Allies Struggle as German Numbers Press Front
Allied forces retreat slowly amid overwhelming German numbers as fresh divisions push forward along the Marne front. French and British aviators harass supply lines while trenches hold with stubborn resistance. In the Pinon forest three French battalions endured siege. their final message spoke of holding out until the last.
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Marne
Villen-Tardenois
Thait
Rheims
Pinon
Carrier Pigeonn
German report says front attack progressing favorably
Berlin dispatch quotes German official statement: front from Noyon to west of Rheims advancing, artillery duels and minor infantry engagements ongoing. German forces claim steady pursuit of retreating French on several fronts, capture of lines near Bretigny Saint Paul Crosly Loire, and repulse of French counterattacks around Soissons and Fère En Tardenois.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Noyon
Rheims
Aillette
Oisse
Bretigny-St. Paul Crosly-Loire
Ais
French Front Advances Near Rheims and Vesle
The advance reports describe Arcy and Grand Roseby pierced and forces reaching the Marne. Positions held include Sainte Gemme Romigny Champosy with gains on the Vesle south of Rheims. Captures include Germigny Gueux Thillois with rising prisoner and booty totals surpassing 45,000 prisoners, 400 guns, and thousands of machine guns.
Germans claim 45000 prisoners and 1300 guns in Cambrai action
Berlin via London reports from the German War Office that more than 45000 prisoners have been taken, with over 1300 guns captured, amid broader March 21 to April 5 fighting before Cambrai. The German tally also notes thousands of machine guns seized and a larger prisoner total than earlier estimates.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Cambrai
War Office
Italy's airmen busy during week of May 31
Rome reports constant aerial activity with enemy attacks against Capo Sile repulsed and other assaults against Spinoncia and west of Canove crushed. Italian forces bombed trenches, dumps, and hutments on Asiago and Lavarone plateaus, attacked roads to Gaillio and troop transports, and downed three hostile airplanes.
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Associated Press
Rome
Capo Sile
Spinoncia
Canove
Asiago
Lavarone
Gaillio
German Attacks Re pulsed on Ailette Front May 31
French official report from Paris states German assaults on the right bank of the Ailette River were repulsed and that German forces reached the Marne with light detachments into the river area between Charteres and Jaulgonne. The right flank and areas west and north of Rheims remain unchanged according to the War Office report.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ailette River
Marne
Charteres
Jaulgonne
Rheims
War Office
Vice scandal monger cross questioned on book of shame
London May 31 AP reports the trial of Noel Pemberton Billing focused largely on cross examination of Captain Harold Sherwin Spencer who testified about sources from Italian Deputies and British Embassy officials on attempts to restore Premiers Asquith Sillaux and Giolitti to power. Annapolis naval circles watch the libel suit due to Spencer’s local ties and colorful biography including marriage to a Countess and later war correspondence.
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Vice Scandal
Book OF Shame
Associated Press
London
Noel Pemberton-Billing
Harold Sherwin Spencer
Spencer
Rome
Camarilla
Herbert H. Asquith
Joseph @aillaux
Giovanni Giolitti
England
France
Italy
George Keppel
Holland
Hall
Admiralty Intelligence Department
Annapolis
Academy
New York
Camp Sherman Welcomes 600 Recruits From Camp Taylor
Six hundred recruits from Camp Taylor, vanguard of the 84th Division, arrived at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio and were assigned to the 158th Field Artillery. Brigades and regiments were formed, with 322d, 323d and 324th units receiving new men. Washington announced the 83d Division would soon be over there, boosting morale. Major General Hale to command the camp, which is planned as a permanent training post after the war. A first field mass is set for June 3 in honor of Colonel T O Ashburn with a platform and Father V J Tovld leading.
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Associated Press
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Taylor
84Th Division
National Army
158Th Field Artillery
T. Q. Ashburn
Ohio
322D
323D
324Th
Washington
83D
Eighty-fourth
Harry C. Hale
Pennsylvania
T. O. Ashburn
324Th Heavy Fields Artillery
Knights of Columbus
Father V. J. Tovld
Committees To Pare Duties In Francisco District
Francisco District committee lists show W. G. Barnwell of San Francisco as chairman guiding reductions in local functions. The continued itemization outlines coordination across city departments and anticipated budget trims by the panel.
Crozier Returns to Washington After European Ordnance Tour
Major General Crozier chief of ordnance and War Council member returned to Washington from an extended European stay to observe ordnance handling.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crozier
Ordnance
Baker
War Council
Europe
Ohioans prominent in new organization to teach loyalty
New York May 31 Lincoln Patriotic Army organized to run patriotic education campaigns in industrial centers and aid wartime government. General Coleman du Pont named Commander in Chief with Major General Leonard Wood as Honorary Commander and Ohio figures Theodore Burton and James M. Cox among officials. Directors include Henry Clews, Bainbridge Colby, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, Hudson Maxim, John Golden, and others.
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Associated Press
New York
Lincoln Patriotic Army
Coleman du Pont
United States
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Marcus M. Marks
Henry Clews
Bainbridge Colby
James M. Cox
D.frank Crane
John Hays Hammond
Samuel Gompers
F. E. Lieberling
John Mitchell
James KL. Watson
Indiana
Thomas Rock
Hudson Maxim
A.L. Garford
John Golden
John Wesley Hill
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Heartless Huns Fire Tragedy Continues At Hospital
Fire crews battled a blazing wing of a hospital where patients and staff were evacuated using ladders and apparatus. Firemen saved others as a furnace-like blaze raged, leaving many victims including sisters entombed and presumed dead.
Lafayette honors General March at May commencement
Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania awarded General Peyton C March Chief of Staff United States Army the honorary Doctor of Laws degree as 71 graduates faced commencement 28 absent in service James M Beck delivered the address and the Alumni Association presented March with a horse after months of searching.
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Associated Press
Easton
Lafayette College
Peyton C. March
United States Army
James M. Beck
Alumni Association of
Lafayette
General March
Sheriff Exonerated in Draft Regulations Report
Associated Press reports from Clanton Alabama that H A Harris Sheriff of Chilton County was not arrested for negligence or nonenforcement of draft rules. Federal agent C L Doggerell said the Sheriff had not been arrested, clearing his name of the circulating claim.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Clanton
H. A. Harris
Chilton County
C. L. Doggerell
Wage Board to Study Requests as Rail Shop Wins Rise
Washington May 31 The Board of Railroad Wages and Working Conditions opens to hear claims by machinists and other shop workers for higher pay under McAdoo's order. Hearings may set wage scales for machinists in other industries as data for modifying the order. Strikes at Silvis and threats elsewhere pushed the meeting ahead. Railroad men will receive higher pay tomorrow for the first time under the director general's order, and back wages will start within a week.
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Washington
McAdoo
Board of Railroad
Silvis
Ill
Rock Island
Railroad Administration
Rock Island workers strike over wage award demand
In Silvis shops near Moline Rock Island road workers walked out at noon to press Director General McAdoo for wage changes. They seek a 75 cent hourly minimum and overtime at time and a half for an eight hour shift, challenging a 55 cent per hour minimum set by the award.
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Associated Press
Moline
Ill
Rock Island Road
McAdoo
Stevens Named Federal Manager For Chesapeake & Ohio
George W. Stevens former Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad president is appointed Federal Manager of the road in Washington. Three Virginia short line roads are placed under A. C. Needles, Federal Manager of the Norfolk and Western.
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Washington
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Virginia
A. C. Needles
Norfolk & Western
Thompson Retained as Federal Manager Appointments
In Philadelphia on May 31 Elisha Lee, Acting Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was named Federal Manager of the road by Charles H. Markham, Regional Director for the Allegheny District. Simultaneously A. W. Thompson, formerly vice president of the lines, was appointed Federal Manager of the Baltimore & Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Elisha Lee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles H. Markham
Allegheny District
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore & Ohio
Amackassin Sinks With Loss Of Crew At Sea
Madison an oiler aboard the Amackassin says the troop ship exploded in the engine room while en route from Gibraltar to Genoa and broke apart. He floated for seven hours before a British patrol boat rescued him, with reports of others saved but unconfirmed. Most crew hailed from New York area. NY & Hastings Steamboat Co. had no word of the loss.
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United States
Italy
Madison
Gibraltar
Genoa
New York
New York & Hastings Steamboat Company
Submarine Rammed by British Transport Off Irish Coast
An American returning from England reports a German submarine waiting for troop transports was rammed and sunk by a large British liner off the Irish coast in mid May. The liner hit the U boat amidships after a torpedo fired by the sub, then maneuvered to allow destroyers to drop depth charges. The observer says the submarine may have surfaced from explosions, but was struck in full view of soldiers on deck and cut apart by the liner.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
England
Italian Ship Verona Sunk by German Submarine
Word reached New York on May 31 that the Italian steamship Verona of 8261 tons gross register was sunk by a German submarine. Officials for Navigazione Generale Line said no official confirmation had been received. The ship served the Italian Government and the sinking is reported to have occurred last week.
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New York
Verona
Navigazione Generale Line
Submarine sinkings and convoy actions reported
Allied destroyers sunk U boats and captured prisoners from one vessel. The Italian liner remained at Gibraltar as the sea lane she used was cleared of enemy ships. Cable reports cited an official note that a new German submarine was destroyed and later the Admiralty claimed one of these boats was long overdue.
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Gibraltar
Germany
Phoenix tanker launched at Chester by shipyard
The 8,500-ton tanker Phoenix, built by the Chester Shipbuilding Company, was launched in Chester on May 31. Mrs. EB Harriman of New York sponsored the ceremony. The Cunard Line contracted for the vessel, but it was commandeered by the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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Chester
Phoenix
Chester Shipbuilding Company
EB. H. Harriman
New York
Cunard Line
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Navy Men Fly To Cuba in Hydro-Airplanes
Two United States naval hydro airplanes reached a Cuban port from an American port. President Menocal Secretary of War Jose Marti American Minister Gonzales and Cuban aviators Panchito Terry and Parla flew in the craft. The three officials called the flight experience wonderful.
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Havana
United States Naval
Menocal
Jose Marti
Gonzales
Panchito
Terry
Parla
Eleven Men Deny Role in Praeger Lynching Case
In Edwardsville Illinois on May 31 eleven defendants charged with murdering enemy alien Robert Paul Praeger testified that they bore no responsibility for the lynching at Collinsville on April 5. The defense rested and the case likely goes to a jury tomorrow.
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Edwardsville
Robert Paul Praeger
Collinsville
Washington Indorses Gilligan Course Toward Old Soldiers
A Washington dispatch reports Collector Gilligan of Cincinnati faced discrimination charges from old soldiers. The Bureau of Internal Revenue backs his actions, citing reduced work due to a spirits law. Gilligan claims veterans received preference where possible, with no work available for all. Representative Longworth will act if veterans are denied positions.
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Andrew Ca Gilligan
Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Service
Washington Dispatch
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Gilligan
Department
Bureau
Longworth
Cincinnati Men Get Commissions in Army
The War Department announced that Ohioans accepted commissions in the national army. Erasmus Dooley of Cincinnati becomes chaplain and First Lieutenant in Company V. Thaddeus E. Minshall of Chillicothe is named Captain in the Ordnance Department. Link of Cincinnati is Captain in the Quartermaster Corps.
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War Department
Washington
Penn Constable Shot Dead in Ohio Killing
John F. Dargus aged 21 of Uniontown Pennsylvania a member of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary was shot and killed at Struthers Ohio. Walter Richardson a Black man is wanted in Pennsylvania on a murder charge. Mahoning County deputy sheriffs and Pennsylvania state police search the area for the escaped suspect.
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Youngstown, O
John F. Dargus
Uniontown
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Struthers
Here
Walter Richardson
Pennsylvania
Mahoning County
Dargus
Two U Boats Sunk by Allied Destroyers Near Gibraltar
Two of Germany's newest cruiser class submarines were sunk on May 17 and May 18 near Gibraltar, according to passengers who arrived on an Italian steamship. The report notes these vessels as among the largest U-boats in German service.
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Germany
Gibraltar
Germans seize Kronstadt forts reported by Pravda
London May 31 The Daily Mail Copenhagen correspondent cites Petrograd Pravda claiming German ace took and fortified several Kronstadt forts, signaling a sharp advance along the Baltic. The report emphasizes German gains and strategic positions near Kronstadt.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Pravoj
Kronstadt
Heel of Germany Is Driven Deep Into Her Neighbor
The Associated Press reports from Washington on May 31 that a new military treaty between Germany and Austria Hungary promises complete subjugation of Austria Hungary to German domination. It states that any hope for independence by Czechs, Jugo Slavs, and anti German elements is eliminated, and US peace prospects with the dual monarchy have vanished along with remaining liberties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Austria- Hungary
State Department
United States
Austria
Henry County Awarded Sunday School Honors
Springfield Ohio May 31 Henry County won more honor banners than any other county at the fifty ninth Ohio Sunday School Convention closing session. Henry County received eight banners for departmental work and efficiency. Canal Winchester Franklin County presented an American flag to a YMCA Bible class at Camp Sherman. Delegates returned home with next convention city to be chosen by the Executive Committee.
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Springfield
Henry County
Ohio Sunday School
Canal Winchester
Franklin County
Camp Sherman
MINE OPERATOR FINED FOR COAL PROFITEERING
James M. Orr of Clarksburg West Virginia President of the Orr Coal Mining Company was fined 5000 in Federal Court Philadelphia for alleged coal profiteering. Orr pleaded guilty and the government dropped the prosecution against the corporation.
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Philadelphia
James M. Orr
Clarksburg
W. Va
Orr Coal Mining Company
Orr
Wilson
Police Pickups and Accidents Reported by City Court
Judge Bernard C. Fox sentenced Anthony Rump to three months in the Workhouse after his wife Mary Rump testified he did not provide for their son as ordered. John Ast was fined $10 and costs for violating the Sunday closing law. Leroy Willig, 9, fell from a box car at Gest and Depot, suffering a fractured skull and torn eye, taken to General Hospital. Charles KleeSpie reported burglars stole $1.50 and hardware from his Hartwell hardware store. Charles Frey’s grocery cart overturned on a ten foot embankment at Columbia and Kemper. he escaped injury and his car was badly damaged.
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Anthony Rump
Bernard C. Fox
Mary Rump
East Twelfth Street
John Ast
Vine Street
Leroy Willig
State Avenue
Gest
Depot Streets
General Hospital
Charles KleeSpie
Burns Avenue
Hartwell
Charles Frey
Goshen, C
Columbia Avenue
Kemper Lane
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Syrian Temple
Kaaba
Charles F. Hare, JR
Podten
WM. Harte
Dollie Conner
Arthur B. Conner
Montgomery Road
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W. Mack Johnson
McMillan
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Church of Assumption
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Lida A
Lerch
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Henry Littinger
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