Germans Hit Hard On Aisne In Major Front Action
Paris reports on May 25 that part of Chevreux wood on the Aisne front was captured by French forces. German shelters were demolished by French artillery and filled with enemy debris. Continued artillery activity marked the Chemin des Dames region as French operations repelled German advances north of the Vauclerc windmill and near Braye en Léonnois.
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Chevreux Wood
Paris
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Nares Rae
Braye En Léonnois
le Panthon
Vauclerc
Battle rages on the Isonia front amid Austrian claims
London dispatch reports an Austrian war office statement admitting Italian successes on the Carso plateau but claiming severe Austrian repulses elsewhere. It details fierce fighting from Palaya to the seas, with Italian onslaughts near Monte Cuceo Vodice and Monte Banto, and two major assaults east of Gorizia repulsed. An allied trench capture near Loos is noted with 23 prisoners and a failed counterattack.
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London
Austrian War Office
Carso
Bince Nooy
The
Isonso
Palaya
Monte Cuceo
Vodice
Monte Banto
Urwen Ridge
Gorizia
Carso Plateau
Fajti
Saa
Meat Cards To Be Given Parisian Public Debating Coal Shortage
Paris May 2 The Cabinet planning meat cards to curb hoarding with fixed quantities and prices. Ribot Malvy and Violette outline measures while Paris faces coal and food deficits. Violette opposes meat cards favoring meatless days. warns of sugar card limits and argues a 15 percent meat cut for civilians to feed the army 52 000 head monthly. Debate pauses after 1917 wheat crop estimate of 327 million bushels. continuation postponed to Tuesday.
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Chamber OF Deputies
Paris
Ribot
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Maurice Violette
Violette
No Peace At Terms Set By Premier Ribot
Copenhagen May 25 The Berlin Vorwaerts declares that no German after three years of war could accept peace on terms in Premier Ribots speech. The socialist organ argues the war must last another three years rather than yield.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Breezy youth swindles janitor with free suit ploy
A well dressed young man rang doorbells at 31 Riley Street then measured Solomon Grosberg at his synagogue job claiming a free suit paid for. He tallied coefficients of his supposed measurements totaling 140 before snatching Grosberg’s $140. Capt. E O Cronan notes the ruse weighed the victim.
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Solomon Grosberg
Riley Street
Grosberg
Klein
East Main Street
Cronan
Asia Minor In Military Danger Fors News From May25
Petrograd dispatch reports Minister of War Kerensky spoke in Helsingfors before touring the front. He warned Asia Minor is in danger not only of losing or possibly part of the Caucasas region, per the official news agency.
First Austrian Parliament Convenes After War Break
Amsterdam reports Vienna telegram that the lower house convened after a wartime pause. Premier Clam-Martinic aims to boost monarchy's reputation and plans a coalition and a war profits tax law. Adler’s assassination motive tied to not convening legislature. Parliament set to meet May 30.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Clam-Mar
Austria
Friedrich Adler
Stuergkh
Clam-Martinic
Tisza to Support Next Government in Wartime Franchise Stance
Amsterdam dispatch from May 25 reports Count Tisza, meeting with national labor party reps, resigning as Hungarian Premier over franchise policy. He pledged support for the next government on warfare requirements while preserving his stance on franchise reform, a speech that drew warm applause.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Berlin
Count Tisza
National Labor Party
Four Speeders Cited in City Court Racing Case
Four men were found guilty of racing their autos in Fairfield Avenue by Judge Frederic Bartlett in city court this morning. Each was fined $25 and court costs. Eugene Jennings of New Rochelle and Harold Curley of 470 Pequon nock Street traveled east in Fairfield Avenue yesterday, Jennings attempting to block Curley from passing. The pair maintained about 45 mph as they were halted and arrested. Michael Abalon and John Daialiby, both of 26 Clarence Street, raced west past a standing trolley at about 40 mph, on Fairfield Avenue yesterday.
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Fairfield Avenue
Frederic Bartlett
Eugene Jennings
New Rochelle
Harold Curley
Pequonnock Street
Wairfield Avenue
Jennings
Curley
Michael J. Abalon
Clarence Street
John Daialiby
Miss Grace Wheeler Found Dead in Gas Fumes at Factory Kitchen
Grace Wheeler a 19 year old Vermont born bookkeeper at Bilton Machine & Tool Co. suicide found in the commissary kitchen by her sister Ruth and parents. Ill health and neurotic tendency described. medical examiner cites self inflicted gas exposure and illness driven mental state. Survivors include parents, sister Ruth and two brothers Vaughn and Fred.
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Bilton Machine & Tool Co
Washington Avenue
Grace Wheeler
Clarence E. Bilton
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Ruth
North
Machine Company
Wheeler
Miss Wheeler
Garlick
Sarah Bilton Wheeler
George L. Wheeler
North Shaftsbury
Vaughn B. Wheeler
This City
Fred W. Wheeler
West
Civilians Must Register for Army Draft Notice
Washington May 25 The Provost Marshal General Crowder reports that members of any duly organized military or naval force under other laws are not required to register on June 5 under the selective service act The president holds that the selectiv e service act applies to civilians only in this context (Continued on Page 10).
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Washington
United States
Crowder
Selec
Submarine successes lift British food outlook in Commons
London May 25 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that submarine successes have markedly improved Britain's food situation. He cited fewer May shipping losses than April and credited American aid. He warned economy remain essential and that German submarine strategy is doomed to fail if citizens do their duty.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Mr. Lloyd George
England
Lloyd-Geoorge
Lloyd- George
Once Private Field Now Sergeant Field
Chicago May 25 Marshall Field III, said to be the wealthiest young man in America, enlisted as a private in the First Illinois cavalry and by special orders today he was promoted to sergeant.
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Chicago
Marshall Field III
America
First Illinois Cavalry
First American Combatant Corps Heads To Aisne Front
A staff AP report describes the first American combatant corps arriving in France under Capt. E. I. Tinkham and Lieut. Scully of Princeton. Detachments from Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Williams and others drill in French and American methods. Americans live in tents, drive five ton motor cars, and await organization under French officers with Burns, Daily, and Osstheimer guiding training. Clarence Mackay gifts the flag as the Stars and Stripes flies beside the tricolor.
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A. P
France
E. I. Tinkham
Scully
Princeton
Capus
Tinkham
Verdun
Cornell U: . Uates
Aisne
Clarence Mackay
Associated Press
Andover
Yale
Dartmouth
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Chicago
Williams
Lieut. Daily
Lieut
William Taylor
New York
Lieut. Kennedy
Senate Finance Panel to Trim War Revenue Bill
Washington May 25 Senate Finance Committee moves to reduce the war bill from 1.8 billion to about 1.25 billion and fund the gap with short term bonds. Planned revisions include removing the retroactive 33 1 3 percent income tax for 1916, striking second class mail rate increases, and shifting excess profits taxes toward a British-style system with advertising taxes around 2 percent. The panel aims to finalize a draft within 10 days and align with changes approved in the house.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Senate Committee
Gas clouds diverted by wind on Russian front report
The Russian war department states that on Tuesday the enemy released a wave of asphyxiating gas east of Pipitza Dolna north of Galitch but shifting winds diverted the gas toward enemy trenches. No material casualties or damage reported on Romanian and Caucasian fronts.
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Petrograd
Russian War Department
Pipitza Dolna
Galitch
British Mission Sails Quietly to Canada on Special Train
Washington May 25 The British mission departed quietly on a special train for a visit to Canada. The departure was known to newspapers but withheld from publication at the government’s request.
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Washington
Canada
Beerendroeck Named Head of Belgian Relief Commission
Amsterdam May 25 The appoint ment is announced of Jonkheer Charles Ruys De Deerendroeck as head of the Belgian relief commission to succeed Herbert C Hoover.
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Amsterdam
Jonkheer Charles Ruys de Deerendroeck
Belgian Relief Commission
Herbert C. Hoover
Italians Capture Heights of Jamiano in Balkans
Rome reports Italian forces have captured the fortified heights north of Jamiano and extended positions south of Gorizia. The sea battle continues up to Plava and Italian troops have taken 10,245 prisoners plus substantial war materiel over the past two days.
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Rome
Gorizia
Jamiano
War Office
Plava
American troops to front in new transport section
The third American field service transport section sailed to the front under Horton Kennedy of Hanover and F. J. Dussosson, with Dartmouth Yale Harvard Johns Hopkins Chicago Columbia Williams Michigan students among 20 Dartmouth and others. Liddell of Newton Center and Heilbuts of Paris earned war cross honors for bravery on the first day at the front.
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Paris
American Field Service
Field
Horton Kennedy
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
F. J. Dussos
Yale
Harvard
Johna Hopkins
Chicago University
Columbia
Williams
Michigan
Reymond Harper
Princeton
John ‘Heilbuts
James’ Austin Liddell
Newton Center
Mass
Liddell
Greek freighter Odysseus torpedoed April 13 story
New York May 25 The Greek freight steamer Odysseus of 3463 tons, which left New Orleans in late March for Marseilles, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on April, according to two American crewmen who arrived in New York today.
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New York
Odysseus
New Orleans
Marseilles
Russians Maintain Activity Near Baltic Coast Front
Berlin reports revived fighting on the eastern front with renewed activity at several points along the Riga district near the Baltic coast. Russian reconnoitering parties were driven off near Tukums as army headquarters released the operational bulletin.
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Berlin
London
Riga
Baltic
Weather Brief Notes West Winds Over Region
A weather note reports west winds and indicates mild conditions ahead. No significant changes expected. skies mostly unclear with light precipitation unlikely.
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Isonia Front
Hindenburg
Fontaine Les Croiselies
Arieux
Robs
Asia Minor
TISZA
Bartlett
Vermont
Tively
Cc4
Aisne Front
Ameri
United Air
J. W. Osstheimer
Philadelphia
Central Trains
Hans
DR. Beerendroeck
Hoover
Subha
Baltic Coast
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