Italydenies denouncing triple alliance in Tribuna report
The Tribuna denies Italy has denounced the triple alliance and says King Victor Emmanuel tasked Giuseppe Marcora to form a new cabinet instead of keeping Salandra. It claims Salandra's policy sought withdrawal but no action taken. Marcora reportedly declined the commission and Salandra likely to remain premier.
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Salandra
Triple Alliance
Ing
Signor
Marcora
The
Tribuna
Italy
Guiseppe Marcora
Triple Allianee
Berny
Signor Marcera
Chamber of Deputies
Rive
Victor Immanuel
Turkish torpedo boat sinks British battleship Goliah
Constantinople reports the Turkish torpedo boat destroyer Mauveneti Millet has returned to base after sinking the British battleship Goliah.
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Constantinople
Mauveneti Millet
Night battles near Steenstraete yield captures on road
Army headquarters reports enemy attacks repulsed near Steenstraete during the night with progress on the St Julien Ypres road. Three English officers sixty men and one machine gun were taken. Unwounded German prisoners in the region since April 22 rise to 110 officers and 5450 men.
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Berlin
Steenstraete
St. Julien-Ypres
Milan Strike Proclaimed as Troops Seize Key Points
In Rome on May 15 a strike was proclaimed at Milan to protest Italy's political course. Troops occupied strategic points in the city, signaling a tense political moment.
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Rome
Milan
Italy
Paris War Office Reports No Change in Situation
Paris reports no changes since yesterday as fighting continues north of Arras. French troops gained 500 yards toward Souchez amid intense artillery exchanges.
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Paris
War Office
Arras
Souchez
British and French deportees return from Constantinople
Fifty British and Trench nationals deported from Constantinople to Gallipoli by Turkish authorities were brought back to London. Ambassador Morgenthau facilitated their return at England and France's request.
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London
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Peninsua
Morgenthau
England
France
Crowds in Capetown threaten order as riots feared
London dispatches report immense crowds thronged the Capetown streets singing Rule Britannia. Troops and police prevented disorders amid threats. Government orders extended detention of male enemy aliens and protection of naturalized aliens. Looting marred the Rand as German shops were damaged.
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London
Capetown
Rand
Officials Enter Denial to Count
May 15 Washington Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams sued in the District Supreme court amid charges of conspiracy to wreck the institution in a suit brought by the Riges National bank. Medoo in an affidavit counters claims of ulterior motives and asserts the suit is a libelous attack shielded by judicial privilege.
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Washington
McAdoo
Williams
District Supreme Court
Riges National Bank
Medoo
Aidavit
Wheat Market Slips in Chicago Closing
May wheat closed at a price of FL 51 4/5 in Chicago trading on May 15.
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Chicago
Ball Game Sunday. Athletics Host Downey Tilt
The second league game is set for the Athletics at home against American Falls. Wilson joins the mound corps as expected in a bid for revenge after last Sunday's defeat. Hulihan starts for the Indians at Downey with McCormick catching in Hopson's absence. The batting order features McCormick to Morehead etc as Downey looks to make it two straight.
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Athletics
American Falls
Wilson
Lumley
Power City
Banch
Alleley
McConnell
Barthold
Clark
Fox
Beckett
Bistline
Kemmer
Bartlett
Indians
Downey
Hulihan
McCormick
Hopson
Kirkendahl
Morehead
McCurdy
Hawkins
Riots Erupt as Jap Parade Rumor Sparks Hankow Clash
Riots flare in Hankow after circulars claim Japan will celebrate victory with a parade. Shops close, crowds gather at the British concession to watch. Three Japanese shops looted, two Japanese injured. British and Russian volunteers with bayonets disperse rioters before Chinese troops arrive.
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Hankow
China
Reichstag Rights Guarded Under Martial Law
Berlin reports that under martial rule the Reichstag members retain constitutional rights. Vice Chancellor Delbrusck told Socialists the government halted a military court action against Dr Karl Leibknecht for political remarks and forbidding Socialist contact with him. The move was labeled illegal by the vice chancellor and discontinued.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Delbrusck
Herr Haase
Karl Leibknecht
Dernburg Plans Exit From United States
Washington May 15 Dr Bernhard Dernburg longtime unofficial spokesman for Emperor William plans to leave the United States shortly. Officials say President Wilson and cabinet disapprove of his Lusitania speech and other remarks likely to sway German sentiment. Dernburg friends urge him to depart but exact time and destination remain unsettled. He may travel to Cuba or South America.
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Washington, D. C
Bernhard Dernburg
William
United States
Wilson
Dernburg
Lusitania
Wellington
Wade
Cuba
South America
Coment
Clark Quits Mayoral Contest at Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls May 15 Clark relinquishes all claims to the mayoralty in favor of Edgington claiming widespread illegal voting would implicate many. Edgington’s opponents vow to continue the fight and seek prosecutions and appeals to higher courts.
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Idaho Falls
Clark
Edgington
City Clean-Up Drive Targets Second Ward Resorts
Inspectors led by Elrod and Mayor Williams carry out a sweeping campaign in the Second ward. Officers warned 28 residents to appear at the stations while up to fifteen wagons and many volunteers join shovels and razors as aisles of cleanliness arise. A notice closes the Elk resort for unsanitary conditions with more closures expected. The effort aims to eradicate unsanitary establishments and prevent future campaigns.
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D. J. Elred
Williams
Elrod
Old Elk Resort
Inspector Elrod
Victims of Lusitania Arrive in Queenstown
At the Cunard pier in Queenstown on May 15 a candlelit vigil sought to identify 28 Lusitania disaster bodies landed after dark by a British torpedo boat and the tug Storm Cock. Among identified are Commander J Foster Stackhouse and A L Hopkins. Vanderbilt and Hubbard were not among the 28. A baby under three months and a newlywed woman named Anna Hill, formerly of Toronto, are among the recovered remains.
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Queenstown
Cunard
J. Foster Stackhouse
A. L. Hopkins
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Elbert Hubbard
Orduman Reaches New York After Calm Transatlantic Run
The Cunard liner Ordunan arrived in New York from Liverpool with no incident. Passengers aboard heard rumors of the Lusitania sinking but had no details.
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New York
Cunard
Liverpool
Germany's Submarine Warfare Question Raised in Washington Note
New York May 15. Dr Bernhard Dernburg refused to discuss Washington's statement that he would leave the country of his own accord. He remained secluded in his apartments and declined to see newspaper men replying No comments to a copy of the Washington dispatch.
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New York
Bernhard Dernburg
Washington
Lawyers Challenge Court House to Baseball Themed Appeal
The courtroom scene turns into a wager as local lawyers vs the court house court clash in a baseball style contest. The judges demur to the charge while bricli and others promise a six handed game with a supper stake and no appeals.
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Court House
Blackstonian
Railroads Ordered to Shed Great Lakes Boat Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Lehigh Valley and other railroads must give up ownership or operation of Great Lakes boat lines under the Panama Canal Act. The decision holds the lake services were not in the public interest and that allowing continued operation would curb competition.
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Washington, D. C
Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Great Lakes
Sebastian Acquitted and Remains Police Chief in Los Angeles
Sebastian is acquitted by a jury of charges that he and Mrs Lille Pratt contributed to the delinquency of Edith Serkin. He continues as chief of police and seeks election as mayor after the May primaries. Two more indictments await on charges of attempting to influence a grand jury.
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Los Angeles
Charles Sebastian
Lille Pratt
Edith Serkin
Diplomats Expect German Concession on Unarmed Merchant Ships
Diplomatic prognostications indicate Germany may accept U S terms requiring merchant ships to sail unarmed and prohibit contraband on passenger vessels. note carried by Gerard.
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Gerard
Bannock Hotel Closure Remains Despite Injunction Denial
The court denied the motion to dissolve or modify the injunction against W. F. Kasiska, keeping the Bannock hotel closed. The state filed the action, County Attorney C. D. Smith led the case with support from Mac Dougall & Jones. Robert M. Terrel represented the defendant. The hotel’s fate now rests with the state supreme body after likely further proceedings next week in justice court. Judge Guheen wound down the term and plans to leave Malad.
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W. F. Kasiska
Dudge J. J. Guleen
Bannock
C.D. Smith
Iis
Robert M. Terrel
Guheen
Olsen Guilt in Dry Law Refers to Repeated Violations
Ogden, May 15. For the third time in a week Hoken Olsen of Huntsville was found guilty of violating dry territory laws and his attorney appealed the cases to the district court. Trial justice Wade Johnson imposed a sentence of 150 dollars or 150 days in county jail, totaling 300 dollars and 160 days after all sentences.
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Ogden
Hoken Olsen
Huntsville
Dry” Territory
Wade Johnson
Olsen
Man Posing as Bry an Cousin Arrested for Theft
A man claiming to be the cousin of William Jennings Bryan was arrested in American Fork and jailed for stealing a rig and selling it at Clearfield. He is also accused of taking flat irons, sheets, and pillow cases from Eureka residents. While jailed he asked his mother in Ogden for aid, but she is currently an inmate at the county infirmary.
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William Jennings Bryan
American Fork
Clearfield
Eureka
Ogden
Women Petition for Pacification at Conference Session
Final session of the annual conference of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations adopted resolutions decrying militarism and trusting President Wilson to bring peace. The peace resolutions do not directly address the United States and Germany crisis.
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Portland
National Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teachers Associations
Wilson
United States
Germany
Ambassador Gerard Receives American Note Over Lusitania Sinking
Berlin reports Ambassador Gerard was handed the foreign office note late today concerning the Lusitania sinking. The exchange signals continued diplomatic protest and inquiry into the tragedy.
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Berlin
Gerard
Foreign Office
Diplomatic Settlement Hinted In German Note Talks
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard in Berlin has not yet received the American note and is tracing it for quicker transmission. Diplomats expect Germany may pause submarine warfare during talks and propose armed neutrality measures or assurances to shield passenger ships from contraband cargo.
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Washington
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
Government favors arbitration over Lusitania sinking dispute
London May 15 The Amsterdam dispatch reports the Vossische Zeitung says the high government backs submitting the Lusitania sinking question and related tensions with America to an arbitration court.
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London
Exchange Telegraphs Company
Amsterdam
Vossische Zietung
America
Transylvania Enters Dread War Zone Today
New York May 15 The Anchor Line liner Transylvania aims for the German war zone this evening and if safe should reach Liverpool early Sunday. Also noted Philadelphia likely to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow and the Arabic signaled today. White Star Cymrie sails for Liverpool with 965 aboard and no Americans aboard.
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New York
Anchor Line
Transylvania
Liverpool
American Line
Philadelphia
White Star Line
White Star
Cymrie
Reward Offered for Vanderbilt Body in Lusitania Tragedy
Queenstown May 15 a tugboat recovered the bodies of six women two small children and an infant from the Lusitania disaster. Alfred G Vanderbilt's secretary offered a reward of 1000 for the recovery of Mr Vanderbilt's body as rain and rough seas hindered the search. Cunard denied reports of hundreds of bodies sighted by a tug.
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Queenstown
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Rioters Attack Pacific Cable Station on Vancouver Island
An armed raiding party attacked the Pacific cable station at Bamfield creek on Vancouver Island before daylight. Exchanges occurred with a sentry. the raiders fled in darkness aboard a launch likely fitted in Washington. Extra sentries were ordered around the cable office.
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Vancouver
Pacific
Bamfield Creek
Vancouver Island
Washington
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