Bigger German guns to awe Europe reports Krupp works output
Gustav C. Loeder, after visiting Essen, reports forty six thousand workers at Krupp producing war materiel including 42 centimeter Bertha guns. Guards and detectives surround the plant. secrecy and danger deter outsiders. A separate note from New York reports Benjamin Jarkson killed when his automobile crashed into a tree at Cerrad Park.
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New York
Gustav C. Loeder
Terrani
Krupp Street
Essen
Krupps
Germany
Hirth
Krapps
Modertn
Plent
Lave
aAas
Died notices list for April 11 to 18 obituaries and services
Public notices announce multiple death dates and funeral details for April 11 to 18. Names include Whletam Archibald, Talton Tim Ward, Olin Be Cornella, Prof Charles H Pledge, Pyne Alwesterella, Beedvales Titan A Speare, and Model Thebert with services at Oak Frt Cemetery and St Martin's Church, private interments, and family invitations.
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Ningham
Whletam Archibald
Jessie AG
Cunwinger
Chapel of Oak Frit Cemetery
Talton
Tim Wrednesda
OLIN
Cornella
Wid
Filton
Streetorthwest
Saturda
Tament
Plugge
Atom
Charles H. Pledge
Brooklyn
N. Ve
Carl FL Elehoff
Seaton
Iaeve
Torthwest
St. Martin’s
Guak Hill
Titian A. Speeare
Ostreet Erthwest
Montlom
Rhede Tinhursday
Iostreet Northwes
Thbert
J. Prank
Hllen Louise White
Canada Allocates 100 Million for War Purchases Curbs Graft
Ottawa reports that Premier Borden may face prosecutions over unwarranted profits from military supplies. He proposes a commission of business men to oversee all purchases under the hundred million dollar wartime vote. Highlights include a 160 thousand dollar appropriation for Canadian military and naval expenses and a voting bill for service members, amended to require British consent before taking effect.
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Ottawa
Borden
Paris Denies German Plan To Attack Paris Landmarks
Paris officials rebut German claims that public buildings in Paris including the Library the Louvre and the Invalides were used as military observation posts or armed to defend against air raids. Foreign Minister Delcassé rejected the reports as untrue and protested the imputations by distant German officers.
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Paris
Library
Louvre
Invalides
Invalidos
French Troops Push Through Alsace and Verdun Lines
Paris reports French forces in upper Alsace extend gains near Schnepfenkirten Kopf and advance about 1,500 yards while keeping Verdun positions secure. In Argonne Fontaine au Clarles, heavy artillery and trench fighting favor the French as battles rage between St Mihiel and Pont-a-Mousson. Berlin counters that French assaults were limited to isolated points between the Meuse and Moselle.
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Paris
Upper Alsace
War Office
Verdun
la Boiselle
Fontaine Au Clarles
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Pont-a-Mouson
le Pretre Woods
Berlin
Meuse
Moselle
Marcheville
le Pretre Forest
Pont-a- Mouason
Hartmanns- Weillerkopf
Alsace
Eighteen NYC teachers gain two-year maternity leave
Eighteen public school teachers across New York City have each secured two years of unpaid maternity leave from the board of education. Fifteen work in elementary schools, one in a high school, and two are special teachers. Applications were filed in March under the new law requiring prior notice upon learning of pregnancy.
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New York Board
Sperial
Washington Be
New York
Board of Education
War munitions committee named to speed output in Britain
London April 15. A wartime committee under David Lloyd George was formed to organize and accelerate Britain’s munitions supply. Members include A J Balfour Edwin Montagu Harold Baker Arthur Henderson and other senior officials with authority to take necessary steps. A separate War Office panel under Field Marshal Kitchener was also appointed to assist.
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Asquith
House of Commons
War Office
London
David Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
A. J. Balfour
Edwins. Montagu
Duchy of Lancaster
Harold T. Baker
Accringedton
Lancashire
Arthur Henderson
Barnard Castle
Durham
Stanley B. von Donop
Ordnance
Tilbert Llewellyn’ Smith
Board of Trade
Admiralty
British War Office
Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener
Dutch Ship Katwyk Torpedoed Amid Trade War Claims
The Rotterdam Maasbode disputes links between the sinking of the Katwyk and Britain’s trade war with Germany while reporting four Dutch trawlers seized by German ships near Cuxhaven. The Katwyk carried 116,883 bushels of corn en route to the Netherlands government.
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Dutch
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Capt Owen Goes to Front in Dardanelles Action
Special report from London dated April 16 states Capt Owen, son-in-law of Secretary Bryan, has joined British forces at the Dardanelles to participate in ongoing operations.
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Capt
Owen
Scretary
Bryan
Dardanelles
Washington Post
London
Admiralty Praises War Transport Record in War Labor
London reports the Admiralty boasts a wartime transport record with over 1,000,000 men moved by water and only five transport deaths in eleven weeks. Merchant losses are low, with fewer than 40 English merchant ships sunk while some 11,000 ships arrived or sailed, and new ships launched boosting total tonnage.
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Admiralty
Washington Post
New York
London
The
Tribune
India
Engiiah
England
Moreno Fast On Shoal Near Reedy Island
The battleship Moreno from the Philadelphia navy yard ran aground near Reedy Island in the Delaware River and Wilmington Delaware, fast on the Dan Baker shoal. Officers believe the ship is not damaged. tugs will attempt to refloat at flood tide. After coaling at Frampton Roads the Moreno heads to the Argentine Republic.
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Moreno
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Reedy Island
Delaware River
Wilmington
Del
Dan Baker Shoal
Frampton Roads
Argentine Republic
New Castle
Delaware
Aero raid on Calais reports limited damage and no casualties
A German aeroplane hovered over Calais this morning for about thirty minutes as a hot fusillade was fired. Eight bombs fell near the harbor. a horse was killed but no human casualties occurred. Most bombs fell into the sea and several failed to explode. In a Zeppelin raid at Bailleul earlier, two women and a child were killed and others injured, five horses killed, four houses demolished.
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Washington Post
France
Calais
Bailleul
Amsterdam
Freiburg Im Breisgau
Grand Duchy of Baden
Stuehlingen
Adams Estate Will Disposes 1.5 Million in Cambridge
In Cambridge Massachusetts on April 15 the probate court allowed the will of Charl Francia Adams a Lincoln historian who died in Washington on March 20. The entire personal estate valued at 1,915,000 was left to his widow Mary Ogden Adams.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charl
Francia Adams
Lincoln
Washington
Mary Ogden Adams
Parker praises U S moderation and duty in war
London April 15 Sir Gilbert Parker praised the United States for its temperate and courteous stance during the war. He said the US followed a prudent course to uphold its diplomatic reputation and urged dispassionate aid for small nations as the war ends. He noted Lincoln would approve present neutrality and fidelity to obligations.
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London
Gilbert Parker
Plisrims
United States
America
Gilbert
Lincoln
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
British War Casualties Hit 139347 Up To April 11
London reports 139347 British casualties total from the war through April 11. The figure was announced in the house of commons by Harold Tennant the undersecretary of war in an afternoon session.
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London
House of Commons
Harold J. Tennant
Bank employees feted at Gordon Hotel on anniversary dividend
Security Savings and Commercial Bank officers and directors hosted clerks and employees at the Hotel Gordon last night to mark the bank’s second anniversary and announce a 4 1 4 percent quarterly dividend. President Julius Jeyser and other leaders spoke as directors and staff answered in acknowledgment.
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Security Savings and Commercial Bank
Gordon
Charlies W. Carr
Julius J. Jeyser
George FR. Linkina
Frederick McKee
Charles W. Carr
John H. Carter
D. A. Edwarda
J. Thilman Hendrick
George H
Latrobe Owen
William M. Dempsey
Rodney Hinwood
Walter C. von Herbulin
Jerome Friedlander
T. Hinton Leith
Girl's Double Slain Unfolds New Murder Angles
New York police name Miss Claudia Hansbury of Lansingburg as the victim and arrest Raffaele Viullo a wealthy contractor charged with homicide. A fountain pen found near the body ties to Viullo, who denies causing the death and says the girl resembled one he once knew as Claudia. Earlier Troy reports clarified a falsely reported missing woman Mrs William H tk previously linked to Claudia.
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New York
Claudia Hansbury
Lansingburg
N. Y
Raffaele Viullo
Troy
Mra
William H, Tk
Mies
Viullo
Claudia
Frank A. Speare Dead Washington Undertaker Leader
Frank A. Speare manager of the W. R. Speare Undertaking Company and longtime Washington resident died at his home 940 F Street NW. Funeral at the residence with Rev. William T. Snyder officiating, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by two sons, a daughter, and two daughters in law. He joined the firm in 1907 and was active in Masonic and Shrine groups.
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W. R. Speare
Capital
Frank A. Speare
Washington
F Street
William T. Snyder
Church of the Incarnation
Oak Hill
Speare
Pittsburgh
W. R
W B. Speare
Paul V. Keyser
Electric Cable Kills Georgetown Man at Potomac Plant
Charlen Fisher a 57 year old Georgetown Ice Co employee was electrocuted at 6 am yesterday in a fenced Potomac Electric Power Co plant enclosure at Thirty third and EK streets NW. He touched a 13 000 volt supply cable and died instantly. Fisher lived at 217 Potomac street and coroner Nevitt will hold an inquest at District morgue at 11 am today.
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Charlen Fisher
Georgetown Ice Company
Fisher
Potomac Street
Georgetown
Nevitt
Allied planes raid Ostend and Mezieres targets in reprisal
Paris reports fifteen Allied aircraft attacked German military buildings at Ostend and bombed the imperial staff HQs at Mezieres and Charleville in reprisal for Nancy bombing. Five bombs hit, planes returned unharmed after fierce cannonade. Amsterdam reports Freiburg bombings killing six, injuring many including schoolchildren.
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Paris
War Office
Ostend
Mezieres
Charleville
Nancy
Freiburg
Breisgau
Woman in Jail Reveals She Is Franke Dawson
In Moundville Washington April 15 Frankie Dawson, jailed in the county jail’s men’s department for burglary with Robert Stewart, disclosed she is a woman masquerading as a man. Judge Fisher sentenced her to three years in the penitentiary, Stewart to four. Frankie then asked for an extra year to pair with Stewart, which was granted, and she kissed him.
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Washington Post
Moundaville
W. Wa
Frankie
Dawson
Robert Stewart
Stewart
Fisher
Girl body found hidden near railroad yards
The body of Susie Coleman, 16, was found hidden behind a boiler near Lima Ohio railroad yards. Her head was crushed and her throat bore finger impressions. Machinist Darrence Riddle, 25, was arrested and held for investigation.
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Lima
Ohio
Susie Coleman
Darrence Riddle
Artist Champollion Champollion dies in French front line
Cable from New York reports the death of Andre Chevennot Champollion at Bois-le-Petre on March 23. A grandson of Austin Corbin and Jean Francois Champollion, he served in the French army though an American citizen. He was 34 or 35, born in Paris, an Harvard graduate, and left a five year old son. He lived six months yearly in Newport New Hampshire and traveled abroad. His wife Adelaide Knox is in Red Bank New Jersey.
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Washington Poat
New York
Corbin
Bois-le-Petre
Andre Chevennot Champollllon
Austin Corbin
Champollion
Rene Chevennot Champolliion
Jean Francois Champollion
Mr. Champollion
Paris
Newport
N. H
Harvard
Adelaide Knox
John J. Knox
United States
Seabright
N. J
Champoillion
Rene
Champallion
France
Champ Pollion
New Hamp
Enire
Army of
Annapolis Star Wounded in Frontline Action
Lieut William Montegue Nicholls former Annapolis star halfback was wounded near Neuve Chapelle while serving as observation officer in the British Royal Field Artillery. He resigned from the academy a year ago and joined the war effort, with a commission at the start. Stationed at Glasgow, he reached Folkestone Hospital where he expects a two week recovery from a shrapnel wound to the thigh.
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Washington Pont
London
William Montague Nicholls
Annapolis
Neuve Chapelle
British
Royal Field Artillery
Nicholls
Academy
Glasgow
Folkestone Hospital
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English Channel
Dover
Krupp
Canada
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Great Britain
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Chilean
Colnar
Upper
Schnepfenkiten Kopf
R. Harris & CO
Tokalon Co., Inc
Lloyd George
Balfour
Adams
U. S
Sir Gilbert Parker
Cheate
Joseph H. Cheate
Pilgrims
Security
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Bronx
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AERO
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the Treasury
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