French Ship Sunk by Submarine Toll Rises at Beachey Head
London reports two steamers sunk on Thursday amid German blockade actions. The French steamer Emma bound for Havre from Dundalk sank in three minutes after a torpedo strike with 19 of 21 crew dead. The small steamer Seven Seas also torpedoed near Beachey Head, presumed by Sama’s submarine, with several drownings. A British destroyer rescued two men and recovered two bodies. The Dutch cargo ship Lodewijk Van Nassau was impounded in New Haven amid suspicions it supplied fuel oil to German subs.
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London
Hmma
Dundalk
Ireland
Havre
Beachey Head
Seven Seas
Sama
Leach & Co
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Haven
English Channel
Sussex
Baya Gn
Lodewijk van Nassau
Germany honors Bismarck on 100th birth anniversary
Berlin marked the centennial of Otto von Bismarck with patriotic demonstrations before the Reichstag monument. Military and civil groups laid wreaths as Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg told a crowd that Bismarck’s work remains with Germany and that the empire faces enemies with rage in their hearts but will prevail.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Bismarck
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Note to Germany Over Frye Sinking Sent
The United States dispatched a note to Berlin on Thursday protesting the sinking of the American gunboat Frye by the German raider Prince Eitel Friedrich. The note focuses on the vessel only, states the cargo was not American owned, and argues there was no justification for the sinking.
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Washington
Germany
William P. Frye
Prince Hite Friedrich
Berin
United States
State Department
Frye
German report claims capture of 55,800 Russians in March
Berlin reports 56,800 Russian prisoners captured by German forces in March. The tally includes nine cannon and 61 machine guns. The dispatch notes a German victory at Dixmude in Flanders and a French gain at Lunéville.
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Berlin
Dixmude
Flanders
Luneville
Kitchener Bans Alcohol From Household War Years
War Secretary Kitchener advises no intoxicating drinks in his household for the remainder of the war. In Chicago, 4,000 painters strike, with strike breakers arriving to replace them, signaling a fierce labor clash.
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London
Warl Kitchener
Great Britain
George
Chicago
Street Car Men Strike In Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley
About 350 motormen and conductors walked off the job on Thursday affecting three Wilkes-Barre Railway lines in the Wyoming valley as street car service was disrupted by the strike.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wilkam-Barre Railway Company
Wyoming Valley
British Liners Falaba Aguila Sunk By German Submarines
Reported official confirmation that two British liners Falaba and Aguila were torpedoed and sunk by German U boats, with a Dutch steamer also sent to the bottom in a German minefield. About 139 missing from Falaba, many saved, crew losses noted. Aguila’s chief engineer and boatswain among the dead.
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London
Admiralty
Mitfordhaven
Multiple Regional Updates Prompt Strikes and Death
Ottawa reports hundreds quit as allied trades strike over contract renewal. New York notes Erica railroad president Underwood operated for appendicitis. expected to recover. Jim Coffey climbs toward white hope title with a knockout at Fairmount A C. London records Sir John Cameron Lamb’s death at 69. Kansas endures heavy snow for the forty seventh storm this season. St Johns reports Cunarder Orduna carrying Newfoundland soldiers and reservists arrives safely in Liverpool after Red Cross convoy.
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Til
Allied Trades
New York
Frederick D. Underwood
Erica
New York Hospital
Jim Coffey
White Hope
Davis
Buffalo
Fairmount A. C
London
John Camerom Lamb
Hempstead
Kanene City
Kansas
St. Johns
N. F
Davidson
Liverpool
Cunard
Harvester Brief Questions IH Company Monopoly Law
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory asked the U S Supreme Court to affirm a Minnesota federal court decree finding the Harvester company in restraint of trade and to dissolve the combination. The brief alleges the Harvester group dominates harvesting machines and rural implements and unduly restricts competition with intent to monopolize.
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Washington
Harvester Company
Gregory
United States Supreme Court
Federal Court For
District of Minnesota
International Harvester Company
New York Stock Exchange Abolishes Minimum Prices
Reports from across the United States show a broad revival in industry and finance as mines reopen and wages rise. The New York Stock Exchange struck minimum trading prices, citing above minimum levels and reduced liquidation risk, signaling a return to normal operations after wartime strains.
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Atlantic
Pacific
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New England
Pacific Coast
France
America
Germany
Great Britain
Stock Exchange
War Council Held as German Leaders Plan New Campaign
Reports from Petrograd say Kaiser Wilhelm and Field Marshal von der Goltz, commander at Constantinople, meet in Berlin to plan a fresh offensive to offset set backs in Przemyal and the Dardanelles. News notes heavy fighting continues in the Carpathians and northern Poland with both sides claiming victories.
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London
Germany
Petrograd
Berlin
von der Goltz
Constantinople
Przemyal
Dardanelles
Carpathians
Poland
Kragnopol
Tauroggen
Gen Funston on Border at Brownsville Texas
Gen Frederick Funston arrived from Fort Sam Houston to oversee border tensions during the Villa attack on Matamoros. San Antonio batteries arrived to guard the line as two residents were wounded in fighting. Carranza and Villa forces clashed near San Bernardino Arizona with US cavalry observing, as Samaniego and Trujillo forces engaged with reinforcements.
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Brownsville
Tex
Frederick Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Matamoros
San Antonio
United States Artillery
Carranza
Miguel Samaniego
Villa
Trujillo
San Bernardino
Ariz
Douglas
Samaniego
Agua Prieta
United States Cavalry
Jury Convicts Dr Wineburg in Mann Act Case
A federal jury in Chicago found Dr Louis J Wineburg of Indiana guilty of transporting Miss Grace Belle Locher from Kalamazoo to Chicago under the Mann Act. The verdict followed deliberations that began at 3 30 p m. Assistant DA Benjamin Epstein labeled Wineburg a moral viper and cited his ties to the Locher family.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Louis J. Wineburg
Ligonier
Ind
Locher
Miss Locher
Head of Big Bank Arrested in Pueblo
W B Slaughter of Dallas Texas president of Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of twenty thousand dollars of county funds.
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Big Bank
Pueblo
Colo
W. B. Slaughter
Dallas
Tex
Mercantile National Bank
Crown Prince Leaves Berlin to Join Verdun Front
Crown Prince departs Berlin to join the Fiftieth army corps near Verdun as renewed action is anticipated after heavy shelling of Verdun. Official dispatch notes his move from Germany’s capital toward the front in France.
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Verdun
Copenhagen
Berlin
Fiftieth Army Corpa P
General von Kluck wounded near front in March report
Berlin reports Gen Alexander von Kluck wounded by shrapnel while inspecting forward positions. Condition described as satisfactory despite injuries. In other dispatches, William Stitt of Canadian Pacific dies in Montreal, two gunmen rob W Bershtein in Philadelphia, and St Paul passes a bill to study uniting St Paul and Minneapolis.
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Berlin
Wireles
Alexander von Kluck
Thal
Paris
William Stitt
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Philadelphia
W. Bershtaln
Bershtein
Bernard
Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minn
B. J. Westlake
St. Paul and
Minneapolis
Senate
Four Perons Burned In Norfolk Fire Tragedy
Four persons were burned to death in a Norfolk village fire that destroyed part of the business area. The victims were Mia, John Thomas, her twin babies, and a slater.
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Watertown
Admiral Fiske resigns as aid for operations in navy
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, chief adviser on naval operations, renewed his resignation and asked to be reassigned. He told the House Naval Committee the American fleet was not prepared for war and could not be ready in five years, signaling dissent from current leadership and policy.
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Washington
Bradley A. Fiske
Navy Department
Admiral Fiske
Secretary of the Navy
House Naval Committee
Dewey
Manila Bay
Itla
Daniela
George von L. Meyer
Office of Aid For Operations
Winslow
Winterhalter
Two Neutral Ships Sink In North Sea and North Atlantic
The Dutch steamship Schieland bound Hull Rotterdam was sunk 24 miles east southeast of Spain after an explosion amidships. Eight of Schieland’s crew were rescued, with one dead. The Norwegian bark Nor, sailing Fredriksstad Hull, was torpedoed west of Dogger Bank and its crew saved. North Shields trawlers Gloxlana and Jason were sunk by U-10, but their crews were saved. The U-10 commander claimed orders to sink all, but treated fisherman survivors kindly. In New York Mineola, Mrs Flor ence Conklin Carman must stand trial again for murdering Mrs Louise Bailey. May 10 set, with new evidence cited by Nassau County DA.
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London
Hull
Rotterdam
Spain
North Sea
Cornelia Glafina
Carman
Mineola
N. Y
Florence Conklin Carman
Edwin Carman
Freeport
Louise Bailey
Smith
Nassau County
A. H. Blackmar
Rangers for Tennessee proposed to curb night riding
Nashville dispatch reports the legislature passed a bill to create a rangers system and empower the governor to appoint a constabulary to enforce law in lawless districts. In other news, President Wilson accepted the G A R invitation to Memorial Day exercises May 31 at Arlington Cemetery.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Arlington Cemetery
Mrs Williams Seeks Relief After Long Illness
Elkhart Indiana woman Mrs Sadin Williams reports fourteen years of organic inflammation female weakness and severe pains. After six doctors and four months with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she says she improved markedly. She offers permission to publish her testimony to aid others.
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Elkhart
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadin Williams
James Street
Indiana
Lydia B
Pinkham
Lynn
Mags
Lydia E.pinkham
Low Round Trip Fares to California Expositions and West
Northern Pacific Railway announces low round trip fares to California Expositions via the Scenic Highway and North Pacific routes. Tickets allow liberal stopovers including Yellowstone National Park via Gardiner Gateway, with planning help and a 1915 vacation literature folder available from A. M. Cleland, general passenger agent, 617 Northern Pacific Ry., St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Northern Pacific Ry
California
North Pacific Conant
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
A. M. Cleland
General Pas
Benger
Paul
Minnesota
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