German Push and British Hold on 29 Mile Front
German forces push along a 29 mile front near Armentieres gaining two miles, but British Haig defense slows their advance. Heavy fighting continues around Alessines ridge Wytschaete Hollebeke and near Ploegsteert. British Ninth division repels attacks and holds key positions as another wedge forms northeast of Bethune. News notes evacuations at Armentieres and broader Somme and Picardy activity with focal artillery battles and Russian concerns after Vladivostok landing.
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Armentieres
Field Marshal
Haig
Alessines
Wytschaete
Wytehaete
Hollebeke
Ypres-Menin
Ypres-Comines
Ploegsteert
Ploegsteert Wood
Berlin
Steenwerck
Estaires
Lestrem
Loisne
Lawe
Keey
Messines Ridge
Flanders
Beth |Une
Lystainal
Merville
Tastrem
Neuf Berquin
Mstaires
London
Givenchy
Bethune
Messines
Ytschaete
Ypres
la Bassee Canal
Somme
Neuville-- Vitasse
Arras
Paris
Amiens
Hangard
Noyon
Montcieter
Lassigny
Vladivostok
Washington
Petrograd
Austria and Germany vow united effort for an honorable peace
In a telegram from Vienna via Amsterdam dated April 12 Emperor Charles declares complete solidarity with Germany and denounces Clemenceau's claim to Alsace Lorraine. He asserts Austro Hungarian troops fight on the western front to defend the land and warns no intrigues will imperil their comradeship of arms while pledging joint enforcement of an honorable peace.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Austria
Germany
Charles
William
Clemenceau
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Poles May Seek Help of Russia
Amsterdam reports that Prussia must prioritize military aims to safeguard the eastern position and may demand large Polish territory. Dr Essen Hartruthe, Prussian agriculture minister, stated in the upper house, with Berliner Tageblatt interpreting the remark as signaling annexations pushing Poles toward Russia and creating a lasting German peril in the east.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
Essen-Hartruthe
Russia
Des Moines Farmer Arrested Over Liberty Bond Confusion
Cenrge Kimball a wealthy farmer near Des Moines was arrested by Secret Service after refusing to buy liberty bonds. He later accompanied agents to a bank and purchased 1500 dollars worth, claiming ignorance of what liberty bonds were. An ad for Great Quality Cigar San Felice follows.
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Des Moines
Cenrge Kimball
Secret Service
Kimball
Germans Press British to Neuve Eglise Front
London reports official statement that Germans attacked yesterday near Ploegsteert and forced British back to Neuve Eglise while capturing Merville. Heavy fighting continues around Norville and Neuf Berquin, with little change elsewhere on the northern front. British counterattack north of Festubert regained ground. German advances between Loisne and the Lawe river were repulsed.
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London
Ploegsteert
Neuve Hglise
Merville
Norville
Neaf Berquin
Festubert
Loisne
Lawe River
Heavy artillery battles near Hangard en Santerre reported
Paris dispatch reports heavy artillery fighting last night in the vicinity of Hangard en Santerre on the front north of Mondidier, according to the war office.
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Paris
Hangard- en-Santerre
Mondidier
War Office
German HQ reports limited action on Picardy front
Berlin in official dispatch says on the Somme and the Lys banks fighting was confined to artillery duels and minor infantry operations on both sides. The statement comes via London dated April 12 in reference to the Picardy battlefront situation.
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Berlin
London
Picardy
Somme
Qise
Austro-Hungarian Report on Italian Front Operations
Vienna reports that on April 11 and 12 West of Lake Garda and in the Brenta valley, Austro-Hungarian forces conducted successful operations by thrusting troops in Italy. The statement was issued today via London.
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Vienna
London
Lake Garda
Brenta
Italy
Work Prisoners Under Fire of Allied Gunners
London reports reveal British and French prisoners of war in Germany were enslaved, starved, and brutalized. An official government committee found non commissioned officers and men endured constant shellfire, beatings, inadequate clothing, and deaths from starvation and overwork. Many received no letters or parcels for months, with 18,000 to 20,000 undelivered parcels at Limburg Station last November.
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London
Germany
Western Front
Limburg
Woman Spurns Flag Beaten by Plant Workers
Omafia Nebraska April 12 Mrs Margaret Selby a Lithuanian packing house employee was badly beaten by three other women at the same plant when she refused the American Rag they offered to wear and allegedly made disloyal remarks. She was arrested and held for federal investigation.
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Omafia
Neb
Margaret Selby
Germans Advance Amid Heavy Fire on Western Front
London reports from the Western Front describe British troops facing German machine gun and "death missiles" as they hold positions. Wounded soldiers depict brutal fighting, with many saying they could not stop the enemy despite fierce resistance. Highlanders recount foraging for food in trenches and enduring poison gas while showing calm and resolve under fire.
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London
Daily Mail
Remirksa
Fle
Soma
Kim
Wighlander
Mia
Armentieres
Uawe
Lestrem
Vielra Chapelle
Lestrems
British Bicycle Corps
Lys
Ceaix du Bae
Lexemburg Devoot
Waterloo set to launch big Liberty Bond drive
Waterloo to begin the Seventh Liberty Loan drive Monday under the Service League. Counties across Iowa already surpassed their state quota of 950,000, with 72 counties over the total. Chickasaw County plans to exceed its 340,000 quota using a registration based appeal. Districts report strong oversubscriptions and confident progress in Detroit Chicago and New York regions as the nationwide effort continues.
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Iowa
Wateloo
Imade
Service League
Sioux City
Waterloo
Chickasaw
H. E. Kiester
Chickasaw County
New Hamilton
Chicka Saw
NTH Reserve
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Michigan
Detroit
Wisconsin
Indiana
Lown
Oghl McNider
Illinois
Bor
New York
Liberty
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Storm Ends Long April Cold Spell WithWind and Rain
New York reports a 96 hour wintry spell in April concluding today with a storm of snow sleet and rain. Weather officials called the cold duration an April novelty though conditions were not extraordinary for the month. Snow did not accumulate but transportation and telegraph services suffered in suburbs. Clearing weather forecast for tomorrow as high winds knocked down wires and limited train motive power in several New Jersey communities.
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New York
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Sulphur Oklahoma Business District Fire Damage
Fires in Sulphur Oklahoma's business heart caused 350000 dollars in damage early today. The blaze destroyed about half a block of stores and offices in Port Worth Texas reporting.
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Port Worth
Tex
Sulphur
Okla
Messines and Givenchy Prizes Now Sought to Force a Retirement
British forces report ongoing severe fighting along the Armentieres front as Germans press at Givenchy Messines Wytschaete and Ploegsteert with a key withdrawal from Armentieres amid gas attacks and tactical maneuvers. British actions include counterattacks near Paradis and holding positions along the Lys while aircraft and bombardments intensify.
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Messines
Terror Gun Finds Mark Amid Babes Paris
A shell fired by the German long range cannon yesterday struck a foundling asylum in Duc de La Creche near Paris killing a maternity nurse a patient and a baby and wounding several others. Another shell hit an open air bowling alley killing a man and a boy and injuring ten. The bombardment of Paris continued this morning with renewed long range shelling.
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Paris
Duc de la Creche
UCIAL EXPERT IN TROUBLE OVER A WOMAN
Chicago April 12 Hutten C Clabaugh chief of the ideal bureau of the department of justice announced that agents seized Dr. William Tsuac Thomas of the University of Chicago and a woman said to be the wife of a Texas man now in France with Gan Pershing They face Mann Act and false registration charges after registering as man and wife from Gary Indiana Hotel clerks alerted officials and the couple offered little concealment Thomas proclaimed his innocence and that he loved the woman Granger of Washington DC aged 24 she accompanied her husband from Fort Worth to New York and the two were living in the same hotel with a sister Mrs Rains The pair are described as prominent in sociology lectures and controversial views on marriage and women
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Chicago
Hutten C. Clabaugh
Ldeal Bureau
Department of Justice
William Tsuac Thomas
University of Chicago
Texas
France
Gan
Pershing
Clubaugh
United States
Clyne
Dr. Thomas
Fr. M. Granger
Washington, D. C
Gary
Clabaugh
Fort Worth
Tex
Labaugh
New York
Thomas
Poland
Grange
Granger
Tri-Cities Union Teamsters Strike Ties Up Freight
Davenport Rock Island Moline workers from transfer and storage companies walkout this morning. Depot freight is tied up as unions demand higher wages, three men per wagon, and curbside delivery. Employers say demands cannot be met.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Break into School Burns German Textbooks in Greenfield
Greenfield Iowa April 12 The high school was invaded Thursday night and all German textbooks burned. Today all German songs were torn from the songbooks. A few days earlier the school board discussed dropping German but waited on state action. They later voted unanimously to eliminate the language from the school.
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Greenfield
Defoe
State Board of Education
Big Pool of Blood Suspected Murder in Clinton Iowa
An empty passenger coach in the Northwestern railroad yards in Clinton Iowa shows a large blood pool after the Great Lakes naval training band used it on tour. Police suspect a murder but lack a victim or killer leads as blood smeared seats and steps and drag marks suggest a body moved to a freight car.
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Clinton
Northwestern Railroad
Great Lakes Naval Training Band
Northwestern Railway
Qarderers
Now what has our Uncle Sam up all sleeve
Washington D C April 12 The American army directs that the names of all draft animals be clipped or trimmed and that the removed hair be preserved for later disposal instructions The note appears amid a misdated war department directive reflecting wartime efficiency measures
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Sam
Washington, D. C
War Department
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Onuw
Lee
Wytchaete
Messines Village
Ploegsteart
Paradis
Hstaires
Steanwerck
Senden
Luxemburg
Battlement
Belgium
Bray- Coerbie
Ville Chapelle
Mark
Babes
UCIAL
Tri-Cities Union Teamster
el Tovar Broadleaf
Havana de Cigar
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