Toll of Storm Deaths Across Illinois and Indiana
Storm toll rises across Illinois Indiana and Tennessee with Mattoon Charleston Hebron Crown Point and Cedar Lake among hard hit towns. Reports list dozens dead including Hedren Hebron and Crown Point residents as rescue crews and state agencies coordinate aid efforts.
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Charleston
Mattoon
Kankakee
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Hammond
Ind
Kankakee River
Hebron
Shelby
Crown Point
Lowell
Cedar Lake
Porter County
Mattoon Tornado Toll Tops One Hundred Nine
New Jersey Senator William Hughes reports relief efforts after a devastating tornado hit Mattoon and other Illinois towns. Governor Lowden and Adjutant General Dickson coordinated aid sending out cots and blankets as death tolls and injuries rise with hundreds homeless.
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Mattoon
Charleston
Illinois
Lowden
Dickson
133 Lives Lost on Spanish Steamer
London reports the sinking of the Spanish steamer Eizaguirre with forty eight passengers and eighty five crew believed dead. The second officer said the ship went down in five minutes, boats overwhelmed, survivor only in one lifeboat. In Lafayette Indiana a nineteen year old woman, Despondent over food costs, shot herself after quarreling with her husband.
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London
Eeizaguirre
Reuter
Eizaguirre
Lafayette
Ind
Ward Zachary
Zachary
Seven Cardinal Registry Points Emphasized for Draft
Washington May 28 A census bureau estimate places over 10 060 000 men in the draft age group with 5 372 400 single and 4 515 900 married. The War Department issues seven cardinal points for June 5 1917 registration including one day only and exemptions for military personnel.
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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
Lafayette Ind May 28 The Thie me Wagner and George A Bohrer breweries announced price hikes starting today keg beer up one dollar per barrel and bottled beer up five cents per dozen for pints and ten cents per dozen for quarts reflecting higher costs and changed market conditions.
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Lafayette
Ind
Thieme & Wagner
George A. Bohrer Breweries
Hail Storm Deluges Spencer Indiana Streets
Spencer Indiana reports the worst rain hail storm in twenty years. Hail fell for over twenty minutes with incessant lightning. Streets flooded, gardens and orchards damaged.
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Spencer
Ind
Lieutenant McCandless Applies for Active Duty in War Zone
Lieutenant McCandless objects to department duty in Washington while United States destroyers operate in the North Sea. He requests active duty and notes he formerly served aboard a destroyer.
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McCandless
Washington
United States
North Sea
John Greer Hibben to Honor Allied Envoys at Princeton
John Greer Hibben will receive and honor envoys of Allied nations at Princeton University. The event will feature Hibben’s address and a formal reception with dignitaries from the participating countries.
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Princeton
Hibben
U S Will Put Curb On Soapbox Orators
Washington May 28. Attorney General Gregory announced strict enforcement against propaganda opposing draft registration. Justice Department officials nationwide will watch for violations of the select draft law and pursue those guilty. He cited penalties including up to six years for conspiracies to hinder or delay enforcement of federal law.
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Washington
Gregory
Department of Justice
United States
Three Indicted for Colfax Building Fire in Indianapolis
Marion county grand jury returns manslaughter indictments against Louis Sereinsky and William Churchman of Coxon Chemical and W R Rudd of Indiana National Life Insurance. Fire April 19 killed six, alleged to stem from explosion of films stored in Oxon basement.
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Indianapolis
Colfax
Marion County Grand Jury
Louis Sereinsky
William Churchman
Coxon Chemical Company
W. R. Rudd
Indiana National Life Insurance Company
Oxon Company
Italians Smash Austro Hungarian Lines Near Jamiano
Italian forces broke through between Jamiano and the Gulf of Trieste advancing northeast of San Giovanni and near Medeazza. They seized 1,200 Austrians, captured eleven guns, and linked Mont Cucco lines to Hill 363, signaling a major breakthrough in the Plava sector. American troops to wear U S uniforms when departing for France per Pershing reports.
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Rome
Jamiano
Gulf of Trieste
San Giovanni
Medeazza
Plava
Palliova
Mont Cucco
Italian War Department
U. S
Riot at Grant Park disrupts peace meeting in Chicago
A riot broke out in Grant Park on Sunday afternoon. Eight speakers were arrested after protesters who could not enter the Auditorium Theater rioted. The crowd of 6,000 demanded simple terms for peace with Germany from the government.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Wilson
Auditorium Theater
Germany
Three Negroes Break Jail in Warrick County
Three men escaped from the Warrick county jail in Boonville Indiana using saws smuggled by relatives or friends. Sheriff M Gentry identified the suspects as Arley Stebrow Frank McFall and Joe Christie colored. Moodhounds have been put on their trail.
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Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
M. Gentry
Arley Stebrow
Frank McFall
Joe Christie
Baseball Box Score Fragments From Cleveland St Louis Chicago
Scattered lines show team scores and players across games in Cleveland St Louis and Chicago with multiple incomplete name fragments and run counts. The legible portions reference Caldwell Wallace Bagby O Neill Mays Agnew Plank Severeid Johnson Ainsmith Cicotte Schalk as players involved.
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Cleveland
New York
Caldwell
Russel
Wallace
Lambeth
Bagby
O'Neill
St. Louis
R. H. E. Boston
Mays
Agnew
Plank and
Severeid
Chicago
H. E
Anne Morgan sails to Europe to aid French wounded
Anne Morgan has sailed for France to continue her work for the French wounded. She is accompanied by Miss Elsie de Wolfe, departing from New York on May 28.
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Anne Morgan
Europe
New York
France
Elsie de Wolfe
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