Disaster for Italy in Tyrol reported by Vienna
Austrian headquarters report states first line Italian positions in Tyrol were captured after heavy bombardment. More than 2500 Italian prisoners were taken along with seven cannon and 11 machine guns. The dispatch covers other battles including German and French actions near Verdun and in the Caucasus.
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Berlin
Sayville
Vienna
Tyrol
Marchand
Kitchener
Fashoda
Soudan
Paris
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
le Mort Homme
Forest of
Argonne
Four de Paris
Les Courtes Chaussees
Vaugois
Butte Mesnil
Lake Dolje
Russia
Petrograd
Diarbekr
Caucasus
Hill 304
Verdun
Austrian Forces Break Through on Italian Front
Austrian Hungarian troops with heavy artillery seized first line Italian positions along Armen Tara ridge and Folgarino plateau. They captured 65 officers including a colonel, 2500 soldiers, 11 machine guns, seven cannons, and downed one enemy aircraft. Additional gains included near Monfalcone and in the Doberdo Tolmino sectors with further prisoners and weapons, while several Italian attacks were repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrol
Armentara
Lugana
Folgarino
Cagnolo
Rovereto
Doberdo
Monfalcone
San Martino
Kostanjevice
Plava
Tolmino
Pondebba
Bersaglieri
Col di Lana
Tresosi
Germans Repulsed in Chamagne Violent World War I Artillery
Paris reports a French and Belgian war office communique describing repulsed German attempts to surprise a small post near Butte Mesnil. It notes intense artillery on the Argonne, Meuse and Yser fronts with repulsed grenades near Thiaumont farm and overall calm on the rest of the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
War Office
Butte Mesnil
Argonne
Four de Paris
Les Courtes Chaussees
Vauquois
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
le Mort Homme
the Yser
Dixmude
St. Georges
Avecourt
Thiaumont
Woevre
Fix
Moulainville
Russian Statement From Petrograd on Lake Dolje Action
An official Petrograd comm unique to May reports German forces attacking near Lake Dolje north of Lake Miadziel at dusk. Soviets say they repelled with a counter attack and forced the enemy back. It notes nightly bombardment by enemy planes north of Miradziol and activity in Galicia near Brze-Janisk road and Lower Stripa.
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Petrograd
London
Lake Dolje
Lake Miadziel
Lake Miradziol
Galicia
Brze-Janisk Road
Lower
Stripa
German repulse on Hill 304 and Meuse front actions
Berlin reports on May 16 that German forces repelled several French attempts on Hill 304 with heavy French casualties. Minor western front actions yielded several British and French prisoners. An assault north of Vaux les Palameix near Combres failed. Eastern and Balkan fronts reported nothing to note.
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Berlin
London
Hill 304
War Office
Western Front
Meuse
Vauxles-Palameix
Combres
France rejects meat dealer bids for 100000 pounds daily
Paris May 16 The government rejected bids from 20 wholesalers for 100000 pounds of meat daily after an investigation found all bids shared the same prices 212 cents higher than stockyard quotes. The War Minister informed dealers and cited the reasons publicly.
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Paris
England Limits Tobacco Imports Amid Tonnage Shortage
London May 16 The Board of Trade says licenses for tobacco imports bought before Feb 1 are withdrawn but licenses will be issued for tobacco imports from June 1 to May 13 1917 not exceeding one third of the 1915 quantity Boots for the army explained as a slang term for recruits by Captain Frank E Evans USMC recruiting office in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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London
Board of Trade
Frank E. Evans
Sunday Post
Sunday Party Chooses Boston Site for Tabernacle
George and Joe Sunday endorse Boston Huntington Avenue as the tabernacle site after reviewing Cambridge plans. They promise acoustics will be unchanged by wood facing and steel columns. Local committee, headed by Allan Emery, aims to recruit broad support and plan advance work for New Bedford, Detroit, Boston, New York, and Chicago venues.
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George
Joe
Allan C
Emery
Cambridge
Tabernacle
Huntington Avenue
New England
Alexander and Chapman
Boston
New York
Mr. Blodgett
City Club
George Sunday
Joe Spekce
Mr. Sunday
Youngstown
Fpenn
Erie
Sunday
A. Z. Conrad
Sunday Committee
New Bedford
George Anthony Hough
New Bedford Standard
New Bedford Ministerial Union
F.C. Welch
Isaac Ward
Morgan
John J. Rockefeller, Jr
Kansas City
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Manhattan Field
Joe Speke
Sunday Accepts Site in Boston for Revival Tabernacle
Billy Sunday, the evangelist, will hold a revival in a tabernacle to be erected on Huntington Avenue baseball grounds in Boston. His son George Sunday and architect Joseph Spekce assure acoustics will be adequate despite building conditions. Construction starts August 1.
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Sunday
Mr. Spekce
Boston
Tabernacle
William E. Blodgett
Tabernacle Committee
Mr. Sunday
Mr. Speke
Kansas City
George Sunday
Post
Joe
Cambridge
Huntington Avenue
Evangelist
George
Billy Sunday
Joseph Spekce
Cambridge Council Approves Tabernacle Ordinance for Second Reading
Cambridge council narrowly advances an ordinance to permit Billy Sunday tabernacle construction after a long debate. Opponents pressed every rule to delay the vote, which passed 9 to 4, and the measure now awaits a ten day waiting period before final action.
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Cambridge
Billy Sunday
Ralph KR. Stratton
Coun
Switch Split Car Kills Two at Chestnut Hill Reservoir Yard
A switch failure at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir car barn of the Boston Elevated Railway caused a semi convertible car to derail from its tracks. Workers William Keane and Michael Mord were killed while cleaning along the wall as the car swung and pinned them. Both men were employed by the railway and were performing duties at the time of the accident.
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Brighton
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Boston
Reservoir
William Keane
Woodward Avenue
Roxbury
Michael T. Mord
Haskell Street
Boston Wiberated Railway Company
Founder of 6 and 11 Cent Store Dies in Watertown
William IL Moore founder of the 6 and 11 cent store chain and honorary vice president of Woolworth & Co. died suddenly in Watertown at age 74 from heart disease.
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Watertown
N. Y
William IL. Moore
EF. W. Woolworth & Co
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