Fate of Sussex Confirmed by French Inquiry Findings
Reports from authentic sources in France detail that the Sussex was torpedoed by a German submarine in a premeditated attack on a regular Channel steamer. Witnesses including the Sussex captain and captured crew confirm the attack location and timing, with German officials cited in framing the incident as deliberate.
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Trustry of Marine
Sussex
Associated Press
Harr von Jagow
France
England
Dieppe
Polkestone
Herr von Jaxon
Flerr von Jagow
Esen
Forwertt
Briday
Bern
Knagland Flere von Sagow
Male
Anitha
Antimarine
Trase
Etna
William Bloom Dead in Flowerstown Memorial Service Pending
William McFloon, 44, a prominent business figure in Flowerstown, died in April. He was the son of the late George Bloom and nephew of former Mayor Martin Bloom. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Flowerstown
William McFloon
Buslv
Asa Thuan
Flagerstown
Teeorge Ttoom
Martin Floom
War Dispatches: Verdun and Galicia Fronts Heat Up
Paris reports Germans bombing Hill 304 near Verdun as French counterfire targets German guns in Corbeaux wood. West of the Meuse a fierce artillery duel unfolds while Berlin notes French losses at Dead Man’s Hill and failed counterattacks. In Galicia Russians bombard Austrian lines near the lower Strypa, penetrate briefly, then withdraw. Italian front sees mixed success and retreat.
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Paris
Verdun
Corbeaux Wood
Meuse River
Vienna
Galicia
Lower Strypa
Clash Among Allies Continues Over War Aims and Serbia
In a heated exchange among Allies a Russian delegate rejects English dictation on military strategy and Serbia’s fate, arguing Russia fights where it gains, while France mediates. The dispute touches on universal service and the Salonika expedition as England bears blame for Bulgaria’s alignment and war outcomes.
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England
France
Russia
Asquith
Shilinski
Attacks by French at Verdun checked in heavy fighting
German official statement reports French assaults at Verdun repulsed with heavy losses. Some battalions penetrated Dead Man's Hill trenches but were killed in hand to hand combat. English advance at crater positions north of Etelois repulsed after grenade clash. Argonne activity and Meuse battles described with artillery duels and limited gains.
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Dead Man's Hill
Nouth
Et Eloi
Belgium
Argonne
Meuse
Dead Mans Hill
Bols Des Corbeaux
Bois Des Cumier
Dead Man’s Hill
Meuse Ana
Woevre
Fort Douaumont
Million Armenians Killed In Turkish Atrocities
Amsterdam dispatch cites Cologne telegraph that Catholic authorities in Germany have received credible word from Catholic missions of more than one million Armenians murdered by Turks. About 100000 Catholics perished, among them four bishops, with British agitation cited as arousing Armenian outrage.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
The
Tid
Germany
Catholic Mission
Canadians Fight Desperately to Hold Craters at St Eloi
Ottawa reports a weekly eye witness account of Canadian troops resisting German assaults at St Eloi from April 4 to 11. Despite heavy bombardment and scant protection, the Twenty-seventh Winnipeg, Thirty-first Alberta, and Ninth Vancouver battalions bore intense pressure and suffered casualties while holding positions before being overwhelmed as German infantry broke through protected trenches.
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Ottawa
Ontario
St. Elai
Military Department
St. Eloi
Winnipeg
Alperta
Vancouver
G.I. Gwynne
N. B. O Brien
Gwynne
Lieut
O'Brien
Lieut. Browne
Petrograd Gay as Ever. Marye Reports Opera and Ballets
Mrs Marye says Petrograd remains gay with opera and ballet continuing. Former American Ambassador George Thomas Marye and his wife arrived in New York after leaving Petrograd on the Kristianiafjord. He declined to comment on the European situation. the czar awarded him the Order Alexandria Nevsky, and Mrs Marye praised American hospital relief and czarina gratitude amid war-suffering, noting crowded hospitals and American and English guests in the capital.
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Petrograd
Marye
New York
George Thomas Marye
San Francisco
Kriatianianfjord
Alexandria
America
Russia
Maryse
French Partridges Find Safety Between Trenches of War
Partridges near the front dwell mostly between the French and German trenches amid barbed wire. Humans rarely enter no mans land so the birds feel comparatively at ease, sometimes enduring cannon fire with little concern. A magazine classifies birds by war fearfulness, noting starlings swallows martins fear fighting while larks tits wag tails and grosbeaks endure it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
No-Man's Land
Expert Defends Beer as Frontline Necessity in German View
Dr. Max Stein argues that beer sustains troops as bread does, citing daily German beer shipments totaling 1.5 million liters and comparing morale across armies. He claims moderate beer and wine intake supports health and strength, contrasts with Allied prohibitions, and cites Austrian reforms and French temperance views to defend a continental standard of temperance.
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Stein
Association For the
Germany
Russia
Verdun
The
Carpathians
America
Turkey
Max Stein
International
Deadliest of all shells shocks Berne report
Berne April 15 a military revue says German artillery has issued shells with a new explosive. The explosion of one shell is claimed to kill everything within a radius of 1200 feet.
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Berne
Revue Militaire Salase
Dutch Route Shift Halts Dover Crossing for North_path
Rotterdam reports five Holland America ships leaving for American ports bound north of Scotland. Ships Ryndam Noorderdyk Oosterdyk Westerdyk Amsterdyk sail via Scotland to avoid Dover. crews seek mine and submarine protection. The change drops Falmouth calls, risking passenger business on both east and westbound routes.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Ryndam
Noorderdyk
Oosterdyk
Westerdyk
Amsterdyk
Scotland
New York
Dover
Holland-America Line
Falmouth
England
Ine
Capt. H. L. Brown Dies in Mexico City
Special to The Washington Post reports Capt. H. L. Brown of Oakland California, a medical corps member, died at Fort Bliss hospital ten days after suffering heart trouble in Mexico City. The incident marks another addition to the indirect costs of the Villa chase.
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Washington Post
el Paso
H. L. Brown
Oakland
Cal
Mexico City
Fort Bliss
Egyptian town captured and Katia Oasis occupied
London reports British forces and Australian troops captured Jifjaffa area on April 13 after a night march from April 12 to 13. Hill No 1083 near Jifjaffa was seized with six enemy killed and five wounded, 44 captured including four wounded, one British NCO killed, and water plants destroyed. Katie Oasis also occupied by our troops.
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Katia
London
Egypt
British War Office
Jifjaffa
Free voting for Nicaragua president to be one term
Managua April 8 Adolfo Diaz announced to the press that Nicaragua will restore republican methods with a one term president by popular selection. The government guarantees free expression in primaries and peaceful political propaganda, with two extra registration days in May to express the popular will.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Adolfo Diaz
U S Trade Party Sails To Study Latin American Business Conditions
A U S trade party sails from New York to Bolivia Chile and Peru to study economic conditions and report to the International High Commission. James A Farrell chairs the committee including M Clark Le Ernest Wands and A W McLellan to assess finance banking trade transport and resources.
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MccAdoo
United States
New York
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Sefer
Pedro Coslo
McAdoo
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Farrell
Central America
Argentina
Brasil
Latin America
M Clark
Clark & Wilson Lumber Company
Linnton
Oreg
A. W McLellan
Alden Mills
New Orleans
Ernest Wands
American International Corporation
New York City
South America
Coun
Counlties
Europe
America
International High Commission
Prosecution Hinge on DOJ Report on Gasoline Prices
Department of Justice officials declined to discuss whether the gasoline price rise investigation has reached indictments. Agents continue gathering information as decisions depend on investigation results. Conferences with Charles B. Morrison of Chicago who helped in the Standard on disablutions. actions also await a Federal Trade Commission inquiry.
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Department of Justice
Tt Waa
Department
Department Omerals
Charles B. Morrison
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Georgia Congressman Targets Oil Trust in Oil Embargo Bill
In Congress yesterday Representative Howard of Georgia attacked the Standard Oil Company as a trust and urged a House committee to report favorably his bill declaring an embargo on all crude oil products until fair prices are restored. No opposition appeared and the committee took no action.
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Congress
Howard
Georgia
Hhe Btandard OX Company
House
Bullet Makers on Strike in Wheeling WV
The Wheeling Mold and Foundry Company workers form The Bulletmakers Union in Wheeling West Virginia signaling a fresh union movement as of April 15. The new union represents local employees and aims to negotiate labor terms.
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Wheeling
W ‘Va
Bulletmakers
Wheeling Mold and Foundry Company
Bishop of Mombasa Dead in Kikuyu Heresy Controversy
London reports the death of Rt Rev William George Peel bishop of Mombasa Africa since 1999 He was a principal in the Kikuyu heresy controversy with charges brought in 1914 over communion to nonconformists The 14 bishops under Archbishop of Canterbury found Mombasa and Uganda bishops not guilty but issued a warning on the practice.
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London
William George Peel
Mombasa
Africa
Zaneibar
Uganda
Archbishop of Canterbury
Wilson revokes civil service bar on exams for enlisted
President Wilson ends the civil service rule forbidding enlisted soldiers sailors and marines from taking civil service examinations without department head consent. The civil service commission had urged the change saying the rule no longer serves a purpose.
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Wilson
Eivil Service Commission
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California
Omalttar
Othara
California Fig Dycup
Berlin
War Office
Montfaucon
Courettes Wood
Esnea
Douaumont
Haudremont
Canadians
Craters
Association For Distribution of Beverage
U. S. Trade Party Sails
McAdoo Flan
Schloss Baltimore Clothes
Schloss
Baltimore
Schloss Bros. & CO
Master Tailors and
Bullet Makers
Castelberg
Pa. Ave
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