General Scott to Visit San Antonio in Mexican Expedition
General Scott will move to San Antonio then send teenth infantry to Eagle Pass for temporary duty while Seventeenth infantry is replaced. About 14,300 troops will form the expeditionary force, with Columbus troops aiding Pershing. Reinforcements follow Pershing’s dispatch, amid Parral tensions and reports on Villa.
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San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Seventeenth Infantry
Columbus
Pershing
Funston
Parral
Villa
Bell
el Paso
Juarez
Letcher
Chihuahua
Col. W. Co. Brown
Charles Eichenberger
Thirteenth Cavalry
Eichenberger
Headwarters
Brown
State Department
Forces in Three Camps Near El Paso Signal Mexico Withdrawal
Reports from Mexican sources say the American expeditionary force is concentrating at three points in Mexico for withdrawal or a broader campaign. General Pershing is said to have withdrawn detachments south of Namiquipa with about 3000 men near San Antonio and Cusihuirache and a force near Namiquipa nearly twice that size.
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Aguascalientes
Mexico
Queretaro
EL Paso
Tex
Pershing
Namiquipa
San Antonio
Cusihuirachie
Funston orders 2300 troops to Columbus for Mexican service
General Funston announced 2300 additional troops will move from border duty to Columbus to support General Pershing in Mexico. The units include Sixth Cavalry, Seventeenth Infantry, first battalion Twenty-fourth Infantry and Troop L Tenth Cavalry. About 12,000 troops are already in Mexico.
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Mexico
General Funston
Funston
Pershing
War Department
Nineteenth Infantry
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Seventeenth Infantry
Mobile Army
United States
Columbus
President's ultimatum on Germany's submarine warfare stirs Capitol
The speech outlines a clear cut choice for Germany to abandon indiscriminate submarine warfare or face severed diplomatic relations. Congress shifts to routine business as leaders weigh war risks and the president's stance. Remarks from Flood Mann Cooper Chamberlain Wadsworth Kenyon James Sherman Curtis Sterling Gallinger reflect cautious support and fear of war.
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Clark
Lusitania
Germany
United States
America
Clarke
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Kitchin
Representative Flood
Congress
Mann
England
Cooper
Lansing
Representative Cooper
Senator Chamberlain
Senator Wadsworth
New York
Kenyon
Iowa
James
Kentucky
Executive Department
Sherman
Illnois
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Stone
Committee On Foreign Relations
Submarine warfare leads U.S. toward war with Germany
The article traces the escalating submarine crisis from the declaration of the war zone around the British Isles to the sinking of Lusitania, the Sussex and other ships. It links German actions to pressures on President Wilson, the resignation of Secretary Bryan, and the U.S. stance of separating negotiations with Germany from Britain’s blockade.
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United States
Germany
British Isles
Europe
William P. Frye
Lusitania
Wilson
White House
Secret Service
Bryan
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Austria
Ancona
Persia
Sussex
State Department
Great Britain
Destructive Fire Destroys Much of Pedgrade Belgrade
A Bucharest dispatch reports a large fire sweeping Pedgrade the former capital of Serbia. The eastern part of the city was nearly wiped out with thousands left homeless.
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Paris
Pedgrade
Serbia
Bucharest
Nueces County to Hold Precinct Conventions
In Corpus Christi on April 19 both parties set precinct conventions for May 6 to select delegates to the state convention and choose Texas representatives for the upcoming party presidential gatherings.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces County
Texas
Wall Street Nervous As War Stock Breaks On Germany Note
New York April 19 Wall street opened with a weak tone on the German controversy with mis giving. War shares and blue chip stocks fell one to three points amid hurried liquidation. Bethlehem Steel dropped 19 to 421 as notes from Berlin spurred anxiety and investors rushed to close out holdings.
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New York
Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel
Congress
Berlin
Schiller Given Life Sentence for Piracy
Ernest Schiller alias Clarence R. Hudson pleads guilty to piracy after holding up the Matoppo crew of fifty six at sea. He is being sent to the federal prison at Atlanta in the custody of U.S. marshals.
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Schiller
England
Germany
Wilmington
Del
Ernest Schiller
Clarence R. Hudson
Atlanta
Pleasant Holds Lead In Louisiana Governor Race
Returns from New Orleans show Ruffin G. Pleasant leading John M. Parker by 22 626 votes for governor with incomplete country parishes. Fer nand Mouton leads Edwin Broussard for lieutenant governor by 15 390 votes. Parker appears to carry eight parishes in the Third district and several outside it. total vote likely the largest since 1898.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Shreveport
John M. Parker
Fernand Mouton
Edwin
Broussard
Parker
Texas railroad asks for notes while land cost questioned
Austin Texas April 19 before action by the Railroad Commission on the San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway Companys request to issue 1 750 000 in short term notes the company must prove land purchase costs Engineer Parkers report notes vouchers lacking purchase purpose Auditor Fitzgerald says land costs total 858 187 and many vouchers shed no land details He leaves for Dallas to secure proper proof of land costs and expenditures.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Fitzgerald
Dallas
Thee
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
Un settled tonight. Thursday unsettled and colder with some gains in temperature but lingering chilly conditions across the area. Winds light to moderate with possible light showers or drizzle.
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San Antonio
Officer Who Attacked Sussex Decorated
Paris reports from reliable sources that Emperor William has decorated the submarine commander said to have torpedoed the Sussex. Washington has been informed of this development.
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Paris
William
Washington
Villa death report dismissed as rumor in Chihuahua
General Gutierrez the military governor of Chihuahua says the report of Villa's death is only a rumor. He notes authorities are aiding in shipments of supplies to United States troops and supporting the effort.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Gutierrez
Chihuahua
Villa
United States
Another Note on Sussex From Berlin
Berlin reports a supplementary note from the foreign office to the American embassy detailing affidavits by a Swiss passenger claiming the Sussex was not torpedoed and a similar statement from an American passenger, transmitted via London.
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Berlin
London
Foreign Office
Boy Starts Bank Run in Logan Square
A Chicago incident began when a school boy said his bank had little money, triggering a run on Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank. The bank paid all depositors and faced no further run that day, though word spread through teachers to warn parents.
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Chicago
Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Six Cities
Forecasts from The Light report temperatures and conditions for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City Washington and New York. Temperatures range from 42 to 66 degrees with winds from the south east northeast and northwest and varying cloudiness and precipitation.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Washington
New York
House votes to preserve sugar free entry provision
The House, with only two dissenters, instructs conferees to keep the free sugar repeal as originally drawn to suspend free entry indefinitely and retain the current one cent per pound tax on sugar. Senate backing would suspend the provision only until May 1, 1920, with conferences to resume immediately.
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Washington
D. C
House
Senate
Wilson
Boston Marathon Race Seeks Record on 25 Mile Course
A field of 70 runners faced a mix of weather and road conditions on Wednesday as the Boston Athletic Association staged its twentieth annual Marathon from Ashland to Boston. The goal for many was to surpass the 2 hours 21 minutes 15 seconds record.
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Boston
Boston Athletic Association
Ashland
German Ambassador and Von Igel Case Prompt U.S. Court Action
Washington reports count von Bernstorff met Secretary Lansing to discuss the Von Igel affair. German officials demand return of papers seized from Wolfe von Igel, former secretary to Captain von Papen, amid questions of diplomatic immunity and timing of the alleged crime. A hearing is set for next Tuesday with bail at 20,000 dollars.
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State Department
Department of Justice
Wolfe von Igel
von Papen
New York
Lansing
Bernstorff
von Igel
Washington
Franz von Papen
Welland Canal
Officials Hold Papers In Von Igel Case
Federal agents report no orders to return seized papers from Wolfe von Igel’s office. The documents have been sent to the Department of Justice in Washington, and prosecutors will not drop the Welland canal plot case against Von Igel.
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New York
Polk
State Department
Department of Justice
von Igel
Wolfe von Igel
Franz von Papen
Welland Canal
United States
Roger B. Woods
Washington
Marshall
Department
Martial law declared after rioting at National Conduit plant
Hastings village under martial law as state troops arrived after a striker riot at the National Conduit and Cable Company plant. A mob attacked the plant with bullets and stones, signaling escalation of unrest.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Hastings Village
National Conduit & Cable Company
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