Germans Pressed Near Apremont Forest in French Front
American forces repelled two German attacks near Apremont forest northwest of Toul as casualties for the enemy rose to 200 to 400 in four days of fighting. Prisoners numbered 546, with 12 dying of wounds. American troops seized two machine guns and other war materiel.
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France
Armericas
Apremont Forest
Toul
Landwehr
United States
Leutenant
Boston
Ehict
Missouri Senator Stone Dies After Long Public Life
Washington April 14 Senator William J Stone of Missouri longtime Democratic leader and senate foreign relations chairman died here Sunday after suffering a stroke last Wednesday. Born May 7 1848 in Kentucky Stone served Missouri as governor from 1879 to 1887 and in the Senate from 1903 to 1920. He opposed arming merchant ships and war with Germany but supported war measures once the decision was made restoring unity with his country.
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Washington
Wiliam J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Stone
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Wilson
Germany
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hiltebcock
Stone
Missouri University
George G. West
Senate
Berlin Claims Gains In St Mihiel Sector Action
German troops reported by headquarters to have attacked the Americans north of St Mihiel claiming heavy losses inflicted and prisoners taken. A gun was ordered to be dug out by his men and fired again into German positions. Berlin reports a successful assault with claims of gains.
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Berlin
St. Mihiel
Col McRoberts Reports Weapons Delivered in France
Col Samuel McRoberts of the Ordnance Department told a National Security League luncheon that the United States is turning out more infantry rifles per day than England or France. He noted 75,000 machine guns delivered to fighting divisions and record ammunition production, with rates cited at 1,050,000 rifles daily and 11,000,000 rounds daily.
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New York
Samuel McRoberts
U.S. A
Ordnance Department
National Security League
United States
England
France
Plans New War On Russia With Finland and Japan
Swedish press reports via Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen state Germany will push a new war against Russia if it wins on the western front. The plan includes Finnish cooperation and a Mer-Murman Arctic railway project. It also notes Japan would receive Siberia should they join the alliance.
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Germany
Finland
Petrograd
Murman
Arctic
Copenhagen
Russia
Japan
Siberia
Paris Premier Clemen ceas passed two days on the battle forent
Paris reports Premier Clemen ceas spent two days on the battle front visiting General Foch and General Petain and the British troops.
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Paris
Clemencea
Fock
Petain
American naval collier Cyclops overdue from Atlantic voyage
The American collier Cyclops carrying LT passengers and 221 crew members, overdue since March 13, was last reported March 4 near West Indies. One engine damaged but radio contact failed. no submarine reports. search ongoing as Navy notes overdue status first disclosed April 11. Aboard were United States consul A. L. Moreau Gottschalk and 64 naval enlisted men.
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Washington
Cyclops
Atlantic
Navy Department
West Tries
Pragvil
U. S
A. L. Moreau Gottschalk
United States
Rio de Janeiro
West Indies
Navy reports anxious for ship safety after suspected attack
An official navy statement says the vessel is not declared lost but the department feels extremely anxious about her safety after a possible submarine or enemy attack while she may be disabled at sea.
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Navy
Navy Department
U. S. Flyers Earn Distinguished Service Crosses
Paris, April 15. Capt James Norman Hall of Colfax Iowa and Liett Paul Frank Beer of Mobile Alabama have been decorated with Distinguished Service Crosses for downing enemy air raids. Hall led a patrol of three on March 26 and destroyed three enemy two seaters. Beer attacked seven enemy planes on March 11, destroying one northeast of Reims, and on March 16, two two seaters fell in flames.
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Paris
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Liett
Paul Prank Beer
Mobile
Ale
Hall
Baer
Reime
Teuton Torpedo Boat Sunk Off Zeebrugge in Mine Strike
A German torpedo boat struck a mine off Zeebrugge and was sunk, reports from The Hague dated April 15. British coastal bombardments near Ostend and Zeebrugge were repelled with no damage, and a torpedo boat was set afire before being captured.
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Maas
Hook of Holland
Telegraaf
Maus
Meuse
Luona
Belgium
France
North Sea
Maushurst
Ten Milles
the Hague
London
Zeebrugge
Exchange Telegraph
Landers
Admiralty
British Hold Neuve Eglise and Repel Fresh German Attacks
London reports British lines along the Lys front remain intact after heavy fighting near Neuve Eglise. German assaults from Meteren to Wulverghem were repulsed, with multiple attempts at Neuve Eglise, Festubert, and nearby sectors beat back as Haig confirms continued British defensive strength.
French Penetrate Hun Lines Across Front Amid Lyr Battle Reports
French official dispatches describe heavy fighting on the Lys front with infantry and artillery exchanges. They report French penetrations north of St Mihiel and in Lorraine taking several prisoners, and repulsing German raids near Verdun and Woevre as night battles resumed around Neuville and Bailleuil.
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Montdidier
Noyon
St. Mihiel
Lorraine
Embermenil
Bures
Verdun Front
Woevre
Col da H Bonhborame
King of burglars to die in Utah court ruling
Howard de Weese, self styled burglar, was sentenced to death by Judge Louis Brown in Salt Lake City district court for the murder of his wife linked to H W Fisher of New York. The supreme court denied a new trial and execution is set for May 24. Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal is reported ill but improving at Norton Memorial infirmary in Louisville.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Louis Brown
District Court
de Weese
H. W. Fisher
New York
Supreme Court
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Norton Memorial Infirmary
German High Command Seeks Dislocation of British Armies
German high command concentrates on dislocating British forces in France as six German armies push along the front from the Lys toward the sea. The drive aims to force a northern evacuation, with battles near Amiens and the recapture of Hangard amid ongoing French counterattacks.
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Fale
Somme
Sea
von Arnim
von Quest
Otto von Betow
von Marchte
von Boehim
Oise
Lys River
Bethune
Givenchy
Marne
Assaults by EUS Lose High Numbers
A terse report notes a sequence of seven ferocious assaults. The article attributes the violence to EUS forces and notes British gunfire ending the attacks.
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LINE HELD FIRMLY Allies Held Positions Against All the Efforts of the Desperate Huns
London april 15 British repulsed seven attacks in the Merville sector inflicting heavy losses on the enemy southwest of Bailleul Germans temporarily penetrated then were driven out by counter attacks British retired from Neuve Palise after a furious battle with great Teuton losses hand to hand fighting reported. Paris april 15 French gains north of Montdidier and north of Hangard taking many prisoners and other war booty.
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Neuve Kylise Am
Pallseuth
Meterer-Wulverghem
Neuve Eglise
Kestubert
London
Meteren
Wulverghem
Neuve Englise
Festubert
Locon
Evening Journal
Merville
Bailleul
Neuve Palise
Paris
Montididier
Hangard
German Spy Nest Located in Havana Cuba
Washington reports the German espionage headquarters for this hemisphere has been finally located in Havana Cuba. The United States secret service, from high sources, says principal agents operate there under German direction and several leaders are under surveillance. Cuban officials assist in diminishing Havana's usefulness.
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Washington
First U S Prisoner Flees Paris Escape
The Temps reports the first American prisoner to escape from Germany has reached Basel Switzerland after fleeing Paris in April setting off a wave of Allied intrigue and escape attempts.
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Switzerland
Paris Temps
Paris
Temps
Basel
Lajoie Freed To Manage Indianapolis After Commission Ruling
The national baseball commission ruled Napolean Lajoie a free agent, blocking a sale to Brooklyn by the Toronto club and permitting him to manage the Indianapolis eld of the American Association. The decision was unanimous.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
Napoleon Lajoie
Brooklyn
Toronto
Indianapolis Eldh
American Association
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