Atlantic tensions mount as German submarine talks continue
Reports from May 8 describe raiders and submarines near the Azores heightening fears of a new clash with Germany. Officials say the president will enforce strict actions if German promises are not kept and warns to recall ambassadors and revoke passports if violations occur.
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Border raid on Glen Springs prompts delay in talks
May 8 Marfa reports six Americans killed and others wounded in a raid by Mexican raiders at Glen Springs. U S cavalry and Texan posse pursue across the border as negotiations with Obregon and Scott face possible delay amid new border violence.
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Memorial Dinner Aims to Boost Hospital Fund
Guests at a May 8 dinner in New York celebrated Dr. Abra Jacobi s sixth birthday and pledged to raise one hundred dollars for a proposed new group of wings for the hospital for deformities and joint diseases. The event honors Dr. Jacobi lauded as a leading surgeon and medical pioneer.
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Akron Canton carmen accept wage scales to avert strike
Akron city carmen and Canton Akron and other N O T interurban men will accept the latest company offer after a system wide vote. The new two year contract raises city men to 27 cents, 29 cents and 32 cents. interurban men to 29, 31 and 34 cents. The agreement, reached by Charles Currie and Edward McMorrow, ends a month long wage dispute. The first year hike totals about 80 000 dollars with average raises of 107 dollars per employee.
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Strikers Leader Known as Joan of Arc Held on Murder Charge
Pittsburgh May 6. Anna Bell twenty released on bail amid riot murder charges. Police label her the leader of the female riot group numbering over a hundred. She declared herself Joan of Arc and commanded the women during the deadly riots. She laughed when freed on bail.
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Tug boat finds bodies of two in river
In New Orleans on May 8 an ocean tugboat clearing a sand bar surfaced the bodies of Spencer B. Shelby and Helen Figenschue, a young couple who vanished last Sunday after leaving notes saying they would die together. Both had tuberculosis and could not marry.
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Mysterious blaze destroys ship in Brooklyn with war munitions
A fire of mysterious origin gutted the after hold of the steamship San Giovanni as she was loaded at a Brooklyn pier with war supplies for Italy. Firemen fought the blaze for an hour before control and police and fire officials began an investigation into the cause.
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British to Send Relief to Lieut Shackleton
The British government will organize a relief expedition to the Antarctic to aid Lieut. Ernest Shackleton and his fellow explorers, announced today in London. The move aims to reach them with supplies and support.
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Vancouver Threatened Fire On Texas Navy Ship
Boston report cites William P. Larkin detailing a 1915 telegram allegedly sent to the U S Navy Secretary. The note claims Captain John Hood of the Texas ordered decks stripped for action after a Vancouver inquiry and a hostile reply.
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Violent Verdun Battle Continues On Front Lines
Paris May 8 Fighting persisted through the night on the Verdun front as German assaults were met by French counter attacks. West of the Meuse the crown prince pressed the attack on hill 304 but Germans were repelled with heavy losses. French forces then retook trenches on the east slope of hill 304 and pushed back Germans from Haudremont area. East of the Meuse the French counter attacked south of the forest of Haudremont, driving Germans from 6500 yards of trenches captured Sunday.
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Lightship Sinks After Collision With Steamship Philadelphia
The Fire Island lightship, anchored off Long Island, was badly damaged and sinking after a collision with the steamship Philadelphia of the American-Hawaiian line. Crews were removed and the lightship began being towed into port as fog hampered observations.
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Four Arrests in City Cleanup Campaign
Sanitary Officers Thompson and Harry led a Sunday operation during the city cleanup drive and arrested four foreigners for violating the garbage ordinance. The suspects named Charles Popa Mike Levin Triga Rasea and Vasic Buswlin were taken into custody as crews urged boarding house proprietors to clear backyards and dispose of garbage.
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Demand for More Troops to Border Grows
Washington on May 8 reports rising calls from Texas and national leaders for militia to guard the border and for a larger U S force to counter the Mexican situation. Gen Funston has 350 troops in pursuit with more to come as outrages at Glen Springs Boquillas and Columbus fuel pressure for action.
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Widow of Titanic survivor marries young theater manager
Mrs. Henry B. Harris, widow of Henry B. Harris who perished in the Titanic disaster, wed Lester L. Connolly in Greenwich, Connecticut. The ceremony occurred four years after the sinking, then the couple drove to dine at Port of Missing Men in North Salem, New York, before heading to a summer camp in New England.
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Civilian deaths behind German lines rise in France and Belgium
Berlin reported that since September 1915 a total of 1313 civilians have died in cities and towns behind German lines in France and Belgium due to Allied artillery and air raids. In April alone eight men ten women and nine children were killed with 2½ men 29 women and 3 children wounded.
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Root Willing to Run for Republican Nomination
A Chicago report says former Senator Elihu Root of New York agreed to seek the Republican presidential nomination and will announce soon. H. L. Stimson Nelson Butler James Hedges and William Barnes Jr are named as campaign managers with 44 of New York’s 87 uninstructed delegates believed secured for Root and six in doubt.
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Army officers urge converting coast artillery to infantry for border use
Officers call for organizing coast artillery as infantry and sending them to the border with selected National Guard units when needed. The raid on American soil is seen as potentially extending American forces in Mexico indefinitely. If pursuit forces cross the line, Pershing's communications could be seriously strained.
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