Asquith to force confidence vote in House today
London reporting that Prime Minister Lloyd George is expected to answer future charges as ex premier Asquith moves to force a vote of censure in Parliament over Major General Maurice's accusation against Lloyd George and Bonar Law. The response could trigger a government resignation or an appeal to the electorate.
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Arthur S. Draper
the Tribune
London
Lloyd George
Asquith
House of Commons
F. B. Maurice
Bonar Law
Maurice
Commons
Westminster
Balfour
Livy George
Roberts
Cabinn
Iine
The
Times
Daily Chronicle
Rumania's Treaty Terms With Central Powers Revealed
Summary of the peace treaty assigns Rumania to cede upper and lower Dobruja and a strip along the Austrian frontier. It requires Romania to support a Teuton army of occupation, limits its armed forces, and allows Teuton warships on the Danube to the Black Sea. Separate treaties will govern economic relations.
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Rumania
Dobrudja
Romania
Danube
Black Sea
Stielow Cleared Of Murder Freed By Governor
Albany May 8 Governor Whitman announced clemency for Charles F Stielow and Nelson S Green who are to be released from prison days after a Bond investigation found neither man's involved in the Phelps Wolcott killings. Green had pleaded guilty to second degree murder while Stielow's first degree conviction stood.
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Peeud
Tribune
Albany
Charles F. Stielow
Sing Sing
Nelson S. Green
Auburn
Whitman
Court of Appeals
Stielow
George H. Bond
Syracuse
Stow
Green
Stirlow
Charles B. Phelps
Margaret Wolcott
West Shelby
Orleans County
Erwin King
Clarence O'Connell
King
Lewis
Boyd
Stiglow and Green
Phelps
Margaret, Wolcott
Clarence F. O'Connell
Mass Troops In Austria to Crush Revolt
Austria concentrates troops in disaffected regions to suppress a revolt while food shortages worsen the Dual Monarchy. A Swiss report notes disturbances in the Austro Hungarian fleet, with crews including Slavs and Italians. high command reshuffled as authorities claim calm. Vienna says resignations and extraordinary measures follow, with political maneuvering linked to Poland and German ties.
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Washington
Austria
Zurich
Switzerland
Vienna
Sylva
Taruea
Horbaczewski
Dolger
von Seydler
Stettinius Is Appointed Gun Dictator
Washington reports that Edward R. Stettinius will lead wartime gun and shell production under a centralized plan mirroring ship and aircraft efforts. The piece critiques the ordnance department’s drafting-room culture and notes multi-billion dollar appropriation requests as the artillery program expands dramatically.
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C. W. Gilbert Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Ordnance Department
General Wheeler
General Crozier
General Williams
Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Stettinius
Congress
Secretary Baker says no gun shortage for troops in France
Secretary Baker announced that more than half a million American soldiers have been sent to France and that his January forecast of 500 000 troops being dispatched was surpassed. He reported no current shortage of light or heavy machine guns in France or the U.S. and did not confirm if Browning heavy gun shipments had begun.
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Washington, May
France
Baker
Congress
Senate
America
Belgium
G Mans
Africa
Picardy
Flandera
Spy in Pershing's Army Trapped in France
May 8 report from Hy The Asociated Press says the first German American spy in the American army in France is in custody. He aided a German prisoner to escape and both wore American officer uniforms to approach the lines. The ruse was spotted when they asked to cross the lines for tank study.
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France
U S Forces in Picardy Grow Stronger Daily
In Picardy the American presence grows daily as artillery and patrols continue. Reports recount a German working party observed by an American patrol, a letter on a killed German detailing siege conditions near Montdidier, and Clemenceau praising joint French American efforts. A German anti Allies warning to neutrals is also aired, citing plunder and destruction across France Belgium and beyond with grim parade of booty and losses.
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Associated Press
France
Picardy
Armerican
Montdidier
Clemenceau
Washington
Belgium
Spain
State Department
Americans Fire On Front Line Then Knife Attack at Amservillers
On May 5 in the Lorraine sector near Amservillers, three American patrols moved from Anservillers with no artillery prep. Eight men under Lieutenant Cassidy seized the rear of the German post, fired once, then charged with trench knives. Two Germans died, one wounded corporal captured. no American casualties.
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Lorraine
Amservillers
Anservillers
Cassidy
American Big Guns Open Fire in Toul Sector
In France on May 8 American heavy artillery fired for the first time in the sector northwest of Toul after weeks of preparation. Artillery crews selected targets behind Montsec and launched about forty large shells against German batteries, including 203 mm guns captured from the Russians that had been firing at American positions.
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Axsociate
France
Toul
Montsec
Montace
Artillery and infantry actions mark front lines near Ypres
Heavy bombardment and renewed German attacks stretch from Ypres to La Clytte and Dickebusch Lake as Allied lines hold Vierstraat and Ridge Wood. Australian forces push on between the Somme and Ancre, while Baker reports over half a million U S troops now in France with full equipment for abroad.
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Flanders
Ypres
la Clutte
Amiens
Voormezeele
la Clytte
Dickebusch Lake
Ridge Wood
Vierstraat
Poperinghe
Somme
Ancre
Sailly-le-Sec
Morlancourt
Orlando
France
North Sea
Adriatic
Baker
United States
Fron
German Smash Near Allied Defences Expected Imminent
London May 8 briefed that a major German blow at Allied lines seems likely. von Arnim led a division along a four mile front south of Ypres amid clear weather and strong Allied resistance, with signs pointing to a resumption of major operations. Observers expect a thrust south of Arras toward Doullens or a single concurrent assault.
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Arthur S. Draper
Tribune
London
Ypres
von Arnim
Somme
Arras
Doulena
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Strelow
Suirlow
Bond
Navy
New Yorker
U.S. Ordnance
Bae
Paris
Pershing
U.S
Germany
Cardinal Mercier
Poland
Berlin
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