Wilson seeks nonwar paths to curb Germany impact
Washington reports President Wilson weighs three plans to confront Germany without war. Proposals include uniting neutral nations on international law, directly urging the Kaiser to halt slaughter of Americans, or breaking off talks and labeling Germany an outlaw while preserving possible options. Public opinion split on war risk.
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White House
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Sweden
Norway
Italy
Spain
China
Gerard
Berlin
Bernstorff
Dernberg
Anti German Riots Sweep English Cities
In Liverpool and nearby towns thousands of protesters attacked German shops looting and burning them as police and fire departments struggled. Germans and Austrians in Liverpool face internment and exile while fifty already are interned as J Kern the former German consul resigns from the Cotton Association.
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Liverpool
Lusitania Survivors List Grows Murky as Relatives Clash
New York May 10 A Cunard revised list adds names of survivors but many entries confuse survivors and dead. Relatives learn Mrs Ogden Hammond of Bernardville N J learns her name was mixed with Mrs F S Hammond a Toronto steerage passenger saved. Alfred Vanderbilt hopes fade as Queenstown reports no sign of him. Funeral arrangements for Charles Frohman are made with his body to travel from Liverpool on Saturday.
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Cunard Steamship Company
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Bernardéville
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Toronto
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E. Blish Thompson
Seymour, Ind
T. S. Blish
Thompson
McAneny
England
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Liverpool
Mr. Frohman
Germany blames Britain for Lusitania loss in diplomatic note
Berlin dispatch cites British hunger blockade and armed ships as cause of the Lusitania sinking. Germany says it warned Britain and that the liner carried war materials, including ammunition, on its final voyage. The note expresses sympathy for American lives but fault lies with Britain.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Washington
State Department
Germany
Charles Beresford
Lusitania
England
Carranza Troops Reoccupy Panica Near Tampico
Advices from Mexico report Carranza forces retook Panica in the Tampico oil region after Villa troops evacuated May 5. Fighting continues at Ebano, about 30 miles from Tampico, as Carranza advances.
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Washington
Carranza
Panica
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
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Ebano
Patriotic Host Greets Wilson in Philadelphia Rally
Thousands of new citizens in Philadelphia celebrate in a tumultuous crowd as the patriotic host greets President Wilson and urges a strong national duty. The event underscores civic integration and national service amid a wave of naturalized arrivals.
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Philadelphia
President Wilson Urges United American Loyalty Abroad
Special dispatch reports President Wilson addressing 4,000 newly naturalized Americans in Philadelphia. He champions a unified America over factional division, emphasizes humanity over groups, and cites peace with strength as guiding the nation after the Lusitania tragedy. The crowd, 15,000 strong, erupts in praise with flags and patriotic music.
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the Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
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United States
Germany
Lusitania
Blankenburg
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Washington
Execution Date Set For Frank
Leo M. Frank was resentenced to be hanged on June 22 for the murder of Mary Phagan. He spoke in court with dramatic emphasis while Mrs Frank sobbed. Frank maintained innocence and predicted eventual exoneration.
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the Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Leo. M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Hill
Lusitania Murder Verdict Blames German Submarine
The Corner's jury at Kinsale finds the Lusitania deaths were caused by prolonged immersion and exhaustion after the sinking eight miles south southwest of Old Head of Kinsale on May 7 1915. It accuses the German submarine, its officers, and the German government of wholesale murder and expresses condolences to relatives and the Cunard Line and United States.
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Germany
Lusitania Briefs From London Victoria and New Castle
The body of Charles Frohman will be shipped to the United States on the New York from Liverpool. Victoria under martial law after mobs attack German shops in retaliation for the Lusitania sinking. In New Castle strong feeling as crowds protest the sinking and smash German pork butcher windows.
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Charles Frohman
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New York
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Victoria
B. C
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England
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