Lusitania Torpedoed and Sunk Off Ireland
Cunard announces the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland with 1310 passengers aboard. Key figures aboard included Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Elbert Hubbard. reports say many passengers survived or were safe. The ship, built in Glasgow in 1906, was 755 feet long with 32000 gross tons.
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New York
Cunard Starship Company
England
Ireland
Liverpool
Dow-Jones Company
London
Lloyds
News York
Cunard Steamship Company
Germany
Great Britain
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Elbert Hubbard
D.A. Thomas
Lady Mackworth
T. Bowring
Bowring Bros
Cunard Steamship Company, Limited
W. J. Turner
Washington
Queenstown
Oldhead Kinsale
Cunard Line
Oldshead Kinsale
Evening Express
Believed China Will Bend Knee Demands
A brief note asserts that China will yield to certain demands, signaling a shift in stance amid ongoing negotiations. No further context or specifics are provided in the fragment.
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China
Battle of Ypres Still Undecided In Europe Clash
The report covers ongoing Ypres fighting with no final result and notes Russia pressures in western Galicia. It cites casualties and strategic moves as British papers question a decisive outcome while Russia resists German Austrian advances.
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Associated Press
London
Hill No. 60
Ypres
Russia
Gali
Dumajee
Wistoria
Dunajee
Germany
Austria
Dukla Pass
Hungary
Galicia
Railroads Plan Change in Bills of Lading Terms
Southeastern railroads filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a supplement to tariff classifications proposing to modify bills of lading to comply with the Cummins amendment to the railroad rate act, effective June 3. New rules raise liability for shipments not under the new bill by 10 percent higher rates, and raise livestock rates by 5 percent per 100 percent value increase above tariff amounts, replacing the prior 20 percent per 100 percent rise.
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Washington
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
Banquet of Baracas and Philathae Guests Shown in High Point
In High Point the M. P. Baracas hosted about 350 guests from the Philathias and others at a three hour banquet and social. Toasts sparked wit and significance with Rev. Dr. Andrews and Sunday school leaders speaking on Baracaism and service. The event featured blue white decor, a meal of chicken and ham, and a tribute to consecration and conservation of self for Christian work.
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Philathea
United States
S.S. Coe
W. P. Pickett
High Point
Pickett
Dr. Coe
BR. M. Andrews
Crace Miethodist Protestant Church
Greensboro
Mr. Andrews
A. AM. Idol
Cray
Idol
Avyctazee AG
Webb Kenyon Liquor Law Case Heard by Supreme Court Today
Washington May 7 The first case on the Webb Kenyon liquor law to challenge its constitutionality and interstate reach was heard in the Supreme Court today. The dispute centers on carrying liquor by express into dry Kentucky while similar cases from West Virginia and others across the nation await action.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Express
Kentucky
West Virginia
Oregon
Delaware
Mississippi
Tennesse
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Artillery Duel Off Dardanelles Continues
May 6 to 7 reports describe ongoing shelling between Allied fleet vessels and Turkish shore batteries at the Dardanelles. Turkish coastal guns exchange fire with ships near Naros.
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Dardanelles
London
Naros
Two British Steamers Sunk by Submarine Off Irish Coast
The British steamer Centurion was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast. The crew was saved. About the same time the steamer Candiate, owned by the same company, bound for Jamaica, was also attacked en route to South Africa.
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Associated Press
London
Centurion
Candidate
South Africa
Jamaica
Vessel torpedoed off Waterford by German submarine
A ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Waterford Ireland yesterday. The entire crew was saved and accounted for.
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London
Candidate
Waterford
Ireland
Japan Concedes Fu-Kien Item in China Ultimatum
Tokio May 7 reports Japan presents its ultimatum to China with only the Fu-Kien concession kept in group five items. The remainder of group five awaits future talks as an agreement had already been reached on that point.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Tokio
China
Fu-Kien
Germans Acting on Berlin Advice Leave Italy
Rome report states that after a Berlin dispatch the German school in Rome closed and many teachers, correspondents, and German families departed for Germany. Paris dispatch notes the Vatican advised all German and Austrian ecclesiastical and theological students to leave Rome.
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Berlin
Italy
Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Vatican
Petit Parisien
Death of Burnett Baby in Atlanta and Burial in Vicksburg
The Burnett family mourns as their one and a half year old son William Gordon Burnett died at 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Atlanta home of Mr and Mrs W G Burnett. Interment was held in Vicksburg Miss on Thursday. The family also reports illness in another child while Suzella's condition improves.
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Alr
W. G. Burnett
Atlanta
William Gordon Burnett
Vicksburg
Miss
Germany prepares nonmilitary for service militia shooting corps
In Berlin on May 7 a new German Militia Association for Shooting with Military Weapons has formed under Lieut-Gen von Kries to train men not yet in uniform. Donations fund shooting training and stands are set up across the empire to prepare potential future soldiers.
Cridlebough and Hunter Tie Knot in Thomasville
F. M. Hunter of this city and Miss Blanche Cridlebough of High Point wed Tuesday night at 8 o clock. Rev. J. M. Hilliard officiated at the bride’s home. After a bridal trip to the north, they will reside at the Mock house in this city.
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Cridlebough-Hunter
Thomasville
F. M. Hunter
Blanche Cridlebough
High Point
J. M. Hilliard
Mock House
Tornado Kills Fifteen in Louisiana. Many Hurt
Associated Press report from Jennings Louisiana details a late yesterday tornado crossing Avadia Parish in the south of the state. Fifteen people died and more than two score were injured including planter John Broussard found beneath his ruined home. Nine deaths occurred at Mermentan and five at Egan with a woman and child among the dead.
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Louisiana
Coahoma County
Mississippi
Adam Thebodeaux
Amermentau
Egan and
St. Helena
Clarkdale
Jonestown
Miss
Kean
Mermentau
Southern Pacific
St. Landry Parish
Associated Press
Jennings
Avadia Parish
Adam ‘Tibodeaux
Mermentan
John Broussard
Mermentan City Couneil
Heavy wind storm damages Birmingham business district
A May 7 wind storm in Birmingham caused several thousand dollars in damage to the business district and blew down several houses in the residential section.
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Birmingham
Ten Die in Fontana Liri Powder Plant Blast
Ten persons were killed last night in an explosion at a powder factory in Fontana Liri, Rome via Paris reports. The incident occurred as workers were present at the Fontana Liri facility. Authorities have begun investigations into the causes.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Fontana Liri
War air attack reported on Constantinople and Bosphorus forts
An unofficial Athens report says two Russian aviators bombed Constantinople on May 7 and the Black Sea fleet bombarded Turkish forts on the left bank of the Bosphorus Wednesday. Several shells reportedly fell within 10 miles of the city.
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Constantinople
Athens
Bosphorus
Body of Miss Farwell Found at River Ravine Boundary
The body of Miss Marion Farwell was found at the bottom of a deep ravine marking the Lake Forest estate boundary of her father Francis Farwell treasurer of John V Farwell Dry Goods. She had been ill and had just returned from Tryon New York and was to marry Reginald C Foster of Gildeston on May nineteenth.
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Chicago
Marion Farwell
Lake Forest
Francis Farwell
John V. Farwell Dry Goods Company
Tryon
N. Y
Reginald C. Foster
Gi Leston
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CIA
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Baracas
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