British Submarine Sinks Six Prussian Destroyers in Mine Trap
A British submarine, damaged off Weser, captures a mine layer, lays mines in German waters, and lures six Prussian destroyers to destruction. The officer recalls boarding the trawler, towing to sea, and radioing in German before the minefield wrecked the fleet. two more destroyers later struck mines, and the submarine escaped with air support and a Victoria Cross and Military Cross awarded to the officer and crew.
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Strews
New York
North Sea
The
Weser
New York Herald
Taubes
Pittsburg naturalist uses metronome to film birds
Norman McClintock of Pittsburgh, a noted naturalist, camps beside a bird nest to photograph birds at close range. He installs a ticking metronome in his tent to mask the camera shutter noise, allowing birds to ignore the click and stay settled in various weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman McClintock
Pittsburgh
Divine Right in Greece Doomed to Failure Says Venizelos
Eleutherios Venizelos, president of the Greek Provisional Government, argues that royalist attempts to establish divine right in Greece will fail as Russia's abolition of despotism shows democracy vs autocracy. He praises the US entry into World War I and stresses Greece’s alliance with Serbia and sympathy for the Entente, forecasting a democratic peace led by a league of nations. The piece ends with a stray note on tungsten properties.
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Greece
Entente
Eleutherios Venizelos
Salonica
Russia
Constantine
Mediterranean
Serbia
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
United States
Congress
League of Democratic Nations
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Petrograd
Talaat Pasha
Vienna
Wilson
Juarez
Puebla
Mainz
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
War Dispatches Reflect Global Fronts and Shifting Front Lines
A synthesis of Allied and Central Powers reports shows battles across the Western and Eastern fronts. German and Austrian forces face defeats while counter offensives push in France and Mesopotamia. Submarine warfare and air losses are tallied, with 1.6 million tons sunk in two months.
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China
Haiti
Kaiser
Craonne
Winterburg
Rome
Kovel
Vienna
Carpathian Mountains
Mesopotamia
Mush
Armenia
Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Utah Enlists 800 Men for Navy Department
The Navy Department has enlisted 800 men from Utah to fill an expected quota. In Hastings Colorado sixty seven bodies were recovered from the Victor mine where a deadly explosion on April 27 killed 120 miners. E Jacob Crull of Roundup Montana dies in Indiana after taking poison.
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Navy Department
Utah
Victor
Hastings
Colo
E. Jacob Crull
Roundup
Montana
Congress
Jeanette Rankin
Elkhart
Ind
Marne
Marshal Joffre
France
America
Chicago
James Ray Gibson
Tucson
Ariz
Roosevelt
Star Daley
Ashmore
Mesa
Washington naval board solves submarine problem
A naval board declares the submarine issue resolved and outlines enforcement of the draft nationwide. British commissioners are received in the House. Four more seized German ships to be ready for sea this month. A giant American loan is expected to be heavily oversubscribed if current subscriptions continue. Plans confirm sending US army base hospitals to France. National guard enlistees to officer camps not before May 21. Anthracite coal prices deemed unwarranted and supply adequate for next season per FTC preliminary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Board
House of Representatives
United States Army
France
Federal Trade Commission
Great Britain
Eighteen Vacuum survivors reach Liverpool amid war report
The report notes eighteen survivors of the Vacuum arriving at Liverpool while Japan may dispatch a war commission to the United States. Other items include measles deaths in London, McAdoo's loan announcements, wage raises for English munition workers, and Italy shipping bread for POWs.
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Liverpool
Japan
United States
London
Dama
Water carnival medals won at Pueblo YMCA pool
Robert Wilder James Swanney and John Townsend won medals in the second annual YMCA water carnival at the Pueblo Colorado pool. Arthur Redfern a famed jockey was critically injured in a New York automobile overturn. William Gotelli sets a nonstop golf goal of 150 holes in one day. Wrestling may join Rocky Mountain conference next year with Denver University trainer Granville Johnson pushing the effort. Colorado Springs Chamber tour details completed. group heads to Tulsa Oklahoma on May 8 via the Albert Pike highway.
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Robert Wilder
James Swanney
John Townsend
Pueblo
Colo
Arthur Redfern
America
New York
William Gotelli
Portland
Oregon
Rocky Mountain
Granville Johnson
University of Denver
Colorado Springs
Aztec Tile Find Reported in Mexico City Excavations
Recent digs on Beloj and Maria Teresa streets in Mexico City reveal fifty five fine Aztec tile specimens. Diplomatic dispatches note Persian Democrats push for a republic after the Russian upheaval. Jury in Coleman Texas convicts Harry J Spanell of murder with five year term.
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Mexico City
Beloj
Maria Teresa
Washington State
Persia
Lima Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedies
Mrs Jennie Moyer of Lima Ohio reports severe displacement pain eased after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash She says she regained health after doctors doubted recovery and urges other women to try the remedies noting relief from bearing down backache and nervous symptoms.
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Lima
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jennie Moyer
North St
Lima, Ohio
Early Morning Garden Pest Pickers Save Your Garden
A writer from the American Bay urges children to gather squash bugs cucumber beetles potato bugs slugs and wire worms at dawn. They should drop insects into hot water to kill them and make daily rounds on three mornings a week. The message concludes with a proverb about thinking before talking.
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American Bay
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Jean Mitchelle
One Hundred and Twelfth
United States Navy
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Berlin
Bullecourt
Fortress of
Laon
St. Quentin
Arras-Aisne
Western
Washington
National Guard
Italy
McAdoo
England
Switzerland
Austria
Alaska
Senate
Jose Ynez Salazar
Villa
San Juan
Stockholm
International Congress of Socialists
SPORT
Pet
Des Moines
Lincoln
Ate Ewes
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Denver
Omaha
Joplin
Secre
Wichita Ey
Coleman
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
M. C. Butler
Hawaii
Henry Lyman Morehouse
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Palestine
Adolph Kraus
Order of B'nai B’rith
Woman
Pinkham
Cockroaches Stearns
U.S
Aischance
Public Inquiry Bureau
Riggs Bldg
Washington, D.C
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