Lusitania Sunk Off Kinsale with No Lives Lost
Cunard officials confirm Lusitania was sunk off Kinsale Ireland with many lifeboats adrift nearby. Telegrams say distress calls were sent from Land's End and Queenstown dispatched small craft to assist as crews were saved. Notable Americans aboard included Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Elbert Hubbard.
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New York
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Kinsale
Ireland
Big Viner
Liverpool
Land’s End
Queenstown
Cork Harbor
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Charlies Frohman
Charles Klein
Elbert Hubbard
Italy in Readiness Warns Kaisers Enemies
Rome reports the Railway Administration suspended forty main line passenger trains to move troops and munitions. The Kaiser warned Italy through Prince von Buelow that Austria’s enemies are Germany’s, pledging stronger German forces if Italy joins the conflict. The Italian government continues war prep as telegraph and phone service may be suspended without notice.
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Italy
Kaiser
Austria
Rome
Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Germany
Galicia
Abruzzi
China Accepts Most Japanese Demands to Avert War
London reports from Pekin say China yielded to almost all Japanese demands with only details left. The Chinese government sends a new note to Japan claiming acceptance under protest, credited to Yu Na Shi Keil and advisors after an all night session. Peace appeared assured as article five, opposed by China, was withdrawn.
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London
Pekin
China
Japan
Na Shi Keil
McMullen Campaign Tour Reaches Washington County
Hugh A. McMullen of Cumberland, Democratic candidate for Comptroller, toured Washington County arriving in Hagerstown from Cumberland. He traveled via auto with stops in Hancock and Clearspring meeting citizens, then proceeded to Hotel Hamilton for an extended stay. Earlier visits included Oakland and Garrett County.
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Hagerstown
Hugh A. McMullen
Cumberland
Hancock
Clearspring
McMullen
Hotel Hamilton
Oakland
Garrett County
Turkish Victory Reported Over Allied Army At Gallipoli
Constantinople reports a Turkish win on the Gallipoli peninsula. Ten machine guns, ammunition, and prisoners captured as Turkish forces press under naval fire. An entire enemy battalion was annihilated near Arriburnu while English forces suffer heavy losses around Sedd-E Bahr.
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Constantinople
Berlin
Galcli Peninsula
Statent
Ice
Arriburnu
Sedd-E Bahr
Pickpocket Warning Issued Ahead of Circus Crowd
Chief of Police Eisenhauer issues a public warning to be vigilant tomorrow as a large crowd is expected for the circus. He notes many suspects may come to town, urging residents to watch belongings and stay alert in public areas.
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Eisenhauer
If all wives were as well developed as Jess Willard
Oakland May 7 William J. Hennessy the prosecutor who handles desertion cases argued today that only “doll” women are shaken by desertion. He said strong wives deter husbands and that children bind marriages while poverty and nationality affect desertion patterns with Italians more likely to leave and Americans less so.
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Oakland
Cal
Jess Willard
William J. Hennessy
Hennessy
Popular Young Lady Bertha Lantz Dies at 19
Miss Bertha Lantz aged 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Lantz died at 1230 this morning at 72 Decatur Street after a long TB illness. She attended High School and St Patrick's School and was active in social and academic affairs. Survived by her parents and sister Miss Georgia Lantz. Funeral arrangements unavailable.
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Bertha Lantz
C. H. Lantz
Decatur Street
Georgia Lantz
Miss Lantz
St. Patrick's School
Oklahoma Editors Face War News Dilemma At Convention
Guthrie Oklahoma May 7. Oklahoma Press Association opens with 500 delegates debating how to report war news while preserving Wilsonian neutrality. Editors seek methods to separate truth from propaganda amid belligerent press agents. The program also includes a talk on linotype value and a lecture titled Some Liars I Have Known.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma Press Association
Wilson
Uncle Joe Cannon Reaches Eightieth Birthday in Danville
Danville Illinois marks the eightieth birthday of famed figure "Uncle Joe" Cannon born May 7 1836 in North Carolina. The usual jubilee is canceled this year due to his absence traveling with a congressional party to Hawaii.
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Danville
Ill
Joe” Cannon
North Carolina
Joe
Congressional
Hawaii
California Building Dedicated at Panama-Pacific Exposition
The California building in San Francisco was formally dedicated with state officials and notable participants. The large mission style structure covers seven acres and ranks as the expo’s largest building aside from the main palaces.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Arabian Nights Ball in Oakland Tops City News
Elaborate preparations are completed for the Arabian Nights ball at the Municipal Auditorium tomorrow night. A leading feature will be the seating of Alameda county’s prettiest nurse on the queen’s throne at midnight by motion picture star Charlie Chaplin. Proceeds go to a fund for a home for the Alameda County Nurses’ association.
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Oakland
Cal
Municipal Auditorium
Alameda County
Charlie Chaplin
Nurses’ Association
Germans Bring Up Heavy Guns To Crush Allied Line
Paris state the Germans are massing artillery along the battle front following Neuve Chapelle to press a general assault. They risk heavy guns to position them and aim to drive the English from Ypres by a wall of explosives on the city and the Hill 60 sector where fighting has raged since Wednesday morning.
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Tatnow
Vienna
War Office
Dunajec
Biala
Tarnow
Wistoka
Lupkow
Ypres
Libau
Riga
Dunkirk
Grodno
Poland
Galicia
Carpathian
Paris
Neuve Chapelle
Hill 60
Dallas Opens New County Jail in Three Day Open House
Dallas officials invite the public to inspect the $675000 county jail and criminal courts building as half the city’s residents are sent to jail today. The three day open house runs through Monday when the jail will house permanent guests.
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Dallas
Texas
Natchez Remembers 1840 Tornado’s 75th Anniversary
Natchez Mississippi marks the 75th anniversary of the May 7 1840 tornado that devastated the city. The disaster leveled many buildings and river boats at the wharves, with property losses around 1.5 million dollars and over 300 deaths in Natchez and nearby areas.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez
Virginia Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest Opens in Roanoke
Roanoke hosts the Virginia intercollegiate oratorical association contest. May 7 brings crowds of college students from leading state colleges who are sending representatives to compete.
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Roanoke
Virginia Intercollegiate Oratorical Association
Rockwood Pair Weds in Cumberland Ceremony
Miss Leora Critchfield daughter of Mr and Mrs William Critchfield Rockwood and James D Gates son of Mr and Mrs O C Gates Altoona were married in Cumberland on Monday The bride graduated from Rockwood High School Wednesday and will reside with her husband in Altoona after the ceremony
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Leora Critchfield
William Critchfield
Rockwood
James D. Gates
O. C. Gates
Altoona
Cumberland
Rockwood High School
Kentucky Derby Opens New Louisville Jockey Club Meeting
Churchill Downs prepares for the Spring meeting of the New Louisville Jockey Club with hundreds of thoroughbred stables ready. The Kentucky Derby, worth 10 000 to 15 000 to the winner, draws a record field of top three year old colts and an expected 40 000 spectators.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
Ensign Films Advertises Camera Fittings at West Side Pharmacy
Ensign Films promotes camera fittings at West Side Pharmacy with a brief advertisement. The notice places contact or sale details in a compact evocation of a local classifieds page.
Austrian Count Promotes Peace With Italy
Count Tisza, head of the Austrian cabinet, tells Rome Stampa’s correspondent that peaceful, lasting Hungarian Italian friendship is vital. He says a frank inquiry into state of both nations suggests a just settlement could resolve current difficulties and vows honest, durable accord. He cites calm life in Budapest and avoids political bias.
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Budapst
Austria
Italy
Count Tisza
Count A. Ponzone
Rome
Stampa
Pester Lloyd
British Steamer Centurion Sunk by German Submarine
The six thousand ton British steamer Centurion owned by Charente Steamship of Liverpool was torpedoed and sunk. The crew is reported safe.
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Liverpool
Viacente
Waterford
Ireland
London
Centurion
Charente Steamship Company of
Pittsburgh Must Pay Old Debt of Allegheny City
Harrisburg May 7 The bill signed by Governor Brumbaugh makes the city of Pittsburgh liable for the old Allegheny debt since annexation. Councilman W Y English of Pittsburgh prepared the bill, and Senator John P Morgan of Knoxville steered it through the Legislature.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny City
Harrisburgh
Brumbaugh
Old City of
Allegheny
Old City
W. Y. English
John P. Morgan
Knoxville
Snow Recital Showcases High Talent at Carroll Hall
Frederick Foster Snow pupils presented a nineteen to twenty piece program at Carroll Hall drawing over two hundred music lovers. Notable performances included Master Robert Helman in If You Have a Sweetheart and Miss Ilda Turner in The Cry of Rachel and Hark Hark The Lark. Numerous solos by Miss Evelyn Benson Miss Gertrude Morgan and Miss Helen Brink highlighted the evening along with strong accompaniments from Helen Kean Sophia Kline Nell Turner and Paul Mann.
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Frederick Foster Snow
Carroll Hall
Robert Helman
Hawley
Fannye Kline
Ilda Turner
Rachel
Emmett Reynolds
Marie Louise Cramer
Miss Turner
Evelyn Benson
Joseph W. Young
Helen A. Brink
William Coleman
Gertrude T. Morgan
Nannie Mosser
Gladys Dawson
Eula Arnold
Helene Haines
Forster
Sylvia Stallings
Helen Kean
Sophia Kline
Nell Turner
Nell Betz
Hazel Neff
Messrs
Paul Mann
John Duke
Killed While Seeking Work in Dawson Train Jump
Harry Mahoney, 19, a well known South Connellsville youth, was instantly killed yesterday morning while attempting to jump a Baltimore and Ohio train at Dawson. His skull was fractured in the accident.
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Harry Mahoney
South Connnellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Dawson
England to Buy American Cotton Now Held There
Washington reports the British foreign office informed the state department of plans to purchase by contract prices portions of cargoes from several American cotton vessels detained at British ports. British consuls in Norfolk Galveston Savannah New Orleans and Charleston were asked to determine contract prices per pound for each shipment.
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Washington
British Foreign Office
State Department
Norfolk
Galveston
Savannah
New Orleans
Charleston
Foreign Office
Mother and son found murdered in Chicago home
Mrs Ella Coppersmith, 27, wife of commission merchant John L. Coppersmith, and her 2 year old son John were found murdered in their Southside residence. Throats were cut, skulls crushed, a bloodstained hammer found nearby. robbed diamonds missing. Sister Hed ward Bolte discovered the bodies. no arrests yet.
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Chicago
Ella Coppersmith
John L. Coppersmith
John
Southside
Adjet
Coppersmith
Hedward L. Bolte
Copperstart
Ohio Miners Strike Reaches Practical Settlement
Cleveland May 7. Informational Secretary William Green of the miners' organization declared this afternoon that a practical settlement of the strike had been reached. He said all blocking questions are adjusted and a final settlement should be approved by the miners and operators association. A 47 cent tonnage price division remains a point for agreement.
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Cleveland
William Green
Mineers’ Organization
Green
Ringling Circus Parade Route Announced for May 8
The parade plans outline two routes depending on weather conditions. If favorable weather occurs, the procession travels from the show grounds along Oldtown Road Maryland Avenue Williams George Baltimore Mechanic Williams Maryland and back to the grounds. If weather is unfavor able the route shifts to Arch Street Fifth Street Virginia Avenue Maryland Avenue Williams George Baltimore Mechanic Williams and return. The parade will not start before noon.
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Ringling Circus
Oldtows Road
Maryland Avenue
Williams Street
George Street
Baltimore Street
Show Grounds
Arch St
Fifth Street
Virginia Avenue
Cameras and Films Advertised at West Side Pharmacy
A fragment notes cameras and films of all sizes advertised at West Side Pharmacy. The sparse OCR entry hints at a sale or display but lacks full details or dates.
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West Side Pharmacy
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