Artillery Fighting Reported in Ancre Valley Front
Heavy artillery fighting continues in the Ancre valley southeast of Tans and in the Flanders salient as the official Paris statement notes. Intermittent shelling south of the Avre on the Amiens front is recorded, a German raid on Bois-Mengival failing, and French detachments in Champagne bring in prisoners and captured material.
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London
Ancre
Tans
Flanders Salient
Paris
Avre
Amiens
French War Office
Bois-Mengival
Champagne
American Fought Three Bodies in Turn In France
With the American Army in France May 22 the front along Picardy has seen heavy air activity. American aviators battled multiple German machines near Toul and in the 5,500 metre altitude dogfights, yet no enemy planes were shot down. Bombardment of villages behind the American lines caused destruction but military damage deemed negligible. Local French and American civilians aided, while air defenses maintained a steady anti aircraft barrage.
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France
Associated
Toul
Picardy
Jom
Paris
90 000 Men Went Over in 10 Days
Washington reports Representative Caldwell of New York stated in the House record that during the fleet ten days of May 90,000 American soldiers were sent abroad. He predicted that within one year after the first shipment arrived, the United States would be equipped with necessary arms and supplies. He noted critics claimed shipping 50,000 to 100,000 men in the first year would be impossible.
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Washington
House
Caldwell
New York
United States
Fraser
Food value of fish shown and digestion studies cited
The United States Department of Agriculture reports digestion experiments proving fish proteins are highly utilized in human diets. Boston mackerel and other species yielded high protein digestion and fat absorption in a mixed diet, with detailed results in department bulletin 64.
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Flan
United States Department of Agriculture
Bay
Department Soest
Evidence to be submitted to British Cabinet in Ireland plot
London May 24 Edward Shortt chief secretary for Ireland will submit evidence concerning the German plot in Ireland to the British cabinet today. The dispatch says parts of the evidence may be published if compatible with public interest, asserting justification for the arrests exists.
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Ireland
Shortt
London
Edward Shortt
Press Association
Dublin
Dublin Lord Mayor Faces Demand Over Pro Conscription Papers
At an anti conscription meeting in Dublin a letter from British foreign secretary A. Balfour was read demanding that the lord mayor surrender all documents he plans to carry to America. The mayor insisted only one document would be sent a direct message to President Wilson. The conference adjourned after a two hour session with a statement of Ireland against conscription to be sent next week.
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Dublin
Mansion Jae
Balfour
America
Wilean
Ion House
Ireland
Wilson
Conacri
Irish Division Plan Promises Irish Emblems
London May 3 part of the plan for voluntary recruiting in Ireland involves forming homogeneous Irish brigades with Irish emblems and customs to foster a sense of distinct national identity. Nationalist civilians are expected to give only lukewarm support.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
Daily News
War Office
Plante Os
Brave Italians Taken Prisoners
Washington May 24 Definite announcement that Commander Pellegrini and his men who torpedoed an Austrian battleship at Pola on May 14 were taken prisoner was received by the Italian embassy. Dispatches said the status of the Teutonic commander and his crew remains unclear as they escaped in a small boat and sank their craft after the attack.
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Pellegrini
Hix
Pola Harbor
Washington, D. C
Pola
Residence for Kerensky in New York City Housing
Wealthy Russians in New York loaned a five story brownstone at 09 Riverside Drive as a club house for Russian associations, with plans to turn it over to Alexander Kerensky as a residence. Federation leaders Semenowsky Rosenthal and Hishnomecky say they do not know his exact location but hint he may be en route to New York.
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New York
Riverside Drive
America
Alexander Kerensky
Apollinarious Dimitrovitch Semenosky
Klos Rosenthal
P. Whitney Hishnomecky
Federation
M. Kerensky
American engineer Hodges first U S D 8 officer on British front
May 22 report states Colonel Hodgie, one of the first American officers, receives the D. 8. 0. designation amid British front services. The United States Army list notes Captain John N. Hodgis of the First Engineers in the D. 0.8 line.
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Associated Prose
No. Wh
American Engineer Corps
Hodgie
Steet
United States Army
John N. Hodgis
Stockholm Pogroms Stir Fear and Casualties Reported
Report from Stockholm describes violent pogroms against Jewish communities with many wounded and widespread looting. Police failed to protect residents as military aid was summoned from Cracow.
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Stockholm
Cracow
Walking Dead Men
Russian prisoners who are to be exchanged for Germans arrive in Petrograd. report says exchanges occur under fevered conditions as tensions rise between opposing sides.
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Yashinaton
D.C
Petrograd
Another Air Raid on Paris Reported
Paris May 24 German aviators conducted another attack on Paris reaching the city at night. Bombs fell at various locations. casualties include one dead and twelve injured with about thirty German planes involved. A shell damaged a roof near an infant cradle, which did not explode.
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Paris
Jone
Rene Paris
Pombe
Air mail adventure ends amid midwest to northeast flights
May 23 reports Katherine Stinson battling weather and enemy air activity as she flies from Chicago to New York. British planes engage targets in Lorraine Liege and Mannheim. Stinson reportedly downs two aircraft, while several morning sightings occur near Stryker Ohio and Bowling Green Ohio.
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Lorraine
Liege
Belgium
Mannheim
Rhine
Chicago
Katherine
Foous
Stinson
New York
Smiasing
Cleveland
New York Central
Katherine Stinson
Stryker
Ohio
Toledo
Catherine Stinson
Bowling Irden
Here
Hoover Urges Rethink of Wasteful Dairy Market System
New York May 3. Food Administrator Hoover told the National Dairy League that the war’s toll from starvation exceeds gunfire deaths and that dairymen must maintain herds and build stock for allied populations. He denounced the wasteful market system and urged consolidation of distribution firms to improve efficiency and storage.
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New York
Europe
National Dairy League
Germany
Mr. Hoover
Frager
North America
Powora
United States
Prevent
War effort noted by Daily Chronicle editor in May 71
London commentary highlights Britain’s diverse wartime contributions and the surge in support from small British inventors financing the war. Sir Habwrs Kindersley, chairman of the national war savings committee, emphasizes Britain leveraging American troops and arming in France with most equipment sourced from local inventors.
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London
Great Britain
The
Daily Chronice
Habwrs Kindersley
National War Savings Committer
R Ammall
France
Vermont Congregational conference ends with war aid vow
The Vermont Congregational conference adopted resolutions endorsing the wartime role of the United States and the Penal debt Wilson while backing the federal prohibition amendment. Rev Dr Charles H Merrill of St Johnsbury was elected president. Next year the meeting will be at Kesex Junction.
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Lyndonville
Dent Wilson
United Stated
Vermont Congregational 1
Charles H. Merrill
St. Johnsbury
Kesex Junction
Lieutenant Kurts Killed in Accident Within American Lines
A Washington report says Lieutenant Kurts, an American pilot, was killed accidentally inside American lines. The death was transmitted today to the war department by General Per Ng. Also noted, Albert W. Gifford, 82, vice president of Rohardt Screw Mfg Co, Worcester, died after a long illness in Worcester, Maine.
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Washington
Per * Ng
War Department
Kurts
Worcester
Meas
Albert W.gifford
Rtanhard Screw Manufacturing Co
Man Power in France and Allied Labor Contributions
A fragmented report on Allied use of foreign labor in France during World War I. It notes the French goodwill toward American troops and the need to mobilize skilled workers, contrasting aristocratic contempt for labor with the widespread call for sacrifice and total war effort.
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Tremier Clemenceauth
France
Sparta
Danish explorer Knude Rasmussen reaches Long's Wirth Arctic coast
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports Knude Rasmussen, the Danish Arctic explorer, has reached Long's Wirth with his expedition and charted the northern Greenland firths. Rasmussen and his second Thule expedition left Denmark in April 1916. important scientific results are anticipated.
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Copenhagen
Long
Greenland
Mays
Rasmussen
Thule
Denmark
Roosevelt Reinstated in New York Republican Club
Theodore Roosevelt was reinstated as a member of the Republican Club in New York, a group he left in 1912 when nominated by the Progressive Party. He thanked the club’s executive committee and said he would be around the club soon.
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Republican Club
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Elut
Progressive Arty
Stefore
Nurses Slain at Their Posts as Hospitals Attacked
British forces report German air raids behind the lines battering hospitals. Dozens of nurses and staff killed or wounded as bombs and shrapnel struck crowded wards. An American hospital nearby escaped damage while several nurses died tending wounded soldiers. The German captain claimed misperception of targets and said hospitals near railways invite attack. The raids occurred in two waves Sunday night with a plane downed by gunfire.
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France
Associated Press
Copper price unchanged as draft evasion warned by AG
Washington May 23 Attorney General Gregory announces prosecution under the selective act for men who leave the country to avoid military service. He warns that slackers seeking foreign residence to dodge service will face indictments and the maximum penalties, with citizenship denied on future grounds.
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Washington
D. C
Sinckers
Geneeral Gregory
United States
Uch
Boa
Pres
Filson
Cte
Irish official Edward Shortt travels to England
Dublin reports Edward Shortt chief secretary for Ireland left for Holyhead en route to London. The departure was unexpected and known to only a few. a local Sinn Fein leader was arrested last night before his journey.
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Dublin
Edward Shortt
Ireland
Holyhead
Lemon
Dublin Castle
Sinn Fein
Rumors Denied of Attacks on German Leaders
A Berlin dispatch to the Koelnische Zeitung denies rumors of a recent attempt on the lives of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff, accusing a Amsterdam correspondent of the Mourning Post of spreading sensational claims.
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London
von Hindenburg
Ludender
Berlin
Koelnivebe Volks Zeitang
Amsterdam
Slackers Taken to Devens in Sediment Evasion Case
Ayer May 21. Men are warned of evading the Sed ee eu te ve and face consequences. Reports indicate enforcement efforts and potential charges in the ongoing case, with authorities pursuing those involved and transporting individuals to Devens for processing.
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Ayer
Mase
Barre Holds Official Farewell For 90 War-Recruits
In Barre Vermont on the eve of Italy entering World War I supports, a large draft quota is set for ninety local men to depart for Camp Devens. A city park ceremony features Mayor Glysson and speaker Jonoph B. Sanguinetti, with Christoforo Colombo Band playing and a Red Cross service kite aid.
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Taly-America
Wilson
Herate
Italy
Barre
Herre
Oranje Savinty
Montpelier
City Park
BL. Glysson
Cagle
Jonoph B. Sanguinetti
Camp Devens
Baitenery
Christoforo Colombo
Montpeli
Red Cross
McCall Urges Observance of Italy Day in Massachusetts
Governor McCall in a January open letter urged Massachusetts residents to observe Italy Day and display the Italian flag. He asked all to devote part of the day to ceremonies that show appreciation for Italy’s contributions to civilization and the sacrifices of Italian soldiers in recent years.
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Boston
McCall
Massachusetts
Italy
Perrow
Earthquake Shocks Detected in Washington Area
A heavy quake was recorded this morning centered at an undetermined point. Shocks were dying down at San Francisco until seismograph records are cleared, preventing definite data from being released.
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Washington, D.C
Moderate earthquake disturbance reported in Cleveland
Father Oden bach of St Tenacious college observatory reported seismograph records show a moderate earthquake disturbance this morning in Cleveland Ohio. The main wave began at 7 13 a m and continued for more than an hour as experts await further examination for location data.
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Cleveland
Odenbach
St. Tenacious College Observatory
Red Cross Fund Grows With Large National Totals Reported
Washington reports total contributions of 851,160,098 for a second 100,000,000 Red Cross war fund across divisions. Greater New York totals 11,152,282. New England district estimated well over 3,000,000 with overnight receipts near 300,000. The American Woolen Company subscribed 50,000 to New England.
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Red Crome
Diy
Red Cross War Fund
Atlantic
Aes
Mls New England
Pennsylvania
Otomac
Baltimore
Greater New York
Boston
New England
Red Cross Campaign
American Woolen’ Company
Washington County Quota Subscriptions Report
Washington County has submitted its quota of funds for the Red Cross drive. Waterbury leads with 125 percent of its share, while Montpelier reports 5,105 contributed. Montpelier also has subscribed about three fifths of its quota. Waitfield shows 100 percent and Middlesex at 1 per cent.
Milton accident claims life of Clarence Cochrane
Clarenceville farmer Milton Cochrane, 89, was killed when his stalled automobile on a steep Milton hill rolled down a bridge, crashed through a guard rail, and plunged into the Lamorille river. His body was recovered. he was brother of Frank Cochrane, Ontario minister of canals and railways in Premier Borden’s cabinet.
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Milton
May Bins
Cochrane
Clarenceville
Canada
Hie
Lamoille River
Frank Cochrane
Borden
Drafted man injured in Maple avenue crash
Jakie Aaron of Montpelier was among four in a car returning from Chelsea when a sharp turn and curb strike sent the vehicle into a pole near the Smith block. His left leg and chin were injured by glass from a busted windshield, while the front end, radiator, and axle were damaged. The car was towed to a repair shop for assessment.
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Maple Avenue
Jakie Aaron
Montpelier
Chelsea
Ir i. Smith
Aaron
Narrow bank toss her Oldsmobile traps Mrs Swain
Mrs L C Swain wife of a Plainfield lumberman was pinned under an Oldsmobile S for over 20 minutes after the car slid down a 10 foot bank on a curve near her home. Three men freed her with slight bruises and the car suffered light damage. The vehicle was driven to Barrow under its own power after service station help arrived.
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L. C. Swain
Oldsmobil
Barro
Oldsmobile Hits TelePhone Pole Near Howlan Building
A Oldsmobile touring car owned by G. R. Bianchi of Montpelier was driven by his son yesterday afternoon on North Main when the driver jammed the accelerator instead of the brake. The car, moving slowly, struck a tele phone pole, badly damaging the front, radiator, hood, axle, headlight and windshield. No one was injured and repairs may cost about 8140.
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North Maineatepet
G. R. Bianchi
Montpelier
Howlan Building
Bianchi
Car Plunges Into Bank After Fast Travel
A Buk roadster traveling at high speed south of Teal Holtow struck the bank, causing serious injury to the driver and a passenger. The forward portion of the car was crushed, with the wreck attributed to loss of control. The vehicle is believed owned by Della Berth.
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Ted
Della Berth
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