German Battle Cruisers Attack Lowestoft
German battle cruisers appeared off Lowestoft and engaged local and British light cruisers. The raiders retreated after about twenty minutes, firing on the coast as they left. Two civilians and a child were killed. two British light cruisers and a destroyer were damaged but not sunk. Lowestoft lies on the North Sea coast about 100 miles northeast of London.
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London
Lowestoft
North Sea
The
Hague
President asks business men to help in preparing national defense
The April 21 1917 appeal urges cooperation with the Naval Consulting Board's Industrial Preparedness Committee. It requests confidential industrial inventory data from manufacturers to aid war and navy departments, with support from major engineering societies and assurances to protect business information.
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New York
Wilson
Naval Consulting Board
Lester
America
Naval Consulting Board of the
United States
War and Navy Departments
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Pumneers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
The
American Chemical
Border conference eyed as Scott Obregon meet nears
Washington confirms a near term meeting between General Scott and General Obregon to decide steps in pursuit of Villa and U S Mexican relations. Houston reports Mexican troops concentrating in the north with estimates around 40 000 backing Obregon ahead of diplomacy. General Funston may join and Pershing’s punitive force tightens its line with 20 000 near Torreon and 15 000 in Sonora plus 5 000 in Chihuahua.
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Washington
Juarez
Scott
United States Army
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Villa
SAN_ANTONIO
Texas
Eral
Hugh L. Scott
Ryan
General Obregon
General Scott
General Funston
Fort Sam Houston
México City
Obregon
Funston
Pershing Contin
Pershing
Casas Grandes
Namiquipa
Torreon
Sonora
Chihuahua
City Beautiful Work Begins on Government Street Azaleas
The first step in Mobile’s general beautification starts today with 250 azalea bushes planted on Government Street. Subscribed by local property owners, the thrifty plants arrived yesterday and will bloom next spring. The Home Economics Club and Chamber of Commerce manage planting and care for $2.50 per plant, with a horticulturist supervising.
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Mobile
Government Street
Avaloa Avenue
Home Economics Club
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
Trains to Run to Cut Off on Dauphin Island Line
President J M Dewberry of the Dauphin Island Securities Company announced new service on the Mobile and Bay Shore extension from Alabama Port to the Cut Off starting May 1. Cedar Point terminus expected June 1 with a thirty minute boat crossing to the island.
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J. M. Dewberry
Dauphin Island Securities Company
Mobile
Bay Shore
Alabama
Alabama Port
Cedar Point
Island
Officer's Autois Winner In Race And Raid
Deputy Sheriffs Murray and Donaghue won an automobile race from Thomas J. Kelly and seized his liquor wagon near Dog River. The raid yielded about 500 bottles of beer and several cases of whiskey and charged Everett Jackson, the chauffeur, with violating the prohibition law. Kelly attempted to flee as the chase began on Cedar Point road.
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Murray
Donaghue
Thomas J. Kelly
Everett Jackson
Kelly
Dog River
Raw
Cedar Point Road
Beyemnens
Virginia
Beton
Barber Leo Nelson Dies By Suicide In Shop
Leo Nelson a 32-year-old barber died Monday night after slashing his throat with a razor in O'Dell's barber shop at 108 & J. Francis street. Witnesses said he had acted strangely for a week and had been drinking heavily. He warned of self harm and had threatened a woman with a revolver earlier in the day. The coroner forwarded the body to Bon Secour Alabama for burial. He left two small children.
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Leo Nelson
Nelson
O’dell
J. Francis Street
John O'Dell
O'Dell
Crefishaw Undertaking Company
Bon Secour
Als
Ae Que
Ais Ana
Foss steamship sunk off Cardiff with crew losses
Delayed report from London states the British steamship Foss of 7,566 tons gross, owned in Cardiff, has been sunk. Eleven crew members were saved.
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London
Foss
Cardiff
Paris Court Martial Finds 43 Guilty in Fraudulent Exemption Case
In Paris the permanent court martial convicted 43 of 47 accused in a fraudulent medical exemption scheme. Principal organizer Irvy ran a Paris hospital unit and sold false discharge certificates to soldiers. Garfunkel and several army staff faced related charges. Sentences ranged from six months to five years plus fines.
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Paris
Irvy
Garfunkel
Pr. Lombard
Roosevelt Says No Support for Root Nomination
Judge Albert W. Norton of Missouri court of appeals denied reports that Theodore Roosevelt would back former Senator Elihu Root for a Republican nomination. Norton stated Roosevelt had given no such promise and noted Root’s potential third party candidacy if nominated.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Col
Théodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Root
Albert WD. Norton
Missouri Court of Apany
Col. Roosevelt
Saintes
Market Opening Cotton Futures Steady Across Cities
Today markets show cotton futures opening steady in New York and New Orleans. May 11.78 and 11.59 with other months trading around 11.97 to 12.45 in New York and 11.85 to 12.18 in New Orleans.
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New York
New Orleans
Market Prices Hold Steady Amid Small Shifts in Produce
The focal fruit and vegetable market shows steady pricing with only one change. Texas onions rise from 1.75 to 2.00 per crate while other items note varying quotes for potatoes beans peas and raisins, with poultry prices listed for hens ducks and chicks.
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Warley
California
Periaon
Unclear excerpt from New York markets page
Fragmentary report describes opening trading in New York with signs of easing tension. Mentions buying movement resuming with vigor and various active items, but details are obscured by garbled OCR.
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New York
Sonia Tehe
Code Book Found in Vonigel Papers
Federal agents seized Vonigel von Igels offices in New York and found a German code book. The documents are now with the Department of Justice in Washington as evidence in the grand jury probe of a plot to destroy the Welland canal.
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New York
Wolf von Igie
Walt von Igle
von Igle
Department of Justice
Washington
Welland Canal
United States
Arthur A. Haskell
Vester
von Igte
Legh
von Bernstorff
von Tgel
Erman
New York cotton market opens steady amid May notices light
The New York cotton market opens steady after a small decline then gains. May notices are light, indicating limited tender for the first net day of an active month, while May, July, and October futures firm with May rising to 11.88, July to 12.04, and October to 12.26.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Lower Then Recovers
New Orleans April 25 a busy cotton market opened with nearly 20 000 May notices outstanding and prices slipped about 1 to a point before recovering. By the end of the first half hour, prices stood 2 to 3 points above yesterday's close as tender bids moved.
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New Orleans
New Munson Liner To Be Used In This Trade
Munson Steamship Company prepares to launch the steamship Mutisomo for Mobile trade. Mr Bell Davison and Mrs Davison will travel to Baltimore for the christening. J B Taylor of Mobile and Ohio freight staff could not attend but will join later.
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Mutisomo
Munson Steamship Company
Bell Davison
Davison
Baltimore
Mobile
Ohio
J. 8. Taylor
Mobile and
Munsomo
Russian Victory Forces Move Through Marseilles to Front
Dispatches from Marseilles describe the first force of the expedition passing through on the way northward to the front. The Russian contingent is called a strong force and the total numbers were not disclosed. The report hints at a possible quarter million to a million men under a senior commander being deployed from France to fight.
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Marseilles
Pino de Airbabenryi
Sestaine
France
Russia
Trebizond Fall Prompted Turkish Garrison Surrender
London April 25 The Turkish garrison reportedly killed all German officers before surrendering Trebizond to the Russians according to the Odessa Daily correspondent.
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Trebizond
London
Tured
German Powder Plant Explosion Shocks Saloniki
A large German powder factory near Dedenghatch exploded, killing many, including the grandson of Bulgarian premier Radoslavoff, according to Saloniki reports. Bulgarian loss estimates released in Athens place dead at about 87,000 with many wounded or missing.
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Athens
Dedenghatch
Saloniki
Mier Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
Vie
Paris
German assaults near Verdun repelled with heavy losses
Paris reports three German acetal attacks on the Verdun front near Dead Man’s region. All three assaults failed, aided by gas, with heavy German losses. Six bombs dropped on Kirk. one weapon wounded three men. A German night push toward an advanced post at a redoubt of Avecourt failed. Verdun front east Meuse sees little activity with grenades in Apremont forest.
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Verdun
Paris
Kirk
Avecourt
Meuse
Apremont Forest
Frontier closed for military movements in Alsace
Berne reports the Swiss German frontier shut due to military movements in Alsace. Authorities have expelled German Austrian vision dealers amid purges affecting victuals sales.
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Berne
Parisa
Alsace
Eevision
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