Germany to Demand All Captive Hun Troops
Washington April 29 United Press reports Germany plans to submit an ultimatum to Russia demanding release of German prisoners held in Russia with a joker allowing only invalid Russian prisoners. A 115 member commission will go to Petrograd to push the exchange and threaten to seize Petrograd if refused. Germany also accuses Russia of delaying and cites Finnish port abuses amid broader war stress.
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Hy United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Russia
Riveria
Petrograd
Finland
Helsingfors
Kronatadi
Stenaat
Portugal elects Bidonio Paes as president by direct vote
Lisbon reports Bidonio Paes elected president of Portugal by direct vote. The result followed a campaign across the nation with Paes securing a clear majority in the April May electoral process.
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Hy United Press
Lisbon
Bidonio Paes
Portugal
Direct Vole
Germans Move to Defend Petrograd Amid Baltic Threat
April 29 report from Petrograd says Soviet Commissaries order the Red guard to the Finland border to repel a White attack seen as a German ruse to seize Petrograd the lone Baltic port. Kiev talks reveal German demands to seize Ukrainian land bread and harvests for Germany.
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Red Guard
Finland
White Guard
Russia
Baltic
Germany
Ukraine
Geado
Berlin
Kiev
von Kronenblom
von Pelder
Dutch to Let Hans Transport Gravel
London reports Holland will ease Germany's transport and sand supply demands. A general understanding is required that sand and gravel will not be diverted for military use. Rumors suggest possible ministerial resignations at The Hague.
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Hans
London
Germany
Hague
Daily Mall
Ex-Czar’s Son Rumored Russian Ruler Proclaimed
Reports from Finland claim rioting in Petrograd and suggest Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievitch, son of the former czar, has been proclaimed emperor with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch as provisional head of government.
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United Press
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Finland
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Michael Alexandrovitch
Doctors Urged to Join U S Reserve in Wyoming Meet
Major Jump, connected with the surgeon general, will address a public meeting in the high school gym tonight to recruit thirty or more Wyoming doctors for the medical reserve corps. Governor Howx will preside. Hilliard and Ridgely to speak as doctors from various parts of the state attend.
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Wyoming
Medical Reserve Corps
Jump
Surgeon General of the Army
Frank L. Howx
Aldo
Hilliard & Ridgely
Croix de Guerre Award For 104th Regiment At Apremont Wood
The 104th Infantry Regiment of the American Army received the Croix de Guerre from French officers on a hillside near the Apremont wood front in Lorraine. The ceremony honored three days of German attacks beginning March 106, with a regimental square formed for fallen comrades and band performances as crosses were pinned on recipients.
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United Press
Ammerican
Lorraine
104Th Regiment
Iadnud Maskachusetta
Apremont Wood
Lowville
French Repel German Attacks Near Hangard Wood
Paris April 2 The French war office announced repeated German offensives at Hangard wood were repulsed. Heavy artillery battled on both sides near Villers-Cotterets Lassigny Noyon and surrounding areas. A German surprise strike north of Gravennes failed. French units penetrated German positions near Orbiny and in upper Alsace and took prisoners.
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United Press
Pares
Hangard
Prench War Office
Villers-letonneusx
Lassigny
Noyon
Roles
Des Founrs
Hols den Caarriers
Jravennes
Orbiny
Upper
Alsace
British Arv In Flanders Shelling Intensifies In Kemmel
Watted Pree staff correspondent reports heavy shelling on the Kemmel front with S C 8 signals calling for artillery support. By 5 a m the bombardment was extraordinarily intense as German forces opened fire from Vprossoul to the Lys. Allied divisions fired S O B rockets, but early details remain unclear.
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Watted Pree
Flanders
Kemmel
Ypres
Locre
Lyn
Americans Hold Sector Alone in Northern France Front
United States troops operate in a frontline sector in northern France beside French forces. Outposts run 200 yards apart in an open rolling landscape with few woods and no trenches. American positions were handed over from the French as guns and troops manned the line.
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Fergubon
United Res
Witi
France
Hell
Wounded Sammie Home to Aid Liberty Loan Effort
Atlantic Port reports fifty American soldiers, many wounded by gas in France, arriving to take part in the Liberty loan drive. Sergeant Heffernan describes front conditions as troops cheer and wave banners. An 11 year old civilian helper is noted among the group.
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France
Povwident Avilion
Liberty Loan
Military Authoritea
Hegimental Color Bergt
John J. Maffergan
Corp. Osborn de Varia
San Francisco
Y.M.C.A. War Party Saved After Ship Sinks
United Press reports fifty seven YMCA war workers named by New York chapter as they traveled to front for army work. Arthur Hongerford led the party. all aboard were saved according to the YMCA.
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Y.M.C.A
United Press
New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Yesteday
Arthur Hongerford
Vo M.C. Ay
Casualty Lists Posted With 156 Names From War Department
Two casualty lists totaling 150 names were issued by the War Department upon reports from General Pershing. The figures show eighteen killed in action thirteen dead of disease six by wounds twenty five wounded severely eighty seven wounded slightly five missing two dead from accident and one from oiler comes.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Pershing
British Lose 188 Killed in Raids
London April 20 an official admiralty statement reports 188 British killed. Sixteen missing and sixty four wounded after last week raid on German havens at Zeebrugge and Cuxhaven.
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United Proes
Lonlon
Clerman Havel
Zoebrugne
Admiralty
Rich Rail Head Held as Spy
Willem Edenberr multimillionaire president of the Louisiana Hallway & Navigation company and naturalized American of German birth was arrested by Department of Justice agents in Shrewsburg Kansas on an affidavit charging violation of the espionage act.
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New Orleans
Willem Edenberr
Louisiana Hallway & Navigation Company
Wee
Department of Justice
Shrewsburg
Bad Water Leads Liberty Loan Surge in Wyoming Settlement
Bad Water Wyoming surpasses its third Liberty Loan quota by about 1400 percent with subscriptions totaling 7000 and an oversubscription of 1450 percent. The April gathering notes strong community support and high patriotic participation.
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Wyo
Liberty Loan
German Artillery Bombards Flanders Front Across Ten Miles
Haig reported heavy German artillery fire along most of the Flanders front from Meteren to Voorheenen, with infantry attacks developing under the bombardment. The Lens Arras area and Nieppe forest faced attacks, while repulsed actions near Locre and Albertemi yielded prisoners and four machine guns. American lines in France endured a heavy bombardment in the Toul sector before a German assault began.
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United Press
London
Flanders Battle Front
Feld Marshal Haig
Meteren
Voormererle
Ville
Flanders
Grevenrs
Nieppe Forest
Huntieh Mors
Ten Mile
Lens
Arran
Locre
Fternoon
Merahal Haig
Scarpe
Lene
Givenchy
France
Toul Settor
Turkey seeks peace talks with Russia in Trebizond
Turkey offers to start peace negotiations with Russia, proposing talks in Trebizond. The move follows a Caucasian war declaration and a hint from Germany, suggesting Turkey desires assurances and favorable terms amid regional tensions.
Allied Gana Hold Teutons Till U S Enters War
In France April 2, an Allied observer notes the Allies have withstood German assaults and expect the war to end soon or continue for a year or two. German morale suffers with shortages, sickness, and rising deaths as Peace with Russia and Romania offers partial relief before fuller American aid arrives.
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Cienoral Pershing
France
Seeroun
Germany
Enlire
Ervan
Coloradoan Fatally Hurt by Freight Train
A Colorado man identified as Jewe Welty was fatally injured after an apparent attempt to board a moving freight train at a depot in Wyoming. The body showed wounds to the head and foot and appeared heavily drugged, with investigators noting the accident occurred near the depot as he traveled toward a city.
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Andy
Tome Cole
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