GERMANS HELD EVERYWHERE DURING NEW OFFENSIVES
German forces are checked in Flanders Picardy and along the Arras sector with no renewed large attacks. Australians report 200 prisoners taken north of the Somme as artillery fire remains intense on both fronts. French leaders expect a simultaneous German push on Flanders Armistice fronts and Amiens. The Austro Hungarian strike on Italy has not yet developed. Today marks the Lusitania sinking anniversary with 1275 lives lost.
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Prean
Germany
Keeeck
Flanders
Picardy
Arras
Sommme
Armas
Amiens
Lusitania
Registrants Drafted For May Camp Selectees
The draft registration asked all states except Arizona Alabama and Vermont to send four specially qualified registrants to camp on May 20. In Crowder New York May 7 the action was issued today. Also reported the American steamship Tyler torpedoed and sunk off the French coast with eleven crew members killed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arizona
Alabama
Vermont
Crowder
New York
Tyler
Nicaraguan Congress Declares War on Germany
In San Juan del Sur on May 7 the Nicaraguan Congress declared war on Germany and its allies. The report notes a peace treaty between Roumania and the Central Powers signed yesterday, with Budapest disputed. British weekly casualties total 38,691 as of May 7, including a raid near Neuville Vitry and several machine guns captured. an enemy raid near Barguelles was repulsed.
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Associated Press
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Congress
Germany
Amenterda
Roumania
Central Powers
Budapest
London
Neuville Vitusne
Barguelles
Tidewater Sinks Submarine After March Battle
Navy reports a March 17 engagement where the American steamer Tidewater defeated and perhaps sunk a submarine. The notice appears in a May 7 dispatch from Washington listing forty one names. The W C T U plans a 3 PM business meeting tomorrow at Mrs Dibble Clark's home.
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Washington
Tidewater
Navy Department
Dibble Clark
Revolt Likely in Austria Amid Parliament Suspension
Labor and socialist groups in Austria threaten revolt against the government after parliament was suspended. A telegram from Vienna reports plans for a manifesto to the working class warning that if absolutism and Pan Germanism prolong the war, workers may be forced to fight for their rights.
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Ty Associated Press
Herne
Austria
Venna
Social Demokratische Korresponze
Socialist Party
Germ Socialist Deputies’ Club
Senate to Probe Aircraft Spending in War Effort
Senator Chamberlain announced in the Senate that the military committee would investigate the aircraft situation to determine how the money appropriated for that purpose was spent. He said no American built airplane had yet been sent to Europe and pledged a sharp inquiry into those responsible.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chamberlain
Senate
Military Committee
Europe
Sweet Potato Slips For Sale In Artesia NM
A seller offers sweet potato slips at 2.50 per thousand. Contact H Batton in Artesia New Mexico by call or mail to arrange purchase.
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H. Batton
Artesia
N. M
Wilson Sends Message on New Mexico War Efforts
Washington May 7 the judiciary committee reported the main bill to the house. President Wilson urges war workers in New Mexico to coordinate all war effort and accept sacrifice. St Eline James and family stay in town from Pecos and seek a house near the school.
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Associated Press
Washington
Judiciary Committee
House
Wilson
New Mexico Council of Defense
Merning
War Workers of
New Mexico
Albuquerque
St. Eline James
Pecos
Mansion
Salvation Army envoy Lew visits Carlsbad aids Roswell branch
Envoy Lew, a Salvation Army representative, travels to Carlsbad this week to solicit support for Roswell work. She notes generous local responses during wartime and recounts a Sunday service in Roswell led by Lieut. Colonel Cousins with Adjutant McClellan and readers of letters from France detailing soldiers' Salvation Army efforts.
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Salvation Army
Lew
Roswell
Lee Saya
Carlsbad
Cousins
Adjutant McClellan
Youre People's Work
France
Lae
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PORTY
Eddy County
U.S. Depository
Aincraft
Liberty
Treasury
the National Bank OF Carlsbad
Federal Reserve Bank
Glendel
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