Baker Denies American Army Held Back In France
Washington May 14 British Ambassador Lord Reading denied Ottawa’s claim that American troops in France would be held back until a larger independent army formed. He said the statement contradicted information from the British war cabinet and that American forces are being used actively in battle under Allied command, consistent with General Pershing and General Foch.
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Washington
Baker
Ottawa
France
Foch
Pershing
Ane War Department
Wershing
Lord Reading
Yankees Fire Dump With Army In France May 14
May 14 report from the front notes American artillery hit a German ammunition dump at Calaigny and several fires started at Montdidier amid explosions. Weather was misty and tame. No infantry action, intermittent machine gun and rifle fire. Germans' position grows intolerable as Americans entrench. Allies hold advantage. gas attacks meet swift retaliation with multiple returns.
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Armerican
France
Calaigny
Montdidier
Probe Farm Towl Prices
Washington May 14 Investigations by the federal trade commission into the production and supply of agricultural implements and the prices paid by farmers are authorized by a senate adopted resolution. It calls for inquiry into unfair trade methods and possible price restrictions harming farmers and their profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Thompson
Kansas
Senate
Americans Risk No Man's Land to Kill German Officers
Three U S soldiers crossed into No Man's Land in the Luneville sector to expose a sniper nest. They attacked a German officer and twelve men, killing the officer and four soldiers, captured the officer's pets, and withdrew as German reinforcements advanced. The party recovered the enemy's code and other valuable information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Luneville
No Man’s Land
British Praise New U S Troops Parade In London
London May 14 crowds cheered American National Army troops marching past Buckingham Palace to The Stars and Stripes Forever. King George V, Queen Mary, and the Prince of Wales saluted as Pershing’s men, camp Garden Atlanta, marched with bands playing Hello New York Over There My Old Kentucky Home and We Civil War veterans hailed the banner United States.
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London
Waterloo Station
Goodby
Observer
George V
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
American National Army
Camp Garden
Atlanta
the Stars and Stripes
Grenadier Guards
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Col. Whitman
Mexico
Scote
New York
Ted
Inah
Kentucky
Grenadiers
United States
Army drafts in U S rise toward eight million strength
Washington May 14 more than 1 800 000 men have been called in the draft and either are in France or in camp awaiting service before June 1 The May contingent sums to 1 300 000 and officials expect a larger June call and continued monthly mobilization through summer and fall as cantonments expand, aiming for well over 8 000 000 in a year or more with some officers predicting five million at most.
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Washington
France
Army Deserters Captured in Pine Hills Union County
George Walker twenty four year old deserter from Camp Taylor Kentucky was captured in the Pine hills of Union county. His father B Walker and his mother and three sisters were arrested after a set of counterfeiters tools were found in their house where the young man was hiding.
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Murphysboro
Til
George Walker
Camp Taylor
Pine Hills
Union County
B. Walker
Walker
Famine in Finland Reported As Food Blockade Ballo
Copenhagen daily reports Finland faces starvation as German aid fails to reach Helsingfors and Viborg. Townsrumors claim people are dying in the streets amid shortages.
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Finland
Copenhagen
Germany
Helsingfors
Viborg
German leaders meet in Copenhagen for Kaiser's conference
Copenhagen May 14 German Chancellor von Hertling and Foreign Minister von Kuehlflug have traveled to Emperor Karl headquarters for expected talks with Austrian and German emperors upon arrival as part of wartime diplomacy.
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Maet Kaleér
Copenhagen
von Hertling
von Kuehlflan
Karl
Peace with Roumania and Demobilization Provisions
Germany signs an eight clause peace with Roumania restoring frontiers and demobilizing troops. Dobrudja to Bulgaria, Danube mouth frontier adjusts, state lands pass to new holders, inhabitants may emigrate. Damages and evacuations detailed. In London, Asquith opposition fails 203 to 106. Lloyd George defends official troop figures from War Office records.
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Berlin
William
Diass
von Hertling
Roumania
Amsterdam
Germany
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Cavairy
Dobrodis
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Central
Africa
Dobrudja
Danube
Austria-Hungary
Hoover orders drive against high prices for substitutes
Chicago reports Food Administrator Hoover launching a drive against elevated prices for corn meal barley flour oatmeal and other substitutes for wheat flour. He calls dealer pricing extortion and demands substitutes sell 10 to 21 percent below wheat flour with state and federal notices echoed by Harry A Wheeler and Washington officials.
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Chicago
Hoover
Harry A. Wheeler
Washington
Submarine Warfare Losses Fall In April 1918
Official French statistics show allied and neutral ship losses in April 1918 were about half of those in April 1917, including maritime accidents. The dispatch from France notes the reduced losses as part of ongoing warfare assessments.
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Washington
France
Century of Peace Celebrated by Chile and U S
The American embassy and the Chilean foreign office exchanged greetings on the completion of 100 years of diplomatic relations between the two republics in Santiago Chile on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Foreign Office
A. & Gadet Die in Plane Crash Near Hicks Field
Fort Worth Texas May 18 under Harry J Myers of Bucyrus Ohio an acrobatic plane spin at about 1000 feet east of Hicks field caused instant death for A Gadet who lost control during a nose dive near here.
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A. & Gadet
Fort Worth
Tex
Harry J. Myers
Bucyrus, O
Hicks Field
Here
General Mahon to Quit Ireland in May Departure
Lieut-Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, commander in chief of the forces in Ireland, publicly announced on Thursday that he would leave Ireland. He did not know who would succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahon
Ireland
London
Bryan Mahon
Storm Toll Rises Into Seventeen Across Two States
A massive storm sweeping Iowa and Illinois left 17 dead and about 150 injured. Deaths were reported in Nashua Plainfield New Hampton Calmer Toulon Franklin Mt Hi mite and Detroit among others. Telephone and telegraph lines were down widely as property damage neared 1 million dollars.
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Chicago
Comny
Dlnots
Iowa
Clinola
Nashua
Plainfield
New Hamton
Calmer
Toulon
Feranklin
Himite
Detroit
Wilson Proclaims Memorial Day National Day of Prayer
President Wilson designates Memorial Day as a day of public humiliation prayer and fasting to honor the victory of American arms. Citizens are urged to gather in places of worship to pray for mercy justice and goodwill guiding the nation.
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Washinton
Wilson
Marines Brigade Command Change at Washington
To Command U. S. Marines, Washington, May 14 Brigadier General Join Lejeune on Saturday are ordered to Finance to command the brigade of marines there, succeeding Brigadier General Chitlen A. Doyen invalided home.
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U. & Marines
Washington
Join Lejeune
Chitlen A. Doyen
Fire destroys grain stored near Grosbeeren
A Zurich dispatch to the Petit Journal reports a blaze near Grosbeeren in Berlin destroyed granaries and caused a loss of 20,000 quintals of grain. The fire disrupted the Berlin grain market and highlighted wartime supply strain.
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Berlin
Gratadas
Grosbeeren
Zurich
Petit Journal
Borglum Accused in Airplane Deal
Documents released in Washington detail Gutzon Borglum the sculptor being linked to efforts to form a new aircraft producing company with Borglum as silent partner. Negotiations began last December with Hugo Gibson of the British mission in the United States and Kenyon Mix of Dodge Manufacturing Co. Borglum allegedly sought to influence the aircraft board using his ties to President Wilson.
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Washington
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
Hugo Gibson
United States
Kenyon Mix
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Mix
Uhow
Howart Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
War Department
Wilson
Henry Harrison Suplee
Harris
Suplee
Big Winter Wheat Crop Forecast By Agriculture
Washington May 10 A department of agriculture forecast places the winter wheat crop at 672 589 000 bushels based on conditions May 1 and acres left to harvest The 1914 crop remains the record at 634 990 000 bushels The readable state figures show Ohio Indiana Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and others with high production estimates and private forecasts last week ranged from 600 000 000 to 850 000 000 bushels.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Ohio
Indiana
Timeis
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
General Maurice Retired By Army Council In London
London May 14 General Maurice former director of military operations has been retired by the army council. The decision follows Maurice's explanation of breaching regulations by writing and publishing letters challenging the veracity of Premier Livya George and Chancellor Bonar Law. He is placed on retired pay.
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London
Maurice
Army Council
Livya George
Bonar Law
Housing Bill Passed to Provide War Worker Quarters
Washington May 14 The conference report on a 60 million housing bill to provide quarters for war workers was adopted Saturday by the House. The report has yet to be acted on by the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Renew Energy With Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
Feeling weak and tired this season due to impure blood. The ad promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable tonic to build up red blood, improve health, and ease headaches and backaches. It claims pure brand, no alcohol or narcotics, and lists tablet and liquid forms priced at sixty cents.
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Dr. Pierce
Oregon
Golden Medical Discovery
Bantams Recruiter Story From City News
A playful Canadian tale recalls recruiters seeking Bantams a battalion of short men. A four year old boy reports being tired after recruiting all day and confesses he recruited 600 bantams for one rooster, highlighting childlike misunderstanding.
F. J. Cheney & Co. Firm Deceptive Ads Claiming Catarrh Cure
Frank J. Cheney declares he is senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio Lucas County and asserts the firm will pay one hundred dollars for a cure. The text mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and a physician or druggist endorsement in Toledo, Ohio as part of the notarized claim.
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Btate
Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Pacer
Drugeiats
Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Brown and the teething letter
An army officer's wife wrote to R A M about her child's teething suffering addressed to Dr Brown. He replied to be addressed Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Brown. She answered with a playful note signed May Jones. The item appears in Tit Bits on page 6.
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Dr. Brown
Beigade
Brown
May Jones
Lance Baby
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Brings Relief
Guticura heals rashes that itch and burn and helps prevent pimples. Daily use as a toilet preparation. Free samples available at Cuticura Dept Boston. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 60. Ad.
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Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Druggiata
Cold Comfort In The Butcher’s Warm Weather Exchange
A brief Louisville Courier Journal quip notes prices rising with a butcher’s jab about future costs. The wry exchange hints at summer warmth as a substitute for continued concerns over inflation and price hikes. The fragment captures a local, humorous take on economic mood.
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Louisville Courier Journal
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