Lusitania Was Not Armed Detention Report
The report by Padfex Field Malone, collector of the port, states the Lusitania was not armed when she left New York on her last voyage. Malone based his finding on investigations by neutral-agead and a personal inspection of the Cunarder an hour before sailing. He searched the ship for possible violations of U S neutrality, guided entirely by his subordinates.
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New York
Padfex Field Malone
Collerious Neutrality Agead
Berlin women demand peace protest at Reichstag
Special report from InhHumanite notes about 2000 people, mostly women, gathering in front of the Reichstag on May 29 in Der lim to demand peace and protest the war and high living costs. Police dispersed the crowd with charges and several arrests followed. press coverage was forbidden.
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Faris
Berlin
Switzerland
Reichstag
Derlim
Fond
University to Accept Mayo Gift Affiliation Planned
St. Paul special reports the University of Minnesota Board of Regents pursuing a six year test method to formalize a $2,000,000 Wave foundation affiliation despite opposition from Minnesota practitioners. An agreement likely to be signed within two weeks.
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University
Mayo
St. Paul
Wave Foundation
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
University Board of Regents
Patterson Breaks Church Attendance Record in Lilly Campaign
Patterson New Jersey reports a Lilly Sunday campaign opening across participating churches. Attendance topped 12,000 with about 1000 new names added to rolls as members were received and baptized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
N. J
Billy
British Ship Losses In One Week Under German U Boats
The admiralty reported British merchant ships sunk by German submarines in the week ending Wednesday, total tonnage 23,963. No fishing boats were sunk during the period. Arrivals and sailing from British ports numbered 1,35.
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London
Admiralty Teer
Ted
Sling Trom
Death of DelWwit Clif'on VWPlair of Blair and company
Blair and company banker DelWwit Clif on VWPlair dies at home in New York in his eighty third year. The holiday season gift to his two sons was reportedly seven million dollars each, reflecting the family’s long wealth.
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New York
DelWwit
Vwplair
Bria -of
Blair and Company
Blair
Germans New War Invention Reported
An uncensored German letter claims Krupps is producing a mysterious new device designed to squirt burning liquid over long distances, suggesting a novel wartime weapon.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Krupps
Crew of torpedoed trawler land at Milford Haven
The crew of the trawler Hirold have landed at Milford Haven after the vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine about 150 miles off Lundy. The report notes the dangerous voyage and the crew's survival amid the attack.
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Ae London
Hirold
Milford ‘Haven
Lundy
Germans Press Move Toward Petrograd And French Breakthroughs
War dispatches report a German squadron from Kiel moving into the Baltic near Libau en route to Russia, with possible aims toward Petrograd. In France, French troops advance north of the Aisne and along the Labyrinth to Ablain, while Austro Italian actions on the Isonzo show Italian forces pressing forward with augmented Austrian resistance.
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London
Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Russia
Petrograd
Kiel
Libau
War Office
Atras
Allain-Souchez-Neuville
Herman
Labyrinth
Ablain
Hehuterne
Bapaume
Moulin-Sous-Youtvent
Aisne
Isonzo
Caporetto
Gulf of Trieste
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Udine
Resolution calls to bar unsafe livestock imports at national meet
At a convention of National Live Stock Exchange members held at the Claypoole hotel in Indianapolis special resolutions urged the government to block hides and other imports thought to carry foot and mouth disease unless thoroughly fumigated. The group also pressed that the federal government finance the full fight against the disease, arguing states merely shield neighbors when imports enter unchecked.
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Indianapolis
National Live Stock Exchange
Claypeo
Indiana Boy Goss to England in Acting Contract
Franklin Indiana Special William Crowell, former Sargent School of Acting student in New York, signed a three year contract to perform in England with Charles Tithering in a company of the late Charles Frohman.
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Franklin
Ind
William Co. Crowell
Sargent School of Acting
New York
England
Charles Titherage
Charles Frohman
Recover Girl's Body in Ohio River at Tell City Ind
Special report states Marie Birschler was drowned in the Ohio River near Tell City Indiana. The body was seen by passengers on a steamboat as it rose to the surface after the boat passed.
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Tell City
Ind
Marie Birschler
Ohio’ River
Friends Will Aid Pastor in Indicted Case
Bloomington Indiana special report friends of Rev John R Eilis of Geneva New York former pastor of First Presbyterian church here announce they will lend all possible aid to clear the pastor of charges that he associated with women of ill repute. The minister resigned after church officials investigated his conduct. Charges were sustained and he was suspended his appeal to synod failed then General Assembly Rochester meeting last week reversed the case. He has a family.
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Bloomington
Ind
Friends of
John R. ,Eilis
Geneva
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Rochester
Auto repair accident leaves farmer badly burned in Indiana
Reese Buis, 39, a farmer living seven miles east of Greencastle, Indiana, was severely burned when the engine of his automobile exploded while he attempted to repair a break. His clothing caught fire and the car, valued at 1500 dollars, was nearly destroyed.
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Greencastle
Ind
Reese Buis
Here
Accidental Farm Shooting Kills 21 Year Old In Indiana
Plymouth Indiana special report: Earl Snyder, 21, was fatally shot by 8 year old William Zehner on a farm. The gun apparently exploded when the boy picked it up from the floor where it had fallen, Snyder struck in the back.
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Plymouth
Ind
Earl Snyder
William Zehner
Ner
Snyder
Kite string injures boy in Elwood wind accident
In Elwood Indiana a kite string wrapped around fourteen year old Earl C. Wright wrist and cut to the bone when the line was snatched by a strong gust. A physician arrived as the boy fainted from blood loss.
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Elwood
Ind
Earl C. Wright
Workman Electrocuted on Downtown Fort Wayne Roof
Bartok Kurtick was electrocuted while working on a downtown Fort Wayne store roof. Forty two thousand volts from a transformer passed through his body after he touched a defective wire.
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Ft. Wayne, Ind
Bartok Kurtick
Murder Ends Old Quarrel in Elwood Ind
Special report from Elwood Indiana states Stephen Costen thirty one a foreigner quit quarrel over thirty five dollars sent by Mitre Vel twenty five two years ago while in the old country Vel fired two shots at Costen killing him.
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Elwood
Ind
Stephen Costen
Mitre Vel
Old Country
Vel
Costen
Indiana university graduate chosen for Ladoga school post
Lawrence Guess, a Indiana University graduate and former Paragon school head, has been retained by the Ladoga school board to succeed the late D U Stoner. More than one hundred applicants sought the position.
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Ladoga, Ind
Lawrence Guess
Indiana University
Paragon
D. U. Stoner
Burglar Sentenced to Prison for North Marion Break-ins
Marion Indiana special report: Thomas Cameron, aged forty, admitted breaking into several houses in North Marion. His room was filled with plunder of various description. He was sentenced to a term ranging from two to fourteen years in prison.
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Marion
Ind
Thomas Cameron
North Marion
Rescues. Drowning: Boy in Kokomo Indiana
Gerald Fisher, nineteen, was rescued from drowning in Kokomo Indiana during a drowning incident. Local rescuers pulled him from the water and provided aid. His condition was not specified in the report.
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Kokomo
Ind
Gerald Fisher
Burglar Sought After Newburg Woman Frightened to Death
Evansville special reports a burglar entered Mrs. Ova Bethel’s Newburg home and menaced her with a revolver prompting a frantic escape to a neighbor’s and her subsequent death from fright. Police describe the suspect as about five six, 185 pounds, in a light suit and dark hat, with bloodhounds to be used and notices sent to nearby towns. Newburg, a small community of about 1,500, mobilizes to aid the manhunt for the thief reportedly wearing a red bandana over his face.
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Evansville Ind
Ova Bethel
Newburg
Bethel
Charles’ Parsons
Union Bethel, Sr
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
New York
United States
Marshal Snyder
Newbury
Prisoners to Cut Weeds in Wayne County
Richmond Indiana special report says the county highway department will start weed removal along public highways using prisoners from the county jail. Superintendent Jones notes the county has an automobile truck to transport inmates to sites across the county and the road improvement project continues. The plan, once met with public doubt, now faces only prisoner reluctance to labor instead of jail idleness.
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Richmond
Ind
Jones
Wayne County Department of Highways
Former judge to refund about $1900 to state
In Muncie Indiana Frank Feely a former city court judge agreed to return about $1900 said to be fees collected during his four years in office. State examiners discovered the shortfall after he left. Feely’s friends attribute any discrepancy to bad bookkeeping. No criminal prosecution is expected.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank, Feely
Feely
Yeely
Justices Attend Shelby County Bar Picnic
All the justices of the Indiana Supreme Court have accepted an invitation to the Shelby County Bar association annual picnic at Flatrock Cave on June 17 in Shelbyville Indiana.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Supreme Court of Indiana
Shelby County Bar Association
Flatrock Cave
Drowns in Gravel Pit Near Franklin Indiana
Thomas Monroe, 40, of Whiteland, died after falling into a gravel pit during a heart failure seizure. He had moved from Indianapolis last fall to work in Whiteland. Special detachment reports the accidental drowning occurred in Franklin county.
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Franklin
Ind
Thomas Monroe
Whiteland
Monroe
Dianapolis
Worl
Wife Desires Year’s Separation in Richmond
In Richmond Indiana a woman seeks a year’s separation from her husband. The terse filing notes matrimonial disputes and the couple’s uneasy turn of events as recorded in local notices.
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Richmond , Ind
Eliza
Forgiveness and Covenant Types in Scripture
A compact discussion of sins forgiven and the evolving covenants from Law to Grace. It outlines varied sin types, future blotting of sins at Christ's Second Coming, and how under Jesus new covenant blessings are offered to believers, with emphasis on forgiveness and divine judgment.
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Jesus
St. Peter
God
Israel
Moses
David
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Indiana Boy Goss
Corneva
Austria
Trieste
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Will Aid
Workman
Wayne County
Columbus
Joseph Benn
East Columbus
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George Majanas
Gary
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Grandview
Indiana
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