Kerensky Foiled Assassins Plot and Finland Sways
A Russian plot to kill War Minister Kerensky failed as suspects were arrested. In Finland, a Swedish party congress urged full independence from Russia, signaling rising separatist pressure and debate on Russia’s suzerainty. U S welcomes Russia’s pledge of wartime solidarity with the United States.
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Kerensky
Helsingfors
Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland
Russia
Petrograd
M. Tokol
Nicholas
Hels Nefors
Pinnish
United States
America
Gen H G Petain Named New Generalissimo of French Armies
General Georges Philippe Pétain is appointed the new top commander of French land and sea forces, signaling a major shift in Allied strategic leadership during the ongoing war. His leadership comes as France reorganizes military command structures amid mounting pressures.
Baseball box score excerpts from multiple games
The record lists line scores and player abbreviations for several matches. It includes team names such as New York Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland and players like Hartman Watson Gonzales Miller Coombs Seaton Aldridge Hendrix Fi liott Wilson Lavender Falkenberg Schang Morton Coumbe O'Neill. The data shows runs hits errors and partial inning details across venues including New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Cleveland and St Louis.
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W. I. Pet
Best
Mt. I
Pitts
New York
R. H. F. Pittsburgh
Miller and Fischer
Anderson
Smith
Benton
Rariden
Mce Carty
Brooklyn
R. H. FE
St. Louis
Hartman
Watson
Gonzales
Coombs
Miller
Philadelphia
R. H. EB
Chicago
Seaton
Aldridge
Hendrix
Filiott
Wilson
Lavender
Oeschger
Killifer
Wesley Frost to be Relieved as Queenstown Consul
Washington reports Wesley Frost American consul at Queenstown will be relieved after nearly three years of service. Secretary Lansing plans to bring him to Washington likely in the state department. The successor is believed to be Charles M. Hathaway Jr or Homer M. Byington.
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Washington
Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Frost
Lansing
Ashington
State Department
Charles M. Hathaway Jr
Hull
Homer M. Byington
Leeds
Twelve Die in Wreck Near Clarksburg West Virginia
A B and O wreck train collided with a moving freight near Clarksburg West Virginia. A dozen trainmen are believed killed and several others seriously injured in the crash on May 23.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Armour Buys $1,000,000 War Bonds
Ogden Armour subscribed for $1,000,000 of the liberty bonds. Chicago dated May 23 reports the purchase as the major financial action. Weather outlook notes slightly warmer conditions.
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Armour
Chicago
Ogden Armour
Market Report from Hogs Cattle and Grains with Kansas City Data
Market report lists hog receipts 14 000 with values 15.99 to 16.20 for light to heavy hogs and 12.25 to 14.50 for good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 4 000 with steers 12.00 to 12.75, cows 9.50 to 10.00, dealers 14.00 to 14.75. Kansas City data show hogs 13 000 with steady to strong trade and prices 15.80 to 16.95, cattle 10 000 with prime fed steers 12.50 to 13.25 and other cuts, sheep 4 000 with lambs 16.00 to 20.25 and ewes 12.00 to 15.00.
Engineers Urgently Needed as War Front Divisions Form
Washington reports the first division bound for France will include a large contingent of engineers. Officials note high casualty rates among pioneer and sapper units in Europe, with Germans also suffering heavy losses. engineers face dangerous frontier duties and short lifespans. General Pershing selects headquarters staff. two new cantonment sites are slated at Manorville, Long Island and Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Washington
France
Europe
War Department
United States
Pershing
Baker
Manorville
Long Island
National Army Division
Greater
New York
Amityville
Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Accused of Aged Woman's Death in Illinois
Charles Wilson of Pawhaw Wisconsin was arrested in Dixon Illinois on charges of assaulting 78 year old Mrs Lucy Eppley. She died after naming Wilson as her attacker. Wilson is married with two children and about 35 years old.
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Dixon, Ill
Charles Wilson
Pawhaw
Wis
Dixon
Lucy Eppley
Food Legislation Moves Fast In Senate Action
Washington May 23 The senate plans immediate action on food production measures and a separate food control bill. A revised production bill amends Rep Lever’s house measure for the agriculture department. The package includes a national food survey, funding to boost production, and authority for the agriculture secretary to study supplies demand costs and transport.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Representative Lever
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
German counterattacks Repulsed in Champagne
Paris reports three separate German counterattacks on positions captured by French forces in Champagne were repulsed, according to an official French war office statement.
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Paris
Champagne
French War Office
Mrs Vanderlip Leads New York Women War Waste Drive
Mrs. Vanderlip wife of National City bank president spearheads the First Fifty movement among New York's wealthy women to curb household waste during the war. She advocates plain living and scrapping frills with saved funds directed to war relief.
Protest by State Department over Americans detained in Germany
Washington reports a protest to the Spanish government over the detention of American citizens in Germany. Two Antwerp based employees of a electrical company are named in the note while up to seventy five Americans may be affected. The protest notes Germany's lack of action to allow departures and hints at possible reprisals if rights of Americans to leave are ignored.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
United States
Antwerp
Department
America
Illinois Guardsmen to Go South Direct
Illinois regiments of the national guard will be sent directly from home cities to a southern concentration camp. The war department letter to Adjutant General Dickson says federal service will begin about July 25 with mobilization at home stations followed by deployment to a southern camp. Equipment for full war strength won’t be ready before May 10.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
National Guard of
United States
Dickson Jia
War Department
Washington
United States Army
U Boat Sightings Off New England Coast Reported
Maine reports of a submarine near Machias and Sequin light trigger investigations as fishermen and coast guards sight the craft. Naval officials in Maine and Washington say reports are under review with no confirmation.
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Maine
U. S
Portland
New England
Naval Station
Machias
Boston
New York
Seecuin
Mornine
Seruin Light
Cross Island
Coast Guard
Washington
Maine District
America
Scotland
Germany
Brazil Recommends End of Neutrality Decree
President Braz urges Congress to revoke Brazil neutrality decree in the U S Germany war. Congress expected to approve by a large margin. The message says the neutrality order was only to hold until Congress convened.
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Rio Janeiro
Braz
Congress
United States
Germany
Denver Shootout: Superintendent Edward Green Shot in City Hall
Denver authorities report highway superintendent Edward Green shot and probably fatally wounded inside the city hall by a discharged subordinate, William R. Seay. The incident occurred in Denver, Colorado, on May 23. Police pursue charges and investigate motive.
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Denver
Col
Edward Green
Highway Department
William R. Seay
Russian Commission Reaches U S Visitors Arrive in New York
Four members of the Russian commission to the United States arrived safely in New York. The arrival was announced earlier and confirms the delegation is now in this country for talks or visits.
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U. S
New York
United States
Error Fatal to Rep. Hulls Wife
Mrs. Mary Louise Hull wife of Representative Harry E Hull of Iowa died in Washington after taking poison tablets she believed to be headache pills.
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Jewish Daily Forward
Gen
H. P. Petain
New Generalissimo
American Press Association
National League
Cleveland
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Falkenberg
Schang
Morton, Coumbe
O'Neill
Ooo
L Pet
St. L
Wash
Chi
Det
Okk
Cleve
Phil
Cash Grain
Kansas City
Frange Reeds
F. A. Vanderlip
American Presa Association
George Creel
U. S. Censorship Board
Mr. Creel
Kaiser
Illinois Guardsmen
News
Brazil
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