Foch Drives Allied Planes to Split German Armies
American forces press toward Hirzen on the Champagne front aiming to sever German troops from Liege and Luxemburg lines. Pershing seeks to bottleneck Hindenburg by closing routes via Hirzen and Luxemburg, risking a major Allied victory. Air raid over Verdun era claims 450 planes and a thousand Allied aircraft surface in the largest aerial operation to date.
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New York
Hirzen
Ardennes Manals
Hirten
Wasaigny
Bohain
France
Luxemburg
Pershing
Argonne
Ardennes
Liege
Meuse
von Hindenburg
Champagne
St. Gobain Forest
Verdun
St. Juvin
Moselle
Mezieres
Sedan
Damviliers
Damvilersa
Ident
Phelan
No Man's ‘Land
Germany to evacuate Belgium and France in peace reply
Amsterdam dispatch reports Germany will evacuate Belgium and France if peace negotiations start, as authorities claim. Berlin crowns a council of three sovereigns before sending reply to America's note. German draft prepared by Chancellor Maximilian, Vice Chancellor Payer, and military officials.
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London
Cormany
Wilson
Amsterdam
Germany
Belgium
France
Berlin
America
Cologne
Maximilian
Payer
the Star
Northwest
March urges full support for government to secure victory
General March, chief, told reporters in a weekly conference that action on peace should wait. He urged backing the government with men and money until victory is certain, emphasizing continued Liberty support.
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Washington
March
Ten More Die of Sue in 24 Hours in City
Reports from Seattle health department show ten deaths in the last 24 hours due to pneumonia and Spanish influenza among civilians, with 102 new influenza cases raising the total to 1,441. Officials warn against complacency and urge precautions as naval recruits also report deaths and ongoing outbreaks.
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City Health Department
Seattle
Naval Training Station
Navy Yard
J. $. McBride
Double Your Bond Quota Slogan Sparks City Drive
A City drive to boost subscriptions gathers speed as workers from Seattle firms join a 200 per cent class. The list of participating employers includes American Oyster House Arctic Club American Surety Co Battersby & Smith Bird's Cafeteria Butch's Place Boldt Burke Building Balfour Guthrie & Co Gus Hogan's Cafe Canadian Packy Freight Depot Dairy Machinery Co Firemen's Fund J A Folger & Co Fisher Flour Mills Grand Union.
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American Oyster House
Arctic Club
American Surety Co
Battersby & Smith
Bird's Cafeteria
Butch’s Place
Boldt's
Burke Building
Balfour Guthrie & Co
Gus Hogan’s
Canadian Packy
Dairy Machinery Co
Firemen’s Fund
J. A. Folger & Co
Fisher Flour Mills
Grand Union
Wealthy Men Come Through After Bond Slacker Names
County Chairman C Wills reports two wealthy men have finally subscribed to Fourth Liberty Loan bonds after their names were published. He notes industrial and salary workers still lagging and urges them to fulfill their duty.
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Wills
Wille
Liberty Day Proclaimed by President Wilson for Saturday
The note lists a host of local businesses including laundry Jas Griffiths Sons tire and rubber firms, cafe owners, drug and confectionery shops, lumbermen’s club, and electrical and sprinkler outfits among others cited in a public notice marking Saturday as Liberty Day by presidential proclamation.
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Jas. Griffith & Sons
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
General Electric Co
Goldwyn Distributing Co
Hopper Kelly Co
P. EF. Harris & Co
Hydraulic Appliance & Equipment Co
Johnson's Cafe
Jones’ Tire Co
Metropolitan Lumbermen's Club
Mitaul & Co. Ltd
McCormack Bros
Modern Appliance Co
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Nordby Fisheries Co
People's Cafe
Pioneer Drug Co
Wilson
French Forces Close On Craonne and Vouzières
Paris reports French troops maintained contact with retreating Germans on multiple fronts through the night. Gains were made in Champagne and Chemin Des Dames as French lines neared Craonne and Vouzières, with Craonne now practically encircled and Settle area villages occupied.
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Paris
War Office
Champagne
Chemin Des Dames
Vouzieres
Craonne
Argonne
American Troop Shipments Near Two Million In Europe
America reports nearly 2,000,000 men in troop shipments, with over 1,900,000 in Europe. Draft ages are broadened to speed France arrival as war costs rise. Baroness Zollner, American-born wife of a German captain, to be interned for breaking patrol in Knoxville and New York.
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Washington
America
March
Europe
War Department
France
New York
Jone Wilhelmina Zollner
Knoxville
Tenn
Huns Destroy Trees and Towns Aimed at Desert of France
Paris reports German forces threaten to raze northern France to a desert to halt allied advance. Officers say the aim is to frighten France into seeking peace while cities and towns are burned and dynamited. Washington notes similar destruction as retreating Germans wreck French and Belgian countryside.
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France
William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Huns
Ee Gence
Belgium
Cambrai
Germany
Temps
Lille
Valenciennes
United States
Ticonderoga
Hindenburg
Ticonderoga Sinks After U-boat Attack Off Atlantic Coast
Reports describe savage German submarine assaults killing hundreds as the U S S Ticonderoga was torpedoed 1700 miles off the coast. Survivors recount ruthless shelling of lifeboats and a brutal act by a German officer.
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Atlantic
Ticonderoga
Camilla Rickmers
Confused Huns Are Shot Down in France Dispatch
United Press reports British French and American forces widening a wedge into German lines between the Souchez and the Oise. British reach near Valenciennes and Le Cateau area. Americans face resistance in the Domannise Andigny forest as French and American units advance toward Grand Pre and Sommerance with key rail and line sectors secured.
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France
Souchez
Oise
Hstrun
Valenciennes
Beaumont
Douai
le Cateau
Busigny
Domanisse-Andigny
Bohain
Wausigny
Sambre-Coise Canal
Guise
Argonne
Grand Pre
Grand Pre Pass
Great Forest
Sommerance
Kriemhilde
Fortresses Fall on Front as Allied Drive Presses
From Lens to Verdun the German lines give way as Marshal Foch directs a major push at the St Gobain massif. Servais falls bringing Paris near St Gobain. Allied air forces exceed 1000 planes in the largest air raid. US troops total 1,900,000 in Europe with continued Allied advances near St Quentin and Argonne.
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Lens
Verdun
St. Quentin
Champagne
Argonne
Rheims
Laon
Foch
Cambrai
St. Gobain Massif
Servais
St. Gobain
Grand Pre
Chemin Des Dames
Balkans
Nish
Albania
U. S S
Europe
Sir Frederick Maurice
London
The
Marne
Paris
French War Office
Germans Begin Evacuation of Chemin des Dames
London dispatches report German forces are evacuating the Chemin des Dames region while holding the northern heights.
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London
Grand Pre
Battle Front
Chemin Des Dames
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Wash
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Night Edition
Picardy
Flanders
Cobain
Report
Kaiser
Star
Liberty Bell Ringer No
Wigan
Woodrow Wilson
Sean Caney
Wireless Press
London Daily News
Frederick Maurice
Western Front
West
Dispatch
Lowell Mellett
Great Fort
Grand Pre Base
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