Wilson fights senate plan for war probe
In a letter to Senator Martin the President declares passage of the Chamberlain resolution would be a direct vote of no confidence and a bid by Congress to take over conduct of the war. The expenditures committee orders a modified report limiting inquiry to army operations.
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Washington, D.C
Martin
Virginia
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Senate Expenditures Committee
McKellar
Tennessee
Smoot
Utah
France
Maryland
Thompson
Kansas
Jones
New Mexico
Chamberlain
United States
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Ie Senate
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Willams
Bethlehem
Midvale
Hitchcuck
Nebraska
Wletchey
Florida
Beckman
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Wadsworth
New York
Suffrage Issue Highlights Southern Baptist Convention Meeting
The sixty third session in Hot Springs Ark opens with reports from three boards as officials debate whether women should have direct representation in the convention. Supporters argue Paul’s injunction was context specific while opponents fear division within the Woman's Missionary Union and Western allies push for equality.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Southern Baptist Convention
Paul
Corinth
Woman's Missionary Union
Maurice explains delay in replying to Law's statement
London May 16 The Toadry Chronicle prints Major General Maurice's article explaining why he did not critique premier Bonar Law before leaving office He cites not being present in the House of Commons on April gy and his wartime duties In his view Law's replies and statements shifted responsibility to soldiers and needed timely correction
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London
Toadry Chronicle
Associated Press
Maurice
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Towas
Chaimaber
Gener Mauricesis
House of Commons
Flanders
Auccessor
France
Bonar Law
Weather Forecast For San Antonio Tonight And Thursday
The forecast calls for San Antonio to have a gentle slight warm trend tonight and Thursday with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures are expected to rise modestly as a high pressure system shifts slowly. no precipitation is anticipated.
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Father Porecast
San Antonio
Weather for Tourists from The Light Forecast
St Louis shows 68 with cloudy skies and southeast wind, warming. Chicago 66 with southeast breeze and possible showers, highs 64. Kansas City 62 clear, southerly wind, highs 62. New York 38 clear, northerly wind, highs near 70. Washington DC 56 with clear skies and northerly wind, temperatures rising slowly over four hours.
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ST. Louis
Cqincago
Kansas City
New York
Wasrington
Austro German Emperors Forge Broad War Alliance
Reports from London and Vienna say the Austro German emperors formalized a 20 year military and economic alliance. The pact strengthens central powers with coordinated defense while prompting entente pressures and questions about western front deployments.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Vienna
Nachrichten
Munich
Wilson asks Hughes to help Gregory in air program probe
President Wilson asks Charles E. Hughes to assist Attorney General Gregory in investigating the aircraft situation. Hughes replies he will be glad to assist. Correspondence between the President and Hughes is made public. The President stresses the aviation service warrants a swift investigation.
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Wilson
Hughes
Gregory
Washington, D.C
Charles E. Hughes
Aircrat
First Airplane Mail Service Launches in 1918
President and Mrs. Wilson witness the Washington to New York flight as the first airplane mail carrier takes off from Potomac Park. The service marks the start of a government directed route with Philadelphia as central hub, carrying thousands of letters between major cities.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
George L. Boyle
Potomac Park
Wilson
Waldorf, Ltd
United States
O'Clogk
Edgerton
Stuart
Boots Too Thin For US Troops In London Parade
London reports stir over the American army boot worn by troops who marched there on Saturday. Marl Denbigh, a veteran observer, and other officers say the US regulation field boot appeared uncomfortably thin, sparking discussion among British observers.
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Lindon
Chimes Servier
San Antonio
Philadelphia MumMte Ledger
Puhite Ledger Co
ONDON
United States
London
Boots
Lociaire
Donight
Marl Denbigh
First Local Grocer Pays Large Fine Under Food Rules
Macedonio Garcia, the first of three Brownsville grocers fined under the Food Administration rules, paid a 6000 dollar cash penalty after pleading guilty to exporting foods in violation of the presidents proclamation. Indicted on 39 counts, he must also close his business as supplies moved to points along the Rio Grande by Mexican draymen and seized by customs inspectors.
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Brownsville
Tex
Macedonio Garcia
Lcense
Food Administration
Garcia
Rio Grande
Garci
Osunda Named Governor Candidate for Tamaulipas
Andres Osunda, director general of education in President Carranza's cabinet, has been recommended and confirmed by the Mexican senate for governor of Tamaulipas. The office was vacant after a rebellion against former governor General Luis Caballero. Mexico holds the oil tax suspension noted in Washington as of May 14 due to protests by foreign oil companies.
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Brownsville
Tex
Andres Osunda
Carranza
Senate
Tamaulipas
Luis Caballerro
Mexico
Washington, D. C
German Women Attend College
AMSTERDAM May 16 The number of women students at great German universities rose about one third during the war. At eleven Prussian universities the female student total is 2900 now compared with 2300 in 1914.
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Amstierdam
Universit jUles
Germans in White Russia Atrocities Reported
A Russian wireless dispatch details German and White Guard violence in White Russia. It describes pogroms, torture, executions, village burnings, extortion, and mass shootings, including attacks on Jewish villages and youths. witnesses cite hundreds of dead in Viborg and other areas.
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London
Waite
Russia
Bobrinsk
Buda
ATL
Chasei
Telegraphers threaten strike as War Labor Board decision nears
Telegrapher unions in seven cities threaten immediate walkout after Western Union and Postal discharges. President Konenkamp appeals for delay until War Labor Board ruling, with Taft and Walsh mediating. Detroit Birmingham Atlanta Shreveport Cleveland Salt Lake City Selma report preparedness to strike.
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D.1
Western Union
Postal
Konenkamp
War Labor Board
Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Labor Board
Detroit
Birmingham
Atlanta
Shreveport
Cleveland
Salt Lake City
Selma
Ala
Dallas Jitney Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Dallas jitney ordinance requiring drivers to give receipts was upheld by the Supreme Court. The writ of error in the Gill case against the City of Dallas was refused, affirming the Civil Court of Appeals ruling.
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Dallas
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
D. H. Gill
Court of Civil Appeals
Draft call sent to 8060 men for Fort Sam Houston
Texas selective service officer Maj Townes received a prompt from Provost Marshal General Crowder approving a May 29 call for 8060 drafted men to report to Fort Sam Houston.
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Prom
Texas
Austin
Tex
Fort Sam Mouston
J. . Townes
Texas Selective Servicer
Crowder
Pool Room Law Upheld as Warranted Arrests in West
Federal warrants were served on 21 Warren district officials and business leaders at Bisbee Arizona after a grand jury indicted nearly a thousand IWW members for deportation activity. Dowell and other Warren officials were among those seized. bonds set at 2000 each. Court actions affirmed a Denton ordinance restricting pool halls near students, while another section was ruled unreasonable. Numerous officials named include Dowell, Fradd Sherman, Watking, Blout, Rae, Merrill, Cun ninsham, Hodgson, Park Hodgson, Allison, Howe, Shattuck, and others.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Ex-Parte
Llenry L. Kumphreys
Weston County
Cas
Denton
Owen Lewis
Austin County
Areh Fulls
Shelby County
Unson
Arizona
Warren
Bisbee
Federal Grand Jury
Ure
Industrial Workers of the World
Grant MH. Dowell
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
United States
Diion
Ellingwood & Li
William I H. Sawele
Mucson
Gen le
Sawtelle
Dowell
Gerard Fradd Sherman
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co
Bassett T. Watking
Bishop Loyalty League
HH. HW. Blout
Phelps Dodge
Douglas
Robert Rae
Phhlps Dodge
Southwest
Miles Merrill
Warren Misnet Loyalty League
MM. A. Cunninsham
Bank of Jishee
Bank of Douglas
Douglas Investment Company
Iishee Nace «Water Company
Arizona Bankers' Association
No O C. Gledgoe
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
Joseph Park Hodgson
James Allison
Copper Queen
Alvin W. Howe
Sherif
Anchise County
W. P. Bisbee
Arizonas
Leninel (. Shattuck
Shatuichk
Miners’ and Merchants' Bank
Ge Acne
Food rules strict London warns on coupons and licenses
May 15 The ministry of food warns shopkeepers against overweighting for food coupons and threatens license withdrawals. The public is told not to buy more than coupon value and to ensure sellers hold valid licenses. Do not lend food cards or sell rationed purchases to others.
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London
Ministry of Food
Plan for Allied War Board to Coordinate Resource Supplies
The government plans a war board to unify control of all allied resources including food munitions mill materials for manufacturers and oil timber. The move follows representations by authorities and aligns with the Western front army control model for centralized management.
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Fundoxn
Daily News
Alties
United States
Italy
Lora Mayor Receives Passports for America
Dublin reports the Lora mayor has obtained passports for the United States and plans to depart imminently, announced at the anti conscription conference at Mansion House. Sergeant L Busties of New Bedford, Mass. in the French flying force has a score of nine enemy aircraft down since February.
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Dublin
Lora
America
Mansion House
Baylies
Pais
L. Busties
New Bedford
Mass
Padded Cell Expert in England Granted Exemption
London reports the military tribunals granted exemption from service to William Upsige described as a specialist in constructing padded cells. His firm is the sole British company manufacturing pacified cells for lunatic asylums police institutions and hospitals. The tribunal ruled no other man in Great Britain can replace him.
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London
William Upsige
Great Britain
Flood menaces Newport and Jacksonport levees
Flood threat from White River rising to five feet above mood stage at Newport prompts desperate levee repairs at Jackson Fort four miles upstream. Jacksonport levee breached on Tuesday, workers halted the break and hope to prevent flooding. Water falls in upper White River while rising in Black River, keeping the area precarious for days. Governors Hobby of Texas and Miralles of Coahuila meet at Waglip Pass to discuss border conditions. Lieut David Drummond, 6 feet 6 inches tall, loses both feet in a flying accident in Italy.
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White River
Newport
Jackson Fort
Jacksonport
Black River
Witte River
Mirman
London
Lieut
T David Drummond
Italy
Fle
Duke of
French Gain and Repulse Counter Blow
German artillery fire near Morlantourt and Kemmel flares with increased activity. French raids north of Lena and Robecourt succeed, with German counterattacks beaten off and prisoners taken. Further battles occur near Amiens Montdidier and Noyon with heavy bombardments and setbacks for German forces.
German Attacks Repulsed as Allies Hold Fronts Near Somme
Military brief reports ongoing German probes north of Kemmel and south of Albert repulsed with Australian counters restoring positions. A salient near the Somme and Ancre rivers showed limited gains for the enemy, while Italian fronts along Monte Corno and the Piave remain active with Austrian attempts repelled.
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London
Morlantourt
Albert
Flanders
Kemmel
War Office
Lena
Robeci
Planders
Somme
Ancre
Bethune
Nieppe
Mortancourt
Picaray
Kemiel
Louw Attaks
Momancoturt
Kemmet
Alvert
Montdidier
Conyers
Noyon
Picardy
Toul
Trentino
Lake Garda
Piave
Monte Corno
TEXAN NAMED ON LIST
May 15 report lists Texan casualties with Corporal Robert Carroth Mutler of Dickinson dying of disease and Sergeant Solon B Ellis of Waco slightly wounded. Berlin faces housing shortages prompting a card rationing plan redistributing rooms by family size, limiting large multi room houses to single families.
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TD. C
Robert Carroth Mutler
Dickinson
Seregeant Solon &. Ellis
Waco
Berlin
Amsterdam
Vorwaertz
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