Guns for U S revolt alleged in New York inquiry
New York reports at the inquiry led by State Attorney General Lewis alleged that as many as 1,000,000 Mauser rifles and huge quantities of cartridges were secretly imported from Essen and stored across 40 U S locations to Germanize the United States. Witnesses named intermediaries and a farm in New Jersey as possible storage.
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America
New York
Krupp
Essen
Edgar A. Holmes
James H. Crossley
Holmes
Crossley
Hoboken
United States
Wir
U. S
Francis L. Judd
Gustave Lussing
Judd
Broadway
Charles H. Murray
Washington, D. C
Ivan Norodny
Norodny
Lussing
Woodbury Falls
Mans Tauscher
Murray
Robert T. Tucker
Charleston
D. C
Tucker
Brooklyn
Id Tucker
William H. Ford
Maj
Nicholas Biddle
Army Intelligence Bureau
Ford
L’hiladelphia
Germany
New Jersey
Baseball Scores From National and Western Leagues
National League results show New York 3 over Pittsburgh 2 and Chicago 0 over St. Louis 4. Boston 5 beat Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn defeated 1 0 innings, Philadelphia 6 over St. Louis, and Philadelphia blanked Chicago 0 3 in the American League. Western League reports Omaha 7 over St Joseph 2, Hutchinson 4 over Joplin 1, Topeka 1 over Wichita 2, and Sioux City 12 over Des Moines 6. Rain halted remaining American Association play.
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Cincinnati
Eve Eld
Philadelphia Brooklyn
St Louis Setee
Boston
Boston Tree
Milwaukee
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
St. Joseph
Omaha
Hutchinson
Joplin
Topeka
Wichita
Sioux City
Des Moines
Million Tons Of U S Ships Delivered For War Effort
The first million tons of ships completed for the United States under the Shipping Board have been put at sea. By May 11, 150 vessels totaling 1,018,621 tons were finished, with 667,896 tons delivered since January 1 and monthly totals rising steadily.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
High Seas
Germany
Submarine squadron fails to return after voyage
Zurich reports a German source states a full squadron of new large type submarines did not return from a cruise. The boats are said to be unwieldy and slow to maneuver, making them unsatisfactory in combat.
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Zurich
French Forces Capture Hailles Wood Near Amiens
Paris reports French troops have captured the wood near Hailles southeast of Amiens about two miles from Moreuil on the Avre river. German counter attacks were beaten off with severe losses. German artillery fire has increased near Morlancourt Mericourt south of Albert and in Flanders, with no sign of a new German drive.
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Paris
Hailles
Amiens
Moreuil
Avre
Morlancourt
Mericourt
Albert
Flanders
French Make Many Raids North of Kemmel
German assaults north of Kemmel repulsed with heavy losses in places. Haig notes Australians recaptured a lost trench near Hill 44 as victories and fierce fighting continue in the Morlancourt area and Champagne district amid muddy ground and ongoing artillery duels.
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Kemmel
Champagne
London
Morlancourt
Field Marshal Haig
Germunds Wrere
France
Wyverbeek River
Kemimel
Kemme
French Take Prisoners Amid Artillery Actions on Fronts
Paris dispatch reports heavy artillery in Champagne and Vosges with limited main front actions in Picardy. French patrols north of Hangard and near Amiens take prisoners, while a German raid northwest of Orvillers-Sorel is repulsed. Local attacks near La Fecht are driven back.
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Ofiters
Paris
Champagne
Picardy
Hangard
Amiens
Courcy
Meuse
Orvillers-Sorel
American Patrol Routs German Patrol in France
An American patrol near Pi cardy surprised and routed a German unit of about 20 men at night. American lines endure machine gun fire with no casualties reported. The Toul sector remained quiet with minimal artillery and little air activity through the day.
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France
Picardy
Toul
Tammerfors
Finland
White Guard
Lahti
Berlin
Red Guard
Chief of all Sioux dies at seventy nine in Fort Yates
John Grass, revered Sioux chief, dies in Fort Yates North Dakota at age 79. In New York a separate item notes Lieut Frank K Knapp missing after an ale patrol above German lines in France on April 16, with fate unknown and parents in Brooklyn informed. Knapp had enlisted in Canada last June at twenty four.
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Fort Yates
N. B
John Grass
Chief Grass
New York
France
Frank K. Knapp
Royal Air Forces
Brooklyn
Knapp
Canada
Bennett dies owner of New York Herald and Paris edition
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald and its Paris edition plus the Evening Telegram, died at his villa in southern France. A private telegram said he had been ill for some time and had lived abroad for many years.
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New York
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
The
Evening Telegram
Paris
France
Bennett
Overman bill passes Congress empowering president to reorganize agencies
Washington May 15 The Overman bill granting the president authority to reorganize government departments passed the House 700 to 7 and goes to President Wilson for signature. An interstate commerce commission exemption failed 218 to 587 as debate highlighted party lines and war powers.
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Washington
Congress
Overman
Loase
Wilson
Sterling
Ilinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Longworth
Ohio
McAdoo
War Finance Corporation
Cannon
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Creel
House
Sherley
Kentucky
Premier Sees Labor Envoys in London Dinner
Lloyd George hosted the American labor delegation at Downing Street with a Commons dinner by the General Federation of Trades Unions. Attendees included George Nicell Larnes, John Hodge, John Robert Clynes, and James Wilson. The envoy pledged American labor support for the president and Congress until freedom and democracy prevail worldwide.
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London
May
Lloyd George
Downing Street
House of Commons
Genral Federation of Trades Unions
Yreetea
George Nicell Larnes
War Cabinet
John Hodge
Pensions
John Robert Clynes
Food Control Department
James Wilson
Congress
Germany
Convention urged U S control of Mississippi River
Delegates from states bordering the Mississippi attend the first annual Mississippi Valley Waterways association meeting in St Louis to plan for increased river traffic and relief of freight congestion. A resolution is expected urging the government to take over the river’s lower reaches and operate them like the Ertennia.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
Yank fells 8th HM plane in Paris air action
Aviator Frank Bay of New Bedford Mass shoots down his eighth enemy plane. Lieutenant Guerin a French pilot with 2% victories to his credit is wounded in the side after a duel with a German airman.
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Frank L. Bayties
New Bedford
Mass
Paris
Frank Baylies
Guerin
Nee
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Fifth Army
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Aircraft Board
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Ypres
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