King Victor Em... Savannah Vessel Guns on Austrians
Geneva May reports from the Italian front describe King Victor Emmanuel and King Albert of Belgium planning active war roles. Monte Baldo sees Italian success as a top Austrian garrison surrenders after heavy fighting, while Italian advances continue in the Adige valley and along the Karfreit sector amid snow.
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Geneva
Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Albert
Monte Baldo
Manuels
Lake Gardanwiss
Eest
Hich
Adige
St Elvio
Carinthian
Husa
Galicia
Vienna
War Office
Lavaronne
Panesegsio
Prebazzo
Pola
Yusitian
Rilwat Staten
Igcbls
Dirigibie
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Trent
Chiens
Tonale Mae
Waronne
Ampezza
Cortina i Cortina
Cortina
Landro
Bozen
Klagenfurt
Roverto
Rovereto
Zugno
Steamer Princess Irene Blown Up by Wireless Claim
London May 31 The Evening Standard writer Fred I Jane suggests the steamer Princess Irene was destroyed by a German wireless device. He notes the vessel, a British naval auxiliary, blew up in Sheerness harbor with heavy loss of life and cites the nearby destruction of the battleship Bulwark as a curious coincidence.
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London
Evening Standard
Fred ‘I Jane
Sheerness
Jane
Steamer A A Raven Seized at Mobile
The steamer A A Raven, 2468 tons, from Progreso Mexico with 5000 bales of airal goods, was seized by U S customs officials in Mobile for violating shipping laws by entering an American port on coastwise clearance. Raven left New York weeks ago, stopped at Key West for orders, then sailed to Progreso under Selberg line without proper papers. An appeal to the treasury department for release will be filed by the steamship owners.
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Mobile
Als
Raven
Progrem
Mexico
Customs Department of the
United States
New York
Key West
Fla
Selberg Steamship Line
Progreso
Hecker
Treasury Department
Parrot Warns of Death by Its Owner Action
A Philadelphia Record report details a widow at 115 East Lippincott Street who died by self harm after a parrot repeatedly attracted neighbors to the home. The bird, taught to speak, reportedly warned of the mistress’s death and long conversations preceded the tragedy.
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Philadelphia
Beo
Mary Wambach
East Lippincott Street
Dottie
Episcopal Hospital
Mro Woamsbach
Howe
Turks Routed by British Forces at Gallipoli
London reports heavy fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula with Turkish forces routed. Official statements cite at least 2,000 Turkish casualties and about 300 Allied losses. May 31 and 32 correspondences detail countermines, trench recapture, and Turkish attempts to regain positions.
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Sultan
Gallipoli Peninsula
London
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Berlin
War Office
Arl Burnu
Seddul Bahr
Nur Lews
Seddul Bota
Csunday
New York to limit package sizes on streetcars
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes a strict new rule sets the allowed size of packages carried by passengers on New York streetcars. The measure aims to standardize passenger space and safety, with enforcement to begin imminently.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
New York
FRENCH FAIL GERMAN CLAIM IN WESTERN FRONT REPORT
Paris dispatch summarizes war office notes on May 31 describing French attempts north of Arras and in Le Pretre forest failing to break German lines. It reports few gains, artillery duels, and British Lancs Fusiliers suffering gas casualties in the latest figures.
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Warners
Berlin
London
War Office
Arras
le Pretre
Neuville-Rooligourt
le Tiere
Hs Catcen
Dammerire
Om Winley
Przemysl
Paris
Are Tas
Souches
Carency
le Pretre Forest
Western Front
Lancashire Fusiliers
Deluge of German artillery described in battle note
Petrograd reports Gorlica to Naklo fighting with German bombardment using 1500 guns including 42 cm howitzers. About 700000 projectiles fired in a four hour stretch, twice the siege quantity, with guns exhausting a large reserve by May 10. The note says German tactics overwhelm riflemen, leave troops stupefied, and require a new fighting condition.
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Petrograd
Gorlica
Donajec
Mackensen
Gorlico
Naklo
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Atlanta Talking Machine Company
Peachtree Street
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Mitchell
H. B. Odell
Ivy
Packard
Rauch & Lang
F. J. Cooledge & Sons, Inc
Forsyth Street Bridge
Atlanta
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