No Peace With Germany Says Russian Premier Layoff
Premier Layoff says the cabinet will resign rather than agree to a separate peace with Germany. Duma debates the pledge to ally nations, with crowds outside urging a separate peace while others support continuing the war. Dispatches report quiet in Petrograd, massing troops on Riga front and reinforcements for discipline.
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Germany
Premier Layoff
Russia
Petrograd
Sesson
Duma
Layoff
Entente
Duma Builings
Dwinsk
von Hindenberg
Riga
Censorship Loosened As House Relaxes Press Limits
The U S House of Representatives voted 220 to 167 to strike down section four of the espionage bill allowing presidential censorship of wartime publications. Proponents say it harms press freedom while supporters and journalists push to shed secrecy. The body later adopted an administration backed amendment granting juries for editors accused of prohibited matter.
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Hutarnational News Service
Washington
House
25000 Walk Out On Wednesday In Cleveland Labor Clash
Five to twenty five thousand building tradesmen and teamsters plan to strike when a general action is declared on Wednesday. Demands include higher pay shorter hours and the closed shop. City officials sought compromise but efforts failed and the strike could halt much of Cleveland business. Subscribe for the Name Nugget.
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Middle West
All Railroads Guarded Against German Plots
New York May 5 All railroads from Boston Philadelphia and this city report guards at bridges and along lines to protect against German interference. Allies nationwide extend this measure as rail networks stay heavily guarded to prevent disruptions to freight and troop movements. There is an unprecedented car shortage with no near relief, making delays understandable under current conditions. Eggs 1.25 a dozen at Proster's Harness Shop. Phone Black 5.
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International News Service
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
United States
British torpedo boat sunk in English Channel action
The Admiralty reports a British torpedo boat lost today with two officers and sixty-one men missing after striking a floating mine on May 2 while patrolling the English Channel for submarines. Nine survivors say two other boats were lowered but capsized in the sinking ship’s wake.
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London
Admiralty
English Channel
H. Pollen
England
England Seeks Hundred Million Loan Amid New Requests
International News Service reports the Red Stars loaned England 25 million dollars at 3 percent on short term certificates, with England negotiating another 100 million. London says the British finance committee foresees such an application, potentially delaying a French 100 million loan as demands surge. Widespread loan applications flood the committee, with hundreds of millions slated for allied powers in the coming weeks.
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International News Service
Washington
the Red Stars
England
France
London
British Commission
Joans
French Capture Cerforme and Put German Forces to Rout
Paris reports a major victory as French forces seize Cerforme east of Soissons, taking prisoners and guns. The.capture could force reorganization of German lines on the Aisne plateau, potentially splitting crown prince armies. Haig reports three German counterattacks repulsed with heavy losses and gains north of the Scarpe.
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International News Service
Paris
Cerforme
Cersorme
Soissons
Aisne
Petain
Smuprecht
Bavaria
Germany
France
London
Aras
Haig
German People Insert Wedge in German Autocracy
May 5 report from Berlin says Germans demand constitutional changes to require the chancellor’s signature on imperial decrees, weakening the Kaiser’s divine-right authority. Chicago May 1 coverage notes large demonstrations and a French commission visit, with a grand welcome and formal entertainments in their honor at the Art Institute.
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International News Service
Washington
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Germany
Chicago
Art Institute
Seized German Vessels Target Commission Within 120 Days
Washington May 6 All seized German boats are to be ready for commission in one hundred twenty days, say survey committees of the war department. Construction experts from shipyards nationwide and naval authorities advise, delivering favorable progress reports on repairs.
Estabrook Enlists in Engineers Corps in Nome Report
W H Estabrook millionaire mining man enlists in the engineers corps as wire from Nome confirms. He controls the Boise Basin dredge and has mining ventures across Idaho Montana and California. Attridge Walker, tied to Estabrook, also enlists. Walker's father teaches at Rodman Institute of Technology. Lettuce prices noted at Williams Green House.
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W. H. Estabrook
Engineers Corps
J. H. Miles
Mr. Estabrook
United States
Boise Basin
Idaho
Estabrook
Nome
Seward Dredging Company
Ada Bert
Trinity Center
Boise
Montana
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Pacific Coast
Attridge Walker
Astabrook
Rodton Institute of Technology
America
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Bells of Paradise at the Dream
Geraldine O'Brien in His Wife and a two act master picture repeated tonight at the Dream theater with a packed program of farce travelogue drama and modern photoplay tidbits. Included are a scenic Zuyder Zee montage in Holland a Chaplin cartoon His Busted Romance and Ford Steining in Kids plus a hand colored classic Bells of Paradise in two parts and a six reel Pathe Weekly news roundup.
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Zuyder Zoe
Holland
Charlie Chaplin
Ford Steining
Hasue Pathe
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