Germans Press on Messines Ridge as British Hold Strain
German fresh troops drive toward the Lys front while British resistance tightens at Mont Kemmel and along the Messines Wytschaete line. Field Marshal Haig’s forces defend high ground near Turgenhem and Nieppe wood as German efforts threaten key rail links to Haz Thuck. Naval actions report British ships sinking German trawlers in the Kattegat as Grand Fleet readiness signals possible large operations.
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Ked
Bailleul
Wulverghem
Wrytete
Wrischaete
Field Marshal Haig
Mount Delie
Mong
Montimmel
Turerghem
Haig
Ysten
Messines
Wytschaete
Hollebeke
Deux Berquin
Nieppe Wood
Haz Thuck
Ypres
Lys
London
Cattegat
Sweden
Den
David
Grand Fleet
Bethune
Bile Tree
Robeecs
Givenchy
Labor Will Not Meet Enemy Representatives
London April 16 The American Federation of Labor by unanimous vote will not meet any representatives from an enemy country for the duration of the war. James Wilson, chairman of the visiting American labor delegation, told a luncheon audience that the pledge reflects the spirit of America and benefits the Allied cause. The Daily Mail noted British welcome of American labor leaders and urged frank inquiry into all actions while preserving wartime unity.
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London
American Federation of Labor
James Wilson
The
Daily Mail
Barnes
United States
America
Ambassador Page
Trainloads of German wounded returning from front
Washington reports 25 trains loaded with wounded pass through Aix la Chapelle each night. Hospitals are overflowing with wounded housed in schools and public buildings due to shortages of medical supplies and mor phine. German morale is weak except among very young recruits.
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Washington
State Department
Aix-La-Chapelle
Aix
War Fronts Update: Allied Stalemate and Irish Developments
British guard lines hold near Neuve Eglise and Messines as German attacks slow across Picardy and Artois. Finland’s rebels face defeat with Helsingfors occupied by German troops. Russian fleet may flee to Kronstadt. Lloyd George cabinet crisis avoided after talks with labor ministers. Irish self-government discussions intensify amid protest against conscription.
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la Basse Canal
Givenchy
Picardy
Artois
Messines
Neuve Eglise
Bailleul
Wulverghem
Neuve Eglse
Berlin
Hangard
Demuin
St. Mihiel
Finland
Helsingfors
Helsingsfors
Kronstadt
Lloyd-George
Ireland
American position near Maizey stormed on Meuse front
Berlin dispatch says the main American position east and southeast of Maizey on the right bank of the Meuse was taken by storm. A large section of enemy lines on the St Mihiel to Rouvrois road three and a half miles long was rolled up despite stubborn resistance, with heavy enemy casualties and prisoners taken.
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Amsterdam
St. Mihiel
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Maizey
Meuse
Rouvrois
Protest Against Conscription Act In Ireland Parishes Meet
Dublin dispatch reports Monday meetings across 100 Irish parishes protesting conscription. Clergy lead the gatherings as Sinn Fein clubs push resolutions to public bodies. The Times notes nationalist temper is deplorable and warns of lost proportion amid recruiting trends.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
Times
Sinn Fein
Colonel Bolling Among the Missing in France
General Pershing lists Colonel Bolling once solicitor for United States Steel Corporation as missing or captured. He was last seen March 25 driving northeast from Amiens with his chauffeur toward the Franco British front, believed to have been diverted into German lines.
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Raynal C. Bolling
United States Steel Corporation
Pershing
Amiens
Bolling
Wilson halts patents and copyrights for enemies
President Wilson ordered a stop to issuing patents and copyrights to enemies and revoked the authority for Americans to apply for patents in enemy countries, effective immediately in Washington on April 16.
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Washington
Wilson
Many Army Promotions Announced by President Wilson
Washington April 16 Ten brigadier generals of the National Army were nominated to major general and 27 colonels nominated to brigadier general. Named for major general were Burnham Mc Rae Hinds Farns worth McGlachlin Holbrook Dun can Martin McAndrew Lyon. Brigadier nominees include Noble Johnson Gerhardt Cashell etc with Wood listed as lieutenant colonel and other officers named.
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Washington
National Army
Wilson
William P. Burnham
James H. McRae
Ernest Hinds
Charles S. Farnsworth
Edward F. McGlachlin, Jr
Willard A. Holbrook
George B. Duncan
Charles H. Martin
James W. McAndrew
Leroy S. Lyon
Robert H. Noble
Arthur Johnson
Charles Gerhardt
William K. Cashell
Guy H. Preston
Frank M. Caldwell
Lutz Wahl
Joseph L. Hines
Joseph C. Castner
Julian R. Lindsey
George H. Jamerson
Lincoln C. Andrews
Dwight E. Aultman
Ora E. Hunt
Adrian S. Fleming
Thomas W. Darrah
Johnson Hagood
Lyttle Brown
Alfred A. Starbird
Howard T. Donnelly
Fred T. Austin
William J. Westervelt
Augustine McIntyre
Richard W. Young
George A. Wingate
Hugh S. Johnson
Robert E. Wood
Commission To Palestine From New York Education Dept
A commission of about 60 members led by John H. Finley of New York Education Department heads to Palestine on April 16. They will study local needs and aid relief efforts as announced from Red Cross headquarters.
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Palestine
Washington
John H. Finley
Education
New York
Red Cross
The
Holy Land
Reichstag Debates Manpower Crisis In Germany
Debates reveal Germany keeps permanently disabled soldiers in service and drafts cripples. Deputies accuse officers of misusing funds and favoritism while propaganda fosters continued enlistment. Soldiers complain of bad food and veiled punishments for political dissent. motion calls for discharges of certain old classes and home reserve transfers.
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New York
Germany
Reichstag
Russel
Berlin
Peoples’ Party
Fehrenbach
Stresemann
National Liberal
Stuecklen
Landsturm
Teginera Brest
Graudenz
Husar
Grossenhan
Ruestringen
Socialist Party
Schoepflin
Scheuch
War Department
Vladivostok calm as Japanese hold city in Siberia
Official advices from Vladivostok say the city is calm though Japanese blue jackets give occasional night fire. French consulate protection is by the Japanese. No Petrograd dispatch confirmation. Bolsheviks declare war in Siberia and order Red Guard to oppose Japanese marines.
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Tokio
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Siberia
Red Guard
Fire at Harris Abattoir Plant Causes 750000 Damage
Firemen quelled a night blaze at the Harris Abattoir Company plant in the Union stock yards. Police probe a report of mysterious explosions before the fire began in the laundry. damage estimated at 750000.
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Toronto
Harris Abbatoir Company
Union Stock Yards
Fire Rips Zeppelin Works Destroying Fleet Near Friedrichshafen
A massive fire at Manzel near Friedrichshafen devastated the Zeppelin works used for Gotha type airplanes. Reports say two large Zeppelins and 40 airplanes were destroyed along with warehouses and offices. Casualty numbers are unknown as authorities restrict access to the scene. The blaze started between 10 and 11 on Saturday, with explosions through Saturday night and Sunday.
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Geneva
Manzel
Friedrichshafen
Rorschach
Lake Constance
Constance
German Prisoners Must Earn Board
The War Department orders German prisoners of war held in the United States to work to earn their keep. Officers at Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe Georgia may assign inmate labor to build a new road system on the posts with 1 370 prisoners. Interned aliens and crews of interned merchant ships may be considered for work under voluntary, fairly compensated terms.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Forts McPherson
Oglethorpe
Argument resumes in child labor case before Supreme Court
Washington April 16 The government seeks to sustain the 1918 Federal Child Act before the Supreme Court with Solicitor General Davis arguing that child labor is an inherent evil and Congress may bar interstate shipments of such goods. Morgan G O'Brien opens the attack as the law previously failed in federal court in North Carolina. The act forbids interstate transport of products from factories employing children under 14 or older children under 16 for more than eight hours daily.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Davis
Congress
Morgan G. O’brien
New York
Solicitor General
Dstrict
North Carolina
Liberty Subscriptions Reach Over Eight Hundred Million
Washington reports Liberty subscriptions total 806 million dollars from 11 of 12 Federal Reserve districts. Subscriptions rise by 115 million since yesterday as small funders pay in while big banks defer. Kansas City cites honors for counties and towns, Chicago to hold a Liberty Loan parade with a Saturday holiday.
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Washington
Liberty
The
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Towa
Chicago
Further Declines in Cotton Futures
New York April 16 Upon the opening of the New York cotton market today another severe decline. The failure of Gay L Schiffer a well known floor broker on the Exchange was announced. He became a member in 1893. Initial prices showed breaks of 45 to 110 points. May opened at 28.50 July at 27.75 and October at 26.30.
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New York
Gay L. Schiffer
Exchange
Schiffer
Ten German Trawlers Sunk by British Forces
London reports ten German trawlers sunk by gunfire in the Cattegat between Sweden and Denmark. Crews were saved by British ships with no British casualties. Operations were led by the commander in chief of the Grand Fleet. The market remained nervous but briefly recovered with October selling up to 26.90 amid heavy Liverpool selling and a large price drop in bales.
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London
Cattegat
Sweden
Denmark
Admiralty
Grand Fleet
Liverpool
Miners Strike Ties Up Cumberland Mines
Cumberland Md April 16 6000 mine workers in Georges Creek and Upper Potomac coal fields walk off the job demanding better working conditions and recognition of their union. Officials say wages are not the issue. The stoppage halts production as grievances are sought to be resolved.
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Cumberland
Georges Creek
Upper Potomac
Government Pays Railroads as War Finance Fund Flows
The United States government issued the first large railroad payment since taking control. The Bankers' Trust Company received 43.964 million dollars from Washington to redeem notes of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The funds came from the 500 million war finance allotment.
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New York
United States
Bankers’ Trust Company
Washington
New York, New Haven
Martford
War Finance Fund
Clemenceau Returns From Front Mission
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau returned from the battlefront last night after close contact with conditions on the line. His impression of the situation conveyed a favorable outlook to the capital.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Hfe
99 Year Lease on Oil Wells Sparks Treaty Debate
Amsterdam reports April 14 that the Romanian peace treaty granting Germany a 99 year lease of Romanian oil wells is rejected by the Berlin Tages Zeitung. The article notes Germany reserves the right of military occupation and references territorial concessions described as “several ai” in the tense settlement.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin Tages Zeitung
Secretary Baker Returns From Europe Mission
Secretary Baker arrives in America after a six week trip to confer with British French and Italian leaders on war cooperation and to study American troops in France. He meets with Premier Clemenceau King George and General Pershing and plans a full report to President Wilson.
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Atlantic
Baker
America
Europe
Germany
France
United States
Washington
W. M. Black
M. L. Brett
Ordnance Department
Ralph Hayes
England
Pershing
Wilson
French
Paris
Arthur J. Balfour
Foch
King Albert
London
King George
Lloyd George
Page
Venice
Rome
Orlando
Clemencent
President urged to grant powers to fix shipping rates
Washington April 16. Shipping Board officials urged House Merchant Marine committee to pass a bill giving the President authority to prescribe tonnage charter rates. The legislation would curb sale of ships built in this country to foreign nations.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Shipping Board
Furthr
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Tremendow
Zeppelin
Morgan O'Brien
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