Final Note On Sugden Will Be Sent To Berlin
Washington officials announce a formal American case against Germany will go to Berlin within 48 hours. The note includes evidence that ships beyond the Sussex were destroyed in violation of the U S pledge and seeks Germany’s good faith to compensate. No time limit is set and discussions cover submarine and Mexican issues.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
St. Paul
United States
Berlin
Parral
Evidence Ties Sussex Torpedo to German Submarine
Paris reports the United States now holds the private French details linking the Sussex sinking to a specific German submarine. Authorities withhold public details to respect American wishes while offering Germany a chance to respond. Information includes the commander’s name and submarine number and cites recovered instrument fragments bearing German letters.
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Paris
Sussex
Germany
Marshall Guilty of Contempt by House Panel
A House select committee finds United States Attorney Marshall of New York guilty of contempt for criticizing a House subcommittee probing impeachment charges. Chairman Moon says no action will be requested for two weeks to allow Marshall time to consider.
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Washington, D. C
House Select Committee
United States
Marshall
New York
House
Buchanan
Moon
Johnson Urges Unity Among Republicans in Open Letter
Governor Hiram W. Johnson writes to United Republicans delegates in San Francisco urging a unified path for the Progressive and Republican parties at upcoming national conventions in June. He says he will remain a Progressive while the party lasts and envisions joint action on common ground between parties.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
United Republicans
New Orleans Aids Tuberculosis Drive With Land Gift
Mrs. D. D. Safford of Hot Springs NC donated 700 acres near Asheville NC for a southern tuberculosis sanitarium and gave 20000 dollars to seed a building fund. The event occurred as the Southern Sociological Congress met in New Orleans on April 14.
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New Orleans
Southern Sociological Congress
Asheville
N. C
South
Congress
D. D. Safford
Hot Springs
North Carolina
Lee Alexander Stone
Memphis
W. H. Swift
Greensboro
W. T. Carstarphen
Wakeforest
J. E. Ross
Austin
Tex
Social Workers’ Conference
Cooler Weather and Rain Promised This Weekend
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau predicts rain and cooler temperatures within twenty four hours. Winds of 18 to 26 miles per hour will ease after the change, expected Friday night or Saturday. Frigid readings appear in North Texas with Abilene 66 to 50 and Amarillo from 50 to 38, while Santa Fe reports snow as a larger storm system extends from the Rio Grande valley to the St Lawrence valley.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Valley
Texas
New Mexico
San Antonio
Abilene
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Unsettled Weather Tonight in San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Saturday with occasional showers and a drop in temperatures tonight.
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San Antonio
Weather Forecast By The Light Across Cities
Forecasts from The Light list temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Winds from the northwest to southeast shift as colder air moves in with likely rain in New York and possible showers in Washington.
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Ighest
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Alleged Bomb Plot Reached Other Cities
Eight men are jailed on charges of conspiracies to blow up munitions ships with fire bombs. Investigators seek principals who directed the plot with fires on more than 30 steamers and possible activity in Savannah and New Orleans. Bail amounts ranged to 25 000 for captains, with others held or paroled ahead of April 27 examinations.
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New York
Department of Justice
Savannah
New Orleans
United States
Houghton
Carl Schmidt
North German-Lloyd Line
Frederick Praedie
Carl Paradis
Schmidt
Charles Karbade
Walter T. Scheele
New Jersey Agricultural and Chemical Company
Hoboken
Roger B. Wood
South America
Otto Wolpert
Atlas Line
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Eric Bode
Hamburg-American Line
N. J
Ernest Becker
Friedrich der Grosse
Charles von Kleist
Bode
Wolpert
William M. Offley
Sugar tariff fight sent to conferees over free sugar clause
The House and Senate debated the repeal of the free sugar clause and sent the issue to conferees. A Senate amendment would delay sugar on the free list for four years from May 1 while the House bill delays indefinitely. The revenue at stake is estimated between 40 and 50 million dollars annually.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Mexico raises National lines rates in gold value shift
Mexican consulate reports rate increases on National lines in Mexico. Passenger fares rise to four times the old rate and freight charges are similarly adjusted to reflect currency gold value. The change follows a period with a two to one gold to currency basis.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Train Hits Two Men Near Caldwell Killing One
Sylvanus Fine, 22, was killed instantly when struck by a Santa Fe passenger train near Caldwell Texas. Flamer Canter, a companion, lost a leg and was taken to Temple railroad hospital. Authorities believe the pair were asleep on the track.
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Caldwell
Tex
Sylvanus Fine
Here
Flamer Canter
Temple
Premier Bowser maps 1917 vote on women suffrage in election
Victoria B C April 14 Premier Bowser announces a referendum on woman suffrage at the coming general election. If approved, women may vote after January 1 1917. He pays tribute to women's war work.
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Victoria
B. C
Bowser
Fighting in Canton as troops clash with rebels
Government troops and revolutionaries engaged in Canton last night to oppose the rebels landing. Casualties were reported to be about 30.
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Canton
Hong Kong
China
French Steamer Vega Sunk After Warning Incident
The Vega, a 2957 ton French steamer torpedoed and sunk by a submarine after giving ten minutes notice. The captain quotes the submarine commander saying Vega would have been sunk without warning if it had been British. 136 passengers were saved from the Principe de Asturias, which sank off Santos on March 5.
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Palma DE Majorca
Balearic Islands
Paris
Jaime II
Vega
Bahia
Principe de Asturias
Santos
British Bark Inverlyon Sunk by Submarine
A British bark Inverlyon of 1,827 tons has been sunk by a submarine. Twelve crewmen were rescued. The ship was last reported at St Michaels on March 31.
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Inverlyon
London
Lloyds
St. Michaels
Inverlyon Crew Sunk by Submarine Off QUEENSTOWN Coast
Captain Charleston and eleven seamen of the British steamship Inverlyon landed at Queenstown report the vessel was sunk by a submarine on Tuesday afternoon. An American crewman, William Loss, was rescued. A second Inverlyon boat with eleven men is missing.
Dutch Strikers Force HAL to Sail Ryndam
The Holland America Line strike worsens wheat shortages in the Netherlands. The steamer Ryndam, delayed since March 28, will sail Friday evening after the workers’ demands were met.
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Rotterdam
London
Holland America Line
Lne
Ryndam
Officers abandon leaves after Mexico news in San Francisco
A majority of officers arriving from Honolulu and the Philippines relinquished all leaves of absence after learning of the situation in Mexico. Leaves had been granted ranging from thirty days to three months. Philippine scout officers on leave among the arrivals may request service with troops in Mexico.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Philippines
Mexico
Standard Oil Raises Wages at Whiting Plant
The Standard Oil Company announced a voluntary 10 percent wage increase for 3500 employees at Whiting Indiana. This marks the second raise in six months.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
Whiting
Ind
Carranza on Visit to City of Mexico
General Venustiano Carranza arrived near Mexico City with several cabinet officers and officials. Unofficial reports say he may push on to Vera Cruz and then Merida in Yucatan as plans unfold while Obregon stays in Mexico City directing campaigns.
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Mexico City
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Merida
Yucatan
Obregon
Parcel post mail seized by British authorities
The Scandinavian American Line steamer United States arrived at Christiana after leaving 1000 bags of parcel mail at Kirkwall by order of British authorities. Also seized were 50 000 bales of California fruit from the vessel. In Seattle Postmaster Edgar Battle said he would press the Washington Post Office Department over censorship of American mail at Vancouver B C, noting official mail received yesterday had been opened by the censor.
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London
United States
Christiana
Kirkwall
Copenhagen
California
Seattle
Wash
Edgar Battle
Postoffice Department
Washington
Vancouver
B. CC
Battle
Verdun Bombardment and Skirmish Reported Near Douaumont
German forces bombard west of the Meuse near Hill 804 while an eastern attack south of Douaumont is repulsed. Shelling intensifies south of Haudremont as artillery duels echo through the Wevre district.
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Paris
Meuse
Douaumont
Haudremont
Wevre
McLemore Resolutions Urge Army Stay in Mexico
Rep McLemore introduces a House resolution demanding American military forces remain in Mexico until Villa is killed captured or exiled. It calls for more troops if needed and permits volunteering and militia units. Senate discussions weigh embargo and extension of expeditionary presence amid Carranza tensions and Diaz price talks.
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Washington, D. C
McLemore
House of Representatives
Mexico
Villa
Congress
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
State Department
Diaz
Carranza
Bankers Guilty in Arkansas National Bank Case
W D Garanflo and K P Duncan, officers of the State National Bank of Little Rock, were found guilty on six federal charges for misapplication of funds and conspiracy to defraud. Sentencing set for Monday with potential penalties up to ten years per count and fines. The bank closed in 1914 and indictments dated 1915. Attorneys anticipate appeals.
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State National Bank
State National Bank of Chicago
St. Louis
State Trust Company of
Revival of blue laws grips German cities
Berlin reports a renewed zeal for restrictive blue laws. Munich orders arrest of women dressed too conspicuously, forcing one woman to wipe makeup at a police station. Leipzig enforces curbs on minors, banning under 18 from certain venues after 10 p.m. and requiring accompaniment for adults in some spaces.
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Berlin
London
Munich
Leipzig
German Admiralty Reports March Sinkings by Submarines
German admiralty reports that in March eighty trading vessels of hostile nations, totaling 207000 tons, were sunk by German submarines or mines. The statement is dated April 13 and released to Sayville.
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Berlin
Sayville
Villa bandits attack Pershing train in Mexico front
About forty mounted men believed to be Villa forces attacked an automobile supply train near General Pershing's camp in Chihuahua territory last night. There were no American casualties, one bandit was killed, and Pershing's escort repelled two attacks within twenty minutes.
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Front
Chihuahua
el Paso Junction
Tarango
Pershing
Villa
Garza
Harry Gosnear
Philadelphia
A. R. Christie
Aero Squad
T. F. Godd
Wary Washington follows Parral incident and Carranza note
Officials fear for Major Tompkins and his 13th Cavalry detachment after the Parral clash in Mexico. Carranza’s arrival near Mexico City and withdrawal talks with Obregon loom over U S policy. Secretary Baker and the War Department seek clarity as Funston presses for information and possible troop dispositions.
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Parral
Baker
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