TELEGRAPHIC NEWS RECEIVED
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
LONDON, May 17—Along the
Flanders front, to the North of
Flnges and near the Wacaut wood
heavy artillery dueling has reached
an intensive stages A general lull
in infantry fighting along this front
has taken place while the batteries
pound away day and night.
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
jMay 17—New divisions of the Amer
ican forces are arriving on the
English front, northern France.
Information of this character
has been allowed to pass the cen
sor for the first time since the Amer
ians arrived in France. They are
said to be comparatively new ar
rivals.
WASHINGTON, May 17—The di
vision of the Senate on the Cham
berlain Resolution has reached an
acute stage, both sides fearing to
make a step which may entirely
discredit them with the nation and
both sides consequently dodging a
'Showdown. It is now rumored that
negotiations have been started for a
compromise on the investigation.
NEW YORK, May 17—President
Wilson, who is here today to start
the Red Cross Drive, has author
ized the statement that he has
absolutely no objections to any in
vestigation the United States Senate
may wish to make in regards to the
air-craft situation. The President
stated, however, that he did object
to the covert purposes of the Cham
berlain Resolution of which he is
well aware.
The President is unalterably op
posed to any investigation which is
so broad that it takes in the prob
ing of the entire conduct of the war
and which has for its purpose the
discrediting of the Administration.
NEW YORK. May 17—It has
tieen reported here that Kerensky,
the former Russian Premier, is
coming to America to enlist the aid
of the American Government for
the purpose of overthrowing the
Bolsheviki Government.
According to A. W. Sack, who is
the director of the Russian Bureau of
Information, if Kerensky is restored
to power he will try his utmost to
put Russia back in the war.
(From all reports coming to the
Worker the last few days is looks
as though the Bolsheviki are fully
competent to take care of their
cwn business and according to Presi
dent Wilson they will Work out their
own salvation. We don’t believe
they need any advice from a bunch
of mismanaging pluts who seem to
be doing all in thieir power to starve
the real patriots of America. Ed.)
• NEW YORK, May 18—President
and Mrs Woodrow Wilson, reviewed
the monster Red Cross parade which
took place today at the beginning
of the Red Cross drive to raise one
hundred million dollars for Red
Cross work.
President Wilson will address the
monster mass meeting at the Met
ropolitan Opera House tonight. It
is expected, in delivering liis speech,
the President, will take the oppor
tunity to prepare the American
people for the sacrifices, which will
be expected of them,, in the future.
Monster parades are being held
in all the larger cities today, thru
out the country, to awaken the en
thusiasm of the people for the great
*100,000,000 Red Cross drive which
starts Monday morning, May the
twenty-seventh.
LONDON, May 18—The Huns
are again performing their most
lovable work. They have sent a
large number of airmen to bomb
the Belgian Hospitals at Calais.
'In the raid they succeeded in kill
ing ten of those who were already
eeriously wounded and who could
not be gotten out in time to save
them and wounded twenty of those
who, owing to their wounds being
so painful, could not move fa3t
(enough to evade the effects of the
explosions.
AMSTERDAM, May 18—Accord
ing to a Hungarian newspaper from
Buda-Pest, the German Chancellor,
is quoted as saying, iin a speech
made recently in Germany that he
firmly believes that peace will come
this year, but, he bases his opinion
on the supremacy of the German
arms. The Chancellor states that
he is confident that events which
r,re now about to take place in the
West will bring the Germans nearer
the end.
WASHINGTON, May 18—General
Pershing, in making his report to
the Wfar Department, makes special
mention of an American aviator
captain by the name of Peterson.
Pershing says Peterson has distin
guished himself by performing the
amazing feat of shooting down two
German planes in the record time of
one minute.
PARIS, May 18—Violent artil
lery engaements are in progress on
both sides of the river Avre, to the
Southeast of Amiens.
LONDON, May 18—Today the
British aiTmen made a great raid
“upon the positions behind the Ger
man lines, doing an immense amount
of damage. The British flyers
dropped a total of twenty-three tons
of explosive and inflamable bombs
on the most important railway cen
ters, muiytion depots, air-craft
hangers, and food stores. In the air
battle* with the Germans the Brit
ish flyers brought down thirty-five
German planes, five British planes
are missing but it is expected that
they may turn up later.
PITTSBURG, May 18—This city
was shaken to its foundation today
when one of the greatest explosions
in the history of Pittsburg took
place at the plant of the Aetna
Chemical Company. A large section
cf the plant was entirely demolished
i'.nd windows in the business houses
and dwellings of this city were shat
tered.
First reports say scores of work
men were killed and several-hun
dreds injured inthe disaster.
One undertaker has estimated
the dead at one-hundred and
seventy. ,
Details as to how the explosion
secured are lacking at his time.
WASHINGTON, { May 18—The
Military Registration Board has an
nounced that June 5th, has been
decided on, as the day on which
all young men attaining the age of
twenty-one since June 5th last, will
be expected to register.
ZURICH, May 18—Germany has
declared a state of war to exist
in Ukrania. The Ukranian cities of
Kiev and Odessa are declared to
he in a state of seige and no one
i3 allowed to enter or leave the
cities.
LONDON, May 18—Following the
arrest, by the military authorities,
of thirteen of the leaders of the
fcinn Fein Society, the authorities
are facing a revolt in the South of
Ireland, if conscription is enforced.
The Lord Lieutenant of Irelanu
has 'ssued a proclamation calling
for voluntary enlistments first and
it is estimated that conscription
may possibly be abandoned.
The arrests followed the revela
tions. of the distribution of German
propaganda.
WASHINGTON, May 18—Accord
ing to reports from Paris it is deem
ed advisable to have Allied Military
Co-operation, to meet the threat
of Germany to disrupt the peace of
the Orient.
It is understood to be due, to the
measure of participation having
been confined, in the past to Japan
and China, but since the German
penetrated so far into Russia, the |
Allies feel called upon to take defi
nite action.
SEATTLE May 18—The Federal
Bureau of Fisheries is now investi-j
gating the salmon run on the Yukon!
riven
The Carlisle Packing Company;
have requested permission to s-1
tablish a cannery on the Yukon for
the purpose of engaging in the sal
mon canning industry.
The Bureau’s investigation is be
ing made with a view of determin
ing whether or not the establish
ing of canneries, along the Yukon
would deplete the fish supply enough
to endanger the food supply of the
natives.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18—The
steamers Goodrich and Ketchikan
will sail for the Al.xka canneries
on the first of June, it was an
rounced today, and will carry ad
ditional men for the Bering s?a
work.
LONDON, May 18—The Irish
qustion has proven so grave, ow
ir.g to the discovery of a German
plot, that five-hundred have been
arrested. Every means is being
taken by the authorities to prevent
an outbreak.
The Arctic Bakery will donate 5
per cent of their entire receipts,
fiom next Monday until next Satur
day, to tile Red Cross Society.
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