Allied and German War News From Europe and Ireland
British and French fronts report artillery and air actions across Europe. American patrols clash with German forces in Lorraine and near Toul while British Haig reports gains in Flanders. Sinn Fein leaders arrested in Ireland amid German plot fears. U S agents uncover Irish-German plotting and tensions rise in Dublin and London.
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Dublin
Irish Times Today
Edward de Valera
Sinn Fein
Arthur Griffith
Markievicz
Ireland
Germany
Count Plunkett
Sinn Roscommon
Washington
United States
Air raid casualties reported in Cologne city blast
The report notes 47 injured in a British air raid on the German city of Cologne. Also dated Madrid May 20 mentions German U-boat 34, thought to be the submarine that sank Lusitania, entering Cartagena harbor damaged in the Mediterranean.
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France
Germany
Flanders
Antwerp
Longwy
Briey
Paris
Avre
Amiens
Ailly
Rooul Lufberry
American Flying Corps
Cologne
Madrid
Cartagena
Mediterranean
Germany Food Siege Sparks Ukrainian Bread Burns
A Russian wireless dispatch reports Ukrainian district assemblies will burn surplus bread and provisions amid German food-gathering efforts. The notice notes exasperated Ukrainian civilians resisting requisition as food shortages intensify.
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British
London
Germany
Ukraine
Far East Pact Sealed by China and Japan
In Paris on May 18 Japan and China notified Allies of new entente style cooperation for Far East security. Tokyo on May 24 announced a secret agreement signed in Peking covering military matters and collaboration.
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Paris
Amiens
War Office
Avre
Japan
China
Far East
Teutons
Prague declares siege amid street demonstration in Bohemia
Zurich reports a state of siege in Prague after a street demonstration against Germany. Processions of Czechs and Jugoslavs marched shouting for Wilson Lloyd George and Clemenceau. Martial law declared in Bohemia with many imprisonments noted.
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Prague
Zurich
Germany
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Food crisis in Germany reaches peak in latest report
Information reaching Washington says the food situation in Germany is the most critical it has ever been.
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Washington
Germany
Draft May 21 Estimates 750000 Men for June 6
Gen Crowder predicts a June 6 draft of about 750000 men. The American first field army of 200000 men has been formed in France.
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Washington
Crowder
France
Cyclone Claimed Twelve Lives in Nebraska Near Bloomfield
Bloomfield Nebraska reports a cyclone last Saturday night killed twelve people mainly children near Boulder Creek. Groundwork is being prepared by two outfits Anderson and Kline near the mouth. Frank OLeary works below them. Camp activity has risen with newly found payable pay. Billy Thomas of Beaton and Donnelley faces mediation. Paul Shaffer visited Iditarod last Wednesday.
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Bloomfield
Neb
Boulder Creek
Anderson
Kline
Frank O'Leary
Dredge Cleanups Progress On Site Work
The Donnelley and Beaton dredge completed its first cleanup last Tuesday and was praised as very good. The Riley Investment Company also finished its initial cleanup last Saturday though it was small due to working out ground. now they move to virgin ground with good pay ahead.
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Donnelley & Beaton Dredge
Riley Investment Company
Logger Mike Blanuska Injured In Creek Slip
Mike Blanuska, a well known logger, slipped on the Cottonwood creek track yesterday afternoon, breaking his collarbone and dislocating a shoulder. He is at Behla hospital. Dawson and Longtin prepare for open cut work at Glengulch mouth despite remaining ice in ditches. Fred Smith works Hard Luck gulch near Otter, using ground sluicing and a steamscraper on tailings. Pete Miscovitch plans open cut work with Dawson and Longtin due to water difficulties.
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Mike Blanuska
Cottonwood Creek
Behla Hospital
Dawson & Longtin
Glengulch
Pete Miscovitch
Fred Smith
Otter
Slate Creek
Glen Gulch
Domnelley & Beaton
Shallow Arrives from Takoma After Difficult Trek
Tom Shallow traveled from Takoma arriving last Wednesday after a difficult journey caused by breaking up of the trails.
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Tom Shallow
Takoma
Gamblers Among Those to Be Fought as War Enlistees
General Crowder identifies gamblers race track and bucket shop attendants ushers and clerks as among civilians in other occupations who will be called to fight. The notice places emphasis on broad civilian mobilization during wartime.
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Washington
General Crowder
Young Man Drowns in Lake Washington
Seattle May 24 Earl V Mills a clerk drowned in Lake Washington yesterday while canoeing with his fiancee Miss Audrey Haines She swam ashore and two hours later when searchers failed to find Mills body Miss Haines jumped into the lake to drown herself but was rescued
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Seattle
Earl V. Mills
Lake Washington
Audrey Haines
Mills
Drunken Driver Kills Soldier in Spokane Auto Crash
Walter Waters of the 14th Infantry, U S S A, was killed in an automobile crash in Spokane on May 20. The driver was intoxicated.
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Spokane
Wash
Walter Waters
14Th Infantry
Austria to Issue Eighth War Loan Soon
Amsterdam indicates Austria plans to issue its eighth war loan shortly. The announcement comes as the nation increases war financing efforts amid ongoing hostilities.
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Amsterdam
Austria
First arrivals reach power plant by water in Flooding
J. E. Kettlewell and Capt. Al Jones arrived by water in the launch Peaceful Henry from the power plant last Saturday and returned the next morning. Kettlewell reports the breakup flood damaged nearly all the buildings, with two cabins and a barn totally destroyed.
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J. E. Kettlewell
Capt
al Jones
Henry
Mr. Kettlewell
Delayed Winter Mail Reaches Iditarod Over Years
Residents ask when delayed consignments will arrive. Historical notes show water route mail via Ophir arriving May 30 in 1915, May 29 in 1916, June 7 in 1917, and 1918 figures.
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Iditarod
Ophir
Cutting Down Submarine Toll
The admiralty reports Allied and neutral ships totaling 805102 tons were destroyed in April, down from 898000 tons in April of the previous year. Sam Langlan Arnold de House Eddie Johnson Frank Watson and two others left for Moore creek to work for Keller Dawson this week. Tom Shal Low says they arrived prematurely as Moore creek is still wintry. They will stay until thaw. J Guy Rivers is ground sluicing on the Malamute pup and is doing well.
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Sam Langlan
Arnold de House
Eddie Johnson
Frank Watson
Moore Creek
Keller & Dawson
Tom Shallow
J. Guy Rivers
Troop Train Wreck Near Texarkana Injures Troops
A troop train derailed after crossing a bridge near Texarkana Arkansas early today injuring a score of troopers. Authorities reported the incident occurred as the train passed the span, with responders rushing to the scene and transporting wounded to local hospitals for treatment.
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Texarkana
Ark
Casualty Figures From War Reported in Washington
Washington reports 39 casualties today including 1 killed or died of wounds and 14 wounded. For Monday May 20 casualty list 45 items show 8 killed and 29 wounded.
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Washington
Rich widow weds sailor in San Francisco
San Francisco May 20 Mrs Hugh R Rood of Seattle widow of Titanic disaster fame marries Commander Mark St Clair Ellis of the United States Navy.
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San Francisco
Hugh R. Rood
Seattle
Mark St. Clair Ellis
United States Navy
Aeroplanes Burned In San Francisco Fire
Fifteen military aeroplanes were destroyed by fire in San Francisco today. Authorities repaired sidewalks during the week. A teamster gave his horses a holiday on Wednesday, presumably to test the newly repaired trail boards.
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San Francisco
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