Roosevelt Gets Division Authorized for Roosevelt to Lead
Washington May 16 The senate and house conferees on the army bill agreed to report the measure with the provision authorizing the president to raise a volunteer division that Col Roosevelt desires to lead to France. The senate accepted without change the house provision for the Roosevelt division of volunteers. Whether Roosevelt will go abroad remains for the president to decide as the provision makes it optional.
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Washington
Senate
House
Col
Roosevelt
France
Congress
English censor jailed for three years in London
A London court sentenced the assistant censor of cables at the press bureau to three years penal servitude for collecting without authority and sending information deemed useful to the enemy. He termed the material "Urbita" in a letter to a friend.
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London
Training Camp Trial At University Of N Proposed
University authorities considered a summer training camp for soldiers similar to California and Stanford camps. They deemed a camp for university students impracticable due to small student numbers. A movement to preserve a limited camp is under way with likely state officials' support. The camp would follow cadet drill methods and last about a month to six weeks.
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University of California
Stanford
Howeer
Atudente
Provisional government to stick to its task
The provisional government of Russia pledges to unite diverse interests and form a coalition. A soldiers and workers council commission aims to negotiate terms for socialist entry to the ministry, while urging the army to resume offensive against Germany. Other notes report Zeppelin production ending, British positions at Bullecourt held, German gains near Fort Demalmaison, and generals Brussiloff and Gurko asking to be relieved.
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Russia
Council of Soldiers’ and Workingmen’s
London
Bullecourt
Berlin
Steberthe
Fort Demalmaison
Aise
Another Hearing Held on Suffrage in Senate Committee
Washington May 15 another hearing on the proposed constitutional amendment to grant suffrage to women was held by the senate suffrage committee. Mr Mabel Vernon of Nevada representing the national women's party appeared in favor of the resolution.
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Washington
Senate Suffrage Committee
Mabel Vernon
Nevada
National Women's Party
Food shipments to come first in senate plan
Washington May 16 The chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee Newlands is drafting an administration bill to empower the president to compel railroads to give preference to food shipments and ensure carriage priority during shortages.
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Washington
Newlands
Senate — Interstate Commerce Committee
Senators Plan Fresh Battle Over Prohibition Laws
Washington May 15 The Senate fight over dry legislation will be renewed led by Senators Cumming Kenyon Gore Curtis and Gronna The members urging continued wartime prohibition aim to press the issue anew in the Senate.
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Washington
Cumming
Kenyon
Gore
Curtis
Gronna
Big appropriation for shipbuilding approved in Senate
Washington May 15 the Senate appropriation committee agreed to an appropriation of 750000000 dollars for the purchase and construction of a fleet of merchant vessels.
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Washington
Renate
Forest fires darken skies over Minnesota near Duluth
May 16 Duluth reports smoke from bush and forest fires. A Woodland farm was wiped out while embers ignited a Catholic girls school roof near Dubh but were extinguished. A vast dry region burns across the Masaba range as rangers and bucket brigades fight the fires.
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Duluth
Catholic School For Girls
Dubh
Masaba
Jarbidge Flood Threat Near Camp as High Water Rises
Bear Creek near Jarbidge overran banks late last night flooding the camp area. The flood, swollen by warfording, widened to about 100 feet across the main street yet was only an inch deep. Officials expect subsidence tonight with no immediate food shortage due to extreme cold. The Brabidge River remains high but undamaging. two riverbank lots owned by John Miller of Elko have suffered major erosion.
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Bear Creek
Jarbidge
John Miller
Elko
New Commander Named for French Front
Paris May 19 General Petain has been appointed commander in chief of the French armies operating on the Preneb front.
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Paris
Petain
Russian resignation sparks anxiety in Paris
Paris observers react to the resignations of War Minister Guchkoff and Petrograd military chief Korniloff with concern, fearing Russia's situation worsens and the revolution's liberal allies turn anxious, while royalist Gaulois calls the revolution bankrupt.
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Paris
Mmeree
Guchkoff
Korniloff
Petrograd
Russia
Socialist Humanite
Ninety Die As British Liner Absoseo Sunk
Rumor circulated in shipping circles that ninety lives were lost when the British liner Absoseo was torpedoed on April 24 about thirty miles south of Fastent. Survivors were rescued about forty-five minutes later and landed in Liverpool. forty six passengers and forty four crew perished.
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Absoseo
Fastent
New York
Liverpool
French Repel German Attack at Paris Front
Paris May 15 The official statement says German forces attacked an extended front last night and were repulsed by French fire. The Germans gained footing only in the advanced trenches as French defense held.
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Paris
Germans Lose About Hundred Submarines Report
Amsterdam reports on May 15 that German submarine forces total around 320 boats in operation. Telegraph interview cites 80 to 100 sunk or captured by British nets, referencing a member of the submarine U-5k.
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Amsterdam
Telegraf
Ben Arnold Reopens Mayer Cafe In Elko
Ben Arnold and Mrs. Arnold resume management of the Mayer Cafe, taking over last evening as Mr. Mitchell departs soon for Salt Lake City to manage a large cafe. A welcome dance will be held Friday night to greet the couple, who previously ran the Mayer cafe and were popular with locals.
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Ben Arnold
Arnold Dre
Mayer Cafe
Mr. Mitchell
Salt Lake City
Mitchell
Ben
Mrs. Arnold
Elko
Deeth
Speculation Curtailment Drops Grain Prices
Chicago May 15 The board of trade curtailment of speculation triggered a further price recession in early grain trades. July wheat fell eight cents to 2.20, corn slid 2.5 to 3 cents, and oats declined 1 to 1.5 cents. Closing quotations: wheat 2.42, corn 1.53, oats 66e.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Submarine Kiss Alibi In Reed Lake Case
Mrs. Irene Goodspend of Grand Rapids Michigan breaks silence in Chicago to deny her alleged underwater affair with Rev Francis Godolphin of Oak Park New Jersey. She says the submarine kiss charge is unfounded and that Reed Lake bottom mud would preclude such activity.
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Chicago
Reed's Lake
Irene Goodspend
Grand Rapids
Mich
Francis Godolphin
Oak Park
Goodspeed
Reed Lake
President Wilson Attends Wedding Brightens Washington Scene
President Wilson canceled a cabinet meeting to attend the wedding of Nona McAdoo and Ferdinand Mohren zebildt of the Russian embassy in Washington this morning on May 15.
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Wilson
Washington
Nona McAdoo
Ferdinand Mohrenzebildt
Choate Dies at 85 Noted U S Lawyer and Envoy
Joseph Choate former ambassador to England died at his New York home at 85 after a long career in law. He defended major cases including Tweed Porter Vanderbilt and the Chinese exclusion suit earning fame for wit and cross examination. He helped strengthen Anglo American ties and was made a Bencher in Middle Temple.
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New York
Joseph Fi
Choate
England
Balfour
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
Harvard
Evaris, Southmayd and Choate
Tweed
New York City
Treasury
Fitz-John Porter
Commodore Vanderbilt
Atlantic
Middle Temple
London
President to speed up Congress in war program
Washington May 15 The president moved to speed up Congress in the war program urging quicker action on food relief merchant fleet measures and the war bill. He planned to meet Senate and House leaders tonight to press for faster passage of key legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Senate
House
New Dray Line at Cox Dray Line Stand
Ww. S. Dayton announces the Cox Dray Line lease and a stand at the Commercial hotel offering prompt service and courteous treatment. Telephone numbers 524 or 496 listed.
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Cox Dray
Ww. S. Dayton
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