Germans Seek to Meet American Demands on Submarine War
Dispatches from Berlin indicate Germany will try to satisfy U S demands for immediate changes in submarine warfare. Count von Bernstorff has not yet learned if his recent proposals were accepted and expects more dispatches. Ambassador Gerard’s meeting with Emperor William sparks official interest as negotiations may be clarified for President Wilson.
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Washington, D. C
Berlin
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Gerard
William
Wilson
Hecta Attaing Three Glimak In Flower Parade
A flower parade highlights queen and all her duchesses with an appearance by the governor. The pageant features many beautiful floats as spectators look on.
Philippine bill expected to pass in House vote
Democratic House leaders voiced confidence the Philippine independence bill will pass after a party caucus approved the Senate bill by 40 to 35. An amendment to the prohibition sections was allowed. Twenty five members did not pledge support. Consideration follows the agricultural appropriation measure due to be acted on by tomorrow night.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Milan Editor in America May Be Prosecuted
New York April 28 An investigation began to determine if crimes were committed by editors of Irish American papers in New York since Dublin uprising. An assistant district attorney will examine editorials, with suspicions tied to a claim about arms sinking sourced to a Washington official on Wilson’s orders.
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New York
Wilson
Dublin
Washington Administration
Washington
Patrick J. Wallace
Irish Volunteers
Ireland
Germany
America
Marquis of Aberdeen
Lord Aberdeen
John D. Moore
Friends of Irish Freedom
Obregon Arrival in Juarez Ahead of Talks on Mexican Expedition
General Obregon arrives in Juarez with a high-level party to confer with Generals Scott and Funston on military questions linked to the American punitive expedition into Mexico. A derailment injures two passengers on the third train section. Gutierrez may be among the injured.
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EL Paso
Tex
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
Scott and
Funston
Mexico
Obregon
Jacinto Trevino
Chihuahua
Samuel 8
Santos
Enriquez
Jose de Luz Herrera
Parral
Luis Gutierrez
Gutierrez
General Obregon
Gabriel Gavira
Andres Gareira
Celaya
Scott
General Funston
Carranza
Villa
United States
Sinaloa
Sonora
General Gutierrez
Ahumada
San Jose
Troops to Cross Border Along Communications Line
Approximately half the soldiers on station at Columbus New Mexico received marching orders to reinforce General John J. Pershing this afternoon. The cavalry units likely will move 325 miles along the American line from Columbus to San Antonio. Officers said the dispatch is not tied to reports of Carregza forces arriving in Guerrero district.
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Columbus
Xni. M
John J. Pershing
San Antonio
Guerrero
Burlesque Parade and Revels at Alamo Plaza
A day of fiestas in Alamo plaza features a Burlesque Parade at 5 p m under S B V auspices with a mock coronation at 9 p m and an imperial ballet. Evening programs include Fiesta shows, a Mexican village, band concerts and a dog show.
Flower Parade crowns Fiesta week in San Antonio
Crowds fill San Antonio as the Flower Parade and coronation of Queen Titania Catherine of the House of McGown close Fiesta week. Governor Ferguson, military officers, and duchesses attend while trains and autos bring visitors from across Texas.
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Alamo
Titania
Catherine
House of McGown
Antonio II
Walter P. Napier
Battle of Flowers Association
San Antonio
Ferguson
James -Arker
Frederick Funston
Fiesta Association
Texas
Central
North Texas
East Texas
Orange
Beaumont
West Texas
Brownsville
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Austin
Boerne
Kerrville
Eagle Pass
San Angelo
Southern Pacific
International
Great Northern
Joad
Katy
Sap
Artesian Belt
Uvalde & Gulf
Attack on Party Fails at Texas Labor Convention
The Texas Federation of Labor convention in Houston debated a resolution sharply criticizing the Texas Democratic Party. After a long session the resolutions committee report was upheld, condemning the language. calls to table or hear charges were heard as the convention moved to proceed.
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Houston
Tex
Resolutions Committee
Texas Federation of Labor
WA Democratic
Texas
Senator Sheppard Warns of Land Aristocracy in Senate
Senator Sheppard of Texas in the Senate today warned of a rapidly growing landowner aristocracy and proposed a constitutional amendment. It would authorize Congress to buy land nationwide, hold improve subdivide and sell it and make loans to promote farm home ownership. He noted a Massachusetts-like measure had passed by a wide margin.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Today
United States
Congress
Massachusetts
Russians Land in Paris Report Debarkation at Marseille
A Marseille dispatch reports a further contingent of Russian troops arriving in Paris via Marseille this morning. The exact number is not given, but they were greeted with military and civil honors similar to prior detachments.
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Paris
Marseilles
Two Inches of Snow Falls in New England
Snow shower drenched eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island on April 28, the latest date for meaningful snowfall in over seven years. Boston recorded nearly two inches as winstry weather touched the region.
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Boston
Mass
Masachusetts
Rhode Island
Weather in San Antonio Area Fair to Night and Saturday
For San Antonio and vicinity fair to night and Saturday with rising temperatures.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
The Light reports St Louis with 50 degrees and clearing skies, winds southwest at four miles per hour, clouding up with a low 48 and high 69. Chicago at 48 degrees with north winds four miles per hour, fair Saturday, range 44 to 48. Milwaukee 44 degrees, southeast six miles per hour, fair Saturday, 38 to 56. Kansas City 50 degrees clear, northwest winds, clouding soon, 48 to 64. New York 42 degrees with rain, north winds sixteen miles per hour, Saturday rain, 42 to 46. Washington 46 degrees cloudy, north winds five miles per hour, Saturday fair, 144 to 58.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Opposes Harsh Measures in Irish Situation
The Daily Chronicle urges the government to avoid harsh measures and calls for a prompt inquiry into rebels motives. A commission of Irish leaders could help bring rebels back to their senses. Casement's expedition aimed to land munitions but was captured. Dublin unrest remains limited northward, with orders reported in Londonderry. Sentiments from Australia and other parts express support for Redmond and the Irish parliamentary party.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Casement
Ireland
Londonderry
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Redmond
Dublin
Irish Parliamentary Party
McCarthy
Irish rebellion condemned as traitorous but peace sought
A Melbourne message signed OConnell condemns the Dublin uprising and supports peace and reconciliation. It praises Irish soldiers at the front and criticizes rebels as ungrateful wreckers of Ireland. The first boat left Dublin for Holy Head arrived today at Holy Head.
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O'Connell
Victoria
Dublin
National Party
Ireland
Holy Head
British battleship Russell sunk by a mine in Med
London reports the British battleship Russell struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean. Admiral Fremantle announces 24 officers and 676 men saved, about 124 missing. The vessel, 405 feet long, built in 1903, cost 5 million dollars, and was the eleventh British battleship lost in the war.
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London
Admiral Fremantle
Mediterranean
H. M. S. Russell
William Bowden Smith
R. N
Remantle
Russell
Audacious
Bulwark
Formidable
Irresistible
Ocean
Goliath
Triumph
Majestic
Natal
German Submarine Sunk Off East Coast
London reports a German submarine was sunk off the east coast yesterday. Eighteen crew members were captured as an official announcement confirmed.
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London
British steamer Industry sunk by submarine
The steamship Industry was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine leaving its crew in open boats. They were rescued 120 miles from land by the American liner Finland.
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London
Finland
British Guard Vessel Destroyed at Doggerbank
Berlin reports the admiralty announced that on the night of April 26 27 German naval forces destroyed a large British guard vessel on Doggerbank and captured a fishing steamer as a prize.
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Berlin
London
Admiralty
Doggerbank
French Front Quiet On War Front Reports April 28
No important events on the French front last night. Intermittent artillery fire near Avecourt and Estes and trench fighting south of Regneville west of Pont a Mousson. Several aerial combats with a Fokker brought down near Nesles Chaulnes in enemy lines.
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Paris
Avecourt
Estes
Regneville
Pont A Mousson
Nesles Chaulnes
Danish Captain Killed As Steamer Hits Mine
A Danish steamer Johanne of 791 tons struck a mine in the North Sea. The captain was killed. the remaining crew were landed at Hamburg. The Johanne, built in 1908, operated in North Sea service.
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Johanne
London
North Sea
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Bissell Identified in Topeka Child Murder Case
Fred Bissell held at the Kansas state penitentiary on a first degree murder charge in the Edna Dinsmore case. Preston Souther a Topeka drug clerk identified him as the man who bought iodine linked to the vacant house where the girl's remains were found.
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Lansing
Kan
Fred Bissell
State Penitentiary
Edna Dinsmore
Topeka
Preston Souther
Mexico City Conditions Described as Bad From Every Point
Washington dispatch reports from confidential sources to the State Department describe conditions in Mexico City as bad from every point of view including the capital and surrounding territory with food supplies being reported in short supply.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
State Department
New Crisis in British Cabinet Over Service Bill
London reports a fresh political crisis as Parliament's government service bill is withdrawn. The Daily News says ministers fail to unite backing, secret sessions misled the cabinet, and withdrawal risks a government defeat and fall. The Nationalist party also withdraws its support from the coalition cabinet.
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London
The
Daily News
Banks Told to Pay Pro Rata for Texas Liquidation
The Texas Banking Board, under Commissioner John Patterson, orders 800 state banks to remit pro rata shares of 204000 to cover non interest bearing deposits owed from the West Texas Bank and Trust Co of San Antonio liquidation. With 200000 in treasury funds, the total should pay these deposits. Remittances will take about a week to complete. The liquor liquidation proceeds without delay.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
John
Patterson
West Texas Bank and Trust Company of
San Antonio
State Banking Board
Texas
Guaranty Fund
Trainmen Win Strike at Muskogee After Lockout
Three hundred engineers firemen and trainmen of the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railroad returned to work at 8 o clock after striking at 6 o clock last night over reinstatement of a discharged employee. W G Humphrey announced telegraphic instructions from New York receivers to grant the demand and engineers R Grayback was ordered back to duty as strikers voted.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
W. G. Humphrey
New York
R. ©. Grayback
Japan Reads U S Immigration Bills With Cautious Hope
Tokyo dispatches report Japanese newspapers highlight America’s immigration bill debates with no anti American sentiment. Officials resent Root Takahira pact references and any clause that may lump Japanese with Hindus. Senate committee moves to strike Root Takahira language from the bill.
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TOKIO
America
Japan
Senate Immigration Committee
Southern Preparedness Conference Opens in Charleston
Delegates from southern states gather in Charleston for a Southern Preparedness Conference under the National Security League. Sessions run through Saturday with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell billed to discuss aerial defense and preparedness, and S. Stanwood Mencken outlining broader aspects of preparedness.
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Charleston
D. C
National Security League
Alexander Graham Bell
Stanwood Mencken
League
Forts Recaptured as Kiangyien Mutineers Attack
Government troops reclaim Kiangyien forts near Shanghai with little resistance. Mutineers from Kiangyien assaulted forces at Wusih Kiangsu disrupting trains between Shanghai and Nanking on Monday.
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Shanghai
Kiangyien
Wusih
Kiangsu
Nanking
Special Army Aviation Inquiry Panel Named
Washington April 28 announced by the War Department the general staff special committee to investigate army aviation affairs for potential reorganization. Major P D Lochridge chairs with Colonel Chase W Kennedy Major John McA Palmer and Captain Dan T Moore as members.
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Washington, D. C
General Staff
War Department
P. D. Lochridge
The
War College
Chase W. Kennedy
John McA. Palmer
Dan T. Moore
Italy Fixes Prices for Agricultural Goods Decree Issued
Rome announces a decree empowering the government to fix maximum prices for all merchandise essential to agriculture. In America a Pacific Seamen's Strike Averted day by day in San Francisco details confirm wage gains and concessions ending the dispute.
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Rome
Paris
Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Gerard Visits Emperor for Discussion on Submarine Issue
American ambassador James Gerard and secretary Joseph Crew left Berlin for German army headquarters for an audience with Emperor William. The trip aims to clarify the U.S. position on submarine policies amid cautious official optimism and ongoing strategic concerns.
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Berlin
London
James Gerard
Joseph C. Crew
Emperor William
Gerard
William
von Jagow
Foreign Office
Von Capelle Leaves Berlin for Talks With Emperor
Berlin April 28 Admiral von Capelle who succeeded Admiral von Tirpitz as minister of the navy left Berlin to confer with Emperor William at the German army headquarters.
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Berlin
Sayville
von Capelle
von Tirpits
Emperor William
Berlin stock market steadies on expectation of concessions
Berlin stock exchange shows improving tone and is described as almost normal again amid belief concessions may come from Germany. Reports note Von Buelow and the prince returning to Germany from Lucerne.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Tuckerton
Berlin Stock Exchange
von Ruelow
Germany
Paris
Geneva Journal
Prince von Buelow
Lucerne
Geneva
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France
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Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
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Burnett Bill
Army Aero Service
Italy
Emperor
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