Mighty Force Faces British on French Front
London reports May 10 that Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria defends Drigourt at the Queant line as British assaults continue to press toward Lens. Gaining and losing ground across Arras to Cambrai, French and British forces clash with heavy opposing counterattacks.
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Paris
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Cravuno
Hindenberg
Haig
Korniloff Warns of German Attack on Petrograd
Petrograd reports General Korniloff warns of a pending German assault through Sibiu with orders to mobilize forces to defend the city. Berlin dispatches note Russian battalions led German positions in the Carpathians and fighting continues on the Vardar and Struma rivers.
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Italian Naval Forces Sink 13 Austrian Submarines
Washington May 11. Italian naval forces have sunk thirteen Austrian submarines in the Mediterranean over the last three weeks, according to official confirmation.
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Mediterranean
Americans Still Prisoners in Germany Holdout
One hundred twenty seven Americans, captured by the South Atlantic raiders, remain prisoners in Germany as of May 11, with no word on their fate or release prospects, highlighting ongoing wartime prisoner status.
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Washington
Germany
Canada’s Casualties Reported At Ninety Thousand
Ottawa reports 90 000 Canadians killed wounded and missing since the war began. The tally covers the entire participant pool through the current fighting and reflects ongoing losses for the nation.
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Attempt on Kaiser William II in Berlin Auto Attack
A Zurich dispatch reports three shots fired at Emperor William II while he drove an automobile near Berlin. The shots hit the machine but no confirmation of injuries to the Kaiser is given. The assailant remains unidentified.
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American Troops to France Confirmed for WWI Effort
Washington reports a definite decision to send American troops to France though the departure date and unit details remain undisclosed. Roosevelt urges a large expedition stressing the need for strong sacrifice for peace. The New York Tribune notes Pacific coast leaders supporting a Roosevelt army with about 190000 men enrolled, exempt from conscription, plus Seattle officers bound for San Francisco training.
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the Tribune
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United States Distrct
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Officers’ Reserve Corps
San Francisco
War Preparations Dominate Capital News May 10
The government buys seven Austrian interned merchantmen for 7 million dollars to aid war emergency trade. Parties back Wilson as they pledge support for a billion dollars to build ships. A 70 million dollar aid plan targets feeding Belgium while aiding Britain and France.
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France
Seattle News Items May 10 11 Five Brief Updates
Attorneys announce that Logan Billingsley a convicted boot legger and fugitive will appear in court tomorrow morning. Billingsley appeared in court and was released on bond. Judge Ronald today released the last of the men charged with the I W W murders in Everett. Women will operate many street cars before year end due to war draft. Max Fried a Seattle property owner died by his own hand today. Dr F L Forbes will leave June 1 for Alaska to spend a year for religious educational work. Mrs Lucy Bourne Piddock 95 a Seattle pioneer died today.
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Everett Stig
Max Fried
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Dr. Matthews
Alaska
Lucy Bourne Piddock
Seattle to share in nation’s war orders
General Goethals has wired to all wooden shipbuilding firms to pool efforts to speed up weasel production for the government. He guarantees every responsible Northwest firm will receive a contract. The government has ordered Kent & Eddy Corporation to build ten steel freighters of 8,800 tons each.
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General Goethals
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Kent & Eddy Corporation
Balkans Drive Intensifies as Allied Plan Reported
British forces push in the Balkans to draw German strength from the western front. Front action spans Monastir to Lake Dorian about a hundred miles with fierce fighting near the Cerna and Vardar rivers. German Bulgarian lines on the Macedonian front hold. Congress deadlocks over Roosevelt division to France, Navy pay rise debated, and drafted enlistment pay amended. Roosevelt issue persists in both houses.
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Balkans
Lake Dorian
Monastir
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Vardar
Chinese Government Decides Against War
Pekin May 10 The premier and cabinet urged adoption of a resolution declaring war a secret session of parliament opposed Germany The resolution was sent to a standing committee for consideration Amsterdam May 5 The Chilean minister to Germany has demanded his passports May 11 After a riotous secret session the house of representatives refused to pass a resolution declaring war upon Germany
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Perin
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French generals praise U S ally in wartime bond
In Chicago General Joffre declared pride in placing the French flag beside America’s, saying the United States has never known defeat. Kansas City noted a French commission speech calling for destroying German imperialism to secure world peace. In Washington A. J. Balfour told the Senate submarines cannot win the war for Germany.
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Entente
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Alaska couple found dead in Seattle gas asphyxiation case
A Valdez, Alaska couple, A J Wilkie and his wife, were found asphyxiated in Seattle. The woman died on Saturday and the husband died today, with limited readable details about the death by own action and possible causes.
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Valdez
Alaska
Ki Moir
Seattle City Electrician Shoots Unfaithful Spouse
In Seattle on May 11 Mrs Strachan wife of city electrician G Warren Strachan was shot as she left the Brighton hotel apartments of barber Adam Engstrom. Strachan was arrested amid belief the shooting was fatal and tied to infidelity allegations.
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Strachan
G. Warren Strachan
City Electrician
Adam Engstrom
Brighton
Daring Spy of the Kaiser Caught in San Francisco
Frank P. Wolf a German army lieutenant and former US aviation corps deserter was arrested in San Francisco. He had battlefield wounds from Verdun and investigators found complete fortification plans among his effects.
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Frank P. Wolf
United States Aviation Corps
San Diego
Verdun
Cuban Rebel Outrages Reported by Refugees in New York
American and British refugees arriving in New York say Cuban rebel groups in Oriente province are burning homes and looting property of Americans, describing widespread attacks and pillage by rebel forces.
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Oriente Province
Cuba
Fatal Military Train Wreck Near Queretaro
Fourteen men were killed and a hundred injured in a military train wreck at Queretaro, Mexico near Laredo, Texas, on May 10. The incident involved a military transport train colliding with another car, causing multiple fatalities and numerous injuries among soldiers. Local authorities investigated the scene, and casualties were rushed to regional hospitals for treatment.
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Queretara
Mexico
Riots Erupt as Irish Independence Sparks Hall Meeting
In New York on May 5, Irish-American attendees clashed when Chairman William McAdoo refused to allow a resolution urging presidential and congressional intervention for Irish independence. Many were removed from the hall amid charges that Germans organized the meeting.
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York
William McAdoo
Congress
Funds for Alaska roads provided in army bill
May 9 report states the army appropriation bill conference report carries the senate amendment of $500,000 for roads and trails in Alaska. Colonel Richardson, president of the Maska rod commission, will depart for Alaska in a few days and may be promoted to brigadier general.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Brooks Assigned to Army and Martin Heads Alaska Work
Dr. Martin, previously in charge of geological survey investigations in Alaska during Dr. Brooks absence, will lead the Alaska work. Dr. Brooks has been assigned to Army service to undertake this assignment in Washington.
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Dr. Martin
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Foreign spies suspected after Bristol munitions plant explosion
In Bristol Tennessee on May 8 a munitions plant operated by the Federal Dyestuffs and Chem Company was wrecked by an explosion. One man was killed and a score injured. Authorities suspect alien plotters carried out the attack.
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Federal Dyestuffs and Chem Company
Root Heads Commission to Russia as Special Ambassador
Washington May 1 It is announced that a commission is coming from Russia to the United States Ex Senator Root will head the American commission to Russia with the title of special ambassador.
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France
Russia
United States
Root
Fairbanks Hotel Fire Impacts Iditarod Businessman
A telegram from Fairbanks reports the Fairview hotel burned at 5 p.m. Monday, causing about 12 000 in losses with only 6 500 in insurance. The fire, likely from faulty wiring, occurred under a NW wind that threatened the city for an hour. Owned by Joseph H. Smith, it was an investment near 20 000, with much furniture saved and rebuilding planned using timber shipped from here to ensure greater fire protection.
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George
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Fairview
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Noted case ends as Tracy is found not guilty
May 5 Thomas H. Tracy cleared of murder in Everett I W W riots after a trial begun in March. He faced charges tied to the November 5, 1916 killings during a clash over free speech in Everett as I W W supporters on the Verons vessel confronted authorities.
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Jefferson Beard
Unitedates
Industrial Workers of the World
Seattle
Verons
Fairbanks to Matanuska Rail Link Planned Next Year
William Edes head of the Alaska engineering commission said work on the government railroad would continue with minor delays due to war. A temporary Tanana river crossing at Nenana may replace a steel bridge to cut costs and speed up progress. He expected to lay more track than last year though rail price hikes and slow deliveries could limit gains. aim is to connect Fairbanks with the Matanuska coal fields in 1918.
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Matanuska
Prominent Ohio Politician J B Foraker Dies After Illness
Cincinnati May 11 Former Senator J B Foraker died here after a long illness. He was born July 5 1846 in Highland county Ohio and began as a private in the Eighty ninth Ohio infantry in 1862 rising to lieutenant and brevetted captain. He practiced law in Cincinnati from 1869, served as superior court judge and was Ohio governor elected 1885 and 1887, defeated 1889, and served U S senator 1897-1903 and 1903-1909. He placed William McKinley’s name in nomination at the Republican conventions of 1896 and 1900.
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Cincinnati
J. B. Foraker
Highland County
Ohio
Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry
United States
Senator Foraker
William McKinley
High Water Subsides and River Free of Ice
The recent heavy river water, caused by a jam of ice on the lower river, subsided as the jam broke. Flood fears abated after water once reached cabin roofs and flooded Bill Pringle's well threatening a temporary water famine. By Wednesday the river returned to normal with little floating ice left.
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Bill Pringle
Revolts Rise in Russian Munitions Districts and Berlin Unrest
May 11 reports from Muscovy and Petrograd describe a revolt in the Schlusselberg munitions district, with workers planning a coalition government and the provisional president arrested. Milukov faces protests as soldiers demand resignation, while Berlin reports indicate revolts with machine guns used against mobs.
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Tritzens
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Bhen
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Amsterdam
German Admiral Claims Tremendous Destruction
German Vice Admiral Von Capello told a Reichstag committee that U boats sunk 1 100 000 tons of shipping in April. Washington reports confirm a million tons sunk in the four weeks ending last Saturday. London notes a drop in submarine sinkings in the weekly report. An American liner fired at a submarine near the Irish coast. A German plane bombed London outskirts, killing one man. Zeebrugge bombardment reported and British torpedo boats engaged eleven German destroyers without catching them.
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Naval Consulting Board
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Jusser
Treasury
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Zeebrugge
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Belgian
Big Insurance Policy
New York May 5 J P Morgan the financier has taken out a 2 500 000 dollar life insurance policy.
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J. P. Morgan
Wheat price cut sought by United States and Canada
Ottawa May 5 the finance minister announces joint action by the United States and Canada to reduce wheat prices. The ice is out of the smoke but mail from Ophir is unlikely to arrive until the last consignment reaches there, likely delaying delivery for some time.
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