Lloyd George urges conscription extend to Ireland
Premier Lloyd George in the House of Commons presses a manpower bill extending conscription to Ireland. The plan would draft men 50 and boys 18 into service as Britain faces a critical war period with renewed German pressure. He notes Irish opposition but vows unity to meet looming battles on the western front.
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London
Lloyd George
Hhouse of Commons
Great Britain
Alfred Byrne
Dublin
Europe
Cambrai
Somme
West Front
Ministry of Munitions
Luu
Gough
Fifth Army
Henry Wilson
Imperial Staff
Foch
France
Palestine
Mesopotamia
San Antonio Liberty Loan drive tops set totals
Women at the YWCA and men at the Gunter Hotel reported combined Liberty Loan pledges of 875,450 in San Antonio, with women’s total at 492,400 and men’s at 383,050. Subscriptions by teams and banks, led by Humble Oil, Great Southern Life, and various banks, fueled enthusiasm as delegates urged sacrifice ahead of McAdoo’s city visit. The gathering featured fiery speakers including Rev Arthur G Jones and Colonel Barrett, a flag salute, and a claim of strong local support amid high spirits.
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San Antonio
Y. Wlc. A
Gunter Hotel
McAdoo
W. W. Lipscomb
Arthur G. Jones
I. i Ingram
J. Ira Kercheville
James Drakeford
Teuns
Winchester Kelso
Joseph Frost
Amos Grayes
Juckian
Roy Campbell
Otis Smoot
C. Branch
M.S. Charkson
W. Adams
Bruce Martindale
Train
Mars
Lee Joseph
E. A. Meleman
Simithie Gryenlonel
T. A. Coleman
Blanche Badger
Robert McGowan
Joseph Dibrell
George Martin
Wil Lertsberg
Alani National Bank
W. J. Syers
Dominicanwealth Bank
T. XN. Smith
Dan Sullivan Bank
Watherine McGown
Frost Brook
Alex Saffarrans
Grous National Bank
Helen Luss
Guarantee State Bank
2D. AL Potter
Lockwood National Bank
Joseph Muir
National Banik of Commerce
J. J. Beretta
Antonio National
G. Moody
State Bank
Wlw. Volker
Menwver
Wattson's
J. J. Sterne
Wolf & Muara
Hvirles Schreiner
Turs Wis
Jones
Wilder
A. P. Barrett
George C. Holmgreen
Humble Oil Refining Company
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
W. K. Ewing
Majestic Theater
Bed Raymond
J. BP. de Lesdenier
Franz Groos
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Gree
Austrian Spy Held in Salt Lake City and Other War News
Salt Lake City reports the arrest of Karl von Haagsmar alias Chauncey M Hollinder, an alleged Austrian spy, held for the Department of Justice after attempting to reach Mexico to establish a channel for aiding German agents. Chicago coverage repeats family remarks from Nellie Tollander about von Hollander, with claimed German ties and alias. Chattanooga notes 21 dangerous aliens interned at Fort Oglethorpe, including Dr Is Straus and other German-linked figures. Miami lists Rev Robert Givens of the Holiness Church, held for questioning over anti draft remarks and remanded for further examination.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Karl von Haagsmar
Pacific
Washington
West
Chauncey Mhollinder
Prescott
Ariz
Department of Justice
Chicago
Carl Eincannon
Whauncey Tollander
Nellie Tollander
Clolander
Rescort
Salt Vale City
Tlexander
General von Dindenburg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Ogiethorpe
Is Straus
Jewish Chronicle
Dernberg
Jarl ©. Boring
United States
Baron Gustav von Hasberg
Commodore McVickar
Joseph von Brock
Wusseldorf Metal
Oklahomia
Miami
Okla
Robert Givens
Holiness Church
Givens
Margaret Wilson escorted by cadets in Texas trip
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President travels from Waco to Austin with cadets and military aeronautics officers forming an escort. Airplanes fly above the train as crowds gather at the depot in Waco to bid farewell before her arrival Wednesday morning. A reception is planned after the concert with Mrs Hobby arranging activities.
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Waco
Tex
Margaret Wilson
United States
Austin
Rich Wield
Miss Wilson
Margaret W Nnn
Wilson
School of Military Aeronautics
Barton I$. Yount
W. B. Hobby
Hobby
Ottawa bars hereditary titles for Canadians in war service
Premier Borden announced that recommendations passed by the House instruct that no honor or titular distinctions granted for military service in the present war or by sovereign sanction be conferred on British subjects resident in Canada except on prime ministerial advice. The government will ensure no title held by a British subject in Canada is recognized as hereditary after a prescribed period.
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Ottawa
Borden
Ganda
Primseminister
Canada
German Plot Seen to Split Russia Says Finnish Leader
The Finnish former premier Tokoi, a commissioner for the Finnish rebel government, says German government forces aid inland operations to seize northern Russia and sever Europe from the Arctic and Baltic. He notes 0 Cherman ships, transports and supply ships took part in a movement toward Hango in April with about 2,000 troops landed, including cavalry and motor transports.
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The
Associated
Moscow
Revelations From BolPasha Reported by Matin
The Matin says Bola Pasha, under a death sentence, was granted a reprieve yesterday. It claims she has only begun to speak and hints at another major case linked to German propaganda in France that is about to unfold.
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Patus
Bola Pasha
Bolo Pasha Thas
Franze
Planes Crash at Love Field In Dallas
Cadet John Dasinger of Creenleaf Wolo was instantly killed when two aircraft collided at Love Field causing both planes to wreck. Cadet Earl Zinn, piloting the second machine, was slightly injured. The accident occurred about two days after takeoff, the planes breaking apart about five hundred feet in the air.
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Dallas
Tex
John Dasinger
Creenleaf
Wolo
Love Field
Earl Zinn
Insinger
Weather synopsis for major cities with temperatures and wind
Weather bulletin lists San Antonio area outlook with a warm Thursday, St Louis: 30 degrees and northeast wind, Chicago: 20 to 28 degrees and northeast wind, Kansas City: 30 degrees and northeast wind with clouding, New York: 45 degrees and southeast wind with rain, Washington: 42 degrees and northwest wind with rain.
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ST Louis
Ile
Fair Ad
Colter
Nighest
Chicago
Ighest
Kansas
D-Mile
Perth
New York
Nagrs
Higieet
Hearst Urged Expansion of German Alliance Power
Prof. Sperry of Syracuse University told the senate committee Hearst urged extending the German American Alliance to Germany and financing delegation travel at a 1907 New York convention. He alleged allied groups backed neutrality leagues as part of a pan American network aimed at shaping U.S. policy in war. Delegates reportedly traveled to Cambridge and Germany at Hearst’s expense.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Sperry
Syracuse Univers
Senate
Amnn Neutrality League
pan-American League
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Sper
Cambridge
Mass
Thive
Horst
Grr- Pont American Atlanes
Che
Germans Killed by Americans Near Toul In WWI Action
American outposts in the Lorraine sector engaged a German patrol near Toul. One German soldier was killed after being challenged by a listening post and the body was dragged into American trenches for identification. A larger German patrol failed to surprise American positions, scattering under heavy fire. Violent artillery duels persisted through the night with Germans sending more shells than in months past.
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Associated Press
France
Lorrain
Seo Man's Land
Toul
Herble
French locate long range gun near Laon area
French aviators locate the big long range gun near Cropy-Wuat Laonnois as German bombardment continues Paris under siege. The piece is shown as intermittently firing while French artillery and air attacks pressure the position. The report also notes Rear Admiral Robert W Peary recovering at home after a mood transfusion for pernicious anemia.
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Paris
Cropy-Wu-Laonnois
la Pere
Laon
Robert W. Peary
Assaults Planned to Widen German Wedge in Picardy Front
Allied lines in Picardy face intensified German bombardment across a front exceeding 100 miles from Arras to near Soissons. Heavy fire concentrates near Bucquoy and Montdidier while British and French hold strong positions north and south of Amiens. No infantry fighting yet, but further attacks are anticipated along the Solmie to Noyon axis as German guns renew pressure.
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Picardy
Amiens
Arras
Soissons
Bucquoy
Albert
Somme
Solmie
Elow
Montdidier
Noyon
Ancre
Luce
Avre
Chauny
Coucy
Ailette
British Front Under Heavy Fire in Northern France
London reports German artillery activity from Labassee canal to south of Armentieres with heavy shelling near Villers-Bretonneux and Mericourt L Abbe. The rest of the front showed no major actions beyond routine bombardment.
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London
Labassee Canal
Armentieres
War Office
Labassea Cipalt
Villers-Bretton
Nour
Mericourt L’abbe
Non-Stop American Plane Report Stirring London
London rumors swirled of an American airplane reaching England from New York non stop with twelve passengers. Authorities denied the flight, yet the denial fueled further curiosity as the purported surprise Lloyd George referenced was said to be from the Americans to the Germans.
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England
London
New York
Lloyd George
British Force Lands To Protect Consulate Amid Bolshevik Riots
A London Times correspondent reports British troops landed Friday to guard the consulate at Blugovestchenikais after Bolshevik turmoil. A Japanese officer, returning from Harbin, confirms heavy casualties on March 12 with hundreds killed or wounded and civilians butchered. Japanese wounded in a hospital were shot and bayoneted.
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London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia
House Bill Passes on Commutation of Quarters in Senate Action
Washington D C April 3 Senate bill passed by the House with minor amendments commutation of quarters for officers with dependents and serving with troops is approved plan loan to Greece will receive 44 000 000 from the United States after Greek Parliament passes authorizing legislation Treasury announced Private Gets Check for 366 000 Port Worth Texas April 9 Roy Gilmore a private in the 1ifth Ammunition train at Camp Bowie received a 66 000 check today from his wife at Pawnee Kansas.
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Washington
DE. C
Senate
House
Greece
Washington, D. C
United States
Treasury
Port Worth
Tex
Roy Gilmore
Camp Bowie
Pawnee
Kia
Gimore
Infantry action near Montdidier and Coucy ends with French withdrawal
Paris April 4 reports violent artillery fighting north of Montdidier and between Montdidier and Neyon. French advanced troops withdrew south of the Gise River to prepared positions southwest of the Jance forest and south of Coucy Le Chateau, under heavy German artilleryfire with losses. Two German raids northwest of Neims repulsed. other German efforts at small ports and in sectors near Eparges Reillon Bonhomme yielded little. The night otherwise quiet.
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Paris
Montdidier
Ni 1
Gise River
Coucy
Coucy-Lee Chateau
Neyon
Vise
Jance
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Nheims
Reillon
Bonhomme
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OQ Comrarres
Prete
Setoannrien Soreliee
Gos
Hospital Division
Mexico
Chauncey Hollander
Ttis Aeged Haagsmar
Arizona
Agenta
Bolo
Hart
San Antonia
Gmvi
Mpeeratores
Blagovestiehenok
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