Holland Holds Key 10 Big War
Washington reports from War Department experts say Holland could end the war by entering the conflict. Holland’s 400000 man army and English plans to land 1,000,000 troops may swing German lines, trap Grund army, and cut food supplies, opening a path for Allied victory.
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Washington
War Department
Holland
Germany
Kitchener
England
Belgium
France
Vosges Mountains
Submarine War A Menace Across British Waters
London reports the German submarine menace growing with many undersea craft. Sinking of Cadeby Spennymoor and M Rooswall noted as threat expands toward the Suez route. Argyllshire chased and fired upon but escaped to Havre. Trade to and from British ports continues amid Dardanelles operations and Gallipoli support.
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London
England
Germany
Dardanelles
British Isles
Suez Canal
Cadeby
Spennymoor
M. Rooswall
Argyllshire
Havre
Gallipoli
Dernberg Quits Limelight Moves Out of Sight in New York
Dr Bernard Dernberg Germanys semi official mouthpiece in this country has dropped from sight in New York He has vanished from the hotel where he has been stopping since arriving in the United States Attempts to reach him have failed since Saturday evening hotel clerks and front desk staff report no knowledge of his whereabouts
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Dernberg
New York
Bernard Dernberg
Germany
Dr. Dernberg
Veterans Hold Reunion in Richmond Confederate veterans gather for 25th annual reunion
The United Confederate Veterans hold a three day gathering in Richmond starting June 1 led by Gen. George P. Harrison in the absence of Gen. Bennet H. Young. Virginias Governor Henry C. Stuart and Mayor Ainslie welcomed the group as 60 000 visitors were counted. Northern units joined the pageant with Connecticut guards escorting Gov. Holcomb. A tablet honoring southern women was unveiled at Hollywood cemetery and memorial services marked those who died last year.
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Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
George P. Harrison
Opelika
Ala
Bennet H. Young
Hollywood
Confederate’s Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Henry C. Stuart
Ainslie
D. Gardner Tyler
President Tyler
Virginia
Gen. Harrison
Northern Military Organization
Governor's Foot Guard
Connecticut
Marcus H. Holcomb
Stuart
John Lamb
War Department
Marine Band
Fortress Monroe
Virginia Military Institute
Hollywood Cemetery
South
Mexican situation worse prompts Wilson to act
President Wilson plans to serve notice on Mexican war ring factions as conditions worsen. He appealed through the Red Cross for relief funds noting starvation and internal disturbances. A formal presidential statement may follow within days, with broader action delayed by ongoing German negotiations and a Carranza seizure of relief corn.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
American Red Cross
White House
Germany
Duval West
Carranza
International Relief Committee
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Allied ships bombard Asia Minor coast sites
A Reuters Athens dispatch reports allied warships on May 25 bombarded Adalia Makri Kakava and other Asia Minor coast towns, destroying government buildings and public works. Heavy firing was heard at Samos from the Gulf of Smyrna and a petrol depot on the Asiatic coast was destroyed, with a German submarine believed to have drawn supplies.
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London
Reuter
Athens
Piraeu
Adalia
Makri
Kakava
Asia Minor
Samos
Gulf of Smyrna
Asiatic
Prisoners Reported in Russia and Galicia Released
Russian armies interned 605 378 men and 10 734 officers in Russia by April first. Many Galician prisoners were freed and sent home.
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Petrograd
Russia
Great Struggle Around Przemysl Continues Amid Heavy Reinforcements
London reports a fierce battle around Przemysl with Austro German efforts to cut the city off and free forces for Italy. Russians reinforce from Lemberg while Austrians and Germans push toward the railway to Grodek and Lemberg. Western fighting at Yser canal and Neuville St. Vaast. Megantic chase rumor debunked as liner escapes.
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London
Przemysl
Italy
Grodek
Lemberg
Galicia
Yser Canal
Neuville St. Vaast
White Star
Megantic
Liverpool
Montreal
Mner
Majestic Sunk by Submarine Near Gallipoli
The British battleship Majestic, a 14,900 ton vessel with 757 officers and crew, was torpedoed and sunk on May 27 while supporting forces at Gallipoli. Nearly all aboard were saved. The loss marks the fifth British battleship sunk in the Dardanelles campaign, with Triumph and Bouvet other recent casualties.
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London
Majestic
Admiralty
H. M. S. Majestic
H. F. G. Talbot
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Triumph
Gulf of
Saros
ADMITS GULFLIGHT ATTACK AND ITALY COMMAND MOVE
Berlin reports the torpedoing of the U S Gulflight was by a German submarine after its commander deemed the ship British or contraband due to convoy by two patrol boats. The commander feared a closer look. In Rome, King Emmanuel I has assumed supreme command and is traveling incognito to the Italian headquarters.
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Berlin
U. S
Admiralty
Italy
Rome
Emmanuel
French Air Raid Hits Ludwigshafen Chemical Plant
Paris reports a French squadron of 18 planes bombing the Baden Aniline Chemical factory at Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. The attack lasted about six hours, covered over 400 kilometers, and set several buildings ablaze as retaliation for German air raids on Paris.
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Paris
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Mannheim
Germany
Germain
War Office
Baden Aniline Chemical
Britain’s new coalition cabinet named in London
King George approves a broad coalition with Lord Kitchener as secretary of war and Arthur J. Balfour as first lord of the admiralty. Key posts include Asquith as prime minister, Grey foreign affairs, Lloyd George munitions, Bonar Law colonies, and Churchill duchy of Lancaster. The 21-member cabinet comprises 12 Liberals, 8 Conservatives, 1 Laborite Arthur Henderson, and 1 independent Earl Kitchener, with 13 veterans remaining from the old cabinet.
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Kitchener
Britain
London
Lord Kitchener
Coalition
King George
Arthur J. Balfour
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admir
Duchy of Lancaster
Herbert H. Asquith
Edward Grey
David Mister
the Treasury
Mr. Asquith
Lord Lansdowne
Stanley Q. Buckmaster
Lord Crewe
Lord Curzon of
Kedelston
Reginald McKenna
John A. Simon
Sir Edward Grey
Andrew Bonar Law
India
Austen Chamberlain
David Lloyd-George
The
Admiralty
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
Augustin Birrell
Scotland
Thomas McKinnon Wood
Board of Agriculture
Lord Selbourne
Lewis Harcourt
Board of Education
Arthur Henderson
Sir Edward Carson
Earl Kitchener
Two Warships Go Down In Gallipoli Action
Paris reports a Turkish gunboat of the Aidin Reis type sunk in the Sea of Marmara near Constantinople by a British submarine. The Triumph, torpedoed while supporting Australian and New Zealand forces at Gallipoli on May 25, sank soon after, with most officers and the captain saved as destroyers and patrol craft pursued the submarine until dark.
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England
Turkey
Dardanelles
London
Paris
Aidin Reis
Sea of Marmosa
Constantinople
Athens
Admiralty
Gallipoli Peninsula
Triumph
Seigel Held On Serious Charge At Jackson Convention
Carl Otto Seigel, the young German arrested for robbing a store cash drawer, is turned over to federal authorities on a white slavery charge. The article notes a June 10 11 convention in Jackson, Mississippi, with 2000 delegates expected, featuring Grown-in-Mississippi product exhibits and a large barbecue, led by Frank G Wisner and H E Blakeslee.
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Jackson
Carl Otto Seigel
Carl J. von Seutter
United States
J.w.georges
Mississippi
Frank G. Wisner
Laurel
Natchez
Normal
J. H.ewings
Mississippi National Guard in new state association
At a Jackson meeting a temporary Mississippi National Guard Association was formed with Adjt.Gen. Eric C. Scales as president Maj. George E. Hoggaboom as vice president and Lieut. J. B. Carney as secretary A permanent group will form at Biloxi July 18 24 1915 open to all state residents and dedicated to promoting state defense and Guard welfare Gov Earl Brewer and trustees toured colleges and universities at Columbus Starkville and the University of Mississippi 759 automobiles registered this year in Mississippi per State Auditor Duncan L Thompson 1914 car registrations stood at 6284 on January 1 Druggists will hold their thirteenth annual convention in Jackson June 8 9 Ratliff Battery veterans plan a reunion June 7 to recall Civil War incidents and honor comrades
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Jackson
Mississippi National Guard Association
Eric C. Scales
George E. Hogaboom
J. B. Carney
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi National Guard
Mississippi
Army League of the United States
Earl Brewer
Board of Trustees
The
Colleges and Universities of Mississippi
Columbus
Industrial Institute and College
Starkville
Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Mississippi
Office of State
Duncan L. Thompson
Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association
Ratliff’s Battery
Mary Andrews Croom
Mississippi Valley Fair card to feature Lexington event
The Mississippi Valley Fair association will present a racing card at Lexington soon. Funds for the Mississippi Woman's College in Hattiesburg near completion with over a third of the $75,000 goal raised from Baptists of the south. Charles F. Woods J. B. Bartem and David Barton of Natchez head to New Orleans to board an English ship carrying war horses and mules to France.
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Lexington
Mississippi Valley Fair Association
Baptists of the
South
Mississippi Woman's College
Hattiesburg
Charles F. Woods
J. B. Bartem
David Barton
Natchez
New Orleans
France
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