Germans' Southeast Drive Underpins Postwar Strategy
The piece analyzes Germany's southeast expansion plan and its economic and political aims across Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey. It highlights Pan German League propaganda predating the war and the use of customs unions to bind states, signaling a broad German victory approach and a push for a postwar European order. It notes American officials view the conflict as essential to securing democracy and foresee a lengthy struggle beyond three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wilson
America
Balfour
Reichstag
Germany
Pan-German League
Hamburg
Constantinople
Turkey
Austro-Hungary
Bulgaria
Bismarck
Baden
Bavaria
Wurttemburg
William
Franz Joseph
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Dardanelles
Berlin
Serbia
Austria-Hungary
Damascus
Bagdad
Balkan
France
Belgium
Poland
Europe
Montenegro
Rumania
Romania
Italy
British and Italian War Notes Across Fronts
British heavy guns halted a German attack near Epehy and captured a few prisoners near Fauquissart southeast of Laventie. British artillery and assaults along the Arras front pressed from Acheville to Queant and south of the Scarpe. Italian forces on Hill 652 and the Julian front repelled Austro Hungarian counterattacks and seized large war material, with gains east of Gorizia and several prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epehy
St. Quentin Canal
Fauquissart
Laventie
London
Arras
Acheville
Queant
Scarpe
Berlin
Julian
Gorizia
Rome
Fresh threat of Jewish massacre in Palestine
Telegrams from Jewish societies in Palestine report a renewed massacre threat resembling the Armenian genocide. The Turkish government is said to order evacuation of Jews from Palestine with increasing severity, targeting Judea Jerusalem and later Galilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
London
Palestine
Socialist Conference
Judea
Jerusalem
Galilee
Irish Grazing Farms Seized for Tillage
A Roscommon report notes officials from the Department of Agriculture seized two large grazing farms under the compulsory tillage order. One near Strokestown spans about 80 acres, and another at Coolteigne near Roscommon exceeds 100 acres. These are the first seizures in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Roscommon
Department of Agriculture
Strokestown
Coolteigne
Grandfather of Astor Baby Dies in New York
William H. Force, father-in-law of the late John Jacob Astor who died in the Titanic disaster, died suddenly in New York last night at age 64. He was in shipping and forwarding and served as a director in several large corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Force
John Jacob Astor
British Attack Repeats On Hindenburg Line Near Bullecourt
British forces under Field Marshal Haig again struck the German line between Fontaine les Croisilles and Bullecourt. They carried positions over a mile of front and held them despite furious counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullecourt
Field Marshal Haig
Fontaine Les Croisilles
Front Lines See Heavy Casualties As Allies Hold Sector
British headquarters report heavy German casualties after an early morning attack that pushed to the Hindenburg line between Fontaine-lez-Croiselles and Bullecourt. The fight raged throughout the day with prisoners taken and fighting in the Allies’ favor continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Office
Hindenburg
Fontaine-lez-Croiselles
Bullecourt
Oppy
Wyteschaete
Armentieres
London
Berlin War Office
Acheville
Queant
Procourt-Queant
Russia
Volhynian
Mitau
Gorizia
Vodice
Sweden Fury After Submarine Sinkings
Stockholm reports Sweden reacts with indignation after German submarines sink the steamers Vesterland Aspen and Viken carrying grain from England. The news arrived late last night from London, fueling outrage over the maritime losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
London
Vesterland
Aspen
Viken
England
Steamship Sinkings Stir Swedish Press Over German Submarine Campaign
Reports detail the torpedoing of Swedish steamers Viken Vesterland and Aspen amid a relief of entente tonnage. Crew losses include eight on Viken and two on Vesterland. Newspapers condemn Germany, cite danger to blockade and Sweden’s aid, and cite ship origins and voyage records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bothnian Gulf
Marine Bostroom
Vesterland
Trans-Atlantic Company
Gothenburg
Aspen
Viken
Stockholm Tidningen
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Nyheter
Stockholms Dagblad
England
Savannah
Lerwick
Sunderland
Philadelphia
Stockholm
Kirkwall
Four Norwegian ships sunk by German submarines
The Norwegian legation at Berlin, via Copenhagen and the Exchange Telegraph, reports that the steamers Laly Najaden Csundt and Garant were torpedoed by German submarines. Crew members on each vessel lost their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Laly
Najaden
Csundt
Garant
Germany
Plot to Overthrow Costa Rica Government Foiled
In San Jose Costa Rica on May 20 authorities uncovered a wide plot to topple President Federico Tinoco. Former president Alfredo Gonzalez and other former officials, plus German residents in Costa Rica and the U S, are implicated. A New York firm allegedly supplied $100 000 for the revolutionary movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Federico Tinoco
Alfredo Gonzalz
Tinoco
United States
New York
German surveillance and border tensions rise in Costa Rica
The ex-President’s brothers tried to flee Costa Rica but were blocked. Gonzalez family members received safe passage and remain at the American legation. German residents intensify activity with three wireless stations in Heredia and installations along San Carlos and the Pacific coast. A lumber camp near the Panama border employs 800 workers with gasoline launches. a wireless there links to Heredia and Pacific sites. Karl Freise is detained for papers. adviser Kumpel is exiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Gonzalez
Legation
Heredia
San Carlos
Colorado
Panama
Pacific
Karl Freise
Kumpel
Kennedy Run Over by Auto in Dracut
May 2. James Kennedy 60 suffered a fractured skull after being struck by a jitney vehicle owned and driven by Linwood Foster on a road near Dracut. Foster, who was en route from Lowell to Lawrence, said the man lay in the road and was taken to St John’s Hospital in Lowell, where he was listed on the dangerous list last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dracut
James Kennedy
Linwood Foster
Foster
Lowell
Lawrence
Kennedy
St. John's Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Saloniki
Asiatic
Baltic
Persian Gulf
Prussia
Allied Economic Conference
Paris
Mennen
Mennens Ahaving Cream
Astor
Hindenburg Line
Mike
Bowdoi Theatre
Bowdoin Square
Boston
Sachs Marcus
New England
Mike Sachs
Hollis Theatre
Stevenson
Ron Soni Barrymore
Alice Brady
Mme, Petrova
Magdalene
Exeter
Jack Pickford
Vivian Martin
Bewle Love
Douglas Fairbanks
Alice Doyce
Harry Morey
Charlie Chaplin
O. Henry Story
Rooney's
Mp ‘ Heery, Ty A
Tommeu
THE
Isle OF Nowhere
Florence Reed Stern
Wm.s.hart
Henry Jewett
Pinero
Copley
Madge
Franklin Park
Mabel ‘Taliaferro
Fatty Arbuckle
the Butcher Boy
Mary Pickford
Immesarah
Bernhardt
Castle Sq
Craig
TEXAS
Bar A
Arbuckle Heart & Soul
Reckless Romeo
Carlyle Blackwell
Edith Storey
Captain Alvarez
Violet Palmer
Baron George Beban
Marbellini Miliions
Alma Hanlon
Mystle Hour
Waldron
Casino
Haymarket
Paul
Dickey
HighWayMan
AM Grand
Adele Rowland
Symphony
Jas
Betty Morgan
Moran & Wiser
Loney Haskell
Selma Brantz
Updale’s Zoological Circus
Tel
Beach
Shubert Theatre
Reginald DeKoven
John Charles Thomas
Bianca Saroya
Jefferson DE Angelis
Letty Yorke
Frank Tours
Majestic
Winston Churchill
Plymouth Theatre
Petrograd
Ripwood
Earl & Wilson
Remony Theatre
Cohan Harr
M . Y de Gana
Pirrchell
Huntington Ave
Hallet & Davis Piano Co
Boylston St
Symphony Hall
Pops
A. Maquarie
Amherst
Braves
Cincinnati
Read's
Washington St
St. Louis
Condit
Revere Beach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!