Bold Exploits Of Englands U Boat Fleet In Battle Tactics
Washington reports on Britain's submarine successes against Germany. An official British statement details U boats slipping through minefields into North Sea harbors, sinking and dispersing enemy ships, and returning to port despite harsh Arctic conditions. It highlights crew courage, stealth, and the perilous undersea campaigns near Heligoland, with accounts of torpedo attacks and heavy anti submarine pressure from German forces.
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Ostend
England
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Hiitons
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North Sea
Crugh
Helixoland
Antanthe
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Port Une Harn
Tative
Heligoland Bight
Camaan
Western Montana Editorial Urges War Preparations
In a wartime edition the Standard News highlights editorial calls from Butte and Anaconda areas urging citizens to observe upcoming entrance day, support war efforts, and improve waterways and highways. It notes local church actions and cautions amid national conflict with references to railroads, theaters, and market conditions.
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Montana
Butte Hillans
Weman
Lake
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Huns
Chamber of Commerce of
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Paris
Hershhighed
Columbus
Butte
Vehureh
Railroads Spend Big in Government Run Upkeep
Washington May reports show railroads under government operation plan record capital expenditures totaling 337,081,318 with major allocations for additions and betterments. New York Central receives 70 million, Pauls 23 million, and other lines list hundreds of millions for extensions, equipment and improvements as eastern budgets face cuts and broader financing plans.
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Washington
Allroad Administration
New York Central
Michigan Central
Lusk case opens as details of Dr Roberts links emerge
Grace Lusk faces questioning as prosecutors prepare to reveal alleged affairs with Dr David Roberts that spurred the shooting of Mrs Newman Roberts. Witnesses describe meetings in Chicago hotels from 1916 and plans to publish a book. Roberts testifies about separate rooms and coded register names.
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Newman Roberts
David Robe
Tom Ing
Roberts
Chicago
Miss Lusk
Mex. Roberts
Mise Lusk
Thns
Dr. Roberts
R.A. Davis
Hintion Wide Red Cross Drive Opens Today
Washington reports the nationwide Red Cross drive begins today as workers mobilize to raise funds for the war effort. Officials urge public support for the American and allied cause, emphasizing relief for wounded and the need to sustain victory through donations amid wartime strain.
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Washington
Red Cross
Norrow
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Hed Crom
France
Arrest of Negro soldiers over assault case near Rockford
Maj. Gen. Charles J. Martin announced that seven thousand five hundred soldiers of Camp Grant and the negro brigade are held to their barracks pending investigation after an assault on a white woman and her escort near the cantonment last Tuesday night. The woman, who lives downstate, and her escort were injured. The soldiers’ names and the woman’s companion were not disclosed.
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Grant
Charles J. Martin
Marn
Frameup claim echoes in Irish freedom rally in New York
New York May 19 arrests of 500 Sinn Fein alleged as part of a British plot to crush Ireland’s freedom cause draw charges of a frameup. Speakers denounce the crackdown as oppression while appealing to Americans for support of Ireland’s sovereignty. Casualty lists show army fatalities and missing in action with several wounded. Montana weather forecast predicts showers and a warm trend with a largely unsettled day.
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Fetners
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Attakhe
Washington
Meets Sailors and 15 Asked for Speech
New York May 19 President is on vacation and spent his third day here with friends. He visited the Presbyterian Church where a sermon was preached, prayed for by Commander Taylor, and read to a group at the Dod building. A ride to the station grounds followed and the president spoke briefly, then returned to the hotel for dinner and an evening visit with Mrs. Wilkerson amid demonstrations.
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Cary T. Graves
Nyterian Chuvch
I. Bruce Taylor
A. Torn Cana
Taylor
MM Houme
Kent
Sy White
Franklin
Tam
Tra
Pittsburg Ice Plant Explosions Hit City Hard
Fifty six workers are dead and forty one injured after nine explosions wrecked an ice manufacturing plant eight miles from Pittsburg. Officials from state federal county and city agencies led the investigation as crews combed the debris for bodies and possible identifications.
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Pittsburg
Aeta Ipany
Sinn Fein prisoners shipped to Wales amid Dublin unrest
A vessel carrying 73 Sinn Fein prisoners sailed from Dublin to Wales as a large crowd cheered at departure. In Dublin, Count Junkett, MP for Roscommon, was arrested for the night with authorities expecting no further arrests. the city reported quiet afterwards.
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Sinn Feiner
Ireland
Dublin
Junkett
Roscommon
Allies Stand Firm To Meet Onslaught On Western Front
Allied forces brace for renewed German offensive as preparations intensify in Flanders and Picardy. American, British, and French units reinforce behind the front while large gun bombardments continue. In Amiens, British troops capture the village of Vadelaincourt and take 140 prisoners with 20 machine guns. Russian actions show activity in Trans Caucasia and Persia as Mussulmans clash near Baku.
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Hall
Albertsand
Marvel
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Atussulmans
Molsheviki
Russia
Trans-Caucasia
Persia
Haku
Saspian
Mussulmans
Caillaux urges action as treason case delays
Paris May 19 Ex Premier Caillaux now imprisoned awaiting trial for treason demands immediate court martial or release. He complains investigations have stretched beyond reason and calls the delay unacceptable while defending his position and rejecting alleged accusations.
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Paris
Caiteeux
Tral Vy
Hinttorney
Heath
Unnaturalized Can Women and Men Warned
Washington on May 19 reports government notice warning German men and women to avoid boating in rivers canals lakes or seashores this summer under penalty for violating enemy conduct regulations. The rules ban Germans within 100 yards of canals piers harbors warehouses elevators and terminals and require passes to enter waterfront barred zones.
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Washington
Department of Justice
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