Contention Over Conscription Age Delays Passage to President
Congress seeks to reconcile differences in the selective draft bill after rapid Senate and House action. Disputes center on maximum conscription age with the Senate at 27 and the House at 40, plus provisions on Roosevelt’s volunteer force and liquor sales near camps.
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Union News Service
Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
LaFollette
Gronna
Chamberlain
Col. Roosevelt
France Hopes U S Troop Help Will Come Soon
Marshal Joffre told Washington readers that France cherishes the hope the American flag will fly with French lines soon. He said joint victories would hasten the war’s end and strengthen U S France bonds. He advised sending American units gradually to France due to transport limits and cautioned against withdrawing Americans already with France except specialists. He praised American valor.
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Washington, D. C
Marshal Joffre
America
Washington
France
United States
Marne
Woman styled Princess Radziwill detained by U S officials
A woman described as Princess Radziwill, not listed on a Norwegian ship’s passenger list, was detained by immigration authorities in New York. She likely will be taken to Ellis Island for examination by a board of inquiry. Several Radziwill princesses exist. one, Princess Catherine Radziwill, was reported March 4 to have left Russia for the United States to lecture for a fund aiding Russian prisoners of war.
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New York
Princess Radziwill
Ellis Island
Radziwill
Catherine Radziwill
Russia
United States
Eggs Held in Chicago Rail Cars Stalemate
Fire department probes reveal 7 920 000 eggs stored in railroad yards with consignees paying $5 daily per car as cars sit on sidings for up to ten days.
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Chicago
Hearth Department
U S Teutonic War News From London and Washington
Reports from London claim a U boat was not sunk by a U S gun crew on April 19 while in Washington officials warn of a tightening German blockade and rush to equip ships. The U S president vows victory and France's leaders praise American aid as the French commission lands in the United States aboard the Mayflower.
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Bruce R. Ware
Mongolia
London
Washington
Europe
M. Rene Viviani
United States
Marshal Joffre
Chocheprat
M. Vivianit
France
Rice
William F., Gresham
Gresham
Thompton Roads
Vivians
Atlantic
Mexican Warning to Germans Near Mexican Border
Official advices to Washington state department say the Mexican government warned Germans in Mexico that any concentration near the American border would be arrested immediately.
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State Department
Washington
Mexico
National drive enlists women and children in food production
The National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associations pushes a nation wide campaign in Washington to mobilize women and children for food production. Wisconsin agent C P Norgard orders seizure of potatoes for seed amid fears of price hikes.
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Washington
The
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
Embassy Official Appeals to Stay in U S
Washington Abdul Hak Hussein Bey head of the Turkish embassy in Washington asked the state department not to force his departure citing his wife health. The government granted his request.
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Abdul Hak Hussein Bey
Washington
State Department
Irish Question and Zeppelins in World War I Dispatches
Premier Lloyd George urged converting Ireland into a loyal ally for world peace and victory. A German Zeppelin was destroyed in a gale during a trial, with all crew lost. Germany’s anti government socialist party caused Reichstag turmoil and adjournment. The German foreign office urged American correspondents to depart Berlin. Troops dispersed a crowd before the American embassy in Petrograd led by Nicholas Lenine arriving with safe conduct.
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London
Lloyd-Geourge
Ireland
Socialist
Germany
Reichstag
Berlin
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph
The
Hague
Petrograd
Nicholas Lenine
Seven Americans killed on first day at Vimy Ridge listed
Ottawa releases casualty list naming J. J. Burke R F Andress C Farrell P Walsh W W Wilson A F MacQuoid J Woodbridge among the seven Americans killed. British forces capture positions between Roeux Gavrelle and the Arras Cambrain road. British destroyers Swift and Broke engage six German destroyers. both sides suffer damage. Turks driven from Samara to Iztulibat. Samara station occupied. Weekly tally shows 40 ships of 1600 tons plus sunk by mines or submarines.
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Battle of
Vimy Ridge
Ottawa
Ontario
J. J. Burke
New York City
R. F. Andress
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
C. Farrell
Roxbury
Mass
P. Walsh
Cambridge
W. W. Wilson
Romulus
A. F. MacQuoid
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. Woodbridge
Lima
English Channel
London
Swift
Broke
Happenings Across Iowa 1917 Wide Range of Local News
Reports include a flag controversy near Kanawha, a Crocker grain elevator fire with $25000 loss, and Holbrook cattle sale that drew buyers from many countries. Also covered are school lawn contests, Navy enlistments, drought and farm notes, road and bridge work, and Red Cross plans across Linn, Poweshiek, and surrounding counties.
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Joffre
U. S
Teutonic War News
Percy Birdsall
Sear
Panama Canal
Post
Wisconsin
C. P. Norgard
Mr. Post
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
Elihu Root
White House
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Treasury
Ace
Houston
Exchange
Roeux
Gavrelle
Arras-Cambrai Road
London War Office
Mesopotamia
Samara
Iztulibat
Iowa State
Commonwealth
Kanawha
Belmond
Central Iowa Grain Company
Crocker
P J. Donohoe
Holbrook
South America
Canada
Mt. Vernon
College Guild
Navy
Des Moines
War Department
National Guard
Militia Bureau
California
Simon Casady
Iowa
Round House
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Blackhawk County
Grinnell
Iowa Red Cross Organization
Western Flour Company
Davenport
Mlinois Central
Fort Dodge
Pella
Howell
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
J. A. Penn
University of Iowa
Dallas Center
Denver Post
Fort Logan
Council Bluffs
Cavers
Omaha
Jim Lusk
St. Paul
Minn
Lusk
Bellevue
Bittner
Artemus L. Gates
Clinton
Yale
Skull and Bones
C. L. Dodson
Northwestern
Blairstown
Dodson
Fort Snelling
Morton C. Mumma
Iowa County
Harry E. Hull
Waterloo
National Emergency Food Garden Commission of
Red Cross
Poweshiek County
Oskaloosa
Kalona
Uncle Sam
D. C. Bradley
Centerville
Appanoose
H. M. Havner
Board of Review
Mississippi River Power Company
Grinnell College
G. M. Dawson
Red Oak
Charles Huston
Anita
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