Liberty Loan drive nears goal with nine days left
Nine days into the Liberty loan campaign report $829,606,100 subscribed nationwide while $2.17 billion remains to be raised before May 4 to reach the three billion dollar target. District totals show St Louis at 5 percent and New York leading with $275,682,100. Oregon and Iowa report counties oversubscribed as the treasury weighs first honors.
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Treasury
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Oregon
Iowa
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Cleveland
Champaigns
Waterloo
Davenport
Muscatine
Dubuque
Des Moines
Mason City
Town
Whiting
East Chicago
Hammond
Ind
War News From Europe and U S Legislation Update
A Reuters dispatch from Ottawa reports Germans carrying Wytschade and most of Messines ridge while British forces defend the slopes. Field Marshal French praises renewed spirit. The Senate accepts a conference report on the sabotage bill ready for the President. Charles M Schwab becomes director-general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation overseeing shipbuilding.
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Senate
House of Commons
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Chicago Guardsmen Stage Brief Mutiny
About 100 men from Camp Logan trains and military police units escaped in a mutinous revolt over an order transferring them to other division units. All but two have been recaptured and face possible conspiracy charges. Most were from Chicago’s old fighting seventh guard regiment.
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Nouston
Texas
Camp Logan
Seventh” Guard Regiment
Chicago
Paris bombardment kills thirteen and wounds forty
Paris reports a long range bombardment on April 17 killing thirteen people and wounding forty others. This attack targets the capital area with significant casualties and damage.
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Paris
Bolo Pasha Executed at Vincennes in Paris
Paris reports the execution of Bolo Pasha at Vincennes. Paul Bolo, born in Marseilles, had a checkered career with law studies followed by risky ventures. He faced earlier convictions in 1894 for abuse of confidences and swindling and later expanded into champagne trading and land dealings for Abbas Hilmi, the Khedive. He traveled to Egypt and became trusted in protecting Khedive interests, earning the title Pasha before World War I.
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Paul Bolo
Marseilles
Paris
Valencia
Spain
Bolo
Egypt
Abbas Hilmi
Khedive
Suez Canal
England
Pasha
Abbas Hilm
Baker Returns to War Desk After Trip to Battle Front
Secretary Baker returns to the War Department from Europe ready to speed American forces to France. He urges pooled allied and American resources under General Foch to check German onslaught and notes pride in U S and allied troops. He witnessed battle fronts in England France and Italy and even stood in a trench under fire.
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Baker
War Desk
Washington
Europe
War Department
France
War
Foch
Mr. Baker
Atlantic
United States
Biroch
Wilson
Bliss
Pershing
England
Italy
Picardy
Ot. Baker
Home Rule in Ireland Bill Ready
London reports show the government pressing for swift passage of the man power bill while drafting a home rule bill. Irish leader John Dillon warns conscription could provoke chaos, likening Ireland to Belgium without self government. Lloyd George says settling Ireland would win American support and aid.
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Ottawa
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
London
George N. Barnes
British War Cabinet Without Portfolio
John Dillon
Antrmn
Down
Dillon
Ireland
Belgium
Lloyd George
America
Great Britain
Germans seize three Flemish towns and push Messines ridge
German forces report control of Bailleul Wulvergehm Wytschaete gaining ground on Messines ridge in renewed pressure along the Ypres front. Neuve Eglise fell Monday as battles rage along the Bailleul line with heavy assaults and counterattacks shaping a critical phase of the conflict.
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Flanders
Bailleul
Wulvergehm
Wytschaete
Teutons
Messines Ridge
Neuve Foglise
Wulverghem
Wrytschaete
Neuve Eglise
Merville
British Must Counter Attack To Save Ypres And Railroad Bases
German successes threaten Ypres and Hazebrouck rail lines as British forces brace for a counter attack. Reports describe French front raids, and northern battle lines with Merville holding firm while Amiens area sees only artillery duels. A Berlin line claims American positions near St Michel were stormed by German forces.
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Hazebrouck
Bailleul
Neuve Egisse
Merville
Sec
Tor
Amiens
Champagne
Berlin
Amsterdam
St. Michel
London
Lys
Wytschaete
Wulvergehm
Neuve Chapelle
Locon
Luce Rivulet
O Briens New Ally Turns Blackmailer In Belgian House
In a Bellepoque style serial, Pat O Briens new ally Huyliger reveals a darker motive as a blackmailer. OBrien refuses to surrender his passport or belongings and plans to resist the gang. He explores a stripped Belgian house, discovering 1800 bottles of wine in the basement and sleeping on bare floors while awaiting the next move. The tale continues on page 4.
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Huyliger
Pat
Holland
France
England
Cox
London
Dry and Wet Races Shape Illinois Cities Amoung Votes
Illinois voters split in local option ballots with Blue Island keeping saloons aided by women's votes. Savannah East Moline and Arenzville vote to stay wet or go bone dry. St Charles also goes dry as two weeks earlier Dry township contests continue in Orland Cook and Timber Peoria counties.
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Chicago
Mlinois
Blue Island
Worden
Madison County
Itaska
Dupage County
Arenzville
Cass County
Savannah
East Moline
Carroll
Rock Island
St. Charles Long
Orland Township
Cook County
Timber Township
Peoria
Ice prices set to soar amid ice shortage
Chicago April 12 Dealers warn ice will be a luxury this summer with blue sky prices and tight supply. Illinois Wisconsin Ice Dealers say government ammonia restrictions limit production, while natural ice is scarce. Long winter and labor shortages, plus car shortages, worsened the crop.
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Chicago
Illinois-Wisconsin
Ice Dealers’ Association
Drive for 2000 U S Tank Corps recruits begun in New York
With the slogan Dont walk to Berlin ride in the tanks a new drive for 2000 United States tank corps recruits began in New York on Tuesday. Men aged 18 to 45 who are draft registrants and skilled in motor driving or certain technical trades may enter the corps.
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New York
Berlin
United States Tank Corps
Battle of Messines gains and losses reported
British positions on Messines ridge face renewed German attacks as Wytschaeten Spanbroekmolen and nearby villages fall to German forces. Haig reports gains for the Germans elsewhere with multiple local engagements and counterattacks ongoing along the front.
Stone's Body To Lie In State In Capitol
The body of Senator William J. Stone is transported to Jeff erson City for lying in state in the Capitol. A large crowd greeted the train in St Louis as guards and civil escorts formed to honor the late senator. Services and burial are planned for Thursday in Nevada Missouri.
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Capitol
ST. Louis
William J. Stone
Washington
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Senate
Reed
House
Speaker Clark
St Louis Club
Clark
Jefferson City
Nevada
Food license revoked in Chicago on fraud charges
The food administration revoked the license of Thea: we William Jin Weich We lcomington in Chicago on charges of fraudulent practices. The action takes effect April 22.
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Thea
William Jin Weich Welcomington
Ender
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