French Offensive Advances Across Meuse Lorraine Front
French forces push between the Meuse and Lorraine as Gen. Joffre expands three prongs toward Verdun St Mihiel and Gusainville while German resistance remains stubborn. Paris reports indicate new ground gained and 1,000 German dead on one point. Venizelos quits politics in Greece as he seeks support from King Constantine.
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London
Meuse
Lorraine
Joffre
Verdun
Btain
St. Mihiel
Ponta-Mousson
Gussainville
The
Orne
Paris
Venizelos
Greece
Constantine
Funeral delays internment of Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Newport News April 9 German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich prepared to be interned at Norfolk navy yard but funeral with full naval honors for a Prinz Eitel Friedrich sailor delayed departure. Secretary Daniels granted delay to attend ceremony amid crowded yard conditions. ship may be moved after war. Rear Admiral Beatty was to notify crew of reentry aboard and to ensure officers and sailors refrain from further combat.
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Newport News
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Norfolk Navy Yard
Danels
Prinz Bitel Friedrich
Prinz Witel
Navy Yard
Beatty
Daniels
Rengin
Lorimer to Stand Trial for Bank Wrecking Charge
Chicago report states former United States senator William Lorimer and other Laake Street Trust and Savings Bank officials will stand trial on state charges of wrecking the bank. The court overruled a motion to quash the indictment and sustained twenty four of twenty five counts.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
United States
Laake Street Trust and Savings Bank
Kaiser Proposes Peace Terms as War Settles to Defense
Berlin signals to Washington that Germany will accept a status quo in Europe, redraws colonies, evacuates Belgium without indemnity, and seeks sea freedom for trade. Germany aims to avoid decisive victory, fight defensively, and rely on Allied fatigue to end the war.
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Wilson
Europe
Germany
Africa
Belgium
Congo Free State
Great Britain
Washington
Paris
Petrograd
England
J B Greenhut Co In Receivership In New York
The J. B. Greenhut Co a New York firm operating two Sixth Avenue department stores went into receivership after an equity suit and bankruptcy petitions filed by creditors. Liabilities cited range from 3.4 to 12 million with assets estimated between 6 and 7 million or higher. Receivers Walter Noyes and William Marbie named. bond set at 100000.
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New York
J. B. Greenhut Co
Sixth Avenue
Walter C. Noyes
William A.marbie
Benjamin G. Paskus
Thhe J. B. Greenhut, Co
J. B. Greenhut Company
Joseph B. Greenhut
Charles A. Cooper
Benedict J. Greenhut
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Central Trust Company of New York
Greenhut & Company
Business Improvement Seen Across Nation Says McAdoo
Washington April 9 The Wilson administration through Secretary McAdoo reports a broad revival of business nationwide with hopeful conditions in agriculture and expanding commercial activity. Manufacturing is rising and foreign orders persist. Railroads have new orders for cars and rails and large contracts for structural iron. Prosperity along Missouri and Mississippi basins is noted, with expectations for an even better coming season.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri River
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Russia Hopes to Sever Hungary From Austria
London dispatches say Russia aims to cut Hungary from Austria in the Carpathians for political ends. Italian alarm over Austria Hungary making separate peace with Russia supports the theory. Reports via Athens claim allied ships near Gallipoli, but no official confirmation. Also noted is the British casualties list for Neuve Chapelle totaling 1108 names with 336 killed.
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London
Hungary
Carpathians
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Athens
Dardanelles
Bolak
Gallipoli
Neuve Chavelle
British War Office
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
France
Greenhut Firms Consolidate and Name Change Recalled
In 2016 Greenhut and Siegel Cooper merged to form Greenhut Siegel Cooper Company later renamed J. J. Greenhut Company in May of the following year. J. B. Greenhut serves as president. The department store, long known as the Siegel Cooper, operates on Sixth Avenue between eighteenth and nineteenth streets.
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Greenhut & Company
Siegel Cooper Company
Greenhut
J. J. Greenhut Company
J. B. Greenhut
Siegel Cooperatore
Orempies
Sixth Avenue
Eighteenth
Nineteenath Streets
Germany agrees to pay for the Frye and cargo
The German government notified the United States it will pay indemnity for the American owned schooner William I Frye sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Hitel Friedrich. Berlin upholds the raid as legal under old treaties and urges a prize court to settle ownership cargo and destination before payment.
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Washington
United States
William I. Frye
South Atlantic
Hitel Friedrich
Bryan
Gerard
Berlin
Frye
Queenstown
Great ‘Britain
Attempts Life of Egyptian Sultan
An attempt was made at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon to assassinate Sultan Hussein Kemal of Egypt as he left Abdin palace. A native fired a shot but it bent wide, and the assailant was seized. Hussein Kemal, age 62, was named sultan last December after his nephew the khedive showed sympathy with Turkey. He was educated in France.
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London
Egypt
Hussein Kemal
Reuter
Cairo
Abdin Palace
Hussein
Turkey
France
Red Cross Pair Married in Paris
An American ambulance corps wedding linked to Neuilly unfolds in Paris as Carroll Greenough of New York marries Miss Margaret Virginia Greble of Pasadena. Greble's father Edwin Greble runs the ambulance service diet kitchen.
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Paris
Carroll Greenough
New York
Neuilly
Margaret Virgina Greble
Edwin, Grebie
Pasadena
Cal
Market Fluctuations Spotlight Bethlehem Steel
New York trading focused on Bethlehem Steel after a sensational move. Opening transactions reached 22,000 shares at 107, vs 195 yesterday. The stock dipped to 104 and 100, then rose to 115, with most deals for small lots and odd lots under 100 shares changing hands.
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New York
Aday
Bethlehem
Prisoners to Aid City Cleanup of Cedar River Park
City officials plan a coordinated cleanup with prisoners aiding in Cedar River park debris removal after recent floods. Captain Herman T. Wag ner announced eight to ten prisoners will work under guard while city crews address damaged roadways and timber removal before the park season opens. The effort aims to set a municipal example and encourage private property owners to spruce up vacant lots citywide.
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Herman T. Wagner
Park Commissioners
Wegner
Cedar River Park
Hacker and
McClinton
Crry
Victim Told Brother V Was Creed Thive
Los Angeles April 9 Allison Th Ede brother of Steur Alfred I Ede commander of the submarine Fo lost off Honolulu harbor March 25 said today he had received word from the naval officer who declared the submarine was defective and leaking and in poor condition.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Allison Th. Ede
Steur
Alfred I. Ede
Honolulu Harbor
Liewde
Iowa Mothers Push Child Welfare at Biennial Meeting
The Iowa Congress of Mothers and PTA urged continued state support for child welfare research, opposed the 35 to 13 age of consent proposal, and pressed for reinstatement of a $20 000 bureau appropriation. The Cedar Falls gathering opened with addresses, resolutions, and a focus on legislative action, with Dr M W O Shea to speak and about 56 delegates attending.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Wr
Iowa
Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association
General Assembly
Child Welfare Bureau
Altho
House
Senate
Des Moines
Black Hawk Hotel
Charles R. Brenton
Dallas Center
J.D. Vanney
Bruce Francis
J. W. Kern
Mothers’ Council
Durant Teacher Association
Brenton
Bkiely
C. F. Johnston
Sheffield
Third International Congress of Mother's
Washington, D D. C
Bennett
Isaac Lea Hills
Alrs. Brenton
CL BP. Colagrove
Ams
Hewitt
Yes
A. W. Urett
National Education Association
St. Paul
Seggho
State University At
Iowa City
Presbyterian Church
M. W. O'Shea
Wisconsin University At Madison
American Held in London as a Spy Uses Invisible Ink
In London three men are arrested and to be tried in civil court for sending military information to Germany by invisible ink. One suspect, Kuepferte, claims to be American, Altiter asserts naturalized English status, and a third, Italin, is said to be German. Kuepferte traveled from the United States via Dublin to London awaiting passage to the continent.
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London
Germany
Kuepferte
Altller
Elaine
Italin
United States
Dublin
Medical Congress Held Despite War in Brussels
News from Berlin reports an unique medical congress held in Brussels April 6 and 7. German surgeons, normally meeting in a German city, held this wartime session during the Easter festival to discuss their experiences under war conditions and military duty.
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Berlin
Brussels
Germany
Famous French Aviator in Duel That Destroyed German Plane
April 9 Furnes Belgium reports Major Pomms described a dramatic air duel inside allied lines. Roland Garros engaged a German aircraft, closing rapidly and forcing a deadly downward plunge after a long jet of flame. Both pilots died. Garros’ aircraft burned near a ditch, and documents in leather cases survived for headquarters.
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Furnes
Belgium
Paris
Roland G. Garros
Raoul Pomms
Garros
Pontus
Socom
No. 2
Fortieth Flotilla
General Headquarters
American Doctor and Red Cross Chief Dies of Typhus
Dr. Ernest P. Magruder, head of the American Red Cross unit in Serbia, died of typhus in Belgrade at age 40. He was the second U S surgeon to fall in Serbia. six American surgeons and twelve nurses went to Serbia, only Dr. G F Butler survived untouched. His widow and two children are in Scotland. his body cannot be repatriated for a year under quarantine.
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Washington, D. C
Ernest P. Magruder
American Red Cross
Serbia
Belgrade
Red Cross
Magruder
F. Donnelly
Brooklyn
G. F. Butler
Edward Ryan
Washington
Georgetown University
American College of Surgeons
C. E. Magruder
Annapolis
Scotland
Donnelly
Delivery failure notice with phone numbers
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause, phone 3330 for a copy. After 6 30 o'clock call 2069 for assistance.
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Eichener
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Snacheuers
Gok
WRISH
Witchener
Bua
Wagner
Tovar
Havana
Brother V
Creed Thive
Inar
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