British Retake Village as 600 Prisoners Fall
British and Australian forces recaptured Villers-Bretonneux and took over 600 German prisoners amid heavy fighting north to Wytschaete. American units wounded in the battle arrived at Hospital 25, while Hangard seen contested near the front.
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London
Villers-Bretonneux
Haig
Bailleul
Wytschaete
Reuters
Mont Kemmel
Hangard
U. S
Paris
Picardy
Washington
Luce
Amiens
War Office
Wyt- Schaete
Dranoutre
Kemmel
Vierstraat
Somme
Villers- Bretonneaux
Villers-Bretonneaux
Villers-Bretonneaux- St. Quentin
Bucquoy
Young Men For Army Amendment Lowers Late Registrants
The House adopted the senate resolution for registering men who reached twenty-one since June 5 last. The bill moves to conference. An amendment by Rep Hull Iowa, approved 119 to 8, places these registrants at the bottom of their class.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hull
Iowa
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
League results show Chicago 3 St Louis 2. Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 0. Boston 6 Philadelphia 65. Brooklyn 5 New York 6. American League lists New York 5 Washington 7. Philadelphia 1 Boston 6. Detroit 4 Cleveland 8. Chicago St Louis no game due to rain.
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago-St. Louis
Nationat
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St Louis
St Siqmie Netcare
Santa Veans
French Hold Out On Kemmel Hill As Surrounding Germans Close In
British army report dated April 26 says French troops defending Mt Kemmel near Ypres are now surrounded by German forces. Despite being encircled the French remain in position on the hill and the final outcome remains uncertain.
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Mt. Kemmel
Ypres
Germans gain foothold on Mt Kemmel near Ypres
London reports Germans have secured a footing on Mt Kemmel as fighting continues with French aid. British forces cleared German positions southeast of Villers-Bretonneux. Mt Kemmel lies about two miles northwest of Messines in the Ypres region.
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MT. Kemmel
City OF
Ypres
London
Villers-Brettoneaux
Kemmel
Heavy artillery fighting near the Somme and Verdun raid
Paris reports heavy artillery fighting south of the Somme ongoing. American troops conducted a successful raid with the French Army on a German trench near the Meuse heights in the Verdun sector.
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Hangard
Lassigny
Coucy le Chateau
Lorraine
Paris
Somme
War Office
Meuse
Verdun
Emperor Warned Amid Bourbon Parama Abroad Activities
Vienna dispatch notes Austrian imperial family met at the archduke palace to warn the emperor of possible harms from Bourbon de Parma members residing abroad. The issue centers on Prince Sixtus, brother of Empress Zita, and the 1917 peace letter to France. Czernin resignations follow the diplomatic flare and German-Austrian nerves.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Zita
Bourbon de Parma
Prince Sixtus
Charles
France
England
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Count Czernin
Subscriptions Push Liberty Loan Total to New High
Telegrams from national Liberty Loan HQ report 48 million in new subscriptions, lifting the total to 1 700 004 850. Cities and states top quotas, Colorado and Arizona exceed, while St Louis or Minneapolis district may have first to reach 100 percent. Listed cities show quota percentages from 100 to 182 percent and above.
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Washington
National Liberty Loan Headquarters
Colorado
Arizona
National
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Sioux City
Detroit
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Evansville
Ind
Louisville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Oust Michigan City Mayor After Alien Enemy Arrest
Frederick O. Miller, mayor of Michigan City Indiana, was released after being arrested as an alien enemy when he arrived to discuss completing naturalization. He was escorted out by justice department officials and charged with entering the district as an alien without intent to harm.
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F. C. Miller
Washington
Frederick O. Miller
Michigan City
Imd
Miller
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Finley to lead Red Cross work in Palestine
Dr John H Finley New York education commissioner is reported to head Red Cross operations in Palestine The plan includes four medical units to fight typhus cholera and other diseases and the establishment of a fully equipped hospital during relief efforts for Holy Land residents under Turkish rule.
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John H. Finley
New York
Red Cross
Palestine
Holy Band
Jerusalem
Red Cross Commission
Dutch Foreign Minister Warns of Serious Situation
In The Hague the Dutch foreign minister says the land and gravel question with Germany is too serious to conceal. Germany seeks transit of sand and gravel for entrenchments in Flanders, risking neutrality and provoking allies and the United States. Washington notes Germany pressures Holland to open supply routes into Belgium, with fears of invasion if aid is withheld. Military experts estimate Holland could fall to about 500,000 German troops without Allied help.
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Netherlands
Germany
Flanders
United States
Holland
Belgium
Landstrum
Westphalia
Rhine Valley
Washington
West Front
Tolland
Contempt Plea Placed Over Wood Sending Cox Abroad
Major General Leonard Wood faces a Supreme Court contempt petition over sending Robert Cox to France while Cox's pending proceedings to block abroad transfer were ongoing. The case highlights tensions between military actions and legal challenges in Washington.
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Wood
Washington
Leonard Wood
Supreme Court
Robert Cox
France
Cox
German Plot Hinted Before War of 1914
British published papers from Captain von Papen show prewar German interest in disrupting rail lines and exploiting Mexican unrest. Letters from von Papen and others discuss methods of blowing trains, dynamite placement, and diplomatic aims as tensions rose before World War I.
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Washington
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Germany
von Papen
R. von Wild
German War Ministry
Berlin
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Potsdam
Disconto-Gesellschaft
Pp. S
Mimel
U S Men Arrest Iowa Sleuth
Cedar Rapids April 26 Charles Schulte an operative of the Detective Service association and former city detective was arrested by federal authorities on a charge of seditious utterances. Schulte has been in Johnson county for several days probing alleged hoarding of flour by farmers.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Charles Schulte
Detective Service Association
Schulte
Johnson County
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Budapest
Palace Club
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Galicia
Poland
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Hans Threaten
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Dumba
Lenox
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Dardanelles
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