Britain Ready to Listen to Peace Offers Says Balfour
London May 16 Foreign Secretary Balfour told the House of Commons Britain would consider peace proposals if presented by accredited representatives in a straightforward manner. He said England seeks an honorable termination of the war and may soon engage authentic peace discussions if the central powers approach with proper overtures.
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House of Commons
England
London
Bal Tuer
Great Britain
Per
Halfour
Sinking of Austrian Cruiser by Italian Navy at Pola Harbor
Italian Navy sinks Austrian cruiser at Pola Harbor during a bold morning operation. The Viribus Unitis, a Austrian cruiser, is reported to have been sunk after a daring coastal assault. two Austrian marines die and several soldiers are wounded as seaplanes and searchlights aid the attack.
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Pola Harbor
Agarian
Bochy
Volk
Germany tests street car men
Stockholm May 16. A labor association for vocational problem workers, formed with cooperation of major German industries and science, aims to assess fitness for jobs via American inspired methods. Experiments in labs and on street railway workers will gauge responses using a two handed reaction test with visual and keyboard inputs.
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Stockholm
Cortes- Wadence
Preas
Yaris Darge Industries
Scien
Limnburg
Heko Minoterborg
Prac
German Mine Recall Impacts Naval Operations
A Hamburg dispatch reports recall of the German mine unit led by Hattie Heat, with most crew returning to base after weeks at sea. The move affects ongoing naval activity near Genova and hints at strategic reevaluation amid tensions.
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Berman
Ae Mi
Faye
Hamburg
Genova
Escape, Riot Threat Endangers Suspect in San Francisco
Foreman rescue of Harry Shebreck after a crowd threatened lynching him following his arrest as a suspected 1. W. W. member. Police raided headquarters, arrested Shebreck and eight companions on vagrancy charges. fourth raid in two weeks. Shebreck broke away and ran through the shopping district before officers and bystanders were calmed and he was returned to police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Shebreck
1. W
Shebreck
Shel
Canal to be built from Buenos Aires to Cordoba proposed
A syndicate petitions the Minister of Public Works for a seventy year concession to dig a navigable canal from Buenos Aires to Cordoba 630 miles through Santa Fe and nearby provinces. Ports would line Moron Merced es Chacabuco Junin Venado Tuerto La Carlota and other towns. The plan mirrors a long discussed Cordoba to Buenos Aires waterway with operation to the nation after seventy years.
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Federal District
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Cordoba
Department of
Santa Maria
Moron
Modrigues
Mercedes
Chacabuco
Junin
Arenales
Teodolina
Venado Tuerto
la Carlota
la Laguna
San Antonio
Villa Maria
Central
Syndica
Tirif
Argentinos
First Aerial Mail Route Now In Operation
The first U S aerial mail route becomes a fact with army pilots delivering mail from New York and Philadelphia to Washington and back. A defective propeller forced one plane to land in Maryland. Three cities plan daily trips as scouts quickly deliver 735 pieces in Washington including items for the White House.
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Washington
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Wilson
Waterford
New York- Washington
Post Office Department
White House
Marshall
Burleson
Whitman
American Red Cross
Daniels
Navy
Roosevelt
Praeger and
Dockery
Kamara
Japan
Patten
Red Cross
Geerald Boyle
Potomac Park
Curtis
Army
German Chemist Haber Justifies Use of Gas in War
Amsterdam May 16 Professor Haber head of Berlin’s chemical research institute won the Bunsen medal for a lecture on the relationship of exact science to militarism. He argued warfare will require science and military leadership cooperation for a long time and traced gas warfare to wartime needs and discipline.
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Amsterdam
Haber
Chemical Research Institute of
Berlin
Bunsen
American plans amazing in size on western front
London May 16 Harry Brittain of the English branch of the Pilgrims Club told the Royal Colonial Institute that American preparations on the western front were amazing and that plans were made to care for five million troops. He said the number could rise as needed if Germans show no weakness.
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London
Harry Brittain, Ry
Pilgrims's Club
Royal Colonial Institute
Brittain
Etron
First Official American Report From France Released
May 16 report says the first official American communique issued from the American Army in France. Troops entered fighting lines on a permanent base while artillery activity increased northwest of Touland in Lorraine. Two American aviators destroyed three German machines.
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France
Firnt
Touland
Lorraine
Goodwomen of Pervyse Reach London After Gas Attack
Baroness T Sercines and Miss Mairi Chisholm two English women known as the Good women of Pervyse arrived in London convulsed by a Belgian front gas attack. They survived shelling in a dugout nine months after living with Belgian troops and describe bullets gas and the death of their dog Shat. Their convalescence began in a London hospital before possible transfer.
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London
Associated Press
T’sercines
Mairi Chisholm
Pervyse
Milas Chisholmtoo
Shat
Baronness
Nevada Tax Commission Holds Several Hearings on Rail Valuations
The Nevada Tax Commission conducted multiple hearings on railroad valuations including Western Pacific and Nevada-California-Oregon. Judge Downer and Tax Attorney Smith represented Western Pacific while Ross B. McIntyre urged cutting Austin Water’s assessed value from 25 000 to 10 000 citing last year’s earnings. Whittemore spoke for Las Vegas and Tonopah and Bullfrog & Goldfield railroads seeking no increase, and for American Express proposing a reduction from 75 1000 to 27 000. Two sessions were set for today as the panel aims to finish before adjournment.
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Western Pacific Railway Company
Nevada-California-Oregon Nne
State Tax Commission
Downer
Reno
Smith
Western Pacific
James Glynn
N C.O
Nevada
Ross B
Whittemore
American Express Company
Ninety One On Casualty Lists
Washington May 16 casualty list shows ninety one names with eight killed in action four died of wounds one of accident four of disease one of other causes four wounded severely fifty five slightly wounded and fourteen listed as missing in action.
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Washington
Wilson Still Dissatisfied With War Probe
President Wilson renewed opposition to Senator Chamberlain's resolution for war inquiry. He told Senator Thompson of Kansas that even as amended the measure would effectively authorize a dragnet investigation by the Senate military committee.
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Washington
Wilson
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Thompson
Kansas
U S Troop Promise to Have 500000 In France This Year
Parisa dispatch reports El Homme Libre indicates the United States pledged to field a half million fighting troops in France by year end. The claim reflects Allied manpower expectations amid World War I mobilization.
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U. S
France
Paris
el Homme Libre
Clemenceau
United States
Porto Rico Tobacco Crop Reaches Record High
May 16 San Juan Porto Rico growers estimate this year's tobacco crop at 35 million pounds the largest Porto Rico ever produced an increase of about five million pounds from last year growers agreed not to plant a second crop to prevent surplus stock on the island.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Russia Will Yet Fight Say Americans In Russia Returnees Say
Darby Pennsylvania May 16 First Lieutenant J A Youngblood and Second Lieutenant Richard D Reeve of Darby who served in the Russian railway service detachment of the United States engineers and returned home via Japan declare they believe Russia will again be an efficient aid to the Allies.
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Darby
J. A. Youngblood
Richard D. Reeve
Russia
United States Engineers
Entertainment in Camps Showdown Leads to Charity Matches
Philadelphia crowds will see boxing and wrestling championships featuring teams from three naval training camps and one army unit. The event funds athletic activities for the contingents and marks a special tournament in the city.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Bet on most Hun kills sparks travel to army enlistment
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 16 two men Alexander Gormacki aged 28 and John Gorniski aged 23 enlisted in the U S army after betting ten dollars on who would kill the most Huns. They plan to mark each Hun knocked over with a notch on a stick and the man with the most notches will win the wager when the war ends.
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Wilkes-Barre
Alexander Gormacki
John Gor Inski
United States Army
Gormackt
President Wilson declines veto on draft quota bill
President Wilson declines to veto congress's draft reform moving quotas to class one counts. In a letter to Senator Phelan he defends the plan, saying credits for volunteers are acceptable and support the war effort as the bill stands.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Phelan
California
Tam
OMINOUS WAIT ON THE WEST FRONT CONTINUES
Heavy artillery maintains the tempo on the western front with ongoing guns along the Somme and Ancre valleys and intensified fire in Flanders. French patrols near the Aillet river report a few German prisoners, while fighting eases in parts of Flanders and Picardy. An attempted German air raid on Paris was thwarted by French defenses.
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Somme
Ancre
Kemmel
Italy
London
Ancre Rivera
Flanders
Trent
Amiens
Montdidier
Aillet River
Picardy Ue
Arras
Kemimel
Albert
Avre
Paris
Fulton 10 Claim the Championship
Fulton 10 declares to box ten rounds at Madison Square Garden during the Red Cross drive with proceeds to the Red Cross. Mike Cullins says Fulton would prefer Jon Willard but will face any white challenger such as Jack Dempsey if Willard refuses, to claim the title.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Harvey
New York
Fred Palton
Madison Square Garden
Red Cros
Red Cross
Mike Cullins
Fulton
Jon Willard
Willard
Jack Dempsey
Collins
Women Enlist for Y M C A Overseas Service
American women are enlisting for YMCA overseas service with one hundred fifty needed immediately. Special qualifications are required as the work is exacting and exhausting.
Soviet Mobilization Protest Revealed in Washington
A copy of the Soviet government protest to Germany’s foreign ministry dated April 26 is released by the state department. It states Russia would mobilize all forces to secure the freedom and independence of the Russian republic threatened beyond the limits set by the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
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Washington
Russia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Department
Litovsk
Training School at Sea by the American Y M C A
The American Y M C A has developed a training school at sea aboard steamers bound for France. Instructors teach secretaries their duties overseas, guiding workers on voyage assignment and duties during the journey.
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France
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