British Troops Seize Bullecourt Trench On Arras Cambrai Front
British forces report capturing about 1200 yards of German trench at Cavaly farm along the Arras Cambrai road and storming Roeux cemetery and chemical works. The fighting centers on Bullecourt Hullecourt and Monchy Guemappe with heavy losses and 700+ prisoners.
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London
Jullecourt
France
Arras- Cambrai
Roeux
Bullecourt
Arras-Cambrai
Cavaly Farm
Semrpe
Arras
Hullecourt
Rupprecht
Haig
Dousli
Queant
Siritiehy
Arras-Cambra
Monchy
Guemappe
Aisne
German War Office
Rovelle Ridge
Cerny
Avecourt
Meuse
Verdun
Berry-Au-Bac
Mesopotamia
Russian War Office
Daila
Jabel Hamrin
Bagdad
Caucasus
Macedonia
Serbia
Dobropolje
Cerna River
Palestine
Gaza
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Berlin Front Dispatches Claim All Lines Heed
Berlin reports that all defensive lines are heeded as German troops operate in the Cerny region along the Aisne front. The broadcast comes from Berlin via London and notes continued troop activity in northern France.
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Berlin
London
Cerny
Aisne
Weather Outlook for New Mexico
Denver Colorado May 12 forecast calls for Sunday fair and warmer conditions across New Mexico with Monday expected to remain fair.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Weather summary for last 24 hours
The twenty four hours ending yesterday at p m recorded a maximum of 73 degrees and a minimum of 39. A south wind prevailed with clear skies throughout the period.
British and French Clash as War Office Reports Losses
The war office states forces halted the French advance at Bovelle ridge and claims fifteen French and British aircraft were shot down. It says renewed fighting along the Arras front from Acheville to Queant and at Loeux station with heavy losses after artillery and hand to hand combat.
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Bovelle Ridge
War Office
Acheville
Queant
Arras
Loeux
Arras-Lens
Arras- Douai
Arras - Cambrai
Rouex
Cerny
Hovelle
Cily Hands
Berry-Au-Bac
British Attacks on Arras Front Fail With Heavy Losses
Berlin reports from May 12 that British offensive on the Gavrelle to Bullecourt sector along the Arras Cambrai road failed with heavy enemy losses. Fighting at Roeux continues while no new developments are noted on the Aisne and in Champagne.
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Berlin
London
Arras
War Office
Gavrelle
Scarpe
Arras- Cambra
Bullecourt
Roeux
Aisne
Champagne
Bitter Fighting Ends Favorably for British Army
British forces in France report a series of successful attacks capturing strong German positions near Hoeux Roeux Monchy and Bullecourt. About 600 prisoners taken near the chemical works and Cavaly farm with Australians aiding in surrounding Bullecourt, amid intense heat and dust.
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Morning Journal
Associated Press
France
London
Terman
Arrus
Hoeux
Roeux
Monchy
Piritish
Cavaly Faru
Cojeul
Bullecourt
Hindenburg
Cavalry Farm
New Mexico to Join Nineteenth Division Guard Plans
Washington outlines proposed federalization of state guard units with New Mexico in the Nineteenth Division alongside California Utah Arizona Colorado and Nevada. The plan anticipates 402 965 total national guard troops with divisions of infantry cavalry field artillery engineers and support units plus naval militia allocations and coast artillery batteries.
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Bute Talons
Guard Jg
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Michigan
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
National Guard
Oeld
Signal Corps
Ten Million to be Subject to Selective Conscription
Washington May 12 Ten million men in the United States will be subject to selective conscription on July 1. Census Director Rogers released state by state estimates of available men, listing figures for Arizona California Colorado Idaho Iowa Kansas Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington Wyoming and others.
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Washington
United States
Rogers
Census Bureau
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoman
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Senate approves prohibition amending espionage bill
Washington May 12 The Senate approves by 28 to 32 an amendment to the espionage bill forbidding the use of grain in producing intoxicating liquor during the war. The measure limits whiskey wine and other stock and ends the press censorship section by a 39 to 38 vote.
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Morning Journal
Washington
United States
Senate
House
Committee of
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Ashurst
Beckman
Gore
Kendrick
Wing
Kirby
MehKellar
Martin
Myers
Whelan
Pittman
Shafroth
Sheppard
Shields
Smith
Georgia
Swans
Thompson
Trammell
Vardamum Walsh
Wilume
Wolcott
Hrady
Curtis
Gallinger
Hale
Johnson
California
Jones
Kenyon
Norris
Pace
Poindexter
Sherman
Smoot
Sterling
Sutherland
Townsend
Bankhead
Proussard
Fletcher
Gerry
Hardwick
Hollis
Hasting
James
New Mexico
Lewis
Overman
Parmerene
Ransdell
Kteed
Robinson
Bitumans
South Carolina
Stone
Underwood
Russian Socialists Hear From America
A Milan dispatch reports a secret message read at a conference between the Russian provisional government and the workmen and soldiers. The dispatch, from the American government, outlined loan conditions and led the workers and soldiers’ committee to accept the provisional government’s views.
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Paria
Havas
Milan
Petrograd
Corriere de la Sera
Defense Board Adjourns After Valuable Work
The Defense Board adjourned after delivering valuable work to the state and the council likely will not meet again. An executive committee is appointed by Governor Lindsey.
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Defense Board
Lindsey
Formal Resignation of R. E. Putney Received
Santa Fe reports the formal resignation of R A E Putney of Albuquerque from the state council of defense along with word that Eduardo M Otero of Valencia county cannot serve. The council adjourns subject to the chairmans call and an executive committee is named. State Land Commissioner Ervien notes 15000 acres of leased lands were put into crops including 4500 acres of beans potentially yielding over 1.5 million pounds. Women's auxiliary council of defense meets to plan crop expansion and marketing with local merchants.
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Santa Fe
State Council of Defense
Charles Springer
B. C. Hernandez
KR. Brice
Lindsey
R. Brice
Roswell
RA. FE. Putney
Albuquerque
Eduardo M. Otero
Valencia County
State Council
New Mexico
R. P. Ervien
Santa Fe County
Women's Auxiliary Council of Defense
Court House
Kate F. Hall
W. E. Lindsey
Banta Fe
Twitchell
Priday
Supreme Court
J. Roberts
Levi A. Hughes
First National Bank
Arthur Beligman
Board of County Commissioners
Countywide effort plants unused lands in crops
The county sets a striking example by cultivating hundreds of acres previously unused and filling vacant city lots with crops. In Santa Fe, nearly all small valleys are being planted in potatoes.
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Santa Fe Canyon
Salazar Force Holds Field After a Battle
Presidio Texas May 12 Fourteen Mexican government soldiers were killed and two wounded in fighting at Vado de Piedra thirty miles from Ojinaga Antonio Salazar's Villa command suffered nine killed while Salazar held the field A rumor prompted orders to close the port of Ojinaga and Mrs Jose Riojas wife of the garrison commander crossed to the American side
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Presidio
Tex
Vado de Piedra
Ojinaga
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Jose Riojas
Ojinaga Threatened by Villa Forces Reported
Reports from Ojinaga say a four band Villa faction threatened the town opposite Presidio Texas. General Remulo Figueroa, commander of the district, stated forces were sufficient to prevent a capture. Three wounded men were brought across the border from Vado Prieta after yesterday’s fighting.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Ojinaga
Villa
Remulo Figueroa
Presidio
Vado Prieta
Villa Partisans Seek Amnesty Leader Applies for Amnesty
Borges Mangel a leader of Villa sympathizers on the border asks Andres Garcia, inspector general of Mexican consulates, for amnesty for himself and his group. A rival account of Gen Felix Diaz's death claims Diaz and seventy followers were executed by Calimayor, though officials remain unsure Diaz is dead.
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Joupral
WIAK
Fl Paso
Tex
Villa
Borges Mangel
Andres Garcia
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
New Orleans
Secret Service Bureau
Diaz
Calimayor
Zapata
German report claims British destroyer sunk in May 10 action
Berlin reports the German admiralty stating a British destroyer was sunk during the May 10 engagement with German light forces and British cruisers and destroyers. The fight began near the Flemish coast east of the North Hinder lightship, ended with the enemy dispersing and no German losses.
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WY Morning Journal
Berlin
London
Admiralty
Hoofden
North Hinder
Flemish
Thornton Bank
No Destroyer Lost Says British Admiralty
The British Admiralty announced that they had not altered the facts of the engagement on May 14 in response to a German statement. They noted the German ships fled before a numerically inferior British force and asserted the German account was distorted.
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London
American Socialists Call for Kaiser Overthrow to End War
A May 12 cable from American socialists to German comrades asserts democracy must fight on until the Hohenzollerns are overthrown. Signers include Charles Edward Russell J OG Phelps Stokes Upton Sinclair Rose Pastor Stokes and others. The message insists liberty in Germany and world peace require removing the Kaiser and Kaiserdom from power.
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Kaiser
New York
Germany
Hiehengellerns
Stockholm
Copenhagen
the Hague
Lerne
Charles Edward Russell
Wilson
Russia
J. OG. Phelps Stokes
Winfield Gaylord
Robert Kives la Monte
A M. Simons
Upton Sinclair
Henry JL. Slobodin
New York State Socialist Committee
Rose
Wilson urges united U S in war effort at Red Cross memorial
President Wilson, at Washington dedication of a Red Cross memorial for Civil War women, declares the war against Germany a grim duty with no profit and calls for national unity and massive support. Taft attends, Baker presents the building, and volunteers march in.from conversation
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Red Cross
Taft
Wilson
Baker
Red Cross Society
North
South
Women’s Volunteer Aid Corps
Hugh L. Scott
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
American Red Cross
United States
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Aseo Wire
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