Speaker Curk Opposes Selective Draft in Congress
Washington April 24 Speaker Curk opposed the selective draft and predicted it would never pass Congress. He said conscription would disgrace the nation and that the War Department was pressuring the public to accept the bill. A delegation from the National Security League and about a million petition signers urged passage.
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Washington
Curk
Congress
National Security League
War Department
German Tactics on French Line
Major Moraht of Tages Zeitung argues French offensives have yielded little so far. He says holding narrow terrain gains is useless in fortified zones and that Germany must keep the line mobile, sacrificing some position to wear down the enemy and prevent a breakthrough, enabling rapid counterattacks with reserves outside enemy fire.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Major Moraht
Tages Zeitung
British Drive Advances on Arras Front and Mesopotamia
British forces push along the Scarpe front south of the Bapaume Cambrai road and reach the St Quentin canal east of Epehy. They seize Beaucamp and Villers-Plouich, take 1,500 prisoners, and press toward Le Catelet and Marcoing as French action on the Chemin Des Dames continues. In Mesopotamia, British troops occupy Samara station after hot fighting near Samarra and seize locomotives and railway stock. Bulgarian forces repel a British attack in Macedonia.
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Cambrai
St. Quentin Canal
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Vendhuille
le Catelet
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Peronne-Cambrai
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Beaucamp
Villers-Plouich
Marcoing
Cam Tai
Marnne
Croiselles
Gavrelle
Monchy-Le-Breux
Roeux
Arras-Douai
Aisne
Champagne
Chemin-Des- Dames
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Samara
Bagdad
Sofia
Macedonia
Vardar
Lake Doiran
Across Atlantic with the French Commissioners
The French commission arrives as American warships fly French colors and bands play the national anthem. Marshal Joffre is seen in stations along the route as the special mission train travels from Paris toward the port of departure amid strong displays of American colors in towns and villages.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Paris
Secret Service
Marshal Joffre
America
Death Grapple Near Wotan Line Shifts in Fierce Combat
Reports say the bitter Anglo French offensive rages along the Wotan line east of Arras with German efforts to hold a vital position. British wedges push toward Vitry as fighting centers on machine guns and field artillery with heavy losses on both sides.
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Wotan
Arras
Hindenburg
Haig
Douai
Cambrai
Scarpe River
Bapaume-Cambrai
Austria
Domination of Standard Oil Firms Tied to Gasoline Prices
The Federal Trade Commission told the Senate that Standard Oil dominance largely explains high gasoline prices over the last two years. Interlocking stock ownership reduced competition, prompting recommendations to reopen antitrust cases, modify the dissolution decree, and enact measures on stock ownership, pipelines, and gas standards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Standard Oil
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Oil Trust
Supreme Court
Standard
Strikers Threaten to Blow Up Plant at Deerfield
About one hundred Augusta Weed Products Company workers at Deerfield Virginia threatened to blow up the plant after not receiving wages. The sheriff and magistrates called militiamen who guard the Deerfield lumber mill. Twenty five strikers were taken by automobile from Deerfield to Millboro, and by nightfall the disturbance appeared quelled.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Augusta Weed Products Company
Deerfield
Here
Deereld
Millboro
Submarines At Work Sink Three Ships
London reports from Christiania and Petrograd say German submarines sank three vessels. The Norwegian steamer Reice was sunk in the North Sea and the Skiold, a 1125 ton Norwegian ship, was sunk in the Atlantic. The Russian steamer Zara carrying refugees was torpedoed in northern waters. among the passengers was M. Karpovich, a Baltic political figure exiled to Siberia.
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Associated Press
London
Norway
Christiania
Reice
North Sea
Skiold
Atlantic
Petrograd
Zara
Ter Karpovich
Progressive Movement
Study Lograd University
M. Jensen
Lettish Social Democratic Committee
Karpovitch
Siberia
M. Bogolienogy
U S Steel Declares Extra Dividend Amid Strong Profits
United States Steel Corporation announces an extra dividend of 3 percent on common shares in addition to the regular 11 1/2 percent stock dividend. The decision follows high profits and steady demand in April.
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United States Steel of Corporation
Vestroe Bercont
American Soldier Killed in France in Offensive
Corporal Ronald Hoskier from South Orange New Jersey was killed in action during a major American offensive in France. The death is part of ongoing combat operations as Allied forces press the attack against German positions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ronald Hoskier
South Orange
Oke Oo Lean Fyi
Amerng Corps
Germans Promote Revolt in Brazil
Telegraph reports from Parana confirm Germans in Southern Brazil are concentrating in Santa Catharina. Authorities fear an insurrection in the South amid growing German activity there.
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Brazil
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Parana
Santa Catharina
Balfour Opens A Busy Day In Washington
British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour spent the day in Washington consulting with members of the British commission on handling and distributing England's war experience. He met Henry White at lunch and planned formal dinners with Lansing Baker and Daniels followed by the Pan American reception.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arthur James Balfour
British Commission
Balfour
England
France
Lansing, Baker and Daniels
Anthracite Representatives Seek 20 Percent Wage Increase
Representatives of 175000 anthracite miners yesterday presented to a committee of operators a demand for a 20 percent raise, to be proportioned in a way that would be helpful and constructive.
Asheville Drives Effort for Military Training Camp
J E Strikeleather and Dr F J Clemenger, Asheville officials, left for New York after a War Department conference on a possible military training camp for officers and men on Mrs Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate. General Leonard Wood will decide the eastern camp location.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
War Department
Asheville
J. E. Strikeleather
F. J. Clemenger
North Carolina
New York
Leonard Wood
Mississippi
Messrs
Strikeleather and
Clemenger
Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Wood
Wilson Signs War Bond Bill to Sell 7 Billion in Bonds
President Wilson signed the war bond bill authorizing the sale of five billion dollars in government bonds and two billion dollars in treasury certificates. The action comes from Washington on April 24.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
State Department expects French commission arrival
Washington dispatch reports the Department of State stating the French commission will reach tomorrow morning. Exact time and arrival location will be announced later.
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Washington
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
Department of State
French commission lands in United States headed by Viviani Joffre
The French commission led by Rene Viviani and Marshal Joffre arrived in the United States aboard a French steamship escorted by American destroyers. Officials welcomed the group off the coast as naval and military attaches boarded the ships to extend greetings to American shores. Viviani, a prominent Socialist and former minister, heads the delegation with a cadre including Joffre, Chocheprat, Chambrun, Simon, Hovelarque, and Dreyfus.
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Washington
United States
Department of State
Marshal Joffre
Viviani
Atlantic
State Department
France
Rene Viviani
Council of Ministers
Independent Socialist Party
Painleve
Briand
Millerand
Clemenceau
Marshal Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
P. L. A. Chocheprat
Pierre de Chambrun
Chamber of Deputies
M. Simon
M. Hovelarque
Public Instruction
Dreyfus
Sidi-Bel-Abbes
Algeria
Court of Appeals
Paris
Gaston Roumergue
Poincare
Russia
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