Toll of Storm Woe Sows Death in Illinois and Indiana
May 28 reports tally storm deaths across Indiana Illinois and Kentucky with Mattoon Charleston Hebron Crown Point Lowell Cedar Lake and Shelby among affected towns. Dead include J R Sweeney J Wenz Jr and Elizabeth Lang with numerous injured and property losses estimated in the half million range as relief efforts mobilize statewide.
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Charleston
Mattoon
Kankakee
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Hammond
Ind
Kankakee River
Hebron
Shelby
Crown Point
Lowell
Cedar Lake
Porter County
Panhandle
Mika Mitke
Faraman
Crown
Mehron
Ett
Joseph Shields
Cofmon
Manhattan
Ill
Clinton Schweizer
Louis Holmstrom
Green Garden
Frank Drumm
Bloomington
J. R. Sweeney
John Wenz Jr
Napoleon Huffman
R. C. Barnes
George Kilgore
Jesse Huddleston
Ervin Jenkins
Ted Knause
J. A. Colby
Nellie Bingeman
Clarence Bingeman
Sarah Linder
Frank Case
George Driggs
Johanna McMahon
B. FE. Bayles
Paul Bayles
William Cobble
William Lang
Madeline Lang
Cem Wright
Bert Needy
Bid Warman
Mattoon Tornado Toll Tops 100 Dead In Illinois
Senator Hughes returns home as relief efforts grow. Gov Lowden and Adjutant General Dickson mobilize aid sending cots and blankets to Mattoon. Unofficial tallies report 48 bodies recovered, about 300 seriously harmed, and 453 families homeless after the disaster.
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Mattoon
Charleston
Illinois
Lowden
Dickson
Ill
FE. Hyde
Thomas Hyde
Teddy Bridges
Temple
Jack Pierce
I. G. Spitz
Arletta Tudor
Owen Wacregower
Ooseph Taylor
James Turner
N. Coons
Th. Taylor
Margaret Taylor
John Williams Kwdwin Daughtery
Walter Melton
de Hohn
133 LIVES LOST AS SPANISH STEAMER SINKS
London May 28 report says the Spanish steamer Eizaguirre sank in five minutes with 133 dead or missing. The second officer woke to a great noise and all but one lifeboat was swept away as the ship broke in half and survivors escaped in a single boat.
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London
Passenigers
Eizaguirre
Reuter
Despondent wife shoots self amid food costs in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on May 28 Mrs Ward Zachary nineteen attempted suicide at home driven by high food prices. She said a quarrel with her husband over money to buy food clothing and fuel led to the act.
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Lafayette
Ind
Ward Zachary
Zachary
Seven Cardinal Points to June 5 1917 Draft Registration
Census estimates show 10 060 000 men of draft age with 5 372 400 single and 4 545 900 married. The War Department emphasizes seven cardinal points for June 5 1917 registration including one day only, public duty, exemptions by service, and absentee provisions.
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Washington
Census Bureau
War Department
War Army
United States
Military
Naval Service
Regular Army
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Enlisted Reserve
National Guard and
National Guard Reserve
Militia Bureau
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Naval Militia
Naval Reserve Force
Marine Corps Reserve
National Volunteers
Navy Department
Brewers Raise Beer Prices In Lafayette Brew Rate Hike
Lafayette Indiana May 28 The Thie me Wagner and George A Bohrer breweries announce new beer prices starting today Keg beer up one dollar per barrel Bottled beer up five cents per dozen for pints and ten cents per dozen for quarts The price changes affect local keg and bottled beer sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Thieme & Wagner
George A. Bohrer Breweries
Spencer Endures Worst Rain and Hail Storm in Twenty Years
Spencer Indiana recorded its worst rain hail storm in twenty years with hail falling for over twenty minutes and constant lightning. Streets flooded, gardens and orchards were damaged across the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Ind
John Greer Hibben Will Honor Allied Envoys at Princeton
John Greer Hibben plans a formal ceremony at Princeton to honor envoys from allied nations. The event signals cooperation and diplomatic goodwill amid ongoing wartime or postwar efforts, with ceremony details pending official announcements.
U.S. to curb soapbox orators opposing draft
Washington May 28 Attorney General Gregory announces a crackdown on protestors who urge youth to evade registration under the Select Draft Law. Justice Department officers will pursue violations, with penalties including conspiracy to hinder federal law and potential imprisonment up to six years.
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Washington
Gregory
Department of Justice
Ev.sion
United States
Pershing
France
United States Army
Canada
Indicted over Colfax building fire murder charges
Three men Louis Sereinsky William Churchman and W R Rudd were indicted for manslaughter by Marion County grand jury in Indianapolis. They are connected to the Colfax building fire on April 19 which killed six people and are accused of neglect and causing an explosion of films stored in the Oxon company basement.
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Indianapolis
Colfax
Marion County Grand Jury
Louis Sereinsky
William Churchman
Oryon Chemical Company
W. R. Rudd
Indiana National Iire Insurance Company
Oxon Company
Riot at Grant Park as 8 speakers are arrested
In Chicago on Sunday an outbreak in Grant Park led to the arrest of eight speakers who denounced President Wilson. The crowd, barred from the Auditorium theater where 6,000 people pressed for clear terms of peace with Germany, clashed with police.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Wilson
Auditorium Theater
Germany
Three Negroes Break Jail in Warrick County
Boonville Indiana May 28 three men escaped from the Warrick county jail using saws smuggled to them by relatives or friends Sheriff M Gentry announced the names Arley Stebrow Frank McFall and Joe Christe colored Moodhounds have been put on the men's trail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
M. Gentry
Arley Stebrow
Frank McFall
Joe Christe
Italian Offensive Breaks Austro Hungarian Lines Near Jamiano
Italian troops pierced Austro Hungarian positions between Jamiano and the Gulf of Trieste advancing northeast of San Giovanni and near Medeazzo. They seized 11 guns and captured about 1,200 soldiers, while also linking Mont Cuceco lines with hill positions. U S troops to wear their own uniforms in France.
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Jamiano
Sea—Hights
Plava
U.S
Rome
Gulf of Trieste
San Giovanni
Medeazzo
Palliova
Mont Cuceco
Baseball Box Scores From Cleveland St Louis and Chicago
Box score fragment lists teams and pitchers with runs hits and errors for Cleveland St Louis and Chicago games. Names include Caldwell Russell Wallace Bagby ONeill Mays Agnew Plank Severeid Johnson Ainsmith Cicotte Schalk with team abbreviations and score lines.
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Cleveland
R. H. FE
New York
Caldwell, Russel
Wallace
Lambeth
Bagby
O'Neill
St. Louis
R.H E. Boston
Mays
Agnew
Plank and
Severeid
Chicago
R.H.E. Washington
Johnson
Ainsmith
Cicotte and
Schalk
Anne Morgan Sails to Europe to Aid French Wounded
Miss Anne Morgan has sailed for France to continue work for the French wounded. She is accompanied by Miss Elsie de Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Morgan
Europe
New York
France
Elsie de Wolfe
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Black Hawk
Memphis
Tenn
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Leslie Kenney
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Wm. Simpson
Oscar Bagley
Giles Aylesworth
Roy Smith
William Hughes
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Senator Hughes
American Press Association
Reuters
Lieut
B. M’candless
Daniels’ Aid
McCandless
North Sea
John Greer Hibben
Princeton
Hibben
U. S
Cadorna
Italian War Department
Aisne
Nivelle
Berlin
Paris
Moulin de Laffans
Champagne
Pinsk
Petrograd
National League
Petty T . Phil
Brook
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