Government plans bond issue and costly loan relief
Mary McAdoo will lead the bond proposition while the government plans to loan to allies at the same rate the United States pays, promising huge savings for the entente. Officials estimate nearly 1 billion dollars will be raised this year by direct taxation with minimal burden on the people.
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Mary McAdoo
United States
Entente
Congress
Baker
House Military Committee
House
Senate
State Department
Navy Department
Agricultural Department
Postal Department
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Sayville
Tuckerton
America
War Plans Developing as U S Prepares for Allied War Effort
Washington reports outline plans for allied war cooperation and a major bond issue to raise about 5 billion dollars for the war effort. Congress debates funding and manpower while the Navy tightens security and the Justice Department hunts German plots.
Business men to respond to war financing appeal in U S
Paul M. Warburg told the Commercial Club in Chicago that American financiers will respond quickly to the government war financing appeal. He said the country is financially strong with gold holdings up 57 percent and will support the war effort as plans are finalized.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Commercial Club
Warburg Sees Global Economic Reorganization After War
Meyer Warburg predicts a vast postwar shift toward government ownership in Europe across industries. He argues for stronger industrial and financial unions to meet wartime burdens, urging public service from capable citizens and envisioning greater political liberty for Europe’s downtrodden.
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Federal Reserve System
Europe
Airplanes in Great Battle Over France Continues
London reports a major air clash over France with sustained fighting as Britons and Germans clash near Rossel and Jeancourt. British navy notes 69 submarine battles since February 1, and the blockade ministry says U-boat menace is exaggerated, with Germans attacking neutral ships as they lose on land.
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London
Robert Cecil
Brocade
Civilian deaths as Rheims shelling tops war line
Paris reports fifteen civilians killed and several wounded in Rheims when German shells pounded the city with about 7500 shells fired. Artillery fighting remained lively along the front from the Somme to the Oise, south of Aillette and northwest of Rheims.
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Paris
Rheims
War Office
Somme
Oise
Aillette
Exhibits at Schools by Manufacturers' Club of San Antonio
The Manufacturers' Club of San Antonio will host an entertainment at Margil School at 7:30 p.m. to showcase San Antonio made products from 35 factories. Pupils at J O Loftin's school will study the exhibits, with planned home industrial entertainments at Briscoe Bowie Ruiz and McKinley schools through April 13.
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Manufacturers’ Club of
San Antonio
Margil School
Theo Avenue
J. O. Loftin
Briscoe
South Flores
Cassiano
Durango
Emergency call for ship draftsmen to aid naval construction
The Civil Service Commission issued an urgent appeal for ship draftsmen to staff government yards. It targets shipbuilding and repair firms, the American Federation of Labor, technical schools, engineering journals, and marine societies to fill shortages delaying millions in new and ongoing naval projects.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Marine Drafts
Naval Architects
Buck the real dog behind Call of the Wild origin
J O Roe, a Los Angeles hotel proprietor and friend of Jack London, claims the dog that inspired The Call of the Wild came from Nevada mining days. The canine, a fine collie owned by a mining engineer, became unmanageable and was sold to traders in Alaska, shaping London's tale.
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Jack London
J. O. Roe
Melrose
Los Angeles
Pittsburg
North
Alaska
Master Op Arrest in New York Continues Suspicious German Link
The article reports U S authorities arresting John Wilkens a German after Bielkowski. It notes Paul Koenig Hugo Schmidt and others under investigation. Secret papers seized suggest a paymaster chain linking German agents in the United States and transfers of suspects to Ellis Island under guard.
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John Wilkens
Bielkowsky
Secret Service
Wilkens
Bielkowski
France
Paul Koenig
Paul Koenig, Chief of the Secret Service
Hugo Schmidt
Deutsches Bank of Berlin
S’rederich Schleindl
Carl Heyne
Schleindl
Heinrich F. Albert
Washington
Ellis Island
Maschet
Henkel
Isle of Pines
Island
Mexicans Urge Dallas Negroes to Flee to Mexico
Police and secret service in Dallas trace two well-dressed Mexicans urging African Americans to move to Mexico. Claimed to represent Carranza government and German spies. They promised peace, luxury, education, land, and transport arrangements as several residents considered leaving. Police report multiple neighborhood canvasses and calls to detective HQ.
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Dallas
Tex
United States Secret Service
Cadllas
Mexico
Carranza
Bopp Surrenders as San Francisco Spy Hunt Expands
Franz Bopp, convicted arch conspirator, arrived from St. Helena and surrendered to U S marshals. He and fellow Arch conspirators Baron Wilhelm von Brinecken and Eckhart von Schaack will be held as prisoners of war at the Presidio. Federal agents raided the Gadar Hindu radical paper and Ram Chandra’s home, seizing documents on East Indian revolutionary plans and a possible uprising against Britain.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wilson
Franz Bopp
Canada
Auto
St. Helena
United States
Baron Wilhelm von Brinecken
Eckhart von Schaack
Presidio
Bopps
Gadar
Hindu Radical Club
Ram Chandra
India
Great Britain
Mexicans Reported Transported by Germans for Jobs
County officials in Los Angeles investigate a report that two men believed to be German were using large touring cars to move Mexicans from the city, allegedly to provide them employment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Guns Found in Cleveland Raids on German Sympathizers
Federal authorities conducted four raids on German sympathizer homes in Cleveland Ohio demolishing a cache of about 200 guns and large quantities of ammunition. A new machine gun mounted, primed, and oiled was seized along with sabers and a German flag. One detainee arrived from Germany in 1892 and another claimed Canadian origins.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
German-born Americans Tied to Suspected Espionage Case
Federal authorities hold two men without charges as no conclusive evidence links them to aiding Germany. In a Springfield attic investigators found Mauser rifles in first class condition, stored in a home at 1110 Springfield.
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Germany
Raid in El Paso Nets Fifteen German Suspects
Military authorities and Department of Justice officers arrested about fifteen Germans in El Paso Texas. The detainees were taken to Fort Bliss. A German boarding house was surrounded by provost guards under Captain Charles Eby, documents were seized, and two inhabitants were arrested. Names and paper details were not released.
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EL Paso
Tex
Department of Justice
Fort Bliss
Charles Eby
Arrests Exceed Two Hundred in Pittsburg Enemy Aliens Sweep
In Pittsburg on April 7, Justice Department agents and police rounded up over 200 Germans and others suspected as enemy aliens. United States District Attorney Humes and assistants oversaw the arrests, with several labeled important prisoners placed in close confinement. Jails were filled with detainees.
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Pittsburg
Justice Department
United States
Humes
Many Jewish Officers in German Army Reported
Berlin April 7 Privy Councillor Cassel announced at the annual meeting of the Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith that the German army now has more than 1900 Jewish officers. About 100 serve in the Prussian corps and 500 in the Bavarian corps. The highest rank reached by a Jew is lieutenant colonel.
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Berlin
Association of German Citizens of
Cassel
Lake Radio Stations Open for Present Operations
Washington reports that Great Lakes radio stations serving between shore and ships and all Pacific commercial work except overland operations will be allowed to continue operating for the present, per a Navy Department announcement.
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Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Pacific
Navy Department
Alien Enemy Voting Question Sparks War Proclamation Debate
Following the German war declaration and Wilson's proclamation the issue arises whether alien enemies may vote or serve on juries. In Texas natives with intention papers may vote if citizen declarations were filed six months prior, while other states restrict rights. Local interest centers on San Antonio with a large German population. The proclamation bars alien enemies from possessing arms and war devices, which may affect a former German soldier on the police force who cannot carry a weapon despite eligibility to vote.
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Germany
Wilson
Texas
San Antonians
Pers
Confederate Veterans in San Antonio pledge loyalty to Wilson
Confederate veterans in San Antonio write to President Wilson offering service in the current crisis. The letter signed by W. H. Robert and others expresses readiness to aid the nation with patriotism from past battles and cites historical devotion to liberty and the flag.
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San Antonio
Wilson
W. H. Robert
Two British Privates Win Distinguished Conduct Medals
The war office lists honors as Private D. G. Blackmore crawled from the trench to seize two prisoners and, with Private E. Jones, attacked eighteen Germans, killing one wounding two and capturing the rest. Private Mwanga in East Africa killed one and captured another after single handed assault. Sergeant R. Lawn entered a dugout firing on two enemy soldiers and forcing the remaining occupants to surrender.
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London
War Office
D. G. Blackmore
E. Jones
Mwanga
R. Lawn
Army funds eyed for San Antonio aviation and fort expansion
Washington indicates funds will be available soon for San Antonio military plans. The Senate military affairs committee retained items in the appropriation bill for aviation post land and building needs, 1200 acres of additional land near Fort Sam Houston, and an increased cost limit for the nurses dormitory. L. B. Clegg, head of the local military committee, returned home after conference calls with other centers.
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San Antonio
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Congress
Fort Sam Houston
L. B. Clegg
Chamber of Commerce
Clegg
Citizens’ Committee
Southern Department
Skull bullet proof claims in Maryland game incident
In Hagerstown Maryland the skull of Frank Carter a black man from Sandy Spring withstood a pistol shot during a craps dispute with Walter Temple another black man. The bullet glanced off Carter's head leaving only hair damaged in the claimed altercation.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Frank Carter
Sandy Spring
Carter
Walter Temple
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