Fragments From War Front Describe Army Movements and News Service Presence
The text sketches U.S. troops billeted amid loud antiwar sentiment and suggests fatigue as forward units move to the front. It notes the roar of cannons, soldiers enroute with songs, and references iodine pills for rheumatism. It mentions National News Service and press associations operating from headquarters, with correspondents in fire zones and dugouts by candlelight as anti-aircraft guns and planes pass overhead.
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N.C. Parke
National
War Board Appeals to Telegraph Firms Over Strike Threat
May 1 reports say the National War Board appeals to Western Union and Postal Telegraph compa nies to halt planned discharges as tensions rise toward a potential nationwide strike. Konenkamp leads the talks with associate officials from Philadelphia and Washington as Coast telegraphers await a conference while warning of limited human endurance.
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Konenkamp
J. Campbell
Thei Rnational Organization
Coast District
Rumors of Bomb Plots Stir West Coast Ports
Reports from San Francisco claim shipyard workers may be involved in a plot to plant time bombs aboard Pacific ships within nine days. Officials and police deployed extra guards and ordered dock workers searched before shift. Rumors linked to German plot chatter reach Captain Pillsbury and Captain N. of the navy with U S Marshals enforcing dock restrictions across major West Coast ports.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Navy
Pillsbury
United States
Holohanediately
Akland
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Clemenceau says front lines favor allies in war update
Premier Clemenceau told the chamber that the general situation on the battle front is clearing in favor of the Allies. French war correspondent Marcel Hutin echoed that the German offensive in Flanders is near its end. Echo de Paris notes German losses are severe while Allied losses are lower.
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Ion Better
Clemenceau
Chamber of Cities
Arcel Hutin
Flanders
Echo de Paris
Kaiser Rumors Claim German Emperor Mentally Unfit
A Berne dispatch reports German Emperor Wilhelm II may have deteriorated mentally with hallucinations. Advisers struggle to shield him from the front and he allegedly utters about divine mission to save humanity, stirring alarm in allied capitals.
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Endon
Fmaltourage
Kaiser
Berne i
Epoch
Kaiser Antiy
Marine insurance rates drop as U boats fail to sink ships
Washington May 1 The effectiveness of German U boats against American cargo ships has fallen so that a new reduction in marine insurance rates will be announced by the war risk insurance bureau likely this afternoon. Delaney director of the bureau told lawmakers that U boats are not getting ships and credits the navy convoy system. Since its formation the bureau has earned 17 million dollars in net profits while rates fell from 6 12 percent to 3 percent and may drop further. He urged amendments to permit insuring neutral and co belligerent shipping, noting American insurers cannot handle the business alone without German company support.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
William A. Delaney
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Delaney
United States
New Gilligan Trial Granted by Connecticut Supreme Court
Hartford May 1 The Connecticut Supreme Court granted Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan of Windsor a new trial for murder The opinion by Justice Beach holds the trial erred by admitting evidence of other Archer Home deaths and by how the state elected and how the judge charged the jury The original 1917 verdict convicted her of the Franklin R Andrews arsenical poisoning at the Archer Home for the Aged Windsor May 30 1914 and she had been sentenced to be hanged November 6 1917
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Hartford
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Windsor
Supreme Court
Justice Beach
Gilligan
Superior Court
Franklin R. Andrews
Archer Home For
Gardiner Greene
Holcomb
Andrews
Yale campus thief arraigned in New Haven theft case
Solomon Schorr, a member of a campus theft gang, was arraigned in New Haven police court for stealing goods valued at 1000 dollars from Yale students. He was fined 40 dollars, received 0 jail days, and held for superior court on four counts. A $500 liberty bond linked to Havre de Grace Maryland track and other stolen items tied to a network of fences. Schorr was captured in Springfield Mass after a prolonged chase by detectives.
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New Haven
Yale
Solomon Schorr
Schorr
Havre de Grace
Maryland
Sringfield
Mass
Catholic union protest on Irish clergy conscription action
London May 1 the Catholic union of Great Britain adopted a resolution denouncing Irish clergy involvement in the conscription issue. It states it is just that all parts of the United Kingdom take their share in defend ing the empire and liberties of mankind and cautions ecclesiastical interference in temporal political matters.
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London
Catholic Union of Great Britain
Ireland
United“ “Kingdom
Residents oppose state children’s sanitarium at Crescent Beach
New Haven May 1 East Lyme residents at a town meeting adopted a resolution opposing state plans to establish a home for bone tuberculosis children at Crescent Beach. The initial $25,000 appropriation was part of the proposal. Dr Stephen Maher of the state board called objections absurd noting the disease treated is not contagious.
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New Haven
East Lyme
Crescent Beach
Stephen Maher
State Board
Aviator Killed On First Flight At Dayton Field
Dayton May 1 A flying cadet Lloyd S. Allen of New York City fell during his first flight at Wilbur Wright field. He dropped several hundred feet and died when the aircraft crashed into the roof of the school building of unit No 2. The machine was completely wrecked and no witness could explain the accident.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright Field
Lloyd S. Allen
New York City
Bandit Robs Bank Messenger in Chicago May Day Heist
A young bandit robbed Emil Ziman, a messenger for Liberty Trust & Savings Bank, of $7,000 in negotiable checks just before noon with many onlookers present. He seized a package containing $48,936 in aig Furey checks but dropped it during the escape.
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Chicago
Emil Ziman
Liberty Trust & Savings Bank
Aig Furey
Michigan Goes Bone Dry as Liquor Stores Close
Michigan statewide prohibition took effect at midnight, closing all liquor outlets. Detroit residents faced a sudden end to legal alcohol sales as the bone dry law fully activated across the state.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Heavy Firing In American Sector On French Front
American and French batteries engaged in intense artillery dueling near Amiens and Paris as heavy fighting persisted for 48 hours. German counter-battery fire was lighter, while an American battery targeted a village acting as an enemy concentration point, leaving buildings battered and German casualties believed heavy. Infantry patrols remained mostly nocturnal and sporadic.
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N. C. Parke
Amiens
Paris
Mainy
German Wireless Jam Commentary On Western Front News
London May 1 Daily Express notes German high command claims victories yet wireless jams fail with bad news. It says Germany hoped to force British evacuation of Ypres but failed. General Foch awaits the right moment as Ludendorff cannot stop. The Kaiser proclaims victory while the nation mourns its dead amid Pan German plans. British forces claim gains along Kemmel hill as German losses mount.
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London
The
Daily Express Today
Ypres
Foch
Ludendorff
Germany
Steamship Oronsa Breaks In Two After Torpedo Hit
London May 1 The steamship Oronsa torpedoed by a German submarine while carrying American Y M C A workers to Europe from the United States broke in two immediately after being struck. All passengers were saved thanks to regular drill and fine weather. On board was the American wife of Harry Holmes, an Australian, honeymooning in France. Holmes served as a soldier on three continents and later became a British Y M C A attaché on his return to Europe.
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London
Oronsa
Europe
United States
Hobson
Harry Holmes
France
Holmes
Wilson Buys One More Bond Tonight
President Wilson will urge Americans to buy one more bond as he appears at a Washington theater. Per capita Liberty loan subscriptions lag Germany’s record of one bond per ten people, and the president plans to purchase a $50 bond on the installment plan of $5 down and $5 a month. Thousands of Liberty Loan speakers and four minute men will encourage audiences nationwide to match his pledge with another bond on deferred payment.
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Wilson
Washington
Germany
Yale & Towne Mfg records strong third liberty loan uptake
Stamford May 1 Yale & Towne Mfg Co reports a high third liberty loan participation. Of 4,225 Stamford plant employees, 3,545 subscribed, totaling 246300 dollars. Company records show 84 percent participation among workers with substantial individual subscriptions.
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Stamford
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co
Liberty
Yale & Towne Company
Foreman Held for Theft Theft Charge Placed on Meriden Foreman
Eugene Mischler a 44 year old foreman at International Silver was held in 2000 bonds by the Meriden police court for trial Monday on theft and fraud charges. Employers accuse him of padding the payroll with alleged peculation around 1500 dollars.
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Meriden
Eugene Mischler
George Mischler
First Selectman
International Silver Company
Wounded Soldiers Landed In April 26 Week
Surgeon General Gorgas announced that 113 sick and wounded soldiers landed during the week ending April 26. Their destination for recuperation was not disclosed.
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Washington
Gorgas
Gainsborough Wins Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
London May 1 Gainsborough wins the two thousand guineas stake at Newmarket in a major British turf race. Somme Kiss finishes second with Blink also among the placers in this high profile event.
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England
London
Newmarket
Gainsborough
Clearing House Statement Debits Sub-treasury in New York
New York May 11 sub-treasury debit tallies at 17 million 100 thousand 727 dollars with a separate 576 dollar entry. The daily ledger details movement among federal accounts and clearinghouse operations, reflecting routine treasury funds transfers and balances.
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Clearing House
New York
Treasury
Stormy Scenes in Prussian Diet Debate on Electoral Reform
Turmoil in the Prussian diet as a Centre proposal to postpone electoral reform until after the war sparked fierce opposition. Liberal members demanded immediate reform while Herr Hoffman warned soldiers not to fight if it was delayed, prompting cries of traitor. Count von Hertling urged universal suffrage and a general election was debated amid wartime politics.
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Copenhagen
Centre
Herr Hoffman
Count von Hertling
Herr Porsch
Center
Diversified Comment on Baron Goto Appointment
Tokyo quotes a range of press views on Baron Goto's appointment as Japan's foreign minister. Some papers foresee Terauchi’s fall while others question policy. Asahi praises a versatile bureaucrat who could strengthen the cabinet and curb military influence. Net: mixed signals on foreign policy and cabinet fate.
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Baron Goto
Tokio
Terauchi
Viscount Motono
Ashe
Ashahi
Nichi Nichi
Shad Run Good In Connecticut Rivers First Day
Fishermen report heavy shad catches on the first day of the season in the Connecticut river. In Saybrook Hadlyme and nearby points, nets yielded 40 to 50 shad per haul despite a driving downpour. Westbrook pairs Ames and Bushnell said they took 1,500 shad at Salt Island near the river mouth, the largest in 25 years, as fishing began after the new law allowing earlier starts last season.
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Saybrook
Hadlyme
Ames and Bushnell
Westbrook
Salt Island
Britons, Siberia, and a brother in law in mud
The piece recounts Herbert Corey in Everybody's praising Britons as warm and kind, with a joke about a brother in law found in a mud torn village. Maynard Owens describes Hindoo Kush dam and electric station, a cotton mill in Bairam Ali, and Siberia's bad year. Russians are noted as industrious workers who mind their own business.
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Herbert Corey
Top
America
Siberia
Maynard Owens
The
Christian Herald
Hindoo Kush
Bairam Ali
Explosion Injures People in City Home Blast
A dynamite blast at a city home injures several people today as authorities report arrests and ongoing investigations. Wreckage and shock were felt across the area after midnight, with officials confirming injuries and pursuing suspects in the incident.
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Rileyeer O
Nathan Straus Struck by Automobile in New York
Nathan Straus in New York, a millionaire philanthropist, was struck by an automobile here today. Details on his condition and the incident are limited in the surviving text.
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Nathan Straus
New York
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago May 2 1893
A compact local note recaps events from April including rainfall and temperature. W F Burrows is re-elected water board president. city street expenditures reach 429 dollars. Proposals for sidewalk and sewer work on High Street, plus macadamizing St Johns square, are discussed. A new water supply line to Bunce’s store is noted. Local residents, a fishers’ outing, new store signage, temperance meeting leadership, a fatal accident on the causeway bridge, Crescent club ball, a band leadership change, and a shoeless man found after rest on the road are listed.
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W. F. Burrows
Water Board
City Street Department
High Street
Loveland
Warwick Street
St. John’s Square
Washington
Lincoln Street
J. H. Bunce
B. Birdsey
East Berlin
Little River
J. A. Broatch
Main Street
Seth H. Butler
A. B. Ryan
Charles Reynolds
Cornelius Reagan
Causeway Bridge
Crescent Club
Orpheus Hall
Clarence Wells
PD. L. Briggs Brass Band
A. L. Cody
Tex Weering
Tex
Women Physicians to France Lead War Medical Effort
An American Women's Hospitals program sails more than fifty women doctors to France to establish a chain of hospitals and clinics run entirely by women. The move follows broader war service by nurses and workers, reflecting shifts in views on women's medical capacity and participation.
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France
United States
Medical Women’s National Association
A Task For An Ex President
William Howard Taft has taken a leave from Yale to work full time with the labor commission to mediate disputes between employers and workers in war production. His legal knowhow and experience will aid in reducing unrest and boosting wartime output while inspiring others to contribute.
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New York World
William Howard Taft
Yale
Labor Commission
Taft
Civision
Mr. Taft
Perennial Candidate Faces Upstate Opposition in New York
The Springfield Republican reports Hearst aims for New York governor and possibly 1920 presidency, facing strong upstate resistance. Syracuse meeting May 24 seeks to unite Democrats against him, with Tammany not represented yet appearing to back the gathering. Murphy may join an anti Hearst movement. farmers discuss an available upstate candidate. Sons and Daughters of Liberty set ninth anniversary at Pythian Hall May 3 with roll call and large class initiations led by State Councillor Hattie G. Clark and Winthrop.
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Springfield
Hearst
New York
Murphy
Tammany
Syracuse
New York City
Commonwealth
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Pythian Hall
Hattie G. Clark
Waterbury
Winthrop
That Uneasy Feeling and Mandrake Pills Ad Link
An era style advertisement touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills to cure an uneasy mood and sleep issues. It promises quick relief and a calmer disposition, urging readers to take the remedy for personal discomfort and restlessness.
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