Czar's Armies Pressed Back in Fierce Galician Fight
Vienna reports a major Austro German advance on the west Galician front with Russian prisoners said to number around 50 000 captured. The battle rages through the Carpathians as Austro German artillery dominance and stubborn Russian resistance shape a costly, hard won engagement.
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Vienna
London
War
Carpathians
Wistoka River
Tarnow
Vistula
Wal Mountain
Warnow
Russia
Putiloff
Mukden
Dukla Division
Lupkow Pass
German Push Across Carpathians Threatens Rus Front
Across the front from the Baltic provinces to Bukowina German forces push from Cracow toward the Dunajec river in a large offensive. They crossed the river but were checked on the east bank by Russian artillery as heavy fighting rages near Gorlice Opatow Lopuszno Mezolabocz and Koziowka with changing control on several heights.
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Petrograd
London
Baltic
Bukowina
Cracow
Dunajec
Carpathians
Gorlice
Opatow
Lopuszno
Vistula
Carpath
Mezolabocz
Koziowka
Ig Wpa
Muskrat Party Ends Saloon Revel After Gun Threat
In Manitowoc Wisconsin the northside saloon keeper investigates repeated disturbances by a muskrat gnawing corks and hauling bottles to the river. He sets watchers who spot the rodent returning with six comrades. When the animal approaches the crowd with companions the keeper shoots a warning and ends the revel.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Balkan Nations Reach Co operation Pact In War Outlook
A military accord between Roumania and Bulgaria, seen as a step toward a formal political alliance, obliges both nations to aid each other in war. In London, May 6, Asquith reported progress in Dardanelles operations to the House of Commons.
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Turin
Italy
Paris
Roumania
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Gazetta di Torino
London
Dardanelles
Asquith
House of Commons
Britain seeks Egypt cotton export ban to select ports
Foreign Secretary Grey told the House of Commons that Britain has asked Egypt to prohibit cotton exports to all ports except those in France, Russia, Spain, and Portugal. He said the prohibition should become operative very soon.
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Egypt
London
Great Britain
Grey
House of Commons
Danish Steamer Cathay Sunk in North Sea
The Danish steamer Cathay en route from Copenhagen to Chinese ports was sunk in the North Sea by a mine or torpedo. The 43 aboard, including passengers and crew, escaped in small boats and were safely landed at Ramsgate.
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London
Earl of Shaw Sunk Off Ireland by German Submarine
The British schooner Earl of Shaw was sunk by a German submarine off Kinsale Ireland. The crew were allowed to abandon ship and were rescued by a trawler after the submarine fired nine shots.
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London
Earl of Shaw
Kinsale
Ireland
Trawler Strattor Sunk by German Submarine
London May 6. The trawler Strattor of Grimsby was sunk in the North Sea yesterday by gunfire from a German submarine. The crew were taken aboard the submarine.
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London
Strattor
Grimsby
North Sea
Swedish Ship Vanadis Rammed Off Femera Island
The Swedish steamer Vanadis, at anchor off Femera Island, was rammed yesterday by the German auxiliary Silvana. The Vanadis crew was saved.
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Stockton
London
Vanadis
Femera
Germans' Ship Seized in Marseille Harbor
Port authorities interned the steamer Magrab from Alexandria and seized cargo. The captain and crew are Greek, owners German, and the vessel sailed under the Belgian flag.
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Marseilles
Magrab
Alexandria
Armenian journalists report mass arrests in Turkey
Reuters despatch from Sofia says two Armenian journalists report large-scale arrests in Turkey. Talaat Bey, interior minister, says Armenians in Van are urging the population to revolt as the justification.
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London
Reuter
Sofia
Turkey
Talaat Bey
Van
Turks Leave 1,500 Dead After Krithia Attack
London dispatch reports Turkish forces attacked the allies camp at Krithia early Tuesday but were repulsed with about 1,500 killed. Allied forces reportedly advanced into the interior and seized positions of strategic importance.
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London
Krithia
Mytileni
British Lose At Hill 60 Near Ypres May 6 1915
British forces retreated to new lines east of Ypres as German counter attacks at Hill 60 continued. German gains and gas use are reported while London papers note massing for a fresh assault on French ports. British officials discuss possible retaliation against gas warfare.
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Hill 60
London
Ypres
William
Flanders
Ward
Tokio
Peking
King George
Great Britain
Joseph King
Somerset
House of Commions
Warships Withdrawn Off New York for Atlantic Fleet Maneuvers
British warships lying off New York and New England will be temporarily withdrawn to avoid interference with the Atlantic fleet maneuvers starting May 18. Seismographs at Georgetown University recorded moderate earth shocks this morning.
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Washington
New York
New England
Taco
West Virginia
Tee
Georgetown University
Lewistown
Idaho
Dallas-Celilo Canal
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Pacific Ocean
Lewiston
Priest Rapids
Upper
National Board of Suffragettes Calls Meet in Chicago
The National Woman Suffrage Association issues a call for a June 6 to 9 conference in Chicago to map steps for a campaign before the sixty fourth Congress. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw signs the invitation along with other leaders and lists expected attendees from multiple states.
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National Board OF Suffragettes
New York
National Board
The
National Woman Suffrage Association
Chicago
Anna Howard Shaw
Medill McCormick
Susan Fitzerland
Executive Council
National Organization
Congressional
Nashville
National
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
M. Carey
Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Raymond Brown
Lillian F. Feickert
Mina van Winkle
New Jersey
Nine Line Grant Wage Increases Sought by Deck Officers
In New York on May 6, Robert Cowan representing the Neptune Association announced that nine coast wise steamship lines have begun wage increase demands for their mates. Five lines reportedly remain out as the strike movement spreads.
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New York
Robert Cowan
Neptune Association
Cowan
Vice President Marshall Guest of New Orleans
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall was entertained by civic bodies in New Orleans and expected to dedicate the New Orleans Press Club’s new quarters that night. He planned lectures in Pontotoc and Starkville, with further stops in Tupelo Meridian Laurel before heading to Indianapolis.
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Neaw- Orleans
Thomas R. Marshall
New Orleans
Weather forecast for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi
Showers tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures possible in northern parts. Winds will be moderate to fresh from the south shifting to the west and northwest by Friday across Mobile Alabama and adjacent Mississippi counties.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Arrangements Near Complete for Lock 17 Celebration
The planned celebration for the completion of Lock No. 17 on the Warrior River advances with Senator Bankhead guiding preparations from Birmingham. Secretary of War Garrison will attend, with a flotilla and a fleet of small craft assembled from Cordova, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa to escort the government party to Lock No. 17 and on to Tuscaloosa.
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Warrior River
United States
Bankhead
Garrison
Birmin
Birmingham
Cordova
A. H. Woodward
Rickwood
Ethel M. Ward
Mobile
Big Lock
War Garrison
Alabama
Senate and
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
No. 17
Tuscaloosa
Nugent
Gerhilde
Bankhead Lake
Lock and Dam
Lock No. 17
Guild Woods
Meek Spring
Riverview Park
Oliver
Arkansas
Nelson
Minnesota
Smith
Michigan
Humphreys
Mississippi
Gallagher
Minois
Scully
New Jersey
Kettner
California
Hughes
West Virginia
Powers
Kentucky
No Tax Commission Appointments This Week
MONTGOMERY May 6. No appointments to the state's tax commission will be made this week by Governor Hearson. He said he cannot state when the appointments will be announced. Next week the governor will attend a reception in Sheffield for U S government officials visiting Alabama to inspect power sites along the Tennessee river.
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Montgomery
Ala
State’ Tax Commission
Hearson
Sheffield
United States
Alabama
Tennessee River
Senator Lafayette Young Detained in Austria on Espionage Claim
Senator Lafayette Young of Des Moines Iowa and a former American deputy consul were detained in Innsbruck Austria on espionage suspicions directed at Young's companion. Young was released after hours of detention. the companion remained in custody. Young then traveled to Vienna and Berlin with no complaint.
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Vienna
London
United States
Lafayette Young
Des Moin
Iowa
Berne
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Austria
Young
Berlin
Des Moines Writer Reports Europe Tour as War Correspondent
Mr Young Jeff reported from Europe after serving as war correspondent for the Des Moines Capital. He spent a month in London ten days in Belgium and planned travels to Paris and the French battlefields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Young Jeff
Europe
London
Belgium
Paris
Monroeville Soldier’s Missing Property Paid by Surety
Corone G. J. Hubbard received from the American Surety Company a check for $299.81 to cover the military department’s claim against C. J. Hibbard a former captain of a Monroeville company for government property unaccounted for. The company was recently mustered out of service.
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Montgomery
Corone G. J. Hubbard
American Surety Company
Wallefy
Military Department
C. J. Hibbard
Monroeville
Methodist Commission Budget Totals 4 1/2 Million
The general conference commission on finance of the Methodist Episcopal Church announced appropriations totaling 4 1/2 million dollars to support church work worldwide. In Chicago, the two day session outlined allocations to foreign missions 1 400 000 home missions 1 560 000 Freedman's Aid 270 000 Sunday schools 210 000 education 510 000 American Bible Society 160 000 and Church Temperance Society 50 000.
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Perth
Countess of Kinnoull
Petrograd
London
Washington
James E. Quigley
Chicago
Bright
Buenos Aires
New York
Vicetriano Huerta
Mexico
United States
Gladstone
Charles Gladstone
Flying Corps
Ist
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Protestant Episcopal Church
May
General Conference Commission On Finance
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Foreign Missions
Board of Home Missions
Freedman's Aid
Bastery
Board
Philadelphia Women Besiege Wilson at White House
Two Philadelphia suffragists Mrs Harry Lowenburg and Mrs Leary Lavi r besieged the White House seeking a personal audience with President Wilson. They refused to accept word from secretaries that he was unavailable and vowed to remain until seen. They planned to meet him in Philadelphia when he addresses new naturalized citizens.
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Philadelphia
White House
Washington
Wilson
Pucket Tole
Leary Lavi R
Harry Lowenburg
Record Submarine Run Marks Afloat In New York Harbor
Five E class submarines line Hudson to welcome Atlantic Fleet review from May 8 to 18. E-1 reportedly completed a 1230 mile voyage from Key West under its own power. Pensacola to New York flotilla joins the assembly said to be the largest under the American flag. Events include theatre tickets, Riverside Drive gala night, fireworks on the riverfront and concerts along the Hudson shoreline.
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Key West
New York
NEW _YORK
Pensacola
Ultimatum of Japan Reaches Peking and Trial Testimony
Celia Coleman testified that George Hicks, a negro detective connected to the Carman defense, offered her $300 to alter her statement in the murder trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman. Hicks allegedly spoke in Charleston while Coleman was wintering there, and Toomer corroborated the claim.
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Mineola
Celia Coleman
Florence Conklin Carman
Louise D. Bailey
George Hicks
Toomer
Japanese Battle Readies Siege at Hankow Barracks
Peking May 6 Japanese triumph in China reported as victory for Japan. The dispatch says Hankow barracks of Japanese troops are ready for a siege and that the success likely reaches the Chinese government by noon.
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Hankow
Peking
Japan
China
Wilhelmina cargo settlement reaches $480000
London May 6 The Wilhelmina owners received a substantial settlement from the British government covering full Hamburg war prices for the cargo and indemnity for delay, totaling about 480000 dollars, exceeding the original value of 180000 dollars.
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London
Wilhelmina
Daily Mail
Hamburg
Special Election on Wharf Bonds Held in Pascagoula
Pascagoula board of mayor and aldermen orders a May 28 vote on issuing 17 000 in bonds to buy land for a public wharf or river rocks. Also reports a declamation contest at Pascagoula High School selecting two boys and two girls to represent the school at Field Day in Gulfport on May 8.
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Pascagoula
Mily
Pascagoula High School
Mrs. Lilly McDaniel Freed After Preliminary Hearing
In Morgan Georgia on May 5 the magistrate court ruled evidence showed Mrs Lilly McDaniel acted in self defense after being charged with shooting and killing Miss Marmite Reed, a neighbor. The release followed the hearing held yesterday.
Orchard Citrus Growers Form Permanent Association
The Citrus Fruit Men of Orchard organized as the Orchard Citrus Growers Association at Union church meeting. About twenty attendees elected J Messrs A J Schellinger president A W Dean vice president K G Pearce secretary Wesley Morgan manager and Schelinger delegate to the Gulf Coast Vitrug Exchange with the Bank of Mobile named treasurer.
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AW. Dean
K.G Pearce
Wesley Morgan
A.°.Sschellinger
Gulf Coast Vitrug Exchange
Bank of Mobile
Long Lost Husband In String of Debates On Street
Florence Makin 20 encounters a man claiming to be her long lost husband H W Troxler in Allentown. He admits desertion but asks for proof. She and the man engage in deception as she tests the claim by following the impersonator. The scene unfolds with uncertainty about identity.
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Lima
Pasbadd
H. W. Troxler
Florence Makin
Allentown
Florence
Japanese Barracks Prepare for Siege in Hankow Report
May 6 dispatch from Hankow via Peking notes Japanese barracks at the city prepared for a siege. Following the consul's advice many Japanese have left town while Chinese residents show indifference. Several prominent native residents were hosted at dinner by leading Japanese citizens.
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Hankow
Peking
Japanese Martial Law Tightens Grip in Manchuria
Dispatches from Mukden report Japanese consular orders and troops advancing while Chinese forces retreat south of the city. Martial law extends to Port Arthur as imperial decrees regulate the South Manchuria Railway and coastal fortifications near Liao Tung.
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Mukden
Peking
Exc
Ing
Port Arthur
Tokio
South Manchuria
Kwang Tung
Liao-Tung
Arthur
Poartnes
Portkmouth
Shangchun
Kirin
Dalny
Antung
Korea
Yalu River
Mediation Hinted Between United States and China
May 6 report from No Mediation by U S Washington notes Brec Bryan says there were suggestions of mediation by the United States between Japan and China though officials would not discuss the Far Eastern situation. State department advices from Tokyo and Peking showed no baitum sent and signaled possible good offices only after a serious crisis.
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Washington
Brec Bryan
United States
Japan pressed for firmChina policy as crisis grows
Tokyo reports rising public demand against China and talk of war as England and the United States threaten to complicate Japanese negotiations. Government seeks to establish influence in China with a possible ultimatum while denying intent to issue one. Public reaction remains supportive of a decisive stance.
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Tokio
Riat
Japan
China
England
United States
Sasebo
Naval Base
How the War Started a Chinaman Version
Summary of events leading to war from L Echo de Chine via translation. Describes Austria Serbia Germany France and declarations of support in a fragmented sequence. Emphasizes a French journal account with grammar errors and sweeping causes.
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Shanghai
L‘echo de Chine
Itr
Prince
Austria
Serbia
Hymee
France
Germany
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Emily E. Sloane
Sen
Safe Young
Iowan
Methodist Commission
Carman Defence
Britain
Citrus Fruit Men of Orchard Organize
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