Head of Naval Consulting Board Announces Submarine Breakthrough
W L Saunders, chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, says the board has forwarded plans to Washington for tackling the submarine problem. He cites highly encouraging experiments along the Atlantic coast and notes a full solution awaits destruction of U boats, but confidence is high in progress.
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Atlantic
Iy Associated Press
New York
W. L. Saunjops
Naval Consulting Board
Washington
Saunders
French Forces Hold Line as Germans Suffer Heavy Losses
Allied dispatch reports severe fighting along the Craonne to Mont Carnillet sector with French resistance and artillery checks. German attacks failed, French prisoners exceed 1 000 with officers among those captured, including a battalion commander and an artillery observer.
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Associated Press
Paris
Craonne
Mont Carnillet
War Office
Mount Carnillet
Oise
Coucy
Chemin-Des-Dames
Braye-Fn- Lannois
Hurtebise
Aisne
Champagne
Mont Camillet
Mont Blond
Auberive
Navarin Farm
Provisional Government Holds Firm on War Note
The Russian provisional government led by Premier Ivoff refuses to modify its Allies note and signals readiness to resign if necessary. Foreign Secretary Milakoff confirms no new note will be sent and stresses reliance on the Allies, especially America, to sustain the war. The report notes deep unrest in Petrograd and ongoing heavy fighting on the French front near Laon with Craonne and the Rheims area in focus.
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London
Ivoff
Milakoff
Council of Deputies
M. Milakoff
England
France
Italy
America
Council
M. Tcheidze
Russia
Petrograd
Landstrum
Landwehr
Germany
Laon
Hindenburg
Craonne
Njar
Brimont
Rheims
Russian Provisional Commission to Visit United States
A Russian provisional government commission will depart soon for America to discuss industrial economic and financial relations with the United States. The personnel is decided but names are not yet available and the body will have full powers akin to British and French missions.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
America
German Brazilian ministers tangled in Zurich envoy move
The Brazilian minister to Berlin cables that he expects to reach Zurich today. The German minister to Brazil, Adolf Pauli, is detained in Brazil on reports that Germany blocked the Brazilian envoy from leaving. The Brazilian gov ernment orders Pauli released to continue his journey to Uruguay.
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Associated Press
Rio Janeiro
Berlin
Zurich
Brazil
Germany
Hhe
Adolf Pauli
Urmey
Uruguay
Herr Pauli
Labor leaders arrive for Ashway Mission conference
British and American officials report the arrival of a labor delegation to advise on wartime labor policy. Members include Right Charles W. Bowerman and J. H. Thomas of Parliament and H. W. Garrod from the British Ministry of Munitions welfare department. The party travels to participate in talks with U.S. representatives.
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United States
Ashway
Aed
Wil‘sonally
Charles W. Bowerman
J. H. Thomas
H. W. Garrod
Welfare Department
National Guardsmen for Training Camps
National Guard enlisted men bound for officers training camps will not be ordered before May 20 due to designation delays. Each regiment will select 25 enlisted guardsmen while camps remain closed to Guard officers except as instructors. The War Department seeks the most capable non commissioned officers to attend, with instructors exempt.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
Secretary of War
War Department
Guard
Austrian diplomat Tarnowski leaves United States
New York May 5 Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow appointed to succeed Dr Dumba as Austrian ambassador sailed for Austria yesterday via Holland with embassy and consul staff. he was never received by the State Department.
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Associated Press
New York
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
Dumba
State Department
Austria
Holéland
Governor Hears Friends Appeal For Thomas Clemency
Governor Bickett spent hours hearing Carteret county petitioners seeking pardon for Thomas Thomas the Beaufort bank cashier amid questions about funds misused by the elder Thomas and full restitution to depositors. The note lists related pardons and new corporate charters including Farmers Union Trading Company of Wilson and Carolina Real Estate and Manufacturing Company of Hallsville.
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Raleigh
Bickett
Carteret County
Thomas Thomas
Beaufort
Thomas
Lorry
Moore
Henderson Williams
Lenoir County
J. H. Canady
Farmers’ Union Trading Company of
Wilson
F. L. Carr
W. P. Anderson
Carolina Real Estate and Manufacturing Company of
Hallsville
S. O. Middleton
W. J. Middleton
L. D. Watkins
President Wilson in Gallery as Balfour Addresses Congress
President Wilson occupied the executive gallery as British Foreign Minister Balfour and a British delegation were welcomed on the House floor. Balfour warned of militarism’s menace and said Western democracies will unite to defeat it, while Wilson joined in applause as the chamber hailed the visitors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Dalfour
United States
Balfour
Estopinal
Louisiana
Chamber of Deputies
Roumania
Germany
House
Mr. Balfour
Clark
Fage Hight
House Passes Espionage Bill After Censorship Strike
Washington May 5 Congress moved to remove newspaper censorship from the espionage bill by a 220 to 167 vote. A later substitute by Gard 190 to 185 required a jury trial for censorship violations. The final espionage bill with the gag provision passed 260 to 105.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Godwin
Robinson
Coughton
House
Graham
Pennsylvania
Gard
Ohio
Republic of Hayti Knocks at War's Door
President Artiguenave sent a message to Haiti’s Senate and Chamber of Congress calling for a declaration of war against Germany. A commission was named to study the matter after five Haitian crew members and three Haitian passengers aboard the torpedoed French steamer Montreal were killed. The vessel, 3,342 tons and 345 feet long, sailed Bordeaux to Haiti. no prior confirmation of its destruction had been reported.
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Associated Press
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Artiguenave
Senate
Chamber of Congress
Germany
Montreal
Bordeaux
House espionage bill moves to Senate after passage
Washington May 6 The House espionage bill passed 260 to 105 and moved to the Senate where the mail censorship section was taken up. Senate leaders have abandoned hope of passage before next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Germany to Make Peace Terms Plainer
Copenhagen May 5 Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will issue a plainer declaration of Germanys peace terms within a fortnight. The statement comes amid ongoing diplomacy to clarify terms for an armistice and end to hostilities.
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Germany
Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Cool and fair weather forecast for week
Weather forecast for the Southeastern States calls for cool conditions this week with generally fair skies. Showers are likely Tuesday or Wednesday, while other days should stay dry.
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Associated Press
Washington
German Groener Defends May Day Manifesto
Berlin reports General Groener minister of munitions defended his May Day manifesto to the workers before the Reichstag. Social Democrats criticized it while Deputy Schoepflin supported the defense saying the manifesto was necessary as the German people faced a fatal parting of the ways toward defeat.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Groener
Schoepflin
Revolt Afoot Across Mexico Border Near Guadalupe
Government agents believe Villa led revolt plan to start within a week with Miguel Diaz Lombardo as provisional president. Villa base at Calderon ranch opposite Fabens. Guadalupe eyed as provisional capital. Americans reportedly aiding financially. U.S. cavalry sent from Fort Bliss to Fabens to bolster patrols.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Villa
Cientifico
Legalistas
Mexico
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Guadalupe
Calderon Ranch
Lombardo
Fabens
United States Cavalry
Fabons
Fort Bliss
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