Russian Bear's Claws Close on Teuton Forces In Galicia
On the eastern front signs of a check to the Austro German offensive movement appear as Russians press along the San and threaten German lines. In the west, German gas attacks reach British trenches but Allies regain ground. Political shifts in England loom with cabinet talks and admiralty reshuffles expected. Diplomatic notes report Lusitania sinking and Italian and Austrian movements. A Swiss frontier battle picture unfolds with Galicia's front lines shifting as Russians strike northern and western sectors.
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San
England
Manchester Guardian
House of Commons
Petrograd
Galicia
Sam
Vistula
Niske
von Mackenzen
Poland
The Canadians Fight Again in Orchard Action
Ottawa reports updated figures on the Canadian assault on a German-held orchard last Thursday and Friday. Casualties total 300 with 66 killed, 132 wounded, and 102 missing or captured in the counterattacks. Several officers among the casualties. details incomplete.
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Ottawa
Last Day of Pupils Work Exhibit at Toronto St School Annex
Wednesday marks the final day to view the pupils exhibit at the Toronto St school annex featuring art manual training and domestic science displays. Visitors are urged not to miss the opportunity to explore these projects and student efforts.
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Toronto St. School
Germany Declares War and Local Runners Boycott
London reports Italy declares war on Austria and Germany declares war on Italy. Amid wartime news, the Martin Amateur Athletic Club of St Catherines bans all runners of German extraction from a ten mile race on May 24. Also noted is the centenarian birthday of Capt Foote’s mother at Fergus with five living sons and two daughters surrounding her.
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London
Rtome
Italy
Austria
Germany
Martin Amateur Athletic Club
St. Catherines
Capt
Foote
Fergus
Ninety Thousand Allied Troops Land At Dardanelles
A wartime bulletin reports ninety thousand Allied troops landed at the Dardanelles. Other items note Ottawa talks with Sir Robert Borden delayed until Thursday, a new China Japan treaty signed at three, and internees from Vancouver Island. Also reported are a fatal auto crash in Hamilton and a bank theft case in Strathroy, plus moralizing quotes on marriage and foot comfort.
Captain Pots Last Letter From the Front
March 20 1915 diary entry describes marching into a ruined city and taking over trenches near German lines The narrator details dire conditions in the trenches days of shelling water shortage and heavy losses while praising his men for digging in and holding a hot corner Five days of intense combat with few rested hours ending with pride in improving the trench and a report to the General continued on page four
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Spion Kop
Becker Must Go 10 Chai Albany May 25
The court of appeals upheld the second conviction of former Police lieutenant Charles Becker for masterminding the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. Becker faces death unless clemency from Governor Whitman or reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Albany
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Whitman
U.S. Supreme Court
Market summaries from Winnipeg and Chicago grain reports
Grain and livestock prices from Winnipeg and Chicago on May 25 show May wheat around 157 to 164 in Winnipeg and 164 1/4 in Chicago, with July and Sept futures near 146 to 168. Oats, barley, and flax values are listed, along with cash grain prices for Winnipeg, including No 1 wheat and feed oats. An adjacent Want Ad hints at selling unneeded items.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Minneapolis
Hatters mourned as five killed in latest casualty list
The latest casualty list reports five killed and nine wounded or missing among local troops. It notes the deaths of J. F. Lee of Brandon and Mathieson, a Bank of Commerce accountant, who died together after visiting England. Several local men are listed as wounded or missing, including Edward J Sculthrope and Edward Walsh, with details of their roles and towns.
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Penny Lee
Mathieson
Bank of Commerce
Scotland
W. T. Lynch
London
Corp. Abbott
The
P.R
E. Walsh
Assiniboia
Roy
Sculthrope
Henderson
Cal- Hes
Leonard Sadler
Lawrence
Calgarva
C.P.R
Fraser
Frank H. Bentley
Medicine Hat
Ottawa
Walter Clive Bentley
Ypres
Walter
Vancouver
Herbert Bentley
Albert
Percy
C.M.R
Frank
Alberta
Corp
Stephens
Calgary
General Hospital
Roumania neutrality pressuring effort noted in London report
A May London dispatch says a Telegraph correspondent reports Roumania faces diplomatic pressure to maintain neutrality. The fragment mentions a hesitant wife and marriage discussions, suggesting social pressures intertwined with the political note.
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London
Roumania
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Netherlands
Lusitania
Siang
Admiralty
Baron Fisher
Winston Spencer Churchill
the Hague
Rome
Barretta
Gargano
Vienna
Count Pinanda
Vatican
Prince von Buelow
Princess von Buelow
Berlin
Quirinal
Paris
War Office
Caporetto
Judino
Isonzo
Cormons
Cervignagno
Terzo
Gallipoli
Slavas
Athens
Louis Huser
Dallas
Oregon
Louis Huser, Jr
Fort Henry
Kingston
Dardanelles
Western Canada
Robert Borden
Pekin
China
Japan
Vancouver Island
William Mclelland
Hamilton
W. J. Clark
Fred M. Billings
E. Rowland & Co
Strathroy
Houston
Texas
A No McGraw
Frank Pott
103Rd
Calgary Rifles
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Westminster
Canucks
Langmarck
Convalescent Hospital
Cardiff
Wales
Rosenthal
Relgians
Wintelelmon
Black Sea
Ures News
J. F. Lee
Brandon
John Reid Henderson
Harry Osborne
Fred
Juléu
Evshand
Edward J
Edward Walsh
A. E. Lawrence
Walter Chine Bentley
I. K
Springhill
W. Brown
Holland
Orr W. Hoy
W. d. Stephens
Bently
Redy
Ting
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