Moldavia torpedo attack leaves 54 Americans missing
May 25 dispatch reports the British ship Moldavia struck by a German torpedo. Seventy plus crew were aboard with 54 American soldiers listed as missing, many sleeping below decks. Survivors were evacuated as the ship sank, and the casualty tally includes names from several states.
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Ishington
Demt
Great Britain
Orpo Fred Chappell
Philadelbe
Roy ‘i. Shenk
Lancaster
Oscar O. Armstrong
Bridget
Milwaukee
Fred D. Cantwell
Thomas
Fall River
Mass
Mis V. Castro
San Jose
Cal
L. Causing
Grafton
Wis
Virgil Ock
Hobart
Okla
William J. Kat DePere
Herman Diehl
Henry Leading
Strasburg
Ill
John S
Chicago
Barney B. Williams
Frank Lewandoski
Chi' Clyde B. Lindsey
Clarksburg
Anton W. Lundell
South Chiats
James G. McCarthy
Street
Boston
Frank McKin
Stonington
Jess E. Marshbyville
Rudolph Milke
de Wits
Jesse Milone
Olney
Ak O'Dell
Blytheville
Ark
Emil Losh
Lankin
N. D
Frank Roux
Ie Lake
Lee Reaser
Cedar W. Va
Walter G. Sautter
New Rtford
N. Y
John Schup
Portsmouth Ohio
Joseph Sherman
Fort Flotten
Lewis P. Spies
Nelson
Ray Swartz
Mass factory workers threaten walkout over war fund
Mass May 25 workers at a shoe factory plan to quit if a leader refuses their weekly liberty contribution to a war chest. The head of the concern says 270 other employees will back the decision and join any action taken.
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Mass
Thomas J
Broad Street
Camp Devens Officers Training Graduates Transferred
Two hundred ninety six graduates of the Third Officers Training Camp at Camp Devens Mass have been transferred and are expected to receive commissions soon. Infantry grads remain with six instructors at the Fourth Camp. artillery grads left earlier. Major Winn and Major Wertenbaker promoted to lieutenant colonel and reassigned. Private Hugh D Dailey to commission as second lieutenant in 301st Field Artillery remount depot veterinary corps. Robbins pond banned from swimming or boating after a drowning and two marrow escapes following a canoe overturn.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Charles D. Winn
George L. Wertenbaker
303Rd Field Artillery
Hugh D. Dailey
New Haven
301St Field Artillery Remount Depot Veterinary Corps
Robbins Pond
Lieutenant Johnson Dead From Wounds in War
Lieutenant Albert E. Johnson of Collinsville dies of wounds received in action. A Yale Sheffield and Ollinsville High School graduate, he worked as an engineer in New Haven before enlisting with the New Haven Grays and later the 102nd Infantry. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Johnson, learn of his death after a War Department telegram.
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Hartford
Albert E. Johnson
Collinsville
Charles J. Johnson
Ollinsville
Yale Sheffield Scientific School
Connecticut Company
New Haven
New Haven Grays
Murderer Insane Sent To Bridgeport Asylum
Ferdinand Laudato of Stamford indicted for the March 20 1917 murder of his father in law Domenic Pompas a Stamford music teacher. He has not spoken since arraignment last May and was sent to the state insane asylum at Middletown for observation by Judge Webb after repeated escape attempts and a collapse at arraignment. Pompas was shot in a quarrel at his home.
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Stamford
Bridgeport
Ferdinand Laudato
Domenic Pompas
State Insane Asylum
Middletown
Webb
Laudato
Pompas
Laudate
American Troops Get Leaves
May 25 American troops in France receive leaves outside the northern Somme and Flanders zones where German offensives are expected leaves are suspended. When formations join allied fronts, leaves will be discontinued on orders to move.
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N. C. Parke
France
Somme
Flanders
Comment On Offensive
London readers learn that Marshal von Hindenburg delays resuming the western front offensive. The Evening News notes his army is ready, yet stagnates, delaying the smashing blow promised for weeks. The piece marks ongoing strategic hesitancy amid the war news cycle.
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London
Marshal von Hindenburg
Western Front
Evening News
Hindenburg
Cuba and Mexico on Verge of Break
Washington May 25 strained relations grow clearer as Mexico recalls its minister from Havana. Officials confirm recall but offer no reason or final status. Cuban and Mexican authorities seek guidance as Carranza government cites no benefit to continued ties.
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Washington
Cuba
Mexico
State Department
Havana
Carranza
United States
Senor Ignacio Bonillas
Mexico City
Legation
German Offensive Broken and American Troops Near
Paris report says Andre Tardieu declares the German offensive has been broken and assurances are given that American troops will arrive in time for a decisive battle. He notes transport of U.S. troops to France is now faster and French war materials needs are covered through year end. Also reports a five year old boy Vatano Urbabio killed by an auto in Waterbury. driver Michael Condianno held for investigation.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
America
France
Western Front
M. Tardieu
United States
Waterbury
Vatano Urbabio
Michael Condianno
John Monzani
Spring Medicine Duo Restores Blood and Vitality
A vintage advertisement extols Hood s Sarsaparilla taken before meals with Peptiroh after meals as the ideal spring remedy. The duo allegedly purifies blood, revives an exhausted system, relieves rheumatism and scrofula, and boosts appetite and digestion for a healthier liver and clearer tongue.
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Hood
Wife slayer executed by Utah for Canyon City murder
Howard Deweese son of a wealthy Colorado man was executed at 6 55 pm in Salt Lake City for the September 29 1916 murder of his wife. He denied the crime and sought insanity defenses urged by Colorado officials and prominent western figures but failed. Deweese known as the King of Diamond Thieves eloped with Mrs. Fisher and married again after her Reno divorce. He bequeathed his wife’s silk handkerchief to her former husband.
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Denver
Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard Deweese
Canyon
Orchardist
Edall Deweese
Smithsonian Institute
Colorado
Deweese
West
Harry Fisher
New York
Reno
Soldier jumps from train near Bridgeport
Private Harold G. Grannan of the 144th Infantry supply corps leaped from a moving troop train in Bridgeport on May 25. He landed on solid ground and fled, with military police in cars and city police scanning the streets in pursuit. by late night he remained at large.
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Bridgeport
Eld
Harold G. Grannan
144Th Infantry
Trolmen
City
Bandits Hold Up Bank near Kansas City
Two bandits entered the State Bank of Sugar Creek six miles east of Kansas City shortly before noon today. They forced the cashier and two young women into the vault and gathered loose currency from the counter and drawers before fleeing in a big automobile. The loot is under $1,500.
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Kansas City
State Bank of
Sugar Creek
Happenings and notices in this week newspaper
The city barn on North Pearl street housing the stone crusher burned this morning. Five inches of snow reported across Michigan and adjacent territory. New York waiters threaten to strike unless hours are reduced. North church temperance meeting drew strong audience reaction. Higganum drum corps engaged for Decoration day parade in Rocky Hill. Myra Leonard and Edward Hull wed yesterday at the parsonage. A patent for a machine gun granted to R J Gatling of Hartford. A dog fight occurred in U S Express Co office this morning.
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North Pearl Street
Michigan
New York
North Church
Hibernian Rifles
Higganum
Rocky Hill
D. L. Bradley
George O. Jarvis
Wesleyan
Worcester
Myra E. Leonard
Edward Hull
Harrison Closson
R. J. Gatling
Hartford
U. S. Express Co
Cut This outare is Worth Money. DON’T MISS THIS
An old promotional notice invites readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kid Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. It promises remedies for colds, croup, pain, rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder issues, constipation, and biliousness.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
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