German Front Pressure and Russian Crisis Deepen World Tensions
Allied pressure in France yields ground for German forces as Haig and Petain apply a steady front hammer. Russian radicals push to redefine aims while Russia risks Entente status, with Sweden and Spain growing anti German sentiment over ship sinkings. News also reports German ammunition dumps exploded near Queant and German counterattacks repulsed, plus government barges ordered to aid Mississippi freight.
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Sweden
Spain
France
Haig
Petain
Russia
England
Berlin
Germany
Scandinavia
Brazil urged to revoke decree of neutrality in war
Rio Janeiro May 22 President Braz asks Congress to revoke the decree of neutrality in the war between the United States and Germany. He argues that the United States is an integral part of the American Union and Brazil has long followed unity with the United States. Congress is expected to approve the recommendation by a large majority.
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Associated Press
Rio Janeiro
Braz
Congress
United States
Germany
Brazil
Governor Bickett Appeals to Carolinians Civil War Draft Call
Raleigh reports Governor Bickett urges state patriotism to supply over 5,000 soldiers for the national effort. Negro communities in Franklin, Granville and Vance counties offer to form a regiment under regular enlistments. Proposals include pardons for John W Gulledge and a $1,000 commutation. governor seeks 2,000 men for a regiment and notes legal actions like Bynum arrest and draft registration steps.
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Raleigh
Bickett
Franklin
Granville
Vance
War Office
Germany
Teddy
National Guard
Marenh Flag
Royster
Governor Bickett
Wake County Juvenile Protective Association
John W. Gulledge
Southern Savings Bank of
Wadesboro
Lee D. Robinson
H. H. McLendon
John C. M. Vann
John Bennett
B. C. Ashcraft
Monroe
Gilledge
Virginia
Ernest Bynum
Northampton
Lela Lassiter
Rosemond
Orange County
Virginia Capitol Flies Allied Flags in Loyal Act
The Virginia Senate hoisted the British Empire flag and the French tricolor over the Capitol’s chambers while a large U S flag was raised in the center. Governor Stuart ordered the display signaling Virginia’s loyalty to the allied cause. The State House is noted as the former capital of the Confederacy.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia Senate Chamber
France
House of Delegates
United States
Stuart
Virginia
State House
Named to Fill Vacancy at Teacheys
Washington May 22 Seawell Turner has been appointed to fill the rural letter carrier vacancy at Teacheys North Carolina.
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Washington
Seawell
Presbyterian church opposes Olgethorpe University support
Birmingham Alabama May 22 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in session voted 117 to 106 against supporting Olgethorpe University. A substitute resolution declared the church neither needs nor can establish a university grade institution and disavowed ownership control or responsibility for any such university.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Olgethorpe University
Presbyterian Church
United States
C. W. Richards
Thousand fires scorch 75 blocks in Atlanta blaze
The May 21 22 fire destroyed about 75 city blocks ranging from shacks to mansions. Officials estimated 10 15 thousand homeless with losses put at 3 5 million in property and 2 5 million to insurers. Relieve efforts fed thousands while martial law kept order as Red Cross mobilized shelters.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
R. S. Rust
Southeastern Underwriters’ Association
Public Safety Committee
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Asa G. Candler
Auditorium
Citizens’ Relief Committee of the Red Cross
Fort McPherson
National Guardsmen
Chas. R. Newes
Acre
Bessie Hodges
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Presbyterian church work in Europe halted by war
Dallas May 22 The General Assembly heard that most Presbyterian church work in Europe has been discontinued due to the war. Dr Sylvester W Beach of Princeton presented the special committee report and noted plans to resume once peace is restored. The freedmen committee report on work among Blacks in the South was also adopted, explained by Dr John Gaston of Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Dallas Texas
Presbyterian Church In
Europe
Sylvester W.beach
Princeton
N. J
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Beach
Committee On
South
John Gaston
Pittsburgh
Provision prices soaring in Paris
Paris on May 22 reports two meatless days per week under the new regime. Beef rose to one dollar per pound while vegetables and fish climbed as supplies swamped butchers. Crowds grew and talk targeted rich buyers paying inflated prices.
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Associated Press
Paris
Confessed murderer Ell Persons burned by mob in Memphis
A mob of 2000 to 3000 burned Ell Persons, the confessed killer of Antoinette Rappal, near the crime scene in Memphis Tennessee. Persons reportedly repeated his confession and named two other black men, leading to pursuit efforts by the mob. The victim’s mother identified him at the bridge and urged brutal punishment. Efforts to arrest others were overtaken by the mob including De Witt Ford, a mute, captured en route to the scene.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Ell
Antoinette Rappal
Memphis
DeWitt Ford
Rappal
Austrian minister reaches Rotterdam on uneventful voyage
Count Tarnowski von Tarnow arrived in Rotterdam after a calm voyage from the United States and will travel to Vienna by special train tomorrow morning. Admiral Paul von Hinton, German minister to Peking, will also depart for Berlin. No submarines were sighted and Tarnowski said the U.S. visit was highly enjoyable.
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Associated Press
Rotterdam
London
Count Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Vienna
Paul von Hinton
Peking
Berlin
Count Tarnowski
Senate hikes Interstate Commerce Commission to nine members
Washington May 22 The Senate passed a bill to raise ICC membership from seven to nine and allow division of duties to speed business. An amendment by Senator Hoke Smith requires a hearing and confirmation of freight rate increases before they take effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoke Smith
Captain Rintelen Given One Year In Jail
New York May 22 One year in jail was the sentence imposed upon Captain Franz Rintelen of the German navy, David Lamar and H B Martin convicted in the federal court of conspiracy to interfere with the shipment of munitions to the Entente Allies. Isaac R Deland said that Buchanan Fowler Taylor and Schulters whose cases the jury disagreed would be brought to trial again in the fall.
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Associated Press
New York
Franz Rintelen
David Lamar
H. B. Martin
Isaac R. Deland
Buchanan
Fowler
Taylor
Continuous strike grips Budapest munitions plants
Stockholm reports a continuous strike has been ongoing in all Budapest munitions factories since May 1, according to a Hungarian source.
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Stockholm
London
Budapest
Many Trainmen Believed Killed in Wreck Near Wallace
Clarksburg West Virginia May 22 a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Wallace 15 miles north of here left a dozen trainmen believed killed and others seriously injured five bodies have been removed all passengers and crew are accounted for except the dead and injured workers.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wallace
Here
Compromise Set on Second Class Mail Rates in House
Washington May 22 The House Ways and Means Committee reached a compromise on the second class mail tax proposing rates from one and a half cents per pound in the first parcels post zone to eight cents in the eighth zone. The committee aims to conclude consideration of the War tax bill with a possible final vote by night. An amusement tax provision would impose a ten dollar annual tax on theatre boxes, targeting grand opera boxes.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Approval of $50,000,000 Marine Insurance Bill
Washington May 22 The administration bill appropriating 50 million dollars for the government war risk insurance bureau and authorizing it to insure lives of crews on American merchant vessels passed the Senate today. A similar measure is pending in the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Administration
Government
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Senate
House
Cotton Mill Men Hold Convention
Washington May 22 cotton manufacturers from the North and South met in conference to appoint a committee to liaise with the government. Northern members belong to the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Southern representatives to the American Association of Cotton Manufacturers. The committee will later be announced and aims to ensure prompt government needs are met and to secure maximum cooperation between manufacturers and the government.
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Associated Press
Washington
North
South
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
American Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Denmark's Losses Through Submarines Reported
London dispatch says Denmark has lost 150 ships to submarines or mines since the war began and 210 Danish seamen have died in these losses.
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Associated Presa
London
Copenhnger
Exchange Telegraph Company
Denmark
Submarine sighting off Maine coast prompts naval inquiry
Reports from fishermen and coast guard near Machias Seguin light and Cross Island described a craft likened to a German submarine. Officials said investigations are active, with no confirmed confirmation of the vessel’s presence as of today.
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Naval Department
Associated Pres
Portland
New England
Machias
Boston
York
Seguin Light
Cross Island
Coast Guard
Maine
Marchias
Kennebec River
Washington
Maine District
Rich men denied new trial today
Albert Lemore and Edward E Carriere, once wealthy operators of a large state exporting concern with offices in New Orleans and other cities, were denied a new trial and sentenced to two years in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. They were convicted of using the mails to defraud banks and firms in the United States and Europe of about 3 million dollars through fraudulent bills of lading on fictitious slave shipments.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Albert Lemore
Edward E. Carriere
Foster
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Lemore
Carriere
Europe
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