Artillery Fire Intensifies As Picardy Battle Proceeds
Paris reports escalating artillery duels north of Montdidier with French gains on the Aisne and Meuse fronts. French troops captured 30 prisoners and two rapid fire guns near Rheims while repulsing German raids near Avecourt Wood and St Die. Allied air forces note massed German forces as a major offensive looms, with British and French fronts reporting heavy bombardments in Passchendaele and Ypres sectors. The mood in Allied capitals remains confident despite weather hindering operations and German morale concerns.
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Paris
Picardy
Montdiched
French War Office
Aisne
Rheims
Champagne
Meuse
Verdun
Avecourt Wood
St. Die
Vosges
Montdidier
Frank Charlton
Paris-Amiens-Calais
British War Office
Passchendaele
Menin-Ypres
West Flanders
Belgium
Passchendaele Ridge
Channel
Teutons
Amsterdam
German Bride Farewell Before War Severs Newlywed
Dr Karl Oskar Bertling an alien enemy said goodbye to his bride Miss Helen Glotz at the South station Boston today before departing for Fort Oglethorpe Ga where he will be interned until war’s end. The couple wed yesterday after a five day marriage law was waived. Federal officers watched as Bertling hugged his bride before the train left. She is a 30 year old blond born in Germany.
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Boston
Karl Oskar Bertling
South Station
Fort Oglethorpe
Helen Glotz
New York
Bertling
Coal Warning Said to Be Unfair to Home Consumers
Washington April 4 The fuel administration warned that communities using their coal allotments to run industries may face coal shortages for ordinary heating next winter. The administration called such practice unfair to domestic consumers and directed dealers not to supply domestic size anthracite for industrial use replacing bituminous coal.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Troops Parade Through Baltimore Ahead of Wilson Review
Twelve thousand troops from Camp Meade, led by Major General Joseph E. Kuhn, march five miles into Baltimore to be reviewed by President Wilson on Saturday afternoon. Infantry, artillery, machine gun, signal, and hospital units prepare to camp in large yards before the parade.
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Baltimore
Joseph E. Kuhn
Signal Corps
Camp Meade
Willson
Tornado Hits East Bernstadt Kentucky. One Dead
A tornado struck East Bernstadt in Laurel County Kentucky on April 4 killing one person and injuring several others. The storm damaged many buildings and toppled structures in the mountain town as residents reported roofs torn off and homes destroyed. Authorities and rescue crews worked through the debris to reach survivors and assess the extent of the damage.
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Kentucky
Lexington
East Bernstadt
Laurel ‘County
Mrs. Ayer Follows Husband in Boston-Medicine Magnate Link
Mrs Erick W. Ayer of Boston follows her husband to Thomasville Georgia in early April. The note references the late multi millionaire medicine manufacturer and hints at a continuation of prominent family ties in the posthumous affairs and social circles surrounding the estate.
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Ayer
Thomasville
Erick W. Ayer
Boston
Mass
Germany Also Meets With Profiteering
Washington reports reveal German press editorials on profiteering by Imler Motor Works. The firm allegedly earned 173 percent net profit annually, while sworn statements claimed 11 percent. It reportedly earned 400 million marks monthly above peace time profits and threatened output cuts without higher prices. Deutsche Zeitung warns war loan consequences may be disastrous. Frankfurter Zeitung critiques the appeal to duty versus greed.
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Washington
Committee On Public Inforation
Imler Motor Works
Deutsche Zeitung
Frankfurter Zeitung
Daimler
Deaths in Camp Report Shows Pneumonia Toll
Washington reports 131 pneumonia deaths among American troops in training for the week ending March 29, with total deaths from all causes at 237. Camp Pike, Little Rock, leads with 20 deaths, 15 due to pneumonia, as influenza and bronchitis drive higher admission and death rates in northern camps while National Guard camps remain low.
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Washington
United States
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
National Army
National Guard
Wilson to Recommend National War Labor Board Appointments
Secretary of Labor Wilson is expected within twenty four hours to announce recommendations for the National War Labor Board. Officials and union workers hope the plan mirrors the planning board, with ex President Taft and Frank P Walsh likely to rejoin the public representation.
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Washington
Wilson
National War Labor Board
Conference of Representatives of Capital and Labor
Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Real Estate Transfers in Stoneham and Middletown
Walter E Jewett of Stoneham sold tract 6 on Hunting Hill Villa to Nicholas J Hoff man of Middletown with a minimum dwelling cost of 2500 for a single or 3000 for a double. The adjoining plot No 5 to Catherine Sturmer was sold under the same restrictions. A warranty deed dated November 30 1914 shows Frank W Bliss conveyed land on the westerly side of High street to daughter Jennie E Bliss then to her mother Mary L Bliss.
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Walter E. Jewett
Stoneham
Mass
Nicholas J. Hoffman
Middletown
Hunting Hill Villa
Catherine Sturmer
Frank W. Bliss
Jennie E. Bliss
High Street
Lincoln Street
Mary L. Bliss
German Spy Held in Paterson as Federal Case Unfolds
Adolph Aympum of Philadelphia, held by Paterson federal agents, admits familiarity with Prince Henry of Prussia and says he worked in Newark for a German cotton buyer. Agents found maps of American cities and a letter to President Wilson in his suitcase. A bank book shows a $10,000 deposit at a Washington state bank.
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Paterson
N. J
Prince Henry
Prussia
Newark
Adolph Aympum
Philadelphia
Wilson
Washington State Bank
Railroad Fined for Common Nuisance in Shepherdsville Wreck
In Lexington Kentucky on April 4 a county circuit court jury found the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company guilty of maintaining a common nuisance following the December 20 Shepherdsville wreck that killed and injured 49 shoppers, mostly women and children. Prosecution against railroad officials was dismissed.
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Lexington
Shepherdsville
Christman
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Brazilian Warships to Help Allied Navy
London reports that allied naval forces in European waters will soon be reinforced by Brazilian warships. The admiralty authorized public disclosure but did not specify squadron size or exact duties. It is believed the Brazilian ships will undertake anti submarine duties and guard merchant vessels.
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London
Admiralty
Sergeant Knowles Dies of Septic Meningitis at Camp Devens
Sergeant Winfield S. Knowles of Company B 301st Field Signal Battalion died at Camp Devens base hospital from septic meningitis after being kicked by a mule on March 12. His body will be sent to relatives in South Easton, Massachusetts for burial.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Winfield S. Knowles
301St Field Signal Battalion
South Easton
Lolli Sentenced To Three Months For Manslaughter
In Middletown Judge Burpee accepted Frank Lolli’s guilty plea to assault and sentenced him to three months in Haddam jail for the March wedding celebration death case. The Magnanti case sparked excitement as Lolli fled to New York before arrest. In a separate Durham incident Robert Watson faced trial for automobile homicide with plea negotiations and a murder-by-negli gence question, trial testimony detailing alcohol influence and speed. Attorneys Inglis for the state and ex Senator Quinn for Watson appeared.
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Superior Court
Burpee
Frank Lolli
Frank Magnanti
Haddam
Lolli
Middletown
New York City
New Haven
New York
Loli
Watson
Robert Watson
Lucien F. Burpee
Middlesex County
Durham
Mill Hill
Mary Robinson
Davis
Robert Bell
Earnest A. Inglis
Michael Quinn
Catholics Indignant Over Paris Church Destruction
Rome dispatches report Catholic newspapers in Italy condemn the shelling of Paris churches by long range German guns. Corriere d Italia editorial calls the Good Friday blast a symbol of a titanic Christian versus barbarism struggle and cites Austro German Turkish alliance roles and Berlin Vienna diplomats in Armenian massacres.
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Washington
Paris
Italy
Rome
Corriere d'Italia
Jerusalem
Berlin
Vienna
Germany
Pershing Receives Belgium's Grand Cross in Award
A cablegram from the Belgian legation announced that Gen. Pershing was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, the highest honor Belgium can bestow. Colonel Boyd, military attaché in Paris, received the Officer of the Order. The insignia, along with the Belgian war cross, were presented personally by King Albert.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
Order of Leopolds
Belgium
Boyd
Paris
Albert
I W W Sabotage Trial Again Halted As Juror Missing
Chicago April 4 The trial of 112 I W W members charged with sabotage and hampering war work was halted for the third day in succession when a prospective juror did not appear. A. J. McKee of Morris Illinois, tentatively accepted yesterday, was absent. Judge Landis called a recess and ordered a search. Police were sent to locate the missing venireman.
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Chicago
United States
A. J. McKee
Morris, Ill
K. M. Landis
Veniceman
Government to cancel Cape Hotel lease July 1
Assistant Secretary of War Crowell announced in Washington that the government will cancel the lease of the Cape Hotel at Cape May New Jersey on July 1. War department inquiry, prompted by Representative Bacharach, found the owners would have sold the property two years ago.
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Washington
Cape May
N. J
Crowell
War Department
Bacharach
New Jersey
Hoover and Houston Conclude farm price talks
Washington April 4 Hoover and Agriculture Secretary Houston met after agricultural advisory committee conferences. They reviewed proposed farm labor exemption and a price limit on farming inputs including implements seeds and feed.
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Washington
Agricultural Advisory Committee
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Metal Market Update from New York April Prices
The Metal Market reports lead prices easing with spot ranges from 720 to 740 and 725 noted. Spelter remains quiet as April offerings appear, reflecting a subdued early spring metal trading atmosphere in New York.
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New York
High School Notes Dance Planned For April Nineteenth
Freshmen met and decided to hold a dance on April 19. The dance committee includes John Bride Bernard Murphy Elias Wrubel and Misses Grace Ingersoll Evelyn Kalleher and Harriet Warner. Miss Rachel Fuller, a former Westfield teacher, is appointed supervisor of the gardens and the junior food army with a school desk and enrollment duties.
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William Cronin
John Bride
Bernard Murphy
Elias Wrubel
Grace Ingersoll
Evelyn Kalleher
Harriet Warner
Rachel Fuller
Westfield School
Wall Street Opens With Bullish Tones On Steel and Marine Shares
Stock market notes from New York on April 4 show broad optimism with strong demand in steel related issues and marine shares. American Car and Foundry, Baldwin Locomotive, Atlantic Gulf & West Indies, and Reading advance while copper and car stocks lead gains. General Motors climbs to 120 3-4 as market remains buoyant despite afternoon dullness with room traders bullish.
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New York
Wall Street
American Car and Foundry
Baldwin
Atlantic Gulf & West Indies
Marine Preferred
Wabash
A’ Preferred
Reading
Studebaker
American Can
Anaconda
Utah
General Motors
American Sumatra Tobacco
Interborough Consolidated
Angel of Mons tale echoed by English and German reports
Maude Radford Warren in the Woman's Companion recounts English soldiers at Mons retreat claiming a luminous cloud vision saved them. A lance corporal and a private named Clever testified to a bright apparition that confused German cavalry, while Berlin records echoed supernatural intervention and German officers offered varied explanations of the miraculous stop to the pursuing force.
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Maude Radford Warren
The
Woman’s Companion
Mons
Robert Clever
Berlin
Senate Attacks Overman Anti Spy Bill Sparks Clash
Washington April 4 Senate debate over Senator Overman anti spy legislation grows heated as Lodge Borah Thomas and Johnson attack breadth and civil rights impact. Critics warn the bill could jail speech or thought while Overman urges swift action amid pro German mob concerns and press freedom fears.
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Washington
Senate
Overman
Lodge
Massachusetts
Thomas
Colorado
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senator Lodge
Senator Overman
Penrose
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Johnson
Watson
This Too Will Pass Away Consolation
A lullaby verse from the Illinois State Register reminding readers that hardships fade with time. It notes woes from debt to illness and urges comfort in the refrain This too will soon pass away.
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Illinois State Register
Jones
Profiters Denounced Over Mussel Shoals Plant Funds
Representative Longworth of Ohio denounced profiteers holding up funds for the Mussel Shoals federal nitrate plant. He accused the administration of spending 5,000,000 on the project, which critics say will not yield nitrate for three years after the war, drawing sharp GOP criticism on the House floor.
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Washington
Mussel Shoals
Longworth
Ohio
Bolsheviki deny danger to trans- Siberian railway
London on April 4 reports the Bolshevik foreign affairs commissary denied the claim the trans- Siberian railway was at risk of capture by armed Austro German prisoners. The notice also said all Siberian prisoners from Vladivostok to the frontier are unarmed.
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London
The
Bolsheviki Commissary of Foreign Affairs Today
Siberia
Vladivostok
Six Belgians Shot By Germans Near Louvain
Six Belgians were shot by German forces at Fort Six Ant Werp on March 16. The group includes Rev. Moon, rector of Winxele near Louvain. The Belgian legation at Havre quoted the Belgian government in Havre in a cablegram received today.
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Washington
Rev
Moon
Winxele
Louvain
Fort Six
Ant Werp
Havre
Richard Mansfield Jr Dies in San Antonio Air School
Word arrives that Richard Mansfield Jr son of the late actor died in San Antonio yesterday from spinal meningitis while training as an aviator at the United States Army aviation ground school. The notification came to Mansfield's mother in New London.
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Richard Mansfield, Jr
New London
United States Army Aviation Ground
San Antonio
Mansfield
Will to Win and Rice Substitutes Highlight War Ed
A New York Commercial article discusses Cambrai lessons showing attacks falter when distant from bases and the will to win shaping morale. It notes Germany’s large 1,200,000 man push on a 50 mile front and compares risks to Paris, Moscow, and Gettysburg. It then advocates rice as a substitute for white flour, detailing uses in soups, puddings, and baking as a famine era staple.
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New York Commercial
England
Cambrai
Marne
Alsace
Paris
Napoleon
Moscow
Lee
Gettysburg
Officers Acting as Messenger In Wartime
Washington reports officials acknowledge a number of officers assigned to desk duty abroad. These officers are not slackers but trusted to handle sensitive documents and guard against German agents. They hold desks for minor tasks that could be done by clerks, yet they serve the nation with secrecy and high standards.
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Washington
Pan Germanist Union and Its World War Roots
An analysis of the Pan-Germanist Union led by David Starr Jordan, detailing its 1891 Berlin foundation idea, goals for central European annexations, use of military force and finance, its clash with governments, and its alleged role in provoking the world war through aggressive plans and covert influence. The piece notes connection to industry, education control, and foreign policy aims amid dynastic power.
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David Starr Jordan
Alldeutschtum Verwand
Berlin
Kaiser
Zanzibar
Heligoland
Europe
German Glum
Holland
Switzerland
Mark
Turkey
Bagdad
France
Boulogne
Lorraine
Mir
League
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