German Air Raids Cause Heavy Casualties on Front
Casualty list from the French Belgian front reports nearly fifty dead or wounded as German air raids intensify.
21 May 1916
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1916
Page
1
Casualty list from the French Belgian front reports nearly fifty dead or wounded as German air raids intensify.
London May 20 report notes air raids on Northern France and Southwestern Belgium causing heavy casualties. Paris tallies nearly fifty dead from a raid including six in Dunkirk and Bergues, with many injured. German seaplanes attacked Kent. one raider shot down off the Belgian coast, a soldier killed and a woman and a seaman injured.
A violent storm north of Denison Texas killed at least eighteen people with Kemp Oklahoma reported demolished. A relief train departed Denison to Kemp as wires were down and communications limited. Damage spread along the Red River Valley with injuries in Woodward Oklahoma and crops harmed across Kinney Maverick Uvalde and Valverde counties.
A portion of Pershing's expedition has been brought back to U.S. territory while other units remain overseas. Officials confirm incomplete repatriation and ongoing operations continue abroad. News notes timing and implications for veterans affairs and military logistics.
Special dispatch details General Funston tightening border defense as Pershing withdrawal, Villa rearmament near Parral and Chihuahua, and Langhorne Sibley expeditions returning to El Pino. Cavalry and coast artillery posted at the Big Bend while horses grow scarce due to European war.
Emperor William abruptly traveled from Berlin to Potsdam to address the ministerial crisis. He met Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and Treasury Secretary Karl Helferich on arrival and planned to depart for the Russian front once the crisis concluded.
A Bucharest dispatch reports that the French Minister and the military attache in Roumania have been recalled. The move follows tensions between Paris and Bucharest amid ongoing regional uncertainty.
Salvation Army officials announced plans for female volunteers to patrol New York beaches this summer in bathing suits. The move aims to save lives and souls, aligning with the organization’s mission.
Washington May 20 The Republican National convention will confront a self crafted Progressive platform ready for adoption. Drafted in Washington by House and Senate leaders and Middle Western favorite sons it criticizes Democratic finances and tariff policy and attacks Wilson foreign policy while praising Roosevelt readiness.
Friends of General Leonard A Wood plan to present his name to the Republican National Convention as a compromise candidate in case of a balloting deadlock. Supporters say he could win if the field stalls and would be acceptable to Colonel Roosevelt. John A Stewart, former secretary of the League of Republican Clubs of New York, arrives in Chicago to lead the effort.
In Waukegan Illinois May 20 four jurors were sworn in to decide whether Will Orpet murdered Marian Lambert or she died by her own hand. The panel balanced between State and defense, with four men named Len Barthel G A Thompson H F King and T F Willoughby serving. The State linked Orpet to Celeste Yonker as motive, while Celeste’s relatives denied the visit claim.
Gustave Meyer, a Hoboken astrologer, forecast today that the European war would end by July 15, 1917 with Germany victorious and that American intervention would extend to Mexico. The remarks appeared in a special report from Hoboken dated May 20.
Treasury reports estimated fraud evasion of income tax totaling 8.38 million dollars in the first nine months of the fiscal year. Administration officials announce the repeal of war tax schedules A and B applying to everyday goods. Bills to repeal will be introduced in the Senate and House. Revenue loss from July through December is expected at about 25 million dollars, offset by higher taxes on larger incomes.
President Wilson declared America would take part in postwar peace talks and urged forward looking leadership. He praised the melting pot nation built from Middle States stock and warned against backward looking Republicans. He spoke amid Mecklenburg Declaration commemorations in Charlotte, naming figures including George Rubles of New Hampshire.
The latest forecast notes showers in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with warmer Sunday in parts of Ohio and West Virginia. A broad Western disturbance brings general rains to Colorado plains Missouri and Mississippi valleys with warmer conditions in the South and cooler in the upper Lake region. Storm warnings remain on the Texas coast as a westward moving system influences the East by Sunday into Monday.
In Cleveland on May 20, four newborns died from a quadruplet birth. Their mother, Julia Zeman, is ill but buoyed by grief. The first baby arrived Friday morning and died within a day. two siblings died earlier the day. the fourth died shortly after birth.
Clouds of volcanic smoke and steam pour from Mauna Loa crater as Kilauea eruptions rise to an estimated 20,000 feet. Lava fountains, fire lake, and lava flows are reported as unusually active, visible for hundreds of miles across Hawaii and beyond.
Ambassador Page reports the British Foreign Office will submit J. C. Lynch sentence to the Prime Minister for confirmation. President Wilson asked delay of execution pending American inquiry. Officials expect Lynch may escape the death penalty and receive a prison term with possible early release after the war.
New York May 20 special reports the General Federation of Women's Clubs will hold a noiseless convention next Wednesday with orders to avoid talking whispering and wearing hats. The directive aims to quiet the gathering and maintain decorum for the event.
Corporal Kiffin Rockwell of Atlanta is proposed for the military medal and the French Croix de Guerre after single handedly engaging a German machine near Hartmannsweiler. He described a 5 000 foot duel in which he damaged and forced the enemy to crash. Rockwell, a former VMI cadet and Washington and Lee graduate, received a warm staff welcome once back at camp.
A group of well known Mexicans from Moctezuma Northern Sonora were taken to Agua Prieta to await trials on charges of being implicated in a plot with Clerical and Felix Diaz factions against the de facto government Carranza officials said the accused include Carlos Teran Adeodato Luis Felix Jesus Madorin Angel Monge Ramon Morino and another resident. Friends say the dispute stemmed from a property condemnation and forfeiture suit tied to Cientifico party refugees now in the United States with title held in Teran name.
Canuto Reyes leader of Villa surrender unconditionally to the Carranza de facto government. He agrees to disarm 75 percent of his forces and keep a picked unit to aid the search for arms and to restore order. Reyes pledges to cooperate with Carranza officials in pursuing any remaining rebels. The surrender follows orders received by General Trevino from General Fortunato Macotte at Pedriczena. The Durango pacification is cited as a prerequisite to completing the surrender.
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