French Make Big Gain Along Aisne Front
French and British forces push along a 150 mile front, gaining ground against German lines. Reports say about 100000 German casualties in 24 hours, with French and British coordinating strikes from Arras to Laon and extending toward Rheims. Paris and London dispatches note bad weather hindering further advances. Mesopotamia actions near Samaria and Tigris also cited.
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Associated Press
Arras
Aisne
Nivelle
Craonne
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Epehy
Champagne
Alsace-Lorraine
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Samaria
Bagdad
Peace and Spring Needed in Vienna
Berne April 16 via Paris reports Austrians and Hungarians crave peace while war remains, with terms preserving Austro-Hungarian territory favored. Monarchy will press on if minimum terms are not met, weary population stretched by economic strain, food shortages, late planting, and transport woes. Prices soar threefold, middlemen and banks exploit the system as recruits begin May 15 training.
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Berne
Switzerland
Paris
Vienna
Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Kansas Weather Report Yesterday to Today
Weather data shows 7 a.m. today at 04, 58 at 2 p.m. today. Conditions are generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperature.
Boys Enlist in Navy Two Lawrence Youths To Naval Training School
Lawrence boys Thomas Wagner and Kenneth Foster enlisted in the Navy during the past week. They are students from local grade schools and have been assigned to the Naval Training School in Chicago. Training lasts six months with a thirty day furlough before possible active duty as second class seamen.
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Lawrence
Naval Training School
Thomas Wagner
H. R. Wagner
New Hampshire Street
Kenneth Foster
Clarence O. Foster
Navy
Chicago
Submarine Activity Near Atlantic Coast Raises Alarm
German submarine fired on the destroyer Smith about 1006 miles south of New York signaling the start of submarine activity near American ports. Officials question if this is a sporadic raid or the beginning of a general blockade as the Navy vows to counter the threat and neutrals are warned of a possible prohibited zone around major Atlantic harbors.
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Washington, D.C
Smith
New York
Navy Department
Fire Island
Boston
U.S. S. Smith
Germany
Congress
United States
Atlantic
Washington
Delaware Capes
Chesapeake Bay
Charleston
Savannah
Atlantic Seaboard
Berlin
Entente
Arrested Ed Deck Tied to Forgery Case As Brother Held
Ed Deck, sought since last August on forgery charges, was arrested in Washington Kansas yesterday. George Schultz escorted him to the county jail yesterday evening. Deck is brother of Fred Deck, jailed for shooting his father.
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Deck
Washington
Kansas
George Schultz
Fred Deck
Britain and France form war council at Washington
Famous British and French figures travel to Washington for a high level war council. The lineup includes Gen Poeh, Arthur Balfour, Rene Viviani, Rear Admiral De Chair, Field Marshal Joffre, Octave Homburg and others. The gathering aims to coordinate Allied strategy in the ongoing global conflict.
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Great Britain
France
Washington
Gen. Poeh
Arthur Balfour
England
Rene Viviani
Marshall Joffre
Octave Homberg
Foreign Office
Flood Damage Hits Central Kansas Rail Lines
Heavy rains and cloud bursts washouts flood central Kansas wrecking tracks for Santa Fe Rock Island and Union Pacific. Majors include 400 feet of Santa Fe near Burdick 1200 feet near Antelope and a marooned Rock Island passenger train. Local towns Marion Topeka Wilsey report high water and down wires.
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Santa Fe
Rock Island
Herington
Kans
Missouri Pacific
Wilsey
Santa Sc Railway
Burdick
Antelope
Hutchinson
Marion
Mud Creek
Topeka
Wans
Neva
Chase County
Railread
Kansas
Cottonwood
Strong City
Diamond Creek
Nevada
QO. O. Lundy
Salina
Union Pacific
Finporia
Kansas Engineer Out Soon Alumni Notes for Magazine
The Kansas Engineer the annual publication of the University School of Engineering will be out April 27 Engineers Day. Editor C F Sloan has organized Alumni and Campus Notes inviting every class since 1872 to report on alumni. Responses come from across the United States and Cuba with the oldest replying class being 1874.
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Kansas Engineer
School of Engineering
C. F. Sloan
Sloan
United States
Cuba
High Schools Debate State Ship Subsidy Question
Mount Hope defeated Hoxie to win the state high school debating league title as the competition for next year centers on a more intensive ship subsidy system. Eight district representatives will guide debates in each district, with Meriden, Rosedale, Caney, Burlington, Minneapolis, Hoxie, Pratt, and Mount Hope naming members.
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Mount Hope
Hoxie
G. le. McClenny
Meriden
W. J. Neumann
Rosedale
P. BR. Humphrey
Caney
W. S. Rupe
Burlington
A. Youmans
Minneapolis
Col. Williams
Willard N. . van Slyke
Pratt
C. R. Rankins
Mount Hope, Fighth
Aor
Free employment bureau organized by Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce held a noon meeting to form a free employment bureau for farmers and workers to contact the secretary. Secretary Sparks cited a commerce secretary’s appeal for cooperation with the agriculture department to boost production amid the crisis. Chamber members will visit city schools this week. J. T. Skinner noted the local battery group failed to organize due to lack of men and sought cooperation. W. H. Pendleton of Kaw Valley Canning Company was welcomed as a new member.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sparks
Secretary of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
J. T. Skinner
W. H. Pendleton
Kaw Valley Canning Company
Erting
Extradition Sought for Jesse Lue in Desertion Case
Jesse Lue was arrested yesterday in Mexico Missouri on a wife desertion charge. He refused to accompany officers to Lawrence without extradition papers. Sheriff Woodward traveled to Topeka to obtain the proper legal documents.
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Jesse Lue
Mexico
Lawrence
Woodward
Topeka
Will Enlist 150 Men in H Company
H Company will enlist up to 150 provisionally with 100 needed at call. Extra men will be released if not required. Officers expect the full 150 to be asked. Only twenty five provisional places remain. Many applicants come from outside town. Lawrence men may lose chance to enlist after Thursday.
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Lawrence
Swiss-born Schlegels Apply for Final Naturalization Papers
Jeremiah and John Ulrich Schlegel, both born in Switzerland, applied this morning for final naturalization papers after taking out first papers in 1878.
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Jeremiah Schlegel
John Ulrich Schlegel
Switzerland
Corn Load Sells for 105 Dollars Near Lawrence
T. J. Schirar living near Lawrence sold a load of corn yesterday for 105 dollars. The load contained fifty two bushels and was grown last summer on his farm in the Wakarusa district.
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T. J. Schirar
Lawrence
Wakarusa
New Local Liquor Law Takes Effect Tomorrow
Lawrence adopts a bone dry law aligning city and state rules. After ten days from April 7 publication the city police gain power to prosecute violators directly, replacing county processing and enabling charges for possession and intoxication in police court.
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Lawrence
Company M to open to nonuniversity men in Kansas guards
The Kansas National Guard unit Company M at the University signals it will accept men outside the university. The unit has 87 members, 13 short of peace strength, as other companies recruit to 150 war strength. Sixteen Colleyville students have enrolled pending callouts. University members fear loss of loyalty as outsiders join, while others enlist in engineering, signal, aerial, or Company H units.
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Company M
Kansas National Guards
F.ek. Jones
LCC
Colleyville
Kansas
Noom
W. H. Griffith
Byron McGinnis
Francis Martling
Icon W. Lundblade
Mark B. Elmje
Engineering Corps
Topeka
Signal Corps
Lola
Studen
Ko U. Company
Concert Tonight Benefiting Red Cross By Glee Club
The High School Girls' Glee Club repeats its annual concert in the Bowersuck Theater tonight to aid the Red Cross Society. The prior performance drew big approval and a strong turnout is expected. The membership committee reports several new enrollees including Claribelle Lupton Nancy Beech er Ethel Houk Lucile Willing Esther Trexler and many others.
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Bowersuck Theater
Red Cross Society
Claribelle Lupton
Gordon B.thompson
R. Preusner
Nancy Beecher
Students seek withdrawal to take up farming at Olney High
Principal F I L Olney reports a flood of student requests to withdraw from H S Boys High for the purpose of farming. So far no releases have been granted.
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H. S
F. IL. Olney
Lawrence man Haworth aims to help US Army via release
Senator Curtis seeks release of Paul Haworth from British service to return to America for training U S soldiers. Haworth, Lawrence native, served two years in Gallipoli and Egypt, now with Australian ordnance division in London. He authored a WWI memoir. censorship may delay publishing. Curtis pressed officials to secure his release for American war efforts.
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Senator Curtis
Paul Haworth
Lawrence
America
United States
Europe
Young Haworth
Ordnance Division
Millwall Docks
London
Paul Unworth
Curtis
Paul BE. Haworth
Erasmus Haworth
University of Kansas
Tle
Loland
Australia
Mayhand
Gallipoli
Egypt
Sind
Ile
Ordnance Department
England
Department of the Army
Waghlund
Elaworth
Engdana
Haworth
City Commission Concludes Short Session with One Action
The city commission held no short session at City Hall. It approved and ordered paid a coal freight bill from Santa Fe for the water plant. A petition by FLOR. Olmstead seeking paving of Edgehill road in Fort Thatcher Place was referred for signature verification. Work on lay out has begun and bids for Elm Street paving will be considered Monday.
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Santa Fe
Flor. Olmstead
Edgehill
Fort Thatcher
Cleland
Elm Street
Thirteenth Street
Winona
Illinois
Treason and Murder Named Among Greatest Crimes
The statutes classify treason as the greatest crime, followed by murder. The text also humorously ranks argument as a notable offense, reflecting legal framing of severe offenses and a quip about disputes.
Lawrence Battery fails inspection amid marriage enlistment rules
The Lawrence battery of light field artillery failed to pass inspection for National Guard muster last night as 40 married men were found among 146 enlistments. Officials must recruit single men within age limits to reach the required 133 strength, with a second inspection planned by week’s end. Adjutant General Martin confirmed orders target single men, despite initial miscommunication.
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Army
National Guards
Lawrence Battery of Light Field Artillery
National Guard
Martin
Chamber of Commerce
J. T. Skinner
No Cause for Alarm Over KU Enrollment Next Year
Lawrence news reports rumors of war affecting University enrollment. Chancellor Frank Strong says there is no cause for alarm and expects attendance at the University of Kansas to remain near current levels next year. He notes uncertainly about future trends but stresses maintaining normal operations to support national needs.
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Lawrence
Frank Strong J
K. U
Strongy
University of Kansas
Campus Pasture Idea for College Grounds Considered
Gardening committee members at the University discussed pasturing up to fifty acres of college grounds this summer. The Civic League reported selling seeds to school children for 18 dollars and 21 cents, planning to move 2500 packages at one cent each.
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Civic League
Zimmerman Case Continued To Next Tuesday In Court
The case of William Zimmerman charged with violating the bone dry law was continued until next Tuesday at 10 o'clock. The case was originally set for today.
Conscience as a Luxury Even the Rich May Lack
A concise aphorism notes that a clear conscience remains a luxury that even the wealthiest individuals may be unable to procure, suggesting moral constraint transcends money.
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