Destruction of U boats reported in week long losses
London May 15 report says weekly submarine losses are the most favorable in weeks with fewer ships torpedoed and many escaping attack. British navy sunk or captured at least seven German subs en route to American waters, and total Allied losses of U boats claimed around 80 to 100 destroyed since February 1.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Amercan
England
Admiralty
Ahn
North Sea
Telegraaf
Amsterdam
Holland
African Steamship Company
Baltic
Valdez
Chile
San Francisco
H. Holmquist
South America
Holmquist
Straits of Magellan
Punta Arenas
President Wilson seeks broad authority over transportation
President Wilson asked Congress for broad presidential power to direct freight movement and favor certain commodities. He argued the authority is imperatively necessary to manage transportation and national needs.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Weather outlook for five states fair and warmer midweek
The bulletin covers Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia with fair and warmer conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Station readings list highs around 70s and 80s, with a mix of clear and cloudy skies. A May 15 1917 Cincinnati record ends at 7 p.m. with temperatures and wind notes, noting 60s to 70s in the afternoon and light precipitation chances.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Montreal
Salt Lake Cy
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Portland
St. Lowis
San Eeerie Memphis
Winnipeg
Maha
Samloops
Aise
Cincinnati
Call to Colors Day Proclaimed Holiday by Mayor
Mayor Puchta announced Tuesday that Call to Colors Day will be proclaimed a city holiday with city offices and most businesses closed. Cincinnati will cooperate with state and nation to make the day eventful and ready to respond when the date is set.
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Puchta
Cincinnati
Plan To Drill Um Sparks Faculty Rift At Ohio Mechanics
Dispute over student military drill at Ohio Mechanics Institute widens as Prof. Warren E. Thayer accuses President Shearer of improper conduct and resigns as Military Training Committee chair. Drill program stalls while board and officers seek resolution amid protests over officer selection and scheduling.
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Ohio Mechanics Institute
Shearer
Warren E. Thayer
Thayer
Third Regiment to Camp on Eden Park Grounds
Preparations to move the Third Regiment from Lincoln Park to Eden Park were made by Colonel Hubler who selected a site at the end of St James avenue below the water tower. The move will take place the first of next week with streets laid out along the ridge and headquarters near the tower. Water and electricity supplies will be discussed Thursday with Park Department chief engineer Meeds. Cook tents and supply area will be north of the old water works and the animal corral placed near the reservoir walls.
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Eden Park
Hubler
St. James Avenue
Water Tower
Meeds
Park Department
German Chancellor Avoids War Aim Details in Reichstag
Berlin May 15 Dr von Bethmann Hollweg refused to discuss Germanys peace terms in the Reichstag. He offered Russia a chance at permanent friendship if it renounces conquest while withholding Teutonic terms for now. He defended silence as the proper stance amid pressure from factions and insisted on an early conclusive end to the war.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Russia
Iit
Philip Scheidemann
Herr Rosicke
Great Sacrifices Made by Germans in Small Success
Special Cable reports on May 15 from London noting violent fighting along the western front. Between Lens and the Argonne forest German forces repeatedly attacked British and French positions, winning two small gains. At Bullecourt a British post was seized after fierce hand to hand combat. North of the Aisne, Germans penetrated a French trench amid heavy bombardment, though the gain was minor given the losses.
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Commercial Tribune
London
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Argonne Forest
Bullecourt
Haburg
Aisne
Chemin Des Mes
Group of Youngsters Who Will Own Millions
A photo of wealthy American children presenting flowers to Marshal Joffre during his New York visit. The youngsters, described as descendants of prominent families, include Bernard Leon, John W. Mackay, Ferdinand W. Coudert, Helen Choate, Hattie Shannon, and Priscilla and Marion Choate, all linked to notable figures.
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Maine
New York
America
Bernard
Leon
John W. Mackay
Clarence H. Mackay
Ferdinand W. Coudert
Frederic R. Coudert
Helen Choate
Joseph H. Choate
Hattie Shannon
George T. Wilson
Priscilla and
Marion Choate
Mayor Puchta Deliberates On renomination Amid War Strain
Mayor Puchta is undecided about accepting a Republican renomination as war service looms. A committee led by R. K. Hynicka presented the offer at City Hall, noting the burden of a sixteen hour day and health concerns. He promised a written decision by Thursday after weighing family and municipal duties.
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City Hall
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R. K. Hynicka
John R. Holmes
Leonard Smith
William F. Hess
Hynicka
Lawrence
United States
Army
Navy
Workingmen Laid Off to Avert Courthouse Strike
Carpentry and sheet metal workers on courthouse project will be laid off while the Arbitration Committee decides on work division. The move averts a broader jurisdictional strike, with Carpenters and Joiners' Council to monitor McCaul Construction Company’s compliance. Arbitration Committee meeting set to discuss referee choice.
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Carpenters and Joiners’ Council
Herbert Knox
Charles McCaul
McCaul Company
Singer's Husband Dies in New York Opera Star's Spouse
Dr. Gilleame Stengel-Sembrich, husband of the renowned prima donna Marcella Sembrich, died today at the Gotham hospital after an operation. He was nearly seventy-one years old.
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New York
Gilleame Stengel-Sembrich
Marcella. Sembrich
Liquor advertising barred from mails in half the states
Postmaster General Burleson announced that the Reed amendment bans liquor advertisements from mail in at least twenty four states and parts of two others, with July 1 as the general effective date. Full bans apply to Alabama through West Virginia plus Kent County Delaware and ninety one Connecticut towns, while several states set later dates or partial prohibitions.
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Chief Command Given to Hero of Verdun
Paris May 15 General Petain the hero of Verdun assumed chief command of all the French armies today General Foch who gained distinction at the battle of the Marne succeeds Petain as chief of staff General Nivelle who has been in supreme command of the French forces north and south of the Aisne River and in Champagne will continue in command of a group of armies it was announced
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
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Verdun
Foch
Marne
General Petain
Nivelle
Aisne River
Champagne
Big Navy Yard Fire Destroys Five-Story Receiving Building
Fire at a New York navy yard May 15 destroyed the five story brick receiving building and caused losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The ordnance pier is flanked by moored interned German steamships which were not damaged.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Largest war budget to Senate in U S history marked
Washington May 15 The largest war budget in the nation’s history totaling 3 390 946 000 will be taken up by the Senate tomorrow and given the right of way until passed. The measure includes 650 000 000 for shipping board fleet and shipyard mobilization with federal commandeering provisions.
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House
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Navy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Shipping Board
Senate Committee
Kitchin
Marine Corps
Secretary of Agriculture
Two Aviators Injured In Crash Near Columbus New Mexico
Special dispatch reports Captain J. M. Dunsworth and Lieutenant Mc Hert of the first aero squadron seriously injured when their airplane wrecked near Columbus New Mexico. Dunsworth reportedly led the squadron here and is a native of Illinois. He formerly served with the coast artillery.
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Columbus
N. M
J. M. Dunsworth
McHert
Aero Squadron
Dunsworth
Abro
Illinois
Coast Artillery
War-time liquor sale ban urged by Salvation Army leader
A resolution introduced by J Booth commander of the Salvation Army in America asking President Wilson to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors during the war was unanimously adopted today by the thirty seventh annual Congress of the Eastern District.
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Philadelphia
J. Booth
Salvation Army
America
Wilson
Congress
Covington official notes garden planting on street end
Covington Kentucky Mayor Craig told city commissioners on Tuesday he received a complaint about a woman plowing up the end of Twenty-fourth Street to plant a garden. He opposed blocking the street for pedestrians, though not objecting to farming.
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Covington
Om Ky
Twenty-fourth
Peace plan hinted as Berlin passport row widens
May 15 in Copenhagen German officials signal desire for early peace by disavowing the Berlin Prefecture action that restricted passports for radical Socialist delegates. Reichstag committee says all Socialist delegates may obtain passports from the Foreign Office. The move averts a broader Socialist boycott of the Stockholm conference. Hamburg Senate forms a committee to revive trade and shipping postwar ties with the United States as papers are told to limit anti US coverage.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Foreign Office
Hamburg Senate
Hamburg
United States
Striking Modistes Parade in Paris Demand Pay Rise
In Paris on May 15, about 1,000 striking dressmakers marched toward labor headquarters. The workers, from three major dressmakers, opposed a Saturday half holiday without pay and demanded one franc more per day due to high living costs. A Strike Committee formed to unite other firms in the action.
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Paris
Federal Drive Averted By Fixing Grain Prices
Chicago May 15 delegates from the primary grain exchanges agreed to fix a maximum price for wheat futures and bar trading to gain only closing transactions to curb speculation. May options for wheat corn and oats barred except to close deals with July and September oats and corn potentially under embargo. Milling interests attended as eight exchanges including Chicago New York Toledo Winnipeg Minneapolis Kansas City Omaha and St Louis joined in the plan.
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New York
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Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Daughter of McAdoo Wedded to Diplomat
President Wilson and his cabinet attended the wedding of Miss Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury, to Ferdinand De Mourenschildt, second secretary of the Russian Embassy. Miss Mary McAdoo served as bridesmaid and Mrs. Tabor Martin as matron of honor.
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Commercial Tribline
Washington
Wilson
Nona
Hazelhurst McAdoo
the Treasury
Ferdinand de Mourenschildt
Mary McAdoo
Tabor Martin
Petrograd Council backs Socialist participation in provisional government
In Petrograd the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates voted 41 to 19 to include Socialist party representatives in the provisional government. The executive heard reports that several army commanders may resign, and debates about Russia's unity and the war's course intensified amid Socialist minister Kerensky’s warnings and sharp press commentary. A manifesto urged soldiers to keep fighting and reject any separate peace, noting Wilhelm's regiments were undermining revolutionary Russia.
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Rietch
Petrograd
Council of Workmen's
Kerensky
Sweden
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Wilhelm
Russians Send Appeal to Teuton Socialists
Petrogad May 15 The Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates issued an appeal to the Socialists of Germany and Austria, urging them to prevent their troops from being used to crush France and then turn on Russia. The appeal argues that only democracy can preserve Russian liberty and opposes imperialist actions against the international proletariat.
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Petrograd
Council of Workmen’s and
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
Ohio Medical Association Elected Officers and Delegates
Springfield Ohio May 15 The Ohio State Medical Association held sessions and elected Dr J F Baldwin Columbus president for 1918 Officers included J H J Upham Albert Freiberg Cincinnati and J Palcorn Columbus on Public Policy Publication and Public Health Education Committees Delegates to the 1917 AMA convention in New York were elected for two years J E Hunter Greenville C W Moots Toledo E J March Canton and A B Headly Cambridge Alternates named L D Allard Portsmouth E W Morgan Akron and G M Lewis Marion
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Ohio State Medical Association
Columbus
J. F. Baldwin
J. H. J. Upham
Albert Freiberg
Cincinnati
J. Palcorn
C. W. Maxson
Steubenville
A. W. Lucke
Cleveland
J. H. Landis
A. O. Peters
Dayton
C. H. Higgins
Zanesville
C. T. Souther
J. E. Hunter
Greenville
C. W. Moots
Toledo
E. J. March
Canton
A. B. Headly
Cambridge
Wells Teacher
American Medical Association
New York
Oh B. Walker
H. C. Harring
L. D. Allard
Portsmouth
E. W. Morgan
Akron
G. M. Lewis
Marion
Bitter contest over naming Wood as major general
Washington May 15 War Department officials debate Governor Coxs appointment of Adjutant General George H Wood as Major General of the Ohio West Virginia division They argue Cox could appoint a Major General for Ohio if Ohio had its own division but cannot name one for both Ohio and Virginia Indications point to a bitter War Department contest over the appointment
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