U S Demands Note to Germany on Lusitania Attacks
Ambassador Gerard was sent to Berlin to deliver a note detailing the unlawful destruction of the Lusitania and the Gulf Light, requesting disavowal of submarine commanders acts, reparations where possible, and immediate steps to prevent recurrences, with no reply deadline specified.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Gerrard
Foreign Office
Germany
Gulf Light
Death Knell for 3 State Normal Schools Sought
Montgomery May 14 Three state normal schools would be abolished if the legislature accepts unanimous committee recommendations. The plan aims to cut district agricultural schools and trim state expenses by more than half a million dollars annually. The committee targets at least one half of the normal schools, but will not specify which, and may create a separate insurance department while preserving the highway department.
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Montgomery
Committee United
Bonner
Highway Department
Costly naval vessels and a Tonopah class assembly
The article discusses the high costs of small naval vessels including the D class at 360 000 dollars and E class at 375 000 dollars each. It mentions the parent ship Tonopah and five submarines of the DB and ER class, with an insert showing a Whitehead torpedo and its detonator primer.
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Tonopah
Greatest Lock and Dam Opens Warrior River Navigation
Tuscaloosa officials and hundreds witnessed the formal opening of Lock No. 17 on the Warrior River after a three year build. Contractors B H Hardaway & Co of Columbus Ga completed a $4,000,000 project raising the river bed to enable six foot depths for fifty-two miles. Senator Bankhead and Governor Henderson led the ceremony with delegates from the War Department and state government.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Rver
Tombigbee
United States
Alabama
B. H. Hardaway & Co
Columbus
Hock No
Cordova
Bankhead
Morgan
Atlantic
Espota
Pratt Company to Send Four Barges of Coal Here
The Pratt Consolidated Coal Company plans to ship four barges of coal from its Maxine wharf to Mobile before month end. A return cargo of sulphur and other explosive ingredients may follow, aiding Jefferson Powder Company. Scott Maxwell of Cordova mills plans China shipments via Mobile, Warrior, and Tombigbee rivers, with Pratt barges.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham ‘District
B. Pennington
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Maxine
Mobile
Jefferson Powder Company
Pratt Consolidated
Pennington
Scott Maxwell
Indian Head
Cordova
China
Warrior
Tombigbee
Max- Well
Walker County
Leander Poole
Railway Mail Service
Ngham
Lumber Laden Schooner From Mobile In Trouble
The American schooner D. J. Sawyer, sailing from Mobile with a lumber cargo for San Juan, put into Jacksonville with a leak taking on four inches of water per hour. A survey is pending there and the vessel may be brought back to Mobile for repair.
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D. J. Sawyer
Mobile
Port Arthur
Tex
San Juan
Jacksonville
Fla
Rome Gripped by Military Control as City Tidbits Spread
Citizens panic as the entire city of Rome comes under military occupation. Reports indicate widespread frenzy and uncertainty amid the rapid forceful takeover, with streets and daily life disrupted by the new authority.
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Rome
Supreme Court Hears Bonner Anti-Shipments Case
In Montgomery on May 14 the Alabama Supreme Court heard arguments on the validity of the Bonner anti shipment liquor law in a test case brought by J. E. Whittle, a Pensacola dealer, against Southern Express Company. Judge Weakley opened for the appellant, with Lee Weil and others presenting.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
J. E. Whittle
Pensacola
Southern Express Company
Gaston Gunter
Samuel D. Weakley
Birmingham
Lee Weil
Weil, Stakley & Vardaman
Whittle
Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
United States
Cleveland
Maxwell
Weakley
Five Die from Poisoning Believing It Liquor
Five persons including three men and two women died in Atlanta after drinking what they believed to be liquor. Emmitt Blount 23 a lawyer John Blount 34 an electrician and Mrs Fannie Caldwell 21 died in hospital. John P Lynch 46 a farmer and Mrs Mary North 58 mother of Mrs Caldwell died early today in the hospital.
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Atlanta
Emmitt Blount
John Blount
Fannie Caldwell
John P. Lynch
Mary North
Caldwell
Hope Still Rides On For Donna Christina Crew
A Washington naval report says hope remains for the Donna Christina crew after the schooner, which left Mobile in March, was sighted adrift by a passing steamer. Captain Parish and his wife, prominent Florida residents, were aboard.
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Washington
Hope
Mobile
Christina
Parish
Florida
Jack London to Arrive at Ocean Springs Soon
Ocean Springs Miss May 14 Jack London will be here within weeks and affiliate with the Dixie Film Company. The studio on the Tchautha bouffa river is under construction nearby. London has several scenarios in development for the company. Upton Moyen, president, is also preparing scenarios. The first scenario produced will probably be tis.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Jack London
Learred
Dixie Film Company
Tchauthabouffa River
London
Upton Moyen
Tne Fire
Tis
Gallipoli Coast Line Held as Turkish Losses Enormous
Byth England May 14 A German submarine is reported sunk in the North Sea. The captain of the steamer Coltairine, news reaching today, says his vessel apparently ran the submarine down off the Northumberland coast. No submarine was seen but he struck a submerged obstacle and oil surfaced later.
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Byth
England
North Sea
Coltairine
Northumberland
Germans Claim Captures in Galicia and Russian Poland
Berlin says in recent fighting in Galicia and Russian Poland 143000 Russians, 69 cannons, and 25 machine guns were captured.
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Berlin
German War Office
Galacia
Russian Poland
Gallipoli Coast Held as Allies Hold Line at Lemnos
May 14 dispatch from Moudros reports the Gallipoli coast in the allies hands and says troop ships from Egypt land reinforcements and guns to bolster the position on the peninsula.
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Gallipoli
London
Times
Moudros
Island of
Lemnos
Gallipoli Peninsula
Egypt
Submarines Busy In Marmara Operations Reported
A May 14 Times dispatch from Moudros says two British submarines that crossed the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara have sunk two Turkish transports. The subs were said to have dominated Gallipoli to Constantinople, sinking vessels and supplying fuel and provisions, causing Turkish shipping to panic.
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Dardanelles
Moudros
Lemnos
Sea of
Marmara
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Gallipoli battles produce heavy Turkish losses
An Athens dispatch reports fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula continuing with minor Allied successes. Losses on the Turkish side are described as enormous as French 75s shell the lines. Turkish staff retreat toward Rodosto as heavy combat persists with renewed Turkish reinforcement and stubborn resistance.
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London
Atheny
Daily Mail
Gallipoli
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Lnstance
Maidos
Note Praised by Newspapers of Whole Country
New York Staats Zeitung prints English remarks urging support for German Americans during conflict with Germany. It stresses the loyalty of German Americans to the United States and insists they will fight under the U S flag, not another. It calls for consideration of German Americans and acknowledges their past loyalty.
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United States
United Sates
Germany
Lusitania
New York
Staats Zeitung
U. S
New York Tribune
United States Press Opinions on German Note
Readable excerpts show New York Times and others praising Wilson note as a choice for Germany, urging prompt compliance. Opinion columns urge backing the administration, warn of costs, and outline three possible paths for Kaiser including disarmament or continued delay.
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Cleveland
Yaquis Attack American Colony in Mexico Warship Ordered to Rescue
Navy authority orders a warship to Tobari Bay Mexico to aid the Seperens African colony attacked by Yaqui Indians. In Nogales 500 area soldiers and a group of armed workers race to help 65 Americans including women and children near Esperanza south of Guaymas as Governor Maytorena’s relief forces struggle with a damaged railroad. casualties and missing persons reported, with conflicting updates on William Stoker and other Americans.
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Mexico
Los Angeles
Navy
Howard
Tobari Bay
Seperens
Nogales
Sonora
Arena
Esperanza
Guaymas
Maytorena
Marshall Talks to Gulfport Man About Ship Sinking
Gulfport Mississippi May 14 local physician Coe traveling en route with Vice President Marshall discussed the Lusitania sinking. Marshall reportedly said Germans targeted the ship for displaying an American flag and called the act the most atrocious war crime. He added the world may tire of war as half its male population remains under arms. A crowd gathered as talk shifted to politics.
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Gulfport
Miss
Hattlesburg
Coe
Marshal
T Medical Association
Marshall
A Mrshall
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair tonight and Saturday with gentle shifting winds. In Alabama and Mississippi fair conditions continue, with mild temperature changes and light south to southeast breezes.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Funeral notice for James R. West in Mobile and Wisconsin
James R. West, 18, died at midnight at his residence in Ashland Place Mobile. Funeral services at Newman Funeral Home Monday. Interment in Ville, Wisconsin.
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U.S
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Prusgwia
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Hudson River
Lock 17
Warrior River
Lock
War , Department
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Charles Henderson
Repares
Morning Post
Berne
Switzerland
Bir
Willie
Donald Geeteke Tae Vatien Aanbassador
Ausita
Geomeny
Pobatt
New York Times
Philadelphia Record
Manchester
N. H
Wilson
America
Philadelphia
Seattle
Post-Intelligence
Indianapolis
German Telegraph Tribune
Simpich
William Stoker
John Witon
J. J. Donovan
Stoker
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