LASSIGNY HOLD S AGAINST FRENCH IN GALLANT DEFENSE
The British and French forces report major gains as Allied troops reclaim about 1860 square miles in four weeks. They describe German retreats from Hebuterne to the Lys salient with 72 000 prisoners taken and 1700 guns seized.
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Albert
Arras
Ancre
Oise
Somme
Roye
Lassigny
Tha R Ise
Mamet
Aigert
Haig
Beaumont
Hamel
Serre
Putsieur Au-Mont
Bucquoy
Hebuterne
Scarve
Lys
Ypres
Rheims
Bray
Fuenhm
Varvillers
Chaulnes- Roye
Rebecourt
Noyon
Ribecourt
Ourscamp Forest
Thiescourt Wood
Roye-Lassigny-Noyon
Foch
Marne Salient
Amiens
Paris
Ex-convict tied girl linked to local check forgeries
Ruth Kasold, 16, arrested after passing a 40 check at Harry Lander Jewelry, totaling $195 fraud across six Lawrence merchants. Police tie her to forged checks signed by relatives and an ex convict partner, with other shops including Marks Jewelry and Fischer's Shoe named. Father Henry Reyer reimbursed losses. merchants decline charges.
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Ruth Kasold
Ruth Reyer
Lawrence
France
Arthur Kaseld
Kaseld
Marie Kaseld
S00
New York Street
Kasald
Henry Reyer
Marks Jewelry Store
Fischer’s
Weaver's
Ober
Landers
National convention slated for 1919 in here
Woodland Park hosted the Evangelical Conference with over 700 visitors and tents cleared. Officials announced next year’s national convention will bring 1500 to 2000 delegates from across the United States, with plans finalized at the closing session. Officers elected include President M. G. Erfimeyer and Rev. G F Barthel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Park
United States
McEffmeyer
M. G. Erfimeyer
St. Joseph
G. F. Barthel
Kansas City
W. H. Kitzenberger
New Selective Service Plan Affects Five Kansas Counties
The War Department changes how Kansas draft boards operate, consolidating multiple local boards in Sedgwick Crawford Montgomery Wyandotte and Shawnee into single county units with one chairman per county. Kansas estimates about 225000 men aged 18 to 45. prior drafts registered 12000 men aged 21 during 1917-18 and 151000 men aged 21 to 30 in 1917.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kans
Charles. $. Huffman
War Department
Sedgwick
Crawford
Montgomery
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Adjutant General
Marriage Licenses Issued To Several Couples
Yesterday marriage licenses were issued to Lesters Worley and Vekie Davidson of Tonganoxie, Alvin N. Polsoni of Montezuma Kansas, Cora Turner of Whitewater Kansas, Ernest Johnson of Ottawa Kansas, Mae Ribeau of Centropolis Kansas, and Jon D. Greevell and Lucy McFarland, both of Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesters Worley
Vekie Davidson
Tonganexie
Alvin’ N. Polsoni
Montezuma
Kans
Cora Turner
Whitewater
Kansas
Ernest Johnson
Ottawa
Mae_Ribeau
Centropolis
Jon,d. Greevell
Lucy McFarland
Red Cross First Aid Box Becomes Fire Warden Equipment
City officials approve adding a Red Cross first aid box to fire department gear and vacate Pleasant Street in North Lawrence for a garden sprinkler line. The council also plans bids for an electric transmission line to the water plant, water department bonds, and street and hall improvements. Warren infant dies at home in Indianapolis neighborhood with burial planned in Missouri.
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Bowersock
City - Water Plant
Telephone Company
Water Department
A. E Blair
Graves Chosen to Lead American Army Expeditionary Force
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves, formerly assistant chief of the Army General Staff, is selected by the Chief of Staff to command the American Expeditionary Force that will be sent to Europe for combat operations in World War I.
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Williams. Graves
Wnlil
Chied
Army General Staff
Star March
Liveri
Enrollment accelerates for new Army training school batch
About 62 men enrolled at the university training school today with finger prints taken as 175 had been examined by mid afternoon. Liberty trucks haul recruits up the hill to the camp while doctors speed enrollment and preliminary exams to start work sooner.
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First Army Teacning
Sinking of American schooner Dorothy Barrett near Cape May
A German submarine fired on the American schooner Dorothy Barrett near Cape May New Jersey. Airplanes and two submarine chasers dropped depth charges, forcing the sub to submerge though wreckage was not found. the crew reached shore safely. Senator Chamberlain commented on Germany lines and U.S. war plans including an 80 division force and broader draft ages to France by next June. General March supported keeping the army young and feared volunteer enlistments would drop if draft ages rise.
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Washington
Dorothy Barrett
Cape May
X. J
Navy
Bechtel
Chamberlain
France
Arty
United States
General March
Wehuld
March
Big Yank Army Could Punch Thru Hun Lines
Washington dispatch reports Senate testimony on manpower expansion. General March says four million Americans under one commander could push through on the Western Front in February, aiding the United States to win the war. Lenn on Chamberlain, chair of the Senate Military Committee, comments on the bill before Congress.
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Heneral
Senate
France
Washington
Senate Tories
Lennon Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Arstan C. March
Enid
Feaner
March
Douglas County Horticultural Society Holds Basket Dinner Meeting
The Douglas County Horticultural Society will host a regular monthly basket dinner Saturday at Woodland Park at 12 30. A Kansas State Agricultural College extension specialist will speak on Apple Culture, with Miss Lena Miller of Lawrence High School discussing The Culinary Uses of the Apple. The newly completed steel ceiling at Fire Department headquarters was installed by city workers.
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Douglas County Horticultural Society
Woodland Park
Kansas State Agricultural College
Orinci
Lena Miller
Department of Demstic Science
Lawrence High School
Witt
Harold, Simons
Seven Cent Fares After Sept First In Interurban Agreement
City commission accepts ordinance setting seven cent street railway fares after September first. Interurban and street railway officials reach agreement on joint track use and transfers with conditions: funds from new fares to improve Lawrence tracks and equipment, no appeal to the utilities board, and eventual return to five cent fares after war conditions end. Company has ten days to file acceptance of city-imposed conditions.
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Interurban and
Street Railway Company
Couts
F. RR. Rive Attories
Nothoing
Erty Commission
Erty Ie
Public -Utilities Commission
Lawrence
Rice
Inter-J ‘Urban Company
Ue North
Sie
Lawrence W. C. T. U. Drives War Work Fund in Kansas
The Lawrence W. C. T. U. launches a drive for wartime funds to aid U S O and morale efforts. A $25,000 Kansas quota aims to finance camps, recreation, and instruction for soldiers while supporting government efforts to curb liquor in camp districts. Support from the State Council of Defense and Henry J. Waters backs the campaign.
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Lawrence W. C
Camtonments
Lawrie Union
Catl
Paigm
Berg
State Council of Defense
Henry J. Watters
The
Agricultural College
U Boat Near New York Sinks Oil Tanker. 7 Crew Missing
The German submarine neared New York harbor and sank the Frederick I. Kelley last night. Thirty five crew members were rescued. seven remain missing. Survivors were taken to safety by an American ship. A later sighting reported fire at a steamer trawler Walrus off Cape May. Captain Morissy warned others as danger intensified. In other brief notes, John Thomas Carey was taken to the State Hospital at Topeka after probate court action.
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New York
New York Harbor
Frederick I. Kelley
Ambrose Channel
Cape
Ter
Clayton Morisey
Arral
Morissy
State Hospital
John Thomas Carey
Fhsane
Topeka
Ike Johnson
Yi R
University to Form Student Army Training Corps Readiness Plan
The War Department announces the University of Kansas will establish a Student Army Training Corps centered on class five draft provisions. Eligible students eighteen and older may enlist and train for commissions, with younger students enrolled but not in the army. Uniforms issued. instructors include Camp Sheridan trainees. George F. Welsh to Yale Army Lab for further training.
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University of Kansas
Army — Training Corps
Brono
T. Svher
Reserve Officers Trainings Corps
Plains
War Department
Scher
A. T.C
R. Os T. C
Evers
Toc
Th Army
S.A.T.C
S. A. TC
S. A. FG
Camp Sheridan
Iinois
George F. Welsh
Yale Army Laboratory School
New Haven
Conn
Welsh
Deputy Fire Marshal Probes Albritton Case in Fire
W G Studebaker deputy state fire marshal arrived last night to gather evidence in the Everett Albritton case. He has worked on the case all day. Albritten is charged with setting fire to his father's house at 910 New Jersey Street to obtain $500 fire insurance.
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W. G. Studebaker
Everett Albritton
Studebaker
Albritten
New Jersey Street
Paroled After Drunkenness Charge in Police Court
Walter Peterson was fined one dollar and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail for drunkenness. He paid the fine and costs and was paroled on the jail sentence pending a second offense.
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Walter Peterson
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