Disbanding of Second Minnesota Infantry Ordered
Washington May 1 The War Department signals no new national guard units will be sent overseas. The governor of Minnesota is telegraphed to disband the Second Minnesota infantry. Secretary Baker to present army expansion plan to the House Military Committee tomorrow. The administration believes 3 million men can be raised this year with scope to increase.
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Minnesota
ARMY
Washington
War Department
Abroa l
Minnesota Infantry
Seecretary
Baker
House Military Committee
Administration
Fifteen Bannock County Men Sent To Coast Camp
The Bannock county local draft board ordered fifteen men to report for military duty on Saturday May 11. They will depart on train No. 42 to Ogden then to Ft. McDowell California for the cantonment. Names include Charles Witt Stoddard Jr and Andrew Seal among others.
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Bannock Nty
Bannock County
Ft. McDowell
California
Pocatello
Idaho
Ogden
California Cantonment
Charles Witt Stoddard, Jr
Andrew Seal
San Francisco
Maurice Laborde
Robin
Fred B. Feehtel
Frank O'Mahoney
McCammon
Charles Lester Lish
Andrew L. Jamares
Corn and oats price report from Chicago
On May 1 in Chicago corn traded at 1.2714 and oats at 77 and 5/8 cents, showing price levels for staple grains. The brief market note records these futures or cash prices in the daily update.
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Chicago
Mechanics Called May 16 Mobilization Set
Washington dispatch reports General Crowder issued a call for 8900 additional draftees to begin a two month course in mechanical studies. Mobilization starts May 16 with the men to be sent to twenty two institutions nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Cadet Flier Dies In Practice Flight Crash
Dayton May 1 Lloyd Allen 24 of New York City a cadet at Wilbur Wright aviation field was killed when his plane became unmanageable during a practice flight and crashed into a school building on the ground.
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Dayton
Ohio
Lloyd Allen
New York City
Wilbur Wright Aviation Field
Railroads Received About 90 Million in Government Aid
Washington May 1 McAdoo announced railroads under four months of government operation received 90,614,000 dollars as loans or advance payments on government compensation.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Liberty Loan drive over the top in Bannock County
Bannock county is reported well over its Liberty Loan quota with strong individual subscriptions. Local units continue canvassing, and denser lists of unsubscribed residents will be compiled in the final days. Boy Scouts and volunteers press on as agencies report daily updates from the drive.
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Liberty Loan
Barnack County
Third Liberty Loan
Onyx
C. B. Steely
Ferguson
Boy Scouts
Liberty Loan Committee
Bannock
Bannock County
Gelling
Prinzip Death Ties to Archduke Murder Fueling War
Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, died in a fortress near Prague. The 1914 double murder triggered the European war as trials had punished co-conspirators with hanging and long terms. An earlier bombing attempt on the archduke also occurred the same day.
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London
Gavrie Prinzip
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Prague
Exchange Telegraph
Hague
Paris
Prinzip
Boys Leave for Training Camp from Bannock County
Fifty four Bannock county youths departed for the American Lake training camp after a YMCA luncheon. Speakers included EK A Krussman Morris and Colonel J H Parsons. The event honored the men heading to serve in the great world war with a parade to the depot and patriotic music.
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Bannock County
American Lake
EK. A. Krussman
J. H. Parsons
Geo. A. Cunter
Winn Tatro
Rae P. Stratford
Gate City Band
Bannock Eounty
Egbert Stratford
Aiar
Stratford
Ten Mile German Setback Shatters Offensive Progress
London reports a severe German defeat on a ten mile front as allied forces gain confidence. The casualty list totals seventy-two with eight killed, one died of wounds, and multiple wounded or missing. British French action around Ypres intensifies with counterattacks at Loere and Nut road as troops brace for renewed fighting and American reinforcements.
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London
The
Times
Kermmel
Labassee Canal
Villers-Bretonneaux
Bailleul-Ypres
Ypres
Verdun
Made Quick Work of a Hun Fliier
Captain Norman Hall of Colfax Iowa and Lieutenant Edward W Rickenbacker of Columbus Ohio shot down a German plane over the Toul sector in France. Rickenbacher led fire with a machine gun while Hall attacked from behind, both returning unscathed after the duel. It marked the third enemy aircraft claimed by American pilots in as many weeks. Eddie Rickenbacher later resigned as Pershing's chauffeur to seek faster work.
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France
Associated Press
Norman Hall
Colfax
Iowa
Edward W. Rickenbacker
Columbus
Ohio
Toul
Rickenbacher
United States
Hall
Lafayette Escardrille
Hall Rickenbacher
New York
Eddie’’ Rickenbacher
General Pershing
German naval officer named in anti propaganda raid
Federal authorities in New York announce the arrest of a German naval lieutenant commander said to head enemy propaganda in the United States. His name is withheld pending further arrests.
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New York
United States
Pope Plans New Peace Offer This Whit Sunday
The Hague reports Pope Benedict intends to issue a new peace offer on Whit Sunday May 19 with a concrete mediation proposal and possible neutral sovereign cooperation. Berlin received the information with sympathy.
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Hague
Benedict
Cologne
Documento
Berlin
Germans abandon Mont Kemmel hill gains in Flanders
Allied forces hold the line as German assaults fade after severe punishment in Flanders near Mont Kemmel. In Mesopotamia General Marshal advances north and east of Baghdad, taking two towns and about 900 prisoners. Paris reports artillery duels on the Somme near Villers Bretonneux and south of Amiens on the Avre.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Mont Kemmel
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Paris
Somme
Villers- Bretonneux
Avre
Amiens
French gain ground near Loere as British seize German posts
London reports May 1 that French troops improved positions near Loere while British forces rushed German posts in the Meteren sector and took prisoners.
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London
Loere
War Office
Meteren
Americans and French Hold Line Quiet Along Front
By Associated Press report from May 1 describes the American and French front as gradually stabilizing with no infantry combat in the past 48 hours. Small patrols and outposts engaged briefly in darkness and mist.
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France
Associated Press
British Army Holds Flanders Front Amid Pressure
In Flanders on May 1 Allied lines remain intact after sustained German attacks. The only uncertain point lies between Monts Rouge and Scherpenberg, known as Hyde Park corner, where German control of the recently captured crossroads is in doubt.
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Flanders
Hindenburg
Monts Rouge
Scherpenberg
Hyde Park Corner
Idaho Men Slated For Commissions
The 29th division third officers training camp graduates list ten Idaho men eligible for second lieutenants. Names include Doyle Moscow Davison Moscow Eaves Lewiston Garber Nampa Hayden Lewiston Hornsing Kamiah Jackson Moscow Nuffer Preston Renshaw Kamiah Sehick Moscow. Also listed Downey St Anthony and Parkinson Blackfoot from the 87th division Camp Pike, Arkansas. Ray Downey, formerly of Bannock National Bank, is reported on furlough with news of his success.
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Camp Funston
Kansas
Idaho
Thomas P. Doyle
Field Artillery
Moscow
Maurice W. Davison
Infantry
David A. Eaves
Lewiston
Claude Y. Garber
Nampa
John F. Hayden
Charles EF. Hornsing
Feld
Kamiah
Thomas B. Jacksort
Hersman
Nuffer
Preston
Emera W. Renshaw
Alexander T. Sehick
Cotton Manufacturers Converge For War Convention
Prominent leaders from the American Cotton Manufacturers association and the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers gather at the Biltmore hotel New York for a three day war convention. Speakers include Karl Read ing head of the British commission in America and William Mc Addo secretary of the United States treasury.
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New York
American Cotton Manufacturers? Association
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Biltmore Hotel
Karl Reading
British Commission
America
United States Treasury
Conscription Act Further Postponed in Britain and Ireland
An orders in council delays the operation of the nation service act. The postponement applies to Great Britain and, with respect to Ireland, extends beyond the previously set date. The move reflects wartime manpower adjustments.
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London
Ireland
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