French Capture Hill and Wood in Amiens Front Action
Paris reports the French attacked between Hailles and Castel southeast of Amiens and seized Hill 82 and the Avre wood. British forces gained local advantage near Villers Bretonneux while artillery roared on the northern front near Givenchy and Ypres.
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Hill and Woods
HMS
Haines
Castel
Amiens
Paris
Hailles
Avre
War Office
London
Villers Bretonneux
Givenchy
de Nieppe and
Locre
Ypres
Petain
Hangard
Somme
Weather Forecast for Harrisburg Area Saturday
Fair conditions for Harrisburg and vicinity with temperatures around 50 degrees. Tonight and Saturday expect little change in temperature with gentle to moderate shifting winds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Five Million Men Needed For U S War Effort Senator Says
Senator McCumber warned in Washington that five million U S troops must be on the fighting front within a year or the nation would fail its moral duty. He faulted the Shipping Board and the expenditure on aircraft while urging food and munitions to aid allies. He criticized extravagant spending and press sensationalism as delaying factors.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
America
Shipping Board
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
U S Lieutenant Wins French Service Cross
Lieutenant William D. Meyering of the U S Army won the Distinguished Service Cross after commanding a platoon under heavy attack on April He organized defense under fire and refused evacuation to ensure his unit’s safety though wounded He walked through a barrage to a dressing station and later amputation of his right hand followed his injury The action inspired his men to repel the attack and keep the enemy from American trenches
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Associated Press
France
William D. Meyering
Meyering
3000 School Children Tag Pedestrians for Red Cross Benefit
Red Cross Tag Day observed tomorrow will mobilize 3000 school children to tag pedestrians in the city. Proceeds from tag sales fund materials for the Junior Red Cross with prizes for top sellers, while a tally of 2568 items turned in over the past two months was reported. A committee led by Robert McCormick will count the tin boxes contents tomorrow evening.
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Red Cross
Robert McCormick
Third Loan Summit For Day Reaches 2.84 Billion
Washington May 3 Liberty Loan total reached 2,838,317,300 with pen reports from yesterday's business. The Chicago district is the fourth to surpass its quota, subscribing 453,640,850 toward a 425,000,000 goal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Liberty Loan
Chicago
General Foch Optimistic Over Western Front Battle
Paris May 3 General Foch now commands all allied western armies after Italy joins the alliance Marcel Hutin reports from Echo de Paris He says Premier Clemenceau met the supreme war council at Abbeville and declined detailed comments on outcomes noting only Foch's optimism about the front situation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Foch
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
M. Hutin
Clemenceau
Supreme War Council
Abbeville
Thirty Miles of Rail for Marsh Run Depot Project
Thirty miles of railroad track will be needed to serve the new quartermaster depots under construction near New Cumberland two miles below Harrisburg on the Cumberland County side of the Susquehanna. Major Morova leads the operation with extensive yard and siding facilities planned. A spur from the Pennsylvania Railroad near Marsh Run reaches the heart of the proposed works.
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New Cumberland
Harrisburg
Cumberland County
Susquehanna Railroad
Morova
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marsh Run
Ohio Governor orders vagrants registered or fined
Governor Cox directs mayors sheriffs and prosecutors to register tramps and vagabonds with employment agencies or face a fine or workhouse. He argues in wartime idle people aid the Kaiser and Ohio must act quickly to curb parasitic idleness.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Kaiser
Finnish Peasants Propose German Prince as King
Finnish newspapers urge monarchy in Finland with the peasant party newspaper Svenska Tidningen calling for a German prince to be named king. The dispatch from Copenhagen notes growing support among Finnish peasants and their leaders.
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London
Finland
Copenhagen
Svenska Tidningen
Oagan
Peasant Party
War Time Food Receipts Showed at Harrisburg Cooking School
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn leads a week long cooking school at the Y M C A auditorium in Harrisburg under the Harrisburg Telegraph auspices. She declares there is no guesswork in war time recipes and methods as she prepares dishes to aid food conservation.
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Kate Brew Vaughn
Telegraph
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Telegraph
Vaughn
Soldiers die as balloon explodes at Florence Field
Two soldiers burned to death and eighteen injured when a captive Cacquot type observation balloon exploded at Florence field near Fort Omaha. The blast also damaged a balloon shed and occurred during Army balloon school activities, according to Colonel H. B. Hersey.
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Omaha, Neb
Florence Field
Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
Here
H. B. Hersey
More American Troops to Cross Ocean This Month
Washington reports that American troops will be transported to Europe in greater numbers this month than in April as shipping capacity grows. Brigading with French and British forces is for the current German offensive, with a plan for American divisions as a distinct National Army once organized. Entente governments have fully cooperated, limited only by available tonnage.
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Ocean
Washington
Europe
Amerea
Seek to Clear Court Calendar of Murder List
District Attorney Stroup moved to clear the murder case list in the special court session. Seven jurors were sworn for Andrew Cary charged with shooting Arthur Watts in Steelton. Jack Ellis faces a separate murder charge. Evans was found guilty of first degree murder in a separate stabbing case. motions for new trial were filed.
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Michael E. Stroup
Andrew Cary
Arthur Watts
Adams Street
Steelton
Jack Ellis
Burton Proadus
Cary
C. V. Henry
Stroup
Ellis
Frank B. Wickersham
Watts
H. A. Segelbaum
W. F P. Housman
Hummelstown
Harry Knupp
Susquehanna Township
Eugene §. Showvaker
City
David R. Loudermilch
Charles C
Demmy
Jacob Deimler
Middletown
Penrose S. Woreman
Conewaso
Adam Williams
Wiconisco
Conrad C. Crone
William Chromer
Anna Hand
Lizzie Radhel
Katie Stauffer
Charles W. Whitmyer
William Evans
Rufus Gillan
Negro Executed for Cellmate Murder in Oklahoma Penitentiary
Henry Prather, a black man, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for murdering his cellmate Homer Chapman last June. Prather had previously been sentenced to death in 1911 for killing W. H. Archie in Oklahoma City, a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment by former Governor Cruce as he mounted the scaffold.
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McAlister
Okla
Henry Prather
Homer Chapman
Prather
W. H. Archie
Oklahoma City
Cruce
Thousands line streets for hours as French flyer nears Harrisburg
Thousands of Harrisburg residents and officials gather from morning to noon to watch Lieutenant Georges Flachaire of the French Flying Corps in a single seater scout plane. He is expected to encircle the Capitol dome and land near the almshouse after stops in New York and Philadelphia.
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Mineola, N. Y
Georges Flachaire
French Flying Corps
Mineola
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
United States Naval Yard
Harrisburg
Capitol Dome
Capitol Grounds
Capitol Park
Post Office
Mulberry Street
Middletown
Government Operation of Railroads Costs Over 100 Million
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission shows a January to March loss of more than 100 million dollars in railroad operations. Officials attribute the deficit to bad weather and traffic drops, with expectations to recover in coming months. Net operating income for 114 roads totaled 46.595 million, down from 134 million a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
British Wounded Indict Teutons With Inhumanity
London dispatch via Ottawa reports Dutch papers saying 107 British wounded arrived at Rotterdam for repatriation were not sent from Germany under proper conditions. No hospital train was provided and Dutch medical authorities criticized transport of stretcher cases. German authorities must confess inhumanity or admit no hospital trains were available due to losses on the west front.
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Associated Press
London
Ottawa
Rotterdam
Germany
West Front
Mes to ring for one soldiers in France
At Tuesday noon next week Zion Lutheran Church on Fourth Street will toll the bells in tribute to American soldiers in France. The community is asked to show loyalty by lifting hats as the bells ring out the tune “O say can you see.”
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Zion Lutheran Church
Fourth Street
Austria to Have a Rabbit After It Catches Rabbit
Amsterdam May 3. Austria plans to become a great colonial power as a result of the war. Prof. Oscar Karstedt in the Wirtschafts Zeitung says Austria should take over the colonial possessions of Portugal France Italy and Holland. He questions Holland’s ability to develop its colonies.
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Amsterdam
Ustria
Oscar Karstedt
Wirtschafts Zeitung
Austria
Portugal
France
Italy
Holland
Karstedt
Teuton cruelty provokes gun clash at Kiev village
The report from Moscow dated April 25 describes German occupation brutality in Kiev district. In a village residents resisted three days with machine guns and rifles and were subdued by armored cars. German seizures in Minsk lock up able bodied citizens for Germany.
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Kiev
Moscow
Vladivostok
Germany
Minsk
Suicide of Philadelphian George W. Werner
Police report George W. Werner a Harrisburg Pa native and PRR car inspector shot himself to death at his Philadelphia home bringing a tragic end to his life.
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Philadel
George W. Werner
Werner
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warn Germans Not to Expect Quick Victory
German leaders and newspapers are told no new Sedan is likely and Ypres remains strong. The talk of a quick breakthrough is fading as British defense at Ypres is praised and Britain’s struggle is highlighted. The Times notes peace moves must come from Germany and anticipates a long war, while American intervention is seen as a planned, large-scale effort. A draft quota for Elizabethville is set for May 13 with several named locals.
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Associated Press
London
Ottawa
Ypres
William Robertson
Tondon
America
Germany
the Times
Washington
Times
New Staff Chief for Pershing in France
Major General James W. McAndrew is named chief of staff of the American expeditionary force and will assume duties immediately. Brigadier General James G. Harbord, Pershing’s current chief of staff, is assigned a field command to take over this week. The article notes organization for 282 local draft districts and references Italy as of the war office announcement. Senate insists on 2.50 for wheat price support.
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France
James W. McAndrew
James G. Harbord
General Pershing
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