Britain to Release 38 Germans and Austrians From China Victims
London May 6 1915 British government orders release of 38 Germans and Austrians taken from the American steamship China. Washington protests but Britain signals a formal reply to the American note and aims to frame it to avoid admitting belligerent rights. Diplomatic tension grows as Wilson administration weighs response to Germany’s submarine warfare assurances.
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Lansing
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China
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Shima
Oretea
Readinena
Robert Cell
Gear “Trade
Great Britain
State Department
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Trent
White
Ceci Kives
Shanghai
San Francisco
Hope for an American justice that outgrows conflict
A historical dispatch discusses hopes that American justice will mature with the current wartime diplomacy. It notes German naval warfare notes and U S responses, stressing the need for clear policy from President and Secretary Lansing on how the United States will react if Germany’s actions prompt a break in relations with Britain. The piece highlights the careful review of German notes and the potential official copies of orders, signaling cautious anticipation of U S stance amid negotiations.
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Germany
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Lansing
Set
State Department
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Great Britain
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Areca
Church Members Criticised For Political Attitude
Saratoga Springs May 5 1920 church members criticised today by John G Wooley further prohibition candidate for president at a Methodist conference meeting in the Anti Saloon League effort. He argued that vote mobilization and money drive politics beyond church aims. Also figures show over 10 million U S youths under 20 do not attend any Sunday school 4500000 attend Methodist schools.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
John G. Wooley
Methodist General Conference
United States
Sundhoot Board
Fay Ready for Jury in German Officers Ship Destruction Case
The defense in the trial of Lieut. Robert Fay Walter Scholz and Paul Daeche in New York on conspiring to destroy muni tion ships rested today. Judge Howe adjourned until next Monday when the case is expected to go to the jury.
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Fay
New York
Robert Fay
Walter Scholz
Paul Daeche
United States District Court
Howe
Monay
Controversy Over Notes and Student Night at Mullin
The page notes ongoing controversy stretching across months about notes and students presenting an event titled erwenth Night. It mentions two wayward girls in juvenile court, St John’s plans a parish house, and various local items.
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Germany
Sacond
Mullin
Washington
St. John's
Montana
Salifsky Estate
Goldberg Cartoon
Butte
Two More Zeppelins Destroyed After Raids
London reports two Zeppelins destroyed in raids over Safoniki and Schleswig coast. A raid near Safoniki ended with a Zeppelin bursting near the Vardar estuary after a broadside and incendiaries lit up the town. The second Zeppelin L220 was blown ashore on the Norwegian coast and destroyed by Stavanger authorities following a raid on England and Scotland.
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Safoniki
Vardar
England
Scotland
Baloon
Stavanser
Meat Shops Plundered As German Mob Riots
Berlin reports a mob gathered in Chiottenburg last night plundering butter and meat shops including the municipal meat shop. Indignation rose over butchers withholding meat cards and selling at higher prices. Police have arrested several butchers for salting smoking or making sausage from city pork to sell later at higher maximum prices.
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London
Chiottenburg
Life sentence for trying to learn about munitions
Leeds, May 6. Alvert Bright, 49, iron merchant of Sheffield, was sentenced to life penal servitude after pleading guilty to collecting and attempting to obtain information from workers at an ammunition plant about war material descriptions. The judge said a jury might have condemned him to death if his intent to aid the enemy had been proved.
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Leeds
England
Alvert Bright
Sheffield
Bright
Sunday Standard Promises Bright Scraps and Busy Pages
The Sunday Standard showcases brisk coverage of Butte real estate, war updates, navy notes, and front reports. It features graphic tales, cartoons, sporting items, auto world news, social events, theater reviews, fashions, and weekly society happenings.
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Butte
Birsky and Zapp
United States of Germany
Briggs
Goldberg
Bingville Bugle
Wanderer
Villa War Talks Drive Mexican American Accord
El Paso May 5 telegraph reports between General Obregon and General Carranza over a tentative agreement for American and Mexican cooperation in capturing Villa. Obregon to meet General Scott tomorrow across the Rio Grande. a protocol will be drawn. Carranza insists on an early troop withdrawal date. Pershing notes Villa taxed. Villa seen at Santiago Papasquiero in Durango, far from current American positions.
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General Carranga
Villiste
Obregon
General Scott
Rio Grande
Scott
Funston
Carranza
Durango
Injury at Puget Power Plant Leaves Worker Severely Burned
Harvey Titcomb, 60, longtime Puget Sound Traction Light and Power engineer, was shocked by 65 000 volts at noon in Bellingham Washington. He survived due to standing on a block. both hands burned away and severe burns to face body and feet. Doctors fear loss of arms and one leg but expect possible recovery with amputation. He regained consciousness and spoke briefly tonight.
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Bellingham
Wash
Harvey Titcomb
Puget Sound
Cline Pleads Guilty After Embezzling Pacific Funds
Seattle May 5 Oliver Jt Cor mer cashier of the Pacific Company confessed two weeks ago to embezzling more than a record of the company's funds and pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny in the superior court. He was sentenced to from 5 to 39 years imprisonment. Before sentence he deeded to the Pacific Coast company all his property and cash except a small home which his wife will keep.
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Oliver Jt. Clormer
Pacific Coompany
Imay
Tene
Cline
Pacific Coast Company
Germany Answers in Full on Submarine Warfare Note
Berlin May 5 German foreign secretary Gottlieb von Jagow presents the Imperial German government's reply to the American note of April 20 on submarine warfare. He rejects indiscriminate attacks and cites restraints on U boat actions while asserting British and Allied actions violate international law. The document discusses the Sussex incident and seeks further communication on unresolved points.
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Gottlieb von Jagow
United Stat
James W. Gerard
United States
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