General German Offensive Opens Along Kemmel Front
German forces launch a broad assault along a ten mile front from Bailleul to Armentieres as Haig reports renewed heavy fighting. Voormezeele and Ypres are focal points with Scharpenberg and Mont Notre strongholds as Allied lines resist with stiff countermeasures. The battle marks a decisive phase in the Flanders drive.
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Associated Press
Kemmel
Pres
Flanders
Eren
Bailleul
Rmezecle
Fieldshat Haig
London
Ypres
Voormezeele
von m
Mount Kemme
Voorme
Vicinf Speere
Rouge
Mont Notre
At Sacre
German Attacks Seek to Take Ypres in Mass Assaults
Allied reports describe the German fourth army launching heavy attacks across a broad front in Flanders aimed at Ypres. Intense fighting rages on both the French and Yser fronts as German forces push toward the key Belgian city.
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Associated Press
France
Orming
Flanders
Ypres
Yser
French Acorn U S Fighters With Crosses
The French Army decorated 122 Massachusetts soldiers with War Crosses for bravery shown in recent fighting near the front. The ceremony took place on a field near front line trenches and was among the most impressive American ceremonies since entering the war. Seventeen men from the 104th Massachusetts Regiment bore the brunt of the Apremont attack.
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Associated Press
France
Frrench
United States
Sons of
Massachusetts
104Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Apremont
Dry Workers Move to Register 5 000 Voters for May Primaries
Dauphin County Ratification Committee announces 5 000 city voters未 registered and urges action to secure prohibition support. About 6 000 nonvoters and 500 registered voters not in any party risk losing ballot rights next month unless they register during a one day window Wednesday. To join a party a voter must have voted for a majority of that party's candidates in the previous election.
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Dauphin County
Teutons Fire On Russian Ships
Finnish shore batteries under German command opened fire on 145 Russian ships sailing from Helsingfors to Kronstadt. The action violated the Brest-Litovsk treaty by hindering unhindered movement of those vessels, according to State Department dispatches.
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Teutons
Associated Press
Washington
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
State Department
Brest-Litovsk
One Registration Day For Voters in City
Registration Day is Wednesday May 1. Voters who were registered and qualified last fall need not re register. Those who moved residence since last fall or did not register on any of the three days must register. Those wanting to change party enrollment may do so on May 1.
U-boat torpedo sinks ship carrying YMCA workers
A British steel steamship Orissa of 5436 tons gross carrying fifty seven YMCA workers under Arthur Hungerford was torpedoed in English waters. The ship sank in twelve minutes after being struck amidships during a convoy. All passengers were saved except three crewmen. Americans assisted with lifeboats and rescue.
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London
Arthur E. Hungerford
Red Cross
New York
Orissa
Driver Seriously Hurt in Trolley Car Crash In Harrisburg
Zachariah Jackson of Steelton was injured when a Harrisburg bound streetcar collided with his two horse dump wagon at South Cameron and Sycamore streets. He suffers a fractured leg scalp laceration and contusions. One horse died and the second is likely to die. Jackson was pulled from the wagon and treated at Harrisburg Hospital.
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South Cameron
Sycamore Streets
Zachariah Jackson
Steelton
Harrisburg
S8 Steelton Transfer Company
Cameron Street
Sycamore Street
Jackson
Americans Dig In Before Huns Near Amiens
American troops take positions on the Northern France front under French command as they dig in along a rolling terrain near Amiens and Paris. Artillery and infantry face heavy fire while patrols operate at night and regimental bands play as troops move up.
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Associated Press
France
Paris
Amiens
German Missing 664 104 Reichstag Confirms
General von Risberg, speaking before the Reichstag committee, said as of March 31 the total German missing reached 664 104. Of them 236 676 were prisoners in France, 119 000 in England, 157 000 in Russia and Romania, with the remainder regarded as dead.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Vorwaerts
von Risberg
France
England
Russia
Romania
Nail the Kaiser A Red Cross fundraiser in Harrisburg
Harrisburgers will see a seven foot Kaiser head mounted in Market Square for a dime per nail to raise funds for the Red Cross. The auction of the first nail will determine top bidder as a patriotic activity continues with two Red Cross girls serving at the head. The event mirrors a York drive that raised over 1000 dollars.
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Kaiser
Harrisburg
Red Cross
F. F. Davenport
Corp. Carrol B. Davish
Market Square
York
Davish
Charles Kyler Faces First Murder Trial In Special Court
A special session of Criminal Court opened with four judges on the bench to hear the murder case against Charles Kyler colored, charged with killing Walter C. Shaffer on January 26. Kyler is first defendant called for trial, as jurors were summoned and examined. Another defendant, William Evans, colored, faces multiple charges and may be tried later the same day.
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Charles Kyler
Criminal Court
Charles’ Lyer
Walter C. Shaffer
C. V. Henry
Lebanon County
A. W. Johnson
Saycer County
Assi
George. Kensel
J. M. McCarrell
Henry” Will
Evnee
Williama Evans
Harry L Aldinger
City
George W. Bison- Lerver
Claude W. Keiser
Lewis Leonard
Mety'n DL
Leonard
Middletown
Fred B Morgan
Cheries C. Osborne
John H. Buck
Lower Paxton Township
Dry Roundup Planned at Luncheon by Harrisburg Committees
Final plans for a complete roundup of unregistered voters in Harrisburg will be set at a luncheon of board of trade registration chairmen. Voters must express party preference before Wednesday registrars to be eligible for May primaries. Unregistered or nonpartisan registrants cannot vote in party nominations.
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Harrisburg
Board of Trade Hall
City council eyes plan to intern cats in wartime
Harrisburg residents worry about feral cats harming gardens and birds as war clouds loom. Officials consider gathering and interning the felines to curb nightly disturbances and protect produce and poultry. The Natural History Society cites bird losses as another motive for action.
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Burtnett
The
Natural History Society
New Secretary of C of C Here May 1
Warren R. Jackson is named new secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and will arrive to assume duties on May 1. He was elected from among many applicants and previously served as secretary of the Washington Pa Board of Trade and led multiple Marysville Mo boards and associations. He succeeds the resigned FE IL. McColgin and moved to Troy New York on March 1.
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Warren R. Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Washington Pa
Board of Trade
Marysville, Mo
Commercial Club
Marysville
Ad Club
Marysville Lyceum Association
Marysville Welfare Board
Washington, Pa
FE IL. McColgin
Troy
New York
Grocers Urged to Cut Waste in Food Campaign
Howard Heinz urges Pennsylvania grocers to run an immediate conservation drive. A pamphlet outlines rules to limit sugar and flour stocks, cap purchases, prohibit combination sales, and enforce penalties for noncompliance to protect the nation.
Y M C A Secretaries Recruitment Plan For War
City leaders and prominent men plan a Friday luncheon at the Central Y M C A to form a recruiting committee for Y M C A secretaries in France. Harrisburg has sent about eighteen men so far, but officials say 1200 per month are needed for the next three months. Edgar D. Pouch and Lewis E. Hawkins will speak.
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France
Harrisburg
Army Y. M. C. A
National War Work Council
Edgar D. Pouch
New York
Eastern Department of the War Work Council
Lewis E. Hawkins
Liberty Bond sales push in Harrisburg district
County and district chairmen press final week drive to top the 7 million dollar goal with scouts actively selling bonds. The campaign emphasizes a simple message Buy bonds Uncle Sam needs your money as the effort aims to add roughly fifty thousand dollars to the war chest.
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Harrisburg
Uncle Sam
Holland Yields to German Demand for Supplies
A Daily Mail dispatch from The Hague reports Holland has yielded to Germany on transport and sand and gravel supply. The amount will be limited and Germany will require a general assurance the materials won t be used for military purposes. The crisis is seen as passed, though the solution is not ideal for Holland.
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London
Holland
Germany
The
Hague
Lebanon mob tarred two German natives in Lebanon
Frank Swartz aged 50 and Charles Bittner aged 71 were tarred and feathered in West Lebanon and marched through Lebanon streets while carrying American flags. They are held for hearing on charges of being dangerous enemy aliens. Both are nativeborn Germans with prior criminal notes.
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Telegraph
Lebanon
Frank Swartz
Charles Bittner
West Lebanon
Lebanon County
Swartz
Pottsville
Wirtner
Secretary of War Baker Visits Harrisburg Building
Harriabure-Newtay and D. Baker, Secretary of War, led a party of friends through the State Capitol in Harrisburg with W. F. Addams guiding them. Boy Scouts in Harrisburg reported selling 77 bonds totaling 7,400 dollars by 2:30 this afternoon. A Missouri chief justice declined the appointment of United States Senator. C D Spitike, about 20, found dead in a hotel room after a possible self inflicted head wound, believed deserter from an Allentown ambulance camp.
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Harriabure
Newtay
D. Baker
Harrisburg
State Capitol
W. F. Addams
Boy Scouts of the
Ieaf
Jefferson City
W. W. Graves
Missouri Supreme Court
United States
Werner Gardner
Paradelphia
C. D. Spitike
Allentown
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Bei Pines
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Riba
U. S
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Pracie
John Letzing
Chemin Des Dames
U-Boat
Y.M.C.A. Arm
Hungerford
Foch
American Red Cross
War Gardens
MR. Heinz
Pennsylvania
Howard Heinz
Food Administration
Boy Scouts
Clemenceau
Lord Milner
Echo de Paris
Baker
Isourl Supreme Court
Philadelphia
General Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Francis Vologida
S. Leslie Mestrezat
State Supreme Court
Edward G. Spidel
Enola
Margaret J. Woods
George I. Schuller
Mary L. Kauffman
Lancaster
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