British Actions in West Achieve Objective
British forces delivered decisive blows in the west to press a strategic objective. The operation secured the desired outcome with confirmed gains and ongoing efforts to consolidate control in the region.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
1
British Break German Lines Near Hindenburg Stronghold
British forces struck along the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt and along the Arras-Cambrai axis, capturing prisoners and achieving their objectives. French artillery harasses German lines on Aisne and Champagne fronts while Verdun hosts continued German activity. In Mesopotamia the British claim to have driven Turks from most lowlands north of Baghdad.
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Associated P
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Arras-Cambrai Road
Scarpe River
Drocourt-Queantenlted
Doual
Germany
Aisne
Champagne
Verdun
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Jebel-Haomrin Renee
Young Girl Brings Trouble in Restricted District Case
City and parish officials, juvenile workers, and charity groups deal with a sixteen year old mother described as ungovernable. The girl, from near Shreveport, drifted to Monroe after her baby was taken away. She faced juvenile court actions, was ordered to a reform home, resisted staying, and was returned toward New Orleans for placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acrom
Shreveport
Emall
Monroe
Dawkins
Iron Mountain
B. A. Trousdale
New Orleans
Missing child tale linked to lawyer in Shreveport
A report states a lawyer took the baby in Shreveport and handed the child to a woman who then took the infant to a wealthy friend in New Orleans. Both the lawyer and the woman refuse to disclose the child’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley Suffrage Meet Opens in Columbus
Hundreds of suffrage leaders gather at the Hotel Deshler for the sixth annual Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference with delegates from Texas West Virginia Wisconsin Oklahoma Kansas Louisiana Michigan Mississippi North Dakota Ohio Iowa Alabama Illinois Tennessee Nebraska and more. A public session is planned tomorrow afternoon with Governor Cox and Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt as principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Deshler
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
North Dakota
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Illinois
Tennessee
Nebraska
Cox
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Committee Seeks New Members for Ouachita Red Cross
The Ouachita Red Cross Chapter membership committee will canvass neighborhoods to enroll at least 1,000 new members in days. All ages may join. no field service or financial obligation beyond dues. The drive promotes nonpartisan relief work with classes in first aid and supply making to follow enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
War Department
Japan
Germany
Mothers Day at First Baptist Church Services
Special Mother's Day services will be held at the First Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m. Pastor Rev. F. H. Farrington will preach Behold Thy Mother. Choir arranged a special musical program and the church will be decorated for the occasion. Delegates to the Southern Mapnet Convention will be chosen after the morning service. At the evening service some new members will be baptized. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
F. H. Farrington
Mapnet
New Orleans
171 000 Men Eligible in Louisiana Draft Census
Statewide draft census lists 171000 eligible men in Louisiana. Nearly two hundred thousand citizens may be subject to the draft, with enlistment and service plans under review by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Louisiana to Supply Draft Calls Under New Conscription Plan
A census bureau release places 21 to 31 year old men at ten million subject to selective draft starting July 1. Louisiana counts 171 400 eligibles with New Orleans contributing 84 00. eight districts average 21 500 each. First call targets 8,000 to 9,600 colored men, about 1,100 per district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Shreveport Times
House
Senate
New Orleans
Stratford tree planted in Central Park to honor Stratford
An oak tree nine feet high gifted by Stratford-on-Avon to New York was planted in Central Park this afternoon. Ambassador Page received the tree from Stratford's mayor. The event, by the Central Park Shakespeare garden committee, included speeches on England United States relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stratford-on- Avon
New York City
Central Park
Soviet Executives Reject Coalition Government Formation
Petrograd reports the executive committee on the council of workers and soldiers and delegates decides not to participate in forming a coalition government. The question is to be referred to a plenary meeting, with ministries of munitions labor and relief expected to be created within the coalition.
Roosevelt can raise troops for France
Washington May 12 by a 215 to 178 vote the house instructed its conferees on the army bill to restore the senate amendment allowing Col Roosevelt to recruit a division for active service in France after a stormy debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Col. Roosevelt
France
Mobilization for Six Divisions Planned Across Southwestern Camps
May 12 San Antonio Texas war department orders set to name six divisions to be trained in Texas Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. Five divisions will be National Guard teams from Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Missouri Texas and Oklahoma. The sixth division will be color troops under conscription. Camp Wilson San Antonio will host one division. mobilization to begin after site selection and cantonments built with training by mid September. Each division will be led by a major general. governors expected to appoint them. officers likely drawn from regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
War Department
Army Boards
Southern Department
National
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Camp Wilson
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
National Army
Federal officials cite shippers over adulterated eggs in interstate trade
Washington reports shippers in Kaneac Nebraska Oklahoma and the Panhandle Texas cited to appear before the Bureau of Chemistry U S Department of Agriculture to show cause why they are not guilty of violating the Food and Drugs Act by shipping in interstate commerce eggs found to contain rats or spots. The act forbids interstate shipment of adulterated food. Investigations were conducted during 1916 at Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Trinidad Colorado. After hearing the department will take action as warranted by the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kaneac
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Bureau of Chemistry
U. & Department of Agriculture
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Trinidad
Colorado
Swartz Meeting Organizes Agricultural Association
A Swartz Friday gathering was a top campaign event for agricultural preparedness. The Swartz Agricultural Association was formed with Louis Toombs as president and W A Miller as vice president plus J H Walker as secretary treasurer. Perish Demonstration Agent B M Jackson urged farmer cooperation for better produce sales, citing curb markets and joint trips. Speakers included Missinie Miller, Judge Charles Schulze, S J Rivoire, John A Lambert of Buist's Seed Co, and Cal Baum of Sweetser Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swartz
Swartz Agricultural Association
Louis Toombs
W. A. Miller
J. H Walker
B. M. Jackson
Monroe
Mr. Jackson
Missinie Miller
Canning Club
Charles Schulze
J. Rivoire
John A. Lambert
The
Buist's Seed Company
Cal Baum of
Sweetser
Ind
Wheat prices surge with 27 to 30 cent gains
Market notes show notable wheat increases with July and September options advancing. July settled at 2.72 to 2.75 and September at 2.44 to 2.46 as prices posted sensational gains.
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Gan Fl
Pood Gamblers Rally to Defeat Administration Bill Control
Sensational charges surface as a lobby group labeled pood gamblers mobilizes to defeat administration backed bills. Members press lawmakers for swift action while critics warn of distortions in public discourse.
Food gamblers labeled Kaiser allies by official in Washington
Assistant Secretary Vrooman accuses food speculators and cornerers of profiting from wartime conditions. He says they are unpatriotic and disloyal and should be condemned by public sentiment. Some are in Washington lobbying against expanding wartime food mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vrooman
America
Lam
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Trading in May Wheat Abandoned by Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade ordered discontinuance of trading in May wheat at a meeting last night. Existing contracts will be adjudicated by delivery or at a selling price fixed by a committee led by James A. Patten. The decision cited patriotic duty amid national stress and separate comments about government influence on prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Directors
Chicago Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
Board of
John P. Griffin
The
Market Plunges Into Wheat Panic Amid European Demand
Traders say May wheat prices rose as Europe’s governments stepped in to secure current and future supplies. The crowd fears government purchases will squeeze immediate delivery, forcing buyers to source from farmers and grain dealers rather than futures. Open interest remains uncertain after a recent exchange order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
German Chancellor Avoids Peace Terms Discussion
Copenhagen May 12 The Germany errand of the Clerical party reports Von Bethmann-Hollweg will not discuss peace terms before the Reichstag. He has won over Centrists and part of the Liberal factions to the view that such a discussion is inadvisable at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
von Bethmann-Hollweg
French Mission Arrives as New England Gifts Help Orphans
Marshal Joffre and other French Mission members were welcomed in Hoston. A gold casket bearing an order for over 150000 dollars from New England citizens will be presented to Marshal Joffre to aid fatherless children in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoston
Marshal Joffre
New England
France
British Destroyer Sunk in Battle Off Berlin
The admiralty reports a British destroyer was sunk in an engagement between German and British warships near Berlin on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Admiralty
Guards to Escort Murder Suspect in Kansas City Court
Special guards will be stationed in the courtroom when Fred Bissell, charged with the murder of Edna Dinsmore, is brought to trial in Kansas City. The case was moved from Topeka due to local hostility. Guards will deter mob violence during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Knc
Fred Bissell
Edna Dinsmore
Topeka
Witter
Eucrés
Pershing Mission to France Questioned by War Department
Rumors of General Pershing being sent to France or commanding the American expedition abroad were dismissed by the War Department. Secretary Baker called the speculation prejudicial to public interest and officials offered no confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Bakef
France
House Favors Newspaper Censorship Split in Senate
Washington May 12 The Senate voted 38 to 62 to strike newspaper censorship from the espionage bill. An attempted amendment to create direct press censorship under War and Navy departments failed 65 to 5. Final passage, likely tonight, may force a conference with the House over censor ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Washington
Johnson
California
Kirby
Arkansas
Secretaries of War and Navy
Brousserd
Louisiana
Vardamrn
Mississippi
Fletcher and Trammell
Florida
Ranedell
Williams
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Baptist Church
Weet
Ouachita Ice & Fuel Co
Bach
Commerce and
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
General Pershing
Lyceum Theatre
Paramount
Vivian Martin
Jack Pickford
George Middleton
Kitty Gordon
Chas. Chaplin
Easy Street
Ciecle No
McClure
Holbrook Blynn
Shirley Mason
George le Guerre
Saenger Amusement Co
Lafayette
Globe Theatres
Don Phillipini
Monroe Opera House
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Helen Holmes
Lumberlands
Opera House
Ches Davis Musical Revue
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