Millionaire Edenborn Arrested On Espionage Charge
William Edenborn, 70, president of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co., was arrested in Shrewsbury, Louisiana, on espionage act charges after a National Security League meeting denounced his Americanization speech as seditious treason. Authorities kept the arrest location confidential.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
William Edenborn
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
Department of Justice
Shrewsbury
National Security League
Louisiana
Edenborn
Security League Committee
Germany
United States
America
Altho
Europe
Battle Gaza Endures With Gas Shells and Artillery
Troops clashed along the Ypres Comines Canal with heavy bombardment. Hans Smother reports the famous old city subjected to gas bombs and artillery as fighting continued along the entire front.
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Hans Smother
Old City
Weather overview for Ohio Indiana and nearby states
The bulletin reports generally fair weather for Ohio and Indiana with showers in the north and a chance of partly cloudy skies Tuesday. Kentucky is fair Monday and likely Tuesday while West Virginia sees showers and cooler conditions Monday with fair weather Tuesday. Temperature readings from Cincinnati for April 28 1918 show 7 am 58 degrees 74 degree wind SE, noon 62 degrees with a 18 mph SW wind and .01 inch rain, 7 pm 68 degrees 72 degree W wind and .10 inch rain, followed by a clear evening.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Cincinnati
S.W
Living Examples Return Charley Taft Is Praised
Fifty American soldiers wounded or gassed arrive in Atlantic Port by order of President Wilson to support the Liberty Loan drive. Regimental Color Sergeant John J. Heffernan leads the group, with sixteen serving as loan speakers in the New York Federal Reserve District. Six wear French war crosses and all bear the V for foreign service.
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United States
France
England
America
Hans Hali
New Orleans
They. M. C. A. War Fund
Louisiana
Nicholas Callan
Edenborn
Atlantic
Wilson
John J. Heffernan
New York
Federal Reserve District
Heffernan
Russians To Renounce Peace Pact Rumors In Finland
Swedish telegraph reports from Finland cite rumors of a new Russian leadership with Grand Duke Alexis proclaimed emperor and Grand Duke Michael as regent. The proposed regime would refuse to recognize the Bolshevik peace with Germany. Reports cite prison transport suspensions in Vasa and Russia–Finland telegraphic gaps.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Grand Duke
Alexis
Michael Alexandrovitch
Vasa
John Reed Held Under Navy Scrutiny On Arrival In New York
John Reed, American Magazine writer once named Bolshevik Consul General, was held under eight hours of Navy Intelligence surveillance upon arrival in New York aboard a Norwegian ship. He later left after arrangements for his Federal Building appearance to plead to charges linked to The Masses.
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Associated Press
New York
John Reed
Russia
Navy Intelligence Bureau
Earl B. Barnes
United States District Attorney
Morris Hillquit
Reed
Federal Building
Max Eastman
Christiania
United States
Navy
Petrograd
Foreign Office
Prisoner Refuses Statement Then Flees Vessel
The man refused to answer questions or indicate his intended location. After leaving the vessel he boarded a taxi with Mrs. Reed and drove away.
Holland Yields to German Demands on Sand and Gravel
Holland has yielded to Germany's transport and sand and gravel demands. The Hague dispatch to The Daily Mail says the supply will be limited rather than unlimited, despite the surrender being reported.
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Associated Press
London
Holland
Germany
Altho
The
Hague
Daily Mail
Bravery of Boatswain's Mate Earns Medal of Honor
John Mackenzie a chief boatswain's mate in the naval reserve received the Medal of Honor and a $100 gratuity for extraordinary heroism aboard the Remick in European waters. During a December gale a heavy depth charge broke loose. Mackenzie seized the danger, grabbing the cyclinder on four attempts and guiding it to safety as crew lashed it down. He is a Massachusetts native with four years in the regular navy prior to the war. his mother resides in South Hadley Falls.
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Washington
John Mackenzie
Naval Reserve
Remick
Daniels
Navy Department
Mackenzie
Massachusetts
Mary Mackenzie
South Hadley Falls
Mass
English journalists warn public of worst contingencies
London dispatch notes newspapers discussing potential loss of Kemmel Hill and channel ports. The Times and Evening News acknowledge serious military risks and possible evacuations of Ypres Dunkirk Calais Boulogne, while insisting the war will continue vigorously regardless.
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Associated Press
London
Channel
The
Times Today
Kemmel Hill
Kemmel
Ypres
Dunkirk
Calais
Boulogne
Evening News
Bolougne
Roosevelt Hits Conscientious Objectors At Liberty Loan Rally
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt urged a Brooklyn audience to buy the Third Liberty Loan saying conscientious objectors betray America and mankind. He called objectors unfit to live or vote and proposed front line service or mine sweeper duty for objectors. The district loan drive aims to reach 900 million and match a regional goal of 1.5 billion with schoolchildren contributing over 27 million in subscriptions.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Brooklyn Academy of Music
America
Roosevelt
New York State
New Jersey
Fairfield County
Conn
McAdoo Praises Farmers and Workers in Liberty Loan Tour
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo lauds farmers and railway workers for their support of the third Liberty Loan after his southern, southwestern, and midwestern tour. He spoke in Chicago upon arrival, noting the remarkable enthusiasm observed in numerous cities and towns.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
South
Southwest
Middle West
Wilson Tells Labor's Stand In London Address
In London on April 28 the American labor delegation to England dined at Whitehall Palace with British and foreign press members. James Wilson of Cincinnati urged that democracy must prevail over Prussian autocracy and warned that peace with Prussian militarism is unacceptable until Germany withdraws from its militaristic stance.
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Associated Press
London
England
Whitehall Palace
Campbell Stuart
James Wilson
Wilson
Cincinnati
Patternmakers’ League of North America
Europe
Germans in Holland Camp Revolt Reported
A Hallem dispatch to Het Volk says 1000 German internees overpowered guards at Wapen weld Camp in Holland. They fled in multiple directions as frontier points alerted. police later rounded up most, with many slipping through Almelo or Hengelo toward Germany.
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Holland
Wapenweld
Hallem
Het Volk
Almelo
Hengelo
Germany
German F olk Lose Nerve Warned by Officer in Vossische Zeitung
A Reuters report from Amsterdam quotes Captain von Salzmann in The Vossische Zeitung claiming German nervousness and depression amid western losses. He notes rumors about big casualties, stalled offensives, and mining of the Paris-Amiens corridor, with war leaders admitting heavy losses.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Germany
von Salzmann
Vossiche Zeitung
Kemmel Hill
Ypres
Amiens
Paris
Salzmann
Reichstag
Archbishop Ireland Improves After Illness
Associated Press reports Archbishop John Ireland showed gradual improvement after a period of grave condition. Physicians stated he rallied late last night and grew brighter through the day in Saint Paul on April 28.
New Shipping Board moves to curb imports for war needs
Washington April 27 The Shipping Board plans far reaching restrictions to free more tonnage for the army as Major General Goethals asks. A tentative list of additional prohibited commodities is being prepared after expert review while trade conferences seek substitutes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
Goethals
Conference of
United States
France
Allied line holds in France as fighting continues
Allied forces maintain a firm front in France and Flanders with no German dent. In the Ypres area around Voormezeele and Locre fighting persists as Voormezeele changes hands and Locre sees a German foothold. Germans attack along the trench line at several points while American troops may have seen action in the St Mihiel and Luneville sectors.
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France
Flanders
Ypres
Voormezede
Voormezeele
Locre
Voormezeeele
St. Mihiel
Luneville
Conmbat
British troops clash in costly battles near Locre and Voormezeele
AP dispatch from France reports relentless fighting around Locre and Voormezeele with control of both villages shifting multiple times in 24 hours. German losses are heavy as British and French counterattacks push back German gains near Ypres Comines Canal and Villers-Bretonneux.
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Locre
Ypres- Comines Canal
Ypres
Voormezeele
Villers-Bretonneux
Battle for Channel Ports On In Earnest
Berlin reports German generals say allied Franco British retreat continues though Haig questions this. Germans advance from Langemarck toward Verlorenhoek Hooge and Zillebeke expanding the Ypres salient and threatening Kemmel Hill as fighting in Flanders intensifies.
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Channel
London
Berlin
Haig
Langemarck
Ypres
Verlorenhoek
Hooge
Zillebeke
Flanders
Kemmel Hill
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Loore
Ypres-Comines Canal
Montrea Bionne
Fannewe
Jacksonville
Phoenix Teeter
Pittsburg
Spokane Nenee
Chattancora
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St Louis
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Oma
Charley Taft
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