Nebraskan Torpedoed Crew Safe On Way Back To Liverpool
The American steamship Nebraskan, torpedoed 40 miles west southwest of Fastnet, passed Queenstown bound for Liverpool under her own steam at eight knots. The crew, initially abandoning ship, returned after seeing no subma rine and found no fatalities. The Nebraskan carries coal to the San Diego navy yard under a navy contract.
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Ireland
Queenstown
Liverpool
Delaware Breakwater
Lloyds
Kinsale
Harold Sanderson
International Mercantile Marine
U.S
State Department
Consul Frost
Fastnet Rock
Ryndam Damaged In Fog Collision Off Massachusetts Coast
The Holland America liner Ryndam with 77 passengers aboard was rammed and badly damaged by the tramp steamer Joseph J. Cuneo in fog off the Massachusetts coast. Wireless calls drew aid from U S battleships including the South Carolina Louisiana and Texas which towed the liner to port after transferring 250 passengers and crew to the South Carolina and rerouting to New York.
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New York
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Joseph J. Cuneo
Massachusetts
United States
Atlantic
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
U. S
British battleship Triumph sunk by submarine in Dardanelles
London reports the British battleship Triumph torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles with most officers and men said to be saved. Paris notes rumors of naval action in the Adriatic as an Italian cruiser purportedly torpedoes and sinks two Austrian cruisers amid heavy cannonading off Ancona.
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Triumph
Dardanelles
Paris
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Ancona
Duke of Aosta Is Injured in Auto Crash Near Mestre
The duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel and commander of one Italian army, was hurt after being thrown from his automobile near Mestre during a May 28 incident in Venice.
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Victor Emmanuel
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Mestre
Girl Graduate Re Drowned in Maumee River
Miss Lottie Barlow an eighteen year old graduate of the Liberty Center school from Colton was drowned when a rowboat overturned in the Maumee river at Napoleon Ohio last week ending in tragedy for the community.
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Napoleon
Lottie Barlow
Colton
Liberty Center School
Maumee
Roosevelt Wins Suit Over Barnes Libel Verdict
A Syracuse jury found in favor of Theodore Roosevelt in the libel case against William Barnes after 42 hours and 40 ballots. Barnes plans an appeal as Ivins calls the outcome unfounded. Roosevelt vows to serve the public with integrity.
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N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Barnes
New York
Mr. Barnes
William M. Ivins
Justice Andrews
Mr. Roosevelt
War Cabinet Formed As Kitchener Keeps Post In New Lineup
London May 27. David Lloyd George named minister for munitions replacing Kitchener. Asquith stays premier with Grey as foreign secretary and Churchill shifts to a minor post. The cabinet includes 12 liberals, 8 conservatives, 1 laborite Arthur Henderson, and Earl Kitchener remaining at war. Viscount Haldane retires.
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London
David Lloyd, George
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Lloyd-George
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
Herbert Asquith
Exchequer
Edward Grey
Admiralty
Arthur J. Balfour
Yrineton Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
John Redmond
Arthur Henderson
Earl Kitchener
Asquith
Runciman
Birrell
Wood
Viscount Haldane
Interstate panel finds no discrimination in rail rates
The inter state commerce commission ruled there is no unjust discrimination against Canton Michigan in favor of Pe ore in carload imports of agricultural implements to local points on the Illinois Central railroad across Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. In Athens on May 27 reports note heightened religious fervor for King Constantine as prayers spread and crowds line streets amid a palace icon conveyance and a morning temp of 100.5 degrees.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Tennessee
Mississippi
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Constantine
Tragic Caledonian Rail Crash Kills Soldiers and Civilians
A three train collision on the Caledonian railway near Gretna Carlisle England on May 25 leaves 165 soldiers and many civilians dead. Casualties may rise to about 400 with numerous serious injuries as troops, locals, and an express train were involved. Survivors report travelers burned alive before aid could reach them.
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Glasgow
Siegel Confesses to Killing Business Partner in Seattle
W L Siegel confessed to shooting and killing William R Wolfe in Seattle advertising office. Police hold Siegel on a murder charge after Wolfe's body was found there following an argument over a business proposition.
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Seattle
W. L. Siegel
William R. Wolfe
Wash
Wolfe
Siegel
British Tobacco Firm Placed Under German Supervision
English Plant Amsterdam reports the British American Tobacco company in Germany is now under German supervision. James B. Duke is president. The firm’s capital stands at 55 million dollars.
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Amsterdam
Germany
James B. Duke
China Signs Jap Treaty Backs Shantung and Manchuria
Washington reports two treaties were signed and exchanged between Japan and China. The agreements cover negotiations over the Shantung peninsula and Manchuria and Mongolia.
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China
Washington
Shantung Peninsula
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan
Italy Throws Cavalry Across Austrian Border in Tyrol
Milan and Vienna reports say Italy opened hostilities by sending cavalry into the Tyrol near Strass and engaging Austrians on land and at sea. Italian war office notes aerial attacks against Venice and Ancona were repelled. Italian fleet under the Duke of Abruzzi claimed success, sinking or capturing several small Austrian vessels.
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Amsterdam
Italy
Austria
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Tyrol
War Office
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Duke of Abruzzi
Ancona
Venice
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Porto Corsini
Cesi
Meeting closes at West Baden as Muncie wins 1916 convention
The Indiana United Commercial Travelers adjourned West Baden with farewell addresses by Henry Kellenback and M C Reynard. Muncie won the 1916 meeting site over Fort Wayne and others and the next gathering will be in May. Officers and board members were elected and a Health Officers School plan announced for Indianapolis in June.
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West Baden
Henry Kellenback
M. C. Reynard
Muncie
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M. P. Dale
J. C. Holmes
Henry Billings
Marion
E. C. Carter
Grand Post
H. D. Kellerback
C. T. Long
Crawfordsville
C. F. Pichon
Robert Law
Logansport
Grand Page
B. A. Tuttle
Illinois boxing bill falls short in house vote
Springfield May 27 The boxing bill failed to reach a constitutional majority by five votes, Yeas 72 Nays 67. The Senate had previously defeated the Carroll bill. Representative Eddie Santry cited Roosevelt Sunday and Parkhurst supporting boxing while E C Perkins opposed the measure. Governor Dunne's waterway bill passed the house 107 to 41 and advances to the senate. Mrs Stuyvesant Fish dies in Garrison New York from brain hemorrhage.
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Yeas
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Eddie Santry
Milwaukee
Illinois
Ulinois
Wisconsin Boxing Commission
E. C. Perkins
Douglas
Ncoln
Dunne
U S Ends Ship Conference Between Nations Over Trade
Secretary Bryan ordered termination of unofficial talks with Great Britain on cotton and dyestuffs. He objected to British notes implying official status and Britain’s orders in council. The move rejects official US acknowledgment of those measures and ties to Germany in wartime trade policies.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
London
Germany
Lusitania
Indiana Academy of Science Ends Spring Session at IU Banquet
At Indiana University a banquet in the Student building closed the spring session of the Indiana Academy of Science convened in the town. A fall meeting was voted to be held in Indianapolis with officers elected and papers on original investigations read. A cross country hike, beefsteak dinner, and a post dinner meeting chaired by Prof. William A. Cogshall included admission of new members and a committee to draft resolutions on Prof. A L Scoville's death. Delegates toured Bloomington mills and quarries afterward with transportation arranged by the Bloomington chamber of commerce.
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Indianapolis
Griffey Creek
University Waterworks
William A. Cogshall
Indiana University
A. L. Scoville
Bloomington
Lassen Peak Desolate Ruin After Mighty Eruptions
Redding California reports Lassen Peak now a desolate ruin with a shattered crater and two black lava trails along the western slope. The scars run for miles after streams of lava and mud erupted in the great outburst Saturday night while the mountain’s summit once held timber and snow. Meanwhile in New York a mother killed her eight year old daughter and wounded her six year old son before taking her own life.
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Lassen Peak
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New York
217 Men Sent to State Farm at Putnamville
Two hundred seventeen men have been received at the state farm at Putnamville since it opened April 12, 19 former prisoners come from forty two counties, with Marion County leading at fifty five and Vigo County second with twenty four. So far fifty counties have not sent prisoners under the penal farm law. Of the 217 men, thirty are negroes.
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C. E. Talkington
Marion County
Vigo County
Crown Prince’s Daughter Baptized in Berlin
The infant daughter of the crown prince and crown princess was baptized in Berlin on Wednesday. She was named Alexandrine Irene. The crown prince did not attend the ceremony.
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Berlin
Alexandrine Irene
Indiana funeral directors elect new officers at convention
Ending in Indianapolis the Indiana Funeral Directors association named officers led by President W. H. Evans and elected vice presidents D. E. O. Benson and W. D. Wilhite with C. T. Rutledge as treasurer C. R. Wilson as secretary and M. E Chastain as sergeant at arms Delegates to the national convention were Adam Grim C E Titus Husted and C C LaFollette New business includes Vernon Clothing and Tailoring in Lafayette a 10000 venture James Bellinger Frank D Bellinger and D D Jacobs.
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Indiana Funeral Directors’ Association
Indianapolis
W. H. Evans
Brownsburg
D. E. O. Benson
Bridgeton
W. D. Wilhite
Marion
C. T. Rutledge
Hartford City
C. R. Wilson
Mooresville
M. E Chastain
Rochdale
Adam Grim
Delphi
C. E. Titus
C. H. Husted
Seymour
C. C. LaFollette
Thorntown
Vernon Clothing and Tailoring Company
Lafayette
James Bellinger
Frank D. Bellinger
D. D. Jacobs
Wabash Transportation Company
Terre Haute
Davian Corporation
H. McK. Landon
George “W. Landon
Ed Daniels
Hume-Mansur Pocket Billiard Company
Time Fixed for Execution in Becker Case
Albany reports that Police Lieutenant Charles Becker faces execution by electric chair in the week starting July 12 unless a stay is granted on his contemplated appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Becker
Supreme Court
Tragic Train Death In Chesterton Identified by Name
The body of a well dressed young man bearing the name Basikie on his clothing lies in the Chesterton morgue awaiting identification after falling from a New York Central train. His body was cut to pieces by the wheels and will not be buried until officials determine his identity.
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Basikie
Chesterton
New York Central
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Winamac
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Aurora
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