Portugal in Revolt Sees New Republic Proclaimed
Lisbon reports the revolutionary forces have secured control with Jacob Chagas named president. Proclamations urge a national republican government, while casualty tolls from May 14 reach 67 killed and 300 wounded. Royalist leaders arrested. order restored gradually as arms are to be surrendered.
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New Order
Lisbon
Jacob Chagas
Couceiro
Marquis Ficalho
Oporto
Pimenta Costa
Revolutionary Committee
London
Arthur Willoughby
G. Lowry
Eric Edward Upton
Viscount Templetown
Martin Archer-Shee
Finsbury
J. F. Grey
Alfred Harris
Earl of
A. P. Methuen
Baron Methuen
Frederick W. Robinson
V. H. Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore
Lord Alstair Graham
Duke of Montrose
C. B. Vandeleur
Germany
Cunard, US Offer Rewards for Lusi tania Victims
Cunard Line offers five dollar rewards for each recovered Lusitania body with the American government adding another five dollars for every American body found. The combined bounty aims to speed identification and return of victims.
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Queenstown
Cunard Company
French Advance Slow But Steady In Major World War Line
British forces reportedly hold large German forces in front near Ypres as the French push toward Paris and the forest of Le Pretre. Belgian troops repulse a German bridgehead attempt on the Yser canal while Austro German units advance north of Przemysl. Russian flanks are under pressure from Carpathian armies.
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London
Paris
Ypres
Albert
Yser
Woevre
le Pretre
St. Mihiel
Galicia
Przemysl
Carpathians
Poland
Goliath Sunk in Dardanelles Action Reported
London reports the British battleship Goliath torpedoed in the Dardanelles with feared 500 lives lost. British submarine E-14 sank two Turkish gunboats and a large transport. Churchill, in the House of Commons, confirmed the loss and noted 20 officers and 160 crew saved.
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London
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmora
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Irresistible
Ocean
Berlin
Lord Nelson
Italy Faces Grave Crisis as Cabinet Resigns
London reports the Italian cabinet has resigned after failing to secure unanimous support from constitutional parties over international policy. An official note dated May 14 says the king will decide on acceptance. Pro-neutral and interventionist factions plan demonstrations as Rome braces for potential civil tension amid political strife.
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London
Council of Ministers
Reuter
Rome
Italy
United States Cables Note on German Submarine Warfare
Washington reports the May 13 note to Ambassador Gerard condemning German aggression on the high seas after the Lusitania sinking. It calls for disavowal of acts, reparations, and steps to prevent recurrence, detailing related incidents and urging full understanding of the grave situation.
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Washington
United States
Amassador Gerard
Falaba
Leon C. Thrasher
Cushing
Gulflight
Submarines Speed Up Production in Hamburg Shipyards
A Swiss engineer arriving from Hamburg reports Hamburg shipyards are turning out three finished submarines per month two large class and one small type. This implies growing German naval capacity and rapid construction of undersea vessels.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hamburg
Williams says Lusitania armed claim hinges on German knowledge
U S Senator John Sharp Williams argues the Lusitania torpedoing hinges on whether the ship was armed. He notes Bernstorff's claim Germany knew of an armed Lusitania but not on the final trip, calls that a lie due to German-American spies. He would mobilize the fleet and demand apology and indemnity over the Gulflight incident.
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Jackson
Miss
United States
John Sharp Williams
Germany
Bernstorff
New York
Gulflight
Williams
Official British admiralty report on Lusitania sinking
Berlin publishes the admiralty version of the Lusitania disaster from the submarine Behncke signature. The liner was sighted May 7 at 2 20 CET off the southeast Irish coast. A torpedo hit the starboard below the captain's bridge at 3 10, followed by a massive second explosion from onboard ammunition ignition as the ship listed and sank.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Behncke
Ireland
U. S. Fleet Mobilized for Naval War Review
The great naval war setting is near, with the defending fleet in the Hudson River awaiting President Wilson's review. Four vessels of the auxiliary division join Rear Admiral Beatty's attacking fleet en route to an unrevealed rendezvous at sea. Atlantic fleet mobilization completed as three divisions of the torpedo flotilla anchor along the New Jersey riverbank.
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New York
Atlantic
Hudson River
Wilson
Beatty
New Jersey
Victims From Atlanta Named in Lusitania Cable
Mr and Mrs George H Hunter of Atlanta were listed among Lusitania victims in a cablegram to Mrs Nellie Inglis a sister of Mr Hunter. The telegram from Aberdeen Scotland said the bodies were not recovered and authorities had not confirmed details.
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Atlanta, Ga
George H. Hunter
Atlanta
Lusitania
Nellie Inglis
Murder charged against Germans over Lusitania sinking
Coroner's jury in Kinsale Ireland finds eight miles south southwest of Old Head of Kinsale on May 7 1915 Lusitania met death by prolonged immersion and exhaustion after torpedoing by a German submarine. They call the crime contrary to international law and blame the German emperor and government. Condolences voiced to relatives Cunard Company and United States. Captain Turner testified.
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Kinsale
Ireland
Old Head of Kinsale
Germany
Cunard Company
United States
Turner
Lusitania
Roosevelt condemns milk and water policy amid Lusitania response
Col Roosevelt argues against pacifism after Wilson's Philadelphia address and urges suspending all German commerce in reprisal for the Lusitania sinking. He cites the 150 babies drowned and American losses to brand the policy of blood and iron as needing a stronger stance. He also notes China may find comfort in the president’s line about being too proud to fight.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Philadelphia
Lusitania
Germany
Gulflight
China
National Tendencies and Cleanest Town Regrades
Vice-President Marshall spoke in Jackson on National Tendencies and pledged full backing for President Wilson over the Lusitania issue. Officials in charge of the cleanest town contest announce re inspections by state sanitary inspectors due to grading misunderstandings.
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Jackson
Willie Walley
W. S. Leathers
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