French Attack West of Meuse Face German Counterpressures
Military dispatches describe French attacks west of the Meuse with heavy German bombardment. German forces retook parts around St Eloi and pressed near Bethincourt and Hill 265. Both sides report artillery duels, trench fighting, and occasional advances as Verdun sector remains volatile.
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Teuton
Crown Prince
Berlin
Caillette Woods
London
Verdun
Haucourt
Bethincourt
Gierman
Hancourt
Arent Hancourt
Aaveral Hewr
Ele
Bethtourer
Chattincourt
Realth
Onca
Great Mana Full
Mort Homme
Cumieres
Meuse
Reichstag Debates Defend National Life War Policy
Berlin reports on April 7 centering the Reichstag debate as Stresemann contrasts American wealth from war with calls to limit fighting and defend neutral rights. German speakers praise peace under acceptable terms while criticizing U S neutrality and political calculations, urging continued U S friendship amid wartime pressures.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Washington Post
Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
America
Reichstag
Stresemann
National Liberal Party
Europe
Dr. Stresemann
Germany
United States
Britain
Three steamers sunk amid Baltic to Indian Ocean actions
London April 7 three steamships were sunk today by mines or submarines with one badly damaged and being towed. The St Hubert was torpedoed, the Jeannette sank, and the St Jerneborg was also wrecked off Cagliari. Dutch steamer Eemdyik towed to port. seven Chinese crew of Simla reported dead.
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International News Service
London
St. Hubert
St. Jerneborg
Cagliari
Isle of Wight
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Simla
Mediiterranean
Sussex and German note delay occupy Washington cabinet
President Wilson left Washington aboard the Mayflower with full data on the Sussex case and other attacks, awaiting Berlin's reply to Ambassador Gerard. Officials expect a decision next Tuesday as Navy and State Department prepare for possible punitive steps, while Gerard’s dispatches paper the latest information.
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Berlin
U. S
Wilson
Ambasador
Gerard
Sussex
Manchester
Eagle Point
Lanning
Washington
State Department
Germany
United States
Washington State Department
Elflaco Arredondo
Aguilar
Glorisa
American i Press
Carranza
United States Army
Gen. Aguilar
Associated Press
Harding to Preside as Convention Opens in Chicago
Chicago plans for the Republican national convention were finalized with Warren G. Harding chosen as temporary chairman on the first formal ballot. Other officers named include Lafayette B. Gleason secretary and William F. Stone sergeant at arms, as party leaders discuss Roosevelt and other possible nominees.
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Washington Post
New York
Elihu Root
Henry P. Davison
Isaac N. Seligman
Albert H. Wiggin
Charles H. Sabin
William D. Guthrie
John H.sabin
John G. Milburn
Mr. Milburn
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Senator Harding
Lafayette B. Gleason
D. Edward Monroe
St. Louis
George L. Hart
Roanoke
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Edwin P. Thayer
Indianapolis
John A. Hanson
Roosevelt
New Chilean Envoy Named to U S Post
Aldunate Bascunan, Chilean minister to Italy since 1907, to be ambassador to the United States, replacing Eduardo Suarez Mujica who resigned in January. New appointment announced from Santiago on April 7, with travel notices for the Baltimore & Ohio line and fare details.
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Bascunan
Italy
Suarez
Santiago
Chile
Aldunate Bascunan
United States
Eduardo Suarez-Mujica
Plot to Kill Rulers Conspiracy Bared in Chicago
Chicago officials disclosed a global assassination plot allegedly to murder European rulers. The plan involved poisoning banquet attendees at Archbishop Mundela’s Chicago event, with bombs banned unless absolutely necessary, and an anarchist informant shielded for safety.
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International News Service
Chicago
Europe
MacLay Hoyne
Mundela
Hoyne
Index to Today s Issue Page
French Attack West of Meuse and other World War I front page items dominate the issue with notes on policy shifts and political figures. The paper notes Wilson awaiting Sussex data while Harding is set to wield the gavel alongside rail and territory reports.
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Meuse
Wilson
Sussex
Harding
U. S
Villa
Torreon
Covington
Brumbaugh
James
England
Japan
Denmark
Marburg, Jr
Counteas
Molasses Engulfs Her In Sticky Rescue
In New York on April 7 Miss Margaret O Leary walked by a Third Avenue bakery when a hogshead of molasses burst. A passing youth tried to help and both were trapped waist deep. A patrolman bridged the spill with a plank, enabling the two to reach safety.
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New York
Margaret O'Leary
Third Avenue
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Harcourt Advance
Bethinsourt
Heu 265
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St. Hlol
Ypres
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Middelkerke
Tannemarck
Tryett Uit
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Eemdyjk
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von Bethmann-Holl- Weg
Robert
Great Britain
Lord Robert
Germsty
von Bethmann-Holl
Nakex
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Austria
Suwalki
Russia
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RAGE
LA Boquilla
OVES
Reyes
Grant Lansing
St. Paul
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
U.S. Army
Barnes
Nicholaa Murray Butler
Cornelius N. Bliss
Otto T. Bernard
Alphonse T. Clearwater
State Bar Association
Henry L. Stimson
William H. Truesdale
Heeckman Winthrop
Mr. Root
Robert Bacon
Bacon
Theodore Rgenevelt
Baines
Mr. Bacon
William Laon
Theodore Roosevelt
Amercan
el Paso
Queretaro
Mexico
Candido Aguilar
Gen. Carranza
Carransa
San Bartolo
War Department
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Bachimba
Chihuahua
Tex
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Lenyth
Custhuirlachie
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Rodgers
Pershing
Chihuahua City
la Bo
Hughes
Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Foreign Office Today
Hecksher
Reichstag Foreign Relations Committee
Asid de. Hecksher
United
Cpl. Roosevelt
Paul
Stuickest
Baltimore Baltiore & Ohio
Adv
San Francisco
Paterson
Lynn
Mass
Mexican Central Railroad
Durango
Juarez
Central
Catuio Reyes
Santa Rosalia
Central Railroad
la Boquila
Porforio Diaz
Lara Y Caverns
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