Vienna reports bold Italian gains on the coast and Russian activity
News from the Austro Italian front describes Italian advances along the Timavo river near Duino and Jamaine with strong Italian captures and heavy Austrian casualties. British air actions against Germany continue with several German aircraft shot down. In the United States authorities warn of draft interference as the No Conscription League grows in Seattle.
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Curso
Gulf of ‘Trieste
Timavo
San Giovanni
Duino
Gulf of Treste
Trieste
Jamaine
Julian Front
Austrian War Office
Suntac
Wells
Seattle
Thomas RB. Foster
Secret Service
Soptaliet Hall
Noeedeen Gop Empordange Report From May 28
The German official communication by Kerlin via Landon reports nothing of importance. The evening message states there is no significant news to report and mentions 727 pages in a document.
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Kerlin
Landon
Var
Teton
Raid east of Vermetes yields prisoners, British report says
Lonton May 8 The official report from British headquarters tonight states we captured a few prisoners this morning in a successful raid east of Vermetes. An enemy force of about fifty attacked one of our small positions.
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Lonton
Vratee
Vermetes
Socialists Jailed After Secret Manifesto Meetings
United States authorities swiftly detain movement leaders after a seditious manifesto surfaces. Secret gatherings are raided as officials move to curb the organization and its activities.
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United States
Air actions near Ypres and Scarpe with losses
British reports describe continued reconnaissance and bombing raids south of the Scarpe and in the Ypres sector. A large number of fights occurred with twelve German machines destroyed, ten driven down out of control, one shot down by anti aircraft guns, and three Allies missing.
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Carso
France
Victin
War Office
Ypres
Scarpe
Fierman
Austrian War Office Reports Italian Front Actions
Vienna May 28 The Austrian war office released an official communication on the Isonzo front describing intensified enemy artillery activity and limited Italian assaults. It notes repulsed attacks near Jamiane and near CasTagnivinega, claims heavier Italian losses, and reports battlefield casualties along the Ryrian Littoral.
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Vienna
London
Austrian War Office
Isonzo
Vipaevo
Carso
Jamiane
Castagnivinega
Isotzo
Tax proposals reshape second class advertising rate plan
Senate finance committee advances stamp taxes on selected goods and a space based levy on second class advertising. Hardwick backs a graduated advertising tax to fund postwar revenue, raising about 26 million dollars, while keeping the existing per pound rate for news matter. The panel also considers new taxes on confectionery yachts and amusements as it weighs tariff changes and the fate of the zone system.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hardwick
Post Office
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Senator Hardwick
Post Office Department
Senator Hardwicks
Senate Committee
Treasury
Ripon President Receives Occidental College Offer
Silas Evans, president of Ripon College, has received four calls from the board of trustees of Occidental College in Los Angeles California to become its president.
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Ripon, Wis
Silas Evans
Ripon College
Board of
Occidental College of Los Angeles
Calif
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four States Anew
Revised reports from Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and Alabama after Sunday tornadoes place known dead at 160 and injured at 550. Southwestern Kentucky reports 65 dead and over 100 injured while Alabama camps Sayre Bradford and Carbon Hill tally 46 fatalities. Mississippi county Arkansas reports 10 killed. Dyersburg Tennessee records seven dead and forty injured.
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Morning Journal
Breda
Memphis
Tenn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Sayre
Bradford
Carbon Hill
Tipton
Dyer
Carroll Counties
Mississippi County
Mississippi River
Dyer County
Dyersburg
Cates Lake Trezevant
Ore Springs
Sparon
Lindon
Bakerstown
Kentucky sections report rising storm casualties
Paducah Kentucky May 28 The toll of dead and injured from a late Sunday afternoon storm across four western Kentucky counties continued to mount rapidly today as authorities work to assess the damage and plan relief efforts.
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Paducah
Kentucky
Dr Hillis Captivates El Paso Jurors With War Scenes
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn spoke at a public meeting that inaugurated Liberty Loan Week in El Paso. He described conditions in Belgium France and Serbia under German rule and recalled a mocking Kaiser message to the sultan of Turkey. Lawrence Chamberlain of New York joined, and after the luncheon El Paso business men cheered and prepared to tour the Southwest for the Liberty Loan drive.
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Tex
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Belgium
France
Serbia
Hillis
Turkey
Dr. Hillis
Lawrence Chamberlain
New York
el Paso
Los Angeles
Southwest
Liberty loan week set with labor and professional days
Treasury announces Liberty Loan Week starting June 2 with a full schedule. Gompers urges AFL members to subscribe generously and labor day is set for June 6 with organized labor leading the drive.
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Mornin
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Liberty Loan
Granges
Children's Liberty Loan
William H. Taft
League To
League
Texas election cases dismissed by court
The case against District Judge Walter F. Timon and forty Neates county residents, tied to irregularities in the 1914 congressional election, was dismissed in federal court at Corpus Christi on a DA request. The dismissal cited irregularities in the grand jury that returned the indictments.
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Texas
Virginia
Gregory
AMD Joupral Ofeci
Corpus Christi
Tex
Walter F. Timon
Neates County
United States
Green
Explosions Kill Dozens in Osaka Warehouse District
Seventy people died and about 200 were injured in four blasts and a warehouse fire in Osaka Japan. The disaster damaged property estimated at 6 million dollars and sent panicked residents fleeing as debris and smoke billowed across the city.
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Japan
Morning Journal Special
Sake
Ma Maretence
Arate
Imaka
Osaka
Tokio Warehouse Company
Russia Faces Industrial Crisis as Socialist Workers Challenge
Reports from Petrograd describe a mounting industrial crisis in Russia with socialist labor committees effectively running factories. Wages rose 190 to 150 percent, while prices lag. some plants threaten closure within months without relief.
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Finance
Petrograd
Moscow
Donets
Ural
Banke Patarally
Planta
Weather Outlook for New Mexico from Denver Report
Denver dispatch notes for New Mexico show Tuesday and Wednesday expect barely cloudy skies and unsettled conditions with little temperature change. The bulletin emphasizes limited weather shifts and a steady climate outlook.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Weather summary for the past day
Local weather report shows a high of 78 degrees and a low of 29 with a 29 degree range. At 6 p m the temperature was 77 with a southwest wind and clear skies.
Little Sentiment for Germany in Brazilian House
The Brazilian chamber passed the first reading of a government measure revoking Brazil s neutrality in the Germany United States war. The 136 to 3 vote signaled support to align with the Entente and end neutral status, authorizing President Bragh to implement the measure.
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Brazil
Spain
Germany
Entente
Madrid
Rio Janeiro
United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Brag
Kaiser Visited French Front Report Reaches Canadians
An unofficial despatch from Canadian army headquarters in France reports Emperor William visited Douai in France. The cablegram says at a gathering of officers along the Scarpe Lens line the emperor announced their offensive in the Scarpe region is over. He noted if his officers had shown him Vimy east, where German defenses are crumbling, he might have had a different view.
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GPEC
Ottawa
William
Germany
Douai
France
Scarpe-Lens
Vimy
Folkestone Suffered Most From Air Raid
London reports Folkestone sustained the heaviest damage after a raid by about sixteen hostile airplanes on southeast England last Friday evening. Seventy six people were killed and seventy four wounded in the attack. Folkestone, a busy fishing port and resort, with around 36 000 residents, bore the brunt of the destruction.
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England
Folkestone
Soldiers Looting Mines Reported Near Chihuahua City
Mexican mining officials report complaints that government soldiers stationed at Santa Fulalia mine near Chihuahua City are "high grading" by taking high crude ores and buying them from local workers. Juarez officials investigate amid claims by foreign mining firms.
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Mex
Chihuahua
Santa Fulalia
Chihuahua City
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