Italy to Field Enormous Army in Europe War
Rome reports Italy will mobilize about 3,000,000 within a month and begin with 760,000 first line troops under Gen Zupelli and Gen Caneva. Italy plans to push on the Austrian frontier as Austrian forces line up across the border amid rugged Alpine fortifications. Washington observers note Germany may not concede defeat despite Italy joining the allies, with Swiss neutrality considerations discussed among officials.
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Rome
Italy
Zupelli
Caneva
Tripoli
Count Cadorna
Austria-Hungary
Austrian Alps
Germany
Washington
Austria
Switzerland
Switerland
Belgium
German Air Raid Over Paris Fails To Cause Damage
German aviators in a disguised plane flew over Paris at dusk. Air scouts mistook it for a French craft and let it pass the frontier. The bomber dropped three bombs near the Seine by the Eiffel Tower, at the Bon Marche vicinity, and on Rue St. Charles. All bombs caused little to no damage and the aircraft was driven off.
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Paris
Seine
Eiffel Tower
Rue St. Charles
Italy’s Army and Fleet Strengths and Armament Details
The document outlines Italy's land and naval forces with four large armies, multiple army corps, and a modernized artillery and rifle inventory. It lists manpower totals, artillery calibers, machine guns, and the fleet's composition including battleships, cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, and merchant ships. It notes a 57 million dollar annual war expenditure.
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Seenteete
Italy
Salandra To Lead Army As Italy Prepares For War
Rome May 22 Premier Salandra declares Italy will use force to defend rights and unite the nation as parliament passes a war bill granting broad powers. Austrian fleet reportedly sails from Pola to bombard Venice. Venice platforms for batteries rushed to completion amid war anxieties.
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Rome
Italy
Salandra
Chamber of Deputies
Wall
Austria
Europe
Serbia
Socialiata
Mien
Pola
Venice
Traine
Berlin
Vienna
Victor
Russian Defeat in Galicia Shrinks Front at Jaroslaw
Reports from Berlin via Amsterdam reveal the Russia commanded by General Radko Dimitrieff suffered a catastrophic loss in Galicia. About 140000 Russian troops were killed or captured, 100 cannons and 800 machine guns seized as German Austro-Hungarian forces overran Jaroslaw and Meelerkopf before consolidating on the San river line.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Galicia
Radko Dimitrieff
Dimitrieff
Lower
Sau
San
Praemysl
Jaroslav
Jaroslaw
Elizabeth
Alexander
Meelerkopf
Honved Kussara
Jupassovsky
Petrograd
Baltic Sea
Bukowina
Galioia
War Office
Legajsk
Bread Riots Rage in Hermosillo and Diplomatic Strain in Mexico
Reports from Hermosillo say about two thousand people joined bread riots and looted stores amid a severe food shortage in Sonora. In Mexico City demonstrations escalate as outlaws threaten foreigners. relief efforts move 2600 tons of cereals toward the capital if transport and guarantees can be arranged.
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Hermosillo
Washington
Mexico City
State Department
International Relief Committee
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Azores
Esperanza
Guaymas
British to use poisonous gas and seek 300000 more troops
Lord Kitchenert told the House of Lords the Allies will employ poisonous gases against Germany and demand 300,000 additional troops. He reviewed fighting in Flanders praising Neuve Chapelle and French northeastern Ypres fronts, noting heavy losses yet high morale, with Dardanelles news satisfactory.
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London
Lord Kitchenert
House of Lords
Flanders
Neuve Chapelle
Ypres
Dardanelles
Fourth Sling Restores F-4 Sub To Even Keel
In Honolulu harbor after eight weeks salvage work, the submarine F-4 has been lifted clear of the bottom. Admiral Moore’s dispatch says the fourth sling was replaced and the vessel moved up 20 feet, suspending it on the keel about 20 feet above the ocean floor.
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Washington
Honolulu
Admiral Moore
Navy Department
Fugitive Cashier Surrenders After 24 Days On Run
Edward J. King, former Dugger State bank cashier, turned himself in near Vincennes Sullivan after 24 days as a fugitive. He was released on a $100 bond and described wandering through eastern cities and Tennessee mountains before contacting prosecutor Fred F. Bays. The bank had sued to recover $34,000 he allegedly embezzled.
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Sullivan
Ind
Edward J. King
Dugger State Bank
Lfe
Fred F. Bays
Bays
Vincennes and
Henan
King
Lusitania
Tennessee
Hays
Far and Near News Wrap Afloat and Ashore
Nome reports a big lead in the ice with the steamer Corwin and Polar Bear, from Seattle, expected to reach Nome’s roadstead by Friday or Saturday. Other dispatches deny a torpedo attack on the Transylvania, note wheat requisition in Paris, debate Roosevelt libel case, and describe a Nebraska City cornfield with melted aliver from a freight fire.
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Alaska
Corwin
Polar Dear
Seattle
New York
Cunard Line
Henderson
Glasgow
Transylvania
Paris
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Delault
American shot by Villa troops near Ebano in Tampico
An American employee of Husstechs Petroleum near Ebano in the Tampico district was shot by Villa soldiers around May 7. Vice-Consul Hevan at Tampico notified the state department and was to identify the victim and file a full report. The shooting followed the capture of the Ebano pumping station by Villa forces and may have been accidental.
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Washington
Husstecs Petroleum Company
Ebano
Tampico
Villa
Hevan
State Department
Vil- Hatas
Granddaughter for Wilson at White House birth
Washington reports Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Eleanor Wilson and Secretary William McAdoo, born 9:15 p.m. Friday at the McAdoo home on Massachusetts Avenue. The infant, weighing nine pounds, is named for Mrs. McAdoo’s mother. The president was the first to learn of the arrival. This marks the second McAdoo grandchild of the president.
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Washington
William McAdoo
Eleanor Wilson
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
McAdoo
Jousie Wilson Sayre
White Hipnee
Neanor Wilson
White House
Roumania Ends War Delay to Follow Italy
Bucharest reports Romania will enter the war after Italy. The Roumanian army is on a war footing and will strike Austria through Transylvania. A ministerial council discussed the Romanian envoy's Rome briefing indicating Italy has chosen to go to war.
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Wiii
Austria
Transylvania
Bucharest
Roumania
Italy
Rome
German Spy Hangs Self in British Jail
Anton Kuepferle, the alleged German spy in Britain, hanged himself in his Brixton prison cell on Thursday as his trial loomed. A breakfast warder found the body after he failed to rise. He left a note saying he would not mount the scaffold and that he died as a soldier in battle.
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London
Anton Kuepferle
England
Brixton
Kuepferie
Cyclone Partially Destroys Plant in Grafton
A cyclone struck Grafton causing partial destruction to a dynamite plant. Explosives remained intact though trees up to two feet in diameter were blown over. Damage also affected nearby structures and debris scattered across the area. Local crews assessed the scene and secured the site.
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Grafton
Crafton
Pope Benedict XV Allocates Vatican Aid for Italian War Victims
The pope appropriates 1,000,000 fire about $190,000 from Vatican funds for Italian war victims. The plan channels aid through the Vatican treasury to assist those affected by the conflict.
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Benedict XV
Vatican Funda
Mexican Provisional President Deposed as Gutierrez Captures Salina
Villa Men dispatches report that Gen. Eulalio Gutierrez, deposed provisional president, has captured Salina, capital of Coachulin, after seizing Galtillo El Paso May 24.
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el Paso
Tex
Eulalio Gutierrez
Mexico
Salino
Coachulin
Fire Kills Three in Westfield Home Blaze
A deadly fire at the home of William W. Gibbons in Westfield leaves three dead. Victims are Gibbons and his two children, Mildred aged ten and William aged eleven. The blaze occurred May 24 and investigations are underway.
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Westfield
Aface
William W. Gibbons
Gibbons
Tingix
Mildred
William
U S Considers New Protest Over British Detentions
Secretary of State Bryan said the United States was weighing a fresh protest to Great Britain over detention of American cargoes. The issue has been under review for about a month.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Maltos Captured by Allies in Gallipoli Campaign
Athens dispatch reports the town of Mailtos on the Gallipoli peninsula seized by Allied forces. The adjacent town of Dardanelles is said to be destroyed by the Anglo French troops.
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Maltos
London
Athens
Mailtos
Gallipoli Peninsula
Dardanelles
War Horses by Express in Pittsburgh May 24
Shipment of war horses through Pittsburgh from Western points by freight ceased this week but express cars increased to two or three per passenger train.
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Pittsburgh
Pitteburgh
Western Points
Henderson Named President of Local Government Board
London May 22 The British cabinet announces Arthur Henderson a labor leader will succeed Herbert Samuel as president of the local government board. Henderson from Glasgow has long been active in labor politics and has held roles including labor party chairman in the house of commons and mayor of Newcastle in 1903. He joined the national war munitions committee in April this year.
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Arthur Henderson
Samuel
London
Asquith
Edward Grey
Herbert Louis Samuel
Henderson
Glasgow
Labor Party
House of Commons
Neweasde
National War Munitions Committee
Bridegroom Fatally Shot in Colorado Homefront
Glenwood Springs Colorado May 22 John A Whrey twenty four rancher was shot and probably fatally wounded as he answered a knock at his door. The assailant escaped Uhrey was married Sunday.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
John Awhrey
Uhrey
Seventeen German Submarines Reported Lost
London dispatch from Copenhagen says German naval sources report seventeen U boat losses. The claim appears in News reports but details and verification are not provided.
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London
England
Ventog News
Copenhagen
Germen Naval
Italy declares war on Austria over Balkan balance
Italy issues a lengthy note to neutral powers explaining that Austria's ultimatum to Serbia threatened Balkan stability and Italian interests. Ambassador Count di Callere delivered the document to U S Secretary Bryan on May 26, stating Italy was consulting war as the only means to safeguard its position in Europe after failed diplomacy.
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Wetern
Union News Serna
Washington
D. C
Italy
Austria
Count di Callere
Bryan
United States
Serbia
Balkans
Europe
Maly
Treaty terms signed between China and Japan in Beijing
China and Japan signed two treaties and thirteen notes in the Chinese foreign office completing negotiations begun last January after Japan's wartime demand. Lu Cheng Helang signed for China and Eki Hicki for Japan. Further discussion on five reserved articles will resume when raised.
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Peking
China
Japan
Kino Chow
Lu Cheng Helang
Eki Hicki
Tokio
Morningside College Boosts Campaign To 275000 For Debt Relief
Announcement from Morningside college campaign headquarters says a $275,000 drive will free the college from debts. Funds will liquidate old debits rebuild the main hall and conservatory, cover heating plant costs and gymnasium balance, and protect the Garretson property title.
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Sioux City
Morningside College
Garretson
Peters Park
A. E. Craig
Becker Denied New Trial in Becker Case
Albany N Y Charles Becker a former New York police lieutenant must die in the electric chair at Bing Sing prison within weeks for the murder of Herman Rosenthal a New York gambler by four gunmen on July 16 1912 unless Gov Whitman or the U S supreme court intervenes The New York Court of Appeals affirmed Becker conviction in his second trial and granted a new hearing after the first trial Ex ecutive clemency is unlikely The governor who prosecuted Becker both trials by New York County district attorney remains involved
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Becker
New York
Bing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Gov
Whitman
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals of
Becker
Supreme Court
Goff
Hecker Ia
New York County
Livestock Drowned After Tekamah Neb Cloudburst
Hundreds of head of livestock were drowned in Tekamah Nebraska during a cloudburst that crossed the hilly west areaTuesday night and into early Wednesday morning, causing extensive losses for local farmers.
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Tekamah
Neb
Tornado Hits Bridgeport Area Causes Several Injuries and Destruction
A tornado started north of Minatare and traveled fifteen miles east on Monday, injuring several people and destroying multiple buildings as it swept through Bridgeport Nebraska and surrounding areas.
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Bridgeport
Neb
Minatare
London Cabinet Shifts As War Leaders Retain Posts
Lord Kitchener remains secretary of war in the new coalition cabinet. Arthur Balfour becomes first lord of the admiralty. Churchill moves to chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Asquith remains prime minister. Lloyd George becomes minister of munitions. Grey continues foreign affairs.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Coalition
King George
Admiralty
Arthur J. Balfour
Winston Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Herbert H. Asquith
Prigs
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