Mail Seizures Hit Baltic Freight as War Spreads
Copenhagen dispatch reports British authorities seize American post from the Scandi navian Frederick VITL and halt Dutch ships Zaandijk and Veendijk. Captains warn waters near Dover and the Channel are perilous with mines and submarines as convoys escort steamers like the Nieuw Amsterdam. Seven hundred seventy seven bags of American mail removed at Dover.
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New York
de Heuvel
Nieuw Amsterdam
North Sea
Strakta
Dover
Oar
Rotterdam
Grenades With Gas and Steel Shields in Verdun Fighting
A Washington Post report from Paris dated April 4 describes German warfare in the Douaumont and Vaux sector using heavy portable mine launchers, steel shields, and asphyxiating hand grenades. A colonial infantry captain testified that gas masks were stripped away, causing a severe suffocation incident during battle.
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Verdun
Washington Post
Paris
Douaumont and
Vaux
Colonial Infantry Regiment
Ver Dun
the Press Publishing Co
Holland Aims to Show Germans Allies Cannot Pass Her Defenses
Amsterdam via London April 4 Former Minister of War Colyn argues Britain will respect Dutch neutrality but questions Germanys view and the risk of a British landing in Holland He urges stronger Dutch forces to deter Germany and prevent a threat to Germanys open flank.
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Holland
Amsterdam
London
Great Britain
Colyn
Britain
Germany
U S Demand Refused British Face A Drive
The Civil Service Employees union nominates permanent officers and an executive committee from ten departments and the Library of Congress. Balloting runs until Friday night at the Ouray building and the National Filtration Armory. Officers include F A Birgfeld president and various department heads.
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Federal Civil Service
Library of Congress
Federal Trades Commission
Aim
Cera
Ouray
National Filfea Armory
F A Birgfeld
Treasurv Department
HE MacLarin
War Department
Joaseph L. Rhodes
Departmant of Agriculture
G J Pillow
Interior Department
A Rogers
RC Shetse
W A_ Kellar
Department of Labor
Crewsurer
Florence Etheridge
J Wo Griffin
Cammarta
W Moors
Treasury Department
Perkinton
Treastex
Robingon
H A Cady
A Chapin Interior Department
Oila Meo Church
SQUIRE NAMED COMMANDANT AT SAN DIEGO TRAINING SCHOOL
Lieut Col George O Squire, former military attaché in London, will command the San Diego training school for army aviators. He succeeds Col William A Glassford, who becomes chief signal officer of the Western department. The recall was requested by Gen Acriven.
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George O Squire
Embaasy
London
Saniego
Cal
San Iniego
War Department
Squire
William A Glassford
Glassford
Western Department
Squirre
Acriven
Ban Diego
Fisher Named Again In Democratic Primary
Washington Post Burbaud at 708 King Street Alexandria reports Mayor Thomas A Fisher was nominated to succeed himself in a Democratic primary by 69 votes. The only contest was in the Second ward where two council seats were won by Flanry K Field 212 Robley Drumback 189 and Jerome Kaufmann. Other council nominees ran unopposed across wards with listed names and positions.
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Washington Post Burbaud
King Street
Alexandria
Thomas A Fisher
James M Duncan
Common Council
Flanry K Field
Robley Drumback
Jerome Kaufmann
Piracy Charge Shifts Hudson to Delaware Trial
United States Attorney General notified local authorities that Clarence Reginald Hudson and Ernest Schiller face a piracy charge on the high seas for seizing the British steamship Matoppo after leaving New York for Europe. Hudson, arraigned in police court, was sent to Bellevue Hospital for ten days observation per State authorities. his transfer to Wilmington, Del. for trial is sought as authorities begin rescinding police magistrate actions and directing removal.
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New York
United States Attorney General
High Seas
Clarence Reginald Hudson
Allan Ernest Schiller
Matoppo
Europe
United States
Hudson
Wilmington
Del
Bellevue Hospital
Iowa
Swann
George W Smalley Passes Away in London
George W Smalley, born in Norfolk County Maas in 1833, Yale and Harvard Law School graduate, longtime journalist and war correspondent, died yesterday in London. He was well known for his reporting career and links to notable press work.
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George” Washburn ‘Smalley
Norfolk County
Maas
Yale University
Harvard Law School
President and Mrs Wilson Tour Tangier Virginia Town
The President and Mrs Wilson visited Tangier aboard the Mayflower last Saturday. They spent hours in the island town famed for burying ground yards, a six foot wide street, and a life centered on fishing with no autos or horses. Fishermen sell catches to schooners plying Chesapeake Bay. The town has stores, simple comforts, and content residents.
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Potomac
President
Mra. Wilson
Tangier
Virginia
Poasta
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Baltimore
Norfolk
British Break Faith Prize Court Cases Upset
British prize court cases on conditional contraband were shaken by a March 30 order in council deemed retroactive. The shift nullified earlier defenses that relied on Grey’s February note and the October 29 1914 order. Shipments to neutral ports faced new retroactive treatment and U S State Department guidance was updated. Trial of the Joseph W Fordney cattle feed case was postponed due to an ongoing Swedish vessel matter.
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State Department
London
Edward Grey
Washington
United States
Sir Edward Grey
American Meat Packers
Joseph W. Fordney
Order In Council
English Attorneya
Chilton Defends Brandeis Nomination Before Committee
Senator Chilton defended the recommendation to confirm Laula D. Brandeis as Supreme Court justice before the judiciary committee. As subcommittee chair, he noted Brandeis’s prominence in public and private life during Sherman anti trust era, acknowledging inevitable opposition and a campaign to damage his public image.
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Chilton
Laula D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Brandals
Brandes
Senator Chilton
Nim
Day's World War Events Summarized for Easy Reader
Paris reports a heavy night attack repulsed near Cousumont and Vaux with a stiff artillery duel on the Meuse west bank. London notes 200 casualties from Kent powder factory explosions as Zeppelins make a fourth raid. Berlin says English recaptured a mine crater south of St. Malo while Germans take forts south and southwest of Fort Douaumont. French counterattacks repulsed.
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Paris
Cousumont
Vaux
Meuse
Berlin
St. Hlol
Fort Dousamont
Fourth Zeppelin Raid Targets Great Yarmouth Coast
London announced a dawn raid at 2 a.m. by a single Zeppelin, with several explosions but no damage or casualties. The attack, near Great Yarmouth, followed earlier raids while authorities praised enhanced London defense and munitions protections.
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London
War Office
Angilan
Dutch purchase bureau opens in New York to buy supplies
Holland representatives arrived on the Nieuw Amsterdam to set up a permanent bureau for Dutch purchases. They expect annual spending of at least 10 million dollars with about 5 million already placed with American firms. J C Aulemfent and J E Inckel named as officials, tasking the bureau with railway rolling stock electrical equipment and machinery for Dutch possessions in the East and West Indies.
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New York
Holland
Nieuw
Amsterdam
Germany
J C. Aulemfent
J. E. Inckel
East
West Indies
Britain’s Stand Against U S Claims Sparks Debate
A lengthy discussion on British orders in council and seizures of American ships and mails, noting arbitration as possible relief or delay. It cites cases like August Piepenbrink aboard Windber and German seamen held by French and British ships, stressing international law obligations to protect nationals aboard neutral merchant vessels.
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Jand
Great Britain
England
Germany
United States
Mr. Bryan
August Piepenbrink
Walter
Windber
Conde
State Department
France
New York
Porto Rico
China
Federal volunteer plan hangs on Senate vote amid clashes
Debates sprawl as Senator Lae tries to strike the National Guard provision from the Army bill. Senator Borah attacks federalization while Chamberlain lobbies for support. Several senators shift positions as talks continue and a key vote is deferred.
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National Guard
Senate
Laé
Maryland
Chamberlain
Lee
Lewis
Illinois
Sterling
South Dakota
Regular Army
Volunteer Army
Idaho
House
West Virginia
United States
Weders
Thomaz
Colorado
Guard
Reed
Missouri
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Curtis
Micbsas
Cummins
Lodge
Massachusetts
See ks Divorce IV London
Mrs Wilfred Isaacs formerly Florence Carney of Washington and New York won a decree against her husband Wilfred Leon Isaacs for restitution of conjugal rights. Married in Jersey City in 1911, he left her for long periods and refused to return after she visited Italy, saying they had been unhappy for two years. When she supplies further proof she will seek a divorce.
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Washington Post
London
Wilfred Lenaacs
Misa Florence Carney
Washington
New York
Wilfred Leon Isaacs
Italy
Isaace
The
Pres, Publishing Co
Delegates in Buenos Aires Hear McAdoo Paper
In Buenos Aires on April 4 delegates to the commercial congress were kept in reserve by the mayor. At the session the American Treasury Secretary William G McAdoo read the first paper.
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Buenos Aires
Commercial Congress
Treasury
William G McAdoo
Cecil A Lyon Dead Prominent Texas G.O.P. Figure
Brig. Gen Cecil A Lyon of the Texas National Guard died at 8 30 pm following a recent operation. He was a longtime Republican and bull moose party figure serving on the national committee and later aligning with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Born in Georgia in 1860 he was also a lumber manufacturer with broad North Texas business interests.
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Cecil A. Lyon
Texas National Guard
Lyon
Bull Moose
Texas
Republican National Committee
Progressive Party
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Gen. Lyer
Georgia
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