British Ship Goliath Sunk in Dardanelles Battle
London reports the British battleship Goliath torpedoed in the Dardanelles with about 600 lives lost. Churchill announced British submarine B-14 penetrated to the Sea of Marmora, sinking two Turkish gunboats and a transport. E-14 also reported sinking two gunboats and a large transport amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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London
Dardanelles
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Sea of Marmora
Mr. Churchill
Straits
Bouvet
Avh Baba
Mondros
Cape Helles
Kilid Bahr
Odessa
Sultan Selim
Darnell Found Guilty In Mann Act Case
Ruth Soper is not Darnell’s wife, yet Rev. James Morrison Darnell is found guilty of transporting her from Owatonna Minnesota to Kenosha Wisconsin for immoral purposes. The jury reached its verdict after hours of deliberation and Judge Geiger set the case for sentencing. The maximum penalty is ten years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ruth Soper
James Morrison Darnell
Owatonna
Mann
Kenosha
United States District Court
Geiger
Darnell
Minn
Chicago
Wic
Roosevelt Boss of Empire State Says Barnes Suit
At Syracuse May 13 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was described as the dominant Republican figure in New York in 1910, not William Barnes. Barnes, in a $50,000 libel suit, argued Roosevelt was the party boss, citing Roosevelt's influence on the 1910 New York Republican convention which nominated Charles E. Hughes for governor after Roosevelt urged the choice.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Empire State
Barnes
Elon R. Brown
Roosevelt
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Rockefeller Wins Tax Suit in Cleveland Court
John D. Rockefeller secured a life suit in United States district court Cleveland to restrain tax collection exceeding $1,500,000 assessed against him.
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John D. Wine
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
United States District Court
Quarantine at Fort Sheridan Closes Cavalry Stable
Chicago May 15 reports Fort Sheridan cavalry horses placed under quarantine after hoof and mouth disease symptoms appeared. Destroyed diseased animals to curb outbreak. Leaders confirm swift action to prevent spread and safeguard remaining stock.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Haig
Greatest Battle Continues As French Advance North of Arras
Paris May 13. The great spring drive grows as French forces push toward Neuville St Vaast and Carency, seizing 200 German prisoners and threatening German lines between Carency and Neuville. Berlin confirms gains while claiming British losses near Ypres. The Belgians push on at the Yser as the French threaten German Oise and Aisne communications.
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London
Berlin
Paris
Arras
Neuville
St.Vaast
Carency
Allain
Hartmannesweiler Kopf
Ypres
Menin
Bitish
Loos
Yser
Oise
Aisne
Imprisonment for murder of An gus Neely near Wrightsville
W R Fisher Ashley Ward and Andrew Holmes White were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of An gus Neely near Wrightsville on December 15 1914. The verdict noted circumstantial evidence and robbery as the motive. Nearby reports include the death of Joseph DeLong Brooklyn oldest man at 102 and Kilbane’s ten round win in Brooklyn.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. R. Fisher
Ashley Ward
Andrew Holmes White
Angus Neely
Wrightsville
New York
Joseph DeLong
Brooklyn
N. Y
Johnny Kilbane
Mel Coogan
Broadway Sporting Club
Chicago
P.J. Fitzpatrick
Rev Darnell Is Denounced In White Slavery Trial
Milwaukee lawyers clash over whether James Morrison Darnell, former Kenosha preacher, aided in a white slave act violation. Government rests after testimony from Doris Vaughn’s mother and Ruth’s mother. defense cites lack of manhood. Jury expected to decide.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry P. Schmidt
James Morrison Darnell
Kenosha
Anos Vaughn
Chicago
Doris
Darnell
Riots and anti German sentiment rise in Britain
After the Lusitania sinking, Germans shops in London and Liverpool faced attacks and arson. Riots spread to Manchester, Birkenhead, Glasgow with injuries and detentions. Asquith signaled government plans to intern aliens in concentration camps to protect the country.
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London
England
Liverpool
Manchester
Birkenhead
Glasgow
Garman
Asquith
House of Commons
Pemier
Germans claim 143,600 Russians captured in Galicia drive
Berlin reports the German war office says in recent fighting in Galicia and Russian Poland 143,600 Russians were captured. It notes 69 cannons and 265 machine guns seized, as Austrian and German forces push toward Przemysl. Some Western Front gains are claimed, though Allies reportedly advance elsewhere.
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Berlin
German War Office
Galicia
Russian Poland
Przemysl
F-4 Still on Sea's Floor
Washington reports salvage operations for the sunken submarine F-4 face delays as divers struggle to free lines tangled near the stern. Admiral Moore says the aft line caught on the port diving rudder and crews will move the forward line further aft to create a fulcrum for lifting the stern.
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Washington
Death claims D M Parry former NAM president dies
David M. Parry aged sixty three, longtime figure in disputes between organized manufacturers and organized labor, died at his home Golden Hill in Indianapolis. Mill strike at Fall River Iron Works ends as weavers accept settlement terms.
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National Manufacturers’ Association
Indianapolis
Ind
David M. Parry
Organized Manufacturers
Organized Labor
Golden Hill
Fall River
Mays
Fall River Iron Works Company
No Cruise for U. S. Fleet and Mine Scale Ratified
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said the Atlantic fleet would not pass through the Panama Canal this year and declined to discuss the Pacific cruise until decisions are clear. The United Mine Workers of Ohio ratified the Fifth district Cleveland scale at nine cents a ton for loaders and eight cents for cutters. A steamer was torpedoed and set ablaze off Schiermonnikoog in the North Sea. crew fate not disclosed.
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Panama Canal
Daniels
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Tuesaday
Col
Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers of Ohio
Cleveland
London
Schiermonnik Oog
North Sea
Reuter
Amsterdam
Three Brothers Dead in Minnesota Farm Murder
Minneapolis report May 15 notes three Mittones brothers John Stren and Amund killed on their Lowry area farm 100 miles west of the city. Victims were clubbed to death as authorities investigate. Danish steamer Lillian Drost sunk by a mine near Ymuiden confirms a loss of eighteen crew members reported by Reuter.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lowry
Here
John, Stren
Amund Mittones
London
Reuter
Ymuiden
Lillian Drost
Blyth
Copenhagen
Dewey Honored as Vermont Loyal Legion Commander
Admiral George Dewey was elected and named commander of the Vermont Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion at its annual meeting in Burlington on May 13.
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Dewey
Burlington
George Dewey
Vermont
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
President Wilson Defends Peace Amid Lusitania Shock
In Philadelphia on May 12 1915 President Wilson addressed 7000 naturalized Americans urging a peace driven stance while warning against overbearing force. He framed America as a unifier among all peoples and stressed loyalty to the land of one's adoption over birthplace amid the Lusitania tragedy.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
United States
Lusitania
Germany
America
Blankenburg
Review Plans Not Changed for Naval Review and War Games
Washington reports the great naval review at New York and Narragansett will proceed as scheduled next week. Secretary Daniels says no plans to alter the reviews or the war game agreed with the general board and war college. President Wilson plans to sail to New York aboard the Mayflower and reach the city by water. The Lusitania incident is not expected to affect maneuvers.
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Washington
New York
Narragansett Plier
Navy
Daniels
General Board
War College
Wilson
New York City
Daniela
Lusitania
Air Raid on Paris Fails
Paris reports a Zeppelin airship attempted another raid on the city on Tuesday night but was pursued by aerial patrols. The craft entered from the northeast around seven p.m. above Damartin, ten miles northeast of Paris, and after a chase by aeroplane scouts altered course and headed toward its own lines.
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Paris
Dammartin
Submarine AE-2 Sinking Report Questioned by Admiralty
London May 13 The admiralty confirms no verification of the Turkish claim that the Australian submarine AE-2 was sunk at the entrance to the Sea of Marmora and that three officers and twenty nine men were captured. The official statement says there is no confirmation of this report.
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London
Admiralty
Sea of Marmora
Riggs Bank Case Delayed in Washington Hearing
In Washington on May 13 the hearing of the Riggs National Bank against Secretary McAdoo Comptroller Williams and Treasurer Burke was postponed to next Monday at the government's request. In Detroit on May 16 three thousand motormen and conductors of the Detroit United Railways remain on strike after the discharge of a motorman and refusal to reinstate him. In Chicago on May 15 Dr Louis P Weinburg of Ligonier Indiana was sentenced by Federal Judge Carpenter to sixty days in the house of correction and fined $500 for white slavery.
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Washington
Riggs National Bank
Detroit Car
Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railways
Wainburg
Chicago
Louis P. Weinburg
Ligonier, Ind
Carpenter
House of Correction
U S note to Berlin on sea rights and Dutch line
The United States issues a strict demand to Germany over maritime warfare citing Lusitania and other attacks. It asserts rights of American shipmasters and citizens on the high seas and warns Germany to curb violations or face accountability.
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United States
Amercan
Berlin
Department of State
Washington
Leon C. Thrasher
Cushing
Gulflight
Germany
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Rev. Darnell
Iritigh
Allens
Kaleer
Admiral Moore
D. M. Parry
U. S
Zeppelin
Gays Constantine Pro
Riggs Bank
Gerard
Foreign Office
G Sea
Great Britain
France
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