Asquith Losses Bid for Inquiry in Commons
In London the Asquith motion to form a five member select committee to probe General Maurice's charges against Lloyd George was rejected 293 to 106. Lloyd George defended official records, denied misstatements about British forces, and accused Maurice of error while urging unity and war effort. The Evening News hinted Maurice may face court martial over the accusations.
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Asquith
Maurice
Lloyd George
Veme of Commons
Edward Carson
Edward
Lloyd-George
War Office
Oisele
Ile Fgures
France
Douglas Haig
Lioyd-George
War Cabinet
Coena Press
Coron Press
Dalle
Germains
Ash
C. B. Stanton
Iabor
The
Evening News
Bonar Law
Haig reports Franco-British hold in La Clytte sector
Field Marshal Haig says British and French forces in the La Clytte Voormezeele sector have re established positions after heavy German assault on a three mile front. German attack with about 25 000 men was repulsed with losses as Allied lines were restored. Fighting shifts to Somme area with severe shelling near Montdidier and Amflenz.
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London
la Clytte-Voormegeele
Haig
France
Hans
Flanders
la Clytte-Voormezeele
Mount Rouge
Ypres
Sccerpenberg
Scherpenberg
von Arnin
Threei Mile
Vierstraet
Dickebuschh Lake
Foech
Somme
Montdidier
Amflens
Yankees Escape Hun Trap on Pleardy Front
In France May 10, American forces repelled a German night assault after a patrol, including a German deserter posing as wounded outside wire. The clash left heavy German casualties and continued artillery duels near Framicourt and Bois de L’Allval while Franco American troops bolster trenches and wire. Aerial fights and patrol skirmishes persist as Germans move artillery toward the line.
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France
Pleardy Front
Geerman
Paris
Boche
Warship Sinks German Sub In Seas Battle
An American warship reports sinking a German submarine after a firing sequence that lifted the U boat from the water and broke it in two. The crew earned a ten day furlough for the victory amid dramatic gun action and three subs sighted on the voyage. No survivors were observed.
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Atlantic
United States
Preparations for Fourth Liberty Loan Begin
Washington dated May 1 reports the treasury loan publicity bureau has begun planning the fourth Liberty loan to be issued next fall as artists and designers were asked to assist.
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Washington
Treasury
Posters and Buttons Donated for War Exhibit Campaign
Designs for posters window cards and buttons must be submitted by June 1 for donation to the government. The Italian government seeks spiked clubs exhibit from Austrians used against Italian soldiers and allied displays will be widely used. Bond buyers' buttons for the fourth loan will be tin and smaller than those of the third campaign. Wilson estimates $75,000 saved by reducing button use to conserve celluloid.
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Frenr Kk. Wilson
Recall of French envoy demanded by Soviet note
Moscow May 10 Soviet foreign office demands recall of French ambassador Inseph J B B Noulens criticizing his statements during Russia's “living wrongs” period as harming Franco Russian ties. Washington May 10 Frank L Ravifes of New Bedford Mass says American flyer in France has downed seven German planes in two months. Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois chosen to fill vacancy on the Senate Finance Committee.
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Moscow
Inseph J. B. B. Noulens
Tchitceherin
M. Non Lens
Russia
France
Washington
Seret
Frank L. Ravifes
New Bedford
Mass
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Senate Finance Committee
German Spy Captured in Ireland After Landing Craft Found
A German submarine recently landed a man on the Trial coast and he was arrested by authorities. James Melcher son said in the House of Commons the man was in the Tower of London and would be court martia led. The collapsible landing boat weighed under forty pounds and could carry three men when inflated. Casement's 1916 Ireland voyage by a German submarine preceded a Dublin uprising quelled after heavy casualties.
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Tandon
Trieh
James Melcherson
War Office
House of Commons
Tower of London
Sir Roger Casement
Kerry
Ireland
Casement
London
Pentonville
Avas
Berlin
Dublin Master Sunday
Roger
Germany
Illinois Aviator Is Killed in England
London May 10 reports that Second Lieutenant Dudley C. Fairbairn of Joliet Illinois was killed near Montrose on Wednesday when his airplane fell accidentally.
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Dudley C. Fairbairn
Joliet
England
London
Montrose
Sedition Bill Signed and Transmitted to Wilson
The sedition bill with severe penalties for disloyalty, pending in Congress for over a year, was signed by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark and sent to President Wilson for action.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
Marshall
Clark
Princess Marta del Pilar Dies in Madrid
Princess Marta del Pilar, cousin of King Alfonso of Spain, died in Madrid from meningitis on May 10. Her death follows a period of illness and affects the royal circle.
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Meningitis
Madrid
Marta del Pilar
Alfonso of
Spain
Meningitihs
Removal demand for Porto Rico governor by Gompers
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, asked President Wilson to remove Arthur Yager as governor of Porto Rico citing incompetence in handling the labor situation. In a separate note, the Senate naval affairs committee added 200 million dollars for ordnance to the naval appropriation bill at the request of the Navy Department.
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Washington
Arthur Yager
Porto Rico
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Teut Socialist Crisis and German Peace Treaty Notes
Count von Hertling threatens to dissolve the Prussian chamber if franchise reform fails. Twelve Dresden socialists convicted of high treason receive prison terms.Meanwhile reports from Essen describe a broad peace with Ukraine and aid to Austria and Romania, highlighting hunger and skepticism among Germans as they face border shortages.
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Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Cologne
Dresden
Independent Socialist Party of Germany
Leipsic
Viat City
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Rhenische Westfaelische Zeitung
Essen
Ukraine
Austria
Recumania
Rouminia
Bohemia
Tyrol
Hitchcock Is New Chairman for Senate Foreign Relations
Washington May 10 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska was made chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. He was the senior Democratic member and succeeds the late Senator Stone after a rearrangement following several senatorial deaths. Minesweeper Explodes Mine. London May 10 Twenty three men and three officers were killed when a British minesweeper struck a mine and sank on May 1 the admiralty announced.
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Nebraska
Senator Stone
Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Stone
London
Admiralty
63 Draft Dodgers Arrested In New York May
Sixty three men of draft age were arrested in New York City as draft dodgers, police said. The curbside roundup targeted individuals suspected of evading the wartime draft.
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New York
British Use Old Gate to Block Harbor Neck for U Boat Screws
A wartime note states British forces repurpose an old gate at the harbor neck to impede U boats. The strategic move aims to disrupt submarine passage and safeguard naval operations along the coast.
Allies Strike Back Recapture Ground in Harbor Action
Special to Evening Journal London May 10 British naval forces sunk the obsolete cruiser Vindictive at Ostend Harbor entrance. The concrete-filled vessel blocked the harbor mouth, trapping the German submarine base with light casualties reported.
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London
Ostand Harbor
French Retake Grivesnes Northeast of Montdidier
French troops recapture Grivesnes, northeast of Montdidier, as May 10 reports describe a renewed push to retake town from opposing forces. The article notes the town’s strategic position in the ongoing operations.
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Evening Journal
Varis
Grivesnes
Montdidier
British Recapture Trench Lines Northwest of Albert
London reports that on the night of May 10 British forces regained a section of trench lines northwest of Albert, part of ongoing moves on the Somme front.
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London
Albert
Senator Lodge Sued for 20600 in Boston Assault Case
Alexander Bannwart of Boston sues United States Senator Henry C Lodge for 20600 damages alleging a 1917 Washington argument over pacifism led to a fist fight. Bannwart claims Lodge assaulted him and caused his arrest and false publication of charges in a Boston paper. The defendant list includes the senator and the Boston newspaper.
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Boston
United States
Honry C. Lodge
Alexander Bannwart
Senator Lodge
Bannwart
Washington
Squator Lodge
Austrian Food Crisis Deepens In Tyrol And Carinthia
Burgomasters in Innsbruck and Klagenfurt report extreme shortages in Austria with flour scarce except maize and potatoes nearly unavailable. Whole districts lack bread for weeks and concerns rise over the month’s food sufficiency.
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Washington
Austria
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Klagenfurst
German Gas Weakening On Picardy Front Says Report
Report from May 10 notes German gas shells against American and French forces near Amiens on the Picardy front caused only slight discomfort after a bombardment of 17,000 gas shells. authorities say German gas is weakening due to material shortages.
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Amiens
Picardy
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