British Hold Messines Ridge Amid Relentless German Attacks
London reports heavy German assaults along the Lys front and near Neuve Eguis, with British lines holding firm after multiple counterattacks. Haig praises troops for steadfast defense as Germans push toward Armentieres and Merville, while American troops begin arriving on the front.
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London
Flanders
Neuve Bcglise
Haig
Lys
War Office
Neuve Eg- Nie
Bailleuil
Meterer-Wulverghem
Festubert
Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
Ridge
Bailleul
Bailluel Railway
Messines
Reuter
France
Belgium
Ville Chapelle
Ploegsteert
Neuve Egiise
Merville
Neaf Berquin
Loisne
Lawe River
Douglas Haig
Soldiers for farm work furloughs ordered by Crowder
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued orders allowing furloughs for soldiers to aid farm work during planting and harvest. Furloughs are unpaid and brief unless special experts receive longer leaves. Applications go from the local board to the county demonstrating agent then to the division commander.
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Washington
Crowder
Americans Repel Heaviest German Attack Near Toul
American forces in France beat back a dawn German assault northwest of Toul. The attack aimed at 800 troops but failed under American artillery and machine gun fire. Two German prisoners and one death noted as the engagement lasted about two hours with heavy shelling and gas used beforehand.
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France
Toul
Lloyd George signals conscription extended to Ireland
In the house of commons Lloyd George announced plans to extend the national service act to Ireland under the same conditions as Great Britain. He pledged self government for Ireland and indicated ages from eighteen to fifty nine could be drawn into service. The move sparked Irish nationalist protests as the government aims to push the bill this week.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
America
United States
Emerald Isle
Great Britain
Senate backs higher wheat price guarantee
Washington April 15 the senate again favored raising the government minimum guarantee price for wheat to 2 50 per bushel marking a renewed push in the ongoing controversy.
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Washington
Senate
15000 German Troops Engage Finns Along Finnish Coast
Stockholm reports 15,000 German troops are operating along Finland's southern coast and have clashed with Finnish forces known as the Reds. The information describes multiple battles and ongoing hostilities in the region.
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Stockholm
Finland
Germans Seize Russian Town As Kursk Surrender Demanded
London April 18 Reuters Petrograd correspondent reports Germans capture Lgov 180 miles northwest of Kharkov after taking the town they issued an ultimatum demanding the surrender of Kursk.
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Russ Town
London
Conspiracy Case Near End In Topeka
The conspiracy to defraud the government case involving Capt. Charles W. Robinsson N A Samp Funston and J F E Ruld man was submitted to the jury in Topeka Kansas on April 12.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles W. Robinsson
N. A. Samp Funston
J. F. E. Ruldman
Americano Flyer Captured by Germans
Amsterdam reports a semiofficial Berlin dispatch saying a U S flyer was shot down on the western front and captured by German forces on Sunday April 72.
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U. S
Amsterdam
Berlin
Americans and Canadians Hold Line Against German Offense
In Lorraine a joint American and Canadian force fights to stem German assaults. They hold ground from St Quentin toward Noyen despite seven waves and heavy casualties, using rifles and limited machine guns with no artillery support. April 11 reports an American patrol killing a German and recovering a body across No Man's Land.
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France
St. Quentin
Noyen
Lorraine
No Man’s Land
General Resche Discharged From Federal Service
Brig. Gen. Frederick E. Resche of Minnesota, German born, commanded a brigade of the Thirty-fourth National Guard division at Camp Cody New Mexico. Army orders cite failure to maintain an efficient command as the reason for an honorable discharge while remarks attributed to him prompt loyalty scrutiny though no overt disloyalty charged.
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Washington
Frederick E. Resche
Minnesota
Thirty-fourth National Guard
Camp Cody
N. M
Senator Stone Stricken by Paralysis in Washington
Missouri Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, suffered paralysis while riding a street car to the capitol. He was moved to the senate office building for medical care, and Slater was dispatched to his home.
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August Phillips
Holland
Washington
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Senator Stone
Missouri
Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Senate
Slater
Senator Broussard Slipping Toward Death at Home
Reports from Peath New Theria Louisiana indicate United States Senator Robert F. Broussard is gravely ill at his home with his condition steadily worsening and death momentarily expected.
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Broussard
Peath
New Theria
United States
Robert F. Broussard
Carrier Tanker Runs Aground Off New England Coast
The Gulf Refining steamship Carrier is aground on a reef off the New England coast as per a wireless message. The vessel has a crew of thirty eight men aboard.
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New England Reef
New York
Gulf Refining Company
New England
Nieuw Amsterdam Arrives Off Hook of Holland
The Holland America liner Nieuw Amsterdam from New York has arrived off the Hook of Holland. The ship sailed March 28 from New York with 2,000 passengers aboard.
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Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
New York
Hook of
Holland
Rear Admiral Samuel Pancoast Comly Dies in Philadelphia
Rear Admiral Samuel Pancoast Comly U S N retired died in a Philadelphia hospital he was born in 1849 and served as navigator on the battleship Indiana during the Spanish American War.
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Comly
Philadelphia
Samuel Pancoast Comly
Indiana
Americans Regain Hill After German Raid Northwest of Toul
American forces repulsed two German attacks northwest of Toul and countered to recapture an observation hill. A German assault by 800 shock troops aimed at reaching the third line was halted by American counter-barrage and fierce hand to hand fighting. Two attackers reached no further than the front line and were captured or died of wounds.
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France
Toul
No Man’s Land
U S Replies To Holland Over Seizure Of Dutch Ships
Secretary Lansing releases a memorandum to the Netherlands legation defending the U S seizure of Dutch ships in port as a necessary response to Germanys menace, arguing the action benefits Dutch ship owners and people and that the Netherlands government itself accepts the legality of the act.
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Washington
America
Netherlands
United States
Lansing
Germany
Holland
Sedition bill passed by Senate with reforms
Washington reports the senate approved the sedition bill without a roll call after numerous modifications. The measure aims to empower the department of justice to round up spies and disloyalists, and it has already cleared the house.
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Senate
House
Washington
Department of Justice
House of Commons Passes Irish Conscription Clause
London April 15 the house of commons passed the Irish conscription clause of the non power bill by a majority of 165. St Louis April 15 the joint commission on unification of the Methodist Episcopal church South predicted the union plan would be ratified before the commission adjourns.
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House of Commons
London
St. Louis
Joint Commission On Unification of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Wreck Attempt Foiled on Troop Train near Winona
A bold effort to wreck a troop train near the interstate drawbridge was thwarted by a telegraph operator at East Winona Wisconsin. Police deem the act a protest against the war.
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Winona
Minn
East Winona
Wis
Six Hundred Towns Claim Honor Flag for Liberty Quotas
Washington April 12 six hundred communities reported oversubscriptions of their Liberty loan quotas and claimed the right to fly the honor flag. Awards of the flag have been made to about half that number.
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Washington
Indianapolis man freed from Leavenworth after commutation
Frank J. Ryan of Indianapolis, previously sentenced to seven years for involvement in the dynamite conspiracy cases, has been released from the federal penitentiary after a commutation.
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Frank Ryan
Leavenworth
Kan
Arrest 200 Aliens in Milwaukee Raid on Enemy Suspects
Federal officers began a roundup aimed at about 350 enemy aliens accused of violating the enemy alien act. Roughly 200 were gathered, with many cited for permit, registration, or activity violations. Suspects were awakened or seized at work, fingerprinted, and detained for records review.
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Milwaukee
Federal
Ex-Soldier Chief of Mob Confesses in Prager Hanging
Joseph Riegel of Collinsville Illinois testifies before a coroner's jury detailing his role as mob leader in the Friday morning hanging of enemy alien Robert P Prager. He says he and another man dragged Prager from the basement of City Hall after locating him.
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Collinsville
Ill
Joseph Riegel
United States Army
Robert P. Prager
Prager
Trade Commission Expands Under War Duties
Washington April 11 plans for extending the federal trade commission work to meet war duties were approved by President Wilson after submission by Commissioner Fort and Secretary Bracken. The commission will investigate production costs to furnish no basis for price fixing in cooperation with war agencies of the government.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Fort
Bracken
U S Marines Arrive in Vladivostok Control Docks
Advices from Harbin report American marines have landed at Vladivostok arriving with British and Japanese forces. U S troops take control of the docks while Japanese guards secure the railway and ammunition depots.
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Russian Port
Harbin
Vlladivostok
Germans Attack British Front in Palestine Offensive
The Turkish and German forces in Palestine opened an offensive near the coast on Wednesday, with official war office confirmation issued Friday afternoon.
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Fae
Armentieres
Croix du Bac
Steenwerck
Reuter
Lestrem
Lawe
War Office
Palestine
London
Patrol Boat Beached by Storm in Washington Waters
A small naval patrol boat ran aground in home waters during yesterday's storm. The Navy Department reported refloating operations are underway and no lives were lost.
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Washington
Navy Department
Big British Steamer Minnetonka Sunk by German Submarine
The large British passenger steamer Minnetonka of 18 528 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean during February according to the Maritime Register.
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New York
Minnetonka
Mediterranean
Maritime Register
Chicago Police Chief Quits After 36 Years of Service
Chicago Mayor announces Herman Z. Schuettler will retire as police chief after 36 years with the department. The longtime executive leaves the force to pursue private life.
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Chicago
Herman Z. Schuettler
U.S. Forces Repel German Attacks Near Toul
In four days of intense fighting northwest of Toul near St Mihiel and Apremont forest, German attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Of 36 prisoners captured Friday, 12 died of wounds. Americans seized two machine guns and scattered war material.
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Toul
France
Apremont Forest
SOC
Missing U. S. ship Cyclops feared overdue voyage
The American collier Cyclops carrying 57 passengers 15 officers and 221 crew is overdue from March 13 with last report March 4 near a West Indies island. Consul General Gottschalk aboard is the sole civilian. two naval lieutenants and 54 enlisted men return to the U.S. Commanding officer was Lt Commander G W Worley. A full search continues as the Navy states it does not declare the ship lost yet.
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Washington
Cyclops
Atlantic
Navy Department
West Indies
Brazil
A. N. Moreau Gottschalk
United States
Rio de Janeiro
G. W. Worley
United States Naval Reserve Force
Navy
Senator William J. Stone Dies in Washington
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri longtime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee died in Washington after a stroke. A 45 year public figure he opposed war restraint then supported the war after the decision. Stone was born in Kentucky on May 7, 1848.
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Washington
William J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Stone
Wilson
Germany
Kentucky
Beale Caruso Beck and Ben Doyle Called to Army Camp
Fred Caruso Beck of Havana and Ben Doyle of Peoria receive notice for the next National Army draft group. They are to report for training at the camp on April 26.
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Peoria
Fred “Caruso
Beck
Havana
Ben Doyle
National Army
Watterson Hospitalized in Louisville
Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal is 11 here at Norton Memorial infirmary in Louisville Kentucky. Attending physicians report his condition is improved.
Stead Ends Life in Chicago Hotel
William H. Stead of Streator Illinois, former attorney general of Illinois and director of trade and commerce in the governor's cabinet, shot himself at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago on April 16.
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Chicago
Wiliam H. Stead
Streator
Minois
Great Northern
Sixteen Hurt as Lehigh Valley Train Derails Near Dix Station
A broken rail derailed two cars of the Lehigh Valley express on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Dix station near Tyrone on Saturday. Sixteen people were slightly injured in the wreck.
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Tyrone
Lehigh Valley Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dix Station
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