Sunk troop transport tragedy updates world war losses
News wires report the sinking of the troop ship Colbert with fifty one dead including its commander Auxiliary Naval Lieutenant Commelin. The incident follows reports of Norwegian ships Jaly Najaden C Sundt and Garant torpedoed by German submarines. A French torpedo boat destroyer Boutefeu also hit a mine in the Adriatic with losses.
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Paris
Colbert
Mediterranean
Teuton
Admiralty
Commelin
Legion of Honor
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Jaly
Najaden
C. Sundt
Garant
Boutefeu
Entente
Adriatic
Highland Corrie
Gardner resigns Congress to join U.S. Army
Major A. P. Gardner resigns from Congress to enlist in the U.S. Army. The move follows military service commitments and signals a shift from legislative duty to active duty.
Daughter Made Sacrifice Martinez Case Shocks Kansas City
Kansas City police report six year old Helena Bentz slain in what they call a fanaticism driven sacrifice by her father Jacob Bentz who was found kneeling beside the body clasping a Bible and claiming it was God's will. Bentz cited the biblical test of Abraham and Isaac as justification as officers questioned him.
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Kansas City
Helena Bentz
Jacob Bentz
Kan
Bentz
Abraham
Isaac
Rep Gardner Resigns to Enter Army in WWI Era
Washington May 17 Representative Gardner of Massachusetts resigns from Congress to enter the army as a reserve officer. A noted proponent of military preparedness, he leaves the Ways and Means Committee to join active duty, becoming the first member of either house to quit for military service in the present war.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
House
Wood
Charleston
S. C
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Washington
Massachusetts
Army
Ways and Means
Eithe House
Millionaire offers 207-foot yacht to government
Pittsburgh May 17 D Herbert Hosteller vice president of the Pittsburgh navy league offers the government his yacht 207 feet long with a crew of fifteen.
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Pittsburgh
D. Herbert Hosteller
Navy League
Pittsburgh arson arrest tied to Aetna plant blaze
May 19 to August Sachs was arrested by County Fire Marshal Thomas P. Farr on a charge of setting fire to the Aetna Chemical company plant on April 11, causing an estimated loss of 50,000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Sachs
Thomas P. Farr
Aetna Chemical Company
Indiana Defense Council Members Named by Governor
Governor Goodrich released the full list of seventeen appointees to Indiana’s state council of defense. The roster includes Will H. Hays of Sullivan, Charles W. Fairbanks of Indianapolis, Thomas Taggart of French Lick, Evans Woollen of Indianapolis, and others across business, industry, and education.
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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, van Camp Packing Co
W. R. Kurrie
Chicago
Monon R. R. Co
A. W. Brady
Anderson
Union Traction Co
Isaac Strauss
Ligonier
Strauss’ Bros
Bankers
Charles P. Emerson
Indiannapolis
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 Girl Bertha Hasselman Found Dead Near Dixon
The body of Bertha Hasselman, a Dixon farmer's daughter, was recovered from Rock River near Dixon after a week of search following a dispute with Clifford Seybert at a church festival. A coroner's jury investigates whether foul play or suicide occurred. Hasselman lived with her aunt two and a half miles from Dixon.
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Rock River
Bertha Hasselman
Miss Hasselman
Claude Cheney
Clifford Seybert
Russian Front Battles Repelled on Northern and Roumanian Lines
Petrograd reports German assaults on the northern end of the Western Front east of Kalace m were repulsed by Russian forces. A separate statement says German troops attacking trenches east of Koverka on the Roumanian front were dispersed.
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Petrograd
Kalacem
Koverka
Mine Owners Charge Discrimination in Indiana Mines
In Terre Haute on May 21 coal operators told the state public service commission that independent mines operate only a third of the time while subsidiary railway company mines run full time and receive car supplies.
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Terre Haute
Ind
State Public Service Commission
Jury awards Gilbert Corn six thousand for lost foot case
Petersburg Indiana May 21 jury returns verdict against Ingle Coal and Supply for Gilbert Corn who sued for thirty thousand dollars claiming loss of a foot while employed. The award totaled six thousand dollars.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ingle Coal and Supply Company
Gilbert Corn
Coal Company
Illinois approves new state army training plan
Springfield May 21 Illinois leads forty eight states with a plan for voluntary military training of citizens ages eighteen to forty five The state council of defense approved the system which does not affect the federal draft and will allow communities to organize volunteer training corps Each community must field at least one company with officers of rank and a minimum strength of sixty six men
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Council of Defense
War Department
John G. Oglesby
Leutenant
Dallas
Tex
Snyder
Rotan
Farmers’ and Laborers’ Protective Association of America
United States
Germany
British Attack on Five Mile Front at Hindenburg Line
British forces report early morning gains along a front of over a mile between Fontaine Lez Choisilles and Bullecourt in France. Other actions include a fifteen mile front attack from Arras toward Acheville Queant and near Mondid, with repulsed counterattacks and local patrol captures.
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London
France
Hindenburg Line
Fontaine-Lez-Choisilles
Bullecourt
Berlin
Fifteen Mile
Arras
Acheville
Queant
Scarpe
German War Office
Mondy
Paris
la Bovelle
Chemin Des Dames
French War Department
Teuton
Laffaux Mill
U S Jackies Welcomed in Queenstown Visit
Queenstown on May 19 saw strong public and official welcome for American torpedo boat destroyer officers. The cork lord mayor sheriff and officials met the crew at Wesley Frosts office and later dined with Vice Admiral Sir Levis Bailyn at admiralty house.
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U. S
Mrs Paul Ritter Transferred From Switzerland to Holland
The wife of the Swiss minister, Mrs Paul Ritter, was transferred to Holland in a formal move reported today. The announcement notes the diplomatic exchange and considers its impact on consular relations.
Paul Westpaul Cast as Wilson in Essanay War Film
Paul H Westpaul is hired by Essanay Film Mfg to portray President Wilson in a forthcoming war drama. The 43 year old, born in Japan to a German father who represented Germany in Japan, is reportedly paid 200 dollars weekly after leaving a 10 dollar weekly night clerk position at the St Nicholas hotel.
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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
Illinois guard will be recruited to full war strength and the first army of nineteen thousand eight hundred eighty two men will be ready for service within ten days. Adjutant General Dickson begins dispatching orders to all unit commanders to accelerate recruiting immediately.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois’ Guard
Dickson
Henry Bruere Appointed Efficiency Expert in Mexico
Henry Bruere takes a post in Mexico as an efficiency expert. The move positions him to advise on administrative reforms and public works.
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Mexico
U S Army to Deploy on Europe Fronts Soon
The United States reads to send land and sea forces to France within a year. An army of up to 1.7 million is planned, with a Pershing expedition and destroyers already in motion. Recruitment targets exceed 400,000, includes regulars, national guard, and volunteers.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Pershing
France
National Guard
War Department
Secretary of War
Baker
Regular Army
Army War College
Engine Room Fire Damages Coal and Power Plants
A fire of unknown origin damaged the engine room of the Lynn Coal Company and the Indiana Power and Water Company plants in 3icknell Indiana on May 21. No injuries are reported. Fire crews battled the blaze, with authorities investigating the cause.
Tonnage of Merchant Ships Lost in War Reaches 6 641 000
New York reports Captain L Persius of the Berlin Tageblatt states total merchant ship tonnage destroyed since the war began to April 1 is 6 641 000. Additional figures claim 1 600 000 tons sunk in early submarine warfare and breakdowns show 4 998 500 tons lost before February 1.
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New York
Germany
L. Persius
Berlinez Taceblatt
Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Persius
Roosevelt to Continue Work Despite Wilson On Flask
New York May 21 Colonel Roosevelt said he would keep working for recruiting and the liberty loan after President Wilson declined to designate him as leader of a volunteer division. He praised General Pershing as the leader of the first American contingent to go to France.
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New York
Roosevelt
France
Fie
Wilson
Pershing
War casualties reach seven million in an address
London May 21 Arthur Henderson a war council member estimated the number of men killed in the war thus far at 7,000,000 in an Richmond address. He said total casualties would exceed the United Kingdom population which the 1911 census put at 45,370,530.
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London
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Richmond
United Kingdom
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