China braces for possible Japanese attack on Peking
Chinese officials report 100000 troops near Peking with limited ammunition for brief resistance. Special police guard the Winter Palace as Yuan Shikai’s government prepares defenses amid fears of a Korea style coup. The Japanese legation readies evacuation as foreign residents brace for potential hostilities. US minister Dr. Paul S. Reinsch says Americans inland face no danger under Chinese control.
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Peking
Winter Palace
Yuan Shi Kai
Legation
Paul S. Reinsch
United States
Rome balks at war amid new Austrian offers
Italy holds its war decision after Rome reports Austria presents fresh territorial demands. King Victor Emmanuel skips the Garibaldi monument unveiling, seen as signaling no immediate hostilities, while German ambassador Prince von Buelow is credited with averting a crisis by delivering new proposals.
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London
Italy
Rome
Austria
Victor Emmanuel
Garibaldi
Prince von Buelow
Airship Sinks Submarine in North Sea Action
A May 3 clash in the North Sea saw a German airship bomb several British submarines. One submarine is reported sunk after a bomb strike while the airship endured bombardment from the subs’ guns without being hit.
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Berlin
North Sea
Bankrobber Shot Banker During Daylight Hold Up in Chicago
Private banker John J. Slomski was shot during a daytime bank robbery by a gang of five youths in Chicago. Slomski died at noon. The robbers fled in an open car after taking $80 from saloon keeper Albert Prysbitek who had come to make a deposit. nothing was taken from the banker.
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Chicago
John J. Slomski
Albert Prysbitek
Canada Blocks Wheat and Food Shipments to United States
Ottawa announces a prohibition on shipments of wheat flour and many agricultural commodities to the United States, with an exception only for shipments intended solely for domestic consumption in the United States and not for reexport.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
Second Typhus Case in U S 8 New York Port
The second typhus case in U S 8 New York was found aboard the Cunard liner Camp near arrival from the Mediterranean port. The victim was a steering passenger named Berger.
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U. 8
New York
Serbia
Cunard
Perhia
Opon
Mellibranean Porte
Ohio Labor Union Membership Rule Struck Down
Columbus reports the state supreme court invalidated an Ohio statute that barred discharge for union membership, ruling the employer protection unconstitutional in a Tuesday decision.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Twesday
British War Cost Mounts in Budget Figures
In the House of Commons the chancellor of the exchequer David Lloyd George estimated that if the war extended through the fiscal year the national expenditure would reach 1,196,404,000 pounds. The figure reflects a mounting cost for Britain’s wartime efforts.
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London
House of Commons
David Tiayd Fieorke
Kent
Cook to Climb Mt Everest in Himalayas
Dr. Frederick A. Cook announces plans to attempt the ascent of Mt Everest in the Himalayas this summer. He seeks to become the first to reach the world’s highest peak and will conduct preparations in Chicago before departure.
Dardanelles Clash Front Holds as Allied Push Extends
Turkish official statement reports sixteen armored cruisers and destroyers shelling advance batteries in the narrows. British battleships Majestic and Triumph damaged and withdrawn. French cruiser Jeanne d Arc set afire. one English destroyer sunk. two Sedd-Bahr transports hit and one beached. Mal dos bombarded. five hundred Turks captured after Sar Bair assault. allies said to hold positions on both sides of the straits.
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Amsterdam
Majestic
Triumyph
Jeanne d'Arc
Berlin
Sedd--Bahr
Triumph
Jeanine d'Arc
London
Maldos
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Sar Bair
Rail Body Awards Wage Strike Arbitration in Chicago
The Western Railroad Arbitration Board issued an award denying wage increases for 66 000 engineers and firemen and permitting wage reductions where current pay exceeds the new standard. Many engineers and firemen reps refused to sign, noting no overall raise and only minor gains for light engines. President Carter called the outcome a medicine to be taken, while some engines showed slight gains and surprise tests were ordered abolished.
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Chicago
Western Railroad Arbitration Board
W. S. Carter
President Carter
Mrs Astor Engaged Rumor Circles After Titanic Victim Widow Visit
Washington May 1 rumor of an engagement between Clarence H Mackay president of Postal Telegraph and Mrs John Jacob Astor widow of Colonel Astor whose Titanic loss left 5 million dollars in trust if she remarries. The rumor arose after the widow and Mrs J B visited here with Mackay and a group of friends. Colonel Astor’s will would cut her income to 250000 a year upon remarriage.
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Washington
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
John Jacob Astor
New York City
Colonel Astor
J. B
Philadelphia
Mackay
Germans BOMBARD DUNKIRK in heavy assault
Official statements confirm a major Dunkirk bombardment with 60 124neh shells dropped. Some 150 civilians were killed or injured as shells damaged the barracks roof and other city property. Reports suggest a possible new long range artillery type.
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Furia
Dunkirk
Big Order for Sugar War Order to England Reported
A war order for eraudiated sugar valued at $9,000,000 has been received by the Federal Sugar Refining company. Deliveries are to be made in about two months and the sugar will be shipped to England.
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New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
England
Segislature
San Francino
German Slain at Montreal as escape attempt ends
May 4 report from Montreal states a German prisoner attempting to escape was shot dead by guards. One hundred six teen German war captives were being moved from Montreal to Spirit Lake.
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Montreal
Spirit Lake
Lloyd George Pushes Record Liquor Tax to Curb Drinking
Chancellor Lloyd George presented a wartime liquor program in parliament, seeking an immediate 4.95 per proof gallon duty hike on whisky brandy and gin. The measure doubles spirits tax, tightens control on sales in war production and shipping areas, reforms pubs, limits hours, and promotes non intoxicants. Beer and wine duties are projected to raise about 8 million and 7.5 million respectively.
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London
Lloyd: George
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Lloyd-George
Gulflight Torpedoed. crew losses and other ships hit
The Gulflight an American oil steamer bound from Port Arthur Texas to Rouen with naphtha was torpedoed in the English Channel. The captain died of heart disease from shock and two crewmen drowned. A British craft towed the damaged ship to port. The Europe and the Fulgent were also sunk or damaged by German submarines, with crews rescued at various locations around the Scilly Islands and Ireland. The Greek steamer Fotis was taken by a British prize crew and alleged to carry contraband.
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London
Gulflight
English Channel
Gulf Refining Company of Texas
Port Arthur
Tex
Rouen
Bishop Lighthouse
Scilly Islands
Wis
Scilly
Europe
Newlyn
Cornwall
Harry
St. Lazaire
Fulgent
Skelling Rocks
County Kerry
Ireland
Kilrush
Fotis
Galveston
Norfolk
Rotterdam
Ito Blyth
England
Germany
William P. Frye
South Atlantic
Prinz Ekitel Friedrich
Turks Claim Big Victory At Dardanelles Action
Halil Bey in Berlin reports to Constantinople that 8 000 French and British troops were driven to the sea and 12 000 captured as allied attempts to land for the Dardanelles fortifications failed. British admiralty says allied troops hold Gallipoli and push forward. War minister reports Gen Liman von Sanders says center and right wing of the enemy army defeated. left wing may follow.
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Berlin
Halil Bey
Constantinople
Dardanelles
London
Gallipoli
Amsterdam
Liman van Sanders
Sinking of the Leon Gambetta in the Otranto Strait
The French cruiser Leon Gambetta with 714 aboard was sunk in ten minutes by Austrian submarine U-5 in the Strait of Otranto near the Adriatic entrance. 578 sailors perished. 136 were saved by Italian vessels. The vessel split from Jules Ferry to block Austrian subs. Lt. George Ritter von Trapp commanded the U-5.
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Paria
Leon Gambetta
Strait of
Otranto
Adriatic Sea
Ministry of Marine
Otranto Canal
Waa
Gambetta
Jules Ferry
Adriatic
U-5
George Ritter von Trapp
Temps
Dardanelles
Nebraska's Parks in Film: Dr Condra Prepares Play
Dr Condra of the State Conservation Commission works on a film project about Nebraska parks. The piece discusses the role of moving pictures in promoting conservation and tourism.
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Condra
State Conservation Commission
Nebraska Event Calendar Heads into May to July
North Platte Valley track meet at Scottebluff May 7 8 Nebraska Elke convention at Fremont May 11 12 State Gun Club tournament North Platte May 18 19 20 Annual G A R encampment Minden May 18 19 20 Missouri Valley Tennis Lincoln May 21 22 Nebraska State Pharmaceutical Association Omaha June 7 10 State Sunday School convention Broken Bow June 15 16 17 Stockmen's and Sheriff meeting Alliance June 16 17 18 Travelers Protective Association national convention Omaha June 14 19 Nebraska Eagles convention So Omaha June 15 16 17 State Seedmen West Point July 7 8 9
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Travelers’ Protective Association
Omaha
Nebraska Eagles
State Seedmen's Association
West Point
Pender
L. A. Armstrong
Ainsworth
Carl Peters
Fremont
Fiese Motor Company
August Stander
Weeping Water
Nebraska Seed Association
Kearney
Nebraska Speed Association
John
C. Will
Richland
Platte River
Schuyler
Missa Eme Yager
Hastings
Olive B. True
Fairbury
BE. N. Boyles
Wyoming One
Harrison
Aineworth
Reed
Ed. P. Smith
Railway Commission
Barrett
Ord
H. G. Hellensick
Harvard State Bank
Harvard Union Elevator Company
Farmers’ Union
Helen Slater
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Joe & Grand Island
Phelps County
Elwood
Bertrand
Loomis
Holdrege
School Board
Ind
State Board of Control
Lincoln Highway
Kearney Industrial School
Platte
Lincoln
Post Ofice
Alliance Commercial Club
Unadilla
Max Sch
Four Ships Sunk in North Sea Battle
In a Saturday engagement near the Galloper and North Ughtships a British destroyer Recruit and English trawler Daisy were sunk. German torpedo boats Columbia and another vessel were also sunk after a running fight. Two British casualties and 46 German personnel were rescued or taken prisoner.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Galloper
North Ughtships
Recruit
Twin Cities Case Decided by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected western railroads' bid for a 90 cent class rate from New York and the East to St. Paul and Minneapolis and kept a $3 cent scale. A proposal to charge 28 cents differentials to Minneapolis and St. Paul over Duluth was also rejected, with a 21 cent scale kept. Eastbound traffic to Duluth via St. Paul/Minneapolis will add 21 cents. The decision, seen as highly significant, impacts rail traffic across western lines.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
New York
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Twin Cities
Commission
Commerce secretary predicts wartime benefits for US industry
William M. Redfield, secretary of commerce, told the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia that the great war in Europe should economically benefit American industry. He urged a robust American merchant marine to transport U.S. products. In El Paso, villa pesos fell to 444 cents in gold, a record low, after previously reaching 36 cents post Torreon. In Sebastopol, Emperor Nicholas arrived via Petrograd today.
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Philadelphia
Europe
William ©. Redfield
American Academy of Political and Social Science
United States
el Paso
Tex
Germans Shell U S Ship Cushing Reported Attacked
A Rotterdam dispatch says the American steamer Cushing from Philadelphia was attacked by German airmen in the North Sea. Two bombs were dropped but caused no damage. The Cushing, owned by Standard Oil, carried 2,491,000 sal tons of refined petroleum and 90,000 gallons of lubricants.
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London
Reutern
Rotterdam
Cushing
Philadelphia
North Sea
Standard Oil Company
Wilson christens grandson Francis Woodrow Sayre in church
President Wilson returns to the White House after a christening surprise for Baby Sayre. The child is renamed Francis Woodrow Sayre to share his grandfather’s name, despite initial opposition from the president. The ceremony took place Sunday at St. John's Episcopal Church with Reverend Franklin Cater officiating.
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Woodrow
Sayre Baby
President
Springfeld
Mass
Sayre
Wilson
White House
Francis Sayre
Francis Woodrow Sayre
St. John’s Episcopal Church
di, Wranklin
California Fruit Saved After Rain Lifts Frost Threat
A drizzling rain in the San Francisco area improved crop prospects and eased the $60,000,000 frost scare across the Pacific coast, turning anxiety into rejoicing for fruit production.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Refugee reports Allied raid on St Quentin depot
A refugee arriving from St Quentin France says four British aviators attacked the city on May 4 blowing up a German ammunition depot and killing 19 Germans.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
St. Quentin
France
Zeppelin Races a Train Over English Countryside
In Bury St. Edmunds England on May 3 a German Zeppelin raided the district and raced neck and neck with a train for ten miles. The airship dropped five bombs in an effort to destroy the train but all fell wide.
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Bury St. Edmunds
England
Engineer Killed in Baltimore & Ohio Freight Wreck Near City
Charles II Stephens of Pittsburgh died instantly after his engine and twelve freight cars left the rails seven miles east of the city on the Baltimore & Ohio line. The wreck blocked the track and caused the fatality on a May day.
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Washington, May
Charles II
Stephens
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Roosevelt ends testimony in Barnes Roosevelt jibe suit
Syracuse April 30 Gov Charles Whitman was named in the Barnes Roosevelt $50,000 case as Colonel Roosevelt wrapped up a near fifty hour cross examination after a seven court day stint. Whitman at that time then New York county district attorney sent a 1914 letter urging a reunion of Progressives to curb boss rule.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Charles 8
Whitman
Roosevelt
New York County
Charles H. Duell, Jr
Two killed and fifty injured in Fremont railway crash
On a single track four miles east of Fremont Ohio on Thursday two Lake Shore Electric cars collided. A woman about eighty died at a Clyde residence from a fractured skull. PF R Baldwin of Toledo and Mrs N Belknap of Tay City Michigan were seriously hurt or fatally injured. Both cars caught fire after the collision.
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Fremont
Lake Shore
Stevenson Estate Alimony Suit Filed in San Francisco
Mrs Katherine Qabourne sought alimony of 100 dollars per month from the estate of Mrs Fannie Van de Grill Stevenson. The suit targets Mrs Janbel Strongfield administratrix of the Stevenson estate in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Mra
Katherine Qabourne
Janbel Strongfield
Fannie van de Grill Stevenson
Depew Remembers Missing Wealth at 81 Birthday Dinner
Chauvecey M. Depew of Montauk club Brooklyn recalls how great wealth has eluded him as he turned eighty-one on April 28 during a birthday dinner. He spoke in Depew New York style about a missed heir’s fortune.
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Depew
New York
Montauk Club
Brooklyn
Chauvecey M. Depew
Mr Depew
State Projects Film Series On Parks Gardens And Recreation
The conservation commission plans multiple films showing state parks playgrounds and landscape work plus model school playgrounds and recreational activities. Another film will cover vocational guidance and industrial work in model schools with footage of manual training shops.
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State Conservation Commission
Doctor Condra
Lincoln
Omaha
State Teachers’ Association
Alliance Builds Country Club and Cities Open New Halls
Nebraska items report Alliance planning a country club, Central City adding a fast amateur ball team, and Geneva cornerstone laid for a city hall. Crawford opens a new city hall costing 12,000 dollars while J. D. Anderson becomes Syracuse baseball manager.
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Alliance
Central City
Geneva
Crawford City Hall
J. D. Anderson
Syracuse
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