Battle Front Extends 125 Miles Across French American Line
Paris reports the battle front now stretches about 125 miles from the Ypres Comines Canal in Belgium to Picardy as American infantry aviators and engineers join British troops on the front. Americans arrive in high spirits, while German assaults west of Castel Hangard and near Amiens are repulsed with heavy losses. Washington confirms the influx amid enthusiasm and embargo limits detail.
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Woevre Plain
Washington
London
France
Ypres-Comines Canal
Belgium
Teutons
Castel
Buzoy
Hangardterre
Hangard
Amiens
Kangard
Suzoy
Ypres
la Bassee Canal
Picardy
Wilson
Pershing
Paris
Hangard-en-Santerre
Meuse Ferdun
Flirey
Woevre
Rheims
Mont d
Hanguard-enterre
Castle
Frank Charlton
Ypreses Canal
Canal
Lentieres
Mders
resComines Canal
Yypres
British
War Office
Somme
Charities Theatricals to Benefit Local Institution
United Charities Committee announces a two night Middlesex theatre benefit on April 24 and 25. A volunteer produced variety revue will support Hospital Aid society District Nurse Association Day Nursery and Social Service League with no professional fees. Hoover candies sold at intermission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
United Charities Committee
Middlesex Theatre
Middletown
Hospital Aid Society
District Nurse Association
Day Nursery and
Social Service League
Washington Square
Furloughs Authorized for Farmers Under Crowder Plan
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued orders allowing furloughs for men to aid farming. Furloughs are unpaid and limited to short periods during seeding and harvest, though highly qualified experts may receive longer leaves by the secretary of war. Departures may occur in large numbers up to twenty four hours upon farmer request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowder
Secretary of War
Senator Stone Stricken On Trolley Ride To Capitol
Missouri statesman Senator William J. Stone chair of the Senate foreign relations committee suffered what was believed to be a stroke while riding to the capitol. He was stricken just as the car reached the Senate office building and carried to Senator Cummins’s office before being moved home. He is 70 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Statesman
Washington
William J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Senator Stone
Senate
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Lodge Withdraws Bill Over German Language Newspaper Amendment
Washington April 10 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts withdrew his amendment closing the mails to German language newspapers unless they carried an English translation of all printed matter. Senator Nelson of Minnesota condemned the move as a slap at loyal Germans while Senator Gallinger called it dangerous ground for free press.
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Lodge
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Nelson
Minnesota
Gallinger
Senate Passes Sedition Bill With Modifications
Washington April 10 The senate without a roll call approved the sedition bill in a swift session after a week of sharp debate. The measure, aimed at empowering the Department of Justice to round up spies and disloyalists, has already passed the house and likely will go to conference before reaching the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Department of Justice
House
Warning Against Irish Conscription in Ireland
San Francisco dispatch reports Irish leader John Dillon and T P O Connor opposing the proposed conscription in Ireland. O Connor warns the plan would paralyze friends and spur enemies in this country, calling the move an insane blunder. The message urges Irish leaders to resist conscription to avoid futile efforts and fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Dillon
T. P. O’connor
Ireland
Nursing as a Profession Speech by Miss Albaugh
Miss Albaugh of the State Nursing Association addresses senior and junior girls at third period on nursing as a profession. Orange and Black staff met this afternoon and elected a new board for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albaugh
State Nursing Association
Unfilled Steel Orders Reported by United States Steel
United States Steel Corp reports unfilled tonnage for March totaling 9,056,406 tons, down from 9,288,453 tons on February 28, a decrease of 232,047 tons. The monthly statement highlights the continued decline in outstanding steel orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Long casualty list issued by war department
Washington April 10 a casualty list of 283 names was announced. Of these 245 were wounded slightly including one captain and nine lieutenants. Five killed in action three died of wounds eleven died of disease seven accidents ten severely wounded and two missing. Names span corporals privates cooks buglers and many others with a long roster including Fish Evans Heinzman Maresca Watts Walsh Hendrick Swayze Bolton Edwards Fulman Hall Roehl Krull Landry Roehl Krull etc missing McAllister Lash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Jules V. Fish
Carey R. Evans
Fred W. Heinzman
Salvatore Maresca
Ralph B. Watts
John EB. Walsh
Harry Hendrick
George E. Ofstrander
Lyman C. Swayze
Thomas H. Bolton
William Edwards
David Fulman
John L. Hall
Ervin Jackson
Frank E. Kohl
Lee Landry
Charles L. Roehl
Edmond Krull
James Fee
George Adolph Horn
Clarence Milnes
Frank de Flavia
Nathan Krantman
Henry F. Michell
James J. Quinn, Jr
Daniels H. Lawler
William D. Meyring
John Walter Morris
James J. Wall, Jr
Seth A. Hensley
William J. Sausville
Dorsey S. Dayton
Harry
John T. Vogel
William H. McAllister
Thomas J. Hogan
Jeremiah F. O’connor
Edward J. Schick
William J. Nye
James M. Rice
Patrick. Boland
Michael J. Hovanace
Michael O’brien
William H. Anderson
Henry Bakeman
John A. Barry
Joseph Bauer
Joseph EB. Becker
James P. Begley
Albert Bengston
Arthur Bennett
William J. Bergen
Joseph Berger
Howard J. Boomer
Edward J. Bradbury
John Brawley
Harold A. Broe
Daniel Brosman
William Brown
Tilda Bruno
Daniel Buckley
Piotr Bukowski
James J. Callinan
Claus Carlson
Matthew J. Carlyle
Herbert H. Case
William Childs
Mortimer A. Clarke
Bernard Clinton
Joseph F. Conlon
John P. Connery
William Conville
Patrick G. Cooke
Michael M. Corbett
Frederick Cotton
George P. Crouch
Ralph Cuccioli
James Cunningham
Patrick C. Cunningham
James W. Daly
Albert Daur
Stephen DeLeonardis
William A. Devine
Thomas Dilon
Timothy A. Dolan
Daniel A. Dooley
Amos H. Dow
Joseph P. Dunn
Stephen J. Moore
Thomas P. Morgan
Jeremiah Mulcahy
William Mulcahy
John P. Murrhy
Bernard J. Murtha
Charles P. Newman
James F. Nolan
Walter R. Nolan
Joseph V. O’connell
Frank A. O’connor
James F. O’connor
Richard O’gorman
John P. O’keefe
Otto Olff
Maurice O'Neill
Michael O’rourke
John J. Ostermeyer
Oscar R. Phillips
Charles Pike
Richard A. Plunkett
Alberto Palumbo
Leroy Porter
Valentine Frange
William J. Quigg
Daniel J. Quinn
Hugh Quinn
Frederick R. Richards
John M. Ring
John Riordan
Joseph Rodnesky
Edward Rooney
Frank J. Rooney
John L. Ryan
Frederick Ryder
Frederick Schmidt
James Scott
James Sheehan
John D. Sheffield
Donald Simpson
Frank T. Sisco
Martin J. Slattery
William Slover
Maurice J. Small
Thomas Smith
Bruce N. Snyder
Raymond Staber
Harold Sterlingson
Oscar Stumpf
Lancelot Sullivan
Raymond Swope
Robert R. Thomas
Earl G. Thurman
William Vanderbeck
Victor van Yorx
Wilfred T. van Yorx
William H. Walter
Beecher G. White
James C. Wright
Herman Zilberman
Thomas McAllister
James P. Lash
Clearing House Statement Delivers Sub-treasury Debit Figures
New York on April 10 reports sub-treasury debit at 2,785,041 dollars with exchanges totaling 567,955,5665 dollars and balances standing at 56,978,776 dollars as of the statement date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
War Board issues binding priorities list for war materials
Washington reports the War Industries Board issued a binding priorities order to accelerate the delivery of coal and coke by rail or water and to ensure preferential handling for essential war industries. The plan includes certifying additional industries and plants, based on urgency and their share in national importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Industries Board
Reorganized Board
Priorities
New Britain Sees Republican Victory In City Election
In New Britain on April 10 Mayoral candidate George A Quigley Republican was reelected mayor with a reported majority of 1138 over Dr John E Martin. Some reports cited 1170 after ward re checks, the Sixth Ward shifting the tally. The Fifth Ward swung Democratic by sixty one, aided by Rev Lucyan Bojnowski of the Sacred Heart Polish church, altering the political balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
George A. Quigley
Quigley
John E. Martin
Dr. Martin
Lucyan Bojnowski
Church of the Sacred Heart
Disloyalists Rounded Up In Milwaukee Raid
More than 100 federal agents in 50 cars raided Milwaukee centers and captured over 50 alleged disloyalists for failing to register as alien enemies and for disloyal speeches. Authorities fear more arrests as pro German sympathizers panic continues in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Randolph
R. B. Spencer
Department of Justice
Snow Dims Ohio Weather Across State
Reports from Ohio detail snow and falling temperatures after a warm spell. Cincinnati saw over an inch of snow as the storm continued, Columbus lines were well covered, and Cleveland and other areas reported significant snowfall. Officials fear fruit losses due to damaging low temperatures and budding trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Wounded in France Southington youth listed in casualty roll
Paul V. Plummer of Southington is reported severely wounded in the Washington war department casualty list. He enlisted last May in the sanitary corps of the 102d regiment and sailed for France with eleven men who were later aboard the Antilla when it was torpedoed and sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Southington
Paul V. Plummer
Washington War Department
Plummer
Sanitary Corps
102D Regiment
Antilla
Fire Strikes Lancaster Business Section In Schnell Flight
Flames sweep Lancaster commerce district as Sprecher and Gans Hardware Store ignites then spreads to Garvin department store and McCroy ten cent store. A gale-driven blaze threatens the entire block with rapid spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Sprecher and Gans
Garvin
McCroy Ten Cent
Germans Inflict Severe Penalties in Alsace Lorraine
Official reports from Switzerland reveal harsh German military tribunals in Alsace Lorraine. One case fined two elderly women sixty marks each for quarreling in French in a public street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Switzerland
Alsace- Lorraine
Five Bouts at Princess Theater Thursday Night Card
Five fast boxing matches will be staged at the Princess theater Thursday evening under the Middletown Athletic Club. Twenty eight rounds of fighting promise a diverse and interesting program. The adage on money contrasts easy earners with hard saved funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theater
Middletown Athletic Club
Two Die in Putnam Freight Wreck Near Willimantic
A Boston express freight and an extra freight collided a mile east of Pomfret on the New York Hartford line early today. Two died instantly F. E. Johnson and John O Flaherty. several others were injured or missing believed burned. Locomotives were tossed and wreckage burned, detouring trains between Willimantic and Putnam via Plainfield Junction.
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Putnam
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Boston Express
Willimantic
Worcester
Pomfret
F. E. Johnson
Boston
Mass
John O'Flaherty
New Haven
Conn
G. P. Rockwood
M. S. Sauve
East Hartford
Putnam Hospital
Herbert M. Cook
David Cossier
Joseph Faler
Rockwood
Sauve
Johnson
O’flaherty
Falter
Plainfield Junction
Obituary William H Chapman of Middletown dies at hospital
William H Chapman, longtime Middletown resident, died this afternoon at Middlesex Hospital. Born in Middletown he learned the machinist trade and worked at the United States arsenal in Springfield during the Civil War. He co founded the W H Chapman company saddlery hardware makers of South Farms then retired to live with sister Emma Mathers. He leaves daughter Mrs Edward Parshley of New York two granddaughters two great grandchildren and sister Mrs Emma Mathers.
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William H. Chapman
Middletown
Middlesex Hospital
Mr. Chapman
United States
Springfield
George D. Chapman
W. H. Chapman
South Farms
Chapman
Emma Matthers
Liberty Street
New Arrigoni Hotel
Water Board
Edward Parshley
New York
Emma Marthers
Death notices for Charles Riley Hine and Louesa A Stevens
Charles Riley Hine aged 76 died at his Cromwell River Road home. Funeral at Cromwell Congregational Church Friday April 12 at 11, interment Hillside Cemetery Thomaston. Survived by widow three sons Henry C Hine George C Hine Charles P Hine and daughter Mrs Mabel Newport. Louesa A Stevens of Durham funeral held from home and Church of the Epiphany Interment Durham Cemetery. Rev Hildreth and Rev P M Binnington officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Riley Hine
River Road
Cromwell
Watertown
Conn
Cromwell Congregational Church
Mansfield Post
H. W. Hildreth
Louesa A. Stevens
Durham
P. M. Binnington
Funeral of John Russell Held in Killingworth
The funeral for John Russell proceeded from his home in the Stone House district Killingworth at 2 pm with burial in the Killingworth cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell
Stone House
Killingworth
Metal Prices Reported With Mixed Movements
New York April 10 metal prices show lead firm with spot 7 1 4 to 1 2. Spelter quiet as futures for April May June and July range 68 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Quotations From Richer & Co Bankers Opening Quiet
Stock market opened with no major disturbance despite French news. Marine preferred led gains, up over one point to 93 3 8, while Steel common fell then recovered. Distillers securities rose to 43 1 2, copper stocks remained strong with Anaconda and Inspiration advancing. Reading dipped then rallied. overall irregular early movements with several issues reaching strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Marine Preferred
Steel
Distillers Securities
Inspiration Copper
Kelly Springfield
Atlantic Gulf & West Indies
St. Paul
International
Sinclair Oil
City Briefs and Local Notes
Theodore Beyer is on a business trip out of the city for two days. W. H. Chapman, recently at Middlesex hospital, is reported very sick with pneumonia. Alewives are being caught in the river here but in small numbers. Walker made several hauls at Pacousett across the river yesterday, netting several dozens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Beyer
W. H. Chapman
Middlesex Hospital
Walker
Pacousett
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Quick Backache Relief
A Sy racuse woman testimonial claims Foley Kidney Pills cured her severe backache and rheumatic pains after kidney trouble. The notice urges others with backache or joint pains to try the pills, describing them as quickly effective and tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Miller
Gifford Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Kidney Trouble And The Health Crisis Of Insurance
An examining physician explains why kidney trouble leads to many insurance rejections, noting the disease often goes undetected. The piece promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as an herbal remedy, claiming its popularity and urging readers to request a sample by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bingh N. Y
Ening Press
Midletown
Conn
Let Farmers Out Austrian Leaves to Work on Farms
Article by Bert Ford notes Austria allows soldiers to take leave or be absent to help with crops amid wartime needs. Reichsrat inquiries trigger a German reply about patriotic duty, with Ludendorff and Audendorff cited on propaganda and submarine warfare emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ford
Austria
Reichrath
Audendorff
Ameri Ludendorff
von Hindenburg
Olive Tabileta Remedy Ad Promises Digestive Relief
An old time advertisement touts Olive Tabileta as a cure for stomach upset and poor digestion. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels, improves taste in the mouth, increases appetite, and relieves cramps or pain with a vegetable olive oil formula. Boxes cost 10c and 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Olive
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Neuve Chappelle
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ORDER
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Irish Republic
Patrick J. Connolly
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
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Great Britain
Sinn Fein
Richter & Company
Bankers and Brokers
New York Stock Exchange
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Hartford
Charter
Am Sugar
Amer Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Am Smelter
Am Loco
Am Car Foundry
AT &S Fe
Balt & Ohio
BRT
Bethlehem Steel
Butte & Sup
Chile Copper
Col Fuel
C&o
Can Pac
Erie
Elec
Gt Northern
Interboro
Louis & Nash
Kennecott
Mer M Pfd
Mer M
Miami Copper
Norfolk & West
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N Y Cen
Nynh&h
Utah Copper
Penna
Republ &S
Sou Pac
Sou Ry
St Paul
UN Pac
U S Steel
Steel Pt
Djoa
Westinghouse
Hartman Bess Desernun
Dr. Edwards
A. L. Southmayd
Malin Street
Meaith
Main St
G. H
Louis M. Schmidt
Pythian Bulletin
A. P. French
New Central Sank Building
Rooma
Arthur B. Jenkins
Foreign
Mutual Building
N. E. Roselle
Hadlyme
de Hoa
Forse Front
South Partha
U . P. Hull
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