British navy reports sinking of two German torpedo boats
London. The British admiralty announced two German torpedo boats were sunk in the North Sea. The destroyer Recruit was sunk, four officers and 21 men were saved by a trawler. Colombia also sank after torpedo attack. two German officers and 44 men were rescued as prisoners.
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London
Admralty
North Sea
Recruit
Colombia
Laforey
Leonidas
Lawford
Larek
Daisy
Germans Flank Russians In Baltic Advance Reported
A Berlin dispatch says German cavalry reportedly moved around the Russian right into the Baltic provinces. Unconfirmed force size, but possible probing near Polangen Courland. Russians slow in Uzsok Pass with Austrian flank pressure near Stry. Zeppelin raids in England prompt Allied air responses in Belgium Ostend and southern Germany. Western front quiet overall with Germans claiming bridge heads at the Yser canal Het Sas and Steenstraete. Allies counterattack statements appear in official reports.
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London
Polangen
Courland
Uzsok
Stry
Suffolk
England
Belgium
Ostend
Germany
Yser
Het Sas
Steenstraete
Von Kluck Recovering From Wounds in March
German commander General von Kluck, wounded in March, is reported to be on the road to recovery per the Hamburg Nachrichten. The update places his condition as improving while he remains under medical care in Amsterdam, Holland.
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von Kluck
Amsterdam
Holland
Hamburg
Germans Held At Ypres In Major Allied Counter Attacks
British Commander in Chief Sir John French reports that the German attempt to break through allied lines at Ypres and the Yser canal has been stopped. The first phase ends as allies plan counter attacks to regain lost ground with fighting also continuing in Champagne and the Vosges. Russians and Austro German forces clash in the Carpathians and Stry region.
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London
John French
Ypres
Yser
Steenstraate
Belgium
Champagne
Argonne
Woevre
Vosges
Hartmans- Weilerkopf
Alsace
Uzsek Pass
Carpathians
Stry
Fight tax on liquor in Britain sparks heated debate
London reports proposals by Chancellor Lloyd George to double spirits duties and sharply raise wine taxes with graduated beer levies. Opponents from O'Brienites to Nationalists condemn extras while unions abstain. Expected budget impact cites £1.3 million extra from spirits and £1.5 million from wine. War zones may see saloon closures with compensation for property appropriation.
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London
House of Common
David Lloyd- George
O'Brienites
Liloyd- George
House of Commons
Air Raid Hits Ipswich Sparking Fires in Suffolk County
The Daily News reports an enemy aircraft over Ipswich in Suffolk county during the early hours of April 30 dropped bombs setting several buildings ablaze. Five houses were virtually destroyed, three badly damaged, and two slightly damaged by airship bombs.
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Suffolk
Cambridge
England
The
Daily News
Ipswich
Suffolk County
American steamer Gulflight torpedoed off Sicily
The Gulflight an American oil tank steamer sailing from Port Arthur Texas to Rouen France was torpedoed May 2 off the Sicily Islands. The captain died of heart failure from shock two seamen drowned the rest were rescued and the vessel was towed and beached at Crow Sound The event stirred Washington officials and prompted mentions of prior incidents and diplomatic actions.
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London
Gulflight
Port Arthur
Texas
Rouen
France
Sicily Islands
Crow Sound
Washington
Leon C. Thresher
Falab
Camden
N. J
Gulf Refining Company
Advance Railroad Wages Approval Across 64 000 Rail Workers
An arbitration award signed April 30 advances wages for 64 000 locomotive engineers firemen and hustlers on 140 000 miles of U S and Canadian Western railroads. It becomes effective May 10 for one year though a dissenting opinion calls the process a failure and the Newlands law an inadequate device for settling disputes.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Illinois Central
Great Lakes
Brotherhoods of Enginemen
Newlands
Jeter, C. Pritchard
Richmond
Officers Killed During Arkansas Island Arrest
News from Nodesa, Oscedla County, reports Deputy Sheriff Dave Wells and another Tennessean officer were killed on Island 34 while attempting to arrest bootleggers. The event occurred May 1 as they pursued illegal liquor operators seen in the area for years.
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Oscedla
Ark
Nodesa
Dave Wells
Wells
State of
Tennessee
British and French Gallipoli advances push toward Constantinople
London reports renewed Allied operations at the Dardanelles as British troops land at three Gallipoli points and threaten the Bulair line. French forces move on the Asiatic shore while naval bombardment of Kilid Bahr forts resumes after 12 hours. An Athens dispatch notes fighting near Suvla Bay with Turkish losses described as serious and a battalion captured.
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London
Flanders
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Bulair
Straits
Athens
Troy
Suvla Bay
Asiatic
Littoral
Kilid Bahr
French Cruiser Leon Gambetta Sunk by Austrian Submarine
The French cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed by Austrian submarine U-6 in the Strait of Otranto. Over 600 officers and men drowned as boats sank. Rescue efforts began from Brindisi Taranto Otranto and Bari with the semaphore station crew first on scene. The attack may have occurred outside Italian waters and U-6 previously sank the Jolanda. The sub surfaced from Cattaro 300 miles from Santa Maria Leuca, possibly a 20 hour voyage.
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Brindisi
Italy
Leon Gambetta
Strait of
Otranto
Adriatic Sea
Sasta Maria Lucca
Brindsi
Taranto
Bari
Adriatic
Pola
Turkey
Dardanelles
Cattaro
Santa Maria Leuca
Texas bucket shop law question before U S Supreme Court
Washington reports the Fifth Circuit asks the Supreme Court to resolve whether the Texas bucket shop law bars enforcement of contracts for future cotton sales on the New York cotton exchange. Allen Butterfield sued J L Hume. a Texas district court refused enforcement. The circuit court certified the question.
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Washington
New York Cotton Exchange
Supreme Court
Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Allen Butterfield
New York
J. L. Hume
Austin
Texas
Texas Federal District Court
Circuit
Italian Troops to Frontier Report Verona Rail Halt
Verona reports railway service on the Austrian side of the frontier nearly suspended for ordinary use as all lines are redirected to move Italian troops to the frontier.
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Verona
Italy
Monthly Prisoner Report and Legal Case Headlines
Summary covers Mississippi prison statistics with 1 499 prisoners on convict farms, 53 receptions, 18 discharges, 14 pardons, 4 escapes. Also reports a $25 000 libel suit filed by Mrs Mary Craig Kim brough Sinclair against Jackson News over a Rockefeller Center dispatch. Mentions grading scheme for clean town contest and Parchman pardon of Ed Marion for manslaughter.
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Jackson
Mississippi
O. M. Spickard
Board of Prison Trustees
Hinds County
Jackson News
Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
News
New York
Sinclair
Rockefeller
Broadway
Country Club Opens On Jackson Clinton Road
The magnificent new home of the Jackson Country Club has been thrown open to the public and its members, located about four miles out on the Jackson Clinton high road.
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Jackson Country Club
Jackson-Clinton High Road
Railroad Docket Light Says Railroad Official
James Calceran, secretary of the railroad commission, reports the docket for the upcoming meeting will be light and contain no cases of general importance.
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James Calceran
The
Railroad Commission
Arson Charge Arrests Reported for Reed and Fleming
State Insurance Commissioner Henry reports the arrest and preliminary trial of George Reed and John Fleming both white men from Prentiss. They face arson charges for setting fire to a residence near Carson and were held to the grand jury in $1,000 bond each.
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Henry
George Reed
John Fleming
Prentiss
Carson
Mississippi State Briefs A Busy Mississippi News Roundup
The Ne gro Farmers Conference opened at Shelby for a two day session. Bohemians leaving gulf coast shrimp and oyster plants head for Maryland and the East. Jerome Love a negro postal clerk stood over on federal tampering charges. Greenville buys 60 000 gallons of oil to dust unpaved streets in the Cleanest Town contest. J F Wright near Shannon died by carbolic acid after domestic trouble. An electric street railway bid eyes McComb for service. Laurel already has one. Meridian strawberries move. 75 100 carloads expected. William Bradley arrested at Pontotoc on arson, barn fire near Lyon. Federal agents nab morphine cases in Meridian. State Teachers Association meets at Laurel with 1000 teachers present. Gulfport issues warrant over explosives. Lena cargos dynamite. Will Vandiver jailed in Amory for burglary and train wreck attempt with stolen keys.
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Greenville
Mississippi
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Strait of Otranto
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Walley
Delta
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Ed Marion
Parchman State
Brewer
Marion
Pontotoc County
Country Club
Mississippi State
Negro Farmers’ Conference
Industrial Agricultural College For Negroes
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Gulf Coast
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Jerome Love
Laurel
W. G. Landers
Love
Clarksdale
Yazoo City
J. F. Wright
Shannon
McComb
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Meridian Territory
Livingston Territory
Sparkman
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
William Bradley
Pontotoc
W. J. Lyon
Federal
Meridian
Everett A. Smith
John Co. Childress
Jasper Boykin
J. A. Gulley
Mississippi State Teachers’ Association
Gulfport
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Lena
Will Vandiver
Will Jones
Amory
Birmingham
Vandiver
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