City of Athens Sunk After Collision Off Delaware
Survivors of the canatwise steamer City of Athens recount heroism after a collision with a French cruiser off the Delaware coast. Fifty six lives were lost as the ship sank within minutes, sparking praise for French sailors who launched boats to rescue others. questions arise about the vessel's life saving equipment and its rapid sinking.
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Associated Arena
Atlantic Port
City of
Athens
Delaware
Pledges Pour Into Treasury From War Bonds
The Third Lawn total reaches 2 641 631 850 dollars from Buy Another Road and Match the President campaigns. Casualty list notes ninety six names with statuses Killed in action eleven died of wounds two died of accident three died of disease seven died of other causes three wounded forty seven slightly wounded sixty missing in action five. Senate urges investigation of army aviation for possible criminal prosecution.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ation
Senate
More Power Sought for War Effort at Hearing
Secretary Baker urged Congress to grant unlimited power to create an army for the war. He supported a bill allowing increases in manpower and army pay as needed, with government discretion to add troops and funds based on transportation and equipment needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
House Militar Affairs Committee
Congress
War Department to List Casualty Addresses. Allied Front Updates
The War department will resume posting addresses of American soldiers named in casualty lists from France. President Wilson approved the change. Reports from London say German artillery was active in the Villers Bretonneux area near Amiens and Meurip on the Flanders front. A German attack on the Thennes sector failed last night, with French raids reported near Le Monesei and west of Courey.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
France
Wilson
London
Villers-Bretonneaux
Amiens
Meurip
Flanders
Waris
Thennes
le Monesel
Courey Leiwaltion
Albritton Family Plans California Trip
The Albritton family intends to travel to California in a couple of weeks by car, correcting yesterday’s misprint that they were headed to Roswell. Mrs. Tom Blackmore of Artesia is visiting old friends in Carlsbad this week.
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Albritton
California
Roswell
Tom Blackmore
Artesia
Carlsbad
Kiev Under German Rule Reported in Berlin Dispatch
London on May 2 reports Germans established military rule in Kiev the Ukrainian capital and arrested numerous government members on grounds the government had proved too weak to maintain law and order according to a Berlin dispatch.
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London
Kiev
Ukraine
Berlin
Prohibition enforcement pledge urges Eddy County voters
A speaker urges Eddy County voters to judge Prohibition enforcement by his record. He claims he has fulfilled his duty in all cases and warns supporters of the opposing candidate that they should vote for him to ensure enforcement. He notes his force voted for the prohibition amendment and contrasts with his Carlsbad opposition.
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Carlsbad
Hovemount
Boatman
Teak
Ranch Visit Brought Paul Ares Home from Mountains
Paul Ares made a flying trip to town yesterday from his ranch in the mountains and returned just night. A cattle buyer named Green from Roswell accompanied Mr Ares to the ranch.
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Paul Ares
Green
Roswell
Area
Huns Fight on Low Ground in Flanders Front
German forces are massing along a narrow stretch southwest of Ypres as Allied artillery and counterattacks slow further German advances. Von Arnim reinforces supply lines while Mont Kemmel remains a focal high ground contested by French and British troops.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Ypres
von Arnim
Mont Kemmel
Mes Nines Ridge
AP v Hearst News Service Piracy Case Reaches Supreme Court
The Associated Press case against the International News Service Hearst Service to stop pirating AP dispatches was argued before the Supreme Court. Low federal courts had enjoined the Hearst service from distributing AP dispatches as its own in the appeals.
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Associated Press
Washington
International News Service
Hearst Service
Associated Areas
Supreme Court
Fatal air collision claims Major Brindley and Colonel Damm
Associated Press reports in Dayton Ohio that Major Oncar A Brindley and Colonel Damm aviation experts were killed when their aircraft fell four hundred feet during a turning maneuver. The incident prompts investigation into the sudden loss of life in flight.
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Dayton
Ohio
Oncar A. Brindley
Damm
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