Wilson Opposes Chamberlain War Affairs Probe
President Wilson lettered Congress declaring passage of the Chamberlain resolution a direct vote of lack of confidence in him. He said executive functions are defined by the constitution and urged opponents to vote against the measure. The note was read to Democrats and the Senate committee, amid sharp debate over the probe.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Ous
Martin
Virginia
Thompson
Senate Committee On Audit and Control
Conference of Democrats
Leonard the Man: Puget Sound Traction Boss Faces Public Distrust
A W Leonard, president of Puget Sound Traction Light Power, testified before Seattle city council committees on Tuesday. He defended Stone Webster while expressing distress at public distrust and the view that city takeover of the streetcar lines is needed, saying his 25 years with the firm have not earned him public affection.
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A. W. Leonard
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Leonard
R. H. Thomson
Stone- Webster
Seattle
Stone-Webster
Corporation
Thomson
Altho
City Must Acquire Traction Co Lines
City officials debate municipal ownership as solution to Seattle street car troubles amid criticism of Puget Sound Traction Light and Power and Stone Webster. Councilors urge city acquisition while President Leonard offers cooperation. joint committee weighs relief from franchise obligations during wartime.
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Seattle
Thomon
Leonard
Thomson
Stone Webster
Traction Company
Curtail Use of Candy and Soft Drinks
The food administration will rigidly restrict candy and soft drinks for four months to preserve sugar for the canning season. Ice cream is excluded due to dairy production needs, allowing chocolate sundaes while chocolate creams are banned.
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Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Austrians mass on Italy front amid Alpine push
Reports from Rome dated May 15 describe large Austrian concentrations along the Alpine lines and Frulli plains as they strive to spot Italian air units. A separate dispatch from Tacoma notes the Grand Army of the Republic meeting in an Elks hall.
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Rome
Aua Mana
Frulli
Tacoma
Wash
Uar
Grand Army the Republic
John Van Horn Found Dead in Lincoln Park
John Van Horn aged 61, of 1023 John St, an employee in the county treasurer’s office for 15 years, was found dead in Lincoln Reservoir near Denny Way Wednesday morning. Officials attributed the death to a self inflicted action following a nervous breakdown. Van Horn served in the quartermaster's department at Camp Lewis and leaves a widow. The body was discovered by A. MacLaren, a county city building employee on his way to work.
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John St
Lincoln Reservoir
Denny Way
van Horn
Quartermaster’s
Camp Lewis
A. MacLaren
Discover Bodies of Two Boys in Lake Washington
The bodies of 7 year old George Rasmus sen and his 9 year old brother Arthur were recovered in Lake Washington after they disappeared Monday from Fruitland Mercer Island. Bloodhounds and search parties traced the shore point where the bodies were found with their father George W Rasmus sen employed at Bushnell studios Seattle.
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George Rasmussen
Arthur
Lake Washington
Fruit Land
Mercer Island
George W. Rasmussen
Bushnell Studios
Seattle
Locomotives for Russians rusting at Seattle Meadows
About 55 locomotives valued at 2.75 million and 200 to 300 carloads of rails and parts lie boxed or exposed at Seattle's Meadows and Vancouver docks. The items, bought for the Russian mission of ways of communication, were funded by a U.S. loan and are to be shipped to Vladivostok when permissible. Several officials resigned, charging waste and mismanagement amid the provisional Russian government dispute.
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Russian Mission of Ways of Communication
New York
Railway Bachange
Seattle
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Co
Allied Machinery Corporation
Faastern
Russia
United States
Asaya C. W. Paget
Commission
A. Pevzoff
Vladivostok
Meadown
Vancouver
B.C
Paget
H. M. Clark
George Hollenbeck
R. S. Overman
Vancouver shipyard ablaze in costly BC loss
Coughlin's shipyard in Vancouver BC was hit by a morning fire causing an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollars in damage. Foreman Duncan Cameron perished when a wall collapsed. two 8000 ton steamships on the ways were damaged and the War Chariot was a near total loss. The blaze started in the boiler room and spread after an acetylene tank exploded.
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Vancouver
B.C
Coughlin
British Columbia
Duncan Cameron
Waya
Alaska
Ciscaucasia Proclaims Independence Amid Caucasus Ties
A dispatch from Constantinople reports that Ciscaucasia has proclaimed independence and informed the central empires and neutral nations. The new state covers much of the European Caucasus including Kuban Stavropol and Terek, formerly under Russia.
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Amsterdam
Ciscaucasia
Constantinople
Kuban
Stavropol
Terek
Wos
Russia
France imposes three meatless days weekly
Paris reports that starting today France enacts three meatless days each week. Sale, delivery and serving of fresh, canned or salted meats are prohibited on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays as part of the new rules.
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Paris
France
Army Biplane Delivers Mail on First New York to Washington Route
An Army biplane carried 646 pieces of mail weighing 144 pounds from New York to Philadelphia and Washington on the first flight of the New York Philadelphia Washington air service. Flight Lieut Terry H Webb piloted the craft from Belmont Park and landed 19 minutes after takeoff amid cheers from spectators.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Belmont Park
Washington Airplane Service
Terry H. Webb
Gazelle
Cal Webb
Louis Webb
la Grange Hydraulic Co
Kennedy
Cal
Columbia University
Aviation Corps
President Sees Air Mail Start In Washington
A large crowd including President and Mrs. Wilson, Postmaster General Burleson and Japan's postmaster general Kambara witnessed the inaugural aeropost service in Washington at 11 47 this morning marking America's first official air mail flight.
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Washington
Mra. Wilson
Burleson
K. Kambara
Japan
America
Aerial Mail Reaches Philadelphia via Belmont Park Flight
Lieut Webb lands at Kustieton near Philadelphia with New York to Philadelphia aerial mail, delivered at 1 p m after a 140 mile leg from Belmont Park. He is greeted by a civic committee and presented a wrist watch. Second Lieut Edgerton assists at the wheel for the return to Washington.
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Philadelphia
Webb
Kustieton
Here
New York
Belmont Park
I. T
Washington
Elity
J. C. Edgerton
Fast Mail Line Cuts U S Mail Time From New York to Washington
Eighty six years cut the mail run between New York and Washington from 432 hours to three hours. In 1832 a relay system of stage coaches railroads and steamboats carried 250 miles in 32 hours. The pony express later delivered New York mail to Washington in 15 hours with relays every five miles and riders changed every 20 miles.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Pony Express
Germany's War Party Takes Over Austrian Rule
Washington May 15 The Austro Hungarian government has ceded control to Germany as internal strains threaten the dual monarchy Emperor Karl visits the Kaiser's headquarters and new treaties with Germany are drafted Berlin will direct Austro Hungarian policy and food strategy, Karl acting as a figurehead amid a last desperate bid to preserve the empire.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Washington
Austrian Hungary
Hapsburg Empire
Karl
Kaiser
Austria Hungary
Germany
Vienna
Austro- Hungary
Berlin
Haps Burges
Europe
Hapsburg
Kaliser
Thrift Stamp Day Promotes Saving Sun Safety
A thrift stamp promotion suggests saving can shield families from harsh sun exposure. Local officials urge participation to fund community programs and instill financial discipline among residents.
Germans Fail In Heaviest Assault On Morlancourt Front
The German offensive on a one mile front southwest of Morlancourt near the Somme and Ancre failed. Australian counter attacks recovered the breach and held positions. German losses were heavy and more than 50 prisoners were taken. French forces repulsed a German thrust north of Kemmel on the Flanders front.
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London
Morlancourt
Somme
Ancre
Marshal Haigh
Kemmel
Flanders
French War Office
Amiens
Montdidier
Bombardment Across Somme Front Reported by Haig
British forces reported heavy German artillery bombardment along the Somme and Ancre fronts with activity between Morlancourt and Kemmel. An enemy raid north of Lens was repulsed while a British raid northeast of Robecq succeeded. Artillery fire also noted north of Bethune and in the Nieppe forest area.
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London
Somme
Ancre
Flanders Front
Haig
Morlancourt
Kemmel
Lens
Robecq
Bethune
Nieppe Forest
Hill 44 Again Taken by HMS London
May 15 reports say Hill 44 north of Kemmel is in German hands after renewed fighting yesterday morning. The hill, near the Willebeek and Vyverbeek rivers, has seen bitter struggles since May and now lies under enemy control once more.
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London
Kemmel
Willebeek
Vyverbeek River
Artillery Duel Starts North of Montdidier and Near Hailles
The French war office reports violent artillery fighting north of Montdidier and between Montdidier and Noyon. French troops seized a wood south of Hailles and held gains despite German counterattacks, taking 70 prisoners including one officer. An enemy thrust south of Rollot was repelled.
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Lery
Montdidier
Noyon
French War Office
Hailles
Avre
Rollot
Probe Reports of Enemy Arms Stored in U S
Investigation into claims that Gustav Lussing, a naturalized American born in Germany, owned large stores of rifles and ammunition held in the United States resumed in New York. Attorney General Lewis leads the inquiry with 60 witnesses yet to testify. only one witness had visited the alleged storehouse linked to phantom war materials.
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Gustav Lussing
United States
Lewis
War on U boats making progress says MacNamara
London may 15 The general trend of the war fare against submarines has progressed satisfactorily since January 1 Dr MacNamara financial secretary of the admiralty announced in commons today He said 172 steamers were unsuccessfully attacked by German submarines between January 11 and April 30 News from neutral countries and the enemies boasts and disclaims are seen as proof of recent successes against the submarines.
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London
MacNamara
Admiralty
Empress Maria and Russ Dukes Imprisoned in Crimea
Official dispatches from Berlin confirm that the Russian Dowager Empress Maria and Grand Dukes Nicholas Nikolaievitch Peter Nikolaievitch and Alexander Michaelovitch have been imprisoned by German forces in Crimea.
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Zurich
Berlin
Maria
Nicholas Nikolaievitch
Peter Nikolaievitch
Alexander Michaeloveski
Crimea
Draft totals and age limits spark growth in U S Army plans
Special Staff Dispatch reports that by May 1 the pool of potential enlistees from Class I and new graduates exceeds 2.7 million with 70 to 80 percent eligibles. Even with 3,000,000 to be mustered this year the Army remains about 900,000 short. Congress acts to broaden registration creating a possible 1,000,000 registrants and a further 700,000 to 800,000 immediately available. The article questions the pace and scale of future drafts for 1918 and 1919.
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Europe
Plan to Call Out Deferred Draft Classes
Washington May 15 Plans to mobilize for war work thousands of new indeferred draft classes framed by Provost Marshal Gen Crowder. Policy of work or fight aims to weed out loafers hiding behind dependency exemptions and require work in a war plant or army service. Plan would transfer non essential industrial workers and enable women to replace them. Aimed at four million men in Classes 2 and 4, with Class 2 already skilled workers and Class 5 totally exempt.
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Gen. Crowder
Baker
Crowder
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