Verdun Battles Reach Deadlock After Eighty Days
Paris reports a stalemate at Verdun with infantry blocked and artillery duels ongoing. German assaults west of Hill 304 and around Douaumont failed, while Allied and German lines see heavy bombardments along the Meuse and Woevre sectors. Meanwhile Turkish withdraws and Russian fights in Armenia continue with losses.
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Paris
Verdun
Ikskull
Armenia
Mush
Gorizid
San Martino
Vienna
Berlin
Egypt
Cymric
Ireland
Fastnet
Great Britain
Haudremont Wood
Douaumont
le Mert Homme
Haudremort
France
Belgium
Woevre
Meuse
Bagdad
Serinalkerind
Prize Court Frees Consignments From Danish Ship United States
The British prize court released jewelry and garden seed consigned in parcel post from the Danish steamship United States to American importers. The ruling follows the glove case precedent and the consignments’ value was deposited as the price.
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London
United States
Britain to free men yields to U S in China release
Washington reports Secretary Lansing announced that Great Britain has released thirty eight Germans Austrians and Turks taken from the American steamship China off Shanghai. The United States had argued they were under the protection of the American flag.
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U. S
S. S. China
Washington
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
China
Shanghai
Woman Held as Poisoner In Windsor Elder Home Scandal
Mrs. Amy E Archer Gilligan, owner of Archer Home for the Elderly in Windsor Connecticut, faces murder charges and habeas corpus appeal. Police say she killed Franklin R Andrews and may be linked to dozens of deaths among residents. Dr H F King defends her and questions the allegations. The case has emptied the home as relatives remove patients and her two late husbands are noted.
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Hartford
Conn
Archer
Windsor
Amy E. Archer Gilligan
Archer Gilligan
Robert T. Hurley
H. F. King
Irish rebels face death sentences in British crackdown
Dublin reports four more rebels named Cornelius Colbert Edmund Went Michael Mallon and J J Houston were shot bringing total executed Irish leaders to twelve. Others had sentences commuted or reduced in a sweeping set of court martial decisions. Major John McBride was also shot in London as part of the Sinn Fein revolt.
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Dublin
Cornelius Colbert
Edmund Went
Michael Mallon
J. J. Houston
James O'Sullivan
Vincent Peale
William P. Corrigan
Eoin MacNeiil
Sinn Fein Volunteers
Sir Roger Casement
MacNeil
John Redmond
Ireland
House of Commons
John McBride
London
Great Britain
Major John McBride
Sinn Fein
Thomas Sunter
William Cosgrave
Major McBride
Henry O'larraham
George
John Plunkett
James Hughes
Philip Cosgrave
Soldiers to return home all English men under forty one
London announces mandatory return of all married Englishmen under 41 living abroad to England for army service. Turkish air attacks on Port Said injure civilians as defenders repel the raid. Bulgaria may join a five year Germany Turkey treaty. Verdun sees renewed German pressure with captured trenches and 1320 French prisoners. Cymric wreck off Irish coast. German counts claim 660000 French and equal German troops in Verdun fighting.
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Eee Loe
London
England
United States
Port Said
Bulgaria
Germany
Turkey
Verdun
War Office
Jersey church union and county notices across Cape May area
The Jersey Diocese will unite St. John's and the Advent in Cape May area within weeks into one parish. Reeves & Green Co buy Citizens Local Telephone plant for 500 dollars. Bell Telephone acquires intercity lines. Chickens banished from Trenton streets. dog catcher reassigned to poultry duties. Memorial Day orators include Mayor Whitaker and ex-Assemblyman Buck. Paulsboro High School seniors visit Washington, D. C. Florence enacts sidewalks ordinance. Tent caterpillar outbreak hits Burlington county orchards. Gloucester county women form County Homemaking committee. Glassboro church holds old fashioned love feast. Cadets seek exhibition bridges in Wenonah during commencement. State Prison Camp No. 2 reports inmate Tasvai missing. Haddon township to decide high school transport with Collingswood/Wiaddonieed. Lake Lenape receives three fish plantings. Swedesboro plans Memorial Day events. May's Lending boat owners urge refuse ban on Great Egg Harbor. Wirreson-Maritenike road improvements sought. Prosecutor Kraft hosts staff dinner in Wertville. Henry Bundy, former Linden Borough Recorder, dies age 86. Ocean City installs large fire alarm whistle. Hammonton reports cleanest town ever per inspectors. North Sewell deputy warns suckers may only be caught by hook and line. Montclair church youth raise pennies for Orange Road church edifice. Newton jail meals adjusted. prisoners complain of headaches. Francis Tobin loses bid for release in murder conspiracy case. 1,009 delegates attend Grand Council of Red Men in Newark. Salem county car theft reward set at 100 dollars. Pedricktown farmers advertise 50 cents hourly for tomato planting. no workers respond.
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Churches of the Advent
St. John’s At
Cape
New Jersey
St. John’s
Church of the Advent
Reeves & Green Co
Citizens’ Local Telephone Company
Cape May County
Bell Telephone Company
Nes
Trenton
Soubenazy
Millville
Thomas Whitaker
B. Frank Buck
Glassboro, M. P
Wenonah Miliary Academy
Borough Park
State Prison Camp No. 2
Rocky Hill
Tasvai
Union County
Board of Education
Haddon Township
Albertson
Collingswood
May
Tver
Wirreson Highway
Mariten Mike
Kraft
Camden
Wertville
Henry Bundy
Linden
John North
Sewell
South Presbyterian Chruch
Montclair
Orange Road
Thgh Street
Newton
Francis Tracey Tobin
Phiadelphia
Arthur Phillips
Edbar C. Murphy
Grand Council
Improved Order of Red Men
Newark
Salem County
Sherif Fox
Pedricktown
Ieven
Plans for unbiased highway probe take on independent team
Governor Fielder vetoes a legislative highway probe and names a non partisan panel of businessmen and officials to investigate New Jersey road needs at state expense. The group includes Edwin A. Stevens J H Wood John W Herbert Frank B Ridgway and Horace A Bonnell and aims to report to the next Legislature for action.
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Trenton
Fielder
Joint Committee On
Gaunt
Gloucester
Edwin A. Stevens
Jersey City
J.H. Wood
Orange
Newark
New York
Associated Automobile Clans of
New Jersey
John W. Herbert
Helmetta
State Chamber of Commerce
Frank B. Ridgway
Mullica Hid
State Grange
Horace A. Bonnell
East Orange
Associated Automobile Clubs of
State House
Mr. Ridgway
New Jersey State Briefs Roundup Sparks Local Change
Alimony petition for Mrs. Oscar Rishman dismissed in Camden. Public Library Commission reorganized in Trenton with Moses Taylor Pyne as chairman and Dr. Everett T. Tomlinson as vice chairman. Camden liquor dealers group names William H. Bartman president after Leyshon Thomas Jr. retires. Broad Street Bridge rebuilding in Burlington County finally underway after delays. American Smelting raises Perth Amboy plant wages by two cents. Cape May Mayor Thomas W. Miller dies at age 72. long-time city recorder previously. High School contract award review by New Jersey Supreme Court. bids compared between Wilbert Titus and Edward P. Henry. Westville library, Delanco Fire Dept, Gloucester and Salem Junior Mechanics rally, and church canvassing noted. Gloucester High School graduates plan a May trip to New York. Gloucester’s Walter Brown highlighted as longtime local employee. Salem sees robust building activity. Flower Exchange and Boy Scouts fundraising in Grenloch. Drexel Biddle Bible Class hosts large Ocean City banquet. Mantua teachers re-elected. Jersey City promotes safety. Hammon ton post office quarters contract. Millville Interchurch concerned with carnival show. Minnie L. Taylor to retire after 50 years teaching. Summit board approves pension. Gibbstown summer development talks. May 23 trial date set for Wilson Ashbridge, Camden killing case. Vineland Sons of St. George celebrate 16 years with minimal deaths. Washington Common Council to repair sewer plant beds after notice of lawsuit.
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Pennsgrove
Oscar Rishman
Learning
Camden
New Jersey Public Library Commission
Trenton
Moses Taylor Pyne
Princeton
Everett T. Tomlinson
Elizabeth
Henry C. Buchanan
Camden, City and County Retail ‘Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
William H. Bart
Leyshon Thomas, Jr
Burlington County Board of Freeholders
Broad Street
Asiscunk Creek
Burlington
American Smelting and Refining Company
Perth Amboy
Thomas W. Miller
Cape May
Mr. Miller
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Board of Education
Paulsboro
Gloucester County
Wilbert “Titus
Edward P. Henry
William E. Holt
Delanco Fire Department
Westville
Borough Hall
Civic Club
W. E. Shreve
Gloucester
Salem
Anderson Tabernacle
Bridgeton
Palmyra
Riverton
Gloucester High School
New York
Walter Brown
Government Station
William J. Thompson
State Fish and Game Commission
William JH. Chew
Boy Scouts
Grenloch
Putnam
Wadsworth’ Cresse
Ocean City
Drexel Biddle Bible
M. Lk
J. B. Kulp
Mantua Township
Fagan
Jersey City
Post Office Department
William L. Black
Hammonton
Second Street
Bellevue Avenue
Millville Interchurch Federation
Minnie L. Taylor
Public
New Jersey
Board of Education of
Summit
Gibbstown
Garrison
Wilson Ashbridge
Elizabeth Dunbar
Vineland Lodge of Sons of St. George
Common Council
Washington
John P. Larsson
Nisol Pond
U S Accepts German Pledge in Submarine War Note
President Wilson published a note to Germany accepting its pledge to end illegal submarine warfare while rejecting any condition tied to Britain’s blockade. The message emphasizes that U S friendship rests on Germany obeying international naval law, and it aims to clarify the United States position.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Great Britain
Germany
United States replies to Germany on submarine policy
The American Government acknowledges Germany’s May 4 note and its pledge to confine war operations to belligerents in line with international law. It urges strict, independent German naval compliance and rejects any condition linking neutral rights to other states or diplomatic outcomes.
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United States
High Seas
Niagara River Water Use Restricted in Protest Pursuit
Canada will draft a reply within ten days to the U S government protest over the Chippawa Creek division. Attorney General I B Lucas announced that all Niagara River water above the falls for power will be halted temporarily until a decision is made.
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Canada
United States
Toronto
I. B. Lucas
Tidal Wave Sweeps Petoskey and Wreaks Water Rise
A severe electrical storm hit Petoskey Michigan with a tidal wave from Lake Michigan sweeping into Little Traverse Bay. Water rose five to six feet damaging docks boat houses boats and buildings. The fishing boat Twill-Do washed from shore into the lake.
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Michigan City
Petoskey
Mich
Lake Michigan
Little Traverse Bay
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