Wilson urges speed on war measures to Congress
President Wilson plans to meet with Senate and House leaders to press for rapid passage of food control, merchant fleet building, and war tax bills. Congress has debated extensively with little war‑related progress besides the declaration of war and a bond bill. The administration seeks swift action amid lengthy Senate filibusters and no clear first‑priority program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Sen
Senate
Senate Appropriations Bill Sets New Record Total
The Senate appropriations committee reported the War Army and Navy deficiency bill at 3.3909 billion dollars with 400.9 million for merchant marine purchases. They added 563.392 million to the House version, including 500 thousand for the Council of National Defense and 26 million for army machine guns. The measure also lists 3 million for Hampton Roads naval base and 35 million for heavy army ordnance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Council of National Defense
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Army Regiments to Form New Units
Washington May 15 The War Department announced resignations of regular army regiments to be withdrawn from the border and expanded to form new regiments. At Fort Myer Virginia Second Battalion Third Field Artillery to form the Twelfth Field Artillery. Chickamauga Park Georgia Eleventh Infantry to form the Fifty first and Fifty second Infantry Sixth Infantry to form the Fifty third and Fifty fourth Infantry Eleventh Cavalry to form the Twenty second and Twenty third Cavalry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fort Myer
Third Field Artillery
Twelfth Field Artillery
Chickamauga Park
Eleventh
Germany Refuses Delegates Passports at Socialist Conference
A Stockholm report via London says Germany denied passports to most and all minority German Socialist delegates at the conference in Stockholm. The decision, described as unexpected, will be debated by the delegations at tomorrow's meeting.
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Associated Press
London
Stockholm
Amsterdam
End of Cold Weather Announced by Bureau
Washington reports the cold spell is over as the Weather Bureau predicts a summer type high pressure pattern bringing warmer weather. No return to seasonably low temperatures is expected for some time.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Food control talks to include Wilson Houston and Congress
Washington May 15 The food situation in the United States and allied countries will be discussed tonight at a conference with President Wilson Secretary Houston and members of the Senate and House Agriculture committees. Administration leaders want Congress to act on food control measures as soon as possible.
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Associated Press
United States
Wilson
Houston
Senate
House Committees On Agriculture
Congress
Airplane Factory Destroyed Near Berlin
A large airplane manufactory at Cope nick near Berlin was completely destroyed by fire according to the Handlesblad. The report states the blaze originated at the Amsterdam via London route and left the facility in ruins.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Copenick
Berlin
Handlesblad
Russian military leaders ousted as U S mission readies
Washington reports foresee upheaval in Petrograd as Gen Guchkoff and Gen Kormiloff are displaced amid internal friction and German pressure. The U S mission led by Elihu Root and Maj Gen Scott seeks to bolster the new democracy without direct interference. Departure timing remains secret for security reasons.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guchkoff
Petrograd
Kormiloff
Wilson
Russia
Germany
Elihu Root
Scott
White House
Lansing
British capture of German submarine flotilla reported
In Portsmouth New Hampshire today a shipping circle circulated a tale that Britain seized a flotilla of German submarines bound for American shores. The alleged capture occurred early in April with no details on location or method disclosed.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
Bryan Quoted In Munition Case Testimony Shift
Federal Judge Cushman blocked Lamar from calling Josephus Daniels to testify in the 1915 munition conspiracy trial. Lamar resumed his defense with testimony about Williams Jennings Bryan and the anti munition traffic movement, including alleged remarks about the trust and wartime pressure.
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Associated Press
New York
Cushman
David Lamar
Franz Rintelen
Lamar
Josephus Daniels
Washington
Daniels
William Jennings Bryan
Henry B. Martin
Bryan
Munition Trust
Martin
Survivors Rescued From Torpedoed Medjerda
Paris reports 158 survivors from the French passenger steamer Medjerda torpedoed while sailing from Algeria to Marseilles. The ship of 1918 tons gross was sunk yesterday and rescued victims were taken to various ports. total survivors not yet detailed.
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Associated Press
Paris
Algeria
Marseilles
Medjerda
French
Ministry of Marine
Baptists meet in New Orleans ahead of annual convention
In New Orleans on May 15 various bodies tied to the Southern Baptist convention convened to conduct routine business before the seven day denominational session begins. Reports highlighted growth in churches and membership with 2,744,098 members and a total of 13.4 million dollars in aggregate contributions for the year.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
E. Y. Mullins
Southern Baptist Field Workers’ Association
Lansing Burrows
Americus
Newspaper tax again subject of discussion in Congress
The War Tax bill facing House and Senate committees draws fierce opposition from newspaper publishers and labor presses. Editors warn that higher second class postal rates, added to rising paper, telegraph, and railway costs, could force many papers out of business while pledging to absorb any tax not destroying the industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Samuel Gompers
American Feedration of Labor
Labor Press
Frank P. Grante
Birmingham
Ala
Williams
Glass
Louis Wiley
The
New York Times
Matthew’ Well
International Allied Printing Trade Association
American Federation of Labor
Governor Bickett appoints Blair to State Building Commission
Raleigh May 15 Governor Bickett appoints John J Blair superintendent of Wilmington schools to the State Building Commission succeeding Col Charles E Johnson of Raleigh Blair assumes duties at once and joins the commission in Raleigh
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Dispatch
Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
John J. Blair
Wilmington Schools
State Building Commission
Col
Chas. E. Johnson
German Chancellor Rejects Peace Declaration
Berlin May 15 Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told the Reichstag he would not declare peace aims. He said the sole guiding line in war aims is an early and satisfactory conclusion to the war.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichstag
Assistant censor jailed for sending enemy information
London May 5 Anthony Thomas Spalding 48 received three years penal servitude for collecting and sending to a friend titbits of information deemed useful to the enemy. The court noted the act was not to aid the foe but emphasized duty of trust in censorship.
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Associated Press
London
Anthony Thomas Spalding
England
Russian Troops Defeated by Turks in Mesopotamian Front
An official note reported by Associated Press says two Russian detachments crossed the Upper Diala. The northern detachment was driven back after a brief May 10 clash. The southern detachment was checked and then forced to retreat with heavy losses to the far bank.
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Associated Presa
London
Diala
West Bank
Lynchburg Women Protest Local Food Corner Practices
The Lynchburg Woman's Club telegraphed the Department of Agriculture in Washington seeking an investigation of the cornering of the local wholesale market for beans canned tomatoes corn sardines and salmon.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Lynchburg Woman's Club
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Auxiliary Reserve Camp Wanted at Chickamauga
Congressmen from Tennessee North Carolina and South Carolina urged the War Department to authorize an auxiliary reserve officers camp at Chickamauga to admit applicants who passed the physical exam but were not accepted for the 2 500 capacity original cantonment. If allowed promising candidates may attend the regular camp in place of cadets deemed unpromising after weeks of instruction. Chattanooga businessmen are ready to fund extra barracks as overflow plans are studied.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
War Department
Chickamauga
President Wilson Attends Wedding of McAdoo’s Daughter
President Wilson canceled his cabinet meeting to attend the wedding of Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the Treasury Secretary, to Ferdinand Mohrenschildt of the Russian embassy staff in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Ferdinand Mohrenschildt
Germans Hit Entente Lines in Northern France Turbulent Front
German forces launch heavy assaults in Arras and Aisne sectors as British and French defenses hold. Paris and London reports claim repulsed attacks near Bully Court and Chemin-des-Dames with French planning a push toward Laon. The article notes administration stance on Roosevelt going to France and ongoing conscription debates.
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France
Arras
Aisne
Chemin-des-Dames
London
Paris
Hindenburg
Bulle Court
Haig
Laon
Kerensky warns Russia faces disaster over freedom crisis
Petrograd officials hear A. F. Kerensky declare confidence in the country has faded and that disaster may loom as Russia struggles with the shift from slavery to freedom. He urges sobriety and discipline while admitting the government may fail to provide bread and supplies. The tone reflects widespread Petrograd concern after the revolution.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
A. F. Kerensky
Russia
M. Kerensky
Pyone
Conferees OK Roosevelt Volunteer Division in Army Bill
Senate and House conferees report the Army bill with a provision allowing the President to raise Roosevelt’s volunteer division to lead an American force to France. The move is optional for the President and not mandatory. Conscription age remains 21 to 30. final adoption expected soon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
France
Loans to farmers pass million mark exports
Loans to farmers by the Federal Land Banks have topped $1,000,000 and are issued at about $150,000 daily. If the current pace holds, May total could reach $3,000,000. State totals include South Carolina 167,700 Mississippi 105,325 Kentucky 76,000 North Carolina 38,600 Texas 33,400 Virginia 23,450. First issue of farm loan bonds will be placed on the market within six weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal
Farm Loan Board
South Carolina
Mississippi
Kentucky
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Dekalb Joins U S Navy as First German Vessel
The American steamship Dekal formerly the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Hitel Friedrich was fully commissioned on May 12. It becomes the first German ship, naval or merchant, to be employed against the German government, with the department not disclosing its assigned duty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dekal
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Department
Navy Department
Petain Appointed Commander in Chief of French Armies
Paris May 15 reports General Petain named commander in chief of French armies on the front. General Nivelle given command of a group of armies. General Foch succeeds Petain as chief of staff at the ministry of war.
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Nivelle
Associated Press
Paris
General Petain
General Nivelle
Foch
Marne
Yser
Vial
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