PERSHING'S FIRST REPORT ON WAR TELLS SUCCESS
The first American official communique reports increased artillery activity northwest of Toul and in Lorraine and notes three German machines downed by American aviators. It mentions patrols near a dugout, enemy counterfire, and two officers killed during an outpost search. Paris also cites U S promises of 1.5 million troops in France by 1918 end.
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Milwaukee
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American Expeditionary Forces
London
Harry FB. W. Britain
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Royal Colonialk Institute
Charles P. Lucas
Dominions
Kolonial Office
L’homme Libre
Clemenceau
Quartermaster’s Department
Chicago Club Ousts Germans in Enemy Exclusion Move
Eighteen alien enemy employees were discharged by the Chicago Athletic association under its policy to exclude such aliens from the club premises. Many had served the club for years and some have sons in the United States army.
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Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
United States Army
Artillery Engagements Across Somme Ancre Fronts Reported
War office dispatches describe heavy artillery activity along the Somme Ancre valleys and east of Arras, with German raiding attempts near Montdidier. British and French patrols report limited infantry action while Belgium prepares for renewed offensives and Roumanian troops arrive. The drive reaches its fifty seventh day.
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War Office
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Ailette
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Ancre
Arras
Flanders
Amsterdam
Belgium
Ewal
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Roumania
Picardy Front
Hailles and
Gastel
Kaiser Bows To Uruguay on War Status
Montevideo May 17 German government informs Uruguay that it does not consider a state of war exists in defining relations between the two nations.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Allied Forces to Block Germans From Channel
Paris reports the American army will join British troops in Northern France's Calais sector to hinder German access to the Channel. Washington confirms these troops remain with Pershing's forces and are being employed in coordination with Allied units.
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France
Calais
Washington
Pershing
Bohemian Patriot Masaryk Visits Washington on 15,000 Mile Journey
Professor Thomas Garignue reports that Masaryk, Bohemian patriot and Austrian parliament member twice sentenced to death by Teutons, has reached Washington after a 15,000 mile voyage via Vladivostok and the Pacific. His move seeks closer ties between Bohemians and the United States.
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Masaryk
Washington
Vladivostok
Pacific Ocean
United States
America
Balfour Outlines Peace Terms and German Demands
In London May 17 Foreign Secretary Balfour says Britain is open to proposals from accredited beligerents for an honorable peace, with no secrets from Wilson. A French translation of a German trench document lists demanded terms including Belgian independence curtailed, extended naval fleets, and large territorial and economic gains for Germany, plus heavy war debt and resource claims.
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House of Commons
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Prince Sixtus of Bourbon
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Alsace-Lorraine
France
Wilson
United States
Germany
Belgium
Flanders
Antwerp
Liberty Loan Dodgers Named in Los Angeles Vigilance List
In Los Angeles on May 16 the southern California Liberty Loan committee posted nine names of supposed wealthy individuals labeled as Liberty Loan dodgers by the local vigilance committee.
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Cal
Vigilance Committee
Southern California Liberty Loan Committee
Italians Sinke Austrian Battleship at Pola Harbor
Italian commander Pellegrini and four crew penetrated Pola defenses and torpedoed a 20,000 ton Viribus Unitis battleship. Italian hydroairplanes fought Austro Hungarian planes. two Austrian planes were shot down and others forced down. All Italian aircraft returned safely.
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Pellegrini
Pola
Pola Harbor
President Wilson Calls For Usual Memorial Day Observance
Washington May 7 President Wilson urged the nation to observe Memorial Day on May 20 as usual. He stated no modification of the traditional exercises under patriotic organizations. Some locales planned to shift the day to church services and prayer rather than standard ceremonies.
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Washington
Wilson
Unfounded rumor on American workers in French factories
Paris reports that Socialist deputies explained to Albert Thomas that unrest in war factories stemmed from a rumor that American workers were relieving the French. The minister of munitions proved the rumor unfounded.
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Paris
Albert Thomas
Taft outlines war to end in victory with power
Taft declares war to the death at the League to Enforce Peace opening session urging a fighting army of 5,000,000 and warning full American strength will take two to three years to be felt. He denounces Kaiser as untrustworthy and calls for persistent force until Germany is defeated.
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America
William Howard Taft
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Wilson
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Russia
Roumania
Serbia
Belggum
Turkey
Dutch Vessel Zaanland Sunk After Collision
Washington reports the steam ship Zaanland, requisitioned Dutch cargo carrier of 8 700 deadweight tons, was sunk in a May 13 collision. All aboard rescued and will be returned. The Neches, 7 175 ton American carrier, was torpedoed and sunk May 14 or 15 with no loss of life. about 126 crew were aboard.
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United States
Navy Department
Navy
Neches
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