President Wilson Threatens Break With Germany Over Submarine Warfare
President Wilson addressed a joint session in Washington on April 20 vowing to sever diplomatic relations with Germany unless its war at sea changes. He cited the Sussex and Lusitania incidents as proof of German methods endangering neutral rights and called for an end to unrestricted submarine warfare.
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House of Representatives
The
Capitol
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Congress
United States
Sussex
President's address warns Germany on submarine warfare
Count von Bernstorff informs the German government that the United States may sever diplomatic relations if its ruthless submarine warfare continues. The message is referred to the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate and Foreign Affairs Committee in the House without debate or action.
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United States
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Clark
Foreign Affairs Committee
Dutch steamer Lodewik Van Nassau sunk with five dead
A Lloyds dispatch from Ymuiden reports the Dutch steamship Lodewik Van Nassau was sunk Thursday afternoon, going down in six minutes. Five crew members drowned, thirty six survivors landed. Also sunk were the British bark Ravenhill and the British steamer Caingowan, with crews saved. Caingowan was unarmed.
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London
Lloyd’s
Ymuiden
Holland
Lodewik van Nassau
Ravenhill
Lloyds
French Take the Offensive at Verdun East Bank
The official communique says French troops advanced on the east bank of the Meuse in Verdun’s second battle. French forces broke through near Vaux, gaining a redoubt and trenches built by German forces. About two hundred German prisoners were taken.
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Vaux
Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Thaw Granted Divorce From Evelyn Nesbit in Pittsburgh
Harry K. Thaw was granted a divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw by Judge Joseph Cohen after Attorney W. B. Thomas, master in chancery, reviewed the evidence and recommended the separation. The ruling follows testimony presented in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
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Harry Thaw
Pittsburgh
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Joseph Cohen
W. 8. Thomas
Thaw
Cohen
Six Ohio Cities Show Big Boom in 1909 to 1914 Growth
Census data from Portsmouth, Marietta and Zanesville shows varied results across six Ohio cities. Newark adds 7 manufacturing jobs and higher output. Middletown expands plants and product value dramatically. Zanesville sees fewer factories but higher capital and steady output. Portsmouth and Marietta post gains in capital and products. Ironton declines overall though capital rises. Warren and Ironton record strong increases in employment and product value amid a mixed statewide trend.
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Newark
Warren
Ironton
Middletown
Portsmouth
Marietta
Zanesville
Western
Union News Service
Columbus
Bureau of Census
Washington
Ironton Industries
Bureau
Machinists Plan Eight Hour Day Campaign
Machinists in the twenty seventh district will press for an eight hour day next fall. The meeting at Machinists' headquarters in Cincinnati included delegates from Hamilton Dayton Piqua Springfield Columbus Sidney Lima Urbana Wapakoneta and Marion. George Richardson of Dayton presided as international vice president.
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Cincinnati
F. W. Griffith
Washington, D. C
Machinists
Hamilton
Dayton
Piqua
Springfield
Columbus
Sidney
Lima
Urbana
Wapakoneta
Marion
George Richardson
International
Wreck of Fast Train Averted Near Cleveland
Passengers on the Twentieth Century Limited faced danger when the New York Central train crashed into two empty tank cars near the Cuyahoga river west of Union station. Several cars were damaged and passengers suffered minor bruises from the sudden stop.
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Cleveland, O
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Draw Bridge
Cuyahoga River
Union Station
Limited
Former School Head Held on Burglary Charge
Albert L. Ivey former Vermillion superintendent was arraigned on burglary and malicious destruction of property charges. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury after an affidavit by A. E. Beeckel president of the Vermillion Board of Education described nighttime vandalism at the Vermillion school on April 2.
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Sandusky
Albert L. Ivey
Vermillion Schools
Vermillion
A. BE. Beeckel
Vermillion Board of Education
Beeckel
Street Car Men Form Union in Springfield
Carmen Form Organization details say Springfield street car men formed a union and plan wage increase demands against Springfield Railway Company. Charles Sampson, international representative, in town to organize with over half the men joining. Four conductors reportedly discharged after joining. demand includes reinstatement.
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Springfield, O
Springfield Railway Company
Charles Sampson
Thousand Fly Traps Set by Cincinnati School Children
More than 1,000 Cincinnati school children will set traps to combat flies this summer as part of a city clean-up campaign. The traps will be manufactured in the industrial department of the schools, announced by Director Christy.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Christy
Statewide fish distribution boosts Ohio rivers and lakes
Two cars of young fish sent from Columbus to rivers in Pickaway Ross and other counties with plans for a record year of fish distribution. Larger fish from Lake Erie nets moved alive to state cars as smaller market fish. Violations of fish law reportedly fall due to strict enforcement and local protection groups.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
John C. Speaks
Pickaway
Ross
Columbus
Portsmouth
Lake Erie
Buckeye News Notes Summary of Ohio items
An epidemic of whooping cough and measles disrupts Steubenville lower grades with three fourths of children out. Massillon Chamber of Commerce plans a corn growing contest for boys in Perry Jackson Tuscarawas and Bethlehem townships. Ida Stephenson Lockhart 44 found dead by suicide in Ohio river. once said to be Adams county's wealthiest widow. Dunn Kirk Coal Co ends strike with workers to be hauled to mines. Sweet Valley Wine Co Sandusky fined 500 for contempt in federal court over injunction violation by Garrett Wine Co Virginia.
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Steubenville
Massillon, OO
Massillon Chamber of Commerce
Perry, Jackson
Tuscarawas
Bethlehem Townships
Manchester, O
Ida Stephenson Lockhart
Ohio River
Adams County
Toledo
Sweet Valley Wine Co
Sandusky
United States District Court
Garrett Wine Co
Virginia
Cleveland strike threat hinges on 15,000 shipyard workers
Federal Conciliator A. L. Faulkner presses to avert a walkout of about 15,000 teamsters threatening a nationwide stoppage unless 80 building supply firms recognize the union by the deadline.
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Cleveland
A. L. Faulkner
Federal Labor Department
Pemberville Petition Seeks Road Sale to Satisfy Loan
In Toledo district court the village files to sell Lake Erie Bowling Green and Napoleon Electric Road property and right of way to satisfy a 3171.26 loan, with the road under a court receiver.
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Toledo
United States District Court
Vilage of
Pemberville
Lake Erie, Bowling Green and
Napoleon Plectric Road
U S Denies Rail Freight to American Troops
Gen Obregon blocks transport over Constitutionalist lines withholding freight to U S troops. A telegram to Gen Bell reports oats and hay cars detained at Chihuahua for lack of permission. Nonetheless 15 carloads for private individuals will go out over the Northwestern line not part of Mexican National railways.
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Western
Union News Service
el Paso
Northwestern Railroad
Mexican National Railways
Thousand Soldiers Go Down in Shanghai Steamer Sinking
More than 1 000 soldiers and crew of the steamer Hsin Yu were lost after a collision with the cruiser Hai Yung off the Chusan islands in fog. The transport carried troops to Foo Chow. only one foreign engineer two soldiers and nine sailors survived. The 1 629 ton Hsin Yu was built in 1889 and owned by the China Merchants Steam Navigation Co of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Hsin-Yu
Hai-Yung
Chusan Islands
Foo Chow
The
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Co. of
Mill Collapse as Menominee River Rises in Marinette
Water in the Menominee river rose 42 inches threatening the Marinette and Menominee Paper Co. No. 2 mill where 500 workers labored to salvage the plant valued at $200,000. Parts of North Menominee flooded households displaced, with reports of further rise upstream and danger if any dam fails as the river fills with logs.
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Marinette
Wis
Menominee
Marinette and Menominee Paper Co
North Menominee
Fire ruin at four story lodging house in Granite City
A fire destroyed a four story lodging house in Granite City leaving 11 men and one woman missing. Fire officials did not search the wreckage for fear walls would collapse. Three men were seriously hurt and the wounded also included two women, three men and three children. The proprietor estimated about 150 people were in the building when the blaze began.
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Granite City
Ill
Cincinnati market prices for grains, eggs, poultry and livestock
The Cincinnati Market lists corn by grade with price ranges around 77 to 78 cents for white and yellow varieties, mixed ears 76 to 77, hay prices from 12 to 20.50 dollars, oats and wheat values, eggs and poultry rates, and cattle hogs calves and bulls with bids from widely varying ranges. The data describe shippers, butcher, stockers, and feeder categories with calculated price bands across grades and weights.
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Northwestern
Ships Sunk In Atlantic by German Submarine
London reports eight ships sunk or total losses in wartime activity. The Italian steamer Joseph Agost Cherzee was sunk. the crew landed. The French bark Chanaral, 2476 tons gross, torpedoed with crew believed saved. The British steamer Feliciana, 4277 tons gross, total loss. captain and 16 hands rescued. search for remaining crew ongoing.
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London
Joseph Agost Tcherzee
Lloyds
Feliciana
Losa
Alabastine Sold Across Drugstores Hardware Dealers
Local ads note Alabastine is sold by druggists and hardware dealers nationwide with ready stock at point stores. If your store does not handle Alabastine, do not substitute with another product and ask for it specifically.
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Red Cross
Mone
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Chihuahua
Skinners
Paul F. Skinner
Oneida
Skinner Mfg. CO
Omaha, U.S.A
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Mexico
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Gran Rapids
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