Lusitania Sunk Off Ireland After Torpedo Strike
The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine near Old Head Kinsale and sank in about 18 minutes. Official lists show 1,201 lives lost, including notable Americans Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Elbert Hubbard and Charles Klein. About 120 Americans perished with 68 of 188 accounted for as rescued.
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Cunard
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Saint George's Channel
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Amelia McDonald
Patrick Gallon
Alfred Gwynne
Verbilt
Charles Klein
Justus M. Forman
Elbert Hubbard
Lusitania
Queenstown
Great Britain
Old Head Kinsale
Atlantic
Nantucket
Het Guar
Lusitania Survivor Accounts Describe Sinking by Torpedo
John Davis, a Lusitania crew member, recounts the sinking off Fastnet after a fog and a torpedo strike. He details the ship listing, lifeboat deployment difficulties, and the loss of many passengers including children, as the vessel settled and disappeared.
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Lusitania
John Davis
Fastnet
Turner
William Colewell
Germans Claim Victory In Western Galicia And Flanders
London reports a German official claim of victories in Western Galicia and Flanders on May 5. British and French authorities dispute core points, noting repulsed attacks in Belgium and ongoing battles on the Yser canal and around Ypres. The front remains volatile with conflicting eastern theatre reports and shifting gains. Submarine activity targets the British fishing fleet.
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Ypres
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Carpathians
Dunajec
Athens
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Gallipoli
Public Sentiment Grows After Lusitania Sinking
Washington reacts to the Lusitania disaster with shock as Americans die and calls for deliberate, firm action rise. President Wilson remains secluded while officials await data to shape policy, and the State Department stresses not rocking the boat as inquiries proceed.
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Italy Faces Break in Neutrality Ties Amid Austria Talks
Rome waits feverishly for a supreme decision as negotiations with Austria reach a critical stage. German circles show low mood and belief Italy will not recede. Austria’s demands loom, with Germany making a last effort. Rome anticipates a breaking thread any minute.
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Austria
Germany
Orient Conflict Eases as Settlement Sought With China
Washington reports a crisis averted and a favorable settlement with China is in prospect Japan’s ultimatum modifications cited by Lee Bryan May 6 China’s reply delivered May 9 Yuan Shi Kai backed by military leaders amid fears of a revolutionary outbreak Foreign residents and Chinese prepare for possible contingencies as the situation remains tense but hopeful.
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China
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Japan
Yuan Shi Kai
Peking
Wreck injures many near Grassy Lake Arkansas
A westbound light engine collided with the eastbound Hot Springs Special at Grassy Lake on May 5. Several serious injuries reported including L. L. Page F. M. Ridgway W. L. Lloyd Luther McDaniel and W Lamb. Rescue and medical aid arrived from Wynne and Memphis while crews and wrecking trains worked at the scene.
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Argenta
Luther McDaniel
Forrest City
Lamb
Denver
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Paragon Film Company
Wynne
Tornado Kills Fifteen in Jennings Area
A May 6 tornado struck western Arcadia Parish in the southern state region. Fifteen people died and more than twenty were injured as flying debris caused fatalities on farms near Mermentau. the only white victim was Adam Thibodeaux.
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Jennings
Arcadia Parish
Adam Thibodeaux
Mermentau
Cyclone Devastates Coahoma County Plantations
A May 6 cyclone hit Coahoma County from east of Clarksdale to Jonestown, causing high property damage and multiple deaths. King and Anderson plantations suffered heavy losses with twelve tenant houses destroyed and one death at Cannaci place eight miles east. Elkhorn and Pratt plantations also damaged. wires down countywide and injuries reported among residents in Hill Rudyard and Coahoma.
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Russian Center Holds Geneva Defies German Breakthrough
Tribune de Geneve dispatch from Vienna reports an Austro German army of 250 000 men failed to break through the Russian center at Gorlice, indicating a setback in the offensive.
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Tribune de Geneve
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Battle Front Claims From All Sides In War News
Paris reports German lines near Ypres repulsed and trenches captured in Flanders while Paris notes repulses by British forces. Petrograd says Russians fight back and Teuton attacks lessen. Reports claim gains near Neiuport and a 41 and a half mile trench front near Carency, with wider advances farther east.
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Belgium
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Carpathians
Austria
Germany
Galicia
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Petrograd
Carency
Paris
Greatest Effort of War Spanning Fronts
London reports a massive German driven offensive across the eastern front against Russia with Austro allies. German claims up to 40,000 Russian prisoners since last Saturday night, while Austrians put it over 50,000 and foresee destruction of the Russian third army.
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London
Ypres
Italians Mobilize as War Fears Rise in Europe
London reports a Berlin private message to the Exchange Telegraph stating Italy has called all infantry classes from 1876 to colors and dispatched trains with troops to the front. In Rome, the Lusitania sinking sparks indignation among Italians aboard and in the populace urging measures to end such neutral killings.
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Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Berlin
Italy
Rome
Lusitania torpedoing claim sparks war debate in London
Lord Charles Beresford in London asserts the Lusitania was torpedoed deliberately to force the United States into war. He says he foresaw the current crisis in February and warned that Germany aimed to draw America into conflict.
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Congressmen to Return to Honolulu Tour Plan
In Honolulu Hawaii the congressional party touring the islands discussed securing the cruiser Maryland for a rush trip to San Francisco in view of the Lusitania torpedoing crisis and a possible extra session of Congress.
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Mississippi Congress of Mothers Meets Amid Floods in Jackson
The seventh annual Mississippi Congress of Mothers and PTA session opens in Jackson with talks by Prof. W. H. Smith and Prof. H. L. Whitfield on education and home life. Heavy rain and Town Creek overflow flood about 50 blocks, submerging 75 small houses and stores, forcing many residents to flee.
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United States
J. K. Vardaman
John Sharp Williams
Perey ‘Fia
Col
R. Henry
Frederick Sullens
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