Rioting Breaks Out in London Over Lusitania Sinking
Riot erupts in London today as anger toward Germans rises after the torpedoing of the Lusitania. Police restrain several incidents of violence including clashes with German nationals amid heightened tension.
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Associated Press
Heraii-Star
East End
Hewever
West End
Bradford
Lusitania
Teutons
East India Docks
Paris
Arras
Loos
Athens
Amyssios
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Aegean Sea
Syria
Gallipoli
Governor Willis vetoes river and lake canal bill in Ohio conflict
Gov Willis vetoes the Ohio River and Lake Canal bill amid clashes with state tax limitation statute. He also vetoes action related to Winans Township. The move shapes regional waterway governance and fiscal policy. Officials and observers weigh legal and political implications for local development.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Columbus
Willis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Qohio
Winans
Market Days and Rentals Set by City Council
City council adopts market days and governing rules while fixing rent for stalls at ten dollars monthly. The rest of the session covers bond measures, road financing, and related municipal business amid debate and approvals.
Taft and Roosevelt Call for Delay Before War Actions
In Philadelphia and Syracuse taft and roosevelt urged patience amid the Lusitania sinking and warned against hasty war demands. Taft argued for delayed, deliberate public consent while roosevelt pressed for immediate steps to cut commerce with Germany and not declare war, stressing international justice and national self respect.
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William H. Taft
Wilson
Union League
Lusitania
Taft
Syracuse
N. Y
Roosevelt
Germany
France
England
Memorial services invite Stanton Post in Steubenville
The Wells Auditorium hosts a Memorial Day observance on Friday May 28 at two o clock inviting Stanton Post No 166 G A R Steubenville Ohio and all soldiers to attend. School officials emphasize duty to country and praise the post for inspiration to students. The note is signed by R L Ervin superintendent and Anne A Bustard principal.
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Stanton Post
No. 166
GA. R
Steubenville
Ohio
B. H. Maxwell
Adjt
Wells Auditorium
R.L. Ervin
Anne A. Bustard
Rome Riots as Italy Debates War Neutrality
In Rome crowds chant down with Austria and Giolitti as Salandra and Sonini are cheered. Troops thwart an attempt to storm Giolitti’s residence while Pope Benedict worries over war and Vatican relations. Demonstrations spread to other cities amid clashes with neutrality supporters.
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Paris
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Giolitti
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Quiernal
Vatican
Bids Opened for Pike Repairs by County Commissioners
On Tuesday bids were opened for Pike repairs with E H Steitz Richmond to Skellers at 24 dollars and other low bids including Paugherty Steitz Alibanna and Sanders 2.47, Cables to Kings Crossing 2.41, Fernwood Branch to Sinclair Avenue 2.37, Mt Pleasant to Ragland 2.80, J D Carnes Smithfield to Potter Shop 3.00, and Port land pike 2.20, among many firms and routes across Belmont and surrounding counties.
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Steitz
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Fernwood Branch
Sinclair Avenue
Knoxville
Ste
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Hmerson
Bel
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Red Ridge
Wm. Jackson
Rayland
Rush Run
Hopewell
Stringer
Yorkille
J. D. Carnes
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Dillonale
Campbell & McClelland
Blackaoe Bridge
Island Creek Church
C. C. Atwood
Dillervale
Mt. Pleasant Hill
Mt. Pleasant Station
Long Run
Portland Pike
Fire at College Damages Bank Business College
Fire originated in the Banks Business College in Philadelphia on May 12 and caused about $100,000 in damage. The blaze was confined to the college building but surrounding property suffered water damage.
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College
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Philadelphia
Banks Business College
Collect
Wickersham calls bold action to save civilization
Washington, Mo dispatch reports former attorney general George W. Wickersham warning that the United States must end its spineless attitude or sink to China’s level. He urges canceling diplomatic ties with hostile states, recalling the Berlin ambassador, seizing Count Bernstorff’s passports, and calling Congress into extra session to secure 250 million dollars to defend neutral rights. He proposes a council of civilization inviting all neutrals.
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China
Washington
National Capitol
George W. Wickersham
Taft
Berlin
Bernstorff
Congress
Wickersham
Council of Civilization
Pigeon Ring Found on Bird Brought by Local Man
G L Workman of Unionport reports a pigeon with a small ring on its right ankle found May 6 1915. The ring bears initials A 7 and the number 14, suggesting a carrier or war pigeon possibly en route to Europe. The bird may have become disabled in flight.
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G.L. “Workman
Unionport
Keralt-Star
Europe
Unsettled Weather in Ohio Tonight and Thursday
The weather forecast calls for unsettled conditions in Ohio tonight and Thursday with likely showers and cooler temperatures on Thursday.
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Ohio
Eastern Ohio miners to ratify new scale today
Five hundred coal miners met in Wheeling Tuesday to discuss the recently adopted scale and adjourned to meet today for formal ratification. The group expressed belief that many Eastern Ohio mines would resume work within a week.
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Eastern
Ohio
Wheeling
Eastern Ohio
Workman Hurt at Hartie Papers Plant
A foreign worker at the Hartie Papers plant was caught by a drive belt on Tuesday night. He sustained a broken arm and minor burns before being extricated and moved to Gill Hospital.
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Hartie Papers
Gill Hospital
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