Fields of Battle Reported Dead in Flanders
British eye witness accounts describe heavy casualties and frenzied fighting in Flanders. The report notes widespread casualties and battlefield chaos as forces clash with high intensity.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
1
War News From Fronts In Europe And Gallipoli
British eye witness reports describe heavy fighting along the Ypres sector and near Arras in Northern France with the German onslaught pushing the British back and the French advancing near Loos. Russian forces retreat in Western Galicia while Austro German troops claim gains east of Przemysl as San River actions threaten the fortress.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
Flanders
Galicia
Bukowina
Dniester
Baltic
Shavli
Poland
Bzura
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Krithia
Belgian
Arras
France
Loos
Joffre
Russia
San River
Carpathians
Przemysl
San
Pryemysl
Lusitania
Rome
Internment Demands Rise After Lusitania Sinking in Britain
Amid Lusitania sinking outrage, antis was spiking. London and Liverpool see attacks on German shops as Parliament weighs concentration camps for aliens. Police guard German shopkeepers as markets bar Germans. mob targets include two visiting Americans mistaken for Germans.
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London
England
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Manchester
Glasgow
Asquith
House of Commons
London Stock Exchange
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Louis Sorcho
Louis Libmann
Frank Winch
South End
Sorcho
Lusitania
Wilson Speech in Philadelphia Conveys Peaceful Malevolence
From Philadelphia photographs, President Wilson spoke at Convention Hall after four days of solitary reflection on U S policy toward Germany. He argued America should be an example of peace through healing and elevating influence, not force, noting a nation can be so right it need not resort to fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wilson
America
United States
Germany
Report Accuses Germans of Mass Atrocities in Belgium
A signed report by Viscount Bryce and a government commission accuses the German army of systematic massacres, looting, arson, and violations of the Geneva Convention in Belgium and northern France. Civilians, including women and children, were murdered or harmed. hospitals and Red Cross workers were fired upon. witnesses were cross examined and testimony corroborated.
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Viscount Bryce
the Commercial Tribune
London
Belgium
France
Washington
Frederick Pollock
Edward Clarke
Alfred Hopkinson
H. A. L. Fisher
Harold Cox
H. H. Asquith
Lord
the Treasury
Geneva Red Cross
Note to the Kaiser Presses Firm on Noncombatant Shipping
The White House shows anger over German attacks on merchant ships with noncombatants. President Kennedy? No, this item notes Bryan largely sidelined as the President drafts the note to Germany and may replace the Secretary of State if tensions persist.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Germany
Bryan
State Department
Robert Lansing
London mass meeting calls for internment of all alien enemies
Thousands of Londoners joined a mass gathering to condemn Germans and Austrians as enemy aliens. The resolution demands immediate internment and deportation of all alien enemies, male or female, naturalized or otherwise, and a delegation will present the petition to Prime Minister Asquith. The estimate counts 60 000 such people outside camps in England, with 20 000 in London, mostly in humble jobs.
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London
Cabie
Lon
Ger
Islands
Asquith
England
Turbulent riots in Constantinople amid famine and unrest
Riots in Constantinople kill and injure many as shops and hotels are looted. The Sultan's guard is deployed and the Pera Palace Hotel is sacked. Food prices double, hospitals overflow with wounded soldiers, and German officers are among those maltreated. Further losses are reported in the Dardanelles with tens of thousands killed or wounded.
Move to Minimize Possibility of War at World Court Congress
May 12 Cleveland dispatch reports a formal launch of a peace movement at the World Court Congress. Prominent figures including William H. Taft Alioh B Parker Henry Clews attend as advocates push for an international court of justice binding signatory powers. The aim is to minimize war through a court where disputes are submitted, with nonparticipants facing collective pressure. Taft warns against overclaiming results while noting the U S delicately dear toward war amid European conflict.
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Cleveland
World Court Congress
William H. Taft
Alioh B. Parker
Henry Clews
Newton Cbd
Baker
Congress
International Court of Justice
Diggs and Caminetti Granted Stay of Execution
Maury I. Diggs and F Drew Caminetti convicted of violating the Mann Act received a stay of execution from the U S Circuit Court of Appeals on May 12 to permit appeals to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
Cal
Maury I. Diggs
F. Drew Caminetti
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Unite States Supreme Court
Fleet To Stay East In Panama Canal Passage Debate
Washington officials say Secretary Daniels has not finalised a decision on sending the Atlantic fleet through the Panama Canal to San Francisco next month. Yet officials now regard the fleet as virtually certain to stay on the Atlantic coast.
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Washington
Daniels
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
Typhus Rages in German Prison Camps Holding British POWs
A dispatch through ambassadors in London reveals typhus fever in German prisoner of war camps including Zosser Altdamm Schneidemuhl Gardelegen Wittenberg Sagan Zerbst Cassel Langensalza and Chemnitz with Zossen cases mainly among Russian prisoners and some Indian troops.
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Ent
Zosser
Altdamm
Schneidermuhl
Gardelegen
Wittenberg
Sagan
Zerbst
Cassél Langensalza
Chemnitz
Zossen
Burrows Re elected President of Southern Baptists
Dr. Lansing Burrows of Americus Georgia was unanimously re elected president of the Southern Baptist convention in Houston Texas on May 12 after the opening services.
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Houston
Tex
Lansing? Burrows
Americus
Southern Baptist Convention
Vision of a World Governed by Labor Advocated by IWW Leader
William D. Haywood outlined an IWW dream of a land where labor controls all means of production and government dissolves, calling for a universal union and a class struggle against capital. He asserted revolution as a possible path, and said the IWW favors organizing all workers into one action rather than craft unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
Rockefeller
Morgan
Commission
Congress
Weinstock
US Warns Germany on Submarine Attacks and Lusitania Reparation
President Wilson plans to send a note demanding Germany guarantee no further submarine attacks on noncombatant ships and full reparations for Lusitania losses. The document cites prior incidents, asserts international law violations, and seeks neutral travel rights amid rising tensions.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Robert Lansing
State Department
British Isles
Falaba
Leon C. Thresher
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FLEET
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Walter Hines Page
James W.W. Gerard
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Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Industrial Workers of the World
William D. Haywood
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