New York Welcomes Joffre Viviani with Historic Parade
New York greets Marshal Joffre and M Viviani with a triumphal entry and a packed schedule. A gold Goddess of Liberty statue is presented in Central Park and Lafayette is unveiled in Brooklyn. A convocation at Columbia honors them along with Arthur Balfour and Lord Cunliffe. Viviani lauds conscription as the war’s greatest lesson.
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Marshal Joffre
M. Viviani
Maine
Central Park
Liberty
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Lafayette
Columbia University
Arthur James Balfour
Lord Cunliffe
France
Marne
United States
Republic
American
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenue
Henry C. Frick
Bartholdi
Hudson River
Manattan
Viviani
Joffre
Joseph H. Choate
England
Jules Jusserand
Frank L. Polk
State Department
George W. Wickersham
Nicholas Murray Butler
John F. O’ryan
State National Guard
Otto Kahn
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas W. Lamont
Dudley Field Malone
Army
Navy
Broadway
City Hall
John Purroy Mitchell
Choate
America
M.viviani
Germany
Frick
Russian Steamer Hesperus Sunk by Submarine
Boston mass reports the Russian steamer Hesperus was sunk April 3 off the Scilly Islands by a submarine while in British admiralty service. Two crewmen were killed in the attack.
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Boston
Mass
Hesperus
Scilly Islands
British Admiralty
West Point class to train new army recruits
The War Department announced that the first West Point class will graduate August 30 and be commissioned to supply 154 officers to instruct the first 500,000 selective draft army expected in September. Most cadets will become first lieutenants on their first commission, with some moving to captain for wartime duties.
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Washington, D. C
West Point
War Department
Italian Embassy Denies Sonnino Ouster Threats
The Italian embassy rejected reports that extreme socialists threaten to oust Foreign Minister Sonnino from the cabinet as pro German propaganda. It said there is no chance of cabinet disruption and that criticism of Sonnino does not signal wartime dissatisfaction in Italy.
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Washington, D. C
Italy
Sonnino
Baron Sonnino
Weather for Travelers Across Major Cities
Forecasts from The Light report temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Winds vary from west to northwest with clear skies and increasing cloudiness and chances of rain or fair conditions across cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
German Americans Condemned by German Press in Amsterdam
A Kreuzzeitung article from Amsterdam denounces German Americans amid U S mobilization. It mocks the American army, questions conscription logistics, and condemns two million German Americans for disloyalty, urging them to drop German from their organizational names.
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Amsterdam
London
Kreuzze Zeitung
United States
Germany
Railroads to Cut Passenger Trains Under Defense Order
Chicago reports progress on implementing an American Railway Association defense order to trim passenger service. Officials expect a one third reduction in trains and more freight capacity as passenger locomotives are freed. Examples show seven roads running fifteen Chicago to St Paul trains after 6 pm and six trains from Chicago to Kansas City in a 6 to 6:30 pm window.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Expect showers dampen Texas after unsettled nationwide forecast
The local weather bureau forecasts continued showers for Thursday night and Friday. nationwide reports indicate unsettled weather due to the breaking up of high and low pressure regimes with no atmospheric readjustment yet. Light showers were reported in Texas cities including Amarillo Brownsville Corpus Christi Dallas Galveston San Antonio and Taylor with varying amounts.
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Texas
Amarillo
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Galveston
San Antonio
And
Taylor
Sinn Feiner Elected in Longford Special Election
Joseph Mc Guinness a Sinn Feiner was elected to the House of Commons in a special election for the southern division of Longford County Ireland. The session discussed many public questions and will likely run into Friday.
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London
Joseph McGuinness
House of Commons
Longford
Ireland
Flag-inspired apparel sales barred in DOJ order
Pittsburg May 10. John R. Dillon, special agent of the Department of Justice, issues an order prohibiting manufacture and sale of collars handkerchiefs stockings and other wear ing apparel that reproduce the American flag to promote sales. The flag must not be used in this promotional manner.
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Pittsburg
John R. Dillon
Department of Justice
Dillon
British Tank Steamer San Urbano Sunk by Submarine
New York cargo report states the 6458 ton British tank steamship San Urbano, which departed from a Mexican oil port on April 12 for the United Kingdom, was sunk by a submarine. The fate of the 48 crew members remains unreported.
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New York
United Kingdom
Fresnoy Slows But Holds Key Role In Arras Front
British and French advances elsewhere are reported as Light in pocket operations while Fresnoy battles intensify, with the stronghold guarding the Drocourt Queant line and the Lens rail link under heavy pressure, as von Hindenburg shifts divisions amid turmoil in Russia.
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Drocourt-Queant
Lens
Arras
Vitry
Fresnoy
von Hindenburg
Russia
Fluctuating Fight for Bullecourt Reported on Front
Berlin May 10 reports a fluctuating fight for the possession of Bullecourt on the French front. Arras sector artillery fire is rising. Heavy fighting continues on the Macedonian front with both sides holding positions in a bitter struggle yesterday.
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Berlin
London
Bullecourt
Arras
British Forge Ahead Near Bullecourt
British forces report progress near Bullecourt east of Gricourt and south of the Souchez River after severe fighting yesterday. Official statement notes continued heavy action and progress in the area.
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London
Bullecourt
Gricourt
Souchez River
Germany Holds 127 Americans In Prisoner Status
State Department disclosed that 127 Americans remain held in Germany. They were aboard enemy armed merchantmen seized by raiders in the South Atlantic and are detained not for nationality but for taking passage on hostile vessels.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
South Atlantic
United States
Fire sweeps New York City Hall damaging cupola clock
A blaze engulfed the cupola of City Hall in New York during a May afternoon, likely from faulty insulation in electric wiring. Firemen struggled to control it as paintings and the governor’s portraits near the governor’s room were saved, with the clock tower and cupola heavily damaged before the fire was contained.
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New York
City Hall
George Washington
No One Exempt in New War Tax Bill
The proposed war tax plan would dramatically raise revenue by doubling top income tax rates, narrowing exemptions, and expanding surtaxes, with a 10 percent minimum duty on imported goods and a 10 percent rise on all new taxable items. It targets life and fire insurance, utilities, transport, amusements, club dues, autos, and more, aiming for about 1.8 billion dollars annually. A one cent per pound tax on coffee and two cents on tea would go to roasters and importers, excluding retailer stocks, projected to yield around 5 billion dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Ways and Means
Street railways seek fare increase to six cents
New York on May 10 the Public Service Commission was given a memorandum from street railway companies proposing an increase of passenger fares from five to six cents.
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New York Street Railways
New York
Public Service Commission
Former Senator Foraker Dies at 70 in Cincinnati
Joseph Benson Foraker former United States senator from Ohio died at his Cincinnati home aged seventy after a period of poor health. Born July 5 1846 in Highland County Ohio he served in the Civil War then studied at Ohio Wesleyan and Cornell before practicing law. He held offices from judge to governor and United States senator retiring in 1909 and later wrote his two volume biography. He married Julia Bundy on October 4 1870.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph Benson Foraker
United States
Rainsboro
Highland County
James Reece
Hillsboro
John &. Jones
University
Delaware
Cornell
Superior Court of
Foraker
William McKinley
Julia Bundy
Jackson County
British cruisers shell torpedo boats in chase of German destroyers
London May 10 A force of light cruisers and destroyers from Harwich under Commodore Tyst whitt sighted eleven German destroyers off the Dutch and English coasts. The ships engaged at long range for about 1 hour 20 minutes but could not overtake them. One British sailor was slightly wounded.
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London
Admiralty
Harwich
Tystwhitt
Greenwich
Zeebrugge
German bomber suspect Hans Halle arrested in Chicago
CHICAGO May 10 Hans Halle a German held under surveillance since December 1914 when arrested in New Orleans on a charge of making bombs to blow up a French mule transport was arrested in Chicago today. Halle had worked as an expert mechanic in a railway round house.
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Chicago
Hans Halle
New Orleans
Halle
Roosevelt Volunteers Stricken From Army Bill Conferees Agree
Conferees on the army bill reach an agreement to report the measure to both houses. The Roosevelt amendment allowing four divisions for France is eliminated along with the three volunteer border regiments. Age limit for selective draft set to 21 to 30. liquor prohibition on camps retained with modifications. Opposition expected in the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Roosevelt
France
House
Kahn
Anthony
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
United States
States
Berlin Press Covets Allied U Boat Strike and War End
Berlin reports discuss a joint English American fleet action against German U boat bases and a desire for a strong new chastisement as Skagerack Day nears. Bavarian Staats Zeitung covers Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg urging quick end to the war with confidence of success.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin Post
Skagerack
Bavarian Staats Zeitung
Premei
Count Hertling
Federal Council
Committee On Foreign Affairs
von Bethamann-Hollweg
Russian Officer Killed in Riga Assassin Attack
Major General Kartzoff, commander of the Siberian rifles division, was assassinated while walking near the Riga railroad station. The assailant disappeared. Soldiers say the attacker was not among their number and express disbelief at such a possibility.
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Riga
Russia
London
Kartzoff
Siberian Rifles
Balfour and Party Plan West Tour and New York Visit
British mission members prepared for a joint reception with the French mission near New York then to tour the Middle West and visit Canada. Mr. Balfour met Secretary Baker and scheduled an audience with Justice Brandeis who shows interest in a Zionist republic in Palestine. The entire party departs for New York tomorrow.
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New York
Middle West
Canada
Balfour
Baker
Justice Brandeis
Palestine
Sheep Losses Heavy Amid Texas Cold Wave
Sheep losses in Texas rise during the cold spell with Eden reports of hundreds per herd chilled to death in Concho County.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Eden
Concho County
Flour Prices Rise Further in Chicago Trade
Flour continued its upward course in Chicago with quotes at 16.60 for family breeds and 16.08 for bakers per barrel, marking a $1 advance over the last two days.
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Chicago
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