Harding Ayo Protection Policy Dominates Republican Talks
Senator Warren G. Harding, acting as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, outlines a protectionist platform at the Hamilton Club banquet in Chicago. He argues tariffs defend American producers, hits Wilson’s policies, praises thrift and industry, and calls for a sane, safe, genuinely progressive path. The speech hints at 1916 campaign themes and a balance between preparedness and protection.
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Til
Warren G. Harding
Ojo
Hamilton Club
LaSalle
Roosevelt
National Committee
Harding
Oyster Bay
Wilson
Democratic Party
Europe
Washington
Treasury
Panama Canal
Germany Denies Torpedoing Sussex in Editorial Charge
Washington officials report unofficial word that Germany finished an inquiry and will deny torpedoing the Sussex. No official confirmation from Berlin. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing discussed the submarine threat by telephone amid doubt about proof.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Gerard
Germany
Manchester
Eagle Point
Berwind Vale
Wilson
Lansing
Sussex
Berlin
April Snowstorm Hits the East Coast
An April snowstorm began at 7 am across New York City and the eastern states. Snow varied from two to six inches with pockets of heavier drifts in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Ohio. Poughkeepsie reports five inches and Delaware sees two inches while many areas endure a late season snowfall.
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New York
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
Indiana
Virginia
LASSOS THREE SNAKES CAPTURED ON EAST MYRTLE STREET
J Ruiz captured three rattlesnakes weighing fifteen pounds along East Myrtle near Gillespie while driving by in a wagon. He intended to sell the snakes at good prices, using a shoe lace to maneuver them from his shoe.
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East
Myrtle Street
Gillespie Street
J. Ruiz
Ruiz
Bumper Citrus Crop Forecast For Texas
A Texas citrus crop outlook is highly favorable due to expected rainfall. Commissioner Fred W. Davis and Ed L. Ayres report that additional moisture will secure a successful fruit season as department inspectors prepare to survey orchards in the northeastern region next week.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Fred W. Davis
Ed L. Ayres
Department
Citrus
Ayres
Von L Meyer Endorses Roosevelt for President
George Von L Meyer secretary of the navy in Taft’s cabinet declared for Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. He praised Roosevelt’s experience and global knowledge and noted Weeks campaign manager Charles Washburn’s presence, predicting Weeks supporters will shift to Roosevelt.
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von Meyer
Charles G. Washburn
United States
John M. Weeks
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Weeks
Hughes Men in Control at New York GOP Convention
Charles Hughes edged closer to the Republican presidential nomination as New York state committee members backed him. William Barnes Jr. lost to Frederick Tanner for party chair with 63 votes to 32, while Elihu Root supporters aimed to influence the committee.
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Medtuz
New York
Barnes
Charles Hughes
Republican State Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Frederick ©. Tanner
Charles W. Wicks
Elihu Root
Weather Outlook for Oklahoma and Texas Regions
Weather report notes Sunday and Monday fair across Oklahoma and East Texas with rising temperatures. West Texas also expects Sunday and Monday fair conditions with increasing heat.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Regional October Forecasts From The Light
Forecasts by The Light predict varied conditions across major cities. St Louis shows 36 with NW wind and 42 Saturday high. Chicago cold with light north wind and 88 expected. Milwaukee clear and cold at 30 with 34 Saturday high. New York snow and NE wind. Boston snow and east wind. Washington rain with NE breeze and 36 high.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Senate Plans Vote On Any Bill In Week
The Senate postponed the Chamberlain army bill to Tuesday for a free sugar repeal vote and agreed to vote on the army bill and amendments by April 18. Secretary Baker told House committee of a possible aviation corps reorganization with Squier to lead. six of expedition machines are in use. He said private manufacturers should build planes. dirigibles mostly failed.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Mexico
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Viva Voce
House
Baker
Military Affairs Committee
Aviation Corps
Signal Corps
George O. Squier
London
Virginius Clark
Thomas DeWitt Milling
Byron Q. Jones
Death rate shows slight drop in March city records
Registrar Mc Gee reports 161 resident deaths in March, 32 nonresidents dying here, totaling 193 burial permits and a death rate of 1 544 per 1000. Infants under one of Mexican parentage total 19 with 11 from other nationalities. births total 146, 80 boys and 66 girls.
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McGee
Health Department
No Celebration May 6 Delayed in Texas Road Opening
Austin April 8 The planned May 6 celebration of the Austin to San Antonio post road completion may be deferred due to Postmaster General Burleson’s absence. D. E. Colp has discussed postponement with affected citizens and counties.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
A. S. Burleson
D. E. Colp
Oscar II Sails With Ambassador Francis From New York
The Oscar II of the Scandinavian American line departed New York today carrying David R. Francis the new United States ambassador to Russia aboard.
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New York
David R. Francis
United States
Russia
Washington Resents Von Jagow Words
Official circles consider a Berlin interview with Foreign Minister von Jagow possible. He cited growing bitterness in Germany toward the United States over Washington’s wartime policies and hinted at talk of a broader understanding with the Allies.
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Washington
von Jagow
Washington, D. C
Berlin
United States
Germany
Texas official urges Bi-Centennial Exposition in San Antonio
Cato Sells, Indian affairs commissioner and Democratic national committeeman for Texas, champions the San Antonio Bi-Centennial and Pan American Exposition of 1918. He calls it a national event linking US Mexican and South American relations and says he will do all to ensure its success.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
San Antonio
Cato Sells
Mr. Sells
Texas
Jamestown
United States
Mexico
Peace likely in Mexico says Carranza staff officer
Paris April 8 Lieutenant Colonel Alfredo Arago of General Venustiano Carranza's staff forecast peace in Mexico within six months. He said Villa's followers would be crushed in six weeks, Diaz and Zapata supporters dispersed in three months, German influence had departed with Huerta, and U S relations were growing friendlier.
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Paris
Alfredo Arago
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Arago
Felix Diaz
Emiliano Zapata
Huerta
United States
Anna Busch Dies in Pasadena at 78
Anna Busch sister of Mrs. Adolphus Busch of the St. Louis brewing family died in a Pasadena hospital after a two month illness. She was 78, and present were her sons Otto S. Busch and Frank S. Busch and her daughter the Baroness von Kleydorff. Her home was Berlin but she had been living in Pasadena for about a year after being unable to reach Germany during hostilities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Anna Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Pasadena
Otto S
Frank S. Busch
Great
Baroness von Kleydorff
Berlin
France
Germany
Denies Report On German Submarine In Thames
London dispatch says an admiralty statement denies a Dutch paper report that a Dutch mail ship captain saw a captured German submarine in the Thames under British officer command.
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London
Admiralty
Thames
Constable and deputy kill two Lortons in Missouri eviction
In Montgomery Missouri Constable R L Cowell and deputy Henry Utter shot and killed George Lorton 65 and Walter Lorton 35 on a farm owned by widow Mrs F E Lee during eviction attempts. Another son James Lorton was wounded and jailed. Utter was injured.
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Montgomery
George Lorton
Walter Lorton
R. L. Cowell
Henry Uter
James Lorton
Utter
Lortons
F. E. Lee
Cowell
Retiring Bank Notes Diminish National Circulation
The April 1 monthly circulation statement shows per capita circulation at 38.41 dollars versus 38.54 on March 1, indicating a drop of over 13 million dollars in total circulation during March as retirement of national bank notes proceeds under the federal reserve act.
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Washington, D. C
National Bank
Caldwell County Votes Dry as Saloons Are Rejected
Caldwell county holds an all box tally showing 421 votes for prohibitionists and ends the saloon era. Luling reports a dry majority of 96 up from a prohibition edge of 38 in 1913. Voters turned out heavily across the county reflecting strong mood for prohibition.
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Luling
Tex
Caldwell County
Revolt of Kwang Tung Province Reported by Navy
Dispatches from Admiral Winterhalter state the revolt of Kwang Tung province, Canton’s region, from the Chinese government. The Navy cites Ensign Timberlake aboard the gunboat Pampanga, traveling from Shanghai to Canton, as the source.
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Washington, D. C
Winterhunlter
Navy Department
Kwang Tung
Canton
Bond Filed for Tex National Guard Quartermaster
The bond of Colonel Emmett E. Walker for quartermaster in the Texas National Guard, $10,000, has been received by the clerk of the Federal Court in Austin. The bond was executed before United States Commissioner A P McCormick at Waco last Thursday.
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Austin
Tex
Emmett E. Walker
Texas National Guard
United States
A P. McCormick
Waco
Germans Gain Another Crest Before Verdun Action Ahead
German forces push from Haucourt to Termiten Hill in a 1 quarter mile front, nearing the Paris Verdun Railway. The Paris war report notes gains confined to two small works with light losses for Germans and heavy French casualties including 700 prisoners. Reuter reports violence near the Ghevgeli sector.
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London
Bethincourt
Paris-Verdun
Haucourt
Termiten Hill
Paris-Vardun
Paris
Reuter
Saloniki
Ghevgeli
Austrians Repulsed on Front Except One Sector
Rome April 8 official war office report says Austrian attacks were repulsed along most sectors with artillery and small arms activity noted in the Crisallo zone. The only exception was a small sector where ground was not held.
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Rome
Cristallo Zone
War Office
Front line actions amid mountain battles in Cristallo and Carnic regions
Detachments pressed along the front as Rom Army forces faced heavy Austrian fire in the Cristallo zone near Rauchkofel and Palgrande. Our lines were withdrawn to avoid losses while artillery scattered enemy columns in Valentina and Kronhof valleys. On Monte Nero a surprise Austrian attack failed after a counter assault left two officers, 76 men, and a machine gun in our hands. In Globnaia we captured and imprisoned an outpost.
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Cristallo
Rauchkofel
Carnic
Palgrande
Valentina
Kronhof
Monte Nero
Globnaia
Hold Alleged Robber Moran Confesses In California
Moran, arrested yesterday in San Diego, is said to confess to robbing the Liberty Street ferry boat in New York of registered mail worth about 750000 dollars. Federal authorities brought him to Los Angeles for questioning as Secret Service agents investigate with New York officials.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aril S
William Moran
San Diego
Liberty Street
New York
Moran
Mail Service
Secret Service
Bodies to be returned home of Spanish sailors from Portsmouth
Thirty one sailors from Admiral Cervera's fleet who died as captives during the Spanish American War will be taken from the Portsmouth Naval Hospital on Wednesday and placed aboard a Spanish transport for return home. The decision came after correspondence between Spanish Ambassador Riano and Secretary of State Lansing.
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Washington, D. C
Cervera
Portsmouth N. H
Riano
Lansing
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
President Wilson Sends Birthday Felicitations to King Albert
President Wilson telegraphs felicitations to King Albert of Belgium on his birthday. He says he hopes the king accepts his cordial regards and warm wishes on this anniversary of birth.
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Wilson
Albert
Belgium
Washington, D. C
German Submarine Planting Large Night Work No Periscope
German factories near The Hague are stated to be operating day and night to produce a new, massive submarine lacking a periscope. The article notes intensified wartime shipbuilding and rapid production of this advanced vessel.
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the Hague
Troops Stay in Mexico as Villa Pursuit Continues
President Wilson reaffirmed that the Mexican expedition aims to capture Villa and troops will remain in Mexico until the objective is met. Secretary Baker defended the orders to General Funston and denied plans to withdraw, noting ongoing pursuit and southward advance.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
Potomac
Mexico
Villa
White House
Funston
War Department
Careranza
Baker
Guerrero
Dodd
State Department
Thirteenth
Herbert J. Slocum
Pershing
Fungeton
Lansing
Aguilar
Carranza
Seventh Cavalry Reaches Parrajl Station in Texas
Colonel Meoree A. Dodd leads two squadrons of the Seventh Cavalry to Parrajl early Saturday morning near El Paso Texas. The unit advances with orders to resume patrols and secure the area as tensions rise along the frontier.
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