Paris and Berlin clash as French win major front gains
French forces push along a twenty five mile front between Soissons and Rheims capturing Auverive and fortifications. More than 11 009 German prisoners reported. British advance toward Le Catelet despite rain and snow as battles rage along a 150 mile front.
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Paris
Soissons
Rheims
Auberive
War Office
Moronvilliers
Moronvillers
Mont Camillet
Vaudesincourt
Soisgons
London
West Front
Aisne
Berlin War Office
Soisssons
Teuton
le Catelet
St. Quentin-Cambrai
Hindenburg Line
Fayet and
Epehey
Ford Aids Great Britain by Waiving Tractor Patents
Henry Ford waives all patent rights on his farm tractor at request of the British government and cables the specifications to England for manufacture in the British Isles and France. The move, announced by the Ford Motor company, aims to boost farm acreage in the entente nations.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
England
Great Britain
British Isles
France
Gil
Ford Motor Company
Clerks Sing Anthem at Marion Store Morning
In Marion Indiana on April 16 employees from a large department store gather at 8 a.m. around a piano to sing The Star Spangled Banner as part of daily routine.
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Marion
Ind
Barnhardt Actress Moved to Hospital in New York
Actress Sarah Barnhardt was removed from her hotel to a New York hospital. Doctors said her condition is not serious and denied reports of an operation. The 71 year old has been ill for several weeks.
President Wilson warns on treason and penalties
Washington reports President Wilson issued a state department proclamation defining treason and its penalties under the constitution and criminal code. He urges all citizens and aliens to abstain from acts violating the laws and warns of vigorous prosecution.
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Washington
Wilson
State Department
United States
Dirt price spike hits Gary gardens and costs rise
Gary Indiana April 18 reports a jump in black dirt price from 1.75 to 2 dollars per cubic yard. The higher cost worsens living expenses as locals import soil since local sand dunes in Gary fail to sprout peas.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Fire destroys Long Beach boardwalk restaurant at coast resorts
Long Beach New York April 18 authorities investigate a blaze that leveled a boardwalk restaurant causing about 75000 dollars in damage and threatening adjacent properties. The fire underscores a surge of large coast resort fires over the past ten days drawing official scrutiny.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Eleven Die In Allied Air Raid On Freiburg University
The war office reports eleven killed and twenty nine injured in an Allied air raid on Freiburg. The attack caused considerable damage to the University building.
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Berlin
War Office
Freiburg
Governor Goodrich Speaks at Flag Raising in Peru
Governor James P. Goodrich addressed a crowd of about ten thousand at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad shops in Peru Indiana as a twenty foot flag was raised to a 140 foot pole. The Grand Army of the Republic and its drum corps attended the ceremony with A C McNary introducing the governor.
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Peru
Ind
James P. Goodrich
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Goodrich
Grand Army of the Republic
A. C. McNary
Thief Steals $30,000 From Snider Catsup Office Safe
A Saturday night to Monday morning break in at the Snider Catsup company offices at 168 North Michigan avenue yielded $30,000 in cash stocks bonds and negotiable checks from a pried open safe. The safe was locked Saturday evening and the door was found pried Monday morning.
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Chicago
Snider Catsup Company
North
Michigan Avenue
Burglar Steals Foodstuffs From Big Four Yards
Loot valued at more than $100 disappears from a merchandise car in Columbus Indiana Big Four yards. Stolen goods are consigned to George Habig a local grocer. Within a week ten burglaries reported with three occurring last Friday night.
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Columbus
Ind
George Habig
Berlin Accuses Penfield of Trying to Split Teutons
Berlin claims Penfield plotted to create a Teuton split. The accusation frames Penfield as seeking division within Teuton circles while Berlin asserts aims of political disruption amid mounting tensions.
Penfield Plotting Split With Germany Says Berlin Paper
The Tages Zeitung of Berlin reports Frederic C. Penfield former American ambassador to Austria Hungary proposed severing Austria Hungary from Germany before leaving Vienna. The plan would swap Galicia Trentino Bosnia Herzegovina for Bavaria and Silesia after Germany loses the war. Penfield reportedly saw little chance to extend his stay.
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Amsterdam
Theudapest
Tages Zeitung
Berlin
Frederic C. Penfield
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Germany
Galicia
Trentino
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bavaria
Silesia
Appeal to End Tin Strike at Wheeling Plant
Secretary Redfield urged Samuel Gompers to help end the Wheeling Steel and Iron company strike in Wheeling West Virginia. The stoppage halts the production of about two million tin cans daily.
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U. S
Washington
Redfield
Samuel Gompers
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Oldest Man in Nation Dead in Owensboro Ky
Ezekiel McFadden aged 124 years died at his home in Owensboro Kentucky. He was known as the longest living resident in the south and a famed operator of flat boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers between Pittsburgh and New Orleans.
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Owensboro
Ezekiel McFadden
South
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Turkey Abandons Ties With United States
Zurich reports on April 18 that Turkey and Bulgaria have broken off diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Zurich
Turkey
Bulgaria
United States
German U boat fires at destroyer near New York coast
A German submarine fired on the destroyer Smith about 100 miles south of New York. The torpedo passed within thirty yards but failed to strike. The navy confirmed the incident and noted it as Germanys first recognition of war with the United States while warning of potential submarine raids on Atlantic coastal cities.
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Washington
Smith
New York
Atlantic
Navy Department
Fire Island
Boston
U. S. S. Smith
Boston Navy Yard
New England
Germany
United States
Congress
American
Reston
Delaware Chesapeake Bay
Charleston
Savannah
Atlantic Seaboard
Miners Win Wage Increase Across Four States
A tentative agreement raises wages for 225 000 bituminous coal miners in Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania by about 20 percent until the current contract expires March 31 1918. Increases range from 60 cents a day for miners to 33 cents for trapper boys as demanded by miners due to higher living costs.
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New York
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Sherman Proposal Aims One Peace Among Allies
Washington April 18 a resolution by Senator Sherman of Illinois proposes that the United States and its allies bind themselves to no separate peace with Germany or its allies and sends the measure to the foreign relations committee for consideration.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Sherman
Illinois
Foreign Relations Committee
Frank C. Lowden Illinois Governor Turns Over Fine Farm
Governor Frank C. Lowden of Illinois transfers a fine farm to the United States in a formal act. The ceremony underscores public service and agricultural support during his administration.
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U. S
Lowden Offers Farm for Government War Use
Governor Lowden said he wrote Addison C. Thomas of Chicago who is interested in food conservation offering to place the Lowden Sinnisippi farm near Oregon Illinois at the government’s disposal during the war period. He would permit use of the farm for experimental purposes.
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Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Addison c. Thomas
Chicago
Law for U S to fix food prices framed
Washington April 18 legislation to empower the council of national defense to supervise food distribution and set price limits is being drafted after a conference with Chicago meat packers led by J Ogden Armour. Packets propose licensing distributors to trace middlemen and prevent monopolies. they claim government price setting could save about 100 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Chicago
Houston
Department of Agriculture
J. Ogden Armour
Edwin Morris
E. A. Cudahy
Thomas
Wilson
L. F. Swift
Danville Ends Wet Era as Dry Vote Shuts Saloons
In Danville Illinois on April 18 a dry majority of 233 banished seventy two saloons. Republican George Roarick defeated independent Joseph Werner for mayor. Other towns voting dry include Lacon Johnston City Wamac White Ash Andalusia Morris Henry and Effingham Harris and Aubury.
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Danville
Ill
Illinois
George Roarick
Joseph Werner
U. S. War Loan Passes Senate Unanimously
The Senate approved a $7 billion war loan by a 84 to 0 roll call with 12 absentees. Supporters included Bankhead Chamberlain and Smiths, while Norris and Stone offered amendments. The measure bonds are tax exempt for all levels of government.
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Norris
Nebraska
Stone
Missouri
Federal Reserve Banks
Warmer Basesball Results From Three Cities
Baseball results show Brooklyn winning 8 to 5 against New York with Perritt and Rariden combining on the mound. Boston edged Philadelphia 11 to 6 behind solid hitting and strong relief pitching. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 7 to 2 as Miller and Fischer led the effort.
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Brooklyn
New York
Perritt and Rariden
McCarty
Pfeffer
Miller
Boston
R. H. B. Phila
Lavender
Mayer
Killifer
Crum
Neff
Rudolph
Gowdy
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Probe Coast
Yeggs
Strong Box of
Chicago Catsup Company
Brown Open
Penfield
American Press Association
Budapest
Austria
Kaiser
America
U.S
Frank C. Lowden
U. S. Farm
Chicago Packers
Senate
Bankhead
Chamberlain
Goff
Hollis
Hasting
Lane
Martin
Newlands
Michigan
South Carolina
Tillman
Underwood
Warren
National League
Johnson
Ainsmith
Russel
Nanamaker
Philadelphia
Shore
Cady
Rush
Meyers
R. H. B. Chicago
Danforth
Russell
Schalk
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