Germans Launch Heavy Gas Attack on Americans in Picardy Front
On May 7 American troops in Picardy faced a heavy gas attack as 15 000 shells, mostly mustard gas, and midnight artillery followed. German planes contradicted by antiaircraft fire. one plane downed. Americans report high morale and readiness to counter the assault. Paris and Berlin reports note American prisoners captured near Blamont and artillery actions around Montdidier Cantigny and Mesnil St Georges with air activity and downed aircraft.
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Picardy
Pershing
Berlin
Blamont
War Office
Montdidier
Cantigny
Mesnil-St. Georges
Conferees Agree on Draft Bill Extending to Twenty One
Washington May 7 Conferees from senate and house reached an agreement on extending the selective draft law to youths twenty one since June 5 1917 The Hull amendment placing new registrants at the bottom of current eligible lists was kept The house accepted the senate exemption for theological and medical students Crowder opposed the bottom list placement immediate ratification by both chambers was sought to avoid delay in draft use
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Washington
Senate
House
Representative Hull
Iowan
Crowder
Agreement on $69 Million Housing War Workers Bill
Washington May 6 agreement on the housing war workers bill allocates 69 million dollars and places power in the president rather than the labor secretary after a house senate conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Peace bid ignored in Commons as German envoy links in England
Foreign Secretary Balfour said no peace offers had been received from the enemy. A Hague dispatch named Jonkheer Colyn as the German emissary in England proposing eight points including renouncing western claims and autonomy for Alsace Lorraine. The Daily Mail notes the envoy is stalled. MP James H. Thomas warns against premature peacemaking and broader risks if the conflict resumes.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
Germany
Holland
Jonkheer Colyn
Hague
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria
Italy
Trentino
Balkan
Africa
Asia Minor
Kiaochaw
China
Daily Mail
James H. Thomas
M. P
Derby
France
Japan
America
Mutiny Spreads in Austrian Slovene Districts
Unrest in Slovenian districts of Austria grows daily and mutiny spreads rapidly, according to a Serbian source cited by Reuter's Limited. A recent clash between German and Slovenian groups ended in bloodshed.
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London
Austria
Reuter’s Limited
U K Spy Bill Enacted Completes War Time Legislation Cycle
The Senate adopted the conference report on the sedition bill amending the Espionage Act. Penalties include up to 20 years imprisonment or a $10,000 fine for disloyal acts during war. The measure, opposed as tyrannical by some, passed 48 to 26 with bipartisan support.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
United States
Hardwick
Georgia
Reed
Missouri
Dinner for Blue Devils Ends in Tragedy
Charles C. Sargent hosted 112 of the French Blue Devils at a Park Avenue hotel dinner in New York. Ripley Hitchcock, the guest of honor’s son in law and a noted author editor and critic, collapsed and died during the meal from heart disease.
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New York
Blue Devils
Charles C. Sargent
Park Avenue Hotel
Sargent
Ripley Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Sarsent
Sen-Vnfa
Tha Athner
Mr. Sargent
Ripley
British Casualties Decline in Last Week Report
London reports official figures showing British casualties for the last week totaling 86,262. The release breaks down the losses by category, though the summary line here ends before listing the divisions.
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War Office
London
No Peace Move, Says Pope Benedict
Vatican states there is no favorable occasion yet for a peace move by Pope Benedict. The pontiff remains committed to impartiality and to reducing the war’s horror while seeking restored concord among peoples, with no near prospect of action after Whitsunday.
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Rome
Benedict
Vatican
Whitsunday
Huns Gather in Mexico For Propaganda Drive
Washington reports Germany is gathering ten South and Central American individuals in Mexico including escaped sailors. They aim to use them for propaganda and to organize a fighting force there, according to official advices to the government.
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Washington
Germany
South
Central America
Mexico
Sixth Enemys Plane Brought Down by Airman Bayliss
Paris reports Sergeant Bayliss, an American attached to the French air force, has shot down his sixth enemy plane. Bishop Is Dead section notes Bishop Franklin Hamilton of Pittsburgh dies of pneumonia at home. he gained fame in 1901 for a sermon discussing King Edward’s character.
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Paris
Bayliss
King
Pittsburgh
Franklin Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Imeumonia
Hamilton
King Edward
England
Attack on Unsinkable Ship Report from Mobile Captain
A British sea captain, arriving in port at Mobile Alabama, claimed his vessel the Lucia was attacked at sea by a German submarine. Gunners repelled the attack with no material damage. The captain said the ship's smokestacks were blown away but casualty details were unclear.
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Mobile
Ala
Navy Death Rate Sets Record Low for Week
Incomplete reports to Surgeon General Braisted show the Navy’s death rate for the week ending April 27 was the lowest in its history. General health rates improved and contagious diseases remained far below normal.
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Navy
Washington
Braisted
Navy Medical Corps
Noted French Novelist Dies in Paris
Georges Annet, a prominent French novelist, has died in Paris on May 6. The cause was not disclosed. Annet was known for his novels exploring contemporary Parisian life and received critical acclaim in literary circles. He authored several bestsellers and influenced a generation of writers.
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Paris
Georges Annet
British Gain on Somme as Haig Reports Advances
British forces pushed forward along a broad front between the Somme and Ancre rivers west of Morlancourt, capturing 200 prisoners and advancing about one third of a mile on a line over a mile long. Australian troops further pressed German positions southwest of Morlancourt, taking prisoners and achieving 500 yards of ground gain over a 2,000 yard front. An Italian front push was anticipated with Austrian artillery heavy on the Piave line. Emperor Charles travels to the front amid Austrian unrest and cabinet resignations.
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Emperor Charles
Somme
Ancre
Lys
London
Marlancourt
Field Marshal Haig
Lacon
Lawe River
Flanders
Morlancourt
Albert
Field
Haig
Italy
Vienna
Charles
Trentino
Tyrol
Rome
Italian War Office
Piave
Austria
Bohemia
Berlin
France
Entente
Yankee Dies Leading Men in French Front Reconnaissance
Maj. A. Rasmussen of Portland Oregon was killed by a German shell while leading his men in a reconnaissance near Montdidier on May 7. Lt. Col. Griffiths, killed on the same front last week, had served in the Canadian American Legion before transferring to the American Expeditionary Force.
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Montdidier
Maj
A. Rasmussen
Portland
Ore
Rasmussen
Griffiths
American Expeditionary Force
Gough Praises Fifth Army After Retaking St Aduentin Retreat
In a May 6 letter to the lord mayor of Teast Gen Sir Robert Gough commends the Fifth British army for its conduct during the retreat from St Aduentin. He notes the force faced heavy German pressure, yet fought with calmness and doggedness, and credits their tenacity with saving Britain and France by enabling reserve arrivals.
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Belfast
Ireland
Robert Gough
St. Aduentin
Teast
Gough
Fifth
Great Britain
France
Revolt in Ukraine. Germans no longer seen as liberators
Vienna's Arbeiter Zeitung condemns German and Austrian conduct in Ukraine. It warns Ukrainians will not welcome occupiers, viewing them as a military regime requisitioning food for the central powers. It predicts strengthened Russophile sentiment and lasting separation only while Austro German troops stay. Moscow dispatch notes no reply to recalls of Vladivostok consuls.
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Zurich
Ukraine
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Schwab and Fletcher Rally Hog Island Shipyard Workers
Charles M. Schwab and Senator Duncan U. Fletcher addressed thousands at a Hog Island shipyard rally in Philadelphia. Schwab praised workers, urged shared responsibility, and stressed encouragement over criticism as essential to the war effort.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Duncan UW. Fletcher
Florida
Hog Island
Mr. Schwab
Dismissal Upheld in Cox Habeas Case Overseas Send
Federal court dismissals of habeas corpus petitions by Robert Cox of Missouri a National Army member seeking to avoid sending him to France were sustained by the Supreme Court Cox was later sent to France The court also declined to review motions to hold Maj Gen Leonard Wood Camp Funston commander in contempt for permitting the transfer while the appeal remained pending.
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Washington
Robert Cox
Missouri
National Army
France
Supreme Court
Cox
Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Norway Loses Ten Ships in April War Losses
Washington May 7. Norway reported April war losses of ten vessels totaling 13,704 tons and 20 seamen. cumulative losses for the war reach 18 ships, 1,115,519 tons, and 1,006 seamen killed, with about 700 men still missing on 68 vessels, two-thirds deemed war losses.
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Washington
Norway
Noreway
TIS
Three Men Investigated in Stella Johnson Death
In Champaign on May 6, charges that three men who accompanied Mrs Stella Johnson on a joy ride are being investigated by military and civil authorities. Johnson, twenty, died from a broken neck after either jumping or being thrown from a speeding car Saturday night. She left two young children. Her husband had searched for her and learned of her death on returning home.
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Champaign
Stella Johnson
Chanute Field
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Ypres
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