68 Victims Reported in City of Athens Sinking
New York May. Sixty eight dead after the coast liner City of Athens sunk off the Jersey coast in fog after a collision with a French cruiser. The ship sunk in seven minutes. 135 aboard. Heroes cited among wireless operator B L Brooks and crewmen who perished or were saved.
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City of Athens
Jersey
Athens
Oe Ga
Sur
United States
la. m
L. Brooks
Atlanta
FoE Develops New Grenade Throw Plan Near Lorraine
The article describes German two man grenade teams using a new ignited string grenade and hidden wire traps. It notes helmets and bayonets attached by wires as souvenirs and reports that American sectors in the Lorraine area remain quiet.
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FOE
Frank J. Taylor
United Press Corr
War Rant Issued Charging Otto Schumann in Widow King Slaying
A wartime warrant accuses Otto Schumann, an interned alien enemy, of fatally shooting Maude A. King, a wealthy Chicago widow, near Blackwater Springs. Prosecution says he shot to stop Gaston B. Means from exposing German wartime methods and rubber copper theft prior to U.S. entry.
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Concord
Otto Schumann
Maude A. King
Chicago
Blackwater Springs
Gaston B. Means
Schumann
Means
United States
America
Hun Artillery Starts Action On North Line
London reports German artillery opened fire in the Villers Bretonneux sector and Merrin area in Picardy and Flanders. Haig notes heavy shelling last night along the Flanders Picardy front with no infantry actions recorded.
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Lery
Villers Bretonneux
Picardy
Merrin
Flanders
Haig
Villers Pretonneux
Merris
Arras
Lena
St. Venant
Long Distance Gun Described As Gigantic Crane
Amsterdam May 2 Kari Roaner reports in the Legal Anzeiger the long range gun resembles a giant gray crane. It awakens with a violent tremor, shakes trees, a black thread cuts the sky, and a traveling calamity that can reach Paris in minutes lands there as the second hand completes its third circuit.
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Amsterdam
Kari Roaner
Anzeiger
Paria
Paris
American Officers Taken Amid Casualties In Washington List
Washington May 2 The casualty ledger shows 96 names with 11 killed, three missing, two dead of wounds, seven dead of disease, three by accident, three from other causes, 60 wounded slightly and seven severely. Capt Francia J Cass and Lieuts Samuel Miller and Robert H Jeffery, once listed missing, are reported by the British as prisoners after fighting with the British line. Several officers and enlisted men are named among the killed, missing, or wounded, with ranks and initials noted.
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Washington
Francia J. Cass
Samuel Miller
Robert H Jeffery
Britieh
Unite
U. S. Men Listed in Canadian Casualties
Ottawa reports today’s Canadian casualty list naming American service members. Killed in action is U F Briscoe of Elk Grove California. Wounded include M W Gammon of St Paul Minnesota.
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Ottawa
Ont
U. F. Briscoe
Elk Grove
Cal
M. W. Gammon
St. Paul
Minn
Mary Janes for Infants at 75 Cents a Pair
Infant Mary Jane slip on shoes priced at 75 cents per pair. Flexible turned soles and no heels in pearl gray brown ivory and dark gray kid leather. Sizes 2 to 5 on the upper main floor.
Hair Bow Ribbons and Accessories at Bon Marche
Ribbons in taffeta and satin with decorative edges offered at 15 cents per yard. Featured Pioral ribbons five inches wide in dark and light colors. Also hats for sport and beach wear and sailor hats with corduroy tams. Located on the upper main floor at The Bon Marche.
C B Corsets at $1.25 for Friday
A Friday sale offers C B a la Spirite Corsets priced at $1.25. The line features medium figure silhouettes with heavy spoon steel and rubber-tipped hose supporters, available in sizes 21 to 33 on the third floor.
Ginghams and Wash Goods Sale at Bon Marche
Friday sale offers ginghams at 20c a yard in 32 inch width with lengths up to 10 yards and striped and checked patterns. Assorted wash goods from 24 to 82 inches wide including silk and cotton blends. limits apply of not over 100 yards on the lower main floor.
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COLT
BON Marche
Labor Men To Quit Membership In Local Chambers
Central Labor Council votes almost unanimously to drop from the old Commercial Club and chamber merger citing open shop stance and opposition to President Wilson eight hour day. Speakers argue labor progress requires separation from both the chamber and I W W while Hulet M Wells appeals for support in a seditious conspiracy case.
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Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Central Labor Council
The
Labor Council
Old Commercial Club
Chamber
Organized Labor
Hulet M. Wells
U. S
Clay Allen
Court of Appeals
McNeil Island
Wells opposes conscription law in defense of labor rhetoric
Wells defends his indictment over a pamphlet against conscription, accusing profiteers and radicals of wartime exploitation. He cites Nearing Eastman Townley and Rankin, blasts U.S. Attorney Allen, and claims jury biases favor business interests while promising organized labor backing. A Boddy De Laney and Rust committee will assist in the appeal.
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Wells
Scott Nearing
Max Eastman
A. C. Townley
Jeanette Rankin
Congress
Montana
U. S
Allen
Boddy
W. F. de Laney
Rust
Mittee
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