Germans Rush 80 000 Troops Into Battle Around Ypres
The front reports mobilize 80,000 reinforcements via Aix la Chapelle and Antwerp as Germans drive on the Yser near Ypres. British forces hold Hill 60 while German artillery shells heavy losses and massive troop movements continue. Antwerp’s railways are commandeered for war use.
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Rotterdam
Daily Mail
Aix-la-Chapelle
Antwerp
Belgium
Yser
Brussels
Ypres
Bruges
French Make Local Gains In St Mihiel Sector War Brief
In St Mihiel wooded valley French seize 700 metres of German trenches and take about 100 prisoners including three officers. French and Allied actions near Ypres, Steenstraate, and Yser Canal, plus Helpless conditions at Vicoque and Embermenil. Russians reach Lemberg as Czar arrives. North Sea fleet activity noted. multiple counterattacks and German losses described with official and unofficial attributions.
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St. Mihiel
Russian statement on Austro German trench gains near Lubnia
Petrograd reports a night drive in Lutovisk area capturing Hill 1001 trench section northeast of Lubnia. Prisoners include seven officers and over 200 men with two machine guns. The front Lubnin Bucovetz Sianki saw enemy offense fail with heavy shelling elsewhere. overall position unchanged.
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Lubnin
Carpathians
Petrograd
London
Lutovisk
No. 1001
Devastation in East Prussia as 300000 flee Memel raid
An Associated Press dispatch chronicles widespread devastation in East Prussia after Russian forces raid Memel. About 300000 fugitives, 100000 horses, and 150000 cattle driven out. thousands of buildings burned. civilians suffer killings and abductions while German authorities assess the toll amid rumors of atrocities.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Memel
Associated Press
Russia
Meme
Tilsit
Jandsturm
Nimmersau
Baltic
Rockefeller records cited in Colorado coal strike inquiry
New York investigation reveals letters and telegrams linking John D. Rockefeller Jr and officials to actions in the 1914 Colorado coal strike. The panel argues Rockefeller knew of the strike, with letters showing coordination through his New York office and statements by associates about open shop politics and media plans.
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Commission
Walsh
Rockefellers
Colorado
Rockefeller
New York
Congressional Investigating Committee
Bowers
Lee
Ammons
Wilson
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Lee
Poison is hurled by Germans in gas attack near Ypres
Field Marshal Sir John French reports that the enemy attacked French troops on the left near Bixschoote and Langemarck north of the Ypres salient. A heavy bombardment preceded a large use of gas devices, indicating long preparation to employ asphyxiating gas in violation of the Hague convention.
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Ypres
Yser Canal
Paris
London
Sir John French
France
Belgium
Bixschoote
Langemarck
Front Lines Hold After Night of Gas and Attack Near Ypres
German claims of gas usage are debunked as a French withdrawal from the gas zone near Boesinghe is noted. Our trenches east of Ypres withstand two night attacks while the front holds except for a leftward readjustment. An aviator damaged a German plane in recon and another was shot down near Messines.
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Boesinghe
Ypres
Messines
German tally of gains in Ypres sector and Meuse Moselle fights
Berlin reports a western advance from Steenstraate east of Langemarck with villages Langemarck Steenstraate Het Sas and Pilken taken. 1600 French and British prisoners and 80 guns seized. Fighting along Meuse Moselle remained lively with clashes at Combres St Mihiel Apremont and near Fllirey. Embermenil evacuated after French shelling. eastern situation unchanged.
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Berlin
London
Steenstraate
Langemarck
Ypres
Pilken
Douon
Combres
St. Mihiel
Apremont
Fllirey
Ailly
Embermenil
Agincourt
French Statement Reports No Grave Effects From Gas Use
Paris dispatch says German asphyxiating bombs near Ypres caused no grave results. French and British counterattacks gained ground north of Ypres with prisoners. Allied forces demolished a gun at Beausejour in Champagne and captured a trench mortar, machine gun, and equipment after German assaults on the Meuse heights were stopped.
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Ypres
Steenstraate
Ypres-Poelcapelle Road
Paris
Beausejour
Champagne
The
Meuse
Calonne Trench
Les Eparges
Combres
London
Belgium
Steenstraete
Ypres-Poelcapelle
Calonne
Germans Unable to Find British Fleet
Berlin reports the German admiralty states the high seas fleet has continually cruised in the North Sea and into English waters without encountering any British sea forces.
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North Sea
English
Berlin
Great Britain
Insane Man Killed at Taunton Asylum
Taunton April 23 State police probe death of William A Crossin 63 a veteran Quincy fireman killed by violence at Taunton Insane Asylum. Medical Examiner Atwood reports cause, District Attorney Kenney forwards to police. no arrests yet.
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Taunton
Taunton Insane Asylum
William A. Crossin
Quincy
Crossin
Kenney
Atwood
Medford Sealer Refuses Resignation Amid Removal Fight
Winslow W. Joyce 71, serving a decade as inspector of milk and vinegar and sealer of weights and measures for Medford, refused Mayor Haines’s demand to resign and declared he will fight removal efforts, vows to stay in office.
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Winslow W. Joyce
Medford
Haines
Dyspeplets marketed as stomach remedy in Boston ad
An advertisement touts Dyspeplets as relief for sour stomach distress nausea and indigestion. It highlights ingredients pepsin bismuth mint rhubarb and notes aluminum pocket box 10c with larger sizes 25c and 1. Sold by druggists. made by C T Hood Co Lowell Mass.
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Boston
C. TI. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Americans Run Mill in German War Zone
Melvin A. Rice, president of a linen firm, arrived from Holland on the Rotter dam with 197000 pounds of linen from an American mill at Courtrai Belgium, nine miles from Ypres. The mill was said to be the only one operating in the war zone after Germans seized other Belgian mills.
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New York
Melvin A. Rice
Rotterdam
Holland
Courtrai
Belgium
Ypres
Rice
Austrian War Department reports unchanged Carpathian front status
The Austrian War Department says the general situation is unchanged with isolated artillery actions on the Carpathians. Austrian guns were successful at Nagypolony and German forces claimed a victory near Koziounka. After repelling a Russian attack, the front near Uzsok Pass is quiet. prisoners indicate heavy Russian losses. The capture of a strong vantage east of Uzsok Pass is reported and overall activity in southeast Galicia and Bukowina remains unchanged.
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Vienna
London
Austrian War Department
Carpathian
Nagypolony
Koziounka
Uzsok Pass
Galicia
Bukowina
Architect Jeremiah O'Rourke Dies in Newark at 83
Jeremiah O'Rourke former supervising architect of the United States Treasury under President Cleveland died at his Newark home tonight aged 83. He had served in federal government architecture for decades and contributed to major public buildings.
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Newark
N. J
Jeremiah O'Rourke
United States Treasury
Cleveland
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Het Sas
Czar
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Grand Duke
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Pialla
Germany
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
National Chamber of Commerce
Starr J. Murphy
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Murphy
Ethelbert Stewart
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stewart
Madras
Percales
Herman
U. S. Army
Ypres Canal
Vance
Wedge
Uzsok
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Devonshire Street
Allston
Julius F. Rabardy
Etta L. Rabardy
Got Siewka Ecnases
Charles R. Sanger
Clara Kathleen Rogers
John Homans
Joseph H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
Milton ‘‘Makado
Charles E. Cushing
W. S. Duhig
Cambridge
Jeremiah O’rourke
Scott
Fron
Olfars
America
United Shirt & Collar CO
Troy
N.Y
Nobby Reg
U. S. Pat
United States Tire
Commonwealth Ave
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