Germany accepts full responsibility for Sussex sinking
Washington May 11 Germany notified the United States it would accept full responsibility for the torpedoing of the Sussex and that the submarine commander had been punished for failing to exercise proper judgment. Germany admits assurances for the safety of passenger vessels were violated and offers indemnity for all American injuries. Von Jagow declares Kaiser's assurances upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
James W. Gerard
Folkestone
von Jagow
U. S. Troops Engage Villa Bandits Near Rio Grande
Captain Fox of the Texas Rangers reports seven American soldiers and possemen killed several Villa bandits across the Rio Grande with no American losses. Eight Mexicans are said killed on the American side. four escaped. Ranchman Lloyd Wade delivered the news. A group of seven Rangers had previously captured Villigtas miners. eight Americans escaped after overpowering guards. Dr. Homer Powers of San Antonio was among escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Tex
Fox
Texas Rangers
Sibley
Rio Grande
Lloyd Wade
Porto Rico de Boquillas
Homer Powers
San Antonio
Chicago Aviator Hurt in Exhibition Flight
Champaign Illinois May 13 Lieutenant Sinclair of the army aviation reserve corps of Chicago was injured when his aircraft fell during an exhibition for the interscholastic meet. The machine was wrecked but he escaped serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Army Reserve Corps
Champaign
Ill
Army Aviation Reserve Corps of
Chicago
Three More Rebel Chiefs Executed in Ireland
Dublin reports confirm the execution of all signers of the Irish Republic proclamation. The last three shot were James Connolly MacDiarmad and Ceannt, following earlier executions of Pearse Clarke and Plunkett MacDonagh. Premier Asquith arrived to assess conditions amid martial law and promised swift civil restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Republic
James Connolly
MacDiarmad
McDermott
G. Ceannt
Peter Pearse
Thomas Clarke
Joseph Plunkett
MacDonagh
Connolly
Ceannt
Asquith
Ireland
Maxwell
F. Sheehy Skeffington
House of Commons
Tennant
Texas Militia Reaches Camp at Fort Sam Houston
More than 1,000 Texas National Guard men arrived at Fort Sam Houston and began mobilization. The physicals start immediately, with sworn muster into U.S. service. Enlistments run for the National Guard term or until the Mexican expedition ends as the full 3,500 guards are expected in camp soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Texas National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
United States Service
National Guard
Texas Guards
Five Die in Atlas Powder Blast at New Jersey Plant
Five workmen died in a Tuesday explosion at the Atlas Powder company plant at the end of Lake Hopatcong near Forest, New Jersey. President W J Webster issued the statement and gave no injury estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlas Powder Company
Lake Hopatcong
Foreste
N. J
W.J. Webster
Webster
Wilson orders border militia deployment amid Rio Grande raids
President Wilson called up the National Guard of Texas New Mexico and Arizona for border duty to reinforce General Funston. The War Department also redirected nearly all regular infantry to the frontier adding 4000 militia and 3000 regulars to the border force and outlining stations and safety measures along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Wilson
National Guard
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baker
Big Bend
Rio Grande
War Department
United States
Funston
Thirteenth Infantry
Plattsburg
N. Y
Third Infantry
Madison Barracks
Oswego
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
San Diego
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Vessel Roanoke sinks after gale. 41 crew missing
The steamship Roanoke of California South Seas Navigation turned over and sank 100 miles south of San Francisco after cargo shifted in a gale. Forty one crew members are missing. Lifeboats were used by survivors. the fifth boat drifted ashore with three sailors and five bodies. Captain Richard Dickson and his wife are believed lost. The Roanoke had left San Francisco with explosives for South American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Roanoke
California South Seas Navigation Company
San Francisco
Union Oil Company
Lansing
Port San Luis
Richard Dickson
Rockefeller Aid for Poland Accepted by Britain and Germany
London report states the Rockefeller Foundation relief plan for Poland has been accepted by Britain and Germany. The scheme, run by an American commission, will supply Polish civilians with food until October 1, with 40,000 tons per month imported, and Germany will not requisition imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rockefeller Foundation
Poland
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Germany
America
American Commission
Punishment of Sussex attacker discussed with Germany
Secretary Lansing instructed Ambassador Gerard to learn from the German foreign office what punishment was given to the submarine commander who attacked the channel liner Sussex. The German note admitted the attack and said the commander was punished, but gave no details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lansing
Gerard
Foreign Office
Sussex
Germany
Steamer S. R. Kirby Founders on Lake with Many Perished
The steamer S. R. Kirby of the Northwestern Transportation Co. sank off Eagle Harbor Michigan 194 miles from Duluth. Twenty lives were lost with only two survivors, the second mate Joseph Mudra of Chicago and fireman Otto S. Lindquist of Pequaming Michigan. The master D. Girardin and multiple crewmen are listed among the drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
S. R. Kirby
Northwestern Transportation Company
Detroit
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Joseph Mudra
Chicago
Otto S. Lindquist
Pequaning
Girardin
Douglass
H. H
Mate
Weston
John
Wheelman
Powers
Robert
Fledine
Louis
Watchman
Lanse
Germans Gain at Verdun in New Offensive
German troops stormed and captured French trenches south of Haucourt near Hill 304, while French efforts to retake Hill 804 were repulsed. North east Verdun saw French attacks on Thiaumont fail as German prisoners reached 394 and nine machine guns were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Haucourt
War Office
Verdun
Thiaumont
Paris
Meuse
Mexican Border Raid and Rivera Conference End in Dispute
Mexican bandits crossed into the United States four miles north of Boquillas attacking civilians and soldiers before fleeing. The Obregon Scott talks ended without agreement with plans to resume via Washington. U S forces pursued bandits as Major Langhorne and two troops crossed the Rio Grande with Col Sibley’s Fourteenth Cavalry and Funston considered National Guard patrols along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Tex
Boquillas
Langhorne
Mexico
el Paso
Arredondo
Washington
A. Obregon
Eighth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Funston
First Cavalry
Illinois National Guard
Senate votes to insist on 250000 regular army and federal volunteer force
Washington May 10. Without a dissenting vote the senate insisted on a regular army of 250000 men and a federal volunteer army plan. The joint committee had proposed 176000 in peace strength and about 400000 in a federalized militia as the ultimate land defense under the preparedness program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Committee of the
House
British Lose Sea Battle Off Belgian Coast
German admiralty reports a British destroyer was badly damaged in an engagement off the Belgian coast with German torpedo craft. A British official statement denies the German report of such damage in the clash among five British destroyers and two German torpedo boats.
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Berlin
Sayville, L. I
London
Austrian Liner Dubrovnik Torpedoed in the Adriatic
The Austro-Hungarian passenger steamer Dubrovnik was torpedoed and sunk by a hostile submarine in the Adriatic Sea. The official report says the vessel was torpedoed without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubrovnik
Berlin
Adriatic Sea
Railroad President William Gardner Dies on Cape Cod
William A. Gardner 57, president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, died at his Cape Cod summer home after a period of failing health. The body will be moved to Evanston, Illinois, for burial.
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Cape Cod
Mass
William A. Gardner
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Mr. Gardner
Evanston, Il
Steel Workers' Pay Raised at Pueblo Mill
Five thousand employees at the Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill in Pueblo receive a wage hike totaling $46,000 added to the monthly payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Engineer Hess Is Blamed for Amherst Wreck
Washington May 12 Engineer Herbert Hess held responsible for fatal New York Central wreck at Amherst Ohio on March 29 due to failure to heed signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Washington
Herbert Hesss
New York Central
Amherst
Bandits Frightened by Dogs at McKinney Springs Raid
Mexican bandits on the American side of the Rio Grande raided McKinney Springs six miles south of here. Seven American cowboys fired on the raiders and drove them away in darkness. none killed. Carl Green led a recon around the corrals as dogs barked.
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Union
Cincinnati
Marathon
Texas
Rio Grande
McKinney Springs
Here
McKinney Springs Ranch
Boquillas
H. BE. Stafford
el Paso
McKinney Place
Carl Green
Strike Pickets Attacked in Cleveland. One Killed
In Cleveland Ohio a man named Joseph Feld was killed outside a Woodland Avenue bakery after four men charged through the door during a strike picket confrontation. Feld was struck and pummeled with a banner and died an hour later from a fractured skull. Bakery owner Bernard Rosen and his sons were arrested and charged with murder.
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Cleveland, O
Woodland Avenue
Joseph Feld
Bernard Rosen
Secret submarine bases destroyed after Italian advance
A Milan to Lloyds dispatch reports the two main Austro Hungarian submarine bases in the Southern Mediterranean have been destroyed following Italy's occupation of Marsa Moreza and Porto Bardia between Cyrenaica and Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Milan
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Marsa
Moreza
Porto Bardia
Cyrenaica
Egypt
Cincinnati Market Prices For Farm Commodities And Livestock
The Cincinnati market lists prices for corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs. Figures show No. 2 to No. 4 grades, ear types, timothy and clover hay, various weights for poultry, and price ranges for beef, pork, and lamb offerings. Major entities include Cincinnati, Northwestern grain grades, and market categories for live stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
New York Factories Increase April Employment Wages
Albany reports April business in New York state required 21 percent more workers who earned 87 percent more in wages than April 1915. The chemicals oils and paints group stone clay and glass products and metal machinery and conveyance saw the largest gains according to the State Industrial Commission Bureau of Statistics and Information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
New York State
Bureau of Statistics and Information
State Industrial Commission
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U. S
Kaiser
Nelson E. Matthews
Timothy T. Ansberry
Ohio
California
Rockefeller
British Foreign Office
Mrs
Everett M. Raynor
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Superior
Blasdell
Lyal
Peterson
Ansel
Brie
Rudolph
Elmer
Wis
Thort
Winger
William
Casey
Frank
Smith
Sylvester
Marine City
Ralph B
Ripple
Anthony
Oiler
Collean
Henry
Heath
Burt
Ward
Zuger
Herman
Hoboken
Scott
Obregon
H. L. Scott, “Frederick Funston
General Scott
Mexico City
State Department
Congress
The
Bologna
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