Great Allied Victories Across Western Front Reported
British and French forces claim advances along the German lines with successes at Festubert Quinque road and near Ypres. French and Belgians hold Steenstraete while repelling German counterattacks and reporting thousands of enemy casualties. In Champagne French counterattacks drive Germans from trenches near Ville-Sur-Tourbe as 1000 bodies and 300 prisoners are counted. The Arras front shows continued French gains near Llorotte Neuville and Vimy. Russian forces move toward Przemysl and the San. Germans in the Baltic face renewed pressure with Shavli marked as a small German victory.
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Ypres
Yser
Steenstraete
Champagne
Ville-Sur-Tourbe
Arras
Llorette
Neuville
San
Galicia
Berlin
Shavli
Ypres-Connines
Cruiser Sails to Stop Yaqui Raid
The cruiser Colorado flagship of the Pacific fleet with marines and a machine gun aboard sailed for Mexican waters this afternoon to aid American colonists in Sonora opposing Yaqui Indians.
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San Diego
Cal
Colorado
Sonora
San Fuentes Nominated Again in Chilean Presidency Race
Santiago Chile May 16 The Democratic convention nominated Don Juan Luis San Fuentes for the presidency. Don Javier Figueroa was named by the Liberal convention a few days earlier for the presidency.
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Santiago
Chili
Juan Luis San Fuentes
Don Javier Figueroa
British Attack Breaks German Line South of Lille Front
Reports from official sources describe British forces striking south of Lille and north of La Bassee, breaking the German line along a two mile front. British gains near Richebourg L Avoue enter the Festubert Quinque road area. The Steenstraete fight in Flanders continues with disputed claims of progress. The front also notes French assaults north of Arras faltering under German fire and German counterattacks near Suldhr Tourba. Russian and Austro German actions are reported across the San River, Przemys and Galicia with shifting advances and rearguard actions.
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Lille
la Bassee
Richebourg L’avoue
Festubert - Quinque
London
Steenstraete
Flanders
Yser Canal
Paris
Berlin
Arras
Suldhr Tourba
Shavl
Baltic
San River
Przemys
Galicia
Russian
Poland
Pilica
Vienna
Rudnik
Przemysl
Richebourg-I/Avoue
Festubert
Quinque Street
Lorette
Souchez
Neuville
Vimy
Somain
German press laments Lusitania loss and blames British war zone
Berlin reports the German press expresses heartfelt sympathy for American victims of the Lusitania sinking. It places responsibility on Britain for declaring a war zone and on shipowners for carrying armed material despite warnings, while condemning the English press for mocking ambassadorial warnings.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Today
Cologne
Frankfort
Berlin Tageblatt
Tages Zeitung
Germany
British
von Bernstorff
Allies damage Strassburg tanneries over two million
Geneva report says allied aviators damaged Strassburg tanneries producing material for the German army with damages exceeding 2 million dollars. The notice notes the targeted industrial facility and the scale of destruction attributed to air action.
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Geneva
Strassburg
Swedish food boat seized by Germans
A telegram from Hamburg reports the Swedish steamer Bjoern bound for London with ore and food supplies was seized and taken to Hamburg by German forces. The vessel was sailing from Sweden when authorities intercepted it and redirected it to a German port.
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Amsterdam
Hamburg
Bjoern
London
Trench Warfare Presses German Attacks at Ypres
British reports detail heavy fighting near Ypres from May 10 to 11 with gas attacks and desperate infantry assaults. German forces repeatedly pressed trenches south and east of the Menin road while British guns and counterattacks left the line intact and forced German withdrawals. An airman survived a perilous upside down fall during a machine gun engagement.
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St. Julien Road
Menin Road
Ypres
Renova Ad Promises Cure for Intemperance
An advertisement urges readers to obtain Renova from Riker Jaynes and add it secretly to a drink to cure drunkenness. It claims tasteless, harmless ingredients will remove cravings, promising peace at home and a blessing if kept secret. A free sample is offered by writing to Renova Co. in New York.
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Riker-Jaynes
Renova
Renova Co
Station N
New York
German Statement Sums Up Front Actions Across Western Front
The war office reports Western theatre actions near Ypres Steenstraete and Lille with British infantry repulsed and French attacks failing near Lorette hills Arras and Neuville. It notes a successful German capture north of Suldtar Tourba and 60 prisoners. Eastern theatre details Russian advances repulsed with prisoners. Southeastern front sees continued allied advances on the lower San despite resistance.
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Ypres
Steenstraete
Het Sas
Lille
Lorette
Souchez
Neuville
Arras
Suldhr Tourba
Meuse
Moselle
Forest of
LaPietre
Shavli
Courtland
Dubysa
Ugiany
Ejargala
Omulew River
Russian Poland
Pilica
Upper
Vistula
Sambor-Stry-Stanislau
Galicia
Lower
San
Przemys Down
Plant Juice Herbal Tonic Promises Health Restoration
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a new herbal system tonic that can restore the body to health for stomach liver kidney troubles or rheumatism. It cites signed local testimonials including J. T. Baker of 26 Hollis Street who reports improved digestion sleep and general well being after about a week of use. The Plant Juice representative markets the remedy at Liggett's Drug Co. corner of Washington and Avon streets.
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J. T. Baker
Hollis Street
Baker
Boston
Liggett’s Drug Co.s
Washington and
Avon Streets
London Street Cars Tied Up by Strike
London May 16 The London County Municipal Railway street car system is tied up by a strike of its men demanding a 15 percent car bonus due to higher living costs. The county council has refused the demand. Only 40 of 1500 cars are running, mainly on the Woolwich Arsenal line, causing great inconvenience in the southern city.
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London
London County Municipal Railway
Woolwich Arsenal
British Repel Fourth German Counter Attack at Steenstraete
The War Office reports that this afternoon British forces repulsed a fourth German counter-attack at Steenstraete with complete success. All previously won positions were held and consolidated despite intense enemy efforts.
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Paris
War Office
Steenstraete
Global World War II Updates From Europe Front Lines
Paris dispatch reports three Belgian counter attacks at Steenstraete with heavy losses for the enemy and captures of six rapid-fire guns and a bomb-thrower. Other fronts note British gains north of Arras and progress near Lorette while Austrian forces claim advances in Russian Poland and Galicia with prisoners and guns seized.
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Paris
Belgium
Steenstraete
la Bassee
Richebourg l’Avoue
Quinque Street
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San Fuentes
Hatch
Tremont ST
Fisk
United States
THE
Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee Falls, Mass
Boylston Street
England
Ypres-Zonnebeke
Venterenhoek
Menin High Road
Belleward Woods
Chateau of
Hooge
Zwarteleen
Hill No. 60
Tion
Lates
Pilica River
Carpa
Thians
Kielce
Kamienka
Klimonchow
Wewuww Hk Top
Western Union
Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph CO
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