American Regiment Earns Croix de Guerre For Apremont Wood Fight
The 101st Regiment and 1st Massachusetts men received the Croix de Guerre on a hillside in Lorraine for bravery during a three day German attack at Apremont wood in March. The ceremony, amid band music, honored fallen comrades and included praise from French and American officers. Reverend J B Den Vall es of Worcester was among the decorated.
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United Press
Lorraine
101Th Regiment
Massachusetts
Apremont Wood
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Bunker Hill
Lexington
Concord
J. B. den Valles
Worcester
Ally Line Rocked Near Ypres in WWI Report
An Allied front report notes renewed German pressure in Flanders with a limited advance east of Ypres and Voormezeele held against them. French forces defend Chemin Des Dames and St Mihiel while American troops hold positions. A British dispatch says Hindenburg losses are heavy as German divisions pivot to the line.
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Burg
Ypres
Voormezeele
War Office
Langemarck
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Luce River
French War Office
Chemin Des Dames
St. Mihiel
Ville
Foch
Clemenceau
Hindenburg
Germany
Russia
Rumania
Giermany
German Empire
France
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Arora
Bat
America
Yanks Fight On Northern Front With French Allies
American forces now fight beside the world's greatest battle in a bare open front in northern France. The sector, taken from the French, shows outposts 200 yards apart with shell holes as cover. An American unit raised Old Glory on the front line amid heavy German shelling and continuous air activity.
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Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
France
Altho
Ile
Kieran
Old Glory Ia
War Situation Today Is Serious Not Alarming
Star Reporter with Gen Pershing's Army reports the war remains serious but not alarming. Germany's big offensive failed to crush the Allies, who still fight with resolve as American manpower is awaited to decide the outcome.
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Lyon Star
Pershing
France
Germany
America
Strike Looms As Telegraphers Locked Out In Arcade Hall
Six Western Union telegraphers were locked out after attending a union meeting in Arcade hall, prompting a Central Labor Council warning of a possible strike. About 100 operators joined the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America Sunday, with Postal operators already members. Officials could not confirm details. union leaders insist the firings were to deny workers the right to organize and bargain collectively. Henry M. White addressed immigration issues in the report.
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Arcade Hall
James Duncan
Central Labor Council
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America Sunday
Contiin
Duncan
Pincon
Henry M. White
U. S. Immigra
Defense Council Approves Star Smoke Fund
The King County Council of Defense endorses the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund as praiseworthy. At a April 26 meeting the defense council voted in support of the smoke fund.
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Our Boys In
France
King County Council of Defense
Defense Council
Smoke Fund
Arbitration urged to avert war work stoppage
The government labor official called Sunday for fair arbitration between workers and the company to avoid a strike that could halt war activities. He reminded the audience that the right to organize and bargain collectively would be recognized, with St. Waleh and Secretary Duncan speaking for the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
Holland Yields Sand to Kaiser
Dispatches from The Hague report Holland yields sand and gravel to Germany with a limited supply designated for non military use. The arrangement aims to prevent sand and gravel from aiding military efforts while honoring German demands.
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Holland
Kaiser
London
Hague
Germany
Mormons Plan Global Campaign for Polygamy
Dr. Bell Mills warns the Mormon church intends a postwar worldwide drive to promote polygamy amid a population imbalance. He cites construction of temples in the Hawaiian Islands and Alberta, a global church expansion, and an active press bureau as evidence of preparation, noting Seattle street meetings as recent outreach.
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New York
Mormon Church
BE l L. Mills
Frontier Department
Home Mission
Methodial Episcopal Curdh
Salt Lake City
Hawaiian Islands
Alberta
Canada
Seattle
Callaghan Trial Before Judge Frater On Graft Charge
James J. Callaghan King county charity commissioner faces a jury in Superior Judge Frater's department on graft charges. Prosecution plans 28 witnesses including charity wards. co defendant Lester Gandolpho accused of knowing about defalcations. The courtroom was packed as em panelment stretched into the afternoon. Attorneys John E. Dore and Wm. J. Bell defend, Deputy Prosecutors Frank Hessell and Sam Brackett prosecute.
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James J. Callaghan
King County Charity
Frater’s
Callaghan
Lester Gandolpho
Gandolpho
John BE. Dore
Wm. J. Bell
Frank Hessell
Sam Brackett
Voters ask who should be state fuel administrator
A 1918 Seattle ballot proposes choosing a state fuel administrator. It names Tevid Whitcomb preparing to step aside, lists candidates such as Dr H A Garfield and John C Higgins, and suggests selecting an average consumer as the representative. The public is urged to vote in the United States Fuel Administration ballot.
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Tevid Whitcomb
H. A. Garfield
John C. Higgins
King County
David Botting
Fuel Administration
Coal Operators’ Association
David Whitcomb
United States Fuel Administration
Seattle
Whitcomb
Sec
U. 8
Arcade Midg
State of Washington
Enrollment of Boys for U S Service Moves Forward
Enrollment of Seattle and King County boys into the United States Boys Working Reserve begins Monday and runs two weeks. The district will form a registered army of patriotic youths ages 16 to 21 under the U S Department of Labor to aid the war effort, with a parallel Junior reserve for ages 15 to 16. The program covers any work done in service of the nation and pledges boys to dedicate their energy to supporting the war.
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Seattle
King County
United States
Boys’ Working Reserve
Public Service Reserve
U. S. Department of Labor
Former czars son on throne rumored in Finland reports
Finland dispatches say riots erupt in Petrograd as rumors spread that Grand Duke Alexis Nikolayevich, son of the former czar, has been proclaimed emperor with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich serving as provisional head.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Finland
Alexis Nikolaevitch
Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch
Germany plans invasion of India via Caspian Sea
In San Francisco on April 29 Lieut Col I Thord-Gray of the British army said Germany plans to invade India with an army of 100000 men via the Caspian Sea after attempting to foment revolt there. He stated the German plan relies on an anti British element in India joining the invaders.
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San Francisco
India
Germany
Caspian Sea
I. Thord-Gray
Germans Press Across Ten Mile Flanders Front
London dispatch reports heavy German bombardment from Meteren to Voormezeele with infantry attacks under gas shells. Haig says raids near Albert and Neuville Vitasse succeeded in taking prisoners and four machine guns. Locre assault repulsed. artillery active from the Scarpe river to Lens and between Givenchy and Nieppe Forest.
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London
Flanders Battle Front
Haig
Meteren
Voormezeele
Flanders
Givenchy
Nieppe Forest
Lens
Arras
Flanders and
Picardy
Shell Cyclone Sweeps French Line in North
The French in the Kemmel region faced heavy shelling and a major bombardment by German forces from Ypres to the Lys. An 8 S. U. S. signal called for artillery support as allied divisions fired O. S. rockets. By 5 a.m. the shelling intensified across sectors.
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French Line
William Philip Simms
United Press
Flanders
Kemmel
Ypres
Lacre
Lys
O. S
Liberty Bonds Call to Support A 100 Percent American Effort
A wartime plea urges Seattle residents to back Liberty Bonds and supply ammunition and food for the front. Citizens are asked to consider if they have given all they can and to answer with 100 percent American commitment.
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Seattle
Mr. Man
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