President vows full satisfaction from Germany amid crisis
President plans firm note to Germany demanding a guarantee to stop attacks on ships and full reparation for Lusitania losses. The move signals possible expulsion of German diplomats if no compliance, with warnings of possible war if Berlin refuses. Public and diplomatic circles await final text and response.
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Germany
United States
Washington
Lusitania
Robert Lansing
State Department
British Isles
Leon C. Thresher
Cushing
Gulflight
England
Memorial Service Condemns Lusitania Sinking At Central Church
The Old South Mt. Vernon and Central Congregational Churches held a joint memorial for Lusitania victims at Central Church on Newbury and Berkeley. Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon denounced the German Kaiser and government, calling the act piratical murder and a strike against humanity.
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Old South
Mt. Vernon
Central Congregational
Central Church
Newbury and
Berkeley Streets
George A. Gordon
Chopin
Gordon
Lusitania
Dr. Gordon
Zeppelin sighted off English coast near Tyne report
A Blythe dispatch reports a Zeppelin seen eight miles from the Tyne mouth tonight. A Newcastle despatch says a Zeppelin was seen off the coast earlier this evening. The engines were stopped and it appeared to wait for darkness to fall.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Blythe
Tyne
Newcastle
Clergy Leader Warns War Hurts Allies at Regimental Banquet
Rev E A Horton chaplain of the State Senate told the Massachusetts Forty fourth Regiment's 39th annual banquet that U S entry into war with Germany would please the Kaiser harm the allied cause and delay American prosperity for a generation.
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United States
Germany
America
E. A. Horton
State Senate
Massachusetts Forty-fourth Regiment
Franklin speech foresees grave U S testing in war stance
Attorney Marshall Thompson warns of a grave U S crisis as nations debate entering war over Lusitania. He argues Germany must apologize to avoid criminal blame, while Mr Horton urges unity and self government under pressure, warning war could derail America’s role as mediator and delay prosperity.
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United States
Marshal P. Thompson
Massachusetts Coast Artillery
Germany
Lusitania
Luxemburg
Belgium
Mr. Horton
Rioters Attack Two German Establishments in Liverpool
At Liverpool on May 12, attackers damaged two German establishments with losses estimated at 200000 dollars. About 150 Germans were rounded up for internment and escorted by troops to Harwarck Northumberland. All public houses in Liverpool were closed by 6 pm.
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Liverpool
Harwarck
Northumberland
Anti German Riots Sweep England Amid Calls to Intern
British crowds attacked German and Austrian residents during a wave of anti German riots fueled by a Zeppelin scare. Protests in London demanded internment and removal of alien enemies with two mass meetings planned at Mansion House and Tower Hill.
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Southend
London
Mansion House
Charles Bereford
Henry Daziel
England
Tower Hill
Royal Exchange
British Islands
Asquith
How to Gain Weight A Pound a Day Ad
An advertisement promotes Sargel as a weight gain aid for thin men and women. It instructs a two week test using one tablet with every meal, promising five to eight pounds gained and preserved fat by converting eaten fats and carbohydrates into nourishing flesh. It notes safety, pleasantness, and availability from leading Boston druggists with a money back offer.
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Boston
Postmasters in New England Back Neutrality Policy
About 200 postmasters and assistants at the Spring meeting endorsed President Wilson and U S neutrality amid tensions with Germany over the Lusitania. Speakers urged unity, cited Lincoln and Garfield, and highlighted postal service work and organization in post offices.
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Wilson
United States
New England
Postmasters’ Association of
Germany
Lusitania
William F. Murray
Calvin D. Paige
Southbridge
National House
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Garfield
Washington
Murray
Post Office Department
Parcel Post and Postal Savings
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
President Wilson
Willard Scott
Brookline
Frederick W. Plaisted
Maine
Augusta
J. T. Canfield
Railway Mail Service
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Bernhard Dernburg
Dernburg
War Office
Admiralty
Police
Manchester
London Stock Exchanges
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
North Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Africa
Atlantic
Transylvania
Sara
Zeppelin
English Coast
Horton
U. S
Stuation
Kaiser
Gerard
Berlin
East End
Internor Deport
Austria
Prince Henry
Prussia
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Westminster Gazette
Horatio Bottomley
John+ Bull
Paine
Smart Furniture
Oxford
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