The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
!. Guatemala breaks Off relations with

french armies In place of Niyelle.
oohre asks United States army in
france without delay.
May 2.-Announce first Liberty Loan
o'i'u issue will be $2,0O0,OOO,OOO. Sec
retary of State Lansing warns U-boat
sihk1ngs are serious.
May 2.-Russians abandon Niush,
armenia, to the Turks.
may S.-News received Of mistreat-
lhent or Jews In Palestine by Turks.
May 4.-French take Craonne from
Germans
nay o'--French in second battle Of
'he Alsne take 61OO prisoners.
N!ay '.-Orders given to raise II. 900
engineers here for work I'm France
may l0.-Critical situation in Rus.
'iu una CIVIL war Is feared.
may l4.-Grcnt Britain turns over
10 United States 1924, 500 tons of ship
ping building for her here.
May lo.-Ncw Italian offensive be-
gins.
may l0-Announccd squadron of
Aiierlcah destroycrs is assisting the
nrl'lsh; t-boat losses sink to 20 in
week
May lS.--Prcsidcnt proclnims con
scription law, calling on 10 600 OOO men
used twcnty-onc to thlrty-onc years,
register June 5. Italians announce
o,4o2 prisoners
may Z3-ltaly launches renewed
Corso offensive, taking 5000 prisoners
hrst day. German airplanes kill 70
persons In Dover and Folkestone.
hlhy 2G--Gcrmany announces she
VIII SINK hospital ships without
warning unless they obey certain strict
rules about the courses they take. An.
nounced Italy has captured 22,414 Aus
trians since May IA.
June 3.-Gencrul Chang Hsun named
dlctator by roynlists Of China.
June 5.-Unitcd Stntes registers for
the army draft without disorder.
General Brusiofr made head of Rus
sian armies
June 7.-British blow up Messines
ridge; explosion heard in London;
o'oOO prisoners taken on first day Of
offensive
June S.-Gencral Pcrshing. COM
mnnder Of American expedition. ar
rlVes III England. Secretary Of War
Baker plans for 100000 American air
planes One hundred American avia-
tors arrive In France.
June 9.-Wilson tells Russia what
United States is fighting for Japan
offended by United States note urg-
ing China to maintain order.
June 11.-Lord NOrthcliffc, famous
publisher, arrives to coordinate Brit
iSh missions in United States.
June 12.-King Constantine of
Greece nbdicates in favor of his sec
ond son, Alexander, ut command of the
allies.
June 13.-In greatest air raid so far
on London, 1873 nre killed and 43O in
jured. Pershing reaches Paris. Elihr
Root and American mission in Pc
| trograd
June 15.-Liberty loan oversub
scribed. Great Britain frees all the
Irish rebels.
June 17.-Docter Ivers who wrote
Germany's official reply to the Bel.
gian atrocity charges, Is sentenced to
nine months Imprisonment In Berlin
for extorting $4,000 from the mother
Of soldier by threats; evidence
shows he Is n chronic drunkard and
morphine flend. Duma demands imme-
diate offensive by Russian trooDs.
June 19.-United States Admiral
Sims put In command Of allied fleet
off Ireland.
June 22.-Announced Liberty loan
subscriptions total $3,O35, ,228, $50.
June 25.-American Red Cross cam
paign closes, with subscriptions over
the hundred million dollars sought.
June 20.-Official Mcsopotamian re-
port scores British civil and military
leaders. Canadians within one mile
OF Lens. great French Coal center.
June 27.-Arrival Of first United
States army in France announced.
June 2S.-Brazil joins In war by an
nullng her decree Of neutrality be-
tween the entente nations and Ger
many.
June 20.-Greccc breaks diplomatic
relations with the central powers.
June Russians begin big often
Sivc in Galcln. War Minister Ke-
rcnsky leads attack. Hnig gains mile
on f0ur-mie front before Lens.
July Washington announces
United States is ready to equip army
Of 100000.
July 2.-RussIan prisoners counted
in her offensive number 1928. Chin
eSc empire re-cStnblishcd.
July 3.-Government tells OF two
submarine attacks on transports bear
Ing Pcrshings men; one U-boat sunk
Russia announces 5000 more prison
"rs. Germans make vain five-milc Of
fensivc at Vcrdun.
July 4.-Eleven killed in German
air raid on Harwlch.