France Seizes Les Eparges As German Resistance Fails
Paris announces the capture of Les Eparges dominating the Woevre plain as French forces push toward St Mihiel. German counterattacks persist with heavy losses while Paris signals broader aims to aid Russia and strain Austrian and German forces in the Carpathians.
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London
Les Eparges
Verdun
Les Moarges
Woevre
St. Mihie
Pont-a- Mousson
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Russia
Carpathians
Austria
Italy
Paris
War Office
Ailly
Montmare
Plague Follows Massacre Kurds Victims Unburied
A report from Urumiah describes a grave mortality among 10 000 refugees in American mission yards with 5000 unable to find space. For a period burial was unsafe and bodies piled up until paths opened. On average forty refugees died daily as burials began.
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New York
Urumiah
State Department
Washington
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
German Officers Killed in Train Accident in Poland
A semi official statement from Petrograd reported by Reuters says several German officers of high rank were killed and others injured when a staff train derailed in a section of Poland occupied by the Germans. The dispatch notes the accident occurred in the eastern theater and affected a large army corps staff.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
Poland
Waterloo to Entertain Several State Conventions During 1915
Waterloo plans to host multiple statewide meetings in 1915. Dentists and medical associations convene in May, followed by music teachers and Seventh Day Adventists later in May to June. An October Odd Fellows encampment and other groups also schedule gatherings. The city aims to establish annual funding to attract conventions, with full impact unseen until 1916.
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Altha
Waterloo
State Dentists’ Association
Iowa State
Medical Association
Seventh Day Adventists
Odd Fellows
Associated Dailies of
Iowa
State Associated Charities
Great War Drive Push Moves Italian Monarch toward War
Rome reports extremist quarters claim Italy must enter war and government shifts railway assets to northern fronts. A nationwide anti war rally planned by DemocratsRadicals Reformists Socialists and Nationalists signals political upheaval if monarchy resists.
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Rome
Italy
Austrian
Tyrol
Courriere d'Italia
Mparchy
National League
Obregon presses Villa after Gélaya victory
Gen. Obregon advances against the Villa forces after their defeat at Gélaya and moves toward San Luis Potosi. Villa troops evacuate Dolores in Hidalgo while Villa reps deny a major victory by Obregon. No shots reported at Brownsville since March 27.
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Washington, D. C
Obregon
Carranza
Villa
Gélaya
San Luis Potosi
Dolores
Hidalgo
War Department
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Fuston
Forest Fires Rage in Kentucky Towns struggle to hold line
Reports from Pulaski and McCreary counties say fires continue to burn in the southeastern Kentucky region. Citizens in Whitley and Bauer battle to keep flames from reaching towns while Pike county also reports fires. Butter market data from Flora lists prices for April 10 with most sales around 31 1/2 cents.
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Lexington
Pulaski
McCreary
Whitley and
Bauer
Pike County
Wild Opening Rush on Steel Stocks At New York Exchange
A frenzied first hour at the New York stock exchange saw heavy buying and a rush of visitors as United States Steel led gains with large blocks and rising prices. Trading volume topped half a million shares, the highest for the period since 1909, with profit taking pulling many prices back from early highs.
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New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Rock Island
Son
T. R. Raps Peace Letter Sparks Publication Clash
Theodore Roosevelt wrote a letter denouncing the woman peace movement and the letter was kept from publication by Mrs. William S. Thomas, secretary of the Woman's Peace Party. Mrs. Thomas cited unwise content and noted Roosevelt would be glad to publish it.
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George Rubles
Washington
United States
Temperature trends and readings from April provided
Fragmentary weather data lists temperatures from midnight to 1 pm with ranges 52 to 60 past readings and later 39 to 63. It mentions smokey conditions and a cigarette advert placeholder from the Buchanan Optical Co.
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Buchanan Optigal Co
Tae Bee
Delivery correction notice for missed paper route
If the newspaper is not delivered by 6 o'clock please call plans 3330 and a copy will be sent. After 6 20 call 2058.
Kruttschnitt testifies on union efforts and Hariman role
Tulius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific board, testifies before the United States commission on industrial relations about union drive in 1911 and the 1902 and Atlantic system tensions. He recalls negotiations with federation leaders, Hariman influence, and the strike dynamics affecting workers and company policy.
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Chicago
Tulius Kruttschuit
Southern Pacific
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Louisiana
Federation
Kline
Mr. Franklin
Harriman Ines
Mr. Kruttschnitt
Frank P. Walsh
Union Pacific Crafts
Union Pacific
Kruttschnitt
Atlantic
Walsh
Kruttechniti
Judge Chambers
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
United States
Allied Fleet Bombards Dardanelles Forts All Day
The allied fleet shelled the Dardanelles forts from Sunday through part of Wednesday, keeping the straits quiet for a time, according to a Mytilene correspondent as cited by the Daily Telegraph.
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London
Dardanelles
Straits
Daily Telegraph
Galicia Russia Price for Peace with Austria
Petrograd reports negotiations for honorable peace terms opened by Emperor Franz Joseph. Hungary fears devastation, and separate peace terms may involve Russia. Russia to demand Galicia including Cracow, with Germany opposing Russian control of Prussian Silesia. Serbia aligned with Russia. Britain, France cautious. Reports suggest Galicia exchange for Austrian integrity in Transylvania may underlie peace talks.
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Petrograd
Franz Joseph of
Austria
Bourse Gazette
Hungary
Galicia
England
France
Russia
Serbia
Vatican
Cracow
Germany
Crakow
Silesia
Przemys
Aistrig
Milan
Vila Paris
Secolo
Rnsala
Clergy man aids shell, churchman serves long week
In Glasgow on April 18 a call drew the Reverend Stuart Robertson of Pollokshield church to assist in shell manufacture. He works from six in the morning to six at night in a large engineering shop, then attends pastoral duties in the evening. Also filed for record is the Nelson Realty Co Incorporation with authorized capital of 100000 and paid up 60000. Officers listed Andrew Nelson president Ada Nelson vice president J F Manning secretary and treasurer.
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Glisgow
Re Orulis
Thev
Stuart Robertson
Pollokshield Church
Stev. Robertson
Nelson Realty Co
Stork
Andfrew Nelson
4da Nelson
J. F Manning
East Calls German Runaway Boys
Bevlin April 10 Roy and two other boys ran away from home seeking a life of adventure since the war. They previously headed west but turned east toward near Prusi Mieth Marshel von Hindensburg. They robbed a newsvendor for 4.75 in New Konlin Berlin suburb and were caught near Frankfurt on the Oder before being returned home by police.
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Bevlin
Roy
Rocky Mountains
Nearpeta Mieth
Marshel von
Peankfort
Priksiac
Noted sculptor Bitter dies after auto accident
New York April 16 Karl Theodore Francis Bitter chief of sculpture for the Panama Pacific exposition and a prominent American sculptor died in a hospital after being struck by an automobile on Broadway last night Mrs Bitter is not seriously injured Bitter directed sculpture for the Buffalo and St Louis expositions and created many private works including the Carl Schurz statue and Astor gates for Trinity church He was 47 and came to the United States from Vienna in 1889.
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New York
Karl Theodore Francis Bitter
Bitter
I Broadway
Norwegians Drive German Submarines From Bergen Bay
Copenhagen April 19 Norwegian airmen patrolling Norway reported finding several German submarines hidden in a sheltered neutral-water area near Bergen Bay. The submarines were ordered to leave immediately or be interned for the rest of the war.
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Copenhagen
Norway
Isergen Tay
Veteran merchant injured in 20 foot fall at Seventh and Jefferson
Nd. Bersley, a veteran city merchant, was hurt at noon today when he fell 20 feet from a ladder while inspecting a roof at Seventh and Jefferson. He sustained bad bruises and was taken to St. Francis hospital for possible additional injuries.
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Bersley
Berkley
Seventh and
Jefferson Streets
St. Francis Hospital
Austria Debates Peace Terms With Russia Amid Frontline Moves
Geneva reports from Tribuna via Paris say Austria abandons a new offensive against Serbia and will defend while moving troops to the Italian frontier. Vienna reportedly seeks peace terms with Russia but outcomes remain unknown. Swiss dispatches claim Russians captured artillery and war matériel in the Carpathians and put Austrian losses at 26,000 in the Dulda-Experts front.
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Geneva
Paris
Austria
Serbia
Tribuna
Vienna
Russia
Carpathians
Suros
Dulda-Eperts
Lumber Officials Begin Prison Terms
Four of five officials from the International Lumber and Development Co. began prison sentences in Philadelphia after a 30 day presidential respite expired. John R. Markley, I B Miller, A G Stewart, CG M McMahon and W H Armstrong Jr faced terms and fines for fraud in developing timber lands in a ranch project.
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Philadelphia
International Lumber and Development Company
United States
Wilson
John R. Markley
Jows
I. B. Miller
Chicago
A. G. Stewart
Iowa
CG. M. McMahon
W. H. Armstrong, Jr
Stockholders Meet of Rock Island Upheld by Court
Judge Carpenter of the United States district court denied an injunction blocking the Chicago Rock Island Pacific annual meeting in this city next Monday. Minority stockholders had filed the application claiming they were hindered in obtaining proxies.
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Chicago
Carpenter
United States District Coark
Chiccago, Rock Island & Pacific
Stanford Wins Pacific Coast Boat Race on Oakland Estuary
The Lewd Stanford eight from Stanford University won the annual Pacific coast three mile boat race in Oakland with an official time of 14 57 4 3. University of Washington finished second and California third. Stanford also won the freshman race in 11 01 with Washington second and California third.
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Oakland
Cal
Stanford, Jr. University
University of Washington
University of California
Washington
Coast
Stanford
California
Iowa Falls High Wins Eastern Iowa Debating Championship
Iowa Falls High School defeated Mount Pleasant High School to win the eastern Iowa debating championship. Iowa Falls will face Pomeroy of Bedford in the state championship at Iowa City.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Falls High School
Mount Pleasant High School
Pomeroy of Bedford
Iowa City
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Tion
Harriman
Miss LA Follette
Maud Emer
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