Troop Ship Sunk Sheds Light on War Losses
Multiple Allied and neutral vessels report sinking or damage in Mediterranean and Atlantic waters. The French steamer Colbert with military passengers went down April 30 after a submarine attack, leaving 51 dead including its commander. Norwegian ships Laly Najaden C Sundt and Garant also torpedoed with loss of crews. A French torpedo boat destroyer Bonutefen struck a mine and sank. The Highland Corrie was torpedoed May 16 with six crew and two passengers killed.
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Paris
Colbert
Mediterranean
Teuton
Admiralty
Commelin
Legion of Honor
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Fxchance Telegraph Company
Laly
Najaden
C. Sundt
Garant
Bonutefen
Entente
Adriatic
Highland Corrie
Daughter Made Sacrifice in Fanatic Killing Case
Kansas City police report six year old Helena Bentz slain by her father Jacob Bentz who said it was God's will. Bentz was found kneeling beside the body clasping a Bible and praying as officers arrested him. He cited the Bible tale of Abraham and Isaac during the arrest.
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Kansas City
Helena Bentz
Jacob Bentz
Kan
Bentz
Abraham
Isaac
Gardner resigns from Congress to join the Army
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts resigns from Congress to enter the army as a reserve officer. He has been a leading figure in military preparedness and a member of the Ways and Means Committee. He is the first member of either house to quit for military service in the current war.
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Slater Gardner
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wood
Charleston
S.C
Congress
Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Army
Ways and Means
Eithe House
Millionaire offers 207-foot yacht to government
D Herbert Hosteller, vice president of the Pittsburgh navy league section, proposes to the government that his 207 foot yacht with a crew of fifteen be turned over for wartime service.
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U. S
Pittsburgh
D. Herbert Hosteller
The
Navy League
Arrests Made In Aetna Plant Fire Case In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police report May 19 arrest of August Sachs by County Fire Marshal Thomas P. Farr on a charge of setting the April 11 fire at the Aetna Chemical company plant causing about 50000 dollars in damage.
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Pittsburgh
Sachs
Thomas P. Farr
Aetna Chemical Company
Gardner resigns from Congress to join U S Army
Major A. P. Gardner quits his congressional seat to enlist in the United States Army. He explains his decision as a call to service during wartime and leaves his district in the hands of successors.
Indiana defense council named by governor
Governor Goodrich announces the seventeen appointees to the state council of defense. The list includes Will H. Hays of Sullivan, Charles W. Fairbanks of Indianapolis, Thomas Taggart of French Lick, Evans Woollen of Indianapolis, W. G. Irwin of Columbus, J. J. Keach of Indianapolis, W. R. Kurri e of Chicago, A. W. Brady of Anderson, Isaac Strauss of Ligonier, Dr. Charles P. Emerson of Indianapolis, Charles Fox of Terre Haute, Ed Reynolds of Crawfordsville, Morton Wilson of Anderson, George Ade of Brook, Will J. Freeman of Terre Haute, Nathan Squibbs of Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Carolyn R. Fairbank of Fort Wayne.
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Indianapolis
Goodrich
State Council of Defense
Will H. Hays
Sullivan
Charles W. Fairbanks
Thomas Taggart
French Lick
Evans Woollen
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
W. G. Irwin
Columbus
Chicago
Monon R. R. Co
A. W. Brady
Anderson
Union Traction Co
Isaac Strauss
Ligonier
Strauss Tros
Bankers and Farmers
Charles P. Emerson
Indiana Merical School
Charles Fox
Terre Haute
State Federation of Labor
Ed Reynolds
Crawfordsville
Crabbs
Reynolds Grain
Morton Wilson
Farmer
George Ade
Brook
Will J. Freeman
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Nathan Squibbs
Lawrenceburg
Carolyn R. Fairbank
Fort Wayne
Indiana Federation of Woman's Clubs
Missing Bertha Hasselman Found After Weeklong Search
The body of Bertha Hasselman was recovered from Rock River near Dixon Illinois. A coroner jury investigates whether her disappearance after a quarrel at a church festival with Clifford Seybert, son of a local farmer, was a suicide or murder. Hasselman lived with her aunt near Dixon.
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Dixon, Ill
Rock River
Dixon
Bertha Hasselman
Miss Hasselman
Claude Cheney
Clifford Seybert
Russian Front Reports Northern and Roumanian Front Successes
Petrograd reports German attacks on the northern Russian western front east of Kalacem and at the Roumanian front near Koverka were repulsed and dispersed. In Terre Haute, mine operators accuse discrimination as independent mines struggle. subsidiary railway mines run full time with coal supplies and cars.
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Petrograd
Kalacem
Koverka
Terre Haute
Ind
State Public Service Commission
Jury awards $6000 to worker in coal company suit
Petersburg Indiana May 21The jury found in favor of Gilbert Corn against the Ingle Coal and Supply company for 6000 after he sued for 30000 over loss of a foot suffered while employed.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ingle Coal and Supply Company
Gilbert Corn
Coal Company
British Attacks On Five Mile Front In France
British reports claim early morning gains along a front of over a mile in the Hindenburg line between Fontaine Lez Choisilles and Bullecourt. British and French actions across the Arras front extend to Mondy and La Bovelle with mixed success. German counterattacks repulsed and minor prisoner captures noted near Fauquissart Laventie.
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London
France
Hindenburg
Fontaine-Lez-Choisilles
Bullecourt
Berlin
Fifteen Mile
Arras
Acheville
Queant
Scarpe
German War Office
Mondy
Paris
la Bovelle
Chemin Des Dames
Film Woody Is Well Paid In War Drama Role
Paul H Westpaul, 43, born in Japan with German parentage, resembles President Wilson and will play the national leader in a war drama for Essanay Film Manufacturing. He is to be paid about 200 dollars weekly, up from his current ten dollar weekly job as a night clerk at the St Nicholas hotel in Lafayette Indiana.
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Lafayette
Ind
Paul H. Westpaul
Wilson
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Westpaul
Japan
St. Nicholas Hotel
Illinois Troops Ready in Ten Days
Springfield May 21 Illinois guard to war strength with first army of 19,882 men ready for service within ten days. Adjutant General Dickson orders all unit commanders to push recruiting at once to meet the call.
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Linois
Springfield
Illinois’ Guard
Dickson
Illinois approves new state army plan for training
Springfield May 21 Illinois leads 48 states with a voluntary military training plan for citizens aged 18 to 40. The state council of defense approved an auxiliary program distinct from the federal draft and will require communities to form at least one company with a defined minimum cadre.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Council of Defense
War Department
John G. Oglesby
Leutenant
Liuutenant
U S Jackies Welcomed in Queenstown Visit
Many attentions greeted the American torpedo boat destroyer officers during their Cork stay on May 19. The lord mayor the sheriff and municipal officials visited Wesley Frost the American consul. The group later dined with Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bailyn at admiralty house.
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U.S
Mrs Paul Ritter Transferred to Holland
Mrs Paul Ritter wife of the Swiss minister was relocated to Holland in a diplomatic transfer. The announcement notes her role as spouse of the envoy and confirms the international move amid ongoing postings.
Henry Bruere Named Efficiency Expert for Mexico
Henry Bruere is engaged by the Mexican government to implement efficiency reforms. The appointment positions Bruere to advise on organizational optimization and public administration improvements nationwide.
Seven of eight men in Texas on seditious uprising indictments
Dallas May 21 seven of eight men arrested at Snyder and twelve more at Rotan Tex under federal indictments for seditious uprising are being moved to Dallas for safekeeping. Federal authorities describe the group as a vigilance committee of the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of America with about 400 members sworn to oppose conscription and kill officers aiding arrests.
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Dallas
Tex
Snyder
Rotan
Farmers’ and Laborers’ Protective Association of America
United States
Germany
Fires Damage Engine Rooms in Indiana Plants
Fire of unknown origin damaged the engine room of the Lynn Coal company and the Indiana Power and Water company plants in Bicknell Ind on May 21. No injuries are reported and investigators inspect the scene.
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Bicknell, Ind
Lynn Coal Company
Indiana Power and Water Company
Baseball Scores From Morning and Evening Games
Baseball results show no games scheduled in Detroit and St. Louis with varied run totals. Philadelphia split a doubleheader at Cleveland, winning 15 to 2 and losing 2 to 5, while Boston defeated Chicago 25 to 18 in a high scoring contest.
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Detroit
R. H. EB
New York
St. Louis
R. H. EB. Ee
Russel and
Walters
Boland and Spencer
Washington
Gallia
Henry
Groom
Severeid
Cleveland
R.H.E
Philadelphia
Mays
Agnew
Scott
Benz and Schalk
United States Prepares Massive Army for Europe
Washington reports plan for a U S army expansion to about 1 7 million with 400 000 recruits and 500 000 selective draftees to reach the front within a year. Pershing expedition and destroyers mark the opening phase as recruiting hinges on late August draft.
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Pershing
West Front
Washington
United States
Europe
France
National Guard
War Department
Secretary of War
fPaker
Regular Army
Army War College
Tonnage Lost From German Submarine Warfare
New York reports total merchant ships destroyed by Germany since the war began reach 6,641,000 tons as per Captain L. Persius in Berliner Taxeblatt. Helferich told the Reichstag that April sunk tonnage in early unrestricted U boat warfare exceeded 1,600,000. by April 1, 4,065,000 tons were enemy shipping and 4,998,500 sunk before Feb 1. February and March losses totaled 1,642,500 tons.
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New York
Germany
L. Persius
Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Persius
Roosevelts Encouraged to Press Liberty Loan Drive
In New York on May 21 Col Roosevelt said he would continue to work for recruiting and the liberty loan. He noted the Roosevelt division would have sailed for France had it been accepted when fire offered and praised General Pershing as leader of the first American contingent to go to France.
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New York
Roosevelt
France
Wilson
Pershing
War deaths estimated at 7,000,000 by official
Arthur Henderson of the war council said in Richmond that casualties in the war exceed 7,000,000, a figure larger than the United Kingdom population of 45,370,530 from the 1911 census. The remarks were delivered in London on May 21.
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London
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Richmond
United Kingdom
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