TROOPS AND SHIPS IN STRAITS BATTLE CONTINUES
London reports Allied operations resumes to open the road to Constantinople with attacks on Gallipoli and the Saros Gulf. Turkish losses include the sinking of the submarine E 15 and the destruction of the Manitou transport after torpedo attacks off Smyrna. Dardanelles forts broken again as ships press along the coast amid difficult landings.
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Dardanelles
London
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Gulf of
Saros
Asia
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Swiftcure
Geha Tepeh
Saros Hay
War Office
Karanlik
Admiralty
Kephez Point
Chiog
Smyrna
Smyrna Raach
Los 18
Mitylene
Fred
Minerva
Chios
Kalammut Bay
Peheing
Manitou Ti Oe
Atlantic Transport Steamships
New York
Ois
New York Republicans Rally Behind Elihu Root for President
Rapid sentiment growth among New York Republicans favors former Senator Elihu Root over Charles E Hughes for the presidential nomination. Root, who has expressed no desire for the office, is urged by prominent GOP figures and business leaders as best equipped to lead, with insistence that he could secure a solid vote in his state. CONTINTED ON THIRD TAGE.
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Roosevelt
Mexico
New York
Elihu Root
New York State
Charles E.hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
Root
Quendage County
Albany
Col. Roosevelt
Harvey D. Hinman
Mr. Barnes
Charles B. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Barnag Na
Barnes
No Base in Turtle Bay Daniels Reports Japanese Salvage
Commander Noble Erwin of the cruiser New Orleans reported to the Navy Department that he investigated Japanese activity at Turtle Bay, Lower California, finding only salvage work on the cruiser Asama and no signs of a base. The report notes other ships and intended moves, with official replies to rumors of a larger Japanese presence.
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New Orleans
Navy Department
Turtle Bay
Lower
California
Admiral Howard
Pacific Fleet
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San Bartolome Bay
Turko Bus
Cantu
Villa
Howard
San Diego
Cal
Mazatlan
Mexico
Noble
Divorce Rumor Hits Washington Society Line
Washington society swirled with shock as reports surfaced that Mrs. Dorothy Williams McCombs has separated from her husband William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The couple wed in London November 7, 1913, and friends say reconciliation is unlikely as Mrs. McCombs stays with her parents at 1812 A Street and with the Leiter home in McLean.
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Washington Dispatch
the Tribune
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Joseph Leiter
McLean
Leiter
McCombs
Slaters
Pacific Coast
Hig Plantation
Yutte Rock
Ark
Chicago
Dorothy Willams
Capital
Washington
Williams
Representative Gillett
Archibald Butt
Georgetown
Col
Helen Taft
Taft
Willams
McCoombs
France
Mel Combs
St. Peter and St. Edward
Ritz Hotel
Mrs. Williams
Walter Page
Great Britain
Page
Myron T. Herrick
Herrick
James Bryce
Earl
Countess of Craven
C. W. Halsey
Maj
Colon Powys Campbell
Campbell
Frederick Townsend Martin
Newhouse
Howard Martin
Mutiny Report From Australian Troops In Egypt
Berlin dispatches from Cairo say Australian soldiers mutinied over perceptions they face first line duty while British troops retreat. Indians reportedly joined the Turks in the unrest.
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Saya
Egypt
Berlin
Cairo
German Horse Shipping Sparks Anxiety Over Kronprinz Wilhelm
Old Point Virginia April 18 German reports to the Washington embassy show eighty thousand horses shipped from Newport News for allied armies with twenty British ships expected to carry about 15 000 more horses in two weeks. British shipping circles fear disguised aims behind Kronprinz Wilhelm moves as naval attaché Boy Ed visits the ship. Also notes detentions of Americans in Rome and Palermo amid quake relief funds and suspected spies.
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Old Point
Newport News
Kronpring Wilhelm
Virginia Capes
Missouri
Kronpriz Wilhelm
United States
Eitel
Boy-Ed
Kronprins Wilhelm
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Kronprinzg
Wilhelm
Ther
Dardanelles fighting and world affairs in today’s issue
Page 6 reports fighting in the Dardanelles and multiple international items including Italy’s attack, France in the Rhine valley, and a predicted end of Turkey. Domestic notes mention sessions for D A BR and a detained U B girl as spy with society and divorce items nearby. Weather service for farmers closes the list.
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Turkey
D. A. BR
U. B
Roosevelt Split
McCombses
Rhine Valley
Pope
Pruastian Guarda
Italy
Mr. Spencer
New York
McAaco
Miller
Atlantic City
Panama
F. BH. Potter
Dr. Eliot
Capital
News of
Alexandria
Holland
Greek Prince Headed to Paris for War Talks
Brindisi Italy April 18 Prince George brother of King Constantine of Greece landed here yesterday and soon departed for Paris to confer with Allied governments on Greece position in the war.
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Brindisi
Italy
George
Constantine
Greece
Paria
Secret letters exchanged between pope and emperor
Rome April 19 The Glor nale d Italia reports Emperor Francis Joseph and Pope Benedict exchanged autograph letters via special couriers and keep their contents strictly secret.
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Masui
Rome
Francis Joseph
Pope Benedict
Death of French General at Briare in 65th year
Briare France April 18 Gen Charles Louis Tremeau former commander in chief of the French army died today He was 65 years old at the time of his death The death of the prominent general marks the end of an era in French military leadership.
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Briare
France
Charles Louis Tremeau
Gen
Tremeau
Prisoners Sentenced in Terre Haute Election Case Boarded Train to Leavenworth
Indianapolis April 18 with Mayor Donn Roberts leading fifteen prisoners convicted in the Terre Haute election conspiracy and sentenced to Leavenworth began the trip to the federal penitentiary at 1:50 p.m. Guards accompanied them as relatives watched. The heaviest sentence was six years plus a $2060 fine for Mayor Roberts. Mrs Roberts remained hopeful to obtain an appeal bond.
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Roberts
Indianapoli
Ind
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Leavenworth
Kans
Anderson
Ack
Pennsylvania
United States
Mark Storen
Andersen
Judee Anderson
French Push Into Alsace Valley Near Rhine
French bayonets swept German forces from SchenpfkenRiethkopf in Alsace near the Rhine, after a week of desperate fighting. British forces attacked near Ypres as spring campaigns continue, while Russians advance in the Carpathians. Official despatches praise the Alsace victory as the campaign’s greatest achievement, with heavy losses on both sides and continued action across the front.
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Russias
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Rhine Valley
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Vosges
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Roulera
Lorraine
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Parra
Buren
Mouracourt
Emberment
St. Martin
Little
Reich Ackerkopf
Schnepfen-Riethkopf
North Sea
Alsine
Passy
Cham- Paghe
Perthes
Jes Mesnil
Bois de Montmarc
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