Zeppelins Bomb English Town Kill Women in South End
Town illuminated by bursting shells as Zeppelins drop bombs on the south end. A visitor from Germany involved in the raid is reported amid casualties and fires.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
1
Zeppelin raid hits South End as woman killed
In South End England May 27 a Zeppelin raid caused casualties and damage. A visitor named Mrs May Fabin was killed as she alighted from a street car. Several others were injured. Zeppelins were seen near Burnham on Crouch after the attack, while British planes pursued them. The town remains under heavy illumination from shell bursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Fabin
South End
England
Burnham-on-Crouch
South Bend
French aerial attack on Ludwig-Schafen factory reported
Paris reports a French squadron of 18 planes bombed the Ludwig Schafen chemical factory opposite Mannheim. Fire erupted in several buildings at the empire's principal explosives maker. The six hour sortie covered over 400 kilometres as France answered raids on Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ludwig-Schafen
Rhine
Mannheim
German Empire
France
Two Women Killed in Zeppelin Raid on South End
An admiralty statement reports that Zeppelins bombed South End late last night killing two women and injuring a child with little material damage. Pursuit by aeroplanes and seaplanes failed to stop the raider who escaped northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
South End
Carranza Commander Seizes Corn Bought for Mexico City
The Brazilian minister in Mexico City sent a complaint to the state department that a Carranza commander has confiscated 600 tons of corn purchased for the destitute civilian population. The U.S. state department ordered Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz to protest to General Carranza as the food crisis in Mexico grows more desperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
State Department
International Committee
Mexico
Carranza
Silliman
Vera Cruz
Legislature Votes to Bar Pledges by Candidates
Springfield May 23 By a narrow vote the house passed a bill barring legislative candidates from making pre election pledges. The wets favored the bill though it allows oral pledges. The measure ends a seven week deadlock over candidate promises and was supported by the author who blamed fellow members for acting against judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
House
Mbers
Italian advance guards cross Isonzo toward Trieste in Austria
Italian forces push across the Isonzo into Austrian territory after a sharp clash and advance on Mansacone, 30 miles from Trieste. Austrian wounded reach Trieste as fighting continues along a 40 mile Carpathian front with actions near Bloken and west of Praecdil pass. Adige battles remain limited to skirmishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Paris
Isonzo
Mansacone
Triest
Carpathian
Bloken
Praecdil Pass
Austria
Adige
Turks in Dardanelles Fight Continues As Allies Press
A Havas dispatch from Athens reports ongoing allied action at the Dardanelles with constant reinforcements, while Turkish defenders are terrorized by heavy gunfire and repeated assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havas
Athens
Dardanelles
Bomb kills fifty German soldiers on Ostend streetcar
A Telegraaf dispatch filed from Ostend via London reports that a bomb from an Allied aircraft destroyed a street car, killing fifty German soldiers and wounding others amid a series of Allied air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Ostend
Telegraaf
Ryndam Returns to New York Port After Collision
The Holland- American liner Ryndam reached New York with all crew aboard and some passengers after Wednesday's collision with the Norwegian freighter Joseph J. Cuneo, which was entering port with 10 feet of water in its bow. Rotterdam sailings planned for passengers heading to Europe. Officials cite daylight conditions and little fog with no cause statement issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Ryndam
Nantucket — Shoals
Joseph J. Cuneo
Holland-American Company
Rotterdam
Frost Devastates Lake Region May Records
Washington reports killing frosts across the lake region and middle Atlantic states broke May records for years. Weather bureau says heavy damage to fruit and vegetables, especially in interior New York. Frost likely tonight in the lower lake region New England and middle Atlantic states with warmer weather expected Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
New York State
Lower Lake Region
New England
Heat records broken in Montgomery district May history
Montgomery officials report all May heat records shattered with the government station recording a high of 106 degrees. The station director says this break in weather history reflects unprecedented temperature levels in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Tribute to memory of Alfred Vanderbilt
Tribute to memory of Alfred G. Vanderbilt who per ished on the Lusitania was paid in memorial services today at the home of his mother Mrs Corneliua Vanderbilt. Only relatives and friends attended. The body of Vanderbilt has not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lusitania
Corneliua Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
British Battleship Triumph Sunk at Gallipoli
London may 27 the British battleship Triumph was torpedoed by a submarine off Gallipoli and sunk after a chase by destroyers. Most officers and men including the captain were saved. Built 1902 at Barrow she joined the Asiatic squadron and bombarded Tsingtau last year and Gallipoli trenches this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Triumph
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Whiel
Gallipoli Peninsula
Barrow
Chile
Great Britain
Libertad
Asiatic
Tsing-Tau
China
Gallipoli
Yegg Finds 55 Cents in Safe After Heist at Bal lance and Company
Greensboro, May 27. A yegg cracked the Bal lance and Company wholesale candy house on South Davie Street. He blew the safe door with nitro glycerine but left only 55 cents and some worthless papers. The robber discarded the tin box and papers along the railroad track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yegg
Greensboro
Ballance and Company
South Davie Street
A Yong
Yreyeman
Danish steamer Betty sunk by German submarine
The Danish steamer Betty was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea. The crew has been landed at the Tyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South Shields
Eng
North Sea
Tyne
Morwenna Torpedoed Off Wales. One Killed, Three Wounded
The Morwenna steamer from Montreal was torpedoed and shelled by a German submarine at noon Wednesday, 160 miles west by south of St. Ann's Head. One crew member was killed and three were wounded as the remaining crew were landed at Cardiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Wales
Motreal
St. Ann’s Head
New British Cabinet Holds First Meeting
London May 27 King George presided at a privy council where seals and warrants of office were given to new cabinet members. The newly formed cabinet then convened for its initial meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Privy Council
Villa Victory Premature Declared by State Department
Reports of a decisive Villa victory near Leon over Obregon and Carranza forces were labeled premature by the state department advices from Chihuahua via Villa's foreign minister. Available information suggested both armies were then at rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Washington
Obregon
Carranza
Leon
Chihuahua
State Department
Coler Plans Continued High Point Development Despite War
Hon Bird S Coler of New York is in High Point to discuss ongoing and planned investments in North Carolina. He notes no new projects will begin during wartime but confirms funds will be spent to complete existing works such as siding at Val IS, street paving, a lighting plant at Spencer, and rail and transit improvements. He expects to resume expansion once conditions brighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird S. Coler
New York
High Point
Ginsboro
Spencer
Europe
Coler
North Carolina
Carolina and Yadkin River
Y. R
Greensboro
Six Die in Western Arkansas Oklahoma Storm
Six persons are reported dead from a winter storm that swept western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma last night and today. Two fatalities occurred at Talihina Oklahoma and four at Checotab Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark
Talihina
Okla
Cheecotab
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico Labor Commissioner Testifies on Conditions
J. C. Bills Jr. the Porto Rico labor commissioner continued testimony before the Industrial Relations committee detailing labor conditions on the island during a Washington hearing on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
J. C. Bills, Jr
Porto Rico
Industrial Relations Committee
Island
British battleship Triumph sunk by single torpedo
Constantinople dispatch reports from The Tageblatt say the British battleship Triumph was sunk by one torpedo and vanished within seven minutes, leaving no survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerica
London
Constantinople
The
Tageblatt
Triumph
Equitable Treatment of All Races Urged in U S Policy
New York May 27 The report by Professor Shatler Matthews and the Rev Sidney L Guick of the Chicago Divinity School and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America argues for an oriental policy focused on just and equitable treatment of all races to improve US Japan relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
Shatler Matthews
Divinity School of Chicago
Sidney L. Guick
Christian Sons
Japan
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Little Girl Struck by Car in Wilson
A seven year old girl, daughter of Rev G W Starling of Zebulon, was seriously injured in Wilson Tuesday night. She suffered a broken leg and fractured skull and is in a local hospital. Thad Coley drove the car. the child was crossing a street when she tripped on the curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
G. W. Starling
Zebulon
Presbyterian Church of the South bans intoxicants in report
The Newport News assembly completed business and adjourned after approving foreign missions totals of 3 544 162 for the year with women's societies contributing 887 465. Orlando, Florida was chosen as next meeting site. The body urged continued stewardship campaigns and adopted a resolution opposing intoxicating liquor as a crime against society and urging churches to banish it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newport News
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the South
Foreign Mission Committee
Orlando, Fla
Arkansas
Northern Assembly
Lafayette
New Orleans
Foreign Missions
J. S. Lyons
Associate Council of Presbytrian and Reformed Churches
Orlando
MI6
Mi6 Convention To Their Cities. Rev. Dr. }. W. Stagg
Presbyterian Church of
Orlar
Assembly
Church of Christ
General Assembly
Guilford Assessments Likely Show Million Dollar Increase
County assessor B. K. Jones met in Guilford with S. H. Mendenhall of High Point to smooth rough spots and equalize assessments. Jones aims to familiarize himself with properties to discuss with the board of equalization, with statewide increases estimated around one million dollars from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. KE. Jones
S. H. Mendenhall
High Point Township
Mr. Jones
Board of Equalization
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Brrman
Isonzo River
Thames
Tance
City OF Mexico
Tuetons
New York Port
CUNEO
Alabama
Alfred Vanderbilt
Galhcian
Dunajee
San
Przemysl
Italy
Morwenna
Torpe
Florida City
General Assembly of the South
Asembly
Guilford
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