Australians Gain Ground Near Lys Berlin Battle
Allied lines report heavy bombardments and raids near Neuville-Vitasse southwest of Arras with Canadian success capturing three machine guns and German casualties. American troops bolster front while Clemenceau confirms continued Allied arrivals. The Berlin note cites Australian night attack between the Ancre and Somme as both sides push defenses.
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Paris
Rumania
Russia
Rumani
Berlin
Ancre
Oure
Chill Names New Envoy to United States
Santiago report says Eduardo Lui Majica named Chilean envoy to the United States. Wake meeting at Carnegie Hall denounced Prussian aggression with speakers including Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Owen urging sanctions and international law compliance. Roosevelt lamented the Lusitania sinking marking a penitential day.
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Santiago
Chile
Eduardo Lui Majica
United States
Lusitania
New York
America
Othor
Carnegie Hall
American Defense Society
American Kielty
T . Roosevelt
Rober L. Owen
Oklahoma
Charles Fairchild
Senter Owen
Col Roosevelt
Government to probe Maurice charges in court of honor
London Andrew Bonar Law said the government will ask two judges to act as a court of honor to investigate charges by Gen Frederick B Maurice who was removed as director of military operations at the war office The army council is handling discipline questions arising from a Maurice letter Overman bill approved 15 to 1 in Washington House panel reported favorably by judiciary committee by 15 to 1 Omaha votes to oust Cowboy Mayor James Dahlman after twelve years in office with incomplete returns
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Court of Honor
Frederick B. Maurice
British War Office
Bonar Law
Army Council
Overman
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Omaha
Neb
James ©. Dahlman
Mutiny Grips Austria as Food Crises Mount Across Empire
Western Newspaper in Jonden reports Emperor Charles leaving Vienna for the front amid a gathering food shortage crisis. Protests flare in Hohentia and other regions as Parliament is prorogued and an autocratic government prepared to take helm. Food from Ukraine to Austria is prioritized. Also noted: Norway’s April war losses, US farm spending bill, a resigning US war adviser, a potential China loan, and a cowboy suicide in Sioux Falls.
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Auettinie
Reuter Linited
Charles Hae
Austria
Hohentia
Herals
Horlin
Ho |Homie
Phree
EAST TO REMAIN AS IT IS INSPIRED PROPOSITION DELIVERED
Foreign Secretary Hallour told the House of Commons that German peace proposals show no progress. Jenkyn Colyn led a mission to explain to Britain the issues causer by Germanys demand on Heland transfer of materials across Holland to Belgium. Eleven million women and girls work in American industries with sixty percent in munitions plants. agriculture and dairying employ 1,800,000, many under 21. The General Federation report calls for social service, Red Cross cooperation, shorter hours and wage justice.
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Unt
London
Haliour
House of Commons
Usk
Germany
Daily
Math Teas
Hb 1
Sho Lise
Hague
Jonkheer Colyn
Kiaochan
China
Jenkiver Colyn
England
Healtland
Holland
Belgia
Ark
General Federation of Women's Clubs
D. D. Wilkinson
Louisiana
Americans Raid German Lines in Lorraine Victory
American troops attacked German positions on a 660 yard front south of Halleville in Lorraine. After a brief artillery prep infantry and pioneers overran the third line, finding no enemy and destroying works. The attack followed a German salient. the artillery and pioneers eliminated the fortifications. The raid was praised by officers as morale-boosting. Other items note Campbell's gubernatorial bid, Canada lowering service age, Chinese collision losses, and Bayard Gray's 118 years.
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Lorraine Ctor
France
Lorraine
Halleville
Verdun
May Draft Call to 293000 Men Across 45 States
The War Department announced a May draft call totaling 293,000 men from 45 states. Colorado 2079, Arizona 1784, New Mexico 985, Wyoming 167 to Camp Cody, Dodge, Funston, and Lewis. The move replaces monthly increments and aims to complete in five days starting May 26.
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Colorado
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Wyoming
Washington
Baker
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Oregon
Nevada
District of Columbia
Itwan
War Department
Camp Cody
N. M
Nebraska
Camp Dodge
Town
Kansas
Camp Funston
Kan
Camp Lewis
Wash
Utah
FRENCH ADVANCE LINE CANADIANS TAKE UP NEW TRENCH NEAR ARRAS
Correspondents report British guns hold Flanders front while French defend their sector. Australians push Germans back near Morlancourt, extending the Entente line. Canadians appear around Arras defending Neuville-Vilasse Mercantel and Holsleaux St. Marc as battles rage since March 21.
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Union News Seystem
London
France
Flanders
Morlincourt
Ancre
Somme
Entente
Morlancourt
Arras
Neuville-Vilasse
Mercantel
Holsleaux St. Marc
French Named Viceroy for Ireland
Field Marshal Viscount French has been named viceroy of Ireland. Japan reaffirms loyalty to allies. Baron Goto, Japan's foreign minister, dismisses rumors of a policy shift as insidious propaganda and says there is no foundation for such claims. Liberty loan application valued at $100,000 noted.
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Japan
Tokio
Baron Goto
Red Cross Week Proclaimed for May 20 1918
President Woodrow Wilson designates May 20 1918 as Red Cross Week urging Americans to contribute to a second 100 million war fund to aid Allied troops and civilians. The proclamation emphasizes Red Cross as a public war relief instrument and cites ongoing needs of soldiers and dependents. Knighted Henry Edward Duke noted in London.
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Wil
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
War Fund
American Red Cross War Council
Europe
People's Trust
United States
Woodrow Wilson
District of Columbia
United States of America
New War Currency Issued With Jefferson and Washington Portraits
The treasury approved federal reserve notes worth one and two dollars for wartime use, to appear around July 4. The two dollar bill features a battleship on the reverse with Jefferson on the face, the one dollar carries Washington and an eagle with the flag on its reverse. Silver certificates are being retired as silver is melted under a new act, about 30 million dollars withdrawn. Nicaragua declares war on Germany, aligning with Guatemala and the United States, making it the twentieth nation to do so. Britain's weekly casualties total 38,691 with many killed, wounded, or missing. A fire at the St. Louis Union stockyards destroys an elevator holding 300,000 dollars of grain for allies, ruled incendiary.
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Federal Reserve
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
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Germany
Congress
Chamorro
United States
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Union
Late Market Quotations With Mixed Commodity Prices
A sweep of late market quotes lists buying and selling figures for grains, feed, poultry, hides, wool, and other commodities. Prices cover oats, corn, gluten feed, dressed poultry, butter, apples, and various animal byproducts, with per ton and per pound figures across Nebraska and Colorado markets.
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Cole
Upland
Nebr. Hind
Colo
Welling
Mixed Market Quotations from New York and Midwest regions
A dense roundup of miscellaneous market prices covers metals wool cotton and flour in New York and Boston areas, with ranges for butter poultry and grain components. It lists numerous item prices including wool quotients, corn, flax, barley, bran, flour, and sugar, alongside farm goods and live stock figures, reflecting assorted commodity movements.
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Minneapolis
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