Greek Troops Take 1500 Prisoners on Macedonian Front
Greek forces supported by French artillery claim a twelve kilometer front advance on the Macedonian front. More than 1500 prisoners, including 33 officers, were captured along with significant war materials. Aerial units and Serbian raids reported. mobilization and training efforts amid Greek war spirit are noted by Paris and Athens correspondents.
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United States Army Navy charity game in London
Merete Day highlighted a May 21 charity baseball match in London between the United States Army and Navy. Princess Patricia of Connaught attended as guest of honor while Admiral Sims and General Biddle demonstrated fielding terms. Artie Latham umpired as the Navy won the day with lively crowd support.
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German Treachery Stirs Paris Anger Over Cologne Attack
Paris fury rises over German long range bombings on Corpus Christi Day. Public anger at perceived papal partiality grows as a church near Paris is hit and Americans in Paris share the shock. London and Geneva comment on the Cologne bombing and Cologne processions.
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Mathematics Traced German Supercannon Route Through Paris
Chester M. Wright, ex editor of The New York Call and member of the American Labor Mission, described how two tiny holes cut by a shell through factory awnings allowed precise reconstruction of the German gun's flight path from the Forest of St Gobain to Paris. He noted wind and atmosphere calculations enabled artillery officers to backtrack to the cannon before its destruction. Wright also praised British model cities around government arsenals for marvels in urban planning.
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Wilson predicts better world after war in church anniversary talk
President Wilson told Central Presbyterian Church members commemorating their fiftieth anniversary that a renewal of ideals and better living would follow the war. He said the sight of many nations opposing evil showed Christ’s influence ruling hearts.
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Germans Outrun Their Artillery On French Battlefront
Dispatch from The Times describes German assault conditions near Soissons and the Aisne, noting heavy bombardment, German air raids, and orderly Allied retreat. It highlights French and British resistance, hospital evacuations, and refugees remaining calm under fire as reserves arrive.
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Queer Epidemic Sweeps North China
Incidence of a curious influenza like illness reaches 20000 cases in Tientsin with thousands in Peking. Banks and silk stores close for days as police struggle to maintain order. The illness is non fatal and lasts four days. Government seeks funds and negotiates with Japan for another loan. Chang Huai chi in retreat from southern rebels agrees to return to front.
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Air Attack on Zeebrugge Reported in Amsterdam Telegraph
Amsterdam reports a heavy nightly air raid on Zeebrugge with a massive explosion around dawn. A powder magazine is believed to have detonated causing widespread flames and a tremdous crash felt across the neighborhood.
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Army Letters From Overseas Reach Atlantic Ports
Sixteen hundred thousand letters from American soldiers overseas to their homes on mothers day were received at Atlantic ports and are being delivered. Representative Lonergan of Connecticut asked the Post Office Department about the letters and was assured delivery would be expedited.
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Fuel order allows gasoline use in motor boats
Washington May 31 The Fuel Administration clarifies that the coal and fuel oil ban on private pleasure yachts does not stop gasoline use in motor boats or automobiles. After tomorrow private yachts may use fuel only to reach home by the most direct route.
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American Seaplanes Flight To Cuba
In Havana on May 31 President Menocal and Secretary of War Jose Marti joined a U S Navy hydroaeroplane flight over the city. Lieutenant Parker piloted the machine, part of a three craft flotilla that arrived from an American port. Officials welcomed the group as flights thrilled Havana’s crowded rooftops.
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Refugees Arrive in Paris From Frontline Towns
Refugees from Soissons Rheims and Chateaudun Thierry on Marne arrived in Paris last night. They were ordered to evacuate homes and transported by motor trucks to railheads for onward movement toward central France.
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Tell Miners Of The War By War Service Speakers
Sergeant H. Austin Beck of the Canadian Infantry, invalided by shell shock and gas, spent two months with the United States Fuel Administration speakers' bureau. He toured mining towns in West Virginia and Tennessee, telling miners and workers about France and urging bond purchases. In Pruden Tennessee miners increased output by 300 tons after their visit. At Petros the town oversubscribed its bond quota thirteen times.
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Complete Victory Our Aim Lodge Asserts
Boston May 31 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge outlines terms of peace at a dinner for M Justin Godart vice president of the French Chamber of Deputies. He urges fighting to win a complete victory, calls for Belgium restored Alsace Lorraine returned to France Trentino to Italy a free Poland and a free Yugoslav state, and vows unity with Allies.
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German patients revolt in Munich and Rosenheim
The Cologne Volks Zeitung reports drastic German military hospital treatments for nervous patients in Munich provoke revolts. Wards were wrecked and Rosenheim hospital burned as electric shock methods terrify patients. Deputies prepare questions for the Reichstag on these ill treatment reports.
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Bohemia in Renewed Riots Spark Great Crisis Warnings
Reports from Vienna and Prague describe widespread unrest across Bohemia and Moravia with riots at Chozen and Kolin, attacks on police and military targets, burning of buildings, and sacking of German newspaper offices. The Neue Freie Presse calls for state unity to endure the crisis as martial law spreads in Bosnia and Ital slavo tensions rise.
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Germany Master Of Czech Opposition In New Treaty
Washington reports a text of a German Austrian-Hungarian treaty linking Austria-Hungary’s military to German command. It claims Vienna yields future control of its army and conscription to Germany, ending political independence for Slavs and other peoples. Lansing cites U S support for oppressed races seeking separate nationhood.
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Revolt Suppression and Gas Attacks in Ukraine
May 31 dispatch reports German reprisals in Ukraine with gas saturations near Kiev as several villages were asphyxiated. In Tachigerine district, Russian demobilized soldiers and peasants rising with machine guns and artillery seek government power, while German forces in Odessa arrest prominent figures. Peasant disorders spread through Podolia.
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Francis Seeks Rail Pact Conference With Russia
Colonel George H. Emerson leads eight rail mission members including John F. Stevens en route from Vladivostok to Vologda at the request of Ambassador David R. Francis for a conference on possible improvements to Russia's railway system amid the aid for Russia program.
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Kronstadt Forts Seized and Fortified Says Petrograd
The Daily Mail reports from Copenhagen that the Petrograd paper Pravo states Germany has seized and strengthened several Kronstadt forts. The claim notes German gains and fortifications at Kronstadt.
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Denmark Gets No Grain Despite Argentine Supplies
In Argentina great grain supplies exist for export but Denmark cannot obtain ships to carry it. The Copenhagen Food Commission recently tried to arrange imports, yet lack of tonnage makes shipments unlikely in the near term.
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German offensive on Aisne Foreshadows Picardy battle shift
The German push along the Aisne deepens the wedge toward Soissons and Rheims while a broader march toward Picardy develops. Analysts say the outcome hinges on whether Allied forces can slow the advance and protect Paris as fronts narrow and supply lines shift.
German submarine sighted in mid ocean off Atlantic port
Officers aboard a steamship from Europe reported sighting a German submarine in mid ocean off an Atlantic port. The sub fired a torpedo that narrowly missed the vessel after a zigzag maneuver causing the ship to heel steeply. No further sign of the submarine was seen.
Westminster Gazette Criticizes Censorship Practices
London May 31 Westminster Gazette editorial says a military correspondent's article was returned with excisions that changed its meaning and led to non publication. It notes censorship pressures and asks the government to clarify if censorship will extend to known public commentary.
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