Admiral Fiske Resigns Amid Naval Protest
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, aide for operations, resigned from the Navy Department posting and asked for another assignment amid objections to current administration policies. He testified last December that the American fleet was unprepared for war, stating it would not be ready within two years.
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Washington
Bradley A. Fiske
Navy Department
Fiske
General Board of the Navy
Dewey
Naval Establishment
Admiral Fiske
Secretary of the Navy
House Naval Committee
Alvet
Manis Bay
Daniela May
George von L. Meyer Aylvet Ha
Ofice of Aid
Winston
Winterhalter
TWO NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK IN NORTH SEA AND AT SEA
The Dutch steamship Schteland en route to Rotterdam was blown up east southeast of Spuin. One crew member killed. 16 remaining crew rescued. The Norwegian bark Nor, from Fredriksstad to Hull, torpedoed near Degger Bank. crew saved. U-20 sank the trawlers Gloxiana and Jason 401 miles from the Tyne. crews saved. German commander humane, offered coffee and tobacco. Florence Carman to stand trial again for murder May 10 in Mineola. Governor Hatcherd’s pay issue revealed in West Virginia. Plans announced for a new aero center in San Antonio under Brigadier General Scriven.
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Bull
Rotterdam
Spuin
North Sea
Cornelia Glafina
Aight
Big Business in Gain Advancers Felt From Atlante to Pacific
The report describes a broad upswing in U S industry with mines and mills reopening in Montana copper districts and lake country, wage rises for miners, and increased activity in steel regions from Chicago to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Banks note revived trade and securities markets while US war demand drives prosperity and a large favorable trade balance, with gold flows and foreign credits backing growth.
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United States
Montana
Lake
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New England
Genin Industries
Pacific
British destroyer sinks two ships off Beachey Head
The Emma from Dundalk bound for Havre was torpedoed and sunk in three minutes near Beachey Head with nineteen of twenty three crew lost. The Seven Seas also torpedoed six miles off Beachey Head. eight missing presumed drowned. British destroyer recovered two men and two bodies. Dutch cargo ship Lodewijk Nassau seized into New Haven suspected of fueling German submarines.
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Pundalk
Ireland
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Nijlea
Beachey Head
Seven Seas
Leach & Co
Tme
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New Haven
English Channel
Sussex
Lodewick van Nassau
Peel
War council in Berlin eyes new German campaign
Petrograd reports the German emperor meets Field Marshal von der Goltz in Berlin to plan a fresh push toward Prienys and to address the Dardanelles. In the east the Carpathians see fierce fighting with uncertain results as Austrians press offensives.
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Germany
Petrograd
Berlin
Marshal von der Goltz
Constantinople
Prienys
Dardanelles
Sparks From The Wire: Montreal To Przemysl News
Montreal reports the death of William Bell, CP railway agent, in Ottawa. Strike actions unfold as allied trades workers quit amid failed contract talks. Erie president Underwood undergoes surgery for appendicitis in New York but expected to recover. In Lynn and Michigan painters strike for hourly increases. Gary Indiana steel plant adds furnaces and 1,000 jobs while Joliet and South Chicago plants expand. Detroit United Railway stockholders authorize sale to city for 24 million. Praemyśl starvation noted with scarce rations and high meat prices as soldiers and civilians suffer.
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Wiliam Bell
Canadian Pacific Railway
Iis
Ottawa
Allied Trades
New York
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
New York Hospital
Iuynn
Mass
Chicago
Incia Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Joliet
South Chicago
Detroit
Mid
Detroit United Railway
London
Praenysl
Times
Germany honors Bismarck on hundredth birth anniversary
Berlin marks the 100th birthday of the Iron Chancellor with nationwide demonstrations. In Berlin memorial wreaths were laid before the Reichstag monument as Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg told a crowd that Bismarck’s work remains essential for Germany amid a hostile surrounding.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Bismarck
Reichstag
von Bettmann-toltweg
FUNSTON STRENGTHENS BORDER WATCH AT MATAMOROS
Gen Frederick Funston arrived from Fort Sam Houston to supervise border security during the Villa attack on Matamoros. San Antonio batteries joined to guard the line as U S artillery prepared for cross border fire risk. In the fighting near San Bernardino Ariz 16 miles east of Douglas Col Miguel Samaniego and Gen Trujillo led 500 Carranza and 500 Villa troops with reinforcements from Agua Prieta. US Second Brigade cavalry observers patrolled the area.
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Yex
Frederick Funeton
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Matamoros
San Antonio
United States
Carranza
Miguel Samaniego
Villa
Trujillo
San Bernardino
Ariz
Douglas
Samaniego
Agua Prieta
U S Note Sent To Germany Over Frye Sinking
The United States dispatched a note to Germany on Thursday protesting the destruction of the American ship William P Frye by the raider Prince Friedrich. The note concerns the vessel only and asserts there was no justification for the sinking.
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Washington
Germany
William Pp. Frye
Prince Filter Friedrich
Heron
United States
State Department
Frye
Jury Convicts Dr Wineburg in Many White Slave Act Case
A federal jury, after deliberating since 8:30 p m, found Dr Louis J Wineburg of Ligonier Indiana guilty of transporting Miss Grace Delle Locher from Kalamazoo Michigan to Chicago. The defense claimed amorous hysteria. Assistant DA Epstein called him a moral viper. No Locker family members attended the verdict. Mrs Wineburg stayed with her husband.
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Chicago
Carpenters Court
Louis J. Wineburg
Ligonier
Ind
Locker
Miss Locker
Rothschild Head Dies in London at Age 83
Nathan Mayer Baron Rothschild dies in London. He led N. M. Rothschild & Sons, English peer since 1885, noted for wealth philanthropy art collection and banking leadership. Born November 8, 1840, he was eldest son of Lionel de Rothschild.
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London
Nathan Mayer
Baron Rothschild
Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschld
Daren Hotlachild
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
N. M. Rothschild & Sons
Aaron Rothsenlich
Iebors
Heas
Germans report capture of 55,800 Russians in March
Berlin dispatch says the German general staff reports 55,800 Russian prisoners captured in March in the eastern theater. It also states nine cannon and 16 machine guns were taken. The report claims German gains at Dixmude in Flanders but no French advance at Lunéville.
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Berlin
Atall
Kitchener Bans Alcohol From Household War Time
London April 3 Harl Kitchener secretary of state for war and wartime leader becomes the first to follow King George’s call to banish all intoxicants from his home for the duration of the war. The war secretary directed that no alcohol be used in his household during the remainder of the conflict.
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King George of
England
London
Harl Kitchener
Great Britain
George
Hayes Bodies Moved to Memorial Building in Spiegel Grove
The bodies of President Rutherford B. Hayes and wife Lucy Webb Hayes were disinterred from Oakwood cemetery and moved to a vault in the Hayes Memorial building in Spiegel Grove under Ohio Archaeological Society supervision at a cost of 350,000. Later the remains were placed in a granite mausoleum under construction in the grove. Hayes died January 17, 1893.
Pension Debate and Harris Stance in House
The Oklahoma and Col C C Harris of Alabama fight over pension bills in a House committee hearing. Harris opposes most bills while Murray argues for passage, citing an odd disease as a reason the issue cannot be pronounced or debated effectively. The exchange centers on who qualifies for incapacitation and pension eligibility.
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Oklahoma
Col
C. C. Harris
Alabama
House Committee” On
Harris
Murray
Song of Murray
Phutia
Kenead City Star
Sorrows of the Neutral in a World of Competing Powers
The neutral state bears the burden as Great Britain and Germany blame each other for losses while each insists the other must be barred. Both demand custody of the storehouse as the price of peace, leaving the neutral to suffer the consequences regardless of which side wins.
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Great Britain
Germany
Garnanyd
New Republic
London Stock Exchange Seats Now Costly for New Members
The London Stock Exchange requires a steep entrance fee of 600 guineas for outsiders plus three guarantors each liable for 2500 dollars for four years. A new member must buy three exchange shares at about 550 dollars each and obtain a nomination from a retiring member for roughly 850 dollars, with earlier prices reaching as high as 3600 dollars.
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London Stock Exchange
Old Jonathan's
Cornhill
Stock Exchange
Disappearing Peach Trees Protecting Colorado Orchards
Colorado eastern slope trust-growers bend peach trees to the ground, cover branches with hay, and bury under about two inches of soil to survive severe winters. The method mirrors berry plant protection and has reduced winter damage while maintaining good yields.
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Colorado Trust
Rocky Mountng
Curfew Enforced in Philadelphia for Under Sixteen
A city curfew for residents under sixteen begins Monday. Children found on the streets after hours will be arrested and taken to custody, with enforcement extending citywide in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Murder and scandal at the pressroom amid church society row
An ominous outburst in a newspaper composing room has the boss printer ordering violent acts against a grandchild and a staged scandal including a Parisian actress and a doomed “Sweet Angel of Mercy” while a church society president and a relieved editor confront the terrifying scene. The frightening flare raises questions about the printer’s conduct and the paper’s safety standards.
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Church Society
Tilly
William J
Bryan
Angel of Mercy
Woman Sues Husband for Smiting in Courtroom Fight
In St Louis Mrs Blanche pressed a divorce claim against her husband. The judge asked how she was struck and she replied all rent, then delivered a sharp blow to the judge’s features. The judge fined the husband 360.
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Fouara
St. Louis
Blanche
King George V Related to Most European Royal Houses
King George V is connected to nearly all active European dynasties with the sole notable exception of Austria-Hungary, linking him to a wide web of royal families across the continent.
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George
George V
Europe
Austria-Hungary
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