Jitney Driver Murder Traced to Two Soldiers in Richmond
Washington detectives report two soldiers Tobers Newman and Charlie Gamble confessed to the brutal slaying of John Werres, a Government Printing Office worker and jitney driver. Werres disappeared after an evening ride with the men and two women. body yet to be found near Alexandria, searches continued as suspects await transfer.
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Washington
Alexandria
John P. Weres
Eyburg Road
Charlie E Gamble
Tobers Newman
Richmond
Grant and Armatrong
C. L. Grant
Amurdar
Werres
Government Printing Office
H Street
Jie
Deny Mody
Tew
Camp Lae
Petersburg
Virginia
Joy Grant
Arm Strong
Advertising Talks for Advertisers and Readers
Advertising men debate the value of ads, with a reader questioning the impact. A merchant wonders what competitors do, while the public weighs the benefits and risks of advertising in the Herald.
White House Wool Auction for Red Cross Aid
Wool from the White House flock will be sold nationwide at auction to aid the second Red Cross war fund. Governors of all states will act as auctioneers, announced by Mrs Wilson before leaving for New York. Clippings yielded about ninety pounds of wool to be packaged in two pound lots for each state, with bids to be received by wire due to the tight schedule.
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White House
United States
Second Red Cross War Fund
Wilson
New York
Herety
Red Cross
Omeaty
Red Cross Parade Draws Twenty Thousand in Washington
Twenty thousand marchers will take part in a Washington Red Cross parade this afternoon. Women in uniforms or white clothes and men in dark attire with straw hats will march from Sixteenth Street to the Red Cross Building, led by the Marine Band and featuring prominent Red Cross workers and messages from Pershing and Henry P Davison.
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Red Cross
Red Cros
Washington
American Red Cross
Sixteenth Street
Lafayette White House
Seventeenth Street
Marine Band
National Red Cross Organization
District of Columbia
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Baker
Secretary of War
America
White House
Henry P. Davison
New York
Henry P. White
United States
France
Davison
Hughes Here Will Start Probe Today
Former Justice Charles E Hughes arrived to lead the Department of Justice inquiry into aircraft charges. He will select assistants, with a conference with Attorney General Gregory pending. A secret investigation is anticipated amid ongoing Senate debate on military affairs funding and inquiry scope.
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Charles E. Hughes
Department of Justice
Dnce
Gregory
Hughes
Ansiat
Ant
Frierson
Borsjum
Snowden Marshall Committee
German Press Silent On Treaty Terms At Kaiser Austrian Talks
German newspapers report they learned little about the terms of the close alliance formed at recent conferences between the Kaiser and Emperor Karl. Some papers predict Bismarck era aims for a mittel europa, while others fear backlash from Reichstag and Reichsrat. Analysts discuss Bavaria's king's presence and possible Polish annexation deals linked to German support.
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Germany
Austria
Karl
Bismarck
Mitteleuropa
Reichstag
Reichsrath
Deutsche Zeitung
Bavaria
Taeglische Rundschau
Austria-Hungary
Poland
Berliner Tageblatt
L Inter
Russ Protest Capture
A Bolshevik era note describes Russian protest over enemy capture of Rostov and Rostoff, alleging violation of a Brest Litowsk treaty terms. The item hints at German participation and a Swedish offer related to the dispute.
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Rostoff
Brest Litowsk Treaty
Brest Litowsk
U S Makes Victory Sure Says Boer Leader Smuts
Glasgow May 17 General Christian Smuts a Boer leader and British War Council member told ship owners that Americans coming in large numbers seal the Allies’ path to victory. He praised unity of command under Lloyd George and warned Germany cannot win on land or sea. He emphasized liberty and self determination as aims, not indemnities or conquests.
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Napoleon
Glasgow
Christian Smuts
British War Council
America
Gen. Smuts
Lloyd-George
Jeremy
Ludendorf
Germany
Smuts
World power for Germans not possible says deputy
Deputy David leads the German majority Socialists in stating that victory on the battlefield will not ensure victory in the war. He argues lasting peace depends on overcoming Allied economic pressure and warns that a peace dictated by military power would be an armistice leading to exhaustion. He notes Russia and defeated nations resist German dominance and cites unrest among Czechs and South Slavs as potential consequences.
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France
Germany
Napoleon
Russia
David
Schnaebiache Tagwacht
Swink
Csech
Bohemia
Saech
Voukotvich
Vienna
Lieut Boyle Loses Air Mail Course on Chesapeake Run
An Army airman carrying mail on the Washington to Philadelphia route lost course after passing Baltimore and landed at Cape Charles, Virginia. Lieut Boyle, 1129 yesterday morning, is missing. fellow pilots Miller Webb Culver and Edgerton completed legs while mail across the route totals 168 pieces. Reward offered for finder to Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general.
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Curtisa
Cape Charles
Philadelphia
Otto Praeger
City Post Office
Washington, D. C
George L. Boyle
Washington
New
Air Mail Service
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Lieut. Miller
Potomac Park
Lieut
Boyle
Tony Webb
Lieut. Boyle
New York
Washington Mail
Belmont Park
Culver
Ingtond
Edgerton
Washington Flyer
Sthla City
Bernstorff Money Buys Liberty Bonds
A secret Bernstorff fund of 5 million dollars seized by the United States was converted into Third Liberty Loan bonds. The money, found on deposit with Lee Higginson & Co., was turned over to A Mitchell Palmer and into the Treasury to aid in defeating Germany. The Alien Property Custodian invested additional German funds in the liberty loan, including 30 million in cash, with effects tied to German interests in the United States.
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Bernstorff
United States
Lee Higginson & Co
Boston
New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Treasury
Germany
Ageregste
Dublin
Secrytarr
Ncoon
Palmer
Record of Army Draft and Funding Up to 1919
The House Military Affairs Committee delayed the military appropriations bill due to added army transport costs, with estimates showing 200,000 fighting men moving to France in May and up to 1,008,000 expeditionary force by July. The draft will apply to those aged since June 1817 and register around June 3, while equipment and training facilities are to be prepared as mobilization continues.
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House
Baker
France
Atlantic
War Department
White House
Wilson
New York
United States Army
Quartermaster General's Office
Polish cabinet formed under Teutons aims for conciliation
Imany and Austria ratified a Polish cabinet formed after Polish overrun by Prussians. J. K. Steczkowski leads as premier and minister of the interior. The cabinet lacks a war ministry, feared by German leaders to prevent a Polish army uprising. Other ministers include Jan Stecki, Stanislaw Dsierz bick, Piotr Draewiecki.
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Imany
Austria
Cnd
Powan
Steczkowski
Jan Stecki
Stanislaw Dsierzbick
Piotr Draewiecki
Tired Man Has Good Time in New York
May 17 New York Woodrow Wilson appears relaxed at a revue show the theater crowd applauds a staged impersonation of the President. He tells the audience they see a tired man and enjoys the comedy before dining with Mrs Wilson and Col E M House. He plans to support the Red Cross war fund drive tomorrow.
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Wilson
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Oman
Pogpo Ites
Abraham Lincoln
President
United States
Col
E. M. House
Red Cross War Fund
Swiss Near Blows With Huns Report Threats Over Coal
Paris reports an intense crisis between Germany and Switzerland over coal shipments. Germany demands Swiss coal cars and threatens to halt all supplies if Switzerland refuses. France offers coal, while Switzerland faces winter hardship. an economic pact remains unsigned despite German press claims.
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Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Bitter
Ite
Mountain Republic
France
Official Reports From War Fronts AMERICAN Army in France
Official statements from American headquarters report limited fighting today with reconnaissance and intermittent artillery fire. Aerial activity increased north of Tow and in Lorraine as American forces conduct operations in France during the ongoing war.
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France
Tow
Lorraine
British raid reported near Morris and air war heats in Flanders
London dispatch says a successful raid last night near Morris in Flanders left the local garrison destroyed or driven out and reports continued artillery activity on both sides. British aviation claims forty German aircraft down in the last seventy four hours with five British planes missing. Thirty three tons of bombs were dropped on the German battle area.
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London
Morris
Flanders
I Aviation
Air arm supremacy in the air war
London May 11 cavalry of the air claim Allied air service supremacy as bombs, raids, and reconnaissance disrupt enemy advances. Communiques stress daily delays hurt German reserves, while British French and American flyers are praised for hampering enemy columns and preventing a breakthrough.
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London
All U S Front Aim of Hot Shelling on Picardy Front
American forces faced a forty minute artillery bombardment as German 77s and 150s pounded lines in Picardy. The U S answered with fire, destroying a German ammo dump near Cantigny. French aircraft claimed several German balloons shot down and ongoing air activity lit by tracer and searchlight effects.
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Bert Ford
The
Lox
France
Picardy
Cantigny
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Weurerien
Aero Investigation
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Chamberlain
Thompson
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