New Success Is Won by Teutons in Flanders Front
German forces seize Bailleul Neuve Eglise Wulverghem Wytschaete and push into Messines ridge as British lines resist. The loss threatens Ypres defense and risks British retirement from the sector while Merville holds. Berlin reports claim near St Mihiel and east of Helsinki also show German gains amid limited Allied resistance.
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Neuve Eglise
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Ypres
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Amiens
Champagne
Berlin
Amsterdam
St. Mihie
Finland
Helsingsfors
Lands Kaiser Lands In Jail in Gallia County
Earnest Sherer of Whitehead Pennsylvania was arrested in Gallipolis Ohio for praising the Kaiser and cursing President Wilson. He will be prosecuted by federal authorities.
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Gallipolis
Earnest Sherer
Whitehead
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Wilson
Sherer
Coal Production Decreases Across Week
Washington reports bituminous coal output for the week ending April 6 fell about 1,509.0 percent? tons or 14 percent from the prior week, according to figures released by the United States survey.
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Washington
Schwab to Direct U.S. Shipbuilding Reform Efforts
Charles M. Schwab becomes director general of the emergency fleet corporation and will oversee the nation’s shipbuilding program with broad, unhampered authority. The White House and Shipping Board officials describe a reinforced plan, abolition of the general manager post, and Schwab’s sole responsibility for executing the shipbuilding program.
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Schwab
Steel Man
Washington
Charles M. Schwab
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Tumultyis
White House
Edward N. Hurley
Bainbridge Colby
Charles Pier
Hurley
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Charles Piez
Piez
Admiral Harris
Baker Bage 10 Work at War Department
Secretary Baker returns to the War Department from Europe to focus on speeding American troops to France. He warns against underestimating German gains and expects Allied pooling under General Foch to curb the German push. He declined to publish details, noting pride in U S and Allied achievements.
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France
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Atlantic
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Wilson
Bolo Pasha Executed in Vincennes Trial Ends
Paris reports the execution of Bolo Pasha for high treason as a German propagandist. The case spanned international lines with work in the United States and Canada, and evidence from New York supplied by Attorney General Lewis. Financial figures were implicated.
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Canada
Lewis
New York
New York City
Judge Overrules Verdict in Anderson Case
In Brooklyn federal court Judge Chatfield ordered the re arrest of Oscar Anderson after a not guilty verdict for violating the trading with the enemy act. Authorities say the Swedish sailor carried a letter from Kristiania Norway dated February that concealed a hidden message in German.
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Brooklyn
Oscar Anderson
Chatfield
Anderson
Bergensfjeld
Kristiania
Norway
Tts
Gardiner faces court martial over guard uniform remarks
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner, former New York district attorney, is to stand court martial for allegedly insulting the New York guard uniform. Governor Whitman announced the action after the incident cited at the Huguenot society dinner. Reverend Howard Duffield wore a captain's uniform at the event.
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Asa Bird Gardiner
New York Guard
Whitman
Howard Duffield
Old First Church
Hotel Plaza
Ninth Coast Artillery Corps
Gerdiner
Baseball Gamelist Reports From Major Cities
National League standings show Philadelphia leading with a 10 1 000 record while Brooklyn Cincinnati and others post varied results. Several games list pitchers Tesreau McCarthy Marquard and Miller for New York and Cleveland Detroit rained out with box scores including Henry Schneider Allen Cooper and Harna among others.
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Philadelphia
Tesreau
McCarthy
Marquard
Miller
Cincinnati
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Pittsboro
Vests
R.H
Mayer
Barnes
Ragan
Harne
New York
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Don
Schmidt
St. Louis
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Meadows
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Alexander
Killifer
Boston
Washington Hall
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Hoston
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Agnew
Perry
Perkins
German Language Services End at Zion Church
Steubenville Ohio April 17 German language services abolished at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church by church council. All future services will be in English to avoid misjudgment of supporting the Kaiser. The church has held German services for 30 years.
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church Council
Hone Jailed Over Draft Evasion Charge in Greensburg
Louis Hone is jailed in Greensburg Pennsylvania on a charge tied to evading the draft by leaving behind his wife and infant. The case stems from alleged failure to support or return during the wartime conscription period.
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Louis Hone
wSerenis i
Bis
Pepe
Tom
Lloyd George backs Home Rule and Labour pledge
London April 17 Premier Lloyd George urged settling the Irish question to win American support as Britain presses ahead with a manpower bill. Labor minister Barnes said a home rule bill would be introduced immediately and the government would resign if the house refused passage.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ireland
America
Plummer
Messines Ridge
Great Britain
George N. Barnes
Barnes
Irish Meetings Protest Conscription
Dublin dispatch reports 100 parishes holding anti conscription meetings with broad participation across classes. Clergy led protests as Sinn Fein clubs push activity. tensions noted as nationalist Ireland shows deplorable temper amid recruitment in Dublin and other towns.
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London
Dublin
Times
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Police shakeup aims to clear vice in Philadelphia
Philadelphia mayor Thomias B. Smith moves Captain Thomas J. Kenney from central district to the northeast and installs Captain Francis Callahan, a noted "clean up man," to lead the drive against vice. The mayor signals further drastic changes may follow to meet federal navy department deadlines.
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Philadelphia
Thomias B. Smith
Thomas J. Kenney
Francis Callahan
Smith
Navy Department
Sabotage bill sent to president after conference draft
The sabotage bill with penalties up to 30 years in prison and fines of 10,000 was sent to the president after the Senate adopted a conference report limiting its strike punishment provisions. Senators Sherman and McCumber argued labor issues are beyond leadership control, while Hollis defended labor loyalty and criticized law aiming to curb strikes as ineffective.
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Senate
Sherman
Illinois
McCumber
North Dakota
Congress
Hollis
New Hampshire
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Liberty Loan Campaign Progress Report
Nine days of Liberty loan drives have gathered 829,606,100 subscriptions through banks and trust companies. With 2,170,000,000 still to be raised in the 16 days left before May 4 to reach the three billion minimum, an average of 120,000,000 must be subscribed each day including Sundays. Yesterday’s daily total added 127,004,300 to the national tally.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
Counterfeit Coins Flood West Virginia Towns in April
In western West Virginia, fake quarters and half dollars flood mining towns. Local banks detected the coins with a microscope, noting the counterfeit style mimics new coins but with bolder, rougher face configurations.
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Grafton
W. Va
Canadians take control of Empress of Russia and Empress of Asia
The Canadian government has commandeered the liners Empress of Russia and Empress of Asia. With most British ships removed from the Pacific, passenger and freight service will revert to Japanese lines, affecting cross Pacific trade and travel.
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Canada
Victoria
B. C
Pacific
Sugar Ship Hermod Wrecked Off Virginia Coast
A report to the maritime exchange notes the Norwegian steamer Hermod wrecked Saturday near Winter Quarter shoal on the Virginia coast. Its cargo of sugar for Philadelphia was lost, with the captain his wife and 24 crew rescued by the Assateague coast guard. Two sailors are believed drowned. The Hermod and its cargo are total losses.
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Philadelphia
Maritime Exchange
Virginia Coast
Winter Quarter Shoal
Hermod
Assatague
Coast Guard
Stefansson Arctic Expedition Plans February Dash
Letters received by Stefansson expedition members indicate Vilhjalmur Stefansson planned a February start for a dash to unexplored regions north of Beaufort Sea. The encampment was on Barter Island with letters dated December 14.
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Seattle
Wash
Vilhjalmar Stefannsson
Arctic
Beaufor Sea
Stefansson
Barter Island
German army surgeon general cites new gas serum
Amsterdam reports Lieutenant General Dr. Otto von Schijerning says a serum against poison gas has recently been discovered. The statement appears in a semi official news agency interview describing a recent breakthrough by German military researchers.
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Amsterdam
Otto von Schijerning
Representative Miller Seeks Criminal Syndicalism Punishment
Washington April 17 Representative Miller of Minnesota introduced a bill to punish criminal syndicalism defining it as doctrines that advocate crime or malicious damage or injury by an employee to an employer’s property or other unlawful acts intended to aid industry or public order.
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Washington
Miller
Minn
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