War Week in Review Shows Allied Gains and German Setbacks
Western Newspaper Union reports on the capture of Kars fortress with 860 guns, and returns on British casualties totaling 18,369 for the week ending April 30. Zeebrugge and Ostend operations damaged German aims, with the channel blocked and the Allied line holding at Voormezeele Locre.
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Kars
Constantinople
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Russia
Austria
Germany
Siberia
Finland
Amiens
Somme
Avre
Associated Press
Flanders
France
Ypres
Voormezeele
Locre
McAdoo Declares Allied France Line Will Hold In Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo tells a Chicago mass meeting the Allies’ France line will hold. An early San Jacinto event suggests no damage from Friday night quakes. Mooney case resentence moves toward US Supreme Court after exhaustive local efforts. Brig. Gen. Getty seeks grand jury probe into Sergt Lane shooting by Officer Halley in Des Moines area.
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William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Chicago
France
Thomas J. Mooney
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
Mooney
R. N. Getty
Fort Logan
Denver
Camp Dodge
Des Madines
Sergt
Wilbur F. Lane
I. W. Halley
US War Effort Expands Food Aid and Resources
Washington reports American food contributions to allies grew in March while facing a looming coal shortage of 75 million tons next winter. Sinnott named to waterways committee, 4000 cattle slaughtered daily for 2 million pounds of beef, and 30 000 boxcar orders totaling up to 90 million dollars. Belgium gains 8.25 million in new credit, bringing US loans to allies to over 5.28 billion. Hospital construction will yield more than 95 000 beds for Army use.
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America
The
Fuel Administration
Representative Sinnott
Oregon
Special
House Waterways Committee
Irvine L. Lenroot
Senate
United States Army
Quartermaster’s Department
McAdoo
Belgium
Treasury
United States
Goras
Allied air raid on Zeebrugge amid Kaiser inspection
Reports say a British airman bombed the Zeebrugge mole while the Kaiser inspected results of a naval raid. China plans to hand 66 steamers totaling about 514000 tons dead weight to the United States for war use. Austrian Premier Von Seydler resigns again per Zurich dispatch.
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Zeebrugge Mole
China
United States
von Seydler
Zurich
Toul
Moritz tops Denver Trap Club practice field
Burt Moritz a Denver veteran trap shooter led a field of 29 at the Denver Trap Club practice shoot with 94 of 100. In Fort Collins the northern Colorado high school track meet set a record as Fort Collins’ Morgan clocked 16 1 5 seconds in the 120 yard hurdles, shaving 3 5 of a second from the former mark. Fort Collins won the heavyweight division and Boulder Preps took the lightweight.
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Burt Moritz
Denver
Colorado
Fort Collins
Morgan
Boulder
Germany delays final peace draft as war weariness grows
Reports from London say Germany fears breaking lines and suffers losses, while peace prospects stall. In Nebraska a snowbound collision killed six, and Uruguay’s France mission was allowed to proceed via the Canary Islands under unclear terms. Taft urged a 7,000,000 man force at Cleveland, and Mrs Preston pressed steadfast American resolve. Marie DeVictorica, an alleged German agent, was arrested on Long Island. A Geneva area farmhand admitted killing Hank and Blanche Mosher with an axe.
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London
Germany
Teutons
Burlington
Bayard
Nebru
France
Canary Islands
Washington
Taft
League
Federated Churches
Cleveland
Ohio
America
Thomas J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
New York
National Security League
Preston
Marie K. DeVictorica
Department of Justice
Long Island
Earl Austin
Geneva
N. Y
Hank Mosher
Blanche Mosher
Victor
Austin
Mosher
Arizona News Roundup Shows Copper Finds and War Efforts
In Arizona a wide range of notes from copper strikes in the Tucson district to Liberty Loan activity and troop mobilization are reported. Key items include three rich copper ore strikes in Twin Buttes San Xavier and Mineral Hill, the Inspiration Copper Co subscribing one million dollars to the Third Liberty Loan, and 470 Arizona men drafted or slated for Camp Funston. Also noted are a Kingman recuperation hospital effort, plant developments at the United Verde and Cobrita Verde operations, and local public events in Douglas and Salome.
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Western
Union News Service
G. S. VanWagenen
Globe
Los Angeles
Kingman
Tucson
Douglas
Arizona
Salome
Catherine
United China Company
Schuylkill Company
Tennessee
Red Cross
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co
Miami
Twin Buttes
San Xavier
Mineral Hill
Wickenburg
Adam Marsh
Louis F. Schultze
Hunt
Inspiration Copper Company
Globe-Miami
Liberty
R. T. Smith
Francis Edwin Cotton
Phoenix
Cyclops
Tombstone
Camp McDowell
California
Yuma
State Council of Defense
Roy Pope
Charles Hill
Pope
Hill
Skull Valley
New
United Verde Copper Co
Logan Properties
Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe
Arizona Corporation Commission
Greenlee County
Camp Funston
Apache
Coconino
Cochise
Gila
Graham
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
British Ypres Line Holds Firm in Key Sector
British forces report the Ypres line remains firm as operations proceed at Beke Lake and Bailleul with continued pressure on German positions. Canadian and Allied units coordinate gaps, artillery, and counterattacks to stabilize fronts.
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British Ypres
Belgians Repel Attacks as German Drive on Ypres Fails
In France and Flanders the German offensive against British and French positions around Meteren Zillebeke and Ypres yielded heavy losses for the attackers. Despite gains on Kemmel hill, Allied lines held firm with Belgian forces repulsing major assaults. Field Marshal Haig reported German efforts fruitless and at high cost as the fight rages along a twelve mile front. The objective remains the city of Ypres as Allied defenses stay intact.
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France
Flanders Battle
von Arnim
Zillebeke Lake
Bailleul
Mont Kemmel
London
Meteren
Zillebeke
Haig
Germany
Ypres
Channel
Voormeneele
Teutons
Kemmel Hill
Americans Engage East of Amiens in War Review
The War Department reports American troops reinforcing allied armies have taken part in battles east of Amiens. The brief statement says our forces have participated and acquitted themselves well, with emphasis on supplying replacement units for the French front to meet ongoing pressure.
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Washington
War Department
Amiens
America
Lemon Lotion Recipe for Freckle and Tan Skin
Make a cheap complexion lotion by squeezing juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Massage daily over face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores supply orchard white for a few cents. Harmless.
Twins Born Prompt Jubilation In Small Flat
In a tiny residence the sister of a new mother erupts with joy after learning her sister has given birth to twins a boy and a girl Auntie rushes to the post office to buy stamps broadcasting the happy news.
Important to Mothers Warns to Check Castoria Bottles
Public notice urges caregivers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of the maker Wb and to ensure the remedy used for infants and children has been in use for over 30 years. It reminds that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Riddles of love quoted by Miss Mary Garden in New York
Miss Mary Garden praises the beauty of a departed betrothed at a New York reception, then jokes about men being riddles. The movie star and the abandoned fiancée are part of the social scene, and Garden's wry remark ends with a sigh over men and romance.
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Mary Garden
New York
Miss Garden
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Offers Cure Guarantee
An advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming it cures catarrh by acting through the blood and improving overall health. A $100 guarantee promises refund if it fails, with testimonials and pricing noted, from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
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Haliss
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
No, Not Every Man Can Accumulate a Fortune
A cautious note on debt and restraint. The saying contrasts slow wealth with quick debts and warns against meddling in everything, implying prudence and measured action.
Wilfley Named Missouri Senator by St Louis Board
St Louis election commissioner Xenophon P Wilfley was appointed and accepted as United States senator to succeed the late W J Stone. Ambassador Francis Champ Clark and Justice Graves declined the post.
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St. Louis
Xenophon P. Wilfley
Board of Election Commissioners
U. S
W. J. Stone
Francis
Champ Clark
Justice Graves
Senate Passes Overman Bill to Coordinate War Agencies
The Senate approved the Overman bill with a broad grant of executive power to coordinate and reorganize government departments during the war. The final vote was 68 to 13 as many opponents joined the majority to pass the measure without amendments.
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Washington
Senate
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American Flag Mfg, CO
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