Italy Enacts War Powers as Salandra Seeks Unity
Premier Salandra presented a bill empowering the government to act for defense and order during war, with authority to use provisional budgets and continued military scope. Italy aims to avoid a conflict while asserting national destiny. Venice prepares for defense as Austro-German forces gain in Galicia.
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Cliament
Italy
Europe
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Serbia
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Venice
Herlin
Vienna
Haly
Victoria
Usly
German Spy Hangs Self in London Cell
Anton Kuepferle, accused of passing naval and military secrets to enemies, killed himself in his Dix ton cell. A warden found his body as breakfast was delivered. He left a note saying he could not endure the scaffold and that he died as a soldier, not a spy.
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London
Anton Kuepferle
England
Drixton
Dlaza
Kuepferle
Cyclone Damages Plant in Grafton Illinois and Wisconsin
A cyclone struck Grafton Illinois causing partial wreckage at a dynamite plant. Explosives remained stored and intact while two foot diameter trees were blown down nearby. Weathered damage reported with high winds and debris across the area.
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Grafton
Ill
Pope Seeks Aid for Julian War Victims
Rome May 24 Pope Benedict XV appropriates 1 000 000 Jira about 193 000 dollars from Vatican funds to aid Julian victims of the war. The action directs relief funds to those affected by the conflict.
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Rome
Benedict XV
Vatican
Fugitive Cashier Surrenders in Indiana Bank Embezzlement Case
Edward J. King, the absconding cashier of the Dugger State bank, gave himself up to prosecutor Fred F. Bays after 24 days on the run. He posted a $500 bond and described wandering through eastern cities and Tennessee mountains while the bank sued him for $24,309 in embezzled funds.
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King
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Bays
Granddaughter for Wilson
Washington May 24 A daughter was born to Secretary and Mrs William McAdoo Mina Eleanor Wilson youngest daughter of the President at 915 o clock Friday night The baby weighed between eight and nine pounds and is named Ellen Wilson McAdoo after Mrs McAdoos mother The child was born at the McAdoo home in Maneachuetta avenue The president was notified first and the McAdoo baby is the presidents second grandchild Jessig Wilson Sayre had given birth at the White House on January 17 The marriage of Secretary McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Wilson occurred in the White House Blue Room last May
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Washington
William McAdoo
Mina Eleanor Wilson
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
McAdoo
White House
Maneachuetta Avenue
Jessig Wilson Sayre
Eleanor Wilson
General Gutierrez Seizes Saltillo in Mexican Conflict
A dispatch from May 24 reports General Eulalio Gutierrez, deposed as provisional president of Mexico, has captured Saltillo the capital of Coahuila, signaling a significant advance in the ongoing civil movement.
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Saltiillo
Pago
Eulalio Gutierrez
Mexico
Saltillo
Coachuits
Fire Kills Three in Westfield Home
Three people die in a house fire in Westfield Massachusetts on May 24. Victims are William Gibbons his six year old daughter Mildred and his eleven year old son William. The blaze gutted the residence of Willam W Gibbona with responders drawing the victims from the ruin.
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Westfield
Mass
Persona
Willam W. Gibbona
Gibbons
Mildred
William
Aliens in Danger Bread Riots Hit Hermosillo and Mexico City
Reports from Washington describe serious food shortages and protests in Mexico City with demonstrations in Hermosillo Sonora. Foreigners face threats as officials seek relief measures while the international committee arranges 2600 tons of cereal for distribution.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
International Relief Committee
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Esperanza
Guaymas
Fourth Sling Raised F-4 Submarine Off Honolua Harbor
Washington reports the submerged submarine F-4, worked on by a salvage crew for eight weeks in Honolua harbor, has been lifted from the bottom. Admiral Moore states the vessel is now suspended on a fourth sling about 20 feet above the sea floor.
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Washington
Honolua Harbor
Admiral Moore
Navy Department
American shot by Villa soldiers near Ebano Texas Tampico district
An unidentified American worker for Hugetecs Petroleum near Ebano in the Tampico district was shot by Villa soldiers around May 7. Vice-Consul Bevan in Tampico was instructed to obtain the victim's name and file a full report. The shooting followed fighting and the capture of the Ebano pumping station by Villa forces.
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Washington
Hugetecs Petroleum Company
Tampico
Villa
Bevan
State Department
Ones
Vil- Ustes
Roumania to Follow Italy Into War, Premier Reports
Romanian leaders say Romania will follow Italy into war. The army is on a war footing and plans to strike at Austria through Transylvania. A cabinet briefing in Bucharest conveyed Rome's war decision via the Romanian envoy.
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Austria
Transylvania
Tiucharest
Roumania
Italy
Austels
Rome
Chia
United States to Protest British Detention Actions
Secretary of State Bryan said the United States is weighing a new protest to Great Britain over the detention of American cargoes. The issue has been under consideration for about a month.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Mattos Captured by Allies on Gallipoli Peninsula
An Athens dispatch reports the town of Mattos on the Gallipoli peninsula has fallen to the Allies. It also states the town of Dardanelles has been destroyed by the Anglo-French fleets.
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London
Lgpatch
Athens
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
War Horses by Express Pittsburgh May 24
War horses shipment through Pittsburgh from western points by freight ceased entirely this week but judging by express traffic consignments to two or three per passenger train increased.
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Pittsburgh
Western Points
Expres
Allies consider use of poisonous gases and call for 300000 more troops
Lord Kitchener told the House of Lords that gas warfare would be employed against Germany and urged 300000 additional men for the Allies. He praised Allied troops in Flanders noting improved weather and successful actions near Neuve Chapelle and the Dardanelles as promising, while condemning German gas attacks as diabolical and violative of rules.
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Lord K Itchener
Flanders
Neuve Chapelle
Gemmand
Ypres
Dardanelles
Far and Near News Digest From Global Highlights
Reports from Nome Alaska to New York and Paris outline maritime movements, a Cunard Line denial about a submarine chase, wheat price requisitions in France, a defamation case's claim about Theodore Roosevelt ally, and a railroad silver cargo loss near Nebraska City.
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Corwin
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Henderson
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Transylvania
Paris
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United States
Joan M. Bowers
Omaha
Neb
Cortfield
Nebraska City
Feild
Henderson Named President of Local Government Board
London May 22 The first cabinet appointment announced outside Asquith and Grey is Labour leader Arthur Henderson taking Herbert Samuel’s place as president of the Local Government Board. Henderson, Glasgow born, has long led labor interests and chaired the Labour Party in the House of Commons 1908-10 and 1914. He was Newcastle mayor in 1963 and joined the national war munitions committee in April this year.
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London
Asquith
Edward Grey
Arthur Henderson
Herbert Louis Samuel
Henderson
Glasgow
Ife
Newcastle
National War Munitions
Rancher John Ulrey fatally shot at Glenwood Springs home
In Glenwood Springs Colorado on May 22 John Ulrey twenty four a rancher was shot and fatally wounded when he answered a door. The assailant escaped. Ulrey had married just the previous Sunday.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
John Ulrey
Tle Lome
Ulrey
German Submarines Lost Reported by Copenhagen Dispatch
London dispatch cites Copenhagen sources claiming seventeen German submarines were lost in recent actions. The report notes the finding came from German naval circles and details remain unconfirmed.
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London
England
Rvening News Bag
Ita Copenhagan
President's Note on German Attacks on Neutral Seas
The Department of State issues a sharp note to Germany over Acts violating American rights at sea. It cites the Lusitania sinking and other torpedoings, demanding serious action and adherence to freedom of the seas. The U.S. presses Germany to disavow acts and prevent further harm to neutral ships and lives.
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Department OF State
Washington, D. C
Berlin
United States
Falaba
Leon C. Thrasher
Germany
Shiga
Aleo
Wrights stabilizer advances early aviation progress
A fragmented report notes Orville Wright’s announcement about stabilization devices and the first steps toward integrating flight tech with urban transport. The piece hints at aircraft and motorized vehicles influencing traffic and rail corridors, marking a shift in transportation.
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Buslnce
New York City
Louis Poat
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