U S Engineers Stand Firm in Stopping German Drive
American railway engineers helped halt the German advance from St. Quentin toward Noyon fighting shoulder to shoulder with Canadian engineers. They kept firing until their weapons overheated and then retreated to fresh positions, inflicting heavy casualties across multiple waves. A British officer credited their grit as they fought to the last, earning rest and reequipment near Noyon.
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St. Quentin
Noyon
France
Frontline Struggles Across Arras Sector Amid Global War News
The report details heavy artillery duels south of Arras with limited infantry action as German forces push near Givenchy to Armentieres. It notes Italian and Austrian activity at Asiago and in Finland, Turkish capture of Van, and friction between Russia and Japan over Vladivostok. A British destroyer sinks with all hands believed lost.
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Old Line
Arras
Italy
Amiens
Givenchy
la Kasse
Armentieres
Neuve Chapelle
Fauquicourt F
Cardonnerie Farm
Goucy Forest
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Variou
Asiago
Van
Armenia
Finland
Helsingsfors
Petrograd
Vladivostok
Japan
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Russia
Germans Buy Paris Pearls Hidden Market Sparked by War
Paris dispatch reports about 20 million dollars’ worth of Parisian jeweler pearls sold in Germany through Swiss agents. The Geneva note says Germans aimed to corner Paris and London markets after the war, with clandestine trading continuing since early 1915 despite judicial actions.
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Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Geneva
Petit Journal
London
Woman and husband jailed over whisky baby ruse
In Greeley Colorado on April 10 officers found six quarts of whisky wrapped as a baby in the breast of Mrs Jesus Leon. Her husband received a sixty day jail term after the demijohns discovery and her claim she was forced into the deception. They had just alighted from a Wyoming bound train and were guarding the contraband.
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Greeley
Col
Jesus Leon
Patriotic Purses In Dawson
Dawson Pennsylvania residents proudly subscribe 180000 dollars in bonds on the first day of the third Liberty loan drive. The town of 900 people averages 200 dollars per person and surpasses prior drives after pledging 105000 for the first and 125000 for the second loans.
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Dawson
Smallpox Epidemic Closes Schools in Alton Illinois
The state board of health orders immediate closure of all schools and theaters in Alton Illinois due to a smallpox outbreak. Eight or more cases are reported, with authorities enforcing the shutdown to curb spread.
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Alton
Iil
State Board of Health
Casualty Lists Reopen for American Expeditionary Forces
Secretary Baker ordered the War Department to resume casualty lists for the American expeditionary forces. Public release covers April 3 to 8 with 447 names. Killed in action 18. died of wounds 11. captured 21. died of accident 4. died of disease 46. died cause unknown 3. severely wounded 103. slightly wounded 241.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Train Terrorizer Killed in Pittsburgh Station
Carmine Carizo, a Mexican, was shot dead by a railroad policeman at Pittsburgh station after terrorizing passengers on the Chicago and Pittsburgh express train. He brandished a long knife, slashed in sleeping cars, and barricaded a baggage car before officers, alerted by a brakeman, killed him.
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Pittsburg
Carmine Carrizo
Pennsylvania
Carizo
Senator Jones Announces Re-Election Bid for Kentucky
Senator O M Jones of Kentucky declares he will run for another term pending Democratic action. The news comes from Washington on April 10 as he seeks renomination within the party.
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Washington
O. M. Jones
Kentucky
Beimeck
Fake Whisky Dangerously Sold in Spokane Hotel
Detectives Fordyce and Markwood with Patrolman Roy Troyer found Clayton Chester hotel clerk and BE McKnight chauffeur making spurious whisky in a Spokane hotel room. They were booked on vagrancy charges after officers seized four pints of the brew and a pint of genuine whisky. The mixture was produced from burned brown sugar tobacco parlor matches and water and sold for $3.50 a pint.
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Spokane
Wash
Detecti Fordyce
Markwood
Roy Troyer
Clayton Chester
BE. McNight
Chester
McKnight
Nebraska War Session Ends Amid Prohibition Stand
The Nebraska legislature adjourned its special war session after pledging unwavering government support. Prohibition supporters failed to sway the senate from blocking action on ratifying the national prohibition amendment. Ratification remains for January, while Governor Neville signed a mail voting bill for Nebraskans in military and civil service.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Prohibition
Senate
Neville
Columbia University Receives 8 to 9 Million Bequest
The will of Robert W. Van Cortlandt leaves Columbia University between 8 million and 9 million dollars. The Bedford Village estate owner died by suicide at High Hill Farm last February. The bequest funds three fellowships in political science fine arts and American history.
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White Plains
N. Y
Columbia University
Robert W. van Cortlandt
High Hill Farm
Bedford Village
Federal control will aid railroads says Erie president
F D Underwood president of the Erie railroad told the annual meeting in New York that the railroads will come out of government ownership better off. He said transportation broke down and government took over the roads to provide intelligent supervision and improved conditions. The annual report publication was deferred pending stockholders' review and the meeting adjourned to April 22.
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New York
F. D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Mr. Underwood
England to Call Men Up to Fifty for War Effort
London April 10 Premier Lloyd George announced a government manpower bill to include men aged 50 and years in the fight for liberty. He said Ireland would be included, despite protests, as part of the war effort. He warned of extensive sacrifices and described American forces joining as the decisive factor.
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England
London
Houses of Commons
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ireland
Somme
West Front
Great Britain
France
Prident Wilson
Alfred Byrne
Dublin
Irland
Michael Flavin
Kerry
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