Allies Start on Great Drive in West and Berlin Claims Victories
London reports a large Anglo French Belgian offensive on the western front with heavy bombardment and naval action. French official accounts claim gains along the front as the battle develops from the Belgian coast to the Champagne region amid heavy artillery and fighting.
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Berlin
London
Zeebrugge
North Sea
Perin
Ameland
Flanfare
France
British Food Crisis Alarmed by War Budget Measures
The report outlines a national econom y effort in Britain with leaflets urging reduced meat intake and conservation of coal and bread. Zeebrugge bombardment is noted with British and French action along the Belgian coast and Western Front, including bombardments near Ostend Westende and Middlekirke.
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Germn
Belgium
Soc Lal
Washington Post
London
Britain
Jebrugge
Ostend Zeebrugge
Holland
Ameland
Ribiis
Leaflets Urge End of War and Economy Measures
Leaflets urging end of the war are circulated by police with authors including Herr Meyer editor of Vorwaerts among those targeted. The material calls for retrenchment, saving crops at home, baking bread, and reducing coal use while avoiding imports. War offices also cut meat rations and waste.
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Police
Germany
Meyer Spp
Catle
Washington
Herre
Vorwaerts
Board of Agriculture
War Office
The
Press Publishing Co
FOX
Balkans Army Movements Stir Tensions in Europe
Reports from London and Athens depict Bulgaria declaring armed neutrality while Greece and Romania prepare for possible intervention. Austria and Germany plan a major Balkan drive as Turkey eyes Egypt. King Constantine seeks a Balkan accord amid negotiations with Sofia and Belgrade.
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Greece
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Egypt
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Cologne Gazette
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Austria
Amsterdam
Germany
Halland
Switzerland
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Ferdinand
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Radoslavos
iGounaris
Veterans Parade and Torreon Battle Amid War News
Villa forces evacuate Torreon amid Carranza advances as U S soldiers discuss missing trooper Private Johnson and body of Private Stubblefield prepared for shipment. Refugees arrive in El Paso as Obregon reports Villa scouring rail lines and surrendering bands. Washington prepares for Grand Army reunion with vast displays and Confederate guests at the Capitol and White House events.
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Sherman
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Medal of Honor Legion
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Naval Veterans
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Grand Army
Gettysburg
Don Thirtesth Page
Vatican changes expected as Pillot to lead studies
A Rome dispatch reports radical Vatican changes planned soon. Cardinal Pillot would replace Cardinal Lorenzelli as prefect of Congregation for Studies and Cardinal Pompilli would succeed Cardinal Vannutelli as grand penitentiary. Also noted are travel listings for New York, Baltimore and Washington schedules.
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Rome
Vatcan
Cardinal Pillot
Cardinal Lorenzelli
Congregation Studies
Cardinal Pompilli
Cardinal Vannotelli
US Envoys Threatened in Letters to Ambassadors Sharp and Gerard
Paris dispatch reports that U S Ambassador Sharp and Ambassador Gerard in Berlin each received life threatening letters. The letters warned of harm to the two envoys, prompting heightened security and diplomatic concern.
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Gerard
Special Gable
Washington Post
Paris
United States
Berlin
Auto Bandits Rob Him Held Up on Crowded Street
Three men jumped from an automobile on a crowded First Avenue sidewalk between Seventy eighth and Seventy ninth streets and blackjacked cashier Charles Fried, stealing a satchel containing $2000. Fried, 23, was taken to a hospital with head injuries while witnesses provided the police with the vehicle number and a description of the trio.
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Charles Fried
First Avenue
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Seventyninth Streets
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Fleischmann Bakers
Germania Bank
Lille Taxed Six Million Two Hundred Thousand In War Tax
Special cable from Amsterdam reports clashes between Lille citizens and German authorities. Germans, angered by a textile mill owner’s refusal to make defense bags, broke into the town hall strong room and seized $70,000. A war tax of $6,200,000 was demanded and secured by seals on the banks pending payment.
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Washington Post
Amsterdam
Lille
France
Minsters Poisoned at Dinner in Windom Convention
About 100 preachers at the Windom Minnesota Methodist Episcopal convention fell ill after eating gravy left in a tin vessel overnight served by women of the Windom church. Physicians aided the ministers through the night as cases of food poisoning were reported.
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Washington Post
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Windom
Czar Wison South Berna Recall Edict 13,000 Austrians Taken
In a shifting front, authorities report both sides claim progress as U S delays action. Austria misunderstands allied aims while Lutsk is retaken and Rovno held. Czarist forces are believed to aim at reclaiming a third of a fortress triangle in Volhynia as Russians admit the Dyina front is extremely serious. Germans report a crossing near Baranoxichi as the battle continues.
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Obole
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Myschaika
Navy chiefs retired meet Americas views in Berlin and Washington
London dispatch reports German naval leadership shake up after Bachmann retirement. Submarine policy debated as von Holtzendorff era ends and new admirals take helm. Diplomatic friction rises over Arabic sinking and U boat campaigns affecting United States and Britain. Baranovichi to Dvinsk front drills intensify as Russia gains ground. Ambassador Bernstorf communicates Berlin’s stance while Penfield seeks recall of Dumba amid tense talks.
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Washington Post
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Emperor William
Washington
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101 Grapow
von Lans
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von Ingendi
Germany
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Marine Construction Department
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Count von Bernster
Witte Starner
Aassador
Hig
Foreign Office
Warraing
Gernin Os
Hague
Ambasado
Kenetorffs
Tn Ress
Great Britain
Bern “Storff
Portraitist trades six tons coal for coal merchant portrait
The Washington Post reports in Paris that Antonio de la Gandara, famed society painter, arranged winter coal supply by agreeing to paint a portrait for a prominent coal merchant in exchange for six tons of coal delivered to his home amid high prices.
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Paris
Antonio de la Gandara
Haa
Nome
Slain Muellers Found in Burning Cottage at Puckaway Lake
The bodies of Capt Robert Mueller and his wife were found in the smoldering ruins of their summer cottage at Puckaway Lake Wisconsin. The crime involved arson to hide the murder. Green Lake County officials led a search with dogs through nearby marshes. no suspects or traces have been located.
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