Roosevelt Libel Suit Verdict in 42 Hours
In Syracuse, a jury of twelve found Theodore Roosevelt true in his statements about William Barnes, ruling Barnes not libel. The verdict, reached after 42 hours of deliberation and 40 ballots, reflected a largely partisan panel with seven Republicans, three Progressives, and two Democrats.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Col. Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Barnes
Edward Burns
William M. Ivins
Walter J. Quill
Franklin S. Rhodes
Leonard K. Hungerford
F. W. Pierce
Warren H. Somers
Ray Tanner
John W. Brown
George Boschert
Germans Capture Riga In Baltic Naval Action Report
London based dispatch says Germans captured Riga on the Gulf of Riga in Northwest Russia. Private reports note a major Baltic naval battle. Riga, Russia's main Baltic port, lies 312 miles southwest of Petrograd and hosts about 300000 people, many Germans before the war. Russian forces are falling back near the San River while Austro-German advances push in Galicia.
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London
Copenhagen
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Russia
Baltic
Petrograd
San
Jaroslau
Przemysl
Poland
Galicia
Italian Troop Concentration Near Adriatic Coast
Italian military authorities guard troop movements with secrecy. About 350,000 soldiers are concentrated along the Adriatic coast facing Albania, at Brindisi Bari and Foggia. The large force signals a major strategic deployment and possible action.
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Italy
Adriatic
Albania
Brindisi
Bari
Foggia
Balfour To Head Navy In Coalition Ministry
London reports progress on forming the coalition ministry with Balfour named first lord of the admiralty. Lansdowne returns to cabinet duties, McKenna remains at the home office, and Curzon Churchill and Henderson are not yet assigned major posts. Sir John Simon may get the local government board post.
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Balfour
Admiralty
Lord Lansdowne
Bonar Law
McKenna
Home Office
India Office
Lord Curzon
Mr. Churchill
Arthur Henderson
Local Government Board
John Simon
Italy's Deputies Pass Bill Granting Full Powers
Rome reports the chamber of deputies approved the government bill by 407 to 74 with one abstention. A historic, enthusiastic day with guards around the Montecitorio Piazza and troops at the Austrian embassy. Gabriele D Annunzio appeared to cheers as the chamber and tribunes saluted him.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Piazza di Montecitorio
D’annunzio
Wilson Reviews Nation's War Dogs
The New York fleet of 14 battleships and escorts steamed from the Hudson on May 18 for a salute to President Wilson as the Mayflower passed the line. Led by the Wyoming, the ships formed a five mile column at 14 knots, saluting with 21 guns. After months of practice the fleet heads to Narragansett for major war games before overhaul in late June.
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Wilson
New York
Hudson
President Wilson
Wyoming
Admiral Fletcher
Narragansett
Italy Joins War as Central Powers Pause Victory
Maj Moraht, military critic in the Tageblatt, opines that Italy's entry prolongs the war. He says central powers and Turkey face delays but not as dramatic as earlier months. Italy has reached peak preparation, and with no defeats and internal splits kept, expects energetic wartime conduct.
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Berlin
Italy
Turkey
Maj. Moraht
Tageblatt
Italy Declares War on Austria in May 23 Decree
Italy declares war on Austria effective May 24 after King Victor signs the decree. Baron von Macchio receives passports and leaves Rome, while Duc d Avarna is recalled from Vienna. mobilization of two million fully armed troops to be ready within a month amid border skirmishes.
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Pont di Legno
Pejo
Forcellini di Montesso
Austria
Vienna
Baronsonal
Duc d’Avarua
Viet
Baron von Macchio
Baron Connino
Adriatic
Italian Senate
Chamber
Italy
Servia
Roumania
Counter offensive opens as Russia seeks flank on San and Dneister
Russia launches a fresh counter-offensive against Austro Germans after retreat from the Carpathians. Troops cross the San near the confluence with the Vistula and push south to outflank German lines. Austrians resist in Bukowina, with limited gains in Galicia and Opatow. German forces claim success in Baltic frontage and repulse some Russian moves near Dubysa and Niemen. Western front sees continuous attacks with no major breakthrough.
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San
Dneister
Russia
London
Vistula
Jarosian
Bukow
Russians Retreat As German Austrian Forces Press Front
London reports massed German and Austrian attacks on Russian lines along the San and Vistula in southern Poland. They claim crossing the San north of Przemysl and seizing Sieniawa while pushing west with heavy guns, while Russians defend Ivangorod area and Czernowitz falls to countermoves in Bukowina.
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San
Przemysl
Vistula River
Poland
Sieniawa
Ivangorod
Petrograd
Opatow
Kolomea
Galicia
Bukowina
Czernowitz
King Victor to assume command of Italian army
A Rome dispatch reports King Victor Emmanuel III plans to take effective command of the Italian army and entrust the regency to the duke of Aosta mirroring his grandfather’s 1866 act. Italy is edging toward joining the Allies as Austria and Germany seek to stall. Dispatches vary on Italy’s decision and diplomatic moves, with Austria proposing neutrality terms.
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London
Rome
Duke of
Aosta
Victor
Victor Emmanuel II
Eugenio
Italy
Austria
Russia
Paris
Reconstruction of British Cabinet Signals Coalition Plan
London reports confirm a non partisan cabinet for the war period. Asquith and Bonar Law spokesmen signal coalition moves with no fixed lines. Expected appointments include Balfour, Bonar Law, Austen Chamberlain, Churchill, Kitchener, and Lloyd George to key war and imperial posts.
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Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
The
Daily Telegraph
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Admiralty
J. Austen Chamlain
Winston Spencer Churchill
India
Earl Kitchener
David Lloyd-George
Lord Kitchener
Lloyd George
War Office
Universal military draft to reach one million in Holland
Amsterdam report states that the Dutch war minister announced in parliament plans for universal compulsory military training. The bill aims to enlarge the army to about 1,000,000 men.
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London
Amsterdam
Post
Frogs Rain Down in Weatherford Texas Storm
Heavy rains flood Weatherford Texas as thousands of small green frogs fall onto streets during one of the citys heaviest downpours in years. Local residents report slippery sidewalks and unexpected wildlife exposure amid the storm.
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Texas
Weatherford
Tex
May Queen Pageant Lights Battle Hill Parade in Jackson
The annual May queen pageant with Doris Holder as May queen and Anna Mallett as fairy queen drew crowds at Battle Hill, home of Mississippi Episcopal bishops. The event, in its tenth year, showcased Jackson’s pomp and pageantry in a well attended spectacle.
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Jackson
Battle Hill
Episcopal Bishops of
Mississippi
Woman’s Auxiliary
Mississippi governor candidates stump in southern counties
At least four of the five candidates for governor of Mississippi are traveling through Greene Jackson Harrison and Wayne counties in the extreme south. Reports reaching Jackson say these active campaigners are drawing fairly large crowds.
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South
Mississippi
Greene, George
Jackson
Harrison
Wayne Counties
Governor Grants Pardons J W Scott in Lafayette County
A pardon was granted to farmer J W Scott of Lafayette County after his wife and young daughter pleaded in Jackson for his freedom. Scott had been convicted of stealing a mule and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.
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J. W. Scott
Lafayette County
Scott
Jackson
Sidney
Greenville
O. C. Hocutt
Laddie
W. E. Knox
Houston
Houser
Knox
Hazlehurst Post Office Change and Nettleton Bank Forming
Hazlehurst's post office will pass to Mrs Harriett Wood on June 1 with Sallie Millsaps continuing as assistant. Nettleton plans a new bank named Nettleton Home Bank with J A Wiggul as president J D Bryan and W G Francis as vice presidents and R B Dobbs as cashier.
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Hazlehurst
Harriett Wood
Nettleton
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