Front Advances and Counterattacks Across Lens and Doiran Fronts
British and French forces repelled German assaults south of the Souchez river and recovered lost trenches near Lens and Loon after heavy enemy casualties. Crown Prince Rupprecht and the German crown prince pressed near Lens while Doiran to Cerna river in Macedonia saw Entente gains with 300 prisoners captured.
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London
Souchez
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Lens
Loon
Haig
Nivelle
Atlletie River
Macedonia
Doiran
Cerna
Vardar
Sura
Illinois Men Trained in South for Six Army Divisions
Under war department orders the southern department will select camps for six divisions to be trained here. Five divisions consist of national guardsmen from Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Texas Oklahoma. The Sixth division includes conscripts. Each unit must provide 26 000 troops for a total army of 156 000 to be trained in camps across Texas Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico by mid September.
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San Antonio
Tex
War Department
Tyiday
Southern Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Roads Close Case on Rate Increases
Washington May 12 The western roads have closed their case in hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a proposed country wide 15 percent freight rate increase. A recess is taken until May 23 for shippers to present their side. Carriers from east, south and west submitted evidence arguing higher costs require the increase.
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Washington
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Haiti Stays Neutral as Congress Declines War Declaration
Port au Prince reports May 12 that Haiti’s Congress has refused to declare war on Germany. The stance keeps Haiti out of direct involvement in the European conflict while global tensions rise.
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Haiti
Port AU Princh
Congress
Germany
Jewelers Elect Chicagoan President
P. J. Hagaman of Chicago has been elected president of the Illinois Jewelers Association at a meeting in Chicago on May 1. The organization aims to promote trade standards and industry interests.
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Chicagoan
Chicago
P. J. Hagaman
Ulinois Tewelers Association
Storm of Protest Reaches Congress on War Tax Bill
Congress faces heated testimony as the Senate Finance Committee hears protests from manufacturers distillers tobacco and beverage interests over the $1.8 billion war tax plan. House debate features Fordney backing the measure while critics call for a fairer distribution of the tax burden amid warnings of industry disarray and higher prices.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Fordney
Michigan
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Food Control Bill Introduced in Senate by Gore
Senator Gore announced a food control bill in the Senate to mirror agriculture department proposals pending in the House. The measure faces a quick floor review as officials cite government seed power and a push to curb rising prices with federal control.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
House
Senate
Gore
Agriculture Committee
Carl Vrooman
House Agriculture Committee
Kirby C. White
Detroit
American Seed Association
Redfield
Averting Coal Miner Strike Talks Reach Tentative Basis
A tentative agreement to avert a coal miners strike in central Pennsylvania was reached in a conference involving representatives from both sides and Secretary Wilson. Details remain undisclosed but no work suspension was planned, with about 75,000 miners set to strike on May 15. Federal pressure aimed to prevent crippling coal production during the national emergency.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Labor Department
Navy Near Maximum Strength For War
Washington May 12 The navy will reach its full authorized maximum war strength of 100 000 enlisted men next Thursday if the recruiting ratio of the last ten days is maintained An official statement shows that the service now has a total of 05 028 men the recruiting campaign inaugurated April 3 having produced 91 431 men up to date Bills pending in Congress authorize the addition of 60 000 more men or a total strength including hospital corps apprentices and unorganized units of 195 000 men
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Washington
Navy
Congress
German Torpedo Boat Hit in Battle Off Holland
Flushing correspondent reports a fierce clash between German and British destroyers near the north hind er lightship. The German torpedo boat was badly hit, with great flames visible and firing heard in Flushing and surrounding areas.
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Holland
Amsterdan
London
Flushing
Telegraaf
North Hinder
Zcen
Wilson appoints American commission to Russia
Washington reports the United States forms a commission to Russia headed by Elihu Root to counter Germany and support the democratic movement. The group includes a socialist, a labor leader, a banker, a manufacturer, a business figure, a humanitarian, and military officers. A large suite accompanies Root and the delegation will depart soon by an undisclosed route.
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Washington
Russia
Wilson
Germany
Elihu Root
Humn
Anmy
Navy
United States
Gompers Arranges Labor Conference in Washington
May 12. Samuel Gompers, chairman of the committee on labor, advisory commission council of national defense, has organized a meeting for British labor and welfare workers who arrived last week to confer with about 400 American labor and capital representatives here next Tuesday. The English delegates have been in daily talks with the executive committee of the committee on labor, sent by the British government at Gompers' request to Prime Minister Lloyd George.
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Washington
Great Britain
Samuel Gompers
Committee On Labor
Advisory Commission Council of National Defense
Labor
Canital
Gompers
Lloyd George
American mission to Russia named by Washington
The state department announces the American mission to Russia members led by Edbu Root of New York as chairman. Joining are Charles E. Crane of Hingis Chicago. John R. Mott of New York. Cyrus McCormick of Chicago. Samuel R. Bertron of New York. James Duncan of the American Federation of Labor. Charles Edward Russell of New York. Major General Hugh L. Scott. Rear Admiral James H. Glennon.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Edbu Root
New York
Charles E. Crane
Hingis
Chicago
John R. Mott
International Committee
Cyrus McCormick
Samuel R. Bertron
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
James 1H. Glennon
United States Navy
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
Lord Cunliffe
Bank of England
Sir Eric Drummond
M. Llovelaque
Charles Olive Bavley
Missiong
Army extends volunteer age to forty in Britain
The War Office announces a change to the voluntary recruitment age in Britain to include men up to 40 years old, both single and married. The statement expresses hope that volunteers will be ready to serve without delay when called upon.
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London
War Office
Lowden Leaves Capital for Arkansas Rest
May 12 Springfield report says Governor Lowden departed Friday for his Arkansas plantation for a brief rest. He is accompanied by Geo. H. Sutton, his secretary. The governor’s cold is improved.
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Lowden
Capital
Springfield
Ill
Arkansas
Geo. H. Sutton
Food lobby in Washington blamed for defeating food control bills
Assistant Secretary Vrooman accuses a powerful group of food gamblers and cornerers, some rich, of aiding Kaiser allies to block wartime food measures. He praises patriotic business leaders while promising eventual legislation and urges public outrage to curb the lobby. He notes some are in Washington pressuring to deny Wilson’s mobilization powers.
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Washington
Vrooman
Department of Agriculture
Business Men of
America
Wilson
Congress
Allies Agree on Central Purchasing Power for War Loans
May 12. An international plan would place most loan purchasing power in the hands of a small commission, possibly one man, to coordinate allied spending. Britain France and Italy favor the scheme and other Entente powers are expected to join. The aim is to end competition for American goods and ensure maximum efficiency in every dollar spent on war needs.
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Washington
McAdoo
Great Bitain
France
Italy
Schumann Heink Sues for 95000 Damages in Taxi Crash
Madame Schumann Heink the operatic singer sues United Railways of St Louis for 95000 for injuries from a February 23 streetcar collision while she rode in a taxicab. The suit was filed in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Schumann Heink
United Railways of
Rev Walter Moore Former Quincy Man Dies in Glastonbury
Rev Walter H Moore former dean hon orarius of St Johns Episcopal Cathedral Quincy IL and rector of St Lukes Church Glastonbury Conn for five years died at home Friday night Born in Warren Rhode Island in 1844 he served as a private in the Civil War with Company D 67th Illinois Volunteer Regiment before joining the Chicago Tribune staff and entering the ministry
Submarine Power Waning In Allied Destruction Report
Washington May 12 The secretary of the navy reports in a Reichstag speech dated May 10 that Allied efficiency in submarine destruction has risen. He notes submarines have been lost due to improved Allied means of attack, though submarine warfare has yielded larger results than expected.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Reichstag
Peace conference urged by Russian workers council
The council of soldiers and workers delegates in Petrograd calls for a world peace conference in a neutral country. It aims to convene the socialist internationale, invite all socialist factions, and send delegations to neutral and allied nations to foster the peace movement.
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Petrograd
London
Council of Soldiers
Council
Stockholm
The
Socialist Internationale
International Proletariat
Workmen
Executive Committee
Gompers Declines Peace Conference Endorsement
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor rejects joining a peace conference call. The May 30 New York gathering to promote democracy and peace was organized by Emily Balch Louis Lochner Joseph Gannon Morris Hillquit and Judah Magnes.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
Emily Balch
Louis Lochner
Joseph Gannon
Morris Hillquit
Judah Magnes
New York
England Warns Her Munition Workers
London May 12 The government warns munition workers it will not permit strikes that delay production. All local citizens are called to resume work immediately. Those inciting stoppages face conviction under the defense of the realm act with penalties up to life servitude or less.
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London
Brilliant Banquet Honors Franco-British War Missions in New York
One of America’s most brilliant banquets honored the British and French war missions in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. Attendees included Arthur Balfour Rene Viviani Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. The scene featured electric flags on the hotel and crowds along Fifth Avenue. The procession listed numerous dignitaries from Britain France Canada and the United States. The banquet hall showed a curtain of blue and a golden panel bearing Wilson’s appeal to “make the world safe for democracy.” The five course menu reflected Spartan American simplicity.
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New York
America
United States
Arthur James Balfour
Rene Vivian
Marshal Joffre
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Germany
Waldorf, Astoria
Fifth Avenue
Balfour
Jor Chel
Anitman
Mie
Cabbing Rice
Sir Gador
Col Ra Grevs
Tales Jusgerand
France
England
Enetint
Wilson
Chicago Board of Trade bans May wheat trades
May 12 Chicago Board of Trade directors ordered a stop to trading in May wheat and directed existing contracts to be settled by delivery or by a price set by a committee led by James A. Patten. President Joseph P. Griffin cited patriotic duty and said speculation did not drive the move as European governments remain the largest buyers. May wheat closed at 3.18 as government scrutiny loomed.
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Chicago
Board of Directors
Chicago Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
Federal District Attorney
Griffin
Joseph P. Griffin
Europe
Senate delays final vote on administration espionage bill
Washington reports the senate did not reach a final vote on the administration espionage bill including press censorship and embargo provisions. Under a unanimous consent rule, debate will be limited today, with a likely passage before week’s end after modifications proposed by Cummins and Thomas.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Thomas
Johnson
Jon
Women’s clubs pledge national aid in war effort
The 7,000 member National Council of Women, representing women’s clubs nationwide, voted Friday to mobilize their energy for the war. Mrs. Phillip is named as a key organizer in St. Louis, with Moore as a committee leader at the defense oil court.
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Council of Women
United States
Gesui
Phillip Country
St. Louis
Moore
Janal Court Oil of
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