French gain on 15 mile front in push to Aisne and Oise
French forces on a 15 mile front advance about 25 miles depth from the Oise toward the Aisne, taking more than 8,000 prisoners and seizing Bouvraines and several villages. Mangin's line extends toward Champe de Merlier with British reports noting ground gained astride the Scarpe and Lys and heavy enemy resistance along the Oise front.
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Flanders
Paris
Oise Ena
Roye
Bouvraignes
Mangin
la Quenedere
Bailly
Champe de Merlier
Petit Maupas
Vesaponin
Valoris Farm
Soissons
Tartiers
Ierman
Andrian Coun
Safie
Villarce
Hisnes
la Montagne
Toriiers
Aisne
Ardigataurt
Nerman
Erotos Ever
France
Ty Y
Ose
Avre
Beuvraignes
Matz
Oise
Ealf
Ourscamp
Carlecourt
Cassenes
Lombray
Blerancourdelle
Vassens
Veraponin
Cuisy-en- Almont
Osly
Courtil
Serre
Audignicourt
Morsain
Foe Falls Back in Merville Sector and Two Lys Towns Captured
British forces advancing east of Arras and along the Lys have captured Vierhoek and La Couronne and reached L'Epinette, while Fampoux area sees eastward progress. Haig reports continued pursuit of retreating Germans with local gains and strengthened positions as the enemy withdraws to safer lines.
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Bui
Flaegers
Mt. Kemmel
Teuton
London
Scarpe
Fampoux
Lys
L'Epinette
Merville
Worth
Vierhoek
la Couronne
Locre
Oise
Carlepont
Caisne
Lombay
Four-a-Verre
Croisette
Caisnes Wood
Bellefontaine
Lombray
Blevancourdelle
Verapenin
Tartieres
Osly
Hairy
Arras
Scarpe River
Lys River
L’epinette
Field Marshal Haig
France
Associated Press
Haig
Lys Salient
Vieux-Berquin
Hazebrouck-Bailleul
Somme
Ancre
Bray
Calais
Germany
Czechs Take Big City Exemption Shifts In Draft Policy
A long dispatch file reports on Czech forces capturing a key rail junction near Yekaterinburg and advancing on the Amur front as Bolsheviki fight on the Ussuri river. In Petrograd riots hundreds are killed or wounded while workers protest food shortages and call to “Down with the Germans.” Martial law is declared and reports say Allied troops retreat from the Arc tangle region as Turkish delegates discuss reunification. Secretary Baker navigates draft rules, debating marriage exemptions and the work or fight order amid public opinion and practical program concerns.
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Amsterdam
Shadrinek
Yekaterinburg
Kurgan
Ural Mountains
Petrograd
Rheinische Westtfaelische Zeitung
Essen
Ussuri
London
Montreal
Heuter
Asr
Vladivostok
Nicolaievsk
Amur
T Nikolaievsk
Amur River
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Kremlin
Smolny Institute
Baker
General Crowder
Early Returns Show Harrison Leading Vardaman in Mississippi
Jackson reports complete and partial returns from central and southern Mississippi indicating B. P. Harrison leads James K. Vardaman and B. F. Noel in the senatorial primary. Harrison carries Jackson and Hinds County heavily while north Mississippi voting is slower but trends in his favor. The senatorial race dominates today’s primaries with party nominees seen as effectively elected.
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Miss
Mississippi
B. P. Harrison
Gulfport
James K. Wardman
BL FL Noel
Lexington
Harrison
Vardaman
Hore
Harrigan
Vardman
Noel
Wardaman
Hinds County
Adams County
Natchez
Warren County
Vicksburg
Theodore C. Bilbo
Bilbo
Pauli Johnson
Hattiesburg
B. G. Humphreys
J. W. Collier
Wilson
Chancery
Norris Leads In Nebraska Primary Returns
Early returns from the Nebraska primary indicate Senator George W. Norris leading the Republican race for senator. John H. Moorehead tops the Democratic field for senator while Gov. Keith Weible appears to outperform challenger C. W. Bryan for the governorship. Samuel K. McKenvie shows limited opposition in the Republican governor contest.
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Tincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
George W. Norris
John H. Moorehead
Keith Weville
C. W. Bryan
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Samuel K. McKenvie
Greek Legation in Japan to Be Established
Tokyo reports a Greek legation will be set up soon with a first minister likely Verenikis the former Marseille consul general currently in Washington on a government mission. The move reflects rising Greek interests in Japan and follows ongoing diplomatic efforts between the two countries.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Tokyo
Japan
Verenikis
Marseille
Washington
Sub hits sink claims amid tanker battle off Virginia coast
Navy says an American steamer rammed a submarine near the Virginia coast at 9 39 p m. The bow was badly damaged and water flooded the hold. The captain reported sinking the U boat after a duel in which a British tanker fought 400 feet of hostile craft. The submarine crew spoke German and claimed friendship before the engagement. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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Navy Department
Virginia
Hun
Atlantic
John Crosby
Crosby
Youths in Last Gall Labor Leader Sees Steel Influence in Work or Fight Provision
Labor leaders urge early passage of the man power bill as the House committee nears final draft. Crowder mobilizes 15 million forms for registration while the War Department weighs 18 to 20 year old call rules and the work or fight provision faces AFL objections amid steel trust concerns. The plan aims to mobilize millions for the western front with Congress set to vote soon.
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House Military Affairs Committee
House
War Department
Baker
Senate
March
Ataf
Congress
Hlouse
Kahn
California
Representative McKenzie
Illinois
McKenzie
Organized Labor
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States
Colorado Fuel Company
Great Steel Trust
Steel Trust
Elwood
Ind
National War Labor Board
Fienera
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War Office
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Usspri
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Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung
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