Grand Duke Alexis Pro claimed Emperor in Petrograd Riots
London reports from Copenhagen say counter revolution has broken out in Petrograd with Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievitch proclaimed emperor and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch as regent. Washington notes persistent Finland rumors of a monarch restoration plot amid revolution.
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Copenhagen
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Petrograd
Finland
Alexis Dlalevitch
Michael Alexandrovitch
Stockholm’ Aftonbladet
Abo
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Russia
Nicholas
Alexis
Michael Alexandroviteh
Michael
Washington
Alexis Nikolaieviteh
Merczar of Russi
State Department
Francis
Vologda
Germany
Liberty Loan campaign ends with $2.18 billionpledged
Washington reports nineteen days of Liberty loan campaigning closed with $2,178,877,050 pledged, 10 percent of the $3 billion minimum. Six remaining working days aim to reach a $5 billion total from 20 million subscribers, with Liberty day preparations at headquarters.
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Washington
Barkentine Koko Head Burned At Sea En Route To Nil a
San Francisco reports the barkentine Koko Head bound for Nil a from Cape Town burned 180 miles southwest of Java Heads. Fifteen crew members landed at Sumatra after six days afloat in open boats. The ship encountered fire and the men survived the peril with rescue reaching them by the day’s advices.
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San Francisco
Nila
Cape Town
Java Heads
Sumatra
Doctors say archbishop unlikely to recover
Late tonight physicians attending Archbishop Ireland reported his condition satisfactory yet feared another relapse. They do not expect the archbishop will recover.
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Ireland
Montana forts for the wounded
Helena April 27. A Washington dispatch says Surgeon General Gorgas wrote to Senator Walsh that Fort Harrison near Helena and Fort Missoula near Missoula will probably be made convalescent camps for American wounded.
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Helena
Washington, D.C
Gorgas
I. J. Walsh
Montana
William H. Harrison
Fort Missoula
Missoula
Mooney Retrial Sought On Fraud Malfeasance Claim
In San Francisco on April 27 a new effort to overturn Thomas J. Mooney’s murder conviction emerged as Maxwell McNutt filed notice to seek a new trial on grounds of willful fraud and malfeasance in the prosecution. The judge delayed ruling to Thursday as the motion’s jurisdiction is debated.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Griffin
McNutt
Mooney
Gunn
Charles M. Fickert
Largest freighter launched amid French fortifications
Paris reports the largest freighter of the French mercantile service, 450 feet long and 19,000 tons, launched at Dunkirk and now safely in a French port away from the fighting. German bombardments and mine fields failed to halt the yard as work surged forward three weeks ahead of schedule. The ministry of marine hails the feat near the front as a major achievement.
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Paris
Dunkirk
Gothas
Ministry of Marine
Tom Stout Declines Run and Endorses H B Mitchell
Lewistown April 27 Tom Stout former Montana representative announces he will not be a candidate in the Democratic primary citing illness in his family He praises H B Mitchell of Great Falls for the nomination and endorses him Mitchell Ayerhire dairy owner from Eastern Montana confirms plans to seek Congress in the district under Democratic banner Strong local figures highlighted in this retirement and endorsement notice.
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Lewistown
Tom Stout
Montana
East
Stout
H. B. Mitchell
Great Falls
Apr Zim M. Bh. Mitchell
Congress
Democratic Party
Mr. Mitchell
Ayershire
How the Kaiser Treats Belgians Young and Old
A letter from Dutch and Flemish senators to Governor General von Falkenhausen condemns Belgian deportations. It cites Belgians including youths under 16 and adults over 30 pressed into forced labor in Northern France near the front, facing shellfire and harsh conditions that breed sickness and disease.
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Ishes
Gal von Falkenhausen
Genral
Belgium
Helland
Otn
France
Ten Divisions Against Allies in Frontline Action
AP reports British Army in France faced about ten German divisions in recent assaults. On a 10,000 yard front between Dranoutres and the Ypres Comines canal, roughly 120,000 Allies opposed the attackers. Germans gained fresh divisions from Verdun and Loere, Hospide and Locre farm saw fighting, Locre a hotly contested point. British prisoners numbered near 900 from counter operations, with additional captures north of the position.
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Associated Press
France
Loere
Locrehét ‘Farm
Locre
Chauncey Depew Honored Again at Birthday Event
New York on April 27 marks Chauncey M Depew’s eighty fifth birthday celebrated by Brooklyn’s Montauk club. The former U S senator has been honored by the club for twenty seven consecutive years.
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New York
Berlin
Tts
Chauncey M. ‘Depew
Montauk Club
Brooklyn
United States
Austrian Premier Von Seyd Resigns Amid Discontent
London reports Dr von Seyd the Austrian premier has again offered his cabinet’s resignation, claiming the situation is untenable. Vienna’s anti-Emperor Charles party discussed, while Berlin’s Reichstag debate exposed discontent with military administration and Ukraine policy.
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London
von Seyd
Zurich
Premier von Seydler
Emperor Charles
Rhe Hague
Apri 1
Viena
Charles
Vienna
Tage Hlatt
Berlin
Woman arrested may be bad one in Liberty Bond notes
New York April 27 Mme Marie K de Victoria a suspected German agent was arrested at a fashionable Long Island hotel and brought to New York in a nervous state to Bellevue Hospital Miss Margaret Sullivan her maid is held as a material witness Liberty bonds in Idaho see county totals and quotas rising toward one million in Shoshone County funds.
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New York
Mme
Marie K. de Victoria
Department of Justice
Germany
Long Island
de Victoria
Bellevue Hospital
Margaret Sullivan
Administration Winning Points In Senate Fight
Washington April 27—A late forecast of administration victory came as amendments to exempt the Federal Reserve Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission from a blanket reorganization bill were defeated. Senator Smith of Georgia had offered them, but the board was trounced 41 to 37 and the commission 42 to 10. London also reports British forces advancing on the Salonika front with Macedonian theater operations described by the war office.
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Relichstag
Berlin
Herr Scheidemann
Zeebrugge
War Press Department
Heab
Ukraine
Herr’ “Gothein
Mathias Eraberger
von Weisberg
Washingon
Vietery
Long Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smith
Georgia
London
Saloniki
The
War Office
FIRM AGAINST ATTACK SITUATION NOT $0 BAD
The Franco British forces have held the line in the Ypres sector and prevented a major German breakthrough near Kemmel. In Flanders the allied command seeks to hold salient positions while German moves near Amiens struggle. Britons and French forces report continued progress around Villers Bretonneux and Hangard with several German divisions badly battered.
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Kemmel
Mont Rouge
Scherpendhers
Mont Reme
Ypres
Beital War Cme
Mont Reman
Flanders
Entente
Itas
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard
Hanekard
Texion
Amiens
Avre
Battle on Kemmel Slopes Leaves German Corpses Massed
London reports from France describe heavy German casualties on the Kemmel slopes as the battle continues. The correspondent notes British losses and a small number of survivors reaching the crest amid intense pressure from German forces. A Montana weather forecast follows, predicting partly cloudy days with little temperature change.
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Montana
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