Dunne Waterway Bill Passed By Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate approved Gov. Dunne's waterway plan 33 to 9, enabling a five million dollar project to connect the Chicago Drainage Canal with the Illinois River. An eight foot channel from Joliet to La Salle will be funded by state bonds and managed by a five member commission. Completion targeted within two years after work starts, with construction to begin after the bill becomes law on July 1.
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Springfield
Chicago
Ilinois ‘River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Senate
Dunne
House
Duvine
Bettween' Joliet
la Salle
Thinois
Medill -McCormick
State Senate Today
Bennett
James TH. Burdett
State Civil Service Commission
Galesburg Reformiatory
Walter N. Bennett
Quincy
Robert Picie
State Industrial Board
Frederick P. Provost
State Board of Pharmacy
Rufus M. Botts
Unclear Nebraskan Blast Taxing U S Response
State Department silent as May 1 reports arrive from Ambassador Page and Consul General Skinner in London and Capt Greene on the Nebraskan explosion. Officials weigh mine versus torpedo, with naval officers leaning toward mine as more likely. Ambassador Page inquiry begins at Liverpool arrival. action deferred pending proof. Von Bernstorff presents memorandum on German mines. British assurances previously given.
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United States
Ambassador Page
Skinner
London
Greene
Liverpool
Gulflight
Genman
Admiralty
Gulf Light
Evelyn
Sarib
Count von ‘Bernstorff
State Department
Germany
Italian Air War Marks Opening of Austro Italian Campaign
Italian artillery and anti aircraft fire halted an Austrian plane in the opening clash of the Austro Italian invasion. Troops moved across the border at Palmanova and Ballagiu, with forward actions near Cividale as Austrians destroyed bridges and railway lines.
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Friali
Paris
Associated Press
Triest
Santandrat
Palmanota
Austria
Palmanova
Ballagiue
Cividale
Idria
Gompers Recalled As Labor Debate Faces End
In Washington the federal industrial relations commission wraps hearings after over a year. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, is recalled to defend organized labor, discuss the Clayton act, and address attacks on union activities including the McNamara defense funds. The panel plans an executive session in Chicago to draft its report for Congress.
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Washington
Federal Industrial Relations, Commission
Walsh
Sinc
Chicago
Congress
A. ©. Bills, Jr
Labor
Porto Rico
Martin Travieso
Gompers
Samuel”. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
AfeNamara Brothers
Daniel Davenport
American Anti-Boycott Association
Fomer
Wickersham
Danbury Hatters
McNamara Brothers
British Majestic torpedoed at Dardanelles. Sheerness ships destroyed
May 27 London report says the battleship Majestic, oldest on the British active list, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine at the Dardanelles. At Sheerness the steamer Princess Irene exploded and burned at anchor, with about 250 crew and 78 dockyard workers losing their lives.
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London
Majestic
Gallipoli
British Columbia
Admiralty
Sheerness
Aegean
Adriatic
U. S
American officials sail to inspect Nebraskan damage
Lieuts John E H Powers and Lewis B McBride left London for Liverpool to assess the Nebraskan torpedo incident off Treland. The Nebraskan, said by the British admiralty to have been struck, may have been damaged by a mine as Capt. J Green reports no submarine sighting and the ship is due in the US tonight.
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Admiralty
Liverpool
Canada
London
John EH. Powers
Lewis B. McBride
Great’ Britain
Treland
J. §. Green
The
Nebraskan
Ship survives flood amid hull breach below waterline
Below her waterline the bottom had been torn away and water stood near the fore hatch. The ship was saved from sinking by the strength of her No 2 bulkhead which held back the flood.
Italians rush to join Italian frontier volunteers
Italians speed recruitment across the frontiers with volunteers from all ages and professions. Notable enrollments include twenty Parliament members and fifty Rome journalists. Leader Leonida Bissolati Berganaschi becomes a sergeant in the fourth Alpine regiment at Ivrea. Gabriele DAnnunzio seeks service on a warship. Pep pino Garibaldi to command a Hunters of the Alps brigade with Argonne veterans. In Cormons, Austrians surrender, townspeople cheer Viva Italy as Italian flags fly.
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Paris
Italy
Rome
Leonida Bissolati-Berganaschi
Reform Socialists
Alpine Regiment
Ivrea
Aosta
Bissolati
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Cadorna
Peppino Garibaldi
The
Argonne
Becker Seeks Supreme Court Appeal in Rosenthal Murder
Charles Becker, sentenced for Herman Rosenthal’s murder, now plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court and later the governor after his wife’s urging. He claims innocence, cites framed evidence by gamblers, and says graft notes he’s kept on New York’s crime scene may help his case. Becker previously said he would not appeal and faced execution set for the week starting July 12.
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New York
Charles Becker
Court of Appeals
Becker
United States Supreme Court
Whitman
Pratt
Rosenthal
Pope condemns barbarous war methods in letter
Rome letter from Pope Benedict expresses regrets at the horrors of the war and condemns barbarous methods on land and sea. The note appeared in Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, as reported from London.
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London
Rome
Benedict
Cardinal Vanmutelli
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
German Millionaire Arrested in Altona for Treason
A Copenhagen dispatch reports German papers say Senator Possehl, a millionaire, is arrested at Altona on charges of high treason for selling metal and pyrites to Great Britain from his Swedish and Norwegian works.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Coopenhagen
Altona
Possehl
Great Britain
British Majestic torpedoed and sunk off Gallipoli
London reports the British battleship Majestic, 14,900 tons, 10,000 hp, torpedoed by an enemy submarine while supporting Gallipoli operations. Nearly all officers and men saved. This marks the fifth British battleship lost in the Dardanelles. Also noted is the explosion at Sheerness harbor that destroyed the Princess Irene with 78 workers dead and one survivor.
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Majestic
Admiralty
Shwe. Talbot
Gallipoli Peninsula
Dardanelles
Saros
Lloyd's
Sheerness
Great Britain
Irene
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Court of Customs Appeals
Board of General Appraisers
Cuba
Federation OF Labor
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Giornale. D'Italia
Cormons
Havas
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