15 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1918
Page
1
The capital mourns the death of a prominent Missouri statesman described as a profound shock. He becomes the seventh death among national leaders since the war began, surpassing prior records in a brief span.
Washington mourns Senator William J. Stone of Missouri after his death. His passing drops the Democratic Senate majority to six with vacancies pending. Funeral services are held in Washington and the body goes to Jefferson City for state burial.
British troops withdraw from Neuve Eglise for the second time in heavy fighting around Lippe Wood. The withdrawal carries no military significance despite the front’s many villages being taken and retaken since last Wednesday morning in the ongoing struggle.
Paris official report says Allied forces achieved a completely successful local operation near Hangard as German attacks around Neuve Eglise and Merville stalled. Prisoners and machine guns captured as British and French troops push with Haig and Foch urging do or die resistance on a broadened front.
Washington April 15 Mrs Charles Thatcher Guernsey president general opened the twenty seventh annual D A R meeting in Continental Memorial Hall urging defeat of Kaiserism. She praised the world war alliance and warned against anti England propaganda while stressing loyalty to the United States and English language in citizenship tests.
Vienna reports Count Czernin has resigned the Austrian foreign minister post. Emperor Charles reportedly accepted the resignation amid Paris disclosures of peace overtures. Czernin allegedly failed to clear the emperor with Germany, deepening the dispute. A Copenhagen note suggested Czernin would address the international situation on April 20.
London report from Friedrichshafen says the Zeppelin factories are in flames after possible Allied air raids. The city, about 125 miles from the western front, is described as being set ablaze in the Geneva dispatch printed in the Daily News.
The article lists cumulative subscription totals as of 3 PM for Warren institutions: Warren Natl Bank 158700, Warren Savings Bank 112550, Warren Trust Co 13150, Citizens Natl Bank 16850, First Natl Bank 35700, Conewango Trust Co 12050. The headline notes progress toward a goal with multiple local banks contributing.
Treasury Department officials expressed disappointment as total subscriptions to the loan reached 620,947,550 dollars, an increase of 67,000,000 over the Saturday total.
The Treasury announced $620,347,550 in third Liberty loan deposits with eleven districts reporting progress. San Francisco district awarded 205 honor flags and 50 more are under consideration while Kansas City reported 135 flags and notable gains in subscriptions from German-speaking communities. Marion county adopts slogan Bonds in every German-speaking home by May 1.
A Long Island train derailed two miles east of Central Islip killing three soldiers and injuring nineteen seriously while about sixty were hurt lightly. Five cars telescope and fire breaks out as the thirteen car train speeds toward New York. Most victims are New York area natives from Camp Upton on first leave.
A United States collier vanished after reporting from a West Indian port on March 4. The missing ship has caused considerable apprehension in Washington as authorities investigate its fate and search for answers.
Officials favor a machinery accident over giant U boat attacks. The 19000 ton Cyclops, missing since March 4, carried 15 officers 221 men and 57 passengers including U S consul general L M Gottschalk. Relatives were notified of loss.
Chicago April 15 United States agents will investigate alleged seditious talks and acts by the family of Bernard R Ringwald a wealthy cabinet maker jailed on charges of threatening President Wilson Ringwald to be arraigned before Commissioner Mason Gail Ringwald a soldier at Camp Grant has been dropped from a local club over pro German sympathies and is said to have written letters from the camp describing poor living conditions Mrs Ringwald and her son deny the accusations Frank Ringwald says Bernard’s anger over missing government contracts has estranged them
The trial of 112 I. W. W. members on espionage charges opens again before Judge Kenesaw M. Landis in Chicago. One hundred fifty potential jurors were summoned, with names withheld to deter sympathizers from contacting them after a previous jury tampering dismissal of 200 venire members.
War Review notes Germans within forty miles of Calais while still far from decisive aims. The War Department emphasizes that principal enemy objectives have not been achieved despite the strategic position.
The War Department weekly review reports a turning point near Calais as German forces push toward the Channel ports. It notes limited local gains but stresses the enemy seeks total annihilation of Allied armies and continues frontal assaults along a wide front.
Viscount Ishii, newly named Japanese ambassador to the United States, travels to Washington and pledges Japan will prevent German bases on the Pacific route. He says Japan would sweep them away if established and would send troops to Siberia only in the allies' interest.
An American liner with 148 passengers reached an Atlantic port after engaging two U boats on its voyage to an English port. Officers report one submarine sunk and repeated gunfire as the ships exchanged torpedoes and gunfire near the English coast.
Fair tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer conditions tonight in Washington D C. The outlook calls for continued mild temperatures with no significant precipitation expected through Tuesday.
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