Wilson Declares Treason Law Applies to Aliens
President Wilson issues a nationwide proclamation warning citizens and aliens that treason and related crimes will be vigorously prosecuted. The document outlines sections of the Constitution and federal code, penalties including death or long imprisonment, misprision of treason, and conspiracy to overthrow the government. The proclamation urges all allegiance holders to abstain from treasonous acts and to report such crimes to authorities.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing
Plan to Remit All Interest to France Gains Support
Washington April 17 The House approved a 7.0 billion dollar war revenue bill sending it to the Senate with broad support and no opposition. The measure authorizes 5 billion in bonds and up to 22 billion in certificates to fund wartime needs and aid Allies notably France amid calls to remit interest on loans to France and even gift portions.
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France
Mann
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Meyer London
New York
Whitchin
Fitzgerald
United States
Lenroot
Congress
Illinois News Nuggets Roundup From Across The State
A sweep of brief Illinois items notes Orville Fulrath at risk of vision loss from steam burns after a coffee pot rupture. Mount Carroll women promote wildflower conservation. Rock Island hotelkeepers jailed for selling out of season. Ministers change charges in Sadorus and Carlinville. Rockford church dedication set for April 29 with Bishop W. Shepard preaching. Robbery and arson reports in Roeleland and Wilson. Triplets born in Chandlerville. Aviation Corps enlistment for Guy Baird. Statewide road contract awards and highway improvements. multiple local notices include deaths, resignations, and civic events.
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Crisp
Sanitary District Board
George W. Paulin
Sergei
Quincy
Tuscola
Chicago Court of Domestic Relations
Carl Smith
Rockford
United Mine Workers of Ilinois
New York City
Edmund A. Hastings
Oregon
France
American Ambulance Corps
Sangamon Couuly Wourd
Harry W. Nickey
Prophetstown
Illinois
Southern Ilinois Editorial Association
Springfield
Mendota
Harrison
Shirland
Sugar River
Central Division
Ilinois State Teachers’ Association
Bloomington
Solomon Turner
Virginia
Beald
J. N. Elliott
Second Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Synod of
Ilinois
Company of Infantry
Athens
Warren Wiseman
Columbia
Peoria
Missouri
Billy Sunday
Chicago
C. J. Rives
Bunker Hill
Congregational Church
Waverly
Evanston
Rotary Club of
Kewanee
Lowden
Paul Butder
Loraine
Joseph Morwitz
Harvey
Butder
Morwitz
Milton D. Covert
Rockford and Interurban Company
Covert
University of Illinois
Champaign
Barry
Charles Neal
Camp Lowden
National Emergency
Frederick D. Countiss
Florence W. Spofford
Frank Farrington
Sinois Miners’ Union
St. Louis
Joliet
Joliet State Prison
Zimmer
Savannah
Orville Fulrath
Mount Carroll
Rock Island
Mr. Morrow
Sadorus Baptist Church
Court Street Methodist
W. ©. Shepard
Stefe
CG. J. McMasters
Henry A. Stone
Winvis
Carlinville
First Presbyterian Church
State Highway Commission
William W. James
Shelby County
Shelbyville
Farmer Institute
Stephenson
Jo Daviess
Carroll
Whiteside
Lee
Ogle
Freeport
Edward F. Dunne
Hettick
Lincoln Highway
Havana
Burlington
Peter Speicher
Carmi
War and Navy Departments
Navy
Army
Cook
Francis G. Blair
Kankakee County
Wabash
Jacksonville
Jack” King
Ilias Murphy
Nilwood
Country Life Club
Woodsboro
Fillmore
State Hospital For the Insane
Alton
L. K. Scroggin
Mount Pulaski
Order of St. Francis
Tinois Tuberculosis Association
Alvin Brinton
Jerseyville
Optimist Club
Daniel Maddox
Litchfield
East St. Louis
Frank Wilcox
Danville
Life Buoys Gain Electric Flash Lamp Attachment
Submarine warfare prompts life preserver upgrades with electric flash lamps built into the buoy. The lamp activates on water entry to signal rescuers, aiding locate survivors at night for sailors on torpedoed ships in icy Atlantic waters.
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Atlantic
Everybody's Son but Mine
A novelist denounces a national spirit and recalls English wartime zeal. An English statesman visited Nottingham to recruit labor volunteers, but the mayor warned against harming the lace industry. The statesman calls the mayor a remnant of the 1914 spirit, now buried in Jingland, accusing it of urging fathers to sacrifice others’ sons.
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America
England
Nottingham
Jingland
No Doubt About That and Steam Emission Notes
The excerpt pairs a humorous quip about a hat purchase with a joke on a locomotive’s steam emission. It also notes Scotland’s 4,000,616 acres dedicated to oats farming. The text blends casual dialogue with agricultural statistics.
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Scotland
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Foster-Milburn CO
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