British destroyers beat Austrian fleet in Adriatic action
Two British destroyers defeated five Austrian destroyers in the Adriatic as British and French ships pursued toward Durazzo. Casualties were seven killed and nineteen wounded for Britain. A separate dispatch from Amsterdam says Vice Admiral Schroeder may be removed for the Zeebrugge surprise raid.
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United Press
London
Adriatic
Saaid
Duragio
Reitieh
Duraszee
Laramie County to Share $26000 Red Cross Campaign
Laramie County will be called upon for 26000 as its allotment of the Red Cross campaign to run May 20 to 27. The national drive seeks 100 million dollars, about one dollar per person in the U S. Yoho D. Clark is campaign manager and Edward P. Storey war fund cashier for the county drive.
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Laramie County
United States
Yoho D. Clark
Edward P. Storey
Mr. Clark
Washington
British Repel Attacks. Hundreds of Germans Captured
Allied lines hold with Haig reporting enemy assaults pressed in many sectors. German attempts near Kemmel, Looreville, and Hangard area repulsed. hundreds of prisoners taken, including over 900 at Hangard Bretonneux and Villers-Bretonneux sectors. French and British forces counterattacked to regain Lozou.
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United Press
London
Haig
Promade
LaClyie
Offerench
Loore Village
Voormevelle
Somme
Affternoon
France
Mont Kemmel
Kemmel
Wytschaete
Lieut Harry Riner Shot in France
Lieut. Harry Riner son of C W Hiner of this city and a member of the 148th artillery in France accidentally shot himself in the thigh while cleaning a Colt .46 pistol. He bound the wound with rope and reached a hospital fifteen miles away where doctors reported he has completely recovered and can return to the front.
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Harry Riner
C. W. Hiner
148Th Artillery
France
Hts
Cheyenne
Riner
Reichstag Given False Figures On Huns Losses
Amsterdam dispatch reports German figures on World War I casualties cited as false by sources. It claims 2,009,000 total dead and 750,000 sick or wounded returned to front, with tens of thousands discharged as unfit and cripples. The article notes discrepancies with official German tallies through July.
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Reichstag
Amsterdam
Germany
Lomena
Frankfurter Zeitung
Schulee
Relohwtag
Sohuleo
London
Barlit
Dutch Yield to One of Berlin's Demands
Special cable from Amsterdam reports the Hollands have yielded to one of Berlin's demands concerning the railway across the province of Lichere. The promise states the line will not be used for military purposes.
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Berlin
Walted Press
London
Aparece
Lichere
U S To Increase Oil Output To Seize Industry If Needed
Western oil production faces a crisis as fuel shortages threaten an industrial debacle. Government and private interests may reach a compromise or the government could take over western oil fields to avert disruption.
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U.S
Hy United Press
Washington, D
Western Offields
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Daniels
Navy Department
West
91 Percent of U P Workers Buy Bonds
Subscriptions to the third Liberty Bond drive total $358,000 with 91 percent of Wyoming Union Macfily workers already subscribing. Officials push to reach a 100 percent record as a gasoline speeder carrying a Mexican interpreter travels to further explain the loan plan.
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Wyoming
Union
Macfily
Bown
Uylon Pacific
Cheyenne
Lara
Lim
Madman Slays Two with Axe in Upstate New York
In Victor New York on April 27 a farmhand Karl Auatios killed his employer Mina Blanche Mosher and her cousin Mina de Bow survived by pleading for mercy. The attack occurred about o clock and the assailant fled into nearby woods after de Bow summoned Mark Dourley for help.
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Victor
N. Y
Miss Wilma de Bow
Karl Auatios
Mins de Bow
Mina Blanche Mosher
M. Mosher
Avastin
Mina de Bow
Farmington
Mark Dourley
Dourley
Austin
Oil Man Killed as Cable Breaks
Casper report: Monte Blair a driller for the Ohio Oil Company was instantly killed when a cable on the rig broke and dropped him into the well. Blair was caught on the spinning drum and his body was mangled.
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Casper
Wye
Monte Blair
Ohio Ol Company
Wan
Blair
Yankees killed in Great Drive
Washington April 27 The great front battle in beginning to take its toll of American troops. Casualties include Mat Coley about 100 names, with others wounded or missing as the fighting continues.
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Yankees
Washington
Veral Peeahing
Coley
Oil Firms Buy $99,000 Bonds in Third Liberty Loan
The Grasse Creek Oil & Gas Co and Midwest Refining Co led a record $399,000 lump sum purchase of the third Liberty loan with funds placed in escrow by the Stock Growers’ Bank. A separate agreement raised total investment to $108,000, drawn from land sales in township 46 north range 18 west, amid ongoing oil extraction and unsettled land titles.
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Jack A. Bristol
Grasse Creek
Gane Co
Midwest Refining Company
Stock Growera’ Bank
Grassroek Oil & Gas Co
Secretary of the Interior
State Board of the Interior Commissioners
Township 46
Liberty
Handa
Pioneer Cheyenne matriarch Anna K Bonner dies at 80
Mis Anna K Bonner II in son William Bonner home at 1000 Warren Avenue Cheyenne age 80 died overnight. A pioneer arrival in Cheyenne shortly after the railroad opened she will be buried at Lakeview after funeral services at Early's chapel tomorrow at 3 20 led by Dr J J ahing Jer.
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Anna EK. Boneer
Willian
Bonner
Warren Avenue
Cheyenne
Karly
J. J. Ahing
Lake View
Liberty Loan totals rise to over four billion
Official reports from Washington on Liberty Day subscriptions show the total nationwide Liberty loan reaching 4,118,008,000 with continued progress expected in the coming weeks. The figures indicate monthly gains and a substantial portion already allocated toward anticipated disbursements.
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Washington, D. C
Verdun General Reinforced in German Drive Toward Ypres
German forces under Hindenburg bolster Verdun command to back Kemmel advance. General Sieger leads ten divisions totaling about 40,000 men. Von Eberhardt adds more as Durch Ypres operations unfold with heavy shelling and limited gains amid Allied counterattacks near Kemmel and Dranoutre.
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Hindenburg
Sleger
Verdun
Kemmel
von Eberhardt
Sieger
Ypres
von Wherhard
Dranoutre
Tyo
Schopeter
United States urged to ship postwar trade via free ports
Washington April 27 The United States considers free ports to enable postwar world trade by allowing imported materials to enter, be processed or manufactured, then exported with duties or deposits. Government support aims to restore commercial activity and counter German protectionism, per Webb law provisions. Continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Ree Tin
Mooney Prosecutor Is Accused of Fraud
In San Francisco on April 27 4 charges of willful fraud and negligence were filed against attorney Thomas J Mooney by prosecutors and police. A motion asks for reconsideration of a death sentence and a new trial. The filing seeks related orders and potential restraints, amid ongoing court action.
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Mooney
BAN Wrancisco
Sam Frincheon
Sttorneys
Thomas J. Mooney
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