French Take A Vosges Town In Red Banner Day
Italian reports claim French forces seized a Vosges town while British troops captured Hill 60 near Ypres and Austrians suffered heavy loss in the Mezo-Laborez heights. Paris notes German plan shift from front to defense as Verdun guns move toward Poland. London reports fierce fighting from Belgium to the Vosges with gains by the Allies and stubborn German counterattacks.
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Vosges
Germany
Vienna
von Hindenburg
Verdun
Meuss
France
Poland
Cracow
Paris
Ezelbruck
Zillebeke
Belgium
London
Vosges Mountains
Baris
Fecht
Ezelbrucke
Les Epargea
Montmare Woods
Tlegnieville
Eitel's Men Reach Denmark On False Passport Charge
The Danish American liner Sefig Olaf carried crew from the Prinz Eitel Friedrich with forged Swedish passports, claimed to carry secret reports from the ship's commander. The Prinz Eitel Friedrich lies interned at Norfolk navy yard after being seized at Newport News on April 9, with orders restricting the captain and crew from leaving.
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Washington Post
Copenhagen
New York
Germany
Prinz Eitel Friedrichs
Prinz Eitel Fredriech
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport News
Norfolk
Road to buy more equipment inquires for cars and locomotives
Pittsburgh dispatch notes Pennsylvania Railway order reports inquiries from the company operating west of Pittsburgh. The inquiry seeks costs for 6500 freight cars 50 locomotives and 35 all steel passenger cars. The total inquiry adds to a broader tally across the system.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Sylvania Company
Poison Needle Attack in New York Street
A 19 year old woman on Henry Street reports a man tried to speak to her then pricked her arm with a needle. Seven punctures punctured flesh before she collapsed at a nearby drug store. Doctor Nellis called, noting poisoned needle qualities. Woman did not recognize her assailant, described as foreign, with small black mustache, about five feet tall. Police sent general alert based on description.
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Speclal
Washington Post
New York
Misa Lillian Cohen
Henry Street
Col. Roosevelt
Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
William S. Andrews
William M. Ivins
Wilson Urges D A R Congress Calm Mettle In World Crisis
The opening session of the twenty fourth Continental Congress of the D A R featured President Wilson urging self possession calmness and judicial temper as essential to national strength amid the European crisis. Ambassador Jusserand praised American neutrality and generosity while speaking on Franco American gratitude for U S conduct.
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United States
Wilson
Twenty-Fourth
Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Ono
Jusserand
France
America
U.S. Coast Patrol Plan Linked to Navy Life-Saving Stations
The article outlines a nationwide wartime patrol system placing life-saving crews along all coasts under the navy and coast guard, with a wireless and telephone network to report sightings instantly. It notes 285 life-saving stations and connections to Arlington naval radio, detailing planners Capt Bullard and Capt Bertholf, and promises continued coverage on future pages.
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Coast Guard
United States Military Service
Naval Station
Arlington
William H. G. Bullard
Naval Radio Service
Comdr
Ellsworth P. Bertholf
Coast Guard Service
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
French Capture Vosgea Town
A brief item reports the capture of Vosgea Town by French forces as part of ongoing military operations, with no further context or casualty details provided in readable text.
Gary Sees Trade Gain Tells Of Dividend Action
Judge Elbert J. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, told Ho boken stockholders that US Steel is on the path to prosperity. He noted directors opposed dividend in January, preferring wage preservation, and said earnings for early 1915 will be small with prospects improving in Q2. Directors were reduced from 2 to 1.5 members to avoid interlocking boards.
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Col. Roosevelt
Col Roosevelt
United States
Barnes
Constantinople
Enver Fasha
Turkey
Enver Pasha
Great Britain
France
Aussia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Huerta
Salvador Mercado
Marcelo Caraveo
Villa
Celaya
Sonora
Chihuahua
Villatowna
San Diego
Calayria
Arteur Poillon
First Cavalry
United States Army
Pollen Wll
Washington
Hague
U. S
New York
Elbert J. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Hobocken
Gary
Cotton In Prize Court Details From Baltic to Kirkwall
London reports that the Norwegian steamer Maud arriving at Fleetwood on April 16 will have uncertified cargo of cotton and lard placed in the prize court after departure from Galveston and Norfolk. The Danish steamer Hammershus, sailing from Galveston to Christiania with cotton, also faces prize court action at Glasgow for lack of proper pre March 1 certificate. Special concessions granted under the order of council are noted.
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London
Maud
Galveston
Norfolk
Gothenburg
Kirkwall
Fleetwood
Hammershus
Newport News
Nristiania
Glasgow
Ecounch
US Warns China to Keep Treaties in Japan China Talks
London dispatch says US note asserts rights in China under treaties and insists no retreat from them. Chinese see moral effect on Peking Tokyo talks. Bishop Bashford arrives in San Francisco condemning foreign interference while praising China’s peaceful state and China’s republic prospects. Dr Mathews urges better US Japan understanding and peace. CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.
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London
Peking
San Francisco
J. W. Baakford
China
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chiyo
Shanghai
Bashford
Japan
Hina
Bishop Bashford
Miastonanes
Wilson
Republic
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Shatler Mathews
University of Chicago
Sidney EL. Gulteck
United States
Count Okuma
Council
Japan Society
New York Peace Society
Church Peace Union
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Ypres
Cermans
Italy
Russia
Austria
Petrograd
Mezo-Laborez
Hungary
Thie
Beskids
Zeloe
Mies
Cme
Tempe
Otc Joffre
Eitel
Denmark
Man
Girl
New York Street
T.R
Angeles
Lawyer
England
U. S. Nation of
Guernsey
George Thacher Guernsey
Kansas
Syracuse
N. J
William Barnes
Theodora Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Inez
Henry Hoag
Irving J. Mills
Walter J. Zulll
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Ottoman Empire
Mesopotamia
Black Sea
Generalis Stmne
Aguascalientes
Guadalajara
Carranza
el Paso
Tex
Alvaro Obregon
Francisco Villa
Jein
Aguascallenies
Obregon
Leutenant
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
State Department
Tod
Aguascailentes
Irapuato
Department
Howard
Matamoros
U.S
ARMY
Senator Lewis
Baltimore
Bryan
Mr. Wilson
Secon
Champ Clark
Missouri
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Marshall
Indiana
the Treasury
McAdoo
Are
Vosgea
Cees
A. R
Roosevelt
ELS
McNabb
Riggs Bank
Fied
Garrosa
Potter
G. W. UL
T—Society
Academy of Sciences
News of Alexandria
Frank
Steel Man
Cotton
U.9
Yuan
Orient
Shailer Matthews
Peace Commissioners Report
Steest
Mathews
Dr. Mathew
Dor. Matthewa
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