Italy and Austria At War Aboard Adriatic
Rome May 25 Italy and Austria engage on land sea and air following Italy's declaration of war. Duke of Abruzzi commands the fleet and three small Austrian ships are sunk with two captured near Ancona while Venice Arsenal is shelled. Italy pushes across the border taking Capogetto Cormons Cervignano Terzo. King Victor Emmanuel leads troops amid enthusiastic crowds.
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Rome
Italy
Austria
Duke of Abruzzi
Ancona
Venice
War Office
Adriatic
Porto Corsini
Barletta
Cest
Idrta
Osonzo
Capogetto
Cormons
Cervignano
Terzo
Trieste
Victor Emmanuel
Switzerland
Prince von Buelow
Baron von Macchio
Chiasso
Duke of Avarna
Vienna
London
Jackson Confirmed as First Sea Lord
May 28 reports Admiral Sir Henry Jackson has been appointed first sea lord of the admiralty in a formal confirmation announcing the leadership change at the Admiralty headquarters.
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Jackson
Sea Lord
London
Sir Henry Jackson
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Zeppelins Raid England and Allied Air Attacks
Zeppelin airships attacked the Thames mouth defense works near South End-on-Sea Essex but were driven off by high angle guns and British aircraft. Twenty incendiaries caused fires and casualties including two young girls. Four Zeppelins participated in the raid, which followed the sixteenth east coast air attack.
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Rhine
Germany
War Office
Paris
Ludwigshafen
Bavaria
Pone Aniline Chemical Works
Ostend
Amsterdam
Becker Conviction Upheld in Rosenthal Murder
In Albany on May 26 and 27, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker’s murder conviction for the July 16 1912 Rosenthal slaying outside the Hotel Mario pole. Becker faces execution in the electric chair unless a stay is granted during his U S Supreme Court appeal.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Becker
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Metropole
Court of Appeals
New York City
United States Supreme Court
Illinois boxing bill falls short in House vote
The Illinois boxing bill failed to reach a constitutional majority after a three hour debate in the House, with 72 yeas and 67 nays. The legislature previously saw the Carroll bill defeated in the Senate. Governor Dunne’s waterway bill passed the House 107 to 41 and now goes to the Senate.
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Springfield
Pope to Reside in Spain During War
Madrid reports the pope plans to leave Rome and reside in Spain for the war's duration.
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Spain
Madrid
Rome
British Fleet Sinks Majestic and Triumph in Dardanelles
British press reports confirm the battleship Majestic torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles with most aboard saved. Triumph also torpedoed and lost. Princess Irene at Sheerness dockyard exploded killing 324 aboard in an official admiralty statement. Additional notes speak of E‑11 submarine actions and rumors of Adriatic naval combat.
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Admiralty
Majestic
Dardanelles
Berlin
Sed-el-Bahr
General Bridges
Gallipoli
Triumph
Ocean
Irresistible
Goliath
Bouvet
Sheerness
H. M
Paris
Adriatic
Ancona
Teutons Win Six Russian Towns North of Przemysl
Berlin reports renewed German drive north of Przemysl capturing six fortified villages Drohogow Datrow Radymno Wysocko Weitlin Mikowisko and surrounding hills. German forces take 21 153 men and officers with 39 cannons and 40 machine guns, plus 2 240 prisoners and five more machine guns near Roscynic along the Dubyssa river.
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London
Przemysl
Dniester
Berlin
Petrograd
Drohogow
Datrow
Radymno
Wysocko
Weitlin
Mikowisko
Dobrosska
Roosevelt Hurt by Fall at Oyster Bay
Col. Theodore Roosevelt broke two ribs when a new horse threw him at Oyster Bay on Monday. He was reported out of danger and later remounted the horse to ride back to the stable.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Dies in New York Residence
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish a prominent social leader and wife of the Minnots Central railway former president died at her country home in Garrison New York from brain hemorrhage.
Kitchener Remains in Britain's War Cabinet
London May 26 The British war cabinet reshuffle keeps Lord Kitchener as secretary of war and creates a new minister for munitions with David Lloyd George as its head. The lineup includes Herbert Asquith as premier, Reginald McKenna as chancellor, and Edward Grey as foreign secretary with Churchill and others in key posts. John Redmond declined a place.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Lord Kitchener
Lloyd-George
Reginald Menenna
Home Secretary
Herbert Asquith
Reyinald McKenna
Edward Grey
Admiralty
Arthur J. Balfour
Winston Spencer Churchill
David Lloyd-George
Exchequer
Lord Lansdowne
Stanley Buckmaster
Lord Crewe
Lord Curzon
India
John Simon
Bonar Law
Unionist Party
Austen Chamberlain
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
Augustine Birrell
Scotland
McKinnon Wood
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Lord Selborne
Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Board of Education
Arthur Henderson
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Sir Edward Pearson
Winston Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
John Redmond
Ryndam Rammed by Freight Steamer in Fog Off Massachusetts
The Holland America liner Ryndam bound for Rotterdam was rammed and damaged by the tramp steamer Joseph J. Cuneo in dense fog off the Massachusetts coast. Wireless calls summoned U S battleships and the South Carolina to aid. Two hundred fifty passengers and crew were transferred and the liner towed toward port in New York.
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Holland
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Joseph J. Cuneo
Massachusetts
United States
South Carolina
Wilson threatens intervention over Mexican famine crisis
President Wilson will use U S armed forces in Mexico if aid to starving women and children is not promptly distributed. A formal statement is expected within days following his famine relief appeal. Elsewhere, W M Byrd reports his son, W M Byrd Jr, 30, was executed near Tampico by Mexican soldiers, cause and perpetrators unclear.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Mineral Wells
Texas
W. M. Byrd
W. M. Byrd, Jr
Tampico
Carranza
Villa
Byrd
Swedish Bark Roosvall Fire Explains Torpedo Attack Claim
Survivors from the Swedish bark M. Roosvall landed at Stavanger by a Dutch fishing vessel report a German submarine stopped and inspected the ship near Malmoe then allowed it to proceed. A later explosion killed two crewmen. the crew believes a torpedo from a submarine caused the blast. The Roosvall carried timber and was bound for Sunderland England.
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Stavanger
Norway
M. Roosvall
Malmoe
Roosvall
Rooswall
Sunderland
England
U S Cruiser North Carolina Runs Aground in Egypt Harbor
Captain Joseph W. Oman reports the U S cruiser North Carolina grounded in Alexandria outer harbor Egypt. The ship is undamaged and dredging will be used to free her according to the Navy Department record.
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Washington
United States
North Carolina
Alexandria
Egypt
Navy Department
Joseph W. Oman
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Corn and Cattle
Market rows show wheat No 2 red prices 1.42 1.44 and other grades, corn White and yellow values with fractions, oats and hay bids, mill feed, butter eggs poultry and livestock quotes. Cattle bids range from shippers 6.75 to 8.50, hogs 7.36 to 7.85, sheep and lamb prices listed.
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A&le
Timothy
Eighteen Lives Snuffed Out Flood Toll In Midwest
In Kansas City Missouri and surrounding states floods, high winds and electrical disturbances caused eighteen teen deaths. Rivers remained at flood stage as crests were feared to have passed with Missouri and Kansas rivers falling slowly and Arkansas river levees breaking at points, signaling continuing danger.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Pointe
All Seek for Happiness in Life's Universal Desire
A Charleston News and Courier essay muses that happiness is humanity’s universal longing. Humans pursue joy amid life’s shadows and fate, guarding happiness as precious and often missing a new form of happiness within reach.
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Charleston News and Courier
Chocolate Soldier Appetite Aids War Sweet Tooth Popular
The Westminster Gazette notes a wartime surge in sweets consumption among troops in France and Cairo. Captain Bean reports the canteen demand for sweets and soft drinks exceeded expectations by fivefold, while beer demand rose modestly.
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Bernard Shaw
France
Cairo
Capt. Bean
Westminster Gazette
A Vegetable Raiser
A quip notes that 93 percent of the ocean floor lacks vegetation while a joke about Neptune as a gardener follows, reflecting humorous discussion about marine biology.
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Egbert
Neptune
Clear-Headed Head Bookkeeper Prefers Postum Over Tea or Coffee
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with curing stomach trouble and nervous spells after two years of use. He stopped coffee and tea, noting improved health and better focus during long, confining work. The advertisement promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with pricing and a slogan There’s Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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