Recall of Ambassador for France Demanded
Moscow on May 4 reports Foreign Minister Tehitcherin demands the recall of Ambassador J. B. Noulens over statements attributed to him. The Soviet note says Noulens’ dispatches and replies to allied messages worsened relations after France and the Soviet Union tolerated the Ruaian republic. The note suggests military action would be a response allied to the situation.
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Moscow
Asspointed Press
Copen J
B. Noulens
Noulena
Too Many Free Passes To Fights In St. Paul
May 9 report from St Paul cites figures on a Jucksey versus Billy Minke boxing bout that challenge promoter profit claims. Officials say about 400 tickets were used by free pass holders, a third of typical attendance, raising questions where revenue comes from in Twin City boxing events and exposing arithmetic inconsistencies in promoter statements.
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St. Paul
Mareen
Ferany
Jucksey
Billy Minke
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Twin City
Drolem
Cer
Reddy
Explosion at Fort Worth trench mortar kills ten men
Fort Worth division headquarters at Camp Bowie opened an investigation after a trench mortar exploded yesterday afternoon. A lieutenant and nine enlisted men were killed, six others wounded. Private A L Davidson of Fort Worth died today. About a hundred shells had been fired when the accident occurred, with men in the trench within yards of the blast.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Froyn
Camp Bowie
Davideon
Kort Worth
Two Exhausted Air Men Rest After Drifting For Hours
An exhausted Miami air crew member and another pilot rest ashore at a quarantine station after their damaged hydro-airplane fell into the sea near Atlantic Port May Patge. Authorities guard the aviators while their identities are awaited and the ship’s crew reports the incident.A Berlin Tageblatt note mentions possible German involvement.
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Atlantic
Naval
Miami
Fila
Wei
Cover Your Plants Weather Forecast Minnesota Notice
Minnesota forecast warns rain and colder conditions with frost risk tonight. Western areas may see fair skies but cold overnight temperatures could threaten late-season vegetation. Local gardeners advised to cover plants to prevent frost damage.
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Minnesota
Hitchcock Named Head Of The Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Pedcesk of Nebraska was chosen today as chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, succeeding the late Senator Stone. The Democratic committee lineup was rearranged after the deaths of Cavetel and Cavetal senators, with Hitchcock, the senior Democratic member, becoming the new chair.
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Hitchcock
Washington
Pedcesk
Nebraska
Sénate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Honor Roll Casualty List Reports 383 Casualties
The casualty list shows 383 were wounded 783 missing and six prisoners. Officers named include Lieut Herold Rydney Morgan killed in action and Cadet Ivan M D Livingston died of accident. Prisoner status now reported for Captain Andrew binson and others. New England units account for a large share of the deaths and injuries.
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Washington
Mt Kijled
Herold Rydney Morgan
Vancouver
Barracks
Wash
Ivan ™ D. Livingston
Pullman
Adam P. Dambrauckas
Kostka Mudd
la Plata
A Reagan
Canton
J. Sheeran
Chicago
Paul Warren
Andrew 3. Binson
Columbus
Ohio
Vin T. Jotneon
Hawley
Dineane
Draft Call for Men to Leave in June Received in St Paul
A wartime draft notice from St Paul Minnesota announces June entrainment for training camps. The message lists June 1 to 6 as the travel window and calls for selectees to report promptly.
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St. Paul
Secretaries Baker prediction on troop totals sparks debate
Discussion in Congress centers on Baker's claim that more than 600000 U S troops would be in France early this year. Senate committee members question reliability while public disclosure is limited to prevent revealing troop movement rates.
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Waanington
Baker
France
Congresa
Senate Military Committee
Baker Specifoa Ny
French aviator brings down two airplanes in minutes
Paris reports Sub Lieutenant Nungesser, renowned French aviator, downed two German planes in five minutes and increased his tally to 38 and 34 with another damaged. Sunday he claimed two more unrecorded victories. Over three years of combat left him wounded seventeen times and serving in fifty two bombing expeditions. The note also mentions three French aces killed or mortally wounded and ongoing aviation casualties.
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Paris
Nungesner
Sud
Chaput
Tuonday
Demuelire
Gthering
Miestro
Gompers Calls Porto Rico Governor Removal Over Labor Crisis
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation accuses Porto Rico Governor Arthur Yager of incompetence in handling the island’s labor unrest. In a letter to President Wilson, Gompers says conditions are intolerable, workers underpaid, and reports cite exploitation. Yager, a Democrat appointed from Kentucky in 1914, faced a term extension by Congress until a successor is named.
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Rammavel
Arthur Yager
Porto
Rico
Wilson ‘Co Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Axa Sr
Santiago Iglesian
San Juan
Federation
Yager
Kentucky
Wilson
Congress
Rail wage commission proposals draw McAdoo focus
The Wage Commission urged wage increases for railroad workers, proposing up to 200 million annually for employers while cautioning against double pay. It pressed fair living costs, health and safety, and equal pay for women doing men’s work, and examined salaries of railroad officials.
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Railroad
General McAdoo
Lkely
Tiare Balerica
Asquith Denies Motion For Censure Vote
London May report says former Prime Minister Asquith denied his motion to appoint a select committee to probe General Maurice's charges aims for censure. He warned parliament should not pit inquiries into wartime conduct as a partisan act while Lloyd George defended government actions and maintained Maurice's allegations were misinterpreted.
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London
House of Commona
Asquith
Maurice
House of Commons
War Office
House
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Fintle
France
Fifth Army
Ita
George
Chance
Ataten Ron
Nerutins
Twin
Iabor
Tisquith
Select Committee
Egypt
A Paine Menting
Versailles
Gong
Douglas Haig
Brandorpielntog
Casualties Reported In Two German Divisions
A brief wartime briefing states heavy casualties inflicted on two German divisions. The premier asserts ministers erred in a key factual statement and will seek a house judgment today after reviewing newspaper reports. General Maurice was noted as having a duty to inform ministers of the misstatement.
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Maurice
Appeals Against Conscription Made in London by Two Parties
A joint committee of the Trades Union Congress and the larger party appeals to the government against conscription in Ireland. The appeal warns that enforcing conscription would shed the blood of Irish, English, and Scottish soldiers and keep a large occupation army in Ireland. It argues that soldiers are needed on the western front and warns of civil war and widespread outrage.
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London
Trades Union Congress and
Tigher Party
Bovernment
Aiphigbeens
Indland
Ireland
Demand that food scandal in Germany be dealt with
Amsterdam May 9 Before the reichstag food committee last week Bodaliat Deputy Haase urged the war office to address a scandal over food from the front. He charged officers' parcels supplied families with meat and bread beyond the front lines while ordinary soldiers faced shortages and dwindling rations.
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Amsterdam
Thereichstag Food Committee
Bodaliat
Haase
War Office
Tunnel Cave In Traps 12 Men in Brooklyn Subway
Eight laborers were rescued after a six hour entrapment 100 feet below Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn when a tunnel excavation collapsed after a timber loosened during repairs gave way. Four men remained trapped as earth and rock blocked the tunnel entrance in a subway accident late last night.
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New York
Tunnel
Flatbath Avenue
Brooklyn
Tell
Twelve Den RS Convicted Of High Treason In Germany
Amsterdam dispatch reports twelve Dres den members of the independent nodalist party of Germany were convicted of high treason by the imperial court at Leipsie. They distributed pamphlets urging overthrow of the empire and aided strikes last summer. Sentences ranged from eighteen months to eight years in penal servitude. Washington report notes Francis Albert Tuttle, hospital apprentice of South Minneapolis, was slightly wounded April 28 in action.
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Amsterdam
Dresden
Independent Nodalist
Party of Germany
Leipsie
Vorwaerts of
Berlin
Washington
Francis Albert Tuttle
South Minneapolis
Mevy Department
Germans Renew Attacks North of Kemmel
Heavy fighting continues on the Flanders front as German forces renew efforts north of Kemmel with no gains. British artillery and counteractions push back incursions while Allied lines hold between Voormezeele and La Clytte amid ongoing Somme and Bucquoy activity. American troops strengthen presence in France as over 560,000 U.S. soldiers are reported in France.
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Flanders
Ypres
Voormezeele
la Clytte
Kemmel
Somme
Ancre
Bucquoy
Albert
Arras
Avre
Locre
Scherpenberg
Mont Rouge
Voormeseele
Kemmelbeek River
Amiens
Bnig
Dous
France
Toul
Montdidier
Picardy
Ita
Tondon
May
la Clytie-Voormessels
War Office
Trial of 112 IWW readers opens with propaganda records
Chicago May reports detail prosecution evidence in the sedition conspiracy trial of 112 IWW readers. The state outlines national propaganda materials used to disrupt the war effort. Included are Haywood documents and articles claiming a “government within a government” and urging action.
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L W. W
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
America
Wiliam D. Haywood
Trensurer
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Rheinow
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M’adoo
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Gomme
Prema
Sampelle St -Aignan
Mme
Anid
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