British Break German Line Near Loos In Four Mile Breakthrough
British forces breached the German front for about four miles and drove retreating troops from the Loos area. Gaps opened at two points on a three mile front between the Double Crassier Givinnehy area and along the Hindenburg trench system. Advanced posts pressed toward Queant and Pronville as Germans fought in retreat, with fires and explosions reported behind the line. Weather favorable for campaigning.
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Associated Press
France
London
Double Crassier
Givinehy
Hindenburg
Queant
Pronville
Loos
Ferguson issues special session call for April 18 Texas
Governor James E Ferguson issues proclamation directing the Thirty-fifth Legislature to convene in extra session at the state capitol on April 18 1917. The two subjects are general appropriations and adoption of a uniform system of public school text books before current contracts expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
State of
Texas
A. D
James E. Ferguson
Americans Not Molested in Copenhagen Arrival
Charles Worlein of the Chicago Western Electric Company reports from Berlin that Americans in the German capital face no molestation and are not required to report daily to police. He is the second American to depart Germany since the war declaration, having received permission after a long wait.
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Copenhagen
London
Charles Worlein
Chicago Western Electric Company
Berlin
Worlein
Germany
King County Texas Noted For Unusual Absences In Officials
King county Texas reports no doctors lawyers preachers or justices of the peace. Tax collector G W Moore says the county is wet with no saloons and no jail entries in eighteen months. Population 1000 with 136 poll tax receipts and five exemption certificates in 1916. Guthrie, the county seat, has one merchant with a $1,000,000 plus rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
King County
Texas
G. W. Moore
Comptroller’s Department
Moore
Guthrie
American Schooner Edwin R. Hunt Abandoned Under Shell Fire
Edwin R. Hunt of New York was abandoned by her crew after shell fire from a submarine near Cape Gata Spain in the Mediterranean on April 7 according to a Malaga dispatch to the State Department by Consul Gassett.
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Washington, D. C
Edwin R. Hunt
New York
Cape Gata
Spain
Mediterranean
State Department
Gassett
Malaga
Girl Fakes Age to Enlist in Navy in Chicago
A youthlike applicant aged about 16 sought Navy enlistment in Chicago. Lieutenant Stevens spotted hair under the hat and asked if she was sure. The candidate identified as Miss Jean Ray aged 20 and wished to be a gunner. He advised her to return home, change clothes, and join the Red Cross.
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Chicago
United States Navy
L. M. Stevens
Jean Ray
Stevens
Navy
Miss Ray
The
Red Cross
Canvass for Recruits Begins in New York City
The New York Woman's Suffrage Party starts a house to house campaign to recruit for the army and navy. They distribute thousands of posters across the city as part of the effort. Mayor Mitchel agrees to a German heritage committee to maintain normal conditions with confidence in citizens of German birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army
Woman's Suffrage Party
Mitchel
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight increasing cloudiness. Sunday remains cloudy and warmer across San Antonio and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Weather by The Light Forecasts Across Major Cities
The Light reports St. Louis 38 clear with a 12 mile south wind and a 60 high and 36 low. Chicago 32 cloudy with an east wind and possible rain, low 30, high 34. Milwaukee 24 partly cloudy with northwest wind and possible rain, low 22, high 32. Kansas City 44 clear with southwest wind, low 42, high 54. New York 36 clear with northwest wind and possible rain, low 32, high 48. Washington 32 clear with northwest wind and rain, high 50.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
War Revenue Bill Passes House Amid Applause
The seven billion dollar war revenue authorization bill passed the House by an near unanimous vote after debate. Leaders from both parties urged rapid enactment to fund Allied aid and the war effort, with amendments limiting the loan and tax provisions discussed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Germany
Shackleford
Missouri
Kitchin
Towner
Iowa
Mann
Rainey
Illinois
Fitzgerald
New York
Gardner
Massachusetts
Secretarys of the Treasury
Congress
France
United States
Lenroot
Ways and Means Committee
Madden
Luxemburg Sentenced Again In Berlin Incident
Rosa Luxemburg a former Vorwaerts editor and radical socialist leader was given ten additional days in Berlin for abusing a policeman during an antiwar protest. The Berlin Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence after reports she hurled an inkwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Rosa Luxemburg
Vorwaerts
Mille
Luxemburg
Owsley Seeks 125 to 150 Volunteers for France
Alvin C. Owsley in Denton on April 14 announced plans to raise a company of 125 to 150 men to join Colonel Roosevelt's proposed regiment bound for France. Ten volunteers signed up at the meeting, and Owsley expected no difficulty in assembling the unit.
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Denton
Tex
Alvin C. Owsley
Roosevelt
France
Owsley
Laredo Seizes Smuggled Opium In Major Bust
At Laredo Texas customs agents arrested James Foon W H Thom and Elodia Cordova after a large opium seizure. Cordova allegedly concealed 20 cans of smoking opium and confessed to smuggling twelve more. The opium valued at 2000 dollars.
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N. A. Miller
Ed Cotulla
Plenty of Shells for American Navy
The Navy Department released bids from 25 munition makers for 1 578 000 shells of all calibers. Eleven bidders offered to take the full order for 1 170 000 one pound projectiles and would begin deliveries in weeks at 100 000 to 500 000 shells monthly. Proposals also cover 3000 fourteen inch shells and show capacity for 30 000 six inch shells and 2500 twelve and fourteen inch shells monthly after setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
D. C
Navy Department
National Guard to Reach 600000 on War Footing
Secretary Baker approved JAG decision foreshadowing a National Guard strength of 600000 men on a war footing. The move signals a major mobilization effort as the army prepares for potential large scale conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Baker
Judge Advocate General
National Guard
Wilson programs win Socialist support in Hague message
Camille Huysmans secretary of the Socialist International Congress told the Associated Press he and Continental Socialists are in sympathy with President Wilson's program and ideals. He said Socialists are pacifists in theory but America's war on Germany is the logical outcome of the President's consistent policy.
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the Hague
London
Camille Huysmans
Socialist International Congress
Associated Press
Wilson
America
Germany
United States Eyes Lessons from British and French War Commissions
The United States plans to learn from British and French war commissions to avoid Allied missteps. Rear Admiral Sims in London will relay naval problem insights, while Samuel Gompers prompts labor representation. Lloyd George agrees to send two labor leaders and welfare officials to Washington for conferences.
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Washington, D. C
United States
William H. Sims
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
London
Department
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Lloyd George
Welfare Department
Ministry of Munitions
America
England
Entente
Efort
Balfour
Viviani
Joffre
Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
Breckinridge Long
Nervous German Public Warned by Berlin Critic
The Vossische Zeitung military critic writes from London that many readers show nerves fraying amid unfounded excitement at home. He cautions readers not to judge the war by single events but to consider the situation as a whole.
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Amsterdam
London
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Police Ordered to Collect Alien Arms in San Antonio
Chief of Police Lancaster followed Attorney General Gregory’s instructions to seize arms, ammunition, and war items held by alien enemies. Notices require surrender within 24 hours or face arrest and confiscation, under Wilson era proclamation.
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Lancaster
Gregory
San Antonio
Wilson
Peace in two months and a half forecast
A Copenhagen based correspondent of the Danish Socialist press predicts peace in two months and a half, citing unofficial Russia Germany Socialist talks, possible concessions, and England as the obstacle. He claims Germany would restore Belgium and Serbia and evacuate France, with terms on the Dardanelles and Poland possible through Russia. Germany’s terms clash with official German declarations and pressure to tell the truth to the German people.
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Copenhagen
London
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
Serbia
France
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
England
British Defeat Turks in Mesopotamia Near Ghaliyeh
In Mesopotamia British forces push Turkish troops from positions near Ghaliyeh ten miles northeast of Deltawah. Turkish losses total about 500 killed and 700 wounded as British reports say the Turks retreat toward Seraijik and Delyabbas with British pursuit ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mesopotamia
War Office
Ghaliyeh
Deltawah
Bagdad
Seraijik
Delyabbas
Fire at Woolwich Arsenal causes minor damage
London April 14 official notice reports a fire at Woolwich Arsenal this morning with no loss of life. Only slight structural damage is noted in the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Woolwich Arsenal
British Capture Fayet and Key Positions Near St Quentin
British forces seized Fayet village one mile northwest of St Quentin after a sharp fight. They also took Ascension Farm Grand Priel Farm east of Le Verguier and four eight inch howitzers. Additional gains included Vimy station La Chaudiere and positions between Givenchy en Gohelle and Angres with progress north of the Bapaume Cambrai road.
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London
Fayet
St. Quentin
War Office
Ascension Farm
Grand Priel Farm
le Verguier
Vimy
la Chaudiere
Givenchy-en-Gohelle
Lens
Loos
Cambrai
Arras
Quea
British Breakthrough on Hindenburg Line Near Lens
London reports a bull-dog grip from Loos to north of St Quentin as Haig’s plan conducts successive bombardments and infantry attacks. British advances threaten St Quentin and Cambrai lines, linking with Loos positions. Generals Horne and Allenby lead around Lens with Haig and Haig’s staff noting major artillery victories.
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Hindenburg Line
London
Loos
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
France
Horne
Nivelle
Verdun
Lens
Allenby
Douglas Haig
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Geriman Font
Teutons
Legislature
Miss of
A. m. Ereeee
P. m. Sane
A. m. Oy
A. m
M. Wee
Sm, Taeeue
Bulletin
Laredo
Advocate General
Hague
United State
HOPPO
Commission
Gompers
Vonwaerts of
Arsenal
Woolwich
Vimy Station
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