Germans Halt Flanders Advance Amid Reform Efforts
Allied guns pound Mont Kemmel and trenches near Ypres as German forces, repulsed on the high ground, reform under General von Arnim. In Picardy and the Somme, heavy bombardments continue while U S artillery shells targets in the French front. Mesopotamia sees Marshal advances north of Baghdad with towns captured and prisoners taken. Prussian electoral reform pressure rises as Chancellor von Hertling demands passage or risk upheaval. Peace rumors persist from Cologne and Berlin amid May Day tensions.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Mont Kemmel
von Arnim
Ypres
Lys
Picardy
Hangard
Somme
Avre
Noyon
U. S
Piccardy
Toul
Mesopotamia
Marshall
Bagdad
Kifra
Kirfuk
Mosul
Tuzhurmantli
America’s First Heroes Return Home After War Service
Vifty men who entered the trenches on October 22, 1917, to fight the Germans have come back to the United States. Among them were soldiers decorated with the French War Cross. The photo shows the recipients wearing their cross, back row left to right Sergeant R. H. Guyette, Sergeant Joseph Pethush, Corporal M. H. Plant. front row left to right Corporal H. Whited, Sergeant Owen Hawkins, and Sergeant EB A McNiff.
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America
United States
Ther Cross
R. H. Guyette
Joseph Pethush
M. H. Plant
H. Whited
Owen ©. Hawkins
EB. A. McNiff
American Aviator Killed in France Bids Family Rejoice
Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely of Winnetka, lost in France on April 21, wrote a letter to his father urging no mourning and valuing country over sorrow. The Ely family held a funeral service at their Donaldson cottage, placing his effects in his canoe and sinking it beneath the national colors in a lakeside retreat.
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Chicago
Dinsmore Ely
U.S. A
Winnetka
North Shore
France
James O. Ely
Ely
Eay
Donaldson
Wis
U S BIRDMEN BAG HUN FLYER OVER AMERICAN LINE
American forces in France report a German plane downed near the Toul sector after a duel over the American line. Capt Norman Hall of Colfax and Lt Edward Rickenbacher of Columbus, both credited with the victory. Rickenbacher, famed automobile racer, opened fire as Hall joined the dogfight.
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Associated Press
France
Norman Halll
Colfax
Town
Edward V. Rickenbacher
Columbus
Ohio
Toul
Hall
Rickenbacher
United States
Bowie
American Gun Fire Smashes Hun Positions On French Front
American and French artillery press the war front with heavy bombardment of German batteries around a village virtually wiped out. No infantry clashes in forty eight hours as patrols meet in darkness. Gas shells used by Germans, rain and haze limit aerial operations.
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Associated Press
British unit commander Wallower aids stand against German drive
Lieutenant Herbert TH Wallower son of E Z Wallower of Harrisburg took part in the French front defense. He led a detachment for four days and nights after officers were killed or incapacitated. Letters to his father from Dr Paul Van Dyke and Wallower describe his experiences and service with British artillery after leaving the American engineer corps. Wallower joined the front with Professor Trowbridge’s physics team aiding sound location of enemy guns.
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Herbert TH. Wallower
E. Z. Wallower
Harrisburg
France
Paul van Dyke
Wallower
Princeton
American University Union
Europe
Paris
American Engineer Corps
Trowbridge
Pope Benedict to Plead for Peace on Whitsunday
Berlin reports say Pope Benedict plans a new, more pressing peace offer on Whitsunday May 19 with mediation by neutral sovereigns. The move, said to be supported in Berlin and Cologne, follows recent German rumors of a renewed papal peace initiative amid the western offensive.
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von Hertling
Diet
Europe
Austria
Holland
Cologne
Pope Benedict
Whitsunday
Berlin
Germany
Associated Press
Hague
Benedict
Sid
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
Bavaria
London
Third Liberty Loan totals top two and a half billion
Washington May 1 subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan reached 2,509,814,600 with four days left. The drive uses the "buy another bond" appeal to boost total toward 20,000,000 subscribers and a possible billion beyond the 3,000,000,000 minimum. President Wilson subscribed for 50 dollars on the instalment plan and urged others to buy another bond.
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Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Buy Another Bond Movement Gains Mayor Support
President Wilson's buy another bond push finds strong aid from Mayor Keister of Harrisburg. He endorses buying bonds by installment, cash, or borrowing, urging citizens to finance acts to support the war effort. Andrew S. Patterson, loan committee chair, backs the plan and notes many residents already invest.
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Wilson
Keister
Harrisburg
Andrew S. Patterson
Andrew
Patterson
Nation calls 8,985 more men for Army training May 16
The Provost Marshal General announced 8,985 additional draft men to be sent to twenty-two institutions for two months of training in mechanical trades. Mobilization is set for May 16, except Virginia recruits, May 23. Recipients will be auto mechanics, machinists, blacksmiths, electricians, carpenters, radio operators, and more. State boards urged to finalize classifications.
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Nation
Washington
Virginia
New Southern Auto Tourist Route Has Terminus Here
Irvank A. Dudley president of the United Hotels Company, in town from a South meeting, outlined the Southern Tours Association. The route extends from Harrisburg to Birmingham with forks via Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys, Blue Grass, Louisville, and Tennessee routes, including Hot Springs and Luray Caverns, linking north and Gulf states.
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Irvank A. Dudley
United Hotels Company
Penn-Harris
Southern Tours Association
Harrisburg
Dudley
Southern Tours
Middle Northern States
Gulf of Mexico
Southern Tours Company
Tutwiler Hotel
Birmingham
Alabama
Cumberland
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Frederick
Harper's Ferry
Roanoke
Bristol
Knoxsville
Chattanooga
Hot Springs
White Sulphur Springs
Luray Caverns
Washington
Charlotteville
Cincinnati
Lexington
Berea Gap
Cumberland Gap
Knoxville
Louisville
Indiana
Mammoth Cave
Nashville
Tennessee
St. Louis
Cairo
Marsh Run plant to spur city growth near Harrisburg
Major Weasel Morava of the U S Army Quartermaster Corps outlines a Marsh Creek plant project near Harrisburg to house a growing city of several thousand residents funded by national defense needs. The plan mirrors similar sites at Columbus and Louisville as construction accelerates under Morava. A Harrisburg Real Estate Board meeting is set to address rising rents cited in a letter to Mayor Keister, aiming to protect public interests and uphold fair practice amid wartime needs.
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Harrisburg
Marsh Creek
United States Quartermaster Supply and Warehouse
Major Weasel Morava
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. National Army
Major Morava
Weasel Morava
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
American Society of Mechanics
Builders’ Club of Chicago
Sam
Columbus
Louisville
Marsh Run
Keister
Ntarrisburg
Gipple
Harrisburg Real Estate Board
Kyler Guilty of First Degree Murder in Harrisburg
Kyler, a colored man, was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury that deliberated just over two hours for stabbing W. C. Shaffer on January 26. Defense may seek a new-trial motion within four days. The article also notes heavy spring voter registration in Harrisburg's third-class cities for the prohibition campaign. Polls stay open until 10 pm tonight. previously registered voters do not need to re-register.
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Charles Kyler
Kyler
W. C. Shaffer
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
New Secretary of Chamber on the Job in Harrisburg
Warren R. Jackson, the new secretary of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Harrisburg today and began his duties. He spent part of the day with President Andrew B. Patterson to get acquainted and will be at his offices daily going forward.
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Warren R. Jackson
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Andrew 8. Patterson
Sugar limits eased as war fears loom and authorities urge restraint
A slight sugar relief in Pennsylvania raises allowed purchases to two to five pounds for town and city residents and five to ten pounds for rural residents based on family size. Retailers may sell modestly larger amounts. The move aims to avert hoarding while promising ample supply during canning season. In related war news, Garzio Prinzip, who killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand, died in a Prague fortress from tuberculosis after a 1914 attack that triggered the European conflict. Prinzip was executed by verdict for the assassination, and other conspirators received varied sentences.
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Pennsylvania
Howard Heinz
State Food Administration
Food Administration
Prinzip
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Madeljo Gabrinovice
Gabrinovic
Belgians Forced to Work Under German Sentries
Report from Reuters Limited states twenty five thousand Belgian men and boys are compelled to work behind German lines around Valenciennes and Maubeuge. Mortality in the deported Belgians' camps is terrible with unfit workers replaced by fresh recruits.
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London
Ottawa
Valenciennes
Maubeuge
Reuter
Dougherty Named Archbishop of Philadelphia by Rome
The Right Reverend Dennis J. Dougherty, formerly Bishop of Buffalo, is appointed archbishop of Philadelphia succeeding the late Archbishop Prendergast. Born 1865 in Ashland Pa, he studied in Montreal and Overbrook, was ordained in 1890, served in the Philippines, Jaro and Neuva Segoria, and later Buffalo.
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Dennis J. Dougherty
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Prendergast
Rome
Archdiocese of
Pennsylvania
Dougherty
Colton
Jaro
Neuva
Segoria
Philippine Islands
Overbrook Seminary
Ryan
Philippines
Neuva Segoria
Jara
Germans Have Worst Day in Monglay Fighting
London reporting from May 1 via Ottawa notes Monglay's fighting marked the worst day for the Germans since the great offensive began. English newspapers, once reticent due to battle fluctuations, now speak with renewed confidence about operations.
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London
Ottawa
Monglay
Harrisburg Area Weather Tonight and Thursday
Fair and much cooler tonight with frost and a low near 26. Thursday looks fair and continued cool across Harrisburg and vicinity.
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Harrisburg
Fragments describe Franco British defense and fortifications in France
Wartime items note Kemmel holdout and Mont Ottawa shelling, explosives found at Fort Bliss tower, bond drives in Harrisburg, Boy Scouts selling bonds, and a Washington Indication about the War Department’s stance on National Guard units abroad in a compact news brief.
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Washington
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Minnesota Infantry
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