Danville Battery A officers win distinguished service cross
Lieut. W. Bodine and Private F. H. Evans, Corporal A. G. Robinson, and Captain T. S. Hammond plus Private J. H. Moseley and Sergeant Frank Hickman receive citations for gallantry under fire in Battery A, 149th artillery. The unit praised for coolness and efficiency as shells rained.
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Danville
SW. M. Bodine
Francis H.evans
A. G. Robinson
149Th Artillery
T. S. Hammond
J. H. Moseley
Chicago
Frank Hickman
Henry J. Reilly
Hammond
William W. Bodine
Battery ‘A
Francis H. Evans
Finland Urged to Resist Hun Army by Trotzky Mission
London April 27 dispatch reports Bolshevik minister of war Leon Trotzky has gone to Murmansk to arrange Russian forces in northern Finland to resist German advances. Entente and Russian sentiment improving in Petrograd and Moscow, with a radical shift from anti allied to pro allied in six weeks.
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London
Leon Trotzky
Murmansk
Finland
Petrograd
Moscow
United States
Peoria County Tops Liberty Loan Quota
Peoria county surpassed its Liberty loan quota with total subscriptions of 3 787 880 dollars against a 3 107 280 dollar target announced April 27. The report notes Peoria has gone over the top in the campaign.
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Peoria
Peoria County
French Infantry Invests Hangard In Picardy Front
The French army on the Picardy front held positions around Hangard while bombardment raged through the night in preparation for a possible German push or to cover relief of worn divisions. British forces have recaptured Villers-Bretonneux, which dominates the area, making any new assault risky due to heavy Allied casualties.
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Associated Press
France
Picardy
Hangard
Villers-Bretonneux
Confession Said To Tie Germans To Preparedness Day Bomb
San Francisco reports that authorities in Washington are examining a circumstantial confession alleging German government involvement in the Preparedness Day bombing. It names a man in South America as the bomber and Germany as organ and financier of related plots including an attack at Mare Island. Investigations in court proceed as defense counsel seek the confession for use in the trials. Harry Moffatt denies any such confession or foundation.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Daily News
Washington
South America
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mooney
Billings
Harry Moffatt
Secret Service Department
Willie Ritchie Becomes Private Steffens at Camp Lewis
Willie Ritchie, boxing instructor and former lightweight champion, was inducted as Private G. A. Steffens of the 166th depot brigade at Camp Lewis Tacoma on April 27. He joins the national army as a California recruit and will serve as division athletic and boxing instructor. Ritchie wrested the lightweight title from Ad Wolgast in San Francisco six years ago under the ring name Ritchie.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Willie Ritchie
Friday
G. A. Steffens
166Th Depot Brigade
National Army
Ritchie
Steffens
Ad Wolgast
San Francisco
Dismiss Operatic Stars by Metropolitan Opera Company
Twenty members of the Metropolitan opera company have been dismissed after an internal citizenship investigation. General Manager Gatti Casazza, now in Boston, sent the message to the opera house in New York.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Opera House
Gatti Casazza
Boston
Gallant Poilus Hold Kemmel Hill In France
German forces drive toward Kemmel village and crest as French poilus and British troops begin a costly counterattack. British units hold Kemmel village for hours against heavy fire before withdrawing. The fate of the besieged French regiment on the hill remains unclear as fighting rages near Wytschaete and Vierstraat.
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France
Mont Kemmel
Kemmel
Dranoutre
Poilus
Kemmel Hill
Wytschaete
Vierstraat
Wyschaete
Telegraphers Face Possible Nationwide Strike Over War Rules
Chicago April 27 Telegraphers Union leader S J Konenkamp warns that if telegraph companies refuse to cooperate with the federal war labor board a nation wide strike could follow next week. Instructions authorize city strike committees and offer to keep workers on duty after discharge during the open Sunday meeting. About 30 000 would be affected by a nation wide walkout.
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Chicago
Federal War Labor Board
S. J. Konenkamp
Telegraphers Union
Konenkamp
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Colonel Garrity Resigns Command
Col J J Garrity, commander of the old second Illinois infantry which became the 132nd infantry, has handed his resignation to General Bell. Garrity passed his examinations successfully at the office school. No reason for the resignation was announced.
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Houston
Tex
J. J. Garrity
Second Illinois Infantry
132Nd Infantry
Bell
Garrity
Legion of Honor Awarded to Brooklyn Official
Paris confers the Legion of Honor on Louis V. Twyeffort of Brooklyn New York vice president of the American Ambulance Committee. The honor is also given to three members of his staff.
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Paris
Cross of the Legion of Honor
Louis V. Twyeffort
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Ambulance Committee
Dutch Recall Army Leaves In War Move
THE HAGUE April 27 The commander in chief of the land and sea forces in Holland has provisionally stopped all leaves of absence. The move signals a wartime security measure as operations or tensions intensify.
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the Hague
Holland
Wrestlers Ed Lewis and Joe Stecher Draw in Two Hour Madison Square Garden Bout
New York April 27 Ed Strangler Lewis and Joe Stecher wrestled two hours at Madison Square Garden in a full catch as catch can match that ended in a draw. Lewis used his headlock while Stecher repeatedly escaped with body scissors. The bout stayed clean with no roughness as preliminaries featured Americus vs Leavitt and Stecher brothers in earlier matches.
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New York
Ed “Strangler
Lewis
Joe Stecher
Madison Square Garden
Stecher
Americus
Baltimore
Soldier Leavitt
Antone Stecher
Joe
Cyclone Ross
Yousouff Hassane
Balkans
Ivan Linow
Government to build fleet of barges for Erie canal
New York April 27 a government plan to assemble a modern fleet of steel and concrete canal barges aims to speed Erie canal transportation. C A Tomlinson district waterways manager says the state will operate the barge canal with federal control over transportation while the state handles upkeep. He pledges fair treatment, paying full value for seized property but not exceeding current value, and expects ready service on a 9 1/2 foot draft by May 15 with initial operations to begin then.
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New York
Erie Canal
C. A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Duluth
Commission
New York State
Woman Hurls Shoe At Unresponsive Male
Chicago police search for a woman wearing a size 4 shoe after her footwear was hurled from a hotel window during a Liberty day parade. The projectile struck a man who refused to remove his hat for a flag passing. Officers kept the shoe but have not located the owner.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan Honor Flag 10 to be Given City and County
Quincy to receive an honor flag for the third Liberty loan, with Adams county and every township also awarded flags after the 5 percent payment filing with the St Louis Federal Reserve. The drive exceeds the required 712 percent population threshold, and a big dinner for township solicitors is planned in the Armory on May 6 with E. E. Crabtree presiding. Over 500 county workers and 250 city workers will be entertained.
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Quincy
Adams County
J. M. Winters
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Winters
E. E. Crabtree
Eighth
Federal Reserve District
Armory
Mediation Sought in Quincy Machinists Strike
Edward Carbine leading the Quincy machinists call for federal mediation and state aid after a strike over fair wages and hours. Illinois mediator Robert Osbourne expected next week alongside federal officials. government needs skilled workers for Rock Island arsenal and Murphysboro tool production for firearms.
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Edward Carbine
Quincy
Wilson
Federal Department of Labor
Washington
Illinois Department of Labor
Robert Osbourne
Illinois
Carbine
Trades and Labor Assembly
Labor
Mr. Carbine
Rock Island Arsenal
Murphysboro
Decatur
C. A. Cook
E. J. Aspengren
Rock Island
Hotel
Miss Florence Smith Responds to Welcome at Second Baptist Institute
Miss Florence Smith well known in colored church circles at Quircy responded to the welcome address during the Second Baptist church Sunday school institute held in Galesburg Thursday. She has returned home reporting a successful convention.
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Florence Smith
Quircy
Second Baptist Church Sunday School Institute
Galesburg
Bidle Seeks Second Chance In City Police
Police Commissioners hear evidence on John Bidle former fire department member suspended by Chief Louis Melton. They recommend Bidle be given another chance with reinstatement left to the chief and Mayor John A Thompson. Evidence shows Bidle and partner Haney found an open Grimmer saloon door drank whiskey, paid later, and violated on duty orders.
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W. A. Simmonds
David Ross
A. E. Owen
John Bidle
Fire Department
Louis Melton
Bidle
John A. Thompson
Melton
Thompson
al. Grimmer
Murphy
Cassel
Department
Bert Haney
Maine Street
Grimmer
St. James Hotel
Haney
Allies Fight With Stern Determination in Picardy
Associated Press reports in France on April 25 that fierce night battles left Germans holding Hangard En Santerre and Villers-Bretonneux while Allied troops press close cooperation. Artillery remains active and tanks from both sides played key roles, marking a historic first as clashes unfold with uncertain German tank models.
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Associated Press
France
Picardy
Hangard-En-Santerre
Villers-Bretonneux
Cambria
Force Irish Draft Order Said Looms Next Week
Nationalist circles in Dublin report that an order in council will be signed to enforce conscription in Ireland next week, according to a Central News dispatch from Ireland's capital.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
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