French Push On to the Argonne
French forces report continued hard fighting on the southern front with gains in the Argonne and Champagne. More than 19,000 German prisoners and over 100 guns captured since the offensive began. British Maude forces rout Turkish positions in Mesopotamia with 1,244 Turks taken prisoner and advance north of the Wadi Ghuzze in Palestine.
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Paris
France
French War Office
Nivelle
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne Forest
Chemin Des Dames
Sancy
Ailles
Hurtebise
Moronvilliers
Argonne
The
Laffaux
Vauclerc
Loivre
Asia
London
Maude
Mesopotamia
Shatt-el-Adhem
British War Department
Egypt
War Office
Wadi Ghuzze
Palestine
Attempt to Blow Up Ohio Capitol Fails
Columbus, April 21. A plan to blow up the capitol building was reported after a man was seen kneeling before a cellar window under the treasury department. Major Berry and Statehouse officials placed guards and investigated two suspicious men near an airshaft entrance.
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Columbus
P. J. Berry
W. H. McCann
Statehouse
Treasury Department
McCann
Berry
McGuire
Major Berry
Archie Roosevelt Weds in Boston Ceremony
Archibald Roosevelt the colonel’s son tied the knot in a Boston ceremony. The wedding drew guests from military and social circles and highlighted a union between prominent American families amid postwar society.
Indicted Farmer ID Confusion in Lottery Swindle Case
Richmond Indiana April 21 J H Helms of Centerville Ind indicted on four counts with sixty others by the Marion county grand jury in a lottery swindle case. He is believed to be J H Helms a farmer about six miles south of Centerville in Wayne County who farms about forty acres. There is confusion as J S Helms of Boston Township once linked to the case.
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Richmond
Ind
J. H. Helms
Centerville
Marion County Grand Jury
Wayne County
Helms
J. S. Helms
Boston Township
Indiana
Food Controller Granted Power to Seize Factories
London April 21 The food controller is empowered by an order in council to take possession of any factory or other premises where food is manufactured.
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London
Legislature kills Torrens land transfers bill in final session
Lansing Mich April 21 before final adjournment the house killed Rep Thomas Reids Torrens land transfers bill. The state affairs committee also killed Sen Plancks bill creating a state boxing commission.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
House
Thomas Reid
State Affairs
Planck
Britain and America Cement Allied Aims in War Era
London April 21 British and American leaders and a large crowd gathered at St. Pauls cathedral to celebrate Americas wartime partnership. Flags flooded London and Westminster as the stars and stripes flew over Parliament and government buildings for the first time. The king and queen and Princess Mary attended as the Star Spangled Banner was played.
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London
America
St. Paul's Cathedral
Westminster
Cathedral
Mary
National League Baseball Results From New York to Pittsburgh
NL games show varied outcomes with New York edging Philadelphia 3 to 2 and St Louis losing 7 to 4. Chicago topped Pittsburgh 6 to 1 while Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 3 to 1 and Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 7 in a chaotic set of scores and misprints across venues.
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New York
R. H. E. Best
N. Y
Ragan
Nehf
Gowdy
Tesrean
Smith and McCarty
Rariden
Philadelphia
R. H.E
Killifer
St. Louis
R.H.E
St. Louie
Schneider
Ring
Wingo
Wat
Pittsburgh
R.H
Chicago
Demaree
Packard
Douglas
Fliott
Grimes
Fischer
Wag
Brooklyn
Cheney
Miller
Alexander
Cincinnati
Son, Ames and Snyder
Baseball Box Score Prices Noted From Washington Cleveland and Chicago
In Washington the Phillies beat the Nationals 12 to 4 with Johnson and Schang batting for Gallia Ayers Henry and Ainsmith. Cleveland toppled 7 to 4 as Boland Spencer Stanarge Morton and O Neill produced runs. Chicago defeated St Louis 7 to 5 with Lothron Severoid Cicotte and Schalk contributing.
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Washington
R. H. FE. Phila
O Wash
J. Johnson
Schang
Gallia
Ayers
Henry
Ainsmith
Cleveland
Chicago
Lothron and
Severoid
Cicotte
Schalk
Iowa Educator Accepts Post as Assistant Secretary
Dr. R A Pearson, president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture, said he must sever his connection with the college to accept appointment as assistant secretary of agriculture by Secretary Houston. Pearson has left for Washington.
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Iowa
Washington Post
Ames
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Houston
Pearson
Washington
Plan to give U S broad wartime price and control powers
Washington reports lawmakers drafting a bill to grant the federal government authority to set maximum and minimum food prices, seize plants, and regulate production and distribution during emergencies. The measure aims to empower the Federal Trade Commission and broaden anti trust tools, with $25 million requested for wartime food programs and a large nationwide survey.
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Washington
Congress
Houston
Wilson
Senate
House
Capitol
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
McCumber
Grenna
Smith
South Carolina
Sheppard
Simmons
van Dyke
Porland
Till
Sabath
Steenerson
Doolittle
Mandel
Young
Dave Montgomery Dies After Operation in Chicago
Dave Montgomery famed comedian died at Presbyterian hospital after a recent operation. Fred Stone, partner in the Montgomery and Stone team known for Chin Chin, was at his bedside when the death occurred.
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Chicago
Dave” Montgomery
Presbyterian Hospital
Fred Stone
Montgomery
Stone
Seven Hundred NCOs Enroll in El Paso Officer Schools
In El Paso Texas on April 21 seven hundred non commissioned officers of the United States army enrolled in six officers training schools established there to prepare for commissions in the regular army.
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el Paso
Tex
United States Army
PARGSNOMAN ROSEN Former Russian Envoy Is Returning
Parsnamed Rosen, a former Russian envoy, plans to return to the United States. The move follows his service tenure and ongoing diplomatic developments affecting U.S.-Russia relations.
Senate approves press censorship in espionage bill
Washington reports the Senate defeated a motion to strike the press censorship clause by 43 to 33 and rejected a Cummins modification 40 to 34. Knox urged banning improper news gathering by individuals. Stone criticized the notion of immune reporters while Hitchcock defended news collection as legitimate.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Knox
Stone
Hitchcock
Downfall Attributed to Internal Betrayal in Rail Mergers
The Interstate Commerce Commission report ties the Pere Marquette and Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton rail failures to breaches of trust by corporate officials for personal gain. It states the collapse resulted from internal betrayal, not external pressure, rivalry, or rate regulation.
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Washington
Pere Marquet Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilto & Dayton Railway
Intestate Commerce Commission
Bill For Passes Advanced In New Jersey House
The bill requiring railroads to issue passes to state officers judges and legislators was advanced to third reading. It restores a perquisite the legislators agreed to give up earlier in the Dunne administration.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Dunne
Submarine Sinks Norwegian Steamer The Star
An inquiry from Christiania dated April 21 reveals the attacker fired on lifeboats as they were lowered and German forces looted the steamer after the sinking.
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Christiania
The
Star
Krupp Workers Strike Report Shocks Berlin
Amsterdam reports strikes in several German munitions plants including Krupp. 20,000 workers in four Berlin factories will continue, after Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg refused to meet a deputation. Strikes spread to Berlin and other plants. Copenhagen notes the Berlin answer declined to arbitrate.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Krupps
Telegraaf
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Hugo Tlaase
Independent Socialist Democratic Party
Copenhagen
Berlin Vorwaerts
Deutsche Waffen and Munitions Fabrik
El Paso Urges Ammo Sellers to Halt Exports to Mexico
General John J. Pershing asked El Paso Chamber of Commerce to appeal to ammunition merchants to cease selling munitions for export to Mexico. The plea was reported from El Paso on April 21.
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el Paso
Chamber of Commerce
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Norwegian Steamer Aground Near Hog Island
The Norwegian steamer Gogsjo, in ballast bound between American ports, ran aground in fog three miles southeast of Hog Island Va near the coast guard station at Lewes Delaware on April 21.
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Lewes
Del
Gogsjo
Hog Island
Coast Guard
Market Report From Chicago and Across Regions
Hogs receipts 15 000 with light shipping 15 50 to 15 70 and heavy packing 11 75 to 13 50. Cattle receipts 1 500 with good to prime prices 9 65 to 12 50 and cows 9 90 to 12 50. Wheat No 2 red 2 75 No 2 hard winter 2 57 1/2. Corn No 2 white 1 57 1/4 No 2 yellow 1 52 to 1 55. Oats No 2 white 70 to 71 1/4. Butter extras 44 44 1/2 cents. Live poultry and dressed poultry listed with varied prices. Omaha hogs high and light stock in feedlots with prices 14 75 to 15 60 and cattle 9 50 to 13 00. East Buffalo market slow with prime steers 12 50 to 13 00 and hogs 16 25 to 16 40. Sheep and lambs show steady to dull values with ranges noted.
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Omaha
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
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Boston
American Press Association
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Harvard
Britain
St. Paul
National League
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
Vu. S
Congressional
Hoover
United States
Herbert C. Yoover
Baron Rosen
Ambassador Bakhmeteff
Dave
Gomery and Stone
U .S
Pere Marquette
Commerce Report
KRUPP
Bethmann-Hollweg
Cash Grain
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