Joffre Will Review Weal Point Cadets in New York
The French war mission led by Marshal Joffre will visit West Point to review cadets after Newburgh headquarters stop. British commission head Arthur J. Balfour is due in New York for the banquet with French guests in what officials call a historic city welcome.
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French War Commission
Marshal Joffre
Newburgh
N. Y
Rene Viviani
Council of Ministers
Merchants’ Association
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Europe
General Grant
Joffre
Viviani
Roots Party 10 Russia Selected for American Commission
The State Department announces the American Commission to Russia members led by Elihu Root of New York as chair. Other appointees include Charles R. Crane of Illinois, John R. Mott of New York, Cyrus McCormick of Illinois, Samuel R. Bertron of New York, James Duncan of New York, Charles Edward Russell of New York, Major General Hugh Scott, and Rear Admiral James H. Glennon.
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Washington, D. C
State Department Today
American Commission To
Russia
Elihu Root
New York
Charles R. Crane
Illinois
Chicago
John R. Mott
International Committee
Cyrus McCormick
International Harvester Company
Samuel R. Bertron
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell
Hugh Scott
James H. Glennon
Dunlap Named Permanent Chairman Of Texas Defense Council
The Texas Council of Defense closed its Dallas session naming Judge O. E. Dunlap of Waxahachie as permanent chairman and selecting Austin as the next meeting site on May 21. A legislative bill draft group was authorized to seek allied support in Austin.
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Tex
Texas Council of Defense
O. E. Dunlap
Waxahachie
Austin
State Council
National Council of Defense
Frank Kell
Wichita Falls
A. J. Eilers
Allied Council of
R. J. Kleberg
Kingsville
J. F. Carl
Carl
Dunlap
Wilson
Texas Council
Secret Session Adjourns House of Commons in London
London May 11 sitting of the House of Commons resumed and the chamber went into secret session. The move underscores a private discussion on ongoing matters, with MPs confined to members only deliberations away from public scrutiny.
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London
House of Commons
Army bill conference agreement sent to House
The conference agreement on the army bill was presented to the House today and is set for consideration tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
House
Weather Outlook for Travelers Across Major Cities
The weekend forecast covers St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with highs from 52 to 68 and lows from 36 to 44. Winds vary 4 to 28 mph with southwest north and south directions and increasingly cloudy or fair conditions expected in different locales.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
War Department orders 156000 men into Southern Department
The War Department orders 156,000 men into the Southern Department to be trained across Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. Five divisions of National Guard and one division of National Army will form camps at sites chosen by Army boards, with camps in Oklahoma and Texas likely. Training begins as boards select sites and construct cantonments.
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National Army
Southern Department
The
Light
Camp Wilson
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
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Arizona
New Mexico
Pecos River
Charles G. Morton
Merritte W. Ireland
W. J. Barden
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Howard L. Laubach
Nineteenth Infantry
M. R. Hilgard
Quartermaster Corps
Yuma
Henry A. Greene
M. L. Walker
Engineers
James M. Kennedy
Medical Corps
William H
War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Cheney Named Engineer Officer for Southern Army Department
Major Sherwood A. Cheney has been named engineer officer of the Southern Department to succeed Colonel William C. Langfitt, who left Friday for Chicago to take command of a regiment of engineers bound for France.
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Sherwood A. Cheney
Southern Department of the Army
William C. Langfitt
Chicago
France
Chinese Refuse War Declaration After Riot Mob
In Peking on May 11 the House of Representatives did not pass a war declaration against Germany after a riotous secret session. A mob surrounded Parliament. troops dispersed the crowd under Premier Tuan Chi-Jui who urged war while opponents accused him of coercion. The press urged Parliament to resist military pressure challenging the republic.
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Peking
House of Representatives
Germany
House of Parliament
Tuan Chi-Jui
France to Demand German Indemnity
Paris reports that the Cham ber of Deputies finance committee backs a new income tax plan as a substitute for direct taxes. It presses for Germany to bear the bulk of war costs and restitution in kind for seized and destroyed property. It also calls for rebuilding by German hands and delivery of German ships sunk during the war.
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Paris
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
England
France
Coal cards issued in Munich to combat famine
Munich introduces coal cards due to winter famine closing theaters. Effective May 9 to October 23, each household gets a hundredweight of coal weekly. Bavarian authorities threaten imprisonment or fines for spreading untrue war news to worry the population.
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Berne
Paris
Munich
Bavaria
Still Short on Fuel in Germany
Copenhagen May 11 report says Germany faces ongoing fuel shortages after a harsh winter. The warning states individuals will be unable to obtain all the coal they desire during the remainder of the war and in the immediate postwar period.
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Copenhagen
London
Germany
Russian ruble slump hits New York exchange market
A ruble collapse amid Russia’s chaotic state caused the Russian remittance to fall to 26 cents, about half the normal rate. The drop marked a 6 to 10 cent decline from yesterday’s minimum as British gold imports resumed in force and a further $18.4 million Canadian remittance was sent to J P Morgan & Co at the local federal reserve bank.
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New York
Russia
Canada
J. P. Morgan and Company
Federal Reserve
Ank
German submarine chiefs lose two more commanders
Reichstag speaker Pfleger of the Centre Party eulogized prominent U boat leaders Lt Cmdr Wagener and Lt Cmdr Buss, noting their deaths alongside earlier losses in a necrology of fallen submarine commanders.
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Copenhagen
London
Reichstag
Wagener
Buss
Herr Pfleger
Centre Party
Swor Confirmed as State Labor Commissioner in Texas
The Texas Senate in executive session confirmed Frank Swor of Tarrant County as state labor commissioner replacing C W Woodman whose previous confirmation was rejected. The chamber also backed other gubernatorial appointments announced earlier.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Frank Swor
Tarrant County
C. W. Woodman
Allied Attack Deadlock in France See Mighty Offensive Ahead
Allied forces renew a major offensive along the Macedonian front from Monastir to Lake Doiran as Sarrail’s artillery roars. In France a new grand drive is anticipated to surpass Arras and the Somme, while Russia faces political turmoil and Austria seeks a separate peace.
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Lake Doiran
Sarrail
Cerna
Vardar
France
Hindenburg
Champagne
Maurice
Arras
Somme
Russia
Austria
Berlin
Switzerland
Germany
Serbians Capture Trenches on Macedonian Front
Serbian official statement reports advanced trenches in the Dobropolje area near Salonika captured by Serbian forces.
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Saloniki
London
Dobropelje
Battles across Bulgarian front reported by official Sofia
A Bulgarian official report dated May 11 describes near continuous artillery exchanges and repeated Allied assaults along the Macedonian front. It claims repulses near Makova and Stravina Gradeshnitza, with ongoing heavy shelling west of the Vardar River and south of Lake Doiran.
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London
Macedonia
Makova
Monastir
Stravina
Gradeshnitsa
Sofia
Vardar River
Lake Doiran
Four fresh German divisions observed on Aisne front
Paris may 11 official summary reports four fresh German divisions seen on the Aisne front since May 7. The statement calls this irrefutable proof of rapid German expendi ture of effectives, with losses in May 4 to 6 exceeding all estimates. French troops captured a German
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Paris
Aisne
Lansing Denies All Peace Stories
Washington May 11 Secretary Lansing denied reports of a separate peace with Germany. He said there is no written or unwritten agreement relative to peace. The denial follows rumors the German chancellor would soon offer fresh peace terms.
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Washington, D C
Lansing
United States
Germany
German Torpedo Boat Damaged In North Hinder Battle
Flushing telegraph correspondent reports a hot early morning clash between German and British destroyers near the North Hinder lightship. Flames and rapid firing were seen as the German vessel took severe damage and fled toward Zeebrugge after the pursuit past mine fields off the Flemish coast.
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London
Flushing
Telegraaf
North Hinder
Zeeland
Hinder
Flemish
Zeebrugge
Wheat market blocks new May contracts in Chicago
Chicago wheat traders refuse new May deliveries and limit May and July contracts to closing out old positions. Officials cite only 160000 bushels available for delivery this month and warn May 31 could force actual delivery, risking a natural corner.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Women Run Plant in New Orleans Mill Turns to Female Labor
May 11 report from New Orleans says Kiln Mississippi enlistments have depleted the lumber plant. More than one hundred men, mostly mill workers, enlisted and women are recruited to fill roles formerly held by men. Negro women join the mill workforce, white women take store and office duties.
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New Orleans
Kiln
Miss
Southern Pine Association
Russian delegates plan neutral country conference on peace
The Russian executive committee of workers and soldiers' delegates to convene an international socialist conference in a neutral country to discuss peace, as Petrograd reports. The Moscow and Petrograd notes describe the cabinet’s coalition gambit and the drive to shift government responsibility to Socialist factions.
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Council of Workmen and Soldiers
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Council of Workingmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates
Council of Soldiers and Workmen's
Schluesselburg
Skobeleff
Stockholm
Scheidemann
Tauride
Rodzianske
Russia
Rodzianko
Prince Looff
Chancellor urged to defend himself against foes in government
The Tageblatt of Leipsic, a Liberal supporter of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, urges him to take vigorous measures against opponents inside and outside government. It warns he will be lost if he does not oust enemies on his council and adopt a decisive policy, ending the compromise approach.
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Copenhagen
London
The
Tageblatt of
Leipsic
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Women Load Ships in Port at Stettin Report
A Baltimore ship captain cited in a May report claims two months earlier women were employed at Stettin Germany to load and discharge steamers and operate winches on decks and docks. He said recruiting men to crew submarines, several of which had been built at Stettin, was becoming difficult.
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Baltimore
Stettin
Germany
Two Norwegian Steamers Sunk by German Submarines
London May 11 reports the Norwegian steamers Liger and Leikarger sunk by German submarines ten miles off the northwest coast of Spain.
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London
Liger
Leikarger
Spain
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