European War News Roundup of Bombings and Battles
German seaplanes raid the east coast and Kent. one killed, two injured and one seaplane destroyed. Le Georges Boillot dies in combat with five German aircraft after downing one foe. Seven aircraft down in a day area. German claims four French planes lost. Allied forces push toward Baghdad as Mesopotamian fronts heat up. Russians join Gor-inghe’s column marching toward Kut along the Tigris. German west of the Meuse intensifies with new advance on Dead Man Hill. Paris confirms trench defeat. Fiume hosts 150 steamers for troop and supply transport under Austro-Hungarian fleet protection. Corporal Kiffen Rockwell of Atlanta shoots down a German plane near Hartmannsweil. Since Jan 1 enemy submarines sink 671,500 tons of merchant shipping. Cymric reportedly sunk by explosion in Liverpool. Germans admit capture of Hill 287 near Verdun. Britain cites Vatican talks urging Germany to halt submarine warfare. Italians evacuate Zegnatorta and lines south of Trent after bombardment.
Clerical Elections and Trials Dominate Saratoga Conference
Domestic Rev. Herbert Welch was elected bishop on the eighth ballot at Saratoga general conference. Thomas Nicholson won on the ninth, Rev. A. W. Leonard on the tenth. An absolute divorce was granted to Mrs Louise Lord Caldwell, ex Paris and ex Mobile. Edward Caldwell made a fortune in gas plant installations in southern cities. Mexican nationals Jose Buenostrico and Melquaides Chaps were convicted of murder. A four day Progressive convention in Chicago announced for June 7 to 9 with Victor Murdock set to preside. President Wilson hinted at world peace at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Five shot in a strike at Ansonia Manufacturing, Conn. Rock Island arsenal to become a major munitions factory under House plan. A field artillery munition plant to cost 1,250,000. Justice Hughes leads Oregon GOP primary votes for president. Gov Morehead names Bryan as League to Enforce Peace delegate. Roosevelt urges military preparedness and Americanism in Detroit. Ward Macauley elected Booksellers Association of America president in Chicago.
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Herbert Welch
D. D
Methodist Episcopal Church
Saratoga
N. Y
Thomas Nicholson
A. W. Leonard
Louise Lord Caldwell
Paris
Mobile
Ala
Edward Ss. Caldwell
Mexican Revolt and Domestic Divorces News Digest
Troops from the Fourteenth Cavalry march south toward Cerro Blanco to reinforce Major Langhorne as Marathon, Texas reports Yaqui Indians besieging his 90 men. Pershing’s Sixth Cavalry detaches from Mexico to Columbus, New Mexico. Claude Grahame White’s divorce case advances in London. Jeremiah Lynch in London faces death sentence commuted to ten years. IRS reports $5,380,185 in tax frauds thwarted. House approves army expansion to about 218,000 with broader defenses. Wilson seeks delay in Lynch execution at London.
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Fourteenth Cavalry
Cerro Blanco
Langhorne
Marathon
Tex
Pershing
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Jeremiah C. Lynch
United States
London
Lynch
Wilson
Senator O'Gorman
New York
State Department
Washington
Ambassador Page
Waite on Trial in Peck Murder Case
Dr Arthur Waite faces trial in Grand Rapids murder case over arsenic poisoning of millionaire John H Peck. Prosecutor details Waite’s finances plans to gain Peck's money and notes chloroform use. Witnesses include Dr Albertus Adair Moore and Mrs Margaret Horton quoted as key figures.
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New York
Albertus Adair Moore
Waite
Swann
Peck
John H. Peck
Margaret Horton
Small juries valid in federal cases says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that juries of fewer than twelve men are valid when required by common law or state law, upholding Minnesota and Virginia practices. It affirmed two railroad-related judgments and struck down a Wisconsin rule forcing state officials to revoke foreign corporations' licenses for removing actions to federal court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Virginia
Wisconsin
British Retreat and Front Shifts Near Vimy and Givenchy
British and German lines clash along a stretch north of the Vimy ridge where the Germans penetrated 1500 yards and reached 300 yards deep. German forces also captured several British positions southwest of Givenchy En-Gohelle as French troops establish a foothold near Haudremont and Hil 304 amid Verdui fighting. about a thousand French soldiers are reported captured.
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London
British War Office
Vimy Ridge
Berlin
Givenchy-En-Gebelle
Haudremont
Meuse
Hil 304
Verdui
Roosevelt Accepts GOP Aid for Presidential Candidacy
Theodore Roosevelt welcomed a committee of leading Republicans at Oyster Bay on May 24 who urged his candidacy. The group, led by George von L. Meyer, secretary of the navy, said the country was in the heroic mood he demanded in his Trinidad speech.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
Theodore Roosevelt
Trinidad
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Roosevelt
Illinois News Brevities Highlight Local Events
Short items from Sterling Danville Rochester Carlinville Rockford Urbana Rockford Geneseo Champaign Danvers Freeport Springfield Quincy Chicago East St Louis Danville Chicago and other Illinois locales. Highlights include a state convention elks reception, a hotel fire with a Lincoln guest, aerial squad training, a fatal crash, and corruption of a missing cashier.
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Sterling
C. H. Marcey
Union Schools
Danville
Elks
Rochester
Landmark
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Carlinville
Rockford
Julia Lathrop
Federal Children’s Bureau
Urbana
University of Illinois
F. S. Dickson
John Fahlstrom
Geneseo
Dangerfield
Champaign
Illinois State Medical Society
Danvers
Big Four
Edward Swoboda
South Omaha
Neb
William Marston
Oliver Springs
Tenn
Carterville
Freeport
James Stebbins
Springfield
Ilinois
O. E. Dyson
Washington
House
Quincy
Dale G. Kilburn
Fifth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
Mark Alexander
Frank Wood
Chicago
Charles Mickattis
Stuart Moss
James Freeman
Olaf B. Olson
A. C. McClurk & Co
Olson
Young Women Told Of Pain Relief From Pinkham Remedy
A Buffalo mother reports her daughter found relief from monthly back and side pains after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The notice urges young women with painful or irregular periods to try the remedy and requests letters to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine, Lynn Mass, with confidentiality promised.
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Buffalo
Lydia EL Pinkham
Mati
High St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Mary Marries Swanksons General After Years
In a Pearsons Weekly tale Mary leaves the Swanksons after years as their general. She marries and becomes a housewife though she retains cautious manners, noting she does not befriend neighbors too soon yet she and Mrs. Swankson exchange curt greetings at the ashpit.
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Swanksons
Mary
Ashpit
Pearson’s Weekly
Dog’s Real Value
Gentleman complains a house dog failed to bark during a burglary. The dog dealer argues the dog was watching the burglars and would identify them, claiming the dog is a vigilant “tective” rather than a mere barkin’ hound. The exchange mocks value and perception of a dog’s usefulness.
Our National Bird and Bold Girls
An offbeat note highlights the eagle as the national bird with the stork a close second while a witty remark about girls who blush least.
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Kent
War Office
George Boillot
Seronaut
Western Front
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Persia
Sir G. Gorringhe
Yigris
Kut
The
Avecourt Woods
Dead Man Hill
Fiume
Durazzo
Albania
Innsbruck
Kiffen Rockwell
Atlanta
Hartmannsweillerkopf
Amsterdam
Overseas
Liverpool
Verdun
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Henry Howard
Vatican
Germany
Rome
Zegnatorta
Lagarina
Trent
Monte Maggio
Sagliodaspio
Tarragnolo
Astirvo
Jose Buenostrico
Melquaides Chaps
A. L. Austin
Brownsville
Progressive National
Victor Murdock
Progressive National Committee
Charlotte, N
Great Britain
Mecklenburg
Ansonia Manufacturing Company
Ansonia, Conn
Rock Island Arsenal
House Committee On Appropriations
War Department
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
Morehead
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
League
Ward Macauley
Detroit
Booksellers’ Association of America
John J. Wood
Cleveland
Sibley-Langhorne
Glen Springs
Claude Grahame-White
Treasury Department
Senate
DR. Waite
John E. Peck
A. A. Moore
Grand Rapids
U. S. Supreme Court
G. O. P. Aid
Mrs. Kurtzweg
Reit’s
Hoyt
Inba
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