Huns Make Peace Plea via Holland Reported
United Press reports former Dutch War Minister Colyn traveled to London to present Germanys peace proposals including renunciation of western claims and Belgian restoration. London says no peace offer was made and calls the rumors a mares nest. Amsterdam Vorwaerts cites questionable eastern peace conclusions with Russia, Estonia, and Livonia.
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Holland
United Press
Amsterdam
Colyn
London
Germany
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria
Trentino
Balfour
House of Commons
Austria Faces Numerous Crises
London dispatch notes a dozen crises in Austria centered on food. Racial and sectional tensions are inflamed by food distribution issues, and the government prorogued parliament during the war to avoid hindering economic problem solving.
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London
Austria
Protest Over U S Consul Activity In Siberia
The U S State Department received a protest from the Soviet Republic of Russia alleging that the American consul at Vindivoutok encouraged a movement for an autonomous Siberian government. The protest, shared with entente diplomats, questions relations with counter revolutionaries while the department plans to reply that the Vladivontok consul acted properly and gave no encouragement for separate government efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Sate
Soviet Republic of Russia
Vindivoutok
Siberian
Entente
State Department
Vladlyontok
Wilson Wins Over Japs on Question of Siberia
United Press reports Japanese Premier Terauchi stating Japan will not rush to war over Siberia as US policy under Wilson favors peace with Russia. He notes war would have grave consequences, while public sentiment had urged action weeks earlier.
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Wilson
Siberia
Japan
Count Terauchi
Russia
United States
Rusu
Amati
15 Sammies Taken Captive by Huns
May day casualty report from Washington lists American soldiers believed captured in fighting at Seleheprey. The tally includes eight dead and eighty eight wounded across several bases, with Mantforth Harve of Denver lightly wounded among the injured.
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Washington, D.C
Seleheprey
Witteen
Tlt
Dineane
Acceldent
Mantforth Harve
Denver Place
Denver
Sheridan Man Slain by Wife
A. R. Fulton, manager of B. G. Rose & Co., was shot and killed in his Gladstone street home by his wife. She claimed accidental discharge, but a coroner’s inquest was opened as police investigated and neighbors found the children alone in the house.
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Shepridan
Wyo
A. R. Fulton
B. G. Rose & Co
Gladstone Street
School election underway in Cheyenne for board seats
Three candidates appeared for two Cheyenne school board seats. John D. Clark seeks a second term while J. F. Rosman and W. R. Grier run for the other place. The second seat is vacant after Yan vocal poeta ier a did not run.
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Cheyenne
John D. Clark
Binwolf
J. F. Rosman
W. KR. Grier
Yan Vocal Poeta Ier A
German forces claim capture of most Russian Black Sea fleet
Constantinople May 6 German troops occupying Sebastopol report that most of the Russian Black Sea fleet including cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines and merchantmen is up the harbor and officially announced as captured. The dispatch suggests a large portion of the fleet has fallen to the Germans and the fleet’s role in Odessa’s recapture and Black Sea defense is noted. Stockholm dispatches say Ukrainian grain trains reached Germany and bread rations were cut further. Germany to receive half a million tons of wheat by July with prices rising.
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United Press
Constantinople
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Odessa
Washington
Stockholm
State Department
Germany
Ukraine
Major and Scout Leader Killed by Shell Fire
A United Press dispatch reports Major 4) of Fortland, Ore, killed by a German shell while leading men in scouting near Peotone. The incident occurred as troops moved through the area.
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U. & Major
Prrgubon
United Press Araft
Eas AR
MIKS
Vortlind
Ore
Wie
Wen
16 SHS LAUNORMAL. May 6 Launchings Report
The week ended May 6 saw 60,190 ton ships launched aboard ships ager Jing for the week. Radar and program notes indicate a busy calendar with multiple launchings and shipyard activity.
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Washington
Hixteen Wood
Ager
Eubippiig Board
Machine Gun Production Now Probed
Washington May 6. Military charges allege the heavy Browning machine gun production is a failure comparable only to the break down of the aircraft program. Gutson Borgtom criticizes the aircraft production board for the faulty output.
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United Press
Washington
Gutson Borgtom
Aircraft Production Board
Germans Bent on Leveling Amiens
With the French Army, German forces began systemat ic destruction of Amiens on May 6 and 7, firing over 150 shells and 60 aerial torpedoes. The bombardment caused heavy damage, killed civilians, and threatened the cathedral, the palace of justice, and the museum.
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Henry Woop
United Press
Amiens
Rheime
Palace of Justice
Court Upholds U.S. Draft Law
The Supreme Court today affirmed the selective draft law. Men raised under the draft can be sent anywhere in the world to fight for the United States. The ruling upholds Congress’s authority over military conscription.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Supreme Court
German wounded fill western Planders schools as hospitals
Wounded Germans arrive from the Flanders front and authorities in Selzacer Gotfelde and other western Planders towns close schools and convert them into hospitals to care for the injured.
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United Press
Flanders Battle Front
Selzacer
Gotfelde
Planders
British Advance 1200 Yards Along Somme Front
British and Australian forces push forward on a wide Somme front in Picardy and between the Somme and Albert with heavy enemy casualties and light own losses. Australian troops also report swift advances in the darkness taking prisoners while shelling continues.
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United Press
Haig
Picardy
Somme
Albert
Flanders
Montdidier
Cantigny
Mesnil St. George
France
Anccre
Jnt
German Attack Fails Near Anchin Farm
Paris dispatch reports a German attack southeast of Anchin farm failed after a heavy bombardment. French war office says the enemy left many dead and that reconnoitering parties took prisoners near Abau court. In Champagne forces penetrated German lines west of Rheims inflicting losses and capturing materiel.
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United Press
Paris
Anchin Farm
French War Office
Abaucourt
Champagne
Rheims
Wireless in mid ocean to operate U S trains
Special dispatch from Washington reports railroads east of Chicago will be operated largely by wireless telegraphy from mid Atlantic to speed troop and supply movement to Europe. America Britain France and Italy coordinate vessel and cargo flows to avoid seaboard congestion.
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Wireless
Mid-Ocean
U.S
Washington
Hallroads
Chicago
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
America
Europe
Seaboard
Britain
France
Italy
Police Seek Alleged Kidnappers in Littlvton Case
Authorities hunt two men wanted for abducting a 17 year old girl from Littlvton. They reportedly took her from bed in night clothes and forced her into a waiting car, possibly heading toward Cheyenne. Details on the girl are withheld.
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Littlvton
Cheyenne
le Withheld
Yankees Raid in Lorraine Gains Prisoners and? English Version
American patrol penetrated 200 yards into the village of Ancurviller, taking four prisoners after overcoming an observation post. Elsewhere on May 6, American artillery fired 60,000 shells into German trenches, and a German liquified gas was tested on the Picardy front with limited effect on U.S. troops. A German raid on a forward post failed, with the patrol leader wounded and captured.
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United Press
Lorraine
Ancurviller
Paris
Picardy
Yankee Post
Thermans
Allied Situation Improves With French and British Releas
An Allied situation report from Washington dated May 11 notes French and British reliefs available, with the Allied position in France now considerably improved though still anxious for some time. The first war mission announced today confirms continued improvement and cautious optimism.
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Washington, PD
France
17 000 000 Buyers of Liberty Bonds
Washington May 1 Analysis shows about 17 million people participated in the Liberty loan drive, 7 million more than the second loan and 12.5 million more than the first. Latest tabulations list 87,818,628 subscribers, with the final total expected around 4.19 billion dollars by May 1.
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Washington, D. C
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