Governor Appoints Hodge to Wood's Public Service Board
Senate committee blasts Whitman for swift resignation acceptance and Hodge appointment. Grand Jury to probe Wood charges including transfer tax omissions. Quigg rumor sparks subpoenas as Thompson vows Senate inquiry and potential opposition to Hodges confirmation.
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Robert Colgate Wood
Henry W. Hodge, Cr
George W. Thompson
Legislative Committee
Public Service
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Nterborough Rapid Transit Company
Hodge
Thompson Committee
Quick
Thompson
Senate
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Hedime
Lawson
Brooklyn
Fed
Albany
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Wood
Quiggs
Quigg
Govener
Swann
Perkins
Offic Alsa
Lemuel Ely Quieg
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Ife
Quigs
Hodges
Lemueriy Quigg
Williams
ecCall
Metall
King Constantine and Venizelos in Greece War Talks
Greek King Constantine signals continued neutrality and favors Allied presence in Saloniki while Venizelos reportedly declined a premier post for now. Macedonia tensions grow as Allied armies linger, with royal circles weighing a potential shift to Venizelos amid elections and cabinet discord.
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Greece
Macedonia
M. Venzelos
M. Venizelos
Entente
Germans Ship U Boat to Near East Waters
A large German submarine is conveyed in sections by the Smyrna Railroad to Budrum Bay in the Eastern Mediterranean. Twenty German and Austrian sailors under a lieutenant are assembling the submersible, according to a Mytilene dispatch cited by L Oeuvre. Budrum Bay lies in southern Asia Minor in the Gulf of Kos.
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Paris
Smyrna
Aidin
Budrum Bay
Mediterranean
Mytilene
L’oeuvre
Athens
Southern
Asia Minor
Gulf of Kos
Goats Milk To Feed Children Of Berlin Plan
Berlin officials announce a plan to buy many goats in Brandenburg and farm them out to herders to produce milk for Berlin children. The goats milk will be distributed free to families in need, with the Chamber of Agriculture handling purchases and the National Women's Association distributing the milk.
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Berlin
London
Ministry of Agriculture
Brandenburg
Chamber of Agriculture
National Womans Association
Buchanan puts off trip here to plead
Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois facing a New York indictment for conspiracy to block munitions manufacture and shipment did not travel to New York today. He told friends he might go tomorrow though uncertain. His wife joined him in Washington as supporters debate immunity from arrest for members.
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New York Times
Washington
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Labor
Peace Council
New York
Europe
Buchanan
Chicago
House
Senate
Roosevelt withdraws from ballots in Michigan and national plans
Colonel Roosevelt says he will not appear as a candidate in any party in any primary state. He asks Secretary Vaughan to exclude his name from ballots. The Progressives led by George W. Perkins plan to hold a Chicago convention on June 7 with 750 delegates, while Roosevelt attends as observer.
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Oyster Bay
Secetary of State
Vaughan
Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt
Hut
Thes
Chicago
Eee
George W. Perkins
Florentine
Congress Hotel
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Perkins
Henry Ford
Europe
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Progressive National Committee
Chicagso
Barnes
New York
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Ole Guard
Colonel Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hughes
Michigan
Justice Hughes
Thessaloniki Abandons Ship as Lifeboats Take Hold
After thirteen days adrift near Sandy Hook, the Greek liner Thessaloniki sent crews into lifeboats as Captain Goulandris abandoned ship. Ninety crew members remained aboard with about three hundred passengers transferred to the Patris. rescue efforts by United States and other liners continued.
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Pearl Stein
Thessaloniki
Patris Ot
Goulandrisss
R. Goetsche
Broadway
Patris
Thessalonthi
Zargoras
Th Patris
Stockholm
Finland
Goulandris
Sandy Hook
New York
Goetsche
Halverd Jacobsen
Iloclock
S. S. United States
Siasconnett
Hugh
Jacobsen
Paris Matin Claims Kaiser Cancer and Speech Loss
Paris Matin asserts the German Emperor suffers throat cancer and cannot speak, amid denials and medical speculation. Doctors reportedly consider larynx removal or palliative options, while Paris dispatches question his ability to travel to Warsaw or Brussels.
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Europe
Togo
Bertin Bey
Kemperor
Jin Thes
Berlin
Ared
Aispaten
Naser
I. Duncan Bulkley
Madison Avenue
Dr. Bulkley
Kaiser
Baralong Inquiry Highlights German Submarine Destruction Debate
London reports that Sir Edward Grey offered to submit the Baralong case and other German outrages to an impartial US Navy tribunal. The Foreign Office released full correspondence with Ambassador Page, including affidavits from six Americans aboard the Nicosian witnessing Baralong’s destruction of a submarine. The Daily News notes possible increased savagery in sea warfare and calls for postwar civilization efforts to restore restraint.
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Sir Edward Grey
Ireland
Baralong
Edward Grey
United States Navy
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Ambassador Page
Germany
J. M. Garrett
Kiln
Miss
Charles G. Hightower
Crystal City
Texas
Bud Emerson Palen
Detroit
Mich
Edward Clark
R. H. Cosby
James J. Currean
Chicago
Nicosian
Paralong
Larimore Holand
Chattanooga
Tenn
The
Daily News
Lusitania
Lafayette passengers warned of sinking by German threats
Report from Paris and London that anonymous threats to sink the Lafayette afloat from Bordeaux prompted cancellations and heightened guard measures. US passengers including Henry Clews Jr and attorney Donald Harper received warnings. the ship was thoroughly inspected and guarded by American and French authorities to avert danger. The Russian ballet shared much of the saloon space as the liner sailed amid precautionary patrols.
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Lafayette
Bordeaux
Paris
Henry Clews, Jr
Donald Harper
United States
Exnbansy
New York
Josephine Maoris
Edna Wallace Hopper
Nicholas
Montenegro
Salonik
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Saloniki
Marseilles
Sofia
Legation
Petit Parisian
M. Ramanos
Briand
Greece
Berlin
Vienna
Teutonic
Saoniki
Teutons retreat as Russians push in Galicia
Petrograd reports German forces evacuated Czernowitz in Bukovina with many prisoners taken. Russians claim gains along Strypa and Kovel fronts, including advances north of Czernowitz and near Buczacz. Paris Havas notes Montenegrin and Serbian forces reorganizing at Salonika amid wider Allied tensions.
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Czernowits i
Bukowina
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Czernowitz
Dvina
Elisenhofe
Teargrad
Czarterssk
Koshukinovka
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Kolki
Kovel
Sarny
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Kovel-Sarny
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Strypa
Buczacz
Sokolow
Styr
Suczaczz
Athens
Peter
Sukte
Saloniki
Albania
Tenteene
Theft at Thebaud home欠 Jewel loss at Madison Avenue estate
Mrs Louis A Thebaud reports jewelry missing from a second floor dresser in her Madison Avenue home Morristown New Jersey. Police say footprints were found on the lawn beneath an open second floor window and items valued around 4000 dollars were taken. The theft occurred while Mr and Mrs Thebaud slept and no other disturbance noted.
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New York Times
Morristown
N. J
Louis A. Thebaud
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Thewuaud
Madison Avenue
Ir. Thebaud
Miles. Thebaud
Mr. Thebaud
Thebanud
Submarine Sinkings and Baralong Allegations Stir British Claims
A German submarine allegedly sunk by the British patrol boat Baralong off Lundy on August 18 while shelling the Nicosian is said to have been finished off. Reports from New Orleans recount that Baralong crew killed the submarine crew as they clung to ropes after sinking. Count von Bernstorff forwarded affidavits claiming Baralong flew the American flag and attacked the submarine, with marines firing on survivors.
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Lundy
Nicosian
NewOrleans
Baralong
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
State Department
United States unlikely to act as tribunal in Baralong case
Washington reports doubt that the U S government will use American naval officers as a tribunal in the Baralong case or similar disputes between European belligerents. Officials say such a move would risk alienating foreign governments and citizens and would be inappropriate while the war remains delicate.
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New York Times
Washington
Jan
United States
Offenge Abroua
Submarine Sinking Rumor Stirs Calm Reassurance
In Lansing reports a grave calls situation triggers calm, while doubt lingers on whether a submarine sank a liner. Congress leaders meet with President as foreign relations chairmen discuss the Gin issue amid talks.
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The fragmentary item notes a reserved house today and mentions Wilson returning, with references to January dates and London. The readable text is sparse and unclear, offering limited concrete details about persons or events.
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