Precious Freedom and Cost of War Liberty Bonds Call
A long unsigned editorial urges lending to the government through Liberty bonds as a duty to future generations. It argues one year of war costs as much as all prior wars, that taxation must share the burden, and that lending to the government funds freedom for children. It cites Uncle Sam and a broader need to finance mobilization while avoiding crippling future citizens with debt. It links liberty to sacrifice and warns of enemy gains if funds are not provided. It mentions a local crime verdict and a few brief notices in the same column.
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Eugene P. Lyle, JR
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Vasily
Lem
Amerie
Ann Lone
Cnehe Sam
Uncle Sam
Germans complain of Allied losses in Picardy clash
An official dispatch from France notes that German losses after the Picardy battle were enormous though information is incomplete. Prisoners describe heavy Allied resistance, with divisions nearly wiped out and bodies stripped for equipment. They say English and French troops surprised their commanders with stubborn defense.
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Fratee
Jommmeave
Pristn Brs
Higtyseishth
Germany
Sarvten
Great Sacrifice for Victory Premier Lloyd George Announces Troop Commander
Premier Lloyd George announces General Hoch as allied commander on the Western Front after a German attack tests the lines. He praises British and French bravery, notes ongoing sacrifices, and says plans will be announced when Parliament meets. Wilson seeks clemency for Mooney in California death case tied to the 1916 Lomb explosion.
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London
Loyd George
Hoch
Jntex
Wald
Fock
Bing
Wilton
Mooney
Sacramento
Cal
Wilson
William D. Stephens
California
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
British Forces Drive Turks From Hit Front
London reports Heitleh column recently won a striking victory on the Euphrates front in Mesopotamia. British forces have pushed to eighty miles beyond Hit and captured more Turkish troops. Prisoner numbers rose to about 5,000 as the war office announced gains. In Paris a shell attack killed 75 people and wounded 90 during Good Friday church services at Marly.
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Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Miles Leyond
War Office Anenomiees
Paris
Marly
Moreuil
Lassigny
von Hindenburg
Luce
Ayre
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Finnish Red Guards Defeated Near Tamterfors
Rebels crushed north of Hoelpingfors as caserament forces take 1,400 prisoners and twenty one guns. Reuters dispatch from Herrograd notes Italy fears Austrian attack, while Pope Benedict protests bombardment and the destruction of churches. Archbishop Lang meets President Wilson in Washington.
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Hoelpingfors
Caserament
Reuter
Herrograd
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Austria
Washington
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Pope
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Oluwa
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Herlin
Farin
Reuter Dieputch
Cosmo Gordon Lang
York
England
Wilson
British Gain In Arras Front In Desperate Hand to Hand Fighting
Paris April 1 British and French troops hold the line from Arras to Lassigny amid heavy fighting. German attacks are less violent as they dig in. 100,000 American troops may join the front under General Foch. Feuchy village captured. Mo reuil and Lassigny area sees stubborn resistance and multiple German losses.
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Union News Kerio
Paris
Lassigny
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Somme
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Arras
Feuchy
Albert
Reuter
Villers Bretonneux
Hangard
Wars and riots spark mixed confidence in Europe news
Washington reports strong confidence in French and British armies to hold Germans in check. In Italy, political circles and newspapers echo the sentiment. In Quebec, three wounded in riots as conscription opponents clash with troops during a 10 000 strong mob incident.
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Italy
Rome
Quebec
Roops
Japan Yields to U S Views on Siberia Crisis
Washington reports that Japan accepted U S views and will not intervene in Siberia. Other items note a British destroyer sinking by a mine with 41 lost, France raising railroad passenger rates by 25 percent, Wilson to speak in Baltimore for the Liberty Loan drive, federal employment directors named for four states, and twenty four strike rioters indicted in Kansas City.
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Wilson
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National Army
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United States Employment Service
Alvin M. White
Silver City
Kansas City
German push near Amiens and French counter actions
Reports from the Western Front and Paris show German forces massing around Albert and Moreuil aiming at the Paris Amiens railway. Allied leaders including Gen Foch and Pershing coordinate defenses as French, British, and American troops hold positions, with heavy artillery and air battles described amid rain and attrition.
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Belgian wrestler folded by 23 wives claims title
New York based Belgian wrestler Pierard known as Pierre la Colosse, weighing 858 pounds, boasts of 28 marriages and claims 23 as near an ideal wife. Born 1868 in Montignier sur Sambre, he started as a chef and once served royalty. He says Russian women suit best, vows never to marry an American, and blames liberty for jealousy.
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Jean Pierre Plerat
Pierre la Colosse
New York City
Tulla Jacobson
Plerard
John Barleycorn
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Montignier Sur Sambre
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Belgium
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Pierard de
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Pletard
Cragy
Man Fights Divorce Over Cold Sunday Meals
Gordon Gauntlet, a representative of an Eastern wire and cable firm, sues Katherine Amelia Gauntlett for divorce in San Francisco alleging his wife served only cold food on Sundays. Married in New York in 1907, he seeks cash and property totaling more than 10,000 dollars.
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Gordon Gauntlet
Eastern Wire and Cable Company
Katherine Amelia Gauntlett
New York
Gauntlet
Rout Merry Makers With Two Bit Pistol
Tovey I Will Lorrisey, the original gun man, opened with a pistol at a Soldiers Farewell ball, routing the merrymakers until Marshal Dominick Gaett intervened with a 38 Colt. Lorri ney’s revolver turned out to be his little brother’s toy cap pistol.
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Tovey
Will Lorrisey
Dominick Gaett
the Law
Lorriney
Missing Eye His Undoing in Boulder Murder Case
Salt Lake City report details how the missing eye led to Eric Hill being sent back to Boulder Montana to face murder charges for stabbing a miner last September. A detective identified Hill from a Boulder photograph, and the miner reportedly said before dying that that one eyed man got me.
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Eric Hill
Boulder
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Used Finger as Revolver to Rob Four New York Cigar Stores
Edward Madden robs four cigar stores in central New York City using only his forefinger as a makeshift gun. He admits he never owned a weapon. In Federalsburg Indiana Wilson Henry Duken, fourteen, is killed by a snowball to his blind eye, a prior injury from a brother's accidental shooting.
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Edward Madden
New York City
Federalsburg
Ind
Wilson Henry Duken
Tide of Battle Merges U S and Allies Against Teutons
British and American fronts report renewed air and ground activity as Allied units, including Australians, press the German line in Picardy and the Avre to Luce sector. Haig queuing minor operations, while German bombardment of Paris continues. Socialists suffer a sweeping defeat in Chicago council elections as Lenroot leads Wisconsin. Tornado kills and injures in Missouri towns. House backs a Senate resolution for a day of prayer for victory.
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