Peace prospects clash with Entente unity in Commons
In a Commons speech May 25 Arthur Ponsonby urged peace talks with the Germans but Sir Edward Grey and Lloyd George argued negotiations are premature. Grey stressed allied obligations and cited Verdun as France’s pivotal role, saying peace cannot be pursued while Belgium remains occupied and German lies distort public opinion.
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Ilondon
Arthur Sonby
Stirling
Island
Sir Edward
Ainly
Sirward
Ponsonby
Pon Inby
Great Britain
von Bethnn- Hollwegg
Germany
Belgium
France
Serbia
Brandh
Edward Grey
Worthmann-Hollweg
Bosnia
Edward
Mr. Meanby
Irdun
Verdun
Poincare
Danville Elks Convention Draws Record Delegates
Secretary James A. Finlen reports Danville Elks lodge held its strongest convention yet with 3 781 delegates at the Elks club. Delegations from Champaign Bloomington Lincoln and Joliet won prizes for parade and drum corps while a 300 silver loving cup was awarded for ritualistic work. Debate over Aurora as future meeting site continues as officers election looms.
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Danville
James A. Finlen
Ellis
Lars
Silius
Elks Club
Retary
Ter
Champaign
Bloomington
Lincoln
Joliet
Charles A. White
Eoria
Aurora
High School Military Train Course Approved
A military training course for high school pupils was approved at a board of education meeting in Chicago. The course is optional, not mandatory, and credits may be lost by pupils who do not elect to take it. Superintendent N L Shoop stated the program is voluntary and not compulsory.
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Hicago
Board of Educaton
Notes Sent To Britain And France On Neutral Mail
Acting Secretary Polk delivered identical notes to Britain and France renewing US protest over British treatment of neutral mail on the high seas. The texts, signed by Secretary Lansing at his ill‑kept home, urge Britain to stop seizing vessels and detaining mail aboard for local regulations. France concurred in the British memorandum, and the notices will likely be released publicly Saturday in London, Paris and Washington.
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Washington
United States
High Seas
Polk
State Department
Lansing
Great Britain
France
London
Paris
Navy Bill Reports Clash Over Cost and Frontier of Peace
Washington May 95 The Navy appropriation bill of 241 million dollars was submitted to the House by the Naval Committee. Republican members filed a minority report denouncing the measure as inadequate and urging a larger navy, while the bill advances to a vote with a rule limiting debate. A provision would invite world powers to an international tribunal to settle disputes and curb armament, proposing a 200000 dollar Peace Fund for the conference and related steps toward arbitration even as naval programs proceed.
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House
Naval Committee
Congress
Plan to Open Old Hawthorne Track Chicago
Citizens association launches May 25 campaign to block opening of Old Hawthorne track for a July running meet. A protest against Illinois Jockey Club plans was filed with the sheriff and the state attorney who vows to prosecute violations but not to act as lawman. Sheriff has not yet replied. Running races absent in Cook County for a decade due to betting laws.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Citizens’ Association
Mhlinois Jockey Club
Hoyne
Cook County
Italian ship Orealla sunk off Barcena
London May 25 report from Lloyds states the Orealla has been sunk off Barcena. The ship last sailed April 17 from Norfolk to Savona Italy. A three masted vessel of 1876 tons built in 1882 with home port Naples.
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London
Orealla
Barcena
Lloyds
Norfolk
Savona
Italy
Naples
Von Beelow On Mission To America
London rumor says Prince von Beelow may visit the United States as a peace delegate but no authoritative confirmation exists. The chatter follows his summons to see the German emperor and his absence from office during the war, allowing him to disclaim wartime involvement.
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London
Prince von Benlow
United States
Prince von Buelow
Jury Returns Quick Verdict in Smith Stroud Murder Case
Leavenworth Kan May 25 Robert F Stroud guilty of first degree murder by a U S district court jury for stabbing guard Andrew F Turner on March 26 in the penitentiary dining hall Turner a guard from Des Moines Iowa was killed Stroud serving time for attempted manslaughter in Alaska sought insanity and his motion for a new trial will be ruled on Saturday his mother Mary Stroud testified about his reliability and Turner’s family attended the trial
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Leavenworth
Kan
Robert F. Stroud
Andrew F. Turner
United States
Stroud
Turner
United States Penitentiary
Alaskan
Mary Stroud
Juneau
Alaska
Des Moines
Franklin
Postal savings limits raised under Wilson act
President Wilson approved an amendment to the postal savings act increasing the maximum depositor account to 1000 dollars from 500. Monthly deposits are no longer capped, addressing public demand as more than half a million depositors hold over eighty million dollars.
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Wilson
Uncle Sam
Missouri Resident Takes Own Life
May 25 Missouri resident William D. Huston, a longtime Scotland County settler living ten miles west of town, despondent over ill health and mentally unbalanced, hanged himself in the barn this week after moving to the county in the 1840s. He resided south of Downing for decades.
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Mempihts
William D. Huston
Scotland County
Mr. Huston
Downing
Husting's Motion Withdrawn in Rivers and Harbors Debate
Washington May 25. Husting's motion to recommit the rivers and harbors bill to the commerce committee was withdrawn. one amendment was disposed of. The Senate rejected 33 to 28 Kenyon's motion to strike $200,000 for Locks and Dams on the Wravas river. Newlands urged cabinet committee flood control and waterway plan.
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Washington
Husting
Commerce Committee
Senate
Kenyon
Wravas
Newlands
National Waterwave Commission
Texas Democrats Choose Poindexter as National Committeeman
In San Antonio on May 25 Judge Wihliam Poindexter of Cleburne was elected Democratic national committeeman for Texas at the close of the state convention. The two day gathering saw strong support for the Ferguson Bailey faction with their projects broadly approved.
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San Antonio
Tex
Wihliam Poindexter
Cleburne
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Joseph W. Bailey
United States
Soul Mate on Witness Stand at Waite Trial
Margaret Horton described Dr Arthur Warren Waite as having a Jekyll Hyde nature and a little man from Egypt during his murder trial. She and Waite shared a studio in a New York hotel and studied languages and music, testing Waite’s claim of insanity to avoid the electric chair.
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Arthur Warren Waite
Swann
New York
Margaret Weaver Horton
Waite
Jekyll-Hyde
Egypt
John E. Peck
No Peace Until the Dvina Is Crossed
London May 25 An order of the day attributed to Held Marshal Von Hindenburg on the Russian front is quoted by Central News from Basel. It declares there can be no peace until the Dvina is crossed and warns that rumors of peace threaten troop morale.
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London
Marshal von Hindenburg
Basel
Switzerland
Dvina
Tle Dvina
Emperor Confers With Ministers In Berlin Meeting
Berlin May 25 The emperor received the imperial and Prussian ministers and presidents of the reichstag and Prussian chambers. The imperial chancellor held a confidential conference with leaders of various reichstag parties. The talks centered on forthcoming measures concerning the food dictatorship.
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Berlin
Kincheon
Fairbanks Boom Lands In Chicago
CHICAGO May 25 Charles W Fairbanks presidential boom reached Chicago with James P Goodrich national committeeman and Indiana GOP nominee aiding the campaign Will H Hayes Edward C Toner and Horace C Stillwell join in shaping the Indiana favorite son effort The statement highlights preparedness tariff flag promotion and market access with hopes of electing two Indiana senators Oklahoma sentiment notes Roosevelt and Hughes backing and desire for party unity
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Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
Goodrich
Fairbanks
Will H. Hays
Republican State Committee of
Edward C. Toner
Horace C. Stillwell
Orpet Trial Drags As Jury Still Not Complete
Will H Orpet University of Wisconsin student faces murder charges in the Marian Lambert case with only four jurors sworn and one tentatively accepted. J J Brand of Highland Park plus others were passed or challenged on literacy tests. Judge Donnelly warns reporters against fictitious trial stories as the jury selection proceeds amid religious scruples and smoking bans.
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Waukegan
Til
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
J. J. Brand
Highland Park
L. J. Hierronymous
George IF. Dolph
Charles H. Donnelly
G. A. Thompson
Alexander Dowie
Robins Chosen Temporary Chairman of Progressive National Body
Raymond Robins of Chicago was named temporary chairman of the Progressive party national convention in Chicago. O. K. Davis of New York became secretary and F. P. Carrick of Nebraska sergeant-at-arms. The meeting focused on seating and guest plans for the convention.
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New York
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Progressive Party
Progressive National Committee
O. K. Davis
F. P. Carrick
Nebraska
Robins
United States
Illinois
George W. Perkins
Ook Davis
Walter Brown
Ohio
Harold L. Tekes
Uinois
EA. van Valkenburg
Philadelphia
Willam Hamlin Chilis
Brooklyn
Plerace Se
New Jersey
Henry L. Stoddard
Ates
Armenian Conference Opens in Petrograd
A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd says an Armenian conference opened there Tuesday with about two hundred delegates. The gathering aims to coordinate and regulate efforts to aid the Armenian people suffering from the war.
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London
Petrograd
Divisions Take Fort Douaumont Reoccupied
German Bavarian divisions retook Fort Douaumont after furious attacks, while French forces held the fort’s immediate approaches. In Verdun area fighting saw Asuamont fall to German advances, with French counterattacks recapturing Carmieres outskirts and delaying German debouching efforts. Austrian offensives on the Italian front pressed from Leke Garda to Val Sugana as Italians retreated toward Asiago Arsiero, destroying artillery in retreat.
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Paris
Fort Douaumont
French War Office
London
Asuaumont
Verdun
Leke-Garda
Val Sugana
Trent
Asiago
Arsiero
Val D’assa
Rome
Iola man killed by posse after farm killings
In Iola Kansas on May 25, George Becker 60s shot and fatally wounded by a neighbor posse after he killed his daughter Lena with buckshot, wounded another neighbor, and burned farm buildings before fleeing across the prairie. A second man, Miles, was injured attempting to intervene. Becker opened fire as pursuers closed in.
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Iola
Kan
George Peeker
Lena
Becker
Miles
BecStt
Prarie
Neighbs
Funston's Coast Artillery Request Refused
In San Antonio on May 25 General Funston's appeal for more coast artillery was denied by the War Department. Despite new regular army and militia units bolstering border defenses, weak points remain along the line. Funston did not confirm the denial but indicated officials suggested sending militia forces elsewhere.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
War Department
Regular Army
Coast Artillery
Hin
Bodies to be brought back to American soil
In Columbus New Mexico reports say a May mission will transport remains of American soldiers killed in clashes with Mexican forces. Authorities expect no more than ten buried in Mexico, and efforts focus on disinterment and repatriation.
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Columbus
Mexico
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