First Million Tons of Ships Placed on High Seas
Washington reports the first million tons of ships delivered to the government under the Shipping Board are at sea to aid the war effort. By May 11, 149 vessels total 1,108,621 tons had been completed, with over half delivered since January 1. Steel ships predominate. no wood program ships delivered yet due to boiler and machinery delays. Maine built its first wooden government ship Andra at Portland.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Germany
United States
Frst
Teuverses
Seattle
Sparrows Point
Maryland
Chicago
Ecorse
Mich
Gloucester
N. J
Wilmington
Del
New York
State of
Maine
Andra
Portland
Farmers Apply for Records of Federal Loan Program
A report on the first year of the federal farm loan system shows 40,451 loans closed totaling 91 951 000 since May last year. More than 126 000 farmers sought loans amounting to 259 948 000 with 174 858 100 approved including closings. The St Paul federal land bank led with one sixth of business and Spokane followed closely.
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Washington
United States
Federal Farm Loan System
St. Paul
Neville Island plant chosen for government ordnance work
The War Department designated Neville Island in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh as the site for a major interior ordnance plant. Built and operated by United States Steel, the facility will rush heavy artillery and projectiles to completion, with expert personnel supplied from the steel company.
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Washington
Neville Island
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
War Department
Great Government Ordnance Plant
Krupps
Germany
United States Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
More Loans to Allies From Washington May Fourteen
Secretary Meadow authorized loans totaling 260 million to Great Britain and 100 million to France alongside 100 million to Italy. The current U S lending total reaches 5.76385 billion, with Britain at about 2.995 billion, France 1.165 billion, and Italy 0.65 billion.
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Washington
Meadow
Great Britain
France
Maly
Britain
Italy
Germans to be moved to Georgia and Washington sites
The 2,200 73s currently interned at Hot Springs Virginia will be transferred by the war department to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson in Georgia for processing by July 1. The plan aims to relocate detainees from Hot Springs to the southern posts.
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Georgia
Washington
Hot Springs
D. C
War Department
Fort Ogletere
Fort McPherson
Labor Remains Loyal Until Victory At Allied Dinner
Jameson, chairman of the American delegation, reaffirmed American labor’s pledge to back the president, Congress, and allied peoples until freedom is won for all. Speak ers from New Zealand and Canada praised democracy and the Anglo American alliance as enduring forces for humanity.
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LABOR
Congress
Germany
Wilson
America
John P. Frey
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Lord North
United States
Thomas McKenzie
New Zealand
Canédiz
George Perley
George
Methodists Elect Six Bishops Today At Conference
Atlanta May 14 The Methodist Episcopal Church South holds morning and afternoon sessions as bishops are elected. A motion to adjourn May 20 was adopted. Discussions over publishing in Nashville and church union with the German mission in Texas feature the day. The bishops vetoed laity rights for women and the new ritual, requiring annual conference approval by two thirds.
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Atlanta
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Wesley Memorial Church
E. R. Hendrix
H. A. Boax
Central Texas Conference
Nashville
Committee On Publishing Interests
Tenn
Committee On Missions
Southwest Texas Conference
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Ark
Committee On Church
Fms
Commission
Sr” Siennes
Methodist Episcopal Church
College of Bishops
General Conference
Collins Denny
Holy Catholic Church
Christ's Holy Church
War relief drive plans set three mass meetings citywide
Publicity for the second American Red Cross war fund drive calls for three large meetings. The central gathering will be Sunday night with all churches urged to omit evening services to boost attendance. A southern meeting at Southside Baptist Church and a northern meeting at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church will also proceed at 8 30 p m. Lance Corporal Campbell of the British Army will address the Academy of Music meeting and the drive launches with a dinner Monday at 7 p m at the Y M C A. Active fundraising begins Tuesday morning. The colored citizens group led by Rev E L Madison, St Luke's pastor and war fund chairman, plans strong results.
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American Red Cross
Academy of Music
Lance Corporal
Campbell
Southside
E. L. Madison
St. Luke’s Church
Government commandeers platinum and related metals
The government seizes all platinum iridium and palladium held by refiners importers and major dealers. A fixed price of 105 dollars per troy ounce is set for platinum.
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Washington
Casualty List Totals 72 Names Across Actions
Washington May 14 The casualty list today shows 72 names with 14 killed in action 7 died of wounds 2 died of disease 21 wounded slightly and several missing in action Officers named include Captain Lloyd Brussell Manchester Okla and Lieutenants Herbert Boyer San Francisco Stephen E Fitzgerald Dorchester Mass killed in action Major John S Haskins Minneapolis Captain Michael J O Connor Boston Lieutenants Edward M Guild Nahant Mass William A Murphy Chicago and Ray E Smith Rutland Vt wounded slightly Lieutenant Benjamin C Byrd Hartford Conn missing in action The list also names Private Willie B Sanders Converse S C Private Wilmer L Childers Paragould Ark Willie J Jones Starke Fla Private Seguino A Arnold Greenville Miss Cook Ben H Schuster Eureka Springs Ark and Privates James H Carter Surrency Ga Cleave N Vaughan Lynch's Station Va among others.
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Washington
Lloyd Brussell
Manchester
Okla
Herbert Boyer
San Francisco
Stephen E. Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Mass
John S. Haskins
Minneapolis
Michael J. O’connor
Boston
Edward M. Guild
Nahant
William A. Murphy
Chicago
Ray E. Smith
Rutland
Benjamin C. Byrd
Hartford
Converse
S. C
Wilmer L. Childers
Paragould
Ark
Willie J. Jones
Starke
Fis
Seguino A. Arnold
Greenville
Miss
Cook Ben H. Schuster
Eureka Springs
James H. Carter
Surrency
Cleave N
Caillaux Testifies on Bonnet Rouge Treason Trial
Former French premier Caillaux is brought from prison to testify in the Bonnet Rouge treason trials. He denies naming Marx in 1916 and defends his past support of the organization while insisting he will defend his honor. The court presses the single issue as prosecutors pursue the case against Duval.
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Paris
Caillaux
Bonnet Rouge
Councel
M. Landau
Voyer
Colonel Voyer
Marx
Mannheim
M. Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Florence
France
Switzerland
M. Vatae
Italians Repel Teuton Attack on Monte Corno Heights
Italian Army headquarters report a night assault by German forces repulsed with heavy losses. Fighting occurred on rocky slopes in darkness as Italians held Monte Corno, a strategic height commanding approaches to the Trent Rovereto valley. Outposts show rising activity along the mountain front.
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Italy
Monte Corno
Trent
Rovereto
Fornt
Cannon backs Wilson in Overman bill battle
Former Speaker Cannon announced support for the administration in the Overman bill debate to grant the president power to reorganize government departments. Republican leader Representative Gillett led the opposing effort as both parties pledged continued support for the president in the war until victory.
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Cannon
Wilson
Washington
Representative Gillett
Massachusetts
Navy men praised for risking lives to save sailors
Secretary Daniels commends four enlisted navy men for risking their lives to rescue sailors from drowning. Millard Frank Staton of Jacksonville, Fla., is named among those honored for the rescue aboard a ship.
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Daniels
Washington
Navy
Millard Frank Staton
Jacksonville
Mia
British and French Reports On Somme Artillery Fight
Official British dispatch says German shelling was heavy in the Somme Ancre and Flanders robecq area. A raid northeast of Robecq captured prisoners with no British casualties and a German post west of Marville repulsed with losses. French statement notes heavy artillery in Champagne and patrol actions near Hangard Courcy and Meuse with German raid repulsed near Orvilliers Sorel.
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London
Somme
Ancred
Marshal Haig
Robecq
Flanders
Marville
Ancre
Paris
Champa
Picardy
Hangard
Amiens
Courcy
Meuse
Orvillers-Sorel
Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Vosges
la Fecht
James Gordon Bennett Dies in Beaulieu France
James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald died at 5 30 this morning in Beaulieu after two days of unconsciousness. Mrs Bennett was with him. He had been ill for months at his villa in Beaulieu on the Riviera and had a recent relapse.
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Beaulieu
France
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Riviera
Nice
Iron and Steel Rates Not Unreasonable
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled today that transportation rates on iron and steel from Pittsburgh to Newport News are not unreasonable. It found Newport News consignees face prejudice versus lower rates to New York and Baltimore, in a complaint by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Newport News
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Baltimore
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Naval aid of America helps British fleet in North Sea
Archibald Hurd writes that American naval aid has greatly assisted the British fleet amid Zeebrugge Ostend raids and expanded mine fields. He notes close Anglo American cooperation, U S destroyers submarines and mines, and praises US battleships and officers supporting Admiral Beatty.
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London
Archibald Hurd
Teelgraph
North Sea
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Germany
United States Navy
Beatty
United States
Reserves Halt Germans’ Spring Offensive In Bold Stand
London May 3 reports say mist and overwhelming numbers favored the German assault on Major General Gough’s Fifth Army. British defenses stalled by weather were overwhelmed as reserves were thrown in first to plug breaks, with high praise for all units in the desperate, costly defense.
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Associated Press
London
Gough
Fifth
St. Quentin
Fifth Army
Railroad officials predict 25 percent rate hike
Washington May 14 An increase of at least 25 per cent in freight and passenger rates is indicated in estimates of railroad officials A report published today says fuel wages equipment and other operating costs will be 600 000 000 to 750 000 000 higher than last year Directors general McAdoo's advisers recommend the rate rise and it is expected he will act within six weeks and implement the increases.
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Washington
McAdoo
Romania Sells Grain to Teutonic Powers
A Vienna dispatch reports a special economic treaty between Romania and the central powers allowing Romania to sell its 1918 and 1919 grain surplus to Germany and Austria Hungary. The agreement covers all grains, oil seeds, fodder, pulse, poultry, cattle, fibrous plants and wool.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Rumania
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Romania
Allied Airmen Push Invasions As German Front Stalls In WWI
Allied airmen exploit every chance to strike behind German lines with more bombing on rail hubs and bases in Flanders and Picardy. British planes down six enemy machines as heavy shelling continues along the western front. Italian fronts report ongoing artillery duels with Austrians but no large attack.
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Germany
Soissons
Belgian
Ypres
Kemmel
Serre
Albert
Arras
Somme
Flanders
Picardy
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Bruges
Montdidier
Ottawa
London
Monte Coro
Asiago
British casualties in week end total 41 612
London May 14 report shows British losses in the week ending today totaling 41 612. Breakdown lists killed or died of wounds: officers 501 and men 5 065. wounded or missing: officers 2 123 and men 33 923.
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London
British Casualty Toll Tops 38 Thousand in Week
Reports indicate British casualties rose to 38 691 in the last week, likely the highest weekly total of the war. The figures come as fighting in Flanders and Picardy intensified and exact records are not yet complete.
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Flanders
Picardy
Butt
Fate of American airman remains unknown in France
Lieutenant Frank K. Knapp of the British Royal Air Force vanished while on an air patrol above German lines in France on April 16, his parents in Brooklyn were told. Earlier, he fought five German airmen, descended 10,000 feet, and escaped unharmed after downing one foe. He enlisted in Canada last June at age 24.
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New York
France
Frank K. Knapp
Royal Air Forces
Brooklyn
Knapp
Canada
Wilson Removes Hand Bandages After Burn Incident
President Wilson yesterday removed the bandages from his left hand, burned when he grabbed a British tank exhaust pipe four weeks ago at the White House. The hand has healed but bears ugly scars across the palm. he had given up golf for two weeks and is now playing a one handed game showing proficiency.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
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