Opposition to conscription bill rises in Congress
Washington reports strong opposition in both chambers to the conscription army plan as debates shift to the army appropriation bill. Col Roosevelt meets Wilson to discuss a volunteer division to France while Wilson presses for conscription and Baker and Kitchin push related war measures amid party tensions.
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House
Col
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White House
Wilson
France
Representative Anthony
Baker
Capitol
Kitchin
Ways and
Tle
Howe
Harold Butler Too Heavy for Navy Recruit in North Bend
In North Bend a tall 417 pound youth named Harold Butler visits a Seattle recruiting office after reading a navy poster. He must shed 217 pounds to meet enlistment requirements but resists the idea, offering to pose as a German target instead.
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Harold Butler
Navy
North Bend
Tours Trading Company
Seattle
Mr. Butler
Harold
Sam
After Wilson Speech World Will Never Go Back to Jungle
Charles Edward Russell hails the release of 100000 political prisoners from Siberia and lauds President Wilson for defining democracy. He celebrates the end of monarchy and aristocracy, foresees a global federation, and asserts democracy as the guiding system for a world without kings or wars.
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Wilson
Charles Edward Russell
the Star
Siberia
Russia
Republic
Christendom
Austria breaks with Kaiser war rivals
Washington reports that Austria has broken diplomatic relations with the United States after America declared a state of war with Germany. Charge Grew of the American embassy in Vienna relayed that passports were issued for himself and all embassy staff and that the Austrian foreign minister said the monarchy may leave at Washington's convenience.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Vienna
State Department
Grew
Austria
Harold Butler Fails Navy Enlistment After Weight Issue
Harold Butler, weighing 417 pounds, tried to enlist in the navy on Monday but was rejected. A recruiter lent him a navy cap for photos before The Star camera at the recruiting station.
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Harold Butler
Navy
Harold
Star
Falls Down Shaft While Searching for Hat
Wm. Applestein of the Craig hotel, 114% Third Ave, city hospital with injuries from a 30 foot fall down an elevator shaft in the Leary building late Monday night. He sustained a broken vertebra, fractured ribs, scalp wounds and severe bruises. He recovered his hat.
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Applesteil
Craig Hotel
Third Ave
Leary Building
Prince Frederick Karl Confirmed Dead in Berlin
Amsterdam reports Berlin confirms the death of Prince Frederick Karl and an aviator remains missing after weeks of search.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Frederick Karl
Mass Meeting Promotes Income Conscription War Policy
A Tivoli Theatre gathering Thursday noon urges income conscription to fund the war. Speakers include Ole Hanson and leaders from the Commonwealth club and Patriotic League for Defense advocating wage and tax measures, while petitions push Congress toward wealth levy and war-cost funding.
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Tivoli Theatre
Firetave
Madison St
Commonwealth Club
Ole Hanson
Patriotic League For Defense
Good Fats
Thorwald Siegfried
Leary
Congress
Seattle Girl Seeks War Aviator Role for Action
A stylish Seattle girl applied at Second and Union to join the air service or drive an automobile for action. She said her father and brother should not fight alone and insisted on action, even as a sergeant advised Red Cross work. She had recently returned from San Francisco where she worked two years.
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Coast Artillery
Second
Union
Alaska
Adjutant General's Office
Haight
Maj. Bolles
Red Cross
Simon Benson Backs Income Tax Conscript Plan
Portland April 10 Simon Benson endorses E W Scripps proposed income conscription for incomes over 100000 He says wealthy men will pay their share of war costs and that unpatriotic individuals should be compelled Benson paid tax on 180000 net income last year.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington, D.C
Congress
Helow
Portland
Ore
E. W. Scripps
California
Simon Benson
Scripps
Benson
Justice papers reveal German coal mine control plans
Justice department agents announced that seized papers from the office of Walter C. Zacharias a German consulting chemical engineer reveal intimate details of German plans to tie up Western Pennsylvania coal mines.
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Pittsburg
Justice Department
Walter C. Zacharias
Pennsylvania
Explosions Strike Eddystone Munition Plant Killing and Wounding Dozens
Philadelphia dispatch reports at least 50 dead and around 200 wounded after blasts ripped the main section of the Locomotive munitions works near Eddystone. Guards quarantined the area as officials sought causes amid mass arrests and scattered rumors.
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Philadelphia
Eddystone
Ahe
Wir
Department of Justice
Hester
Morris
Eddysthorities
American liner York strikes mine near Liverpool
The American liner York hit a mine five miles outside Liverpool, but all passengers were safe and the ship proceeded to dock under its own steam. The New York, an 1888 built, 10,798 ton liner of the International Mercantile Main Co, carried seven Americans and a full passenger list of 15 first class, 22 second, and 21 third class.
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York
Liverpool
State Department
New York
Liverpool Bar
Consul Washington
J. & G. Thompson Glasgow
International Mercantile Main Co
American Line
St. Louis
St. Paul
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