Japan Plans To Disarm Chinese Army
Japan's foreign office announced it had no information on China's reply to Japan's ultimatum. A government plan outlines occupation of Chinese wealth centers and rail control with Chinese troops to be captured rather than fired on. A northern thrust would seize Pekin and Tien Tsin. southern moves would be joint army navy actions. Chinese ships would be swept from coasts.
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Han- Weatnrn
Eben Dees Ateacamedy & Harmon
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West Texas
Mexico
Arizona
Texas
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Japan
China
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Japnese Foreign Office
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Tien Tsing
Foreign Office
M. Hioki
Fukien Province
Tokio
Tsao Ulin
Shantung Province
Dardanelles batteries ceasing fire near Nagara
Dispatch from Tenedos reports that despite ongoing Allied bombardment of the Dardanelles forts, Turkish batteries as far as Nagara near Constantinople have ceased firing and appear destroyed.
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Paris
France
Tenedos
Havas
Dardanelles
Nagara
Constantinople
President Wilson weighs Lusitania crisis amid 137 potential American losses
Washington officials weigh the Lusitania disaster amid likely American casualties estimated around 137. President Wilson and aides seek full facts before shaping U S policy while diplomats pursue reports from Berlin and London. Cabinet members cancel weekend plans as officials urge calm and careful action.
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Ashington
D. C
Wilson
United States
Germany
Congress
Bryan
Gerard
Berlin
Page
London
Washington
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Queenstown
Sorrow Stricken Relatives Besiege Cunard Offices
Mourning relatives surround Cunard offices as a Fulton correspondent reports a death aboard the ship Frohman is found. The incident draws attention to the tragedy and the investigation unfolds.
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Cunard
Frohman
Germans Thank Admiral Tirpitz For Lusitania Sinking
Dispatch from Berlin amid cheers for Admiral von Tirpitz as Germany hails the torpedoing of the Lusitania. News reports place deaths around 1216 with 703 survivors, and list 1254 passengers and 665 crew.
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Change Telegraph Company
Berlin
Amsterdam
Admiral von Tirpitz
Falkland Islands
Germany
England
Cunard Line Company
Lusitania
Kinsale
Irish
Cunard Steamship
New York
London
Eng
May S
This Is Vaster Scale Of Murder Than Piracy Ever Produced
Col Theodore Roosevelt condemns the Lusitania sinking as piracy on a vaster scale of murder than pirates, linking it to wartime devastation at Louvain and Dinant. He says action is owed to humanity and self respect to protect civilians at sea.
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Syracuse
Cunard
Lusitania
Germa
Theodore Roosevel
Louvain
Dinant
Belgium
Captain Stays At Post As Lusitania Sinks Then Rescued
London May 8 Captain Turner of the Lusitania remained at his post on the bridge as the liner sank and was rescued three hours later while wearing a life belt. The account comes from D A Thomas of Cardiff Wales coal magnate.
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London
Eng
Turner
D. A. Thomas
Cardiff
Wales
Consul Cables List 43 American Survivors
London reports the American consul in Queenstown cabled 43 Americans saved and notes possibly more in touch. He says one group landed at Clonakilty and that survivors will proceed at noon or later. total survivors at Queenstown reach 634 with about 63 unidentified bodies.
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London
Eng
Queenstown
United States
State Department
Washington
Clonakilty
Roosevelt called Pettigrew a “swine” in 1900 letter
The Syracuse trial revealed Col Roosevelt wrote to Platt in October 1900 calling Pettigrew, then North Dakota senator, “the most noxious of the lot.” Pettigrew’s reply to the New York World defends Roosevelt and cites a shift from a “band of thieves” in Hanna and Aldrich’s circle to becoming a Progressive. Pettigrew also endorses socialism in his reply.
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Pettigrew
T. 8
York
Col. Roosevelt
Boss” Platt
Syracuse
R. EF. Pettigrew
North Dakota
Senate
New York World
R. F. Pettigrew
Libau Captured by Germans in Baltic Campaign
German forces seized Libau in Courland after heavy fighting. They reported 1600 prisoners, 18 cannon and four machine guns captured. The advance aims to disrupt Baltic communications and threaten Riga, with ongoing actions in Ypres and the Meuse region and renewed British trench recaptures near St Julien.
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Courland
Russia
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Riga
Petrograf
Baro
Germany
France
Ypres
Arras
Argonne
Meuse
Vosges
Steinbureck
Fecht
Mackenzen
Vistoka
Krosno
Galician
British liner captain vows to ram a submarine in war zone
Capt John Black of the Anchor liner Transylvania said he hunts submarines and will fly England's flag rather than the American flag upon reaching the war zone. The ship sailed for Liverpool after the Lusitania sinking news, with 879 passengers aboard and twelve cancellations.
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Belgium
Germany
White House
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
England
New York
John Black
Transylvania
Liverpool
Black
Columbia
Canada
Italy to Declare War on Turkey Over Tripoli Uprising
Geneva dispatch reports Rome plans to notify Turkey that the Lau sanne treaty is void, a move the Tribune says would amount to a declaration of war. The decision follows the recent Tripoli uprising and reflects mounting Italian pressure in the region.
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Geneva
Switzerland
the Tribune
Rome
Tripoli
Turkey
Lausanne
Tribune
American Consul Foote Reported Seized by Germans
London May 8. E Kilbourne Foote American vice consul at Chemnitz is missing after leaving post for America a month ago. Central News says he likely was stopped by German authorities. Foote, a native of Ohio, is unlocated.
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London
Eng
E. Kilbourne Foote
Chemnitz
Central News
Foote
America
Ohio
Steam Trawler Rennington Sunk by German Shell Fire
Aberdeen dispatch reports the steam trawler Rennington sunk off Aberdeen shire after shell fire from a German submarine. The three escaping vessels had fled Sunday. the crew were rescued by a Norwegian steamer.
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London
Eng
Central News
Aberdeen
Rennington
Aberdeenshire
Bowen Survives Lusitania Disaster by Premonition
Boston resident Edward B. Bowen a wealthy shoe dealer avoided the Lusitania tragedy by staying home despite his name among the first cabin passengers. He reportedly had a premonition of danger and read about the sinking while others died.
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Boston
Mass
Edward B. Bowen
Bowen
British stock brokers drive Germans off floor
On May 8 in London the British stock exchange expelled all German-origin members and German clerks in a surge of resentment over the Lusitania torpedoing.
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London
Eng
Germany
Stock Exchange
Rescue Efforts Return to Queenstown After Lusitania Disaster
Boats sent from Queenstown return with survivors and bodies from the Lusitania sinking. About 600 people are expected to be saved. 124 dead are reported among the victims, many women. Survivors praise officers while rescue boats and steamers race to transport the injured to hospitals.
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Ueenstown
Ireland
Queenstown
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Charles Frohman
Commendation to The Herald by Salvation Army
Mrs. Thos. A. Pitt expresses sincere thanks to the El Paso Herald for its generous interest and space for Salvation Army work, calling the newspaper friendly and ready to help.
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The
Herald
Thos. A. Pitt
Salvation Army
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