Libel Trial Uncovers Names Linked to German Influence
In Bow Street, Noel Pemberton-Billing opens a libel case against Maude Allan and J. T. Arien alleging a book lists 47 000 Britons as bonded to German vice. Witnesses name former Premier Asquith and Mrs Asquith among those in the scandalous volume as wartime pressure to suppress the revelation rises.
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Maude Allan
Dapeer
J. T. Arien
Independent Theater
Villiers Stewart
Germany
Asquith
Mrs. Asquith
Viscount Haldane
Captain Spencer
Stewart
Pemberton
Dilling
Mre. Asquith
Viscount Herdane
Admiralty
England
Pemberton- Filling
French Hold Left Bank and Repel German Attacks
Paris reports at midnight that French forces remain unshaken on the left bank of the Crise river and deny German advances near Soissons and Rheims. Air raids continue as French aviators claim 19 enemy machines destroyed and two balloons downed.
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Paris
Soissons
Crise River
Hone
Ville-en-Tardenoys
Rheims
Todaey
Fo ch Believed Now About To Repeat Marne Stroke
Allied resistance slows German crown prince advance in France as French and British forces halt gains. German efforts shift to widening gaps near Tinop and Brimont while French defenses hold at the outposts near Rheims and the Marne approaches.
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London
Soletone
Aberme
Marne
Paris-Chalops
Paris
Foch
France
Théerd
Tinop
Brimont
Solseons
Outemirts
Rheims
von Mackensen
Dunejee
Picardy
Not a Strike But Merely a Request From Local 237
A Local 237 union of cooks attendants and waiters says no walkout is planned and no demands have been made. They propose salaries from $1 for helpers to $2 for senior workers as a basis for a quiet settlement. The matter is a request to meet rising expenses and will be discussed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Cooks
Americans Repel German Attacks Near Cantiguy Front
Washington reports full details of German counter assaults against American lines in France. Pershing says the American hold remains firm under heavy bombardment as waves of attackers are repulsed with significant enemy losses.
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Foch
Marné
Fech
Usia
Toul
Luneville
Diekenbusche Lake
Ypres
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Germany
Women Die In Stampede After False Alarm In Mannheim
Eighteen women were trampled to death and many more injured as crowds fled for shelter after an air raid alarm sounded at midday yesterday in Mannheim. The panic occurred in Geneva reported details describe a crowded street and immediate rush for cover.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mannheim
French General Pierre de Valliers Killed in Action
Paris May 30. A French general, Pierre de Valliers, 40, was killed on the field of honor when struck by a shell fragment while leading his men in action. The casualty was reported by the Havas correspondent.
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Paris
Havas
Pierre de Valliers
Accon
Submarines Sighted Off Atlantic Coast
Reports indicate German submarines were sighted near the Atlantic coast on May 10 as a Brazilian steamer arrived. Passengers aboard described wireless alerts to watch for subs while the vessel altered course and stayed in the central sea lanes.
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Atlantic
Leelie Trobyn
Barbadoes
Jamaica
Berliah
German advance gains 96 000 prisoners in front line drive
An official German statement says battles around Crecy-au-Mont Juvigny and Cierwess yielded major gains. Forces captured cities and large booty as the front extended from Ypres to the north, with 29 enemy aircraft downed and vast stores seized.
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Brarlin
London
Crecy-au-Mont
Duvigny
Cusnies
Tbe
Orecyrau-Mont
Juvigny
Cie Wes
Acros
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Llell
Evn
Noel Pemberton-Billing
East Herfordshire
Prdlisher
Vigilante
Bolo Pasha
Bow Street
Haldane
Lady Macbeth
He i Ieltence
Armentiers
Bapaume
Everet
Cem
Marie
Paris-Chalons
Gutmane
Parte
Parin
Cermany
Parle
Associated Press
Langeage
Sobbornhy
Alies
Shackern
Vexilly
Bolmons
Adamantine
Hans
Araiy
P Alea
Guancere de Nook
Almedeans
Lonor
Berlin
Mentiole
Perre-en-Lardenoys, Conlonger, Brouilletie and
Cranscourt
Forte
Kiel
Lanouvellette
Hetheny
Hidine Rhea
Forers
Sulusone
Albrecht
Thames
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