German Assault on Verdun Reopens Front West of Meuse
Paris reports renewed German attack on Verdun front west of the Meuse with Caurettes wood repulsed after flame projector use. East of the Meuse fighting centers on Douaumont and Vaux with heavy shelling and gas. Reports say German losses yesterday were very heavy and fighting continues along the Greek frontier near Gievgeli and Doiran.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Caurettes Wood
Cumieres
War Office
Douaumont-Vaux
le Mort Homme
Caillette Woods
Douaumont
Vaux
Verdun renewed French line holds against German assault
French official report says a morning German attempt to break the Verdun defense west of the Meuse was repulsed while east of the river no infantry fighting occurred. French losses yesterday were heavy and press dispatches praise German soldiers for enduring two months of hard fighting amid continued artillery duels.
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London
Courettes Wood
Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Saloniki
England
Tubantia
Palembang
Spain
Romanones
Berlin
British Mesopotamian force repulsed near Felahie by Turks
A British Mesopotamian force transferred from the Dardanelles was repulsed by Turkish troops in a six hour battle near Felahie. The Turkish headquarters report dated April 11 states more than 3000 dead were counted after the engagement.
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Berlin
Sayville
Dardanelles
Felahie
Germany admits sinking five ships in Sussex note
Berlin acknowledges sinking five steamers Englishman Eagle Point Manchester Engineer and Berwind Vale as torpedoed under war rules. Washington awaits Berlin reply clarifying Sussex case and U-boat activity while policy on future US stance is prepared. Colonel E M House returns to New York for a Democratic Club banquet.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eagle Point
Manchester
Sussex
Washington
Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
Gerard
United States
E. M. House
New York
Young Men's Democratic Club
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Three in West Virginia
A Du Pont Powder Company plant near Bluefield suffered a catastrophic explosion destroying the facility. Four thousand kegs of black powder detonated injuring one person fatally, with about $100,000 in damage and the cause not yet determined. Local authorities investigate.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Dupont Powder Company
Druesedow Resigns Harris County Tax Collector Post
Karl Druesedow, under indictment in Travis county for misapplication of public funds, resigned today as Harris County tax collector. His successor will be appointed at the Commissioners Court meeting tomorrow.
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Houston
Tex
Karl Druesedow
Travis County
Harris County
Commissioner's Court
Hancock to sail for Vera Cruz with supplies
The U S navy transport Hancock will sail from Galveston for Vera Cruz this afternoon carrying 60,000 pounds of produce and other food items mainly potatoes and onions. A large quantity of gasoline was loaded for use by warships in Mexican waters.
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Galveston
Tex
United States Navy
Hancock
Vera Cruz
Weather Watch for San Antonio Cloudy and Colder Thursday
The forecast shows cloudy skies over San Antonio and nearby areas tonight with unsettled conditions and a drop in temperature expected for Thursday. Stronger winds and possible showers are not ruled out across the region.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
The Light weather forecast lists temperatures for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Clear conditions in St Louis with southerly winds contrast with Chicago partly cloudy skies and easterly winds.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Sugar Take Act by Senate in Conference
The Senate passed a sugar tariff bill 40 to 32, sending it to a conference with House allies pressing for their repeal and extending the duty at one cent per pound through May 1, 1920. Citrus duties, lemon tariffs, and broader tax ideas sparked debate with voting splits and claims about revenue and luxury taxes.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Louisiana
House
Works
California
Phelan
United States
Vardaman
Bold break of stockyard theft shocks city
Thieves entered the Union Stock Yards Tuesday night, killed two cows, stripped the hides, leaving carcasses in the yards. Two watchmen on duty failed to stop the theft and no arrests were made as of daylight.
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San Antonio
Union
Frost Loss Uncertain in Texas After Weekend Freeze
Commissioner of Agriculture Davis said field reports lack definite certainty on crop damage from the Saturday night freeze. The severest impact was in North Northwest and Northeast Texas, likely harming corn, garden truck, fruit and potatoes, with full extent to be clear in coming days.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Agriculture
Davis
Texas
East
Surgeon Gorgas seeks funds to feed Army dogs
Surgeon Gorgas told the House military committee that the sanitary corps, after accepting six dogs trained to locate wounded men on battlefields as a gift, lacks money to buy food for them.
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Washington, D. C
Gorgas
Congress
House Military Committee
Sanitary Corps
Gallant Ride of Officer Saves Men in Mexico Front
Lieutenant Albert Meyer of the Seventh Cavalry rode through enemy fire to warn Major Tompkins’ squadron near Guerrero, Mexico, preventing a Villista flank movement as Colonel Dodd’s column watched from a hill. Meyer, a New York officer, delivered the warning despite sniper fire.
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Pershing
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Albert Meyer
Seventh Cavalry
Guerrero
George A. Dodd
Dodd
Meyer
New York
Major Tompkins
Tompkins
Villista
Villistas
Britain Reasserts Right of Search Over Shanghai Seizure
Great Britain sent a note to the United States defending the seizure of thirty eight Austrians Germans and Turks from the steamer China near Shanghai. The note argues the prisoners planned to arm and assist in plots against British interests and that they lacked immunity as enemy travelers.
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Washington
D. C
Great Britain
China
Shanghai
State Department
Far East
India
Manila
United States
Ammunition and dynamite sent to Mexico from Laredo
Laredo reports that 339000 rounds of rifle ammunition and 22000 pounds of dynamite were shipped to the de facto government yesterday. Locals in Mexico doubt reports that Villa is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Villa
Senate resumes debate on army reorganization bill
The Senate resumed debate today on the army reorganization measure with a vote slated for Tuesday by agreement. In the House, debate continued on the agricultural appropriation bill carrying 24 000 000 and passage is expected early next week.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Artesian Well Serves I G N Shops Site
An artesian well delivering 3000 gallons per minute is on the grounds south of the city for the I G N shops and roundhouse. Drilling by Gulf Coast Drilling Co began 30 days ago. water found at 1160 feet is high quality and mineral free. Excavation to start late this week after equipment arrival. a material track connects the main line to the site with twelve carloads of materials delivered. American Construction Co of Houston, led by President Houx, aims to push construction rapidly.
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Gulf Coast Drilling Company
San Antonio
J. W. King
Houx
American Construction Company of Houston
Navy League clash over reading of Admiral Fiske paper
Secretary Daniels drew hisses at the Navy League convention when Colonel Thompson read a letter denying Admiral Fiske permission to read a paper. Fiske’s paper on Naval Strategy criticized Congress for building policy and warned of a potential Japanese fleet threat to the Pacific and Panama Canal.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Fiske
Navy League
Hisses
Naval Institute
Navy War College
Robert M. Thompson
League
Navy Department
War Department
Thompson
Hissés
House
Henry Reuterdahl
William H. Stayton
New York
Reuterdahl
Navy
White House
Bradley A. Fiske
Senator Works Attacks Politics Over Army Bill
Republican Senator from California denounces partisan politics as ruthless and invasive of government. He says efforts are underway to tempt Justice Hughes with a presidential nomination and urges the nation to prevent judges from entering political life.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Hughes
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Judicial Tribunal
Navy Enlisted Ranks Reach Historic 54,000 Mark
Secretary Daniels announced that active navy enlistments have reached 54,011 personnel, the highest total in U.S. history, marking a net gain of 6,664 since March 4, 1913.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Daniels
Ideal town revealed near Chicago in Warren Ill
Mrs. A. R. Canfield, Warren mayor, reports Warren Ill as the ideal town after attending suffrage meetings in Chicago. She says residents do not spit in the streets beat their wives or swear, presenting Warren as model community near Chicago.
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Warren, Til
Chicago
Warren
Ill
A. R. Canfield
Richard Harding Davis Dies at Home in Mount Kisco
Richard Harding Davis, famed author and war correspondent born 1864, died at Cross Roads Farms Mount Kisco New York from heart trouble after being stricken at his telephone. He wrote Soldiers of Fortune and more than thirty volumes plus plays and short stories. He married Cecil Clark and later Bessie McCoy Yama Yama girl. daughter Hope Davis survived him.
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Mount Kisco
N. Y
Richard Harding Davis
New York City
Davis
Cross Roads Farms
Bessie McCoy
Philadelphia
L. Clarke Davis
Rebecca Harding Davis
Lehigh
Johns Hopkins
Davies
Philadelphia Press
New York Evening Sun
Cecil Clark
J. M. Clark
Chicago
Miss McCoy
Hope Davis
Shreveport rate case arguments heard by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard five Shreveport rate cases including eastern Texas class rates and three Louisiana Railroad Commission complaints. Carriers argued tariffs conformed to a prior ICC decision, while Shreveport interests and intervening cities pressed technical rate issues. Decision likely reserved after further argument.
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Washington, D. C
Shreveport
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Texas
Railroad Commission of Louisiana
Supreme Court
Commission
J. L. West
Luther Walter
Texas
G. Waldo
J. W. Terry
Coast Guard Plans Three Flood Time Cutters
The Coast Guard drafts plans for three 145 foot cutters costing about 80 000 dollars each. They would operate on the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri rivers with 21 crew and space for 600 refugees in emergencies. Each vessel would carry four lifeboats and wireless, and be used to aid river craft and enforce motorboat laws when rivers are calm.
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Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Coast Guard Service
Senate
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Vicksburg
Helena
Ark
Prominent Woman Shot in Tucson Automobile Incident
Mrs. J. S. Bates wife of Captain James S Bates of Tucson was shot and fatally wounded while riding in an automobile with her husband. Deputies Joe Wiley Tom Jones and city policeman Salazar were detained after authorities said they fired four shots at the moving car mistaking its occupants for robbers.
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Tucson
Ariz
J. S. Bates
James S Bates
Joe Wiley
Tom Jones
Salazar
Bates
Dutch Ships Palembang and Tubantia Torpedoed
The Dutch shipping council reports both ships Palembang and Tubantia were torpedoed. It intimates German submarines were responsible for the sinkings.
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Amsterdam
London
Dutch Shipping Council
Palembang
Tubantia
Greek independence celebration ends with arrests in Athens
A Havas dispatch cited the Athens Espirini reporting police arrested several protesters during a parade marking Greek independence. Shouts included Down with the government Long live Venizelos Down with Austria Down with Germany as authorities moved to quell the crowd in Athens.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Espirini
Austria
Germany
Senator British steamship sunk near Whitby
Lloyds reports the Senator a 3497 ton British steamship sunk with all hands feared saved. The vessel was owned in Whitby.
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Whitby
Lloyds
London
Supplies to Pehoting via Central Line
Washington D. C. April 13 Major General Funston reports progress on a new plan to send supplies to General Pershing's columns. A trial forage shipment of nine cars was sent over the Mexican Central line toward Chihuahua and onward south. General Scott says direct use of the Mexican Central would simplify field logistics and reduce dependence on mining companies or brokers.
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Washington, D. C
Seventh Cavalry
Villa
Namiquipa
War Department
Funston
Pershing
Mexican Central Line
Chihuahua
Mexico Northwestern
Mexico
General Pershing
Scott
American Expeditionary Forces Reach Parral Area
Reported code dispatches say American columns have a temporary base near Parral and supply convoys reached it last week. Villa is believed alive, using deception about his death as Mexican officers and locals note Villistas loot towns as pursuit continues toward the Sierra Madre.
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EL Paso
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua-Durango
Dodd
Colonel Brown
Francisco Villa
Juarez
Sierra Madre Mountains
Villa
Fort Bliss
Pershing
Satevo
Columbus
N. M
Seventh Cavalry
Bachinera
Fablo Lopez
Vila
Lopez
Oevilla
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Balkans
Giergeli
Doiran
Gievgeli
Leve Tepe
Dupont Bluefield Works
Druesedow
Transport Hancock
M.m
M. Cate
U. S
ARMY
Wilson
Venizelos
Pehoting
Central Line
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