British Drive Pushes Germans Back Toward Belgian Border
British forces under Haig drive east and north from the Vimy Ridge sweeping toward Lens and Cambrai. St Quentin and Lens burn as Canadians lead fierce assaults to seize Lens and push on from Fayette toward Cambrai amid heavy engagements along a fifty mile front.
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London
Atetila
Hindenburg
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Nivelle
Queant
Pronville
Vimy Ridge
Lens
World War I Bond Bill Passes Unanimously in House
The House approved a five billion dollar bond bill and two billion in treasury certificates to fund America’s war effort. Meyer London voted present. The measure allocates three billion in bonds to match allied debt and two billion for US wartime expenses. Amendments limit use to war targets and require wartime status for repayment.
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Washington, D.C
House
America
Senate
Meyer London
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
McAdoo
United States
Congressional Committee
Brazil to arm ships in German submarine zone
Brazil will arm its ships traversing Germanys submarine zone following a cabinet conference. Vessels will be equipped with guns immediately and seized if necessary to retaliate for damage to German ships interned in Brazilian ports and suspected scuttling plans. In Buenos Aires mobs set fire to the German legation and consulate urging war.
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Rio DE Janiero
Brazil
Germany
Buenos Aires
Food Riots Reported In Germany Intensify
Mobs wreck four shops in Leipzig as food riots spread from Mannheim to Leipsig. A bread rationing regime takes effect tomorrow across Germany, with Holland dispatches warning broader curtailment may trigger wider disorder. Report from Lausanne via special agency.
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Mannheim
Leipsig
Germany
Lausanne
Switzerland
Holland
French Sailors Welcome in Washington Parade
Sailors of France arrived in Washington in a friendly landing party from a French warship. The bronzed seafarers in blue uniforms with red pom-poms drew instant notice from American allies and outshone visiting French and British officers with their lively reception.
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Washington
D. C
France
Women aviators to train army pilots in Chicago plan
Miss Ruth Law announces a drive to recruit and train women aviators as instructors for the army. The proposed school for women flyers is under Army Department review, per Brigadier General George O. Squiers.
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Chicago
Ill
Ruth Law
America
Miss Law
Army Department
George O. Squiers
James H Meadows 100 Dies in Miles Birthplace and Wars Noted
SAN ANGELO Tex April 14 James H Meadows 100 a pioneer of Runnels county died today at Miles He was a Kentucky native veteran of two wars and a longtime Mason.
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San Angelo
Tex
James H. Meadows
Runnels County
Miles
Kentucky
Weather outlook for Texas and West Texas
Fast Texas forecasts show Sunday increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. West Texas expects showers Sunday with warmer northern areas, then Monday fair conditions.
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Texas
West
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Cities
The Light provides city forecasts with temperatures mostly in the 30s and 50s. St Louis 54 cloudy southeast wind 4 miles per hour with possible rain and a high of 58 on Saturday. Chicago 32 clear north wind 6 miles per hour with a high of 36. Milwaukee 32 cloudy northeast wind 8 miles per hour with likely fair conditions and a high of 26. Kansas City 52 clear north wind 19 miles per hour with likely rain and a high of 56. New York 48 clear northwest wind 12 miles per hour with likely fair weather and a high of 62. Washington 45 clear north wind 4 miles per hour with Sunday fair and a high of 48.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Moody Sanitarium Fire Destroys Men's Dormitory at Alamo Heights
A fire started in the furnace room of the Moody Sanitarium men's dormitory at 12 15 am destroying the two story frame building. Thirty patients were rescued with help from nurses and Fort Sam Houston personnel. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars, partly insured. Soldiers aided in saving bedding and chairs as women’s buildings and a pump house were damaged.
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Moody Sanitarium
Alamo Heights
United States Field Hospital No. 6
Fort Sam Houston Hospital
H. W. Hughes
H. McClannahan
McClannahan
Fort Sam Houston
T. L. Moody
Sanitarium
Chicago Marriage Licenses Crowd Defies Draft
In Chicago during a seven day period three thousand nine hundred six men sought marriage licenses to avoid conscription. The license bureau issued 1126 licenses on a Monday peak, while the next day fourteen clerks were removed and only 609 applicants were served from a long line.
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Chicago
Wattersons War Motto Arrives For Contest
New York April 14. Henry Watterson submits a war slogan to the Oyster Bay committee. His line reads To hell with the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs. Colonel Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal sent his entry with T. R. collaborators to help select a battlecry. What’s the matter with it?
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New York
Robert Bacon to France Letter to Hanotaux on Flag Escort
Former U S secretary of state Robert Bacon cabled President Hanotaux that he would soon leave America for France with an American flag to be carried by Americans at the French front. His message included felicitations to France and the French army.
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Robert Bacon
France
Paris
Hanotaux
The
Comit France-America
America
Allies and U S Discuss War Cooperation Plan
Diplomatic talks between allied ambassadors Sir Cecil Spring-Rice from Britain M J Jusserrand from France and M Bakhmeteff from Russia and U S officials outline active cooperation. Meetings with Secretary of State Lansing Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of War are held almost daily to plan rideri of the war.
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United States
War Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
M. J. J. Jusserand
France
M. Bakhmeteff
Russia
Lansings
Dennis
Standard Oil Announces 10 to 15 Percent Wage Increase
The Standard Oil Company of New JerseyU announces a wage rise of 10 to 15 percent for refinery workers, effective Monday, adding 1.5 million dollars to annual payroll. About 12,000 day laborers are affected, marking the fourth increase since August 1, 1915, totaling a 55.25 percent rise in wages.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Steel Workers to Get 10 Percent Raise May 1
STEELTON Pa April 14 A 10 percent wage increase for Bethlehem Steel Company employees takes effect May 1 the announcement says.
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Steelton
Bethlehem Steel Company
Propaganda Against Enlistment Exposed in Philadelphia
The House Military committee revealed a covert propaganda campaign in Philadelphia aimed at antiwar and anti enlistment messaging. A threat of a national anti enlistment movement was mentioned but the source remained undisclosed, while the session was kept secret to avoid public pacifist discussion.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
Philadelphia
Roosevelt joins Canadian aviation corps for overseas fit
Quentin Roosevelt son of Colonel Roosevelt has joined the Canadian aviation corps to gain experience for service with any American flying corps that might go to France. Colonel Mulloy announced the move during the war convention tour. If no American troops go to France, Roosevelt will remain with Canadian forces.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Canada
Montreal
Roosevelt
France
Mulloy
Pastry Ban Extends to All Countries Except France
Paris reports the timeless French pastries that made the nation famous are now on forbidden lists outside France. The dietary ban forbids sales and consumption of famous confections as authorities enforce strict export restrictions.
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Paris
France
Railroads Set to Receive Large Freight Rate Hikes
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans 10 to 15 percent general freight rate increases by June. Western roads are expected to get larger boosts due to higher operating costs, while eastern carriers may see smaller rises.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shippers Seek Hearing On Rail Freight Rates
A committee representing the Shippers' National Conference sent a request for a personal conference with the Interstate Commerce Commission to Washington for next week. They will present a protest against any freight rate increases unless a justifying cause is shown, with 144 delegates including producers manufacturers and jobbers urging railroads to prove the necessity of any rise. Millard Meyers notes railroads earned 300 million dollars more in 1916 than 1915 and 200 million more than any prior year.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Millard Meyers
Roosevelt offer to raise a fighting division prompts resistance
Administration officials reject Colonel Roosevelt's offer to form a volunteer unit. They view the move as hindering the army plan and recall a prior War Department reply that effectively refused recruitment for foreign service.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
War Department
Married But Not Slackers in Illinois Affidavit
W. R. Figeley of Sterling and Miss Avis Duffy of Dixon signed an affidavit in their marriage record declaring they are not slackers and are willing to serve their country in any capacity. The document was attached to the marriage certificate in Geneva Illinois dated April 14.
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Geneva
Ill
W. R. Figeley
Sterling
Avis Duffy
Dixon, Ill
Fiesta King 3 Entry Opens with Daily Parades
The opening event of the Fiesta King 3 entry promises daily parades and entertainment that organizers say will surpass past celebrations. Local officials forecast a lively program featuring parades and ongoing performances throughout the festival period.
King Antonio III Visitation and City Festivities Outline
At 7 p.m. King Antonio III arrives with Gran Quivera nobles for a royal salute of 21 guns by U S forces. A royal procession proceeds in decorated autos with Gran Quivera escorts. At 8 p.m. the keys of the city are presented at St. Anthony Hotel. A King’s Levee and Ball follow. The Mexican village opens on Hay Market Plaza with day and evening Fiesta shows and band concerts.
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Antonio III
U. S&s. Artillery
St. Anthony Hotel
Hay Market Plaza
Plaza
Fiesta Week Opens With Royal Welcome and Grand Parades
San Antonio prepares for Fiesta and Battle of Flowers with flags bunting and thousands of lights. King Antonio III arrives with salute at the depot and parade to the St. Anthony Hotel. The week features a grand allegorical parade with 21 floats and a lighting first using electricity, plus a high school procession and multiple auto parades with large cash prizes.
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San Antonio
Antonio III
Third
United States Field Artillery
St. Anthony
Texas
Phoebus
Jupiter
Flora
Diana
Pomona
Gaea
Oceanus
Pluto
Neptune
Pan
Fred Hummert
B. R. Webb
W. A. Williamson
British Forces Near Lens as Drive Presses On
British troops push toward Lens as German defenses crumble under Haig's assault. Canadians renew their Vimy Ridge victory momentum while German divisions suffer heavy losses and evacuate. Reported pillaging of American relief supplies follows.
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Lens
Vimy Ridge
Haig
France
American Relief Commission
Capture of Lens Certainty Grows As Lievin Falls
London reports the capture of Lievin near Lens marks a widening British advance in World War I. General Haig’s forces drive toward Lens from Angres while taking Chepst Pierre northwest of Lens, expanding the wedge into the Hindenburg line south of Loos. The front from the Scarpe to East Leos shows continued progress.
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London
Lens
Haig
Lievin
Loos
Angres
Cihest Pierre
Scarpe River
Leos
British Advance After Gains Near Cambrai Road
Haig reports English positions held south of the Scarpe with attacks everywhere and gains along Cambrai Road. Troops advance on a wide front north and south of the Bapaume Cambrai Road and east of Fayet with fighting near St Quentin. The press notes a race to capture St Quentin as British and French forces push toward the town.
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Vimy Ridge
Haig
Cambrai
Bapaume-Cambrai
Fayet
Quentin
St. Quentin
Touth
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Hinfnanh
ST. Quentin and
Entente
Teutons
Onat Wah
Miss Rankin
Sum
Cabinet
Aviation Corp
Army
Hae
Watterson
Marse
Henry
Hapsburges
Hohenzollerns
U. S
Baxhmeteff
Vinty
Pierce
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