Railroads to cut trains under war board plan
Ft Harrison, chairman of the American Railway Association board urges immediate service readjustments to maximize fuel, food, material and troop movement. The plan calls for fewer passenger trains, relocation of freight, reduced luxurious cars, and publicity of performance, relying on public opinion for support during the national emergency.
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Ft Harrison
Washington
War Board
The
American Railway Association
Fairfax Harriso Vt Board
Ste
Pashenet
Harrison
Ireland rejects home rule offer
Dublin report from London states the government plan for settling the Irish question drew no praise in Ireland. Nationalists on all sides condemn the proposals as the worst yet offered, noting they exclude six counties entirely and doubt the partition policy.
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Dublin
London
Ireland
John Redmond
All Ireland
Bullecourt Captured by British Forces in World War I
London reports British troops have completed the capture of the village of Bullecourt. An official war department announcement confirms the seizure, marking a notable advance in the campaign.
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London
Bullecourt
War Ofice
Soldier Drowns in River at Louisiana
Jacksonville Til May 18 Private James Cooper of company B stationed at Louisiana Missouri drowned at 5:45 PM Thursday after swimming against warnings. He could not swim and went beyond his depth. Privates Maher and Hart were with him. Cooper's home is Virginia Illinois. The river is being dragged to recover the body.
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Jacksonville
Til
James Cooper
Company B
Louisiana
Cooper
Maher
Hart
Virginia
Grant Miners Increase
Fort Worth Texas coal mine operators have promised a wage rise to 2,500 miners. They have agreed to the miners demand for a 12.14 cents per ton increase on all screened coal and a 20 percent rise for all day labor as a measure for defense and safety of the nation.
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Grant
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Centers Attack Upon Roosevelt in Senate Debate
May 18. In Washington a Missouri senator charged Col. Roosevelt is unfit to command citing lack of training and temperament. The attack, aimed at Roosevelt’s wartime record, was described as political and partisan while Johnson of California defended Roosevelt and urged unity in the war effort.
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Washington
Amiled
Stone
Desire
Col
Roosevelt
Missouri
House
Calder
Rooseveltt
Johnson
Senator Stone
Senator Johnson
California
Missour
Capitol
Senate
War News: British Retake Bullecourt and Bleed Germans
Terrifying fighting rages across the front as British forces drive Germans from Bullecourt and threaten the Drocourt-Queant line. German assaults on Roeux and against French positions near Soissons are repulsed with heavy casualties. Italian offensive continues from Talmino to the sea, prisoners rise to over four thousand across Austro-Hungarian lines, while Duino reportedly falls near Trieste.
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Bullecourt
Drocourt Queant
von Hindenburg
Cambrai
Aig
Arras
Roeux
Soissons
Moulin-De-Laffaux
Braye-En-Laonois
Craone
Berlin War Office
Talmino
Rome
Triest
Austria
Adriatic Sea
Chancellor Adopts Generalities In Reichstag Adjournment
In Copenhagen via London on May 18 the German reichstag adjourned for two months without the chancellor yielding satisfaction on the peace program details or constitutional reforms beyond district representation gains. The move, not fully voluntary, aimed to dodge debates before a possible summer moment, with press interpreting the speech as inviting Russia to seek a separate peace and signaling a Polish plebiscite to decide Poland's fate amid central powers' plans.
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Copenhagen
London
Scheideman
Germany
Russia
Constitutional Reform Committee
East
Russian
Poland
Socialist message favors Petrograd conference before Stockholm
A communication from American Socialist leaders urges an entente Socialist conference prior to the Stockholm international gathering. Petrograd is proposed as the venue to help Russian Socialists establish government aims and unite entente parties against German intrigues, shaping positions before Stockholm.
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New York
Tuller
France
England
Stockholm
Petrograd
H. Slobodin
Fourth Arrest in Northern Illinois War Proclamation Case
Peter Backus was brought to Chicago from Ottawa by federal officials and jailed as a menace to the United States. Authorities gave no further charges, marking the fourth arrest in northern Illinois and the 134th nationwide of an alien enemy under President Wilson's war proclamation.
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Chicago
Peter Backus
Ottawa
United States
Backus
Illinois
Wilson
Catholic Women's Benevolent Subscribes $10,000 in War Loan
SCRANTON Pa May 18 The Catholic Women's Benevolent region during its annual convention Thursday subscribed $10,000 of its treasury funds for the United States liberty loan bonds.
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Scranton
Catholic Women's Benevolent Region
Treasury
Lydia E Pinkham's Compound Helped a Aurora Woman
A Aurora Illinois woman reports seven months of back and side pains and weakness. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to resume housework and urges others to try the remedy. The Pinkham Laboratory cites numerous testimonials supporting its value for female ailments and invites letters for free advice.
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Aurora
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mre
Carl A. Kiso
North Ave
Ill
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia E. Pinkm
United States
Lydia
Lynn
Mass
London Omnibus Strike Settled After Government Intervention
London workers resume duties after an omnibus strike ends following government intervention. Agreement reached, with men to return to work in coming days.
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Settle Omnibus
London
London Omnibus
Eye and ear notes and local visits in Quincy
Brief personals detail visits by Dr Stannus and others to Quincy, framing clinic ads at 60114 Hampshire street, with mentions of Sch of the Camp Fire Girls play, remodeling at the city market lot, Lambert lodge meetings, and local residents Mrs Waring and Mrs White facing health issues and travel. Also notes Mond to Monroe City and Camp Point trips, and local business shifts including Albert Zwick leaving Reliable Incubator to run an ice business.
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Stannus
Hampshire Street
N. D. Dennison
Carthage
Quincy
H. F. Lafler
State. Bank Bldg. W. S. Board
F. W. Board of
Augusta
George Behrensmeyer
St. Louis
Salyer
Dorothy
Spetbevalle, Mo
J. M. Boyd
Camp Point
Snyder
J. H. Wheelock
Hull
John Wheelock
Francis E. Bird
The
Bird Pharmacy
Monroe City
Dr. Stannus
Lambert Lodge
Masonic Temple
Harry Willams
Independence
Kan
Ted Waring
Waring
Albert Zwick
Reliable Incubator Company
Seventh and
Jefferson Streets
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Fred Nations
Mt. Sterling
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S. English
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