Allied and German War News From London and Fronts
London reports five American troop trains marching through the city. In France British and American forces engage near Wyverbeek and Kemmel while Haig notes raids and prisoners taken. Paris notes artillery battles, meatless days begin, and German air activity above suburbs. Rickenbaugher and Marr credited with downed enemy planes.
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London
Wellington Barracks
Ostend
France
Wyverbeek River
Kemmel
Hill 44
Goedde Sene Farm
Lacylette
Vierstraat
William
Austria
Amsterdam
von Hindenberg
London Daily Express
Haig
Somme Valley
Albert
Locon
Forest of Nieppe
Somme
Ancre
Robecq
Germany
Teutonic
Doys
Hindenberg
Edward Rickenbaugher
Peterson
Kenneth Marr
Marr
Alaska
Scotty Allen
Nome
Lieut
Rickenbaugher
Nouncement
Paris
Champaigne
More Than 1 300 000 Called for Draft in World War I
Washington reports that over 1.3 million men have been called or are in France or in training to enter service before June 1. Indications point to a larger June call and continued monthly mobilization through summer and fall. Regular Army and National Guard are already in France.
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Washington
France
Regular Army
National Guard
American Troops Not in Reserve in France
Secretary Baker and Lord Reading dispute Ottawa reports that U S troops in France are held in reserve. Baker says American forces are actively used in battle with approval of Generals Foch and Pershing. War department seeks 6 billion dollars for heavy ordnance purchases.
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Washington
Baker
Lord Reading
Ottawa
France
Foch
Pershing
American troops arrive in British position in France
Reports from May 13 to May 19 describe American units arriving in northern France, fresh brigades training with British forces, and ongoing casualty tallies from battles near the Peaton sector. Other items note bombing raids, diplomacy with Uruguay, and Italian front actions.
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Cantigny
France
Washington
Amera
Tech
Flanders
Pershing
Lloyd-George
Paris
German envoy demands halt to Bolshevik arming troops
Count von Mirbach issues ultimatum to the Bolshevik government demanding disarmament of armed units and warns occupation of Moscow as an alternative. Reports from Moscow note battles near Lahti with heavy German and Finnish White Guard casualties and mass executions of Russian officers. Rostov-on-Don is recaptured by Soviet troops as German forces retreat. Martial law proclaimed at Odessa amid street fighting in Kiev with mass civilian flight.
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Moscow
Count von Mirbach
Russia
White Guards
Lahti
Helsingfors
Tammerfors
Rostovondon
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Odessa
Kiev
Bernstorff Did Appreciate This Case Found
Tulsa May 14 W E Mich els physician and A Marshall dentist of this city arrested on charge of furnishing drafted men a drug affecting their eyes causing rejection. Federal officers report extended operations in other parts of the country uncovered. Papers taken from Marshall include letters from Count Bernstorff thanking him for his services.
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Tulsa
Okla
W. E. Michels
A. Marshall
Marshall
Count Bernstorff
10000-Ton Ships En Route at Daily Commission Rate
Charles M Schwab announced that 10,000 ton ships are being commissioned at one per day in Philadelphia with plans to ramp to three per day next year. A severe ice run last Wednesday morning damaged the city dock piles, leaving the structure unsafe.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Refugee Belgian and Italian Soldiers Reach Pacific Port
335 Belgian and Italian soldiers, mostly officers, arrive en route to the fighting fronts from an Oriental port. They are refugees from Bolshevik rule in Russia and bring several machine guns.
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Pacific
Oriental
Russia
National Shipping Board to Build 200 Wooden Ships
The National Shipping Board has ordered contracts for 200 additional wooden ships of 4,700 tons each. The move expands wartime merchant fleet capacity as officials push to boost naval logistics and seaborne supply lines.
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Washington
National Shipping Board
Felix Will Fix It National Labor Policy Task
The President assigned Felix Frankfurter of New York to craft a definite national labor policy for the war period. His appointment makes him labor commissioner under Secretary of Labor Wilson. William Ansley has returned home.
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Washington
Felix, Frankfurter
New York
Mr. Frankfurter
Wilson
Beaver killing ban extended five years to 1923
Nulato May 11 reports that the beaver killing restrictions are extended five years, making slaughter unlawful until 1923. The extension affects local hunters and wildlife policy in the region.
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Nulato
Labor leader seeks removal of Porto Rico governor
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, urged President Wilson to dismiss Arthur Yager as governor of Porto Rico, citing incompetence in managing the island’s labor situation.
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Washington
Arthur Yager
Porto Rico
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Yager
Mrs Harrison Granted Interlocutory Divorce
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison formerly Miss Mabel Judson of Brooklyn, wife of the Governor General of the Philippines, obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce in San Diego on May 15.
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R. C. Butten
Liberty Loan
San Francisco
M. & M. Bank
Editarod
Alaska
Lynch
San Diego
Cal
Francis Burton Harrison
Mabel Judson
Brooklyn
Phillipines
Quiet Little Poker Game Ends in Murder at Camp Edmonds
Everett Washington May 17 A lone bandit robbed 15 loggers playing a friendly poker game at Camp Edmonds near Everett and killed John Jandos who resisted. A police search follows for the suspect and details remain scarce.
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Everett, Wash
Camp Edmonds
John Jandos
Fire at Vancouver steel yard causes million-dollar loss
A fire at the Coughland steel shipyards plant in Vancouver, British Columbia, caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage. The yard foreman was reported killed in the blaze.
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Vancouver
B. C
Coughland Steel Shipyards
Mining men indicted in Warren district probe
Twenty mining company officials and workers and local businessmen in the Warren district were arrested after a grand jury completed its inquiry into the July deportation of 1,2001. Mrs Earl Hunt of Flat visited her mother in Iditarod over the weekend.
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Earl Hunt
Flat
Iditarod
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