River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-01-03

| Two German destroyers sunk off Dover
April N--British war commission arrived
Turkey severed relations with United
| States.
| April 2.-French war commission ar
rived 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 gunners
April N-British occupied Arleaux and
| half of Oppy.
April 28.-Congress passed army bills
| with selective CONSUMPTION features.
| Guatemala severed relations with Ger
April 2s...General Petain made chief Of
May S.~Chilean minister to Germany
demanded his passports.
May 4.-French captured Craonne.
| House passed espionage bill with modi-
| fed press censorship clause:
British. transport Pennsylvania torpe-
| May 5.-French made big advance on
| four mile front southwest of Laon.
| May 6.-Bolivia severed relations with
May 7.-Coalition government Of proyi-
sional government and soldiers and work
mems delegates formed in Russia
| May 11.-Italy reported destruction OF Ii
| German submarines in one week.
! Chicago board Of trade stopped trading
| in May wheat.
! burg line, establishing themselves near
| Bullecourt.
May 14.Esenate passed espionage bills
without prohibition and press censorship
italians attacked along the whole Isonzo
front gaining ground north ct Go fdCa
| Reichstag refused to discuss Germany's
| peace aims.
Trading in wheat futures stopped in six
middle west exchanges.
italians made big gains on Julian front,
| taking Monte Cucco and Monte Vodtce.
Rri{isb coTnn1etef9 eant11re Of BuIIecourt.
May 18.-President Wilson ordered one
division, commanded by General Pershing.
! sent to France at once. He also signed
! the army draft bill and set June Tor
| registration day.
! Honduras severed relations with Ger
May 19.-President Wilson selected H.
! c.. Hoover as head of a food control board.
| Nicaragua severed relations with Ger
Senate passed the $S,342, 10000 war bud
get.
May .2S.-House passed war tax bill car
| Secretary Lansing refused passports for
American delegates 20 Stockholm social
| ist peace conference.
| American ship carrying supplies to
Switzerland sunk by torpedo.
| Premier Tisza and entire Hungarian
cabinet resigned.
| front from Castagnavizza to Gulf Of
Trieste. taking. 5000 prisoners
May 25.-First American field service
corps went to front in France.
| Germans made air raid on southeastern
England, killing Is and injuring 1744
| May 27.--Italians again broke through
May 29-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 neutrality decree.
June 2:-senate, passed first of admin
| istrations food bills.
Fourteen German and Hindoo plotters
| indicted by federal grand jury at Chicago.
! u. s. railroad commission to Russia ar
rived at VladiVOStok.
| June 3.-American commission to Rus
STA, headed by Root, reached Russian port.
| French repulsed five great attacks south
June 4-Brussiloff made commander In
chief of Russian armies.
| June 5.-More than ten million young
| Americans registered for the National
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
June 7'sBritish began great offensive IN
Belgium, blowing up Messines ridge and
| advancing miles on Smile front,
straightening out big salient
June S.-General Pershing and staff ar
rived in England. 49,
June 1O.-General Pershing's staff ar
Jun June liking Constantine of Greece.
| forced by the allies abdicated IN favor or
Prince Alexander. his second, son.
| American steamship Petrollte reported
| sunk by submarine
June 13.-Germans made air raid on Lon
| don, killing 81 and woundtng 437.
Army and navy deficiency appropriation
bill carrying $3,00O,O0o,0Oo passed by con-
June June 14-British made big advance east
| and south of Messines
June 15-Liberty loan heavily over-Sub-
| scribed when books closed.
| June 2O-President Wilson issued call
| for 10000 volunteers for regular army.
June 22-French repulsed violent attacks
| of Germans on the Chemin des Danes.
June 23-House passed food control Dill
with ''bone dry amendment
June 25-President Wilson appointed an
| exports council composed OF the Secre-
| taries of state. agriculture and commerce
and the food administrator
June 26.-Amertcan coal DaronS asreeo u
n4 First Contingent OF Pershing's army
ia Inne 27-second contingent Of Pershing's
army landed in France.
New Greek cabinet headed by Venizelos
'o Jnne e SS-Brazil revoked it's decree of
neutrality in war between entente aIlies
ai TI,ne 29@C5reece broke off diplomatic re-
| 1ations with Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
July 1.~Russians captured Koniuchy,
| Galicia, and Turkish strongholds in the
July s.-F'rench repulsed great German
| attack near Cerny
| in Pinsk sector. -
| Germans made air raid on London, kill
| ing 81 and losing a number of planes.
! July S-President Wilson proclaimed an
| embargo on shipments Of food, fuel, steel
! and munitions, to cut off supplies from
| Neutral countries to Germany except dairy
| products for non-combatants in exchange
| for coal. -
President Wilson called entire National
| Guard and its reserve into the federal
service by August 3.
| British battleship Vanguard destroyed
nv interior explosion; 800 lost.
! July 1O.-RussianS broke Teuton line
| east of Lemberg and took Halicz.
| July 1.-President Wilson called on
| American business interests to aid nation
| by foregoing unusual profits in selling to
| the nation and the public.
July 12.-RuSSian advance checked west
July H-Chancellor Bethmann- Hollweg
resigned and DR.. G. E. Michaelis succeed
House passed s64O,OoO,O 600 aviation bill
T..lxy 17-ESro0Qh took German trenches