifts.
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Joseph Vallee
de Morgain
London
Ike
Guan
Appalachian
Yorty
Dudge
Gep
Senators condemn action against armed neutrality measure
A meeting under the American Rights league labeled the action of the seaward senators as little short of treason. The gathering urged President Wilson to use constitutional authority to authorize the arming of American ships and to ignore the German naval decree in the neutral zone.
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Hardout
New York
Theilors
American Rights League
Tesident Wilson
Yarrawdale Prisoners Reach Safety After Captivity
Four American professionals aboard the Yarrowdale recount brutal months in German custody. They describe air raids on their camp, scarce food, and days spent awaiting repatriation as physicians and veterinarians held as officers. British aid and Finnish authorities aided their return to Copenhagen for repatriation plans.
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Germany
State Department
de Pant
Yarrowdale
Copontigep
Kont Amert
Germaany
Munday
John Davis
Columbus
Orvie McKchin
Watertown
EH. P. Snyder
Norfolk
Richard Zabriskie
Englewood
Mure
Ineo
Yarcowdale
Cramp
Stilers
Nea
Dulmen
Fourmer
Patfroyl
Copenhagen
Mildacena
Yurrowdale
Camas
Burlsruhe
Neustretltz
U. S. Indicts Three as Spies in Wartime Case
Federal grand jury indicted Alberta Sunder George Vieux Bacan and Ahnties Wy for spying operations linked to the loss of American newspaper correspondents. The defendants pleaded not guilty and posted $3,000 bail after detention of George Buc in Enghand. Read more on alleged sending of spies to Grimvin and Ireland to obtain information on ships and authorities for relay to Berlin.
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New York
Federal
Mye
Eneiind
Alberta
Sunder
George Vieux Bacan
Ahnties Wy
Wunenbur
Ple
George Buc
Revelsetiows
Syston
Boxing ban in New York grounds Darcy fight
Governor Whitman orders the state boxing commission to bar a Monday night bout in New York Albany between Lex Darcy and Jack Bilton. The event is prohibited to ground a reportedly unsafe contest.
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Darcy
New York
Albany
Whitman
Lex Darcy
Jick Bilton
Battlefront Updates Near Romanian Border
Conflicting reports describe Russian attempts near the Valpatia road on the northern Romanian frontier as repulsed by German forces supported by activity around Berlin. Details are unclear as to heights lost and regained amid ongoing frontline fighting.
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Berlin
Valpatie Road
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