Italy Seizes Roads As War Chief Goes Frontline
Paris reports Lieutenant General Count Gadorna arrives with staff at Vicenza as Italy seizes all rail lines for military use. German ambassador baggage, freight traffic to Switzerland halted, d Annunzio meets King Emmanuel praising the king. Royal decree puts railways under military control.
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Paris
Count Gadorna
Vicenza
Italy
Prince von Buelow
Rome
Chiagio
Switzerland
Germany
Milan
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of Avarna
Vienna
Austria
Serbia
Taly
Wilson Reviews Fleet at New York Luncheon
President Wilson praised Secretary Daniels and the Navy during a New York luncheon honoring the Atlantic fleet. He lauded a strong U S navy, framed by liberty and humanity, and affirmed the fleet as a symbol of moral principle rather than bluster.
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New York
Wilson
America
United States
Daniels
Zeppelin Air Ship Destroyed Near Alost
A Zeppelin air ship was destroyed near Alost during a battle with allied air forces. The wreck fell 3,000 feet and the entire crew was instantly killed. Other items note increased foreign markets for American iron and steel, a Nome Alaska ice breakup bringing vessels Corwin and Polar Bear, a large fish reveal at Evansville dam, Cunard denying Transylvania submarine pursuit, and Paris requisition of wheat stocks at 2.80 per hundred pounds.
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Rotterdam
Alost
Washington
Department of Commerce
Nome
Alaska
Corwin
Seattle
Roadstead
Evansville
Ind
Government Dam
Ohio River
New York
Cunard Line
Henderson
Anchor
Glasgow
Transylvania
Paris
Fugitive Cashier Surrenders in Indiana Bank Embezzlement Case
Edward J. King, former Dugger State Bank cashier, yielded to prosecutor Fred F. Bays after 24 days on the run. He posted a $500 bond, planned to see his ailing wife in Vincennes, and faced a bank suit alleging $34,000 embezzled. King cited passport troubles and described wandering through eastern cities and Tennessee mountains.
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Lusitania
King
Tennessee
Prosecutor Bays
Roumania Follows Italy Into War Opening Plan
In Bucharest on May 21 Roumania declares its entry into the war will mirror Italy's. The Roumanian army is on war footing and will strike Austria through Transylvania. A ministerial council reviewed fresh dispatches from the Roumanian envoy at Rome indicating Italy has chosen war.
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Austria
Transylvania
Bucharest
Roumania
Italy
Rome
Campaign to fund seminary reaches goal and exceeds
In Louisville on May 21 a drive to raise 50 000 dollars for the Southern Presbyterian Theological Seminary raised 64 499 dollars. The result guarantees a 50 090 dollar gift from Mrs John S Kennedy to support the seminary.
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Louisville
Southern Presbyterian Theological Seminary
John S. Kennedy
Death Takes General Hubbard
New York on May 21 Gen Thomas Hubbard died at his home at seventy seven. A lawyer Civil War veteran railroad official newspaper director polar expedition backer and millionaire his death ends a notable career.
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General Hubbard
New York
Thomas Hubbard
Iaenete
Erysinpelas
Tic
Fire destroys grain at Sheffield levator plant
Fire ignited in the cupola of the Sheffield levator company's operating house destroying 230000 bushels of grain and causing an estimated net loss of 209000 dollars in Minneapolis on May 20.
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Minneapolis
Sheffield Levator Company
British drive in Africa defeats German detachment
In Pretoria on May 20 British forces report continued successes in German Southwest Africa. A German detachment was defeated at East Windhuk with 140 enemy casualties.
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Africa
Pretoria
South Africa
East Windhuk
Silver Floods A Cornfield Near Nebraska City
A small army of railroad workers gathered $50,000 worth of silver spilled from a freight train after a blaze near Nebraska City. Five cars burned and the silver melted, flowing through the furrows of the corn field.
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Nebraska City
Omaha
Neb
Stampalia Arrives in New York With Passengers From Europe
The Stampalia of the Italian line docks in New York with 24 cabin, 170 second class, and 800 third class passengers from Italian and Mediterranean ports. The voyage was quiet.
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Stampalia Safe
New York
Stampalia
General Weber Pasha Dies in Dardanelles War
London reports General Weber Pasha, German fort commander at the Dardanelles, died Tuesday afternoon from wounds received in action. The Cairo correspondent of the London Times confirms the death.
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Weber Pasha
London
Dardanelles
Cairo
London Times
Swedish Steamer Seized by German Submarine
Swedish steamer Bjoern bound for London with foodstuffs was seized by a German submarine and taken to Hamburg, according to a wireless message received here.
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Rotherdam
Bjoern
London
Hamburg
Record Shipping Through Panama Canal Breaks March Cargo
Washington May 19 war department statisticians report that record-breaking cargo through the Panama Canal in March would have filled about 1,800 freight trains of 20 cars each.
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Canal
Washington
Panama Canal
War Department
Faith in the Seed Catalogue Tradition Continues
Francis W. Clark, writing in Countryside Magazine, defends lifelong trust in seed and fruit catalogues. He recalls oversized promises of strawberries raspberries and mammoth squashes, embraces hopeful misfires as part of gardening fun, and vows to keep faith in next spring’s offerings despite yearly tellings.
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Francis W. Clark
Countryside Magazine
Misplaced Pity in Boston Police Memoir
Boston policewoman Anna Steinauer remarks on the high number of women who smoke and cites a scene of a wife finding a dull dullard from her husband’s coat-sleeves. She notes overtime burdens on the workers and the grim mood of city life.
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Anna Steinauer
Boston
Lead and zinc mine values fall in central states 1914
A Geological Survey bulletin shows decreases in lead and zinc concentrate values in 1914 versus 1898 and 1913. Central states produced about 14.47 million tons of ore valued at 23.66 million dollars with an average mine value of 1.64 per ton.
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Central States
Geological Survey
Ore mined and treated surpasses 1913 by 1.7 million tons
About 23.735 million tons of ore were mined and treated, exceeding the 1913 figure by roughly 1.7 million tons, indicating increased production and processing activity in the period.
Day saved by a shout on Sabbath
East Tennessee man Jim Snedeker recalled a meeting as his mules balked at pulling from a mudhole. He urged, Git up Buck and Wheeler, and said if not for the Lord s holy Sabbath day he’d lick hell out on you. This vivid quote captures a tense moment amid a muddy challenge.
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Jim Snedeker
New York Evening Post
Kitchener Urges Poison Gas Use With 300000 More Troops
Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords urges the Allied use of poisonous gases against Germany and calls for 300,000 additional troops. He notes Canadian and British actions at Ypres and Neuve Chapelle, praising Canadian resolve amid gas and shell fire, while reporting favorable Dardanelles news.
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London
Lord Kitchener
House of Lords
Flanders
Neuve Chapelle
Ypres
Canada
John French
Dardanelles
American shot by Villa soldiers near Ebano
An un named American worker for Husstecs Petroleum near Ebano Tampico district was shot by Villa soldiers around May 7. Vice-Consul Bevan was instructed to identify the victim and file a report. The shooting followed fighting that led to the capture of Ebano pumping station by Villistas.
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Washington
Husstecs Petroleum Company
Ebano
Tampico
Villa
Bevan
State Department
Villistas
Roosevelt libel suit labeled political manifesto in suit speech
John M. Bowers testified for Col. Roosevelt arguing the $50,000 Barnes libel suit was not brought for pecuniary damages but as a political game to attack Roosevelt before the nation.
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Roosevelt
Barnes
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
United States
John M. Bowers
Three More Bodies Found After Lusitania Sinking
Queenstown May 21. The bodies of C. H. Lund and M. & Grant of Chicago were recovered after the Lusitania disaster. An unidentified woman's body was also picked up.
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Queenstown
C. H. Lund
Chicago
M. & Grant
New Gold Strike Reported in Alaska’s Council District
Reports from Nome Alaska confirm placers struck on Dome creek in the Council mining district. Pay dirt averages ten cents a pan, with good results continuing to reach the men on the ground.
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Alaska
Nome
Dome Creek
Council
Submarine F-4 Recovery Progress Reported
Admiral Moore cabled to the navy department from Honolulu noting progress in raising the sunken submarine F-4. The message says shifting slings to scows as the salvage operation advances.
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Washington
Honolulu
Navy Department
Moore
Thaw Paroled and Moved to Ludlow Street Jail
Harry K. Thaw is paroled from the Tombs to Ludlow Street jail under Sheriff Greiffenhagen. He will not be confined with criminals.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Greiffenhagen
Tombs
Ludlow Street
Thaw
Armenians Cry for Help as Allies Bombard Gallipoli
A May 15 dispatch from Urumiah reports six thousand Armenians massacred at Van with defenders urging urgent aid. Allies fight for Krithia heights and gains noted behind Kilid Bahr and Maitos. Russian fleet claims to have destroyed multiple Turkish ships and damaged ports at Kefken Eregli Shilimali. Fire from allied guns allegedly destroys Maitos and Bulair on Gallipoli.
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London
Van
Armenia
Turkey
Urumiah
Persia
Krithia
Kilid Bahr
Maitos
Black Sea
Kefken
Eregli
Shilimali
Cairo
Zeitun
Cilicia
Transcalcasia
Sofia
Bulair
Gallipoli
Dedeagatch
Portugal's New Ruler Shot at Lisbon Station
Joao Chagas head of the Portuguese revolutionists and cabinet leader was shot at Entrecamento station en route to Lisbon to assume duties. Freitas killed by a bystander after firing four shots. Chagas gravely wounded as Lisbon endures days of heavy fighting with an estimated 200 killed and 500 wounded. The Espana warship arrives to protect foreigners as rioting continues and a military governor rules Lisbon.
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London
Joao Chagas
Lisbon
Senor Chagas
Oporto
Entrecamento
Freitas
Chagas
Rockefeller Jr. grilled by Mother Jones over Colorado visit
John D. Rockefeller Jr. faced sharp questioning from labor leader Mother Jones at an industrial relations commission hearing. She pressed why he did not go to Colorado in January to investigate labor troubles, while Rockefeller said he planned to visit soon.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jones
Colorado
Industrial Relations Commission
Rockefeller
Three Die in Auto and Train Collisions Across Illinois
In Windsor Illinois Mrs Hanna Turner eighty five and Mrs Nan Turner were killed when a Big Four train struck their automobile at a grade crossing. Mrs Elizabeth Barker and James C Renner were seriously injured. In Danville Mary Moore a society figure was instantly killed and Dan Beck was injured when their car left an embankment near Alvin.
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Windsor
Ill
Hanna Turner
Nan Turner
Elizabeth Barker
James C. Renner
Danville
Mary Moore
Dan Beckwith
Alvin
Evansville names first girl jitney drivers
Miss Margaret Brannin and Miss Jessie Ryan drive Evansville jitneys becoming the citys first female operators entering their car in local trade on May 19.
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Evansville
Ind
Margaret Brannin
Jessie Ryan
Militia Senate Urges Navy Increase in May Vote
The Illinois Senate adopted a resolution urging Congress to expand the navy. The 26 to 18 vote saw all Republicans support the measure while all but two Democrats opposed.
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Springfield
Ill
Millinois Senate
Congress
Anton Kuepferle Goes On Trial In Espionage Case
London May 20. An important espionage trial opened at Old Bailey with Anton Kuepferle, who claims US citizenship, facing charges that could lead to an international hearing.
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Anton Kuepferle
London
United States
Old Bailey
Governor Urges Senate Backing on Foreign Life Insurance Reentry Bill
Austin on May 19 reports Governor Furgeson asked the Texas senate to support a bill allowing foreign life insurance companies to reenter the state market. The move aims to expand competition and regulate industry in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Furgeson
Senate
Texas
Lfe
Young Chicago Deliverer Confesses to Family Tragedy
Russell Pethrick twenty two a grocery delivery boy confessed to killing Mrs Ella Coppersmith and her two year old son John in their home at 7100 Lowe Avenue on May 6.
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Babe
Chicago
Russell Pethrick
Ella Coppersmith
John
Lowe Avenue
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Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Edward J. King
Dugger
Hudson River
Tonopah
Amethyst
Sally Parness
New York City
Vincent Astor
Marblehead
Mass
Samuel Hale Pearson
Buenos Aires
South America
Mr. Pearson
Argentine Republic
Teutons
U. S
Portugal
J. D. JR
Millionaire
Nlinois
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