The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-02


April 2f.-Britlsh war commission arrived
llG United States.
Turkey severed relations with United
States
April "a French war commission ar
.riyed In United States.
British made further advances In Arras
sector in face Of desperate opposition by
Germans.
April 25-German destroyers bombarded
Dunkirk but were driven off.
American tanker Vacuum sunk by sub
marine, naval lieutenant and gunnera
lost
April q British occupied Arleaux and
half Of Oppy.
April 2S'-Congress passed army bills
with selective conscrlption features
Guatemala severed relations with Ger
many
April 29--General Petain made chief OF
Wrench staff
May 3.-Chilean minister 10 Germany
demanded his passports.
May 4-hrench captured Craonne
House passed espionage bin with modi-
fled press censorship clause
British transport Transylvania torpe'
dopd 4l3 lives lost.
May G--llcnch made big advance on
your mile front southwest OF l.Hon.
May o. Bolivia severed relations with
Germany
May 7-Coalitlon government Of provi-
fional government and soldiers and work
men's delegates formed In Russia
May ll.-ltay reported destruction of 10
German submarines in one week.
Chicago board Of trade stopped trading
in May wheat
May H. British again hit the linden.
burg line establishing themselves near
Bullecuurt.
May "A. H.-Senate passed espionage hils
without prohibition and press censorship
clauses
italians attacked along the whole lsonzo
front gaining ground north Of Goritz.
May l5.-Chancelor Hollweg before the
Rcichstag refused to discuss Gsrmanys
peace aims.
Trading in wheat futures stopped In six
middle west exchanges
Italians made big gains on Julian front.
taking Monte CucCO and Monte Nodlce.
May l7.--Senate passed army draft bill.
British completed capture of Bullecourt.
May K,~1'resident Wilson ordered one
division, commanded by General Porshing,
sent 10 France at once He also slgnci
the army Graft bill and set June for
registration day
Honduras severed relations with Ger
many,
May 10 President Wilson selected II.
c. Hoover as head OF food control board.
Nicaragua severed relations with Ger
many.
Senate passed the s3,3i2,O 10000 war bud
get.
May % House passed war tax bill car
rYing $3.50 600
Secretary Lansing refused passports for
American delegates to Stockholm social T.
Est peace conference
American ship carrying supplies to
Switzerland sunk by torpedo.
Premier lisza and entire Hungarian
cabinet resigned.
May 2i.ltalans broke through Austrian
front from Castagnavizza to Gulf or
Trieste taking $500 prisoners.
May 25 first American field service
corps went to front in France.
Germans made air raid on southeastern
England, killing rs and injuring 114i.
MAY 214-Italians again broke through
Austrian lines.
May % War department issued call for
100000 volunteers for regular army
London reported sinking of hospital ship
and armed cruiser by submarines,
Brazil chamber of deputies authorized
revocation OF ~lutrality decree.
June Senate passed first or admin
istrati0n's food bills
Fourteen German and Hindoo plotters
indicted by federal grand jury at Chicago
u. S, railroad commission to Russia ar
rived at Vladvostok.
June 3-AmcriCan commission to ltus-
sia headed by Root reached Russian port
French repulsed five great attacks south
June 4.-Brussloff made commander in
chief of Russian armies,
June 5.-More than ten million young
Americans registered for the Nationa!
army.
German aviators raided naval base In
! the Midway near London, but were driven
| off losing eight machines
| British made big advance on north bank
| of the Scarpe.
| American liner sank German submarine
after long fight.
June british began great offensive j.!
| Belgium, blowing mp Messines ridge and
| advancing miles on emile front,
! STRENGTHENING out big salient.
| June S.-Gcneral Pershing and star ar
| rived in England
Germany broke off relations with Haiti
! June l0-Gcneral Pershng's staff ar
| rived in Frame.
| June Fixing Constantine of Greece,
| forced by the allies. abdicated In favor of
| Prince Alexander his second son.
American steamship Perolite reported
| sunk by submarine.
| June l2-GcrmanS made air raid on Lon
! don, killing " and woundlng 437
| Army and navy deficiency appropriation
bin carrying sS0O0,000oO0 passed by con-
| gress,
| and south Of Messlnes.
! June 15.-Liberty loan heavily over-sub-
| scrbed when books closed =.
| Tune 20-President Wilson issued call
| for 70 600 volunteers for regular army.
June 22-French repused violent attacks
sof Germans on the Chemin des DANES.
| June 23-House passed food control bill
with "bone dry amendment
! June D. President Wilson appointed an
| exports council composed of the secre-
! taries of state. agriculture and commerce
and the food administrators
| June 26-American coal barons agreed to
fixing Of prices
landed in France.
rtne 27-Second contingent OF Pershlng s
army landed in France
New Greek cabinet headed by Nenizelos
| took oath Of office.
June %. Brazil Eevoked its decree OF
| neutrality in war between entente allles
| aIid Germany
| Iune 29.-Greece broke off diplomatic re-
l
July l'-Russians captured Koniuchy
Galicia, and Turkish strongholds In the
| Caucasus.
July S.-Trench repulsed great German
| attack near Ceruy.
July 7.-Russians successfully attacked
In Pinsk sector.
Germans made air raid on London, kill
| ing 81 and losing number of planes
July S-President Wilson proclaimed ar
embargo on shipments of food, fuel, stee
| and munitions, to cut Oft supplies IRON
neutral countries to Germany except dairy
| products for non-combatants in exchange
for coal.
President Wilson called entire Natlona
| Guard and its reserve into the fedora
service by August 3.
British battleship Vanguard destroyed
by interior explosions; 500 lost.
July 1O,-Russians broke Teuton line
east of Lemberg and took Halicz.
July n.-Presldent Wilson called OF
American business interests to aid natlol
by foregoing unusual profits in selling L
the nation and the public.
July 12.-Russian advance checked ives
OF Bohorodozany
July 1i.-Chancellor Bethmann-H -Hollwet
resigned and DR.. G. e. Michaels succeed
ed him.
House passed s64O, 900, 900 aviation bill.
July 17-trench took German trenches
near MalancOurt.
Three members of Russian cabinet re
signed riots In Petrogrdd suppressed.
Shake-up in British cabinet.
July 19.-Great German attack betweel
Craonne and Hurtebise partly successful
| Chancellor Michaelis declared himsel
for the submarine warfare