Eight Soldiers Dead After Train Jumped Trestle
May 10 Columbia South Carolina report says five soldiers were killed instantly, two died en route, and the rest were seriously injured when a wooden passenger coach carrying 321st Infantry and 17th Machine Gun Company plunged from a trestle near Camp Jackson as they headed to Camp Sevier. The 80 men aboard were nearly all from North and South Carolina with one section damaged beyond use. Hospital trains were dispatched and officials prepared a full list of dead and injured with home addresses.
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Columbia
S. C
321St Infantry
Camp Jackson
Camp Sevier
Greenville
321St Regiment
WRECK VICTIMS AT CAMP JACKSON LIST NAMES
The official casualties from the Camp Jackson train wreck in Columbia South Carolina include Private Edgar Simmons and others from Company K and Company L of the 321st infantry. Next of kin listed include William E Simmons Ninna Swan S A Hawkins Samuel Lowery Tom Reno Arch Scoggins Thurman Leatherwood John Goolsby and many more.
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Camp Jackson
Columbia, S. C
Edgar Simmons
Company K
321St Infantry
William E. Simmons
Patmos
Philetus C. Swann
321St
Ninna Swan
North Pack Square
Asheville
N. C
Marion O. Hawkins
S. A. Hawkins
Marion
William E. Lowery
3211St
Samuel Lowery
Alia Pass
Jesse Reno
Suffrage Resolution Postponed as Senators Split
Washington May 10 formal announcement of the postponement of consideration of the women’s suffrage resolution was made by Senator Jones of New Mexico. He said the measure will be taken up once sufficient votes approve. Senators Smith Georgia Martin Curtis Reed and Gale Inger weighed in on referendums and Republican support with varied views on timing and voting.
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Washington
Jones
New Mexico
Smith
Georgia
Martin
Virginia
Curtis
Kansas
Nator Reed
Missouri
Gale Inger
British Army Gains in France Reclaim Port North of Albert
May 10 report says British forces regained a small port north of Albert after German advances yesterday. The high ground position had been hotly contested, and Allied counter operations pressed to drive back gains near Irenc.
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Frances
Irenc
Albert
Victory Home company formed to build housing in city
The Victory Home company held its initial meeting at the courthouse with J A Taylor as temporary chairman and Roger Moore as secretary. Directors numbered 29 after removing non subscribing members, with capital stock authorized at 1 million dollars and 250000 subscribed. A charter will be applied for and aims to start building quickly, with committees named to draft by laws, gather housing data, and manage stock subscriptions.
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Victory Home Company
Million Dollar House Building Corporation
Court House
J. A. Taylor
Roger Moore
Seayco Opi Cs Victory
Wildstar
Marsden ,Bellamy
T. W. Cooper
J. B. Rica
C. C. Chadbourn
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
Pike
Dave Chadwick
J. O. Reilly
Louis Shrier
J. C. Reilly
Board of Directors
Allies Await Move as Allied Lines Hold Near Ypres
Allied forces in the Ypres region report German attacks costly and repulsed along the Voormezele Locre line after Mont Kemmel. British and French troops hold lines north of the Somme, with heavy fighting near Bouzincourt and Albert. Weather improves, air raids target railway hubs, and Rostov occupies Rostov-on-the-Don.
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Ypres
Vo Vormezele- Locre
Mont Kemmel
Somme
Picardy
Albert
Bouzincourt
Flanders
Paris
Montdidier
Haines
France
Rostov-On-The-Don
Don River
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Asquith
Maurice
War Office
Injured Soldiers Listed From 321st Infantry Units
A roster lists soldiers with 321st infantry ties noting injuries and home or emergency addresses. Individuals include Private Dewey Kilpatrick of Asheville North Carolina and Private Richard Gray of Shallotte North Carolina with slight injuries among many others.
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Dewey Kilpatrick
Co. I
321St Infantry
Asheville
N. C
Silver Street
Richard Gray
Co. F
Shallotte
Chester Sirey
Tenn
Robert Rogan
Co. N
821St Infantry
Sly
William Ledford
Almond
Thomas I. Fitzgerald
Trenton
Leftwich P. Ramsey
3211St Infantry
Woodfin Street
Andrew Shoulders
Dierks
Ark
Elsie McKinley Henry
Co. L
321St
Willets
John W. Frost
Co. A
22Nd Infantry
Gillikin
George W. Stokes
3211St
Louisville
Miss
George S. Thomson
Swayney
Cherokee Indian School
Ela
Franklin P. Poindexter
Co. C
Moonville
Charles M. Deal
Ninth Avenue
Hickory
Cook Jacob M. L. Kluttz
East Spencer
John W. Rook
Bethel
Stanley Brown
Robinsonville
William A. Brown
Ramseur
N.C
Robert S. Harris
Sunset Avenue
Rocky Mount
William J. McKinnon
21St Infantry
Henderson, Tenn
Government asks 30-day leave workers to serve on farms
Washington May 10 government employees with 30 days annual leave are urged by the federal employment service to spend vacations on farms. A farming corps has been organized to assign workers in Maryland and Virginia to agricultural tasks for the season.
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Washington
Federal Employment Service
Maryland
Virginia
Smith Named to Senate Military Committee Growth of Membership
Washington May 10 Senator Smith of Georgia has been appointed to the senate military committee, expanding the panel from 17 to 19 members. Senator Knox is announced as the other new member.
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Hoke Smith
Washington
Senator Smith
Georgia
Senate Military Committee
Knox
Publicity on Borglum Activities Raised in Aircraft Probe
Washinon May 10. The floodlight of publicity was turned on Gutzon Borglum the sculptor as he investigated the aircraft production situation as President Wilson's personal agent. Letters telegrams and sworn statements from War Department files show Borglum's inventions failed tests and that he negotiated to form an aircraft corporation in which he would be a silent partner with special advantages due to his ties with the president.
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Washinon
Gutzon Borglum
Wilson
War Department
Borglum
Wrightsboro Pupils to Receive Senna Typhoid Treatment
Wrightsboro school pupils who have had the first anti typhoid vaccine dose are advised to meet county physician Ph Arnold Stovall at the school Monday morning for the second treatment to be administered.
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Wrightsboro School
Arnold Stovall
Lloyd George Wins Support as Crisis Clears in Commons
London May 10 Lloyd George and the cabinet overcame a bitter dispute by shifting tactics and rejecting a court of honor for Major General Maurice. A select committee vote of 238 to 10 avoided government resignation, Asquith criticizing nonpartisan note. The premier defended his statements as based on War Office information.
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London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Maurice
Andrew Bonar Law
Ausquith
Hooke of Commons
Asquith
House
Bonar Law
Department of the War Office
Cabinet
Earl Curzon Warns of Grim Times for British War Effort
Earl Curzon speaking to the Primrose League warned that grave times lie ahead for Britain and soldiers may have to give ground. He urged unity of command, highlighted American aid, and praised the indomitable British spirit.
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London
Primrose League
Earl Curzon
House of Lords
British War Counsel
America
Deserter's Fate in Hands of President
Washington May 10 The case of a soldier in the American expeditionary forces condemned to death for deserting in the face of the enemy was sent to President Wilson for final action. The judge advocate general's office reviewed the trial to ensure legal procedure. Chaplain Franz J Feinler, once in Hawaii after being sent back from France, has been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment on charges of disloyalty.
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Washington
Wilson
Judge Advocate General's Office
Franz J. Feinler
France
Pershing
Hawaii
War Department
Nine Dogs Detained at City Pound Await Fate
Nine dogs including a valued bird dog are held at the city pound with a lease on life expiring tonight. Pound officials hope to reclaim the intelligent bird dog, while others face imminent execution. Owners of missing dogs are urged to inspect the assembled lot at the city stables before the executioner acts.
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POUND
German Peace Overture Rejected By Prof Heron In Geneva
London May 10 A Swiss-based report details an attempted German peace offensive aimed at President Wilson. Prof Heron an American in Geneva rejected the overture calling for autonomy for Alsace Lorraine and concessions after Brest Litovsk. The German envoy Quidde told Heron Germany sought a durable peace and urged Wilson to accept terms while denouncing U S reaction.
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London
Wilson
Heron
Geneva
Daily Mail
Annemasse
Quidde
Munich
Count von Hertling
Jong van Beek
van Hertling
Reichstag
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
German Empire
Brest-Litovsk
France
United States
Ludwig Quidde
W. S. Solf
Aegean
Potsdam
University of Munich
von Hertling
The
Hague
Quiddé
Europe
Russian Consul Sentenced for Sedition in Glasgow Speech
John MacLean, Russian Bolsheviki consul in Glasgow, was sentenced in the high court yesterday to five years penal servitude under the defense of the realm act for speeches prejudicial to recruiting. He urged workers to break laws and replace parliament with a soviet style body.
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Edinburg
John MacLean
Glasgow
MacLean
Parliament Dissolved by Royal Decree in Romania
A Bucharest dispatch reports the Romanian Parliament has been dissolved by royal decree. New elections are ordered and the new parliament is to convene on June 17.
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di Ved
Amsterdam
Bucharest
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Chatham
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