Senate Passes 3 Billion War Loan to Allies
The Senate unanimously approved a war finance bill authorizing 7 billion in securities and a 3 billion loan to nations at war with Germany. After seven hours of debate, leaders moved to conference if needed, with 84 senators voting for the measure and all but two opposing it in principle.
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Germany
Washington
Senate
House
Lane
Oregon
America
Borah
Cummins
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
J. P. Morgan
Milkmen urge restraint in canned milk purchases
In Columbus on April 18, J. F. Montgomery leads a patriotic effort urging mailed letters from every canned milk producer to jobbers and retailers. The plan targets curbing six to twelve month advance orders that threaten prices and cause an abnormal premium despite ample supply.
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Columbus
United States
J. F. Montgomery
National Banners’ Association
Defiant Pennsylvanians Rally Against Mine Eviction
About a thousand residents in a Pennsylvania town refused to abandon their homes as coal under their town was to be mined. They showed defiant resolve by openly displaying American flags and resisting the eviction order.
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Pennsylvania
Selective Draft Battle Looms in War Army Plan
Washington reports a clash over the selective draft as the House Military Committee adopts amendments to require volunteer increments of 500000 and allow the draft only if volunteers fall short. Dent leads anti draft efforts while the Senate backs the General Staff bill. President Wilson urges a staff driven war army.
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Dent
House
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Wilson
Capitol
House Military Committee
Kahn
California
Senate
Europe
Bernhardt Operated On In New York Kidney Ailment
Paris star Sarah Bernhardt underwent a major operation at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York late last night. Surgeon Dr Leo Buer performed the procedure as the only hope to save her life amid a dangerous kidney condition.
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New York
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Mt Sinai
Leo Buer
Prisoners to Work Farm in Westchester County
Westchester County General Safety Commission plans to assign inmates from the new county penitentiary at Hast View to cultivate 200 acres of county land on the Cochrane farm. It seeks permission to use 150 nearby acres owned by New York City. Eager for more labor, V Everit Macy aims to transfer additional federal prisoners to work on food production for county and city authorities.
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New York
Westchester County Commission of General Safety
New County Penitentiary
Cochrane Farm
Hast View
City of
V. Everit Macy
Commissioner of Charities and Correction
Westchester County
New York City
Locked in Basement Divorce Granted in Chicago Case
Carrie B Radcliffe testified in circuit court her husband locked her in the basement of their South Side home for three days to stop her dancing. He said you can dance to keep warm. The incident occurred during January and she sought freedom, not alimony, which the court granted.
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Chicago
Carrie B. Radcliffe
South Side
Accused of Treason in Denver Police Record
James McFarron is listed as accused of treason in a Denver police record dated April 19. He was arrested while haranguing a crowd of young men including a recent Navy recruit. The officer said McFarron urged them not to fight for their country and ridiculed the enlistee.
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Denver
Col
James McFarron
Navy
McFarron
End of the Five-Cent Loaf in Cincinnati
John Hartlaub, president of the Cincinnati Master Bakers' Association, announced after a meeting that the five-cent loaf will disappear in Cincinnati within days and that only 10 and 15 cent loaves will remain. Bakers in other cities have already raised bread prices.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bakers
John Hartlaub
Cincinnati Master Bakers’ Association
Hartlaub
Jersey City Presbytery backs compulsory training pledge
Ministers of the Presbytery of Jersey City representing 45 churches in Bergen Passaic and Hudson counties sent a telegram to President Wilson pledging support for compulsory military training and approved a close alliance with the entente allies.
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Jersey City
Presbytery
Bergen
Passaic
Hudson Counties
Wilson
Publishers Offer Free War Content to National Defense Council
A. C. Pearson executive secretary of the United Publishers Corporation and A. J. Baldwin of Hill Publishing Company propose free and unreserved use of news editorials and ads in 300 leading U S publications to aid the war effort against Germany. They report broad offers from trade journals.
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Washington
Germany
A. C. Pearson
United Publishers Corporation
A. J. Baldwin
New York
Hill Publishing Company
Council of National Defence
United States
General Wood Urges Frontline Service for War Duty
Major General Wood told a Boston gathering of the American Cotton Waste Exchange that the United States must send men to the front to fulfill its duty in the war. The meeting aimed to raise funds to equip a Red Cross ambulance unit. He warned that if the nation fights it must put living soldiers at the front and would endure losses.
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United States
Robert Lansing
General Wood
Army Abroad
Boston
Miners Seek Wage Hikes as Coal Conference Concludes
John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, says 175,000 miners and clerks in Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields have petitioned employers for wage increases matching the recent bituminous miners gains. Bituminous workers asked 20 to 33 1 3 percent, with a compromise around 20 percent.
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New York
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
German Patents Stay Held by Foreign Residents in War
Washington April 19 The status of patents held in the United States by residents of nations at war with the United States will remain unchanged for the present, says Thomas Ewing commissioner of patents. He did not believe seizure would ever be necessary.
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Washington
United States
Thomas Ewing
Pattents
Crop Plan Success Attracts Chicago Schoolboys
Chicago April 19 Hundreds of schoolboys crowded the board of education offices seeking farm work assignment. The mobilization aims to enlist youth aid to boost crops with farm labor credit posted on school records for the work completed.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Conscripting the idler in Maryland census
Governor Yarrington announced that the military census in Maryland will file the name of every idler. Each idler has the option of voluntary work or farm work at the House of Correction.
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Baltimore
Yarrington
Maryland
House of Correction
Senators Attack Espionage Bill Faces Key Comment Clamp
In Washington April 19 Senate debate over the administration espionage bill centered on a judiciary committee clause restricting comment on military affairs. Lodge urged limiting the clause to ban only comments aiding the enemy. Debate paused with the section unresolved and likely to be defeated or altered. critics warn it curbs liberty by making government regulations criminal.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Thomas
Colorado
French Drive Keeps Up Steady Advance Across Front
French forces push from Soissons toward Rheims taking Ostel and Braye-en-Laonnois with 1,700 prisoners and 180 machine guns in three days. German counterattacks yield heavy losses as French gains extend near Ville-au-Bois and Juvincourt. Haig reports new ground along the Scarpe and Villers-Gaislain, while Russians repulse a German assault near Braila.
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Sois‘sons
Champagne
Villeau-Bois
Soissons
Rheims
Ostel
Braye-en-Loannois
Juvincourt
Aisne
Paris
St. Quentin
Gauchy
Field Marshal
Haig
Scarpe
Fampoux
Villers-Gaislain
Loos
Relief ships reach Rotterdam after German attacks
Relief ships arriving at Rotterdam between April 6 and 15 brought 17 500 tons of wheat and 9 800 tons of general cargo including bacon lard corned beef peas beans and milk. The London office of the relief in Belgium commission reports Germans have ceased sinking immune ships and expect normal wartime navigation hazards for these vessels.
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Rotterdam
London
Commission
Directora
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Plans for patriotic parade to boost recruiting in Cleveland
Cleveland awaits a great patriotic parade and mass meeting planned for late this week or early next week. Grand Army, Spanish War Veterans, national guardsmen, Red Cross, Boy Scouts and other groups will be invited to participate in the demonstration to stimulate recruiting.
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Cleveland
Grand Army
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Heavy Rains Flood East Kansas Towns
Heavy rains soaked eastern Kansas with streams rising over banks. Five to six inches fell south and east of Herrington, Marion reports flooding and all wires into town down.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Herrington
Marion
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