The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-05-09
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u. S.-TeutO71ic War News

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The movement to have an American
army sent to fight in France at the
earliest possible moment took one more
step toward accomplishment. It also
developed that the civilian officials Of
the government at Washington are al
most in body in favor of the plan,
While military advisors Of the war de-
partment stand solidly against sending
any soldiers to France until they have
been thoroughly trained here.
1t was announced at Washington that
u, the Hamburg-American liners Por-
tonia and Clara Mennig at New York
had been turned over by the Ameri
can government for use of the entente
allies. One ship will go to France and
the other to Italy.
That at least brigade of American
troops will be on the fighting line in
France by midJune is the confident
prediction being made at Washington.
The American oil tank steamer Vac
uum has been sunk. The captain and
part Of the crew and the naval lieu
tenant and nine American gunners are
missing. The Vacuum was sunk by
a German submarine while it was on
the way to the United States, says a
statement issued at London.
All Of Americas enormous power
rct hn
thrown into the scales of war if the
world is to be saved from Prussianism.
Band it must now be available. Mem
bers of the French and British war
missions impressed this upon officials of
this government at Washington with
a persistency that can permit Of no
doubt of it's truth.
The first American contingent to
carry the flag overseas will be a mis-
sion of mercy. This was officially an
nounced at the war department at
Washington in the statement that
large group Of Red Cross doctors and
nurses would be sent Immediately to
Europe.
! Henry Pabst, nephew Of the Milwau-
kee brewer, was accepted by the re-
cruiting Office of the marine corps at
Salt Lake City, Utah.
two-pound bomb was hidden I'M
der the coat of Wolf Hirsh of Kiel,
Germany, when he and companion,
George Myringer Of Regensburg, Ger
many, were arrested in New York.
10 message Theodore Roosevelt
ever brought to Chicago stirred more
. enthusiastic audience than that which
choked the stocl1yards pavilion. "Put
the flag on the firing line" and "repay
the debt to France" were the gist Of
his patriotic sermon
It was announced at Amsterdam
that Berlin newspapers published a
police notice stating that citizens of
the United States, Cuba and Panama
hereafter will be subjected to the or
dinances governing enemy aliens.
France, which has long recognized
-cherishes the confident hope that the
flag Of the United States will soon be
unfurled on our firing line" Marshal
.Joffre, the hero of the Marine, made
this statement to group Of newspa-
per men at Washington.
4 4
Lieut. Bruce r. Ware, U. S. n, COM
mander Of the Mongolia's gun crew,
declared at London his belief that the
one shot his men fired April 10 at a
German submarine did not sink the
4, U-boat.
Reports that the German submarine
blockade is becoming more and more
efficient were given serious attention
at the cabinet meeting at Washington
and most of the discussion was direct
led toward supplying quickly as many
ships as possible to carry supplies to
the entente.
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