War plans complete as Wilson awaits Congress today
President Wilson prepared to address Congress in extraordinary session to urge war against Germany or declare a state of war. War and Navy departments outline recommendations, with House and Senate expected to approve a war resolution and related funding. Universal training, bond issues, and revenue measures loom as decisive steps toward national mobilization.
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Germany
Inelur
Congress
Wilson
United States
High Seas
War and Navy Departments
Senate
House
Clark
Eign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Police Department
Capitol
Elizabeth Freeman
Peace Federation
Miss Freeman
Mystery surrounds envoy Penfield trip to Washington
Telegraph reports from Vienna quote officials saying Frederic Penfield American ambassador’s trip to Washington does not alter Austria Hungary United States relations. Diplomatic contact remains via Washington charge d affaires and Vienna envoy. US State Department declines to confirm recall or homeward move. Penfield’s return to Vienna expected in about three months amid wartime prisoner and belligerent interest concerns.
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Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Lansing
United States
Count Tarnowski
Fenfield
Germany
Washington
America
Austria
Gardner to ask house for war on Germany
Representative Augustus P Gardner of Massachusetts plans to introduce a resolution in the House declaring war on Germany in blunt, unqualified terms. He aims to act quickly without awaiting President Wilson's position and will frame the measure to leave no doubt about the United States course.
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United States
Senate
Germany
House of Representatives
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Gardner
Congress
Great Britain
Spain
Mr. Gardner
Gompers Backs Military Training Bill
In New York on April 1 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor announced his support for the Chamberlain military training bill. The statement followed a rebuttal to a long letter from Amos Pinchot urging him to oppose military training.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chamberlain
Amos Pinchott
Gompers
Peace conference urged in Czernin remarks view
Berlin quotes Count Czernin saying the entente could accept an honorable peace and the central powers proposal for a peace conference remains valid The Hague and Amsterdam reports note Dutch press sees Czernin interview as a call for a general conference without halting hostilities and amid broader aims.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Berlin
Count Czernin
Fremdenblatt
St'll
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
St Hes Nyw
Russia
Nis
The
Hague
Netherlands
Count Czernin von Schudnitz
Holland
Rankin's 22 Word Stand Drives Congressional Start
Miss Rankin declares she will abide by any action of the Republican caucus in her vote for Speaker and will speak briefly and build support after swearing in. Reporters press for reform plans but she declines discussion until after Wilson's message. She aims to push universal suffrage and extend child welfare work, with a breakfast noting suffrage efforts.
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Jeanette Rankin
Missoula
Mont
Congress
Miss Rankin
House
Montana
Universal Service
Wilson
Department of Labor
Cuban Rebel Chiefs Arrested in Haiti Escape Probe
Habana reports Maj Rigoberto Fernandes, Cuban rebel leader in Oriente, and aid Loret De Mola were captured in Port-au-Prince along with Capt. Luis Estrada and others after fleeing Oriente aboard a small schooner. They were seized by American naval forces, removing a group tied to anti-government activity and signaling ongoing conflict across the Caribbean region.
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Oriente
French Again Honor Hale for Janssen Medal
Paris April 1 The Astronomical Society of France awarded George Ellery Hale the Janssen medal for important discoveries marking his second receipt of the honor after a prior award in 1894.
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Hale
Paris
The
Astronomical Society of France
George Ellery Hale
Germans Plan Blow Hindenburg Hopes to Win
Copenhagen reports from Berlin say Germany aims to peak military strength this year by drafting all capable men, extending service, and mobilizing factories. Work continues behind lines, with a three stage plan to push munition output to maximum as strategic reserves shift to the front. Hesitation remains over whether offensives will come in the east or west, with Sommer retreat viewed as delaying action and avoiding Anglo French pressure rather than seeking a major battle.
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Denmark
London
Germany
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Landsturm
War Department
Resichstag
Austria-Hungary
Aoso
Kreuznach
Rhine
Charleville
Mezieres
Emperor William
Somme
Poa Index to Today's Issue Headlines
Daily index of stories includes Wilson address to Congress Rankin support Drive on Capital. Germans plan heavy blow. riot at Baltimore. peace talks. Armitish lead. Dr. Mikhi m Irges Ho War. Turks routed in Mesopotamia. ships added to the Union. reform left bound to free. post headers. 10 speakers praise the forum. church services report.
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Wilson
Rankin
Fuchus
Capital
Baltimore
Newarer
Quent
Clark Forres
Mikhim Irges
Cuiris
Brenta
Pacifists Routed by Baltimoreans
A large April 1 crowd in Baltimore stormed the Academy of Music disrupting a pacifist meeting led by Dr David Starr Jordan. Police used clubs to break up the mob, arresting six and injuring several, including Douglas Ober who was hospitalised. The incident featured pro and anti pacifist factions, with flag bearing demonstrators and chaotic confrontations inside and outside the venue.
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Baltimore
Academy of Music
David Starr Jordan
Douglas G Ober
Carter G Osburn
Alison Muir
William Tipton
Leonard Ober
Louis Merryman
Robert W Wood
Johna Hawkins University
John H Latane
Johns Hopkins
Douglas Ober
Guatavus Ober
J H Mason Knox
Jacob France
Jjr
Barnett S Johnston
R Lancaster Williams
Middendorf
Williams & Co
MaAdams
J . Crawford Frost
Jacob Trance, Jr
City College
Reeve
Academy
Asole
Marshal Carter
Osbourn
Hope For 13 Youths Gone in Boat Mystery
A Mass coast boat incident leaves 13 youths missing after a motor launch capsized near a Roasn harbour. Authorities confirm four bodies recovered with others feared lost. The fatality chain points to a voyage from a harbor owned by Robert B. Robertson, a noted local boatman.
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Ann Mass
Fea
Acrat
Hart
Roasn Harbor
OH Robertson
British and French Forces Make Gains West of St Quentin
Allied forces advance near Laon and St Quentin with captures of Savy Wood and Vendelles. German prisoner totals rise to 4,678 since January 1, while French troops push along the Laon sector taking several trench systems and exposing German losses in Champagne. Air activity remains high with several German aircraft downed.
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Savy
St. Quentin
Pfaria
Champagne
London
Savy Wood
St Quentin
France
Vendelles
Epehy
Peizere
Heudicourt
Paris
Laon
Massi
Oum i
Peiziere
Crosailles
Roclincourt
Neuville-St Vaast
Givenchy
Vauxatilon
Laffaux
War Office
Somme
Oise
Atletic River
Belz
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Aid
Port Au Prince
Emergency Peace Federation
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