British losses in sea and air raids tally 2166
In wartime attacks on the British Isles 2166 people were killed or wounded. Deaths total 550. Home Secretary Herbert Samuel announced in the House of Commons that sea raids killed 61 men 40 women and 40 children while injuries affected all. Air raids caused 222 men 114 women and 73 children deaths and 1005 injuries.
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London
British Isles
House of Commons
Herbert L. Samuel
Home Secretary
Cacum Ointment Promised Quick Relief for Eczema
Advert says eczema and similar skin diseases worsen until madness like irritation. Claims a 25c box of Cadum Ointment stops itching immediately and brings sleep and rest. Also marketed for pimples, blotches, rash, eruptions, scaly skin, chafings, tetter, sores, ringworm, cuts, burns. At druggists, 25c.
Germans Gain Ground Near Cumieres in Verdun Front
German forces launch fierce attacks west of the Meuse near Cumieres and win about 325 yards of French trench while French counter offensives repulse most efforts. Heavy artillery duels continue around Verdun and along the British front with no major infantry moves reported elsewhere.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Cumferes
Dead Man's Hill
Cumieres
Douaumont
Official War Bulletin From Europe May 29
The communication reports renewed enemy attacks in the Lagarina valley between the Adige and Val D Arsa during Sunday night and Monday. Our troops repeatedly repelled the assaults with firm resistance. In the Posina Astico sector the defense continued.
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Rome
London
Lagarina Valley
Adige
Val D'Arsa
Posina-Astico
Verdun Front Attacks Fail Amid Heavy Artillery
German troops launch two assaults from Corbeaux wood toward Verdun. official reports say both failed. Heavy artillery covers the Meuse sector with 15 aerial combats. two German planes shot down. Austro-Hungarian forces seize a fortification west of Arsiero. Strong French counterattacks near Camieres are repulsed except for a 325 yard trench gain. Heavy bombardments persist on the British front with no infantry advances.
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Corbeaux Wood
Verdun
Paris
The
Meuse
Fort Vaux
Camieres
Berlin
Artillery duel and shifts on Asiago front noted
Intense artillery actions persisted as enemy forces attacked a southern Posina position and were repulsed with losses. Fourteenth Regiment conducted a counter attack at Monte Mosciag saving two batteries, while troops on the Asiago plateau consolidated positions. Minor skirmishes occurred in the Sugana valley. activity remained high at Plava and Monfalcone.
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Posina Torrent
Asiago
Monte Mosciag
Sugana
Plava
Monfalcone
German Army Headquarter Statement May 29
Berlin reports on the Western front that enemy monitors near the coast were driven off by German artillery. Furnes aerodrome bombarded by German aviators. Artillery duels on the Meuse continue with undiminished violence. Two French attacks on Cumieres repulsed. Eastern and Balkan fronts: nothing to report.
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Berlin
Furnes
Meuse
Cumieres
Rain Insurance in New York Affected by War
The European war has raised rain insurance costs in New York City. An organization planning a polo Grounds festival wired Lloyds in London for a $10,000 rain policy. Lloyds replied that normal cost is 5 percent but wartime military stress would push it far higher.
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New York
New York City
Polo Grounds
Lloyds
London
Furious German Attacks Repulsed at Hill 304 in France
French and Belgian war releases report intense German bombardments along the Meuse front. German assaults near Hill 804 and northwest of Cumieres were repulsed with heavy losses. French air attacks claimed two enemy planes shot down while pilots saw strong artillery actions around Roye and Beuvraignes.
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Hill 304
The
Meuse
Paris
War Office
Avecourt Wood
Cumieres
Dead Man's Hill
Camieres
Corbeaux Wood
Fort Douaumont
Apremont Forest
Pervyse
Caeskerke
Dixmude
Roye
Beuvraignes
Corbeaux Woods
Vaux
Lorraine
Parroy
Argonne Forest
Monthers
Bourgogne
Rheims
Avecourt
Forges
Austro Hungarian Forces Capture Key Alpine Fortifications
Vienna reports Austro Hungarian troops seized fortified works at Cornono west of Arsiero and the dam across Italyssa southwest of Monte Interrotto in Astgo. In southeastern theater, skirmishes with Italian patrols occurred on the lower Vogusa area north of Avlona. overall situation unchanged.
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Vienna
Cornono
Arsiero
Italyssa
Monte Interrotto
Astgo
Vogusa
Albania
Avlona
Mobilization Move Aimed at American Securities
In the House of Commons Reginald McKenna presented a plan to compel sales of American securities to the government under the mobilization scheme. The measure imposes a 2 shillings per pound tax on American securities except those deposited with the treasury, with War Undersecretary Tennant noting gold export limits due to a trade deficit.
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London
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Exchequer
McKenna
Treasury
Harold J. Tennant
England
America
British Front Bombarded Heavily But No Infantry Attacks
The official British statement reports heavy bombardment along the La Bassee canal to Arras area and near Loos, with Ar ras and Neuville St Vaast also struck. No infantry action occurred in the last 24 hours, while aerial activity and gunfire yielded notable successes against German positions.
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London
LaBassee Canal
Arras
Loos
Neuville-St. Vaast
Mametz
Fricourt
Zillebeke
Hooge
Elverdinge
Crew of Trunkby Reach Port Arrives After Sinking
The crew of 26 from the British steamer Trunkby, sunk by an unknown submarine, have arrived at Algiers via Paris. The 2635 ton vessel, built in 1896 and owned by R. Ropner & Co. of West Hartlepool, was reported sunk.
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Algiers
Paris
Trunkby
R. Ropner & Co
West Hartlepool
Germans Seize Dutch Vessel Holland at Sea
Berlin message to Copenhagen says the Dutch vessel Holland was captured by a German warship and towed to Borkum Island on suspicion of spying. The Exchange Telegraph correspondent in Copenhagen reported the seizure and port entrainment.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Holland
Borkum Island
Fire destroys cotton and rubber at Vladivostok
A Vladivostok despatch to Lloyds reports large quantities of cotton and rubber recently landed there burned in a fire that raged from 3 PM Saturday to midnight.
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Vladivostok
London
Lloyds
Russian PTI report details WWI combat actions
The general headquarters says enemy artillery bombarded the Riga area railway east of Riga while our aerial squadron hit Komay electric station northwest of Lake Narocz. Caucasus front sees fighting near Rivandouza. Kurdish forces were dispersed after a raid on convoys. A detachment of 44 Cossacks surprised a Kurdish bivouac near Zouva, killing 150 and returning to their regiment with two killed and one missing.
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Petrograd
London
Riga
Kurtenhof
Komay
Lake Narocz
Rivandouza
Zouva
Alien School Tots Observe Memorial Day
Children in America less than two years performed the Gettysburg Address Barbara Frietchie and The Blue and the Gray at Hancock School memorial exercises before about 400 spectators. Miss Eleanor N. Colleton led English special classes in the North End.
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America
Barbara Frietchie
Hancock School
Eleanor N. Colleton
North End
Reading Woman Files Libel for Divorce
Mrs. Mabel H. Lewis of Reading files a libel for divorce in Suffolk county courts against Willard A. Lewis, a wholesale shoe salesman, recently of Reading but now of this city. Married June 26, 1902 at Hannover. lived in Rockland and Reading. She cites Jan. 10, 1916 and other dates as grounds.
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Reading
Mabel H. Lewis
Suffolk County
Willard A. Lewis
Hanover
Rockland
Lewis
Abusive Husband Neglect Alleged in Case Summary
The report states the husband was cruel and abusive toward his wife and failed to provide for her, highlighting domestic hardship and lack of support as key issues in the case.
Cure for Ringworm by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Miss Ella Roy of Westport Connecticut describes severe ringworm on her face and scalp, itching and hair loss, then relief after using four cakes of Cuticura Soap and four boxes of Cuticura Ointment, claiming full healing by October 8 1915.
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Ella Roy
Westport
Conn
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