Italy joins the war as Rome press reports move to war
News from London notes Italy's rupture with Austria and imminent declaration of war. King Victor Emmanuel, General Zupelli, and Sonnino meet amid Rome's tense rooms as Parliament dates shift. Russia and Teutons clash in Galicia and Carpathians while markets react to potential hostilities and the Lusi tanya liquidation continues.
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London
Italy
Austria
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Zupelli
Salandro
Sonnino
Quirinal
Prince von Buelow
Ministry of the Interior
Austria-Hungary
Clrmeni
Galicia
Carpathians
Vienna
Pilsno
Jaslo
Wisloka
Beskids
Petrograd
Vistula
Lusitania Sinking Triggers Market Crash in New York
On May 7 the Lusitania sinking confirmation sent Wall Street into a sharp decline. Rumors had circulated earlier but were dismissed, yet subsequent circumstantial details spurred a market collapse unseen since wartime began.
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New York
Wall Street
C L A Will Discuss Dry Dock Legislation
The Boston Central Labor Union will hold a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss and decide on proposed dry dock legislation. The gathering follows an executive board meeting held last evening.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Clairvoyant Swindle Reported In Bridgewater Woman
Harriet Maud Johnson of 257 Main Street Bridgewater reports to Brockton police that she was swindled out of 450 by a local clairvoyant.
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Brockton
Harriet Maud Johnson
Main Street
Bridgewater
German Consul Cheers Lusitania News In Philadelphia
Dr. George Stobbe the German consul and his clerks cheered when a reporter announced the sinking of the Lusitania. Stobbe exclaimed Ach and asked if it was really true, expressing astonishment and relief at the news.
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Philadelphia
George Stobbe
Lusitania
Stobbe
Lusitania Sinking Report Reaches Consulate Amid Reactions
The Lusitania disaster news reaches Consul Stobbe and assistants who cheer loudly then discuss in German in a rapid, excited exchange. Stobbe refuses comment saying he must verify if it is true. Wiltres T. Howell, British consul, also declines to comment.
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Stobbe
Lusitania
Malden Man Commits Suicide at Locked House
Woodbury L. Crockett aged 47, manager of a Sudbury street Boston business, shot himself last night inside his locked home at 684 Salem Street Malden. His son Chester found the body in a pool of blood after forcing a window. Mrs. Crockett discovered him dazed. Despondency over ill health reported.
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Salem Street
Malden
Woodbury
L. Crockett
Sudbury Street
Boston
Chester
Melrose Boy and Car Gone
Paul H Thurlow a 16 year old Melrose high school athlete and son of Boston shipping agent Lewis K Thurlow disappeared with a seven passenger touring car. Lorne Goudey 21 a friend also missing from Melrose Bellevue Avenue both left home about the same time and may have fled together.
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Paul H. Thurlow
Lewis K. Thurlow
Boston
Melrose
Thurlow
Lorne Goudey
Bellevue Avenue
Arrangements Made for Argentine Loan
New York May 7 formal announcement stated that arrangements have been concluded for a loan of about 50 million dollars to the government of Argentina. The settlement was announced by Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co in a statement naming J. P. Morgan & Co and Kuhn Loeb & Co as the arrangers.
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Washington
Germany
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghouse Electric
New York
Argentina
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Ina
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Youths arraigned on auto theft in Dorchester court
Two Somerville youths Asa W. Trayes 19 of 1228 Broadway and Horace R. Hammond 18 of 1688 Powder House Boulevard were arraigned in Dorchester court yesterday on larceny of an automobile belonging to Julius Koltin 55 Esmond street Dorchester. Probable cause found each held in 1000 for the grand jury.
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Somerville
Dorchester Court
Julius Koltin
Esmond Street
Dorchester
Asa W. Trayes
Broadway
Horace R. Harmond
Powder House Boulevard
Yellow War Averted Chinese ultimatum reviewed in Pe kin
Chinese officials worked through the night translating Japan's ultimatum and drafting China's terms of compliance for Yuan Shi Kai and the State Council. The note seeks no serious upheaval, reviews concessions offered to Japan, and notes military preparations and movements as tensions persist.
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Yuan Shi Kai
China
Japan
Woukien
Tokio
Tsao Yulin
Legation
Shantung Province
Kiaochan
Republic
Yuan Shi-Kai
Hiroshima
Waseda University
Ariga
Sun Yat Sen
Yokohama Hoohi
Dr. Sun
Opaaa
Yuan Shi Ai
Korea
Japs Await Chinese Reply to Ultimatum
Tokyo dispatch says Japan awaits China’s reply to the ultimatum as the government prepares for a possible war scenario. No further details are given on timing or terms.
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China
There Is Nothing Like a Trip to Yellowstone Park
An advertisement extols a six day Burlington Route tour of Yellowstone National Park with daily hotel stops. A guide conductor from Chicago enhances the trip and the brochure offers maps pictures and voyage details. Contact Alex Stocks New England Pass. Agt. Co. B. and Q. R. R. in Boston for arrangements.
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National Park
Burlington
C. B
Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Mississippi Valley
Alex. Stocks
New England Pass
Agt
Co. B
Washington St
Boston
Tel
German Statement Reports Allied Failures at Ypres and Russian Retreat
The German high command says British assaults at Hill No. 6 near Ypres failed and Allied losses mounted. Eastern fronts report Russian defeats with 1500 prisoners, while Austro German forces push along the Dunajec and Wisloka valleys driving a rapid Russian retreat.
Two More Villages Captured in Miawa District War Report
Petrograd reports Miavā district gains with Marcisze and Grzymki villages occupied and enemy counterattacks repulsed. The Pilica crossing near Kozlovets failed to cross. In Galicia the line holds between the Vistula and…
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Miawa
Petrograd
London
Mitau
Courland
Miana
Marcisze
Grzymki
Eee
Ombany
Pilica
Kozlovets
Galicia
Vistula
Carpathians Fighting Intensifies As German Corps Arrive
Desperate battle unfolds in the Carpathians with multiple German army corps noted in the region. Forces repulsed six bayonet attacks near Mezolaborez and Makuvka reports rising enemy casualties. Significant gains reported in the Lomnitza valley.
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Carpathians
Mezolaborez
Makuvka
Lomnitza
French War Office Reports Recent Battles and Weather
The war office issued two statements. German attacks at Frise and Beausejour were repulsed by gunfire and bayonet. Bad weather paused actions, with violent artillery on the Meuse heights. A later briefing says the Bagatelle attack failed and that fierce artillery engaged north of Ypres and at Vauquois.
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Frise
Peronne
Champagne
Beausejour
Paris
France
Meuse
Bagatelle
Argonne
Rome
Berlin
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Avi Burnu
Aegean
Constantinople
Seddul Bahr
Ypres
Flirey
Szadow
Roscinie
Dunajec
Vistula
Pilica
Kozlovetz
Petrograd
Galicia
Carpathians
Wisloka River
Pilsno
Jaslo
Vienna
War Office
French War Office
Vauquois
German School in Rome Closes Amid Berlin Dispatch
Rome May 7 German officials closed the city’s German school after a Berlin dispatch. Teachers and several German families and newspaper correspondents departed for Germany. Paris May 7 The Vatican advised all German and Austrian clergy and theology students to leave Rome immediately per Petit Parisien cable.
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Rome
Berlin
Germany
Paris
Vatican
Petit Parisien
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