Lansing Denies Chinda Threat Over Immigration Bill
Washington reports said Ambassador Chinda issued threats to the state department over the immigration bill's Japanese exclusion clause. Secretary Lansing called the claims absolutely false and said negotiations were purely diplomatic to avoid altering the Takahira agreement. Senate leaders signaled only minor wording changes and no amendments to admit Japanese laborers.
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Washington
Chinda
State Department
House
Senate
Lansing
Nose of Seattle Bootleg Buster Sergt Putnam Tops Drug Store Crackdown
Detective Sergeant Victor Putnam leads a plainclothes squad raiding Seattle drug stores and soda fountains to uncover illegal liquor. His keen nose and bold methods reveal hidden bootleg stock, sending bottles to the police headquarters as he pursues a relentless campaign against bootleggers.
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Rose of Sergt. Putnam
Emerier
Seattle
Victor R. Putnam
Sergt. Putnam
Victor Putnam
Putnam
Americans Warned Against Traveling on Armed Ships
The U S government declared that belligerents should presume armed merchantmen to be peaceful unless there is conclusive evidence to the contrary. A public memorandum explains the stance on armed ships and neutral ports as part of the wartime submarine policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Germany
Germans Join With Japanese Back War in Central America
German officers direct the Guatemala revolution aimed at overthrowing President Cabrera. Japanese agents supply arms to rebels. Three columns have taken the field seeking labor reform and education gains. Felix Diaz rumored in Guatemala seeking Mexican support proved unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Mexico City
Guatemala
Cabrera
Felix Diaz
Army bill outlines target 175000 men in regular force
Washington reports from April 26 indicate House and Senate conferees anticipate a regular army of 175000. The Militia would gain pay and equipment increases, a nitrate plant and soldier training plan likely die, and the federal reserve program may be trimmed or dropped. Conferences could last about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Chamberlain
House
Senate
Federal Reserve
Chamberlain
Juvenile court orders examination of 12 year old slayer Joe Burke
Diagnosticians find Burke cannot distinguish right from wrong and holds him for observation in the juvenile department for weeks. He previously masked himself and shot Frank Healer, millman, Sunday night. Also note: last year American railway construction fell below 1,000 miles for the first time in over fifty years.
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Joe Burke
Joe
Frank Healer
Millman
United States
Will Income Tax Be Made Effective by Wilson and McAdoo
Basil M. Manly, renowned American investigator, argues that the federal income tax yielded only 80 million the year ending June 30, 1915 while at least 320 million should have been collected. He asserts the Treasury is not primarily to blame and that Congress failed to provide an efficient enforcement framework, with continuation promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Treasury
Suffrage Leaders Arrive on East to Rally Seattle Support
Eastern suffrage leaders travel by the Suffrage Special to Seattle to press national suffrage planks before the presidential campaign. Miss Margaret Whittemore oversees Seattle events including a 9:30 a m Monday station gathering and a Moore theatre mass meeting. The Star’s Harriet Stanton Blatch edits Tuesday issue as delegates address city audiences.
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Seattle
California
Northwest
Margaret Whittemore
Washington, D. C
King St
Moore Theatre
The
Star
Congressional Union For
Gill
Francesa Axtell
Washington
Congressional Union
East
Moore
Harriet Stanton Blatch
New York
Lucy Byrne
Anne Martin
Nevada
John Rogers
National Advisory Council
Celal
Sacramento
Cal
Salem
Ore
Portland
Hold Peace Parade in Dubuque Draws Thousands
In Dubuque on April 26, a wartime demonstration drew several thousand women and children to the streets. The two mile parade, four abreast, featured waving flags and singing Yankee Doodle as a show of antiwar sentiment.
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Dubuque, In
Germany
German Guns Bombard Paris Theaters Near Avecourt Wood
German forces pursued heavy bombardment during the night striking Avecourt wood and Hill 204 near Paris. Artillery and air activity intensified as troops engaged in combat, with reports detailing significant bombardment impacts on surrounding terrain.
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Paris
Avecourt Wood
Hill 204
Life saved as $1 900 theft coin stops bullet
A 62 year old rooming house operator Conrad Leo attempted to shoot real estate man T. Dunbar on Second avenue near Seneca street at 10 am Wednesday. A dollar in Dunbar's vest stopped the bullet before Leo shot himself. Dunbar survived. Leo died en route to hospital. Police found Leo's note to his brother Ernest Tao detailing his woes and a last will. Braden, 23, a Royal Milling Co. employee, is under arrest in Vancouver for alleged grand larceny tied to a 1900 shortage and safekeeping box irregularities. Further shortages and burglaries were reported, with Braden subsequently disappearing from the city.
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T. &. Dunbar
Second Ave
Seneca St
Dunlap
Leo
Senece St
Fourth Ave
City Hospital
Dunbar
Columbia St
Fifth Ave
Ernest Tao
Eighth Ave. W
Candela
Donbar
Spring St
Herbert W. Draden
Royal Milling Company
Colman
Vancouver
B. C
Pitcher
Braden
H Braden
Beck Boat Report Drifting Off Oregon Coast
A 15 gallon keg of beer floats in the Pacific off the Oregon coast. Captain Daweon of the 8 8 Ventura, en route from San Francisco to Portland, reported the drifting object to the U S hydrographic office.
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Portla. 9
Ore
Pacific Ocean
Oregon Coast
Daweon
Ventura
San Francisco
Portland
U. S. Hydrographic Office
Cowles Backed for National President by Western Delegates
Women delegates from western states including California Idaho Washington Oregon Utah plan to back Mrs Joseph Josiah Evans Cowles of Los Angeles for national president of the Federation of Women's Clubs. Delegations will convene in Ogden to form a special train for Mrs Cowles' supporters.
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del Monte
Cal
Joseph Josiah Evans Cowles
Los Angeles
Federation of Women's Clubs
California
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Western States
Ogden
Mia. Cowles
Elkus Expected as Turkey Ambassador After Morganthau
Washington April 26 believed Abram I. Elkus a New York lawyer will be named ambassador to Turkey to succeed Henry Morganthau who resigned yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abram I. Elkus
New York
Turkey
Henry Morganthau
Women Roosevelt club to aid national suffrage workers
The Women's Roosevelt club will hold a Thursday meeting at 607 Malden Ave. to collect offerings for the national woman suffrage workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's
Roosevelt Club
Malden Ave
National Woman Suffrage Workers
Lane recalls strike troops to Anchorage report
Secretary of the Interior Lane asked the War Department to rescind orders sending regular troops to Anchorage Alaska over a government railroad strike. Lane said the situation remained quiet despite the reported strike.
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Washington
Lane
War Department
Anchorage
Alaska
British Tanker Sunk After Engaging German Submarine
April 26 report from Berlin says the British tanker Goldmouth of 7746 tons was fired on after warnings to halt by a German submarine. The two vessels fought for about 30 minutes before the tanker sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wireleas
Sayville, L. L
Chiefs Seek Legislature Action to Curb Private Liquor
In Bremerton on April 26 twenty six police chiefs at a state meeting urged the legislature to halt liquor importation for private use. They argue the dry law requires amendment to implement the ban.
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Bremerton
Westinghouse plant closes as 3000 workers strike
Pittsburg April 26 Westinghouse Air Brake Co plant shuts down with nearly 3,000 employees on strike. Also noted April 26 Copenhagen and Geneva report that Americans who left Germany believe a U S German break is imminent.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
London
Germany
United States
Copenhagen
Geneva
Poor Old Mrs Croft Opens Path for Jane to Marry
The passage suggests Mrs Croft’s action created an opportunity for Jane to wed, reversing a feared denial of happiness and enabling the young woman to pursue marriage. The tone hints at social or familial pressure influencing the match.
German American crisis deepens over submarine warning demand
Berlin reports that President Wilson’s insistence on warning freight ships before submarine attack is a major obstacle to settlement while other dispute points may be resolved. Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg and Admiral Von Holtzendorff met at Kaiser Wilhelm’s field headquarters for a crucial conference as a German reply draft looms.
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Berlin
Wilson
United Press
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Admiral von Holtzendorff
Kaiser Wilhelm
von Hollweg
Acquit Mother in Murder Case
New York April 26 Mrs Ida Sniffen Rogers was acquitted today of murdering her two children. The defendant was charged with poisoning her babies to prevent them learning of their illegitimate birth.
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New York
Ida Sniffen Rogers
Lost British steamship Valetta reported by Tacoma mariners
Tacoma shipping men declare the British steamship Valetta lost after sailing from Tacoma on January 1 bound to England with 9 000 tons of barley under admiralty order.
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Tacoma
England
Two Americans Killed in Battle in Mexico
Two United States soldiers were killed and several wounded in a clash with Villistas in Western Chihuahua as a U.S. column under Col. Dodd defeated about 300 Villistas. In a separate action near Tomachic six Villistas died and 19 were wounded in a three hour running fight with about 260 Villistas under four chiefs. Obregon urged quick withdrawal of the American expedition as Carranza officials noted possible conference sites and ongoing revolutionary movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Jacobs
Namiquipa
Mexico
Columbus
Col
Dodd
Chiefs
Tomachic
Caneyons Dodd
Minica
Cervantes
Baca
Dominiquez
Rios
E. T. Conele
EL Paso
Gen. Obregon
Hugh Scott
Carranza
Obregon
Shells Kill Four on the English East Coast
Four people died and twelve were wounded when German cruisers shelled the English east coast yesterday. The attack hit Lowestoft and Yarmouth among other targets, with officials confirming casualty figures today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lowestoft
Yarmouth
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U.S
Secy.m’adoo
Uncle Sam
Secretary of Treasury
Congress
Basil M. Manly
America
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Frank P. Walsh
Manly
Eurprise Association
Internal Revenue Bureau
QOD
the Star
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mre Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Conrad Leo
Mrs. Cowles
Elkus
T. R. Club
Agin
Jane
Anne Warner
Sunshine Jane
BY Carl W. Ackerman
U. P
Batile
Saltillo
Juarez
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Eduardo Boquer
Salazar
Ojinage
Boquer
Carranza Secret Service
Felix Diag
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