Russians Fold in Western Galicia Amid World War I Updates
Berlin dispatches chronicle German advances breaking the Russian front in West Galicia, pursuit into southwest Milu region, and heavy artillery massing in Bukowina. Reports from Petrograd and Vienna detail Austro German actions along the Dunajec, Vistula, Dukla pass, and ongoing battles near Ypres and Dunkirk with Allied attempts to regain ground. Russian forces report setbacks, retreats, and continued fighting as global fronts shift.
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Berlin
Szawle
Westeria
Milu
Bukowina
Vienna
Vistula
Carpathians
Kar Bukowina
Ikrian
Galicia
Petrograd
Dunabee
London
Galician
Russia
Libau
Riga
Thian
Poland
Dukla Pass
Dunajec Ay
Navigation Opening Travels Northward From Seattle
Openin of navigation shows steamship Cor win leaving Seattle with full passenger list and prominent men aboard. Thomas Riggs Jr of the Alaska engineering commission leads a party of fifteen for Interior Alaska. J Nor sails for Iditarod. H Brooks to oversee North exploration and the Iditarod district survey. Twelve survey parties depart this month, including one to the Ruby district.
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Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alsa Engineering Commission
Interior Alaska
TJ. Nor
Iditarod
Alfl H. Brooks
Alaska
United States Geological
Syill
Washgton
Ruby District
Sensational political war in Los Angeles
An attempt to assassinate Police Chief Sebastian occurred last night as two shots were fired through his window. He survives. Sebastian faces trial for contributing to a young girl’s delinquency and seeks the mayoral nomination. President Wilson returns to Washington from Williamstown after christening his grandson Francis Sayre.
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Sebastian
Washington
Wilson
City
Williamstown
Mass
Francis Sayre
Disastrous Conflagration Sweeps Isthmians City
Col on the Isthmian city on May 2 half the city was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at two million dollars. Ten persons died and eleven thousand were left homeless. Dynamite was used to halt further destruction. Also in Irot, Alaska coal fraud cases closed due to lack of evidence.
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Jecup
Maidos
Mitylene
Athens
Othe
Gallipoli
Turkgiment
Ardanelle
Tengs
Moudros
Paris
Alff
Grantinople
Constantinople
Colon
IROIT
Alaska
Mayor Roberts Ousted After Election Fraud Conviction
Terre Haute reports Mayor Roberts, recently convicted of election fraud, is sentenced to a penitentiary term and removed from office. The ruling concludes the political misconduct case and triggers administrative removal.
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Terre Haute
Roberts
Lusitania sunk by internal machine torpedoing off New York
The Cunard liner Lusitania, recently departed from New York to Liverpool, was torpedoed and sunk. A German internal device in the hold caused the disaster, with about fourteen hundred aboard and twenty lifeboats launched. one Vanderbildt passenger listed among the dead, plus Elbert Hubbard and Charle Frohman among the notable travelers.
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York
Cunard
Lusitania
Liverpool
Elbert Hubbard
Charle Frohman
Charles Klein
Cunard Line
Glasgow
Scotland
J. Brown & Co
New York
Women Seek End to War at Hague Congress
Reports from The Hague May 2 7 include the International Woman's Congress adjournment and a committee to approach European leaders to end the war. May 7 delegates will request Britain quit the conflict. Other updates note German troop trains to Flanders, Russian forces retreating near Dukla, and 150000 more Canadian troops bound for England. Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Henry visit Antwerp May 3. German airships and Zeppelins feared. gas bombs alleged in Flanders.
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Hague
International Woman's Congress
The
Woman's Peace Congres
Great Britain
Germany
Flanders
Carpathian Forest
Dukla Pass
Ottawa
England
Ypres
Kaiser
Prince
Belgium
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Henry
Prussia
Antwerp
Dover
Mrs A M Carter Weds Louis Vigelius in Everett
In Everett Washington Louis Vigelius and Anna M Carter both of Seattle wed today. They plan to reside in Seattle. Both former Iditarod residents. Vigelius a Miners Merchants Bank stockholder and ex partner at Sheid Co and John Morrow Co. He now runs Alaska Theater in Seattle. The bride, widow of Dr Charles D Carter, was a social favorite at Discovery and Flat City before leaving two years ago. Boas the Clothier advertises here two stores Flat and Iditarod.
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Everett
Wash
Louis Vigelius
Anna M. Carter
Seattle
Iditarod
Vigelius
Miners & Merchants Bank
Sheid & Co
Mereantile
John Morrow & Co
Dishkaket
Alaska Theater
Alaxans
Charles D. Carter
Carter
Iditarod Camp
Discovery
Flat City
Les
Canadian cabinet officer threatens Germans in Ottawa
Ottawa May 2 Minister of Militia Sam Hughes states that if Germany executes Private Lonsdale of Leeds for striking an officer in a German prison camp Canada will retaliate. For every Canadian killed three German prisoners at Kingston will be tried and shot. Lonsdale, a Leeds tram conductor and POW, was sentenced to death for striking a German NCO. Protests followed and it is understood the sentence will not be carried out.
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Ottawa
Sam Hughes
Lonsdale
Leeds
Canada
Kingston
William Lonsdale
England
London News
Attempts to Fire Canadian Bridge Reported in Vancouver
Vancouver May 3 Two incendiary attempts were made to destroy the Granville Street Bridge yesterday. Today guards were placed at all bridges. Baron von Luttowitz and eight other German subjects have been sent to Vernon for atonement. They are not implicated in the incendiarism attempts.
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Vancouver
Granville Street
Baron von Luttowitz
Vernon
Palace of Justice Destroyed in Madrid Fire
Bad fire in Old Madrid reports the Palace of Justice consumed by flames. The blaze destroys the building and jeopardizes the archives and records housed inside. Local authorities marshal emergency crews to battle the blaze and assess the damage.
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Old
Madrid
Palace of Justice
Los
Liberty Bell to Leave Philadelphia for San Francisco Exhibit
May 6 report notes the patriotic relic will depart Philadelphia for an exhibit in San Francisco, scheduled to leave July 3. The trip frames a notable cultural display as the bell travels westward for public viewing.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco Exposition
Submarine F-4 Cable Snapped Off Honolulu
May 2 report from Honolulu notes the last cable attached to the United States submarine F-4, sunk here weeks ago, has parted. Enemy weather and currents hinder salvage efforts as authorities assess next steps.
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Honolulu
United States
Japan Demands From Chinese Empire
Reports from Peking in January describe Japan pressing China for transfer of former German and Austrian concessions, river opening, and railway and mining rights. China rejected all twenty-two demands by mid February, while England backs Japan’s stance as a settlement tool. US-Japan cordiality underscored by lectures from Shailer Matthews and Sidney Gulick. Governor Johnson of California opposes reopening the alien land law debate. For Working Clothing see Boas Flat.
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American Review of
Peking
Kiaochau
Germany
Japan
China
Austria
Tokio
England
United States
Shailer Matthews
University of Chicago
Sidney L. Gulick
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Johnson
California
United States backs open door amid Japanese Chinese crisis
Washington reports reaffirm the open door policy and China's territorial integrity as Japan demands forceful compliance. Tokyo warns of armed action within 48 hours, while Peking and Paris sources note Chinese resistance and appeals for international aid. Japan prepares defenses and evacuations as tensions rise.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Bryan
China
Peking
Japan
American tanker Gulflight torpedoed near Scilly Islands
The American tanker Gulflight was torpedoed and sunk off the Scilly islands. The captain died of heart failure after the vessel was beached. Inquest verdict held at Penzance declared death directly caused by the torpedoing. President Wilson to take charge of the sinking probe as diplomatic reports and crew cables clarify the incident.
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London
Gulflight
Scilly Islands
Penzance
Gunther
Washington
Wilson
United States
Cushing
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
North Sea
Europe
New York
Liverpool
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Yse
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Dunkirk
Freen
Bonent
France
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Fior
Jeanne d’Arc
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Triumph
Vengeance
Dardanelles
Asia Minor
Fleit
Losphorus
Tblockadin Leets
Boy Eer
Russiai
Mets
Ireland
Posta Bass
Uit
Seattl
Corwin
Fide
Los Angeles
Granddad Wilson
Isthmian City
Hinder Light
Bishop's Rock
Fulgent
Kilrush
Ellida
Hull
Birlin
Lindon
Grinsby
A.M. Carter
Flat
Boas
Clothier
Canadian Bridge
America
Progress of
Unina
Chinwangto
Legation
Hioki
Okayma
Shossima
Tsigne
Shantung Province
Manchuria
Mukden
Pues
Gasevu
Hankow
Modken
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