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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
22
Italy and Austria clash on the Bogna frontier as Italian forces engage Austrian troops. Troop movements intensify toward Tyrol while Italy readies for impending belligerence with a large mobilization and the Salanfire resignation dispute unresolved.
Dr Bernhard Dernburg former German colonial secretary and unofficial German spokes man here has decided to depart the United States as relations with Germany grow tense. His departure ends an awkward period for the administration amid criticism of his Lusitania sinking justifications and examination of legal steps to curb his activities.
The anchor line steamer Transylvania arrived at Greenock Scotland at 3 AM Sunday, escorted through wartime British seas. Officials of Cunard announced the safe passage despite carrying a large contraband cargo and a route that would bring it near the earlier Latvia torpedo sink location on May 6.
Reports from Petrograd indicate German artillery bombarded a station where wounded Russians lay. German cavalry then attacked, burning the station and the wounded inside. Navy chief Dewey praised fleet efficiency after a banquet in New York. London and Perla dispatches note Russian and Turkish forces engaging in various theaters with ships and troop movements.
Secretary Daniels orders the cruiser New Orleans to join Raleigh to aid Americans attacked by Indians in the Yaqui valley 125 miles inland. Governors dispatch troops. ships await to evacuate any Americans reaching the coast with Admiral Howard to report inland need before landing marines.
Official Navy summary from Admiral Behnel notes a submerged U boat sighted the liner Lusitania on May 7 in clear seas. A single torpedo struck the starboard side below the captain’s bridge at 13:10 CET, followed by a second explosion from ammunition on board as the vessel listed and sank quickly.
General Dimitriev who commanded Russian forces that captured Pragmysl led hero among his countrymen. Mystery surrounds a separate crime case as a man killed his wife and then took his own life near Greve River.
President Wilson’s note to Germany asserts submarines cannot attack merchantmen without violating justice and humanity. Washington debates Germany’s likely reply as authorities warn against undermining international law.
The British battleship Goliath torpedoed by Turkish forces near the Dardanelles with a crew of 700 or more, about 180 saved including twenty officers. In a separate daring raid a British submarine penetrated the Sea of Marmora and torpedoed two Turkish gunboats and a transport, likely escaping back through the mine lanes. Goliath, built in 1898, was one of the predreadnoughts.
John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil magnate, secures an injunction in U S district court to stop the collection of personal property taxes totaling about 31 million dollars with a 50 percent penalty for nonpayment. The tax battle centers on Cuyaoga County assessments described in the filing.
English actress Mies Carelin Galley, famed in New York theater, plans to follow other stage women by abandoning footlights for relief work. Meanwhile Americans abroad face government assurances on safety, with reports of unrest in Persia and Iran and no immediate need for financial aid.
The piece contrasts Nassau’s twenttieth century recreations with the Bahamas broader reality. It notes 3000 islands extend 600 miles from Florida to Haiti, a white-descendant population on Abaco, poor farming on Watling's Island, and degeneracy after Columbus’s landing, with Columbus Point marked by a monument.
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