Huns Take New Ground Near Hangard In Fierce British Drive
Allied forces recaptured Villers Bretonneux in Picardy and seized prisoners as heavy fighting raged from Bailleul Wytschaete to Hangard. American troops, wounded in the battle, arrived at hospitals while British and French units conducted counterattacks across the front.
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London
Villers Bretonneux
Haig
Bailleul
Wytschnete
Paris
Picardy
Hangard
Washington
Luce
Athlens
War Office
Wytschaete
Dranoutre
Kemmel
Vierstraat
Soumme
Villers- Bretonneaux
Villers
Bretonneaus
Sul
Villers-Bretonneaux- St. Quentin
St Paul capsizes at Atlantic port during loading
The steamship St Paul overturned and sank at her pier while being brought by tugs from a dry dock for a trip to Europe. Three men were missing and feared dead as volunteers in gas flame torches entered through holes in the hull to rescue workers.
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Doren
Atlantic
St. Paul
Ler
Europe
St. Paul's
Internatonal Mercantile Marine Company
Shaply
Itecpme
German Plot Letter of March 1914 Reveals Propaganda Links
Washington reports release of papers from Captain von Papen showing German efforts to use propaganda and seed networks in the United States and Mexico before World War I. Letters discuss blowing up rail trains, dynamite methods, and infernal devices as potential wartime threats.
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United States
Mexico
Villa
Sydterm
Washington
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Germany
von Papen
R. von Wild
German War Ministry
Berlin
Mexico City
Potsdam
Disconto-Gesellschaft
Pr. S
Ak. Mimel
Dumba
Lenox
Mass
Russia
Dardanelles
Kemmel Taren Cleared by Allied Troops After Fight
Ms. Kemmel Taren was freed following a hard fought operation by British and French forces. Allied troops secured the area and evacuated civilians as combat subsided.
Americans Make Raid Near Meuse Heights in Verdun Sector
Special report says American forces conducted a successful raid on a German trench network near the Meuse heights in the Verdun sector after heavy artillery. German attack on Mt Kimmel met with fierce British and French defense, with ground still contested as efforts continue to clear enemy posts southeast of Villers-Bernonneaux.
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Villers- Brefonneaux
Cyclops Crew Resentful Reported by Sailor Father Letter
A letter from Roy Scoggins, a Cyclops sailor missing with the vessel, reached his father in Ballinger Texas. It states crew tensions and resentment aboard the ship before it sailed from Norfolk toward South America. The federal authorities have this information.
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Balliinger
Tex
Roy Scoggins
Cyclops
J. M. Scoggins
Norfolk
South America
British Losses Mount in France War Effort
In the house of commons Winston Spencer Churchill says Britain has lost nearly 1000 guns and between 1000 and 5000 machine guns plus ammunition manufacture run of one to three weeks since the battle in France began. All losses have been ground down.
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London
France
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Emperor Charles Receives Warning Over Bourbon Parma Affairs
Amsterdam reports the Austrian imperial house met to warn Emperor Charles I about the potential harm from Bourbon Parma members living abroad. The issue centers on Prince Sixtus of Bourbon de Parme, brother of Empress Zita, and his Belgian army role tied to a controversial 1917 peace letter. The flare prompted Austrian statements and the resignation of Count Czernin, replaced by Darm Purian, seen as acceptable to Germany.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Taceblatt
Vienna
Imperial House of Austrian
House of Bourbon de Parma
House of Hapsburg- Lorraine
Sixtus of
Bourbon de Parma
Zita
Prince Sixtus
Charles
France
England
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Count Czernin
Daron Purian
Street Car Workers Vote to Return Pending Mediation
Detroit on April 26 reports street car motormen and conductors voting to resume work while awaiting a government mediation on their labor disputes.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
St Paul Sinking Mystery Deepens As War Vessel Sees Loss
Officials weigh causes for the St Paul disaster as the ship listing amid tugs raises water into coal ports or possible open seacocks. Navy crew evacuated with the working party, all leaving personal effects aboard. Built in Philadelphia, St Paul cost 265,000, launched 1805, 860 crew, 54 feet long, 65 foot beam.
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Navy
St. Paul
Philadelphia
St. Vaul
Charles D. Sigebee
U.S. NL
St. Louis
Amendment puts 21-year-olds at bottom of draft classes
Washington April 26 The house adopted the senate resolution for the registration of men who reached age twenty one since June 5 last. An amendment by Representative Hall of Iowa, approved 110 to 85, requires these registrants be placed at the bottom of their class.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative Hall
Iowa
Air Chief Resigns Amid Health Strain
Lord Rothemere brother of Lord Northcliffe resigns as secretary of State for the air forces citing insomnia and the burden of responsibility in a London announcement.
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Lord Rothmere
Air Forces
I Health
London
Lord Rothemere
Lord Northcliffe
Mailed Fist Over Holland Hints at War Move
Germany presses for free transport of materials through Holland to Belgium amid Dutch neutrality concerns. Dutch foreign minister warns the issue is grave and cannot be hidden in parliament as Germany seeks to push supplies via Dutch waterways despite neutrality and entente and US objections.
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the Hague
Netherlands
Germany
United States
Holland
Lundstrum
Thine Valley
Washington
Belgium
Teutonic
American Raid Supports Verdun Sector Action
Paris reports heavy artillery fighting south of the Somme from French Army Headquarters. American troops conducted a successful raid last night on German trenches near the Heights of the Meuse in the Verdun sector.
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Paris
Somme
War Office
Meuse
Verdun
French Troops on Mt Kemmel Surrounded in Battle
Special report from The Pyening Journal says French troops on Mt Kemmel are completely surrounded by German forces as they continue to fight desperately.
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Mt. Kemmel
Neutral Holland Faces Dangerous Position in War Turmoil
Military experts warn that Holland risks invasion if neutrality fails to hold. The article notes Holland cannot join Germany without surrendering neutrality and could lose ships and colonies if aligned with Berlin. Analysts say allied aid may be crucial to deter a German takeover of Holland.
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Holland
Germany
Thle
Oust Michigan City Mayor Arrest and Release
Frederick C. Miller, mayor of Michigan City, Ind, arrested as an alien enemy when visiting Washington to discuss naturalization, was released and escorted from the District of Columbia by justice department officials. Officials said Miller technically violated entry rules by being unregistered but had no intent to commit a wrongdoing.
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Washington
Frederick C. Miller
Michigan City
Ind
Miller
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Tiwan
Marine Corps Casualties Rise in France War News
Washington reports total U S Marine casualties since landing in France reach 274. Navy Department confirms 54 enlisted men killed and four officers wounded.
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Washington
United States Marine Corps
France
Navy
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Villers- Bretonneux
Reuter
Bailleul Meteren-Wytschaete
Mont Remimel
U. S
Bucquey
Trangard
Lassigny
Couey le Chateau
Lorraine
The
von Papen Leiter
Belle Ringing’—Dumba
Cedar Rapids
Charles Schulte
Detective Service Association
Schulte
Johnson County
MS. Kemmel
Taren
Meuse Heights
Dun Sector
Evening Journal
Family of
Hapsburg Center
Archduke’s Palace
Eae
Kolland
Marine Corps
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