Five Italian Ports Are Bombarded by Austrian Fleet
Italy opens hostilities with a sweeping offensive from Strass Tyrol to the Adriatic. The Italian fleet under the Duke of Abruzzi fights Austrian ships near Ancona and Porto Corsini, while air and sea attacks target Venice Barletta and nearby towns. The first land clash nets Italian Alpine chasseurs driving back Austrian invaders at Pont Ponte di Legno Pejo Pass. War moves fast with Rome’s government and high commands shifting toward Bologna and Florence.
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Vienna
Berlin
Amsterdam
Italy
Austria
Strass
Austrian Tyrol
War Office
Tyrol
Adriatic
Rome
Duke of Abruzzi
Ancona
Venice
Porto Coraini
Barletta
Cesi
Porto Corsini
Ravenna
Pitti
Florence
Pont Ponte di Legno
Pejo
Varenna
Lake Como
Vatican
Luigi Cadorna
Duke d'Aosta
Victor Emmanuel
Bologna
Mother and Daughter Shot in Pittsburgh Tragedy
In Pittsburgh on May 26 a man shot and killed Mrs Anelo Ponzo and fatally wounded her daughter Angelina, nineteen, as he fled. The motive remains unknown and authorities search for the unidentified assailant.
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Pittsburgh
Anelo Ponzo
Angelina
Tragic Farm Murder Suicide Near Richmond Michigan
Herman Erdman, a farmer near Richmond Michigan, strangled his wife and eight year old stepdaughter, then cut his wrists and throat, dying later in a hospital. The double murder suicide occurred on a May 26 incident leaving the community shocked.
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Richmond
Mich
Herman ‘Erdman
Here
British Submarine Sinks Four Turkish Warships
The British submarine E-4 sank Turkish gunboats and transports in the Straits of the Dardanelles and Marmora, returning safely after a long pursuit. It destroyed two gunboats, a large troop transport and a small steamer, with further details from official dispatches praising seamanship and daring. Liman Pasha forces were repulsed near Gaba Tepeh with heavy Turkish losses.
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London
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmora
Marmora
Paris
Liman Pasha
Liman von Sanders
Gaba Tepeh
Marconi Says He Must Return To Italy Tomorrow
New York May 22. Guglielmo Marconi declares he will return to Italy within hours due to war. He says he runs all wireless stations for the Italian army and would not stay for money. The statement came as his case against Telefunken, owner of the Sayville German wireless station, was heard before Judge Vedder in Brooklyn. The trial was adjourned.
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New York
Italy
Washington
Guglielmo Marconi
Telefunken Company
Sayville
Veeder
Brooklyn
German Spy Hangs Self in Brixton Jail Trial Ends
London May 22 Anton Kuepferle the alleged German spy charged with relaying naval and military secrets to England's enemies died by hanging in his Brixton jail cell. A warden found his body during breakfast rounds. He left a note claiming he could not face the scaffold and said he died as a soldier, not a spy.
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London
Anton Kuepferle
England
Brixton
Kuepferle
General Miles calls war senseless in Tacoma statement
General Nelson A. Miles condemns the ongoing conflict as senseless in Tacoma. He adds that Italy's entry will have no effect on the war's course or outcome.
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Tacoma
Nelson A. Miles
Italy
Cloudburst and wind devastate Tulsa area crops and oil
A cloudburst between Tulsa and Osage City fifty miles west caused a fierce wind storm and extensive damage to crops livestock oil fields and railroads.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Osage City
Here
Pere Marquette Rail System to be Sold at Auction
Detroit Michigan May 26 Judge Arthur J Tuttle of the federal district court ordered the Pere Marquette railway system sold at auction on October 1 The ruling came Monday afternoon terminating ongoing proceedings and setting the sale date for the system authorities announced
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Detroit
Mich
Arthur J. Tuttle
Federal District Court
Pere Marquette Railway
Roosevelt Wins Barnes Libel Suit
Former President Theodore Roosevelt wins a libel verdict in Syracuse after a 42 hour, 40 ballot jury trial. The jury finds Barn es stated truthfully that Roosevelt’s accusations of a corrupt alliance were accurate. Barnes to appeal while Ivins warns the ruling may be overturned. Roosevelt to continue working for the public interest.
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Syracuse
N. J
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Barnes
New York
Mr. Barnes
William M. Ivins
Justice Andrews
U. S. Ends Ship Conference With Britain
Secretary Bryan ordered termination of unofficial talks between the United States and Great Britain on cotton and dyestuffs. He objected to British notes implying official status and said the U S should not be bound by unofficial negotiations while demanding action from Germany over Lusitania.
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Britain
Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
London
Germany
Lusitania
Granddaughter for Wilson born to McAdoo family
A daughter was born to Secretary and Mrs. William McAdoo at 9:15 Friday night in their Washington home. Ellen Wilson McAdoo weighs eight to nine pounds and is named after Eleanor Wilson McAdoo's mother. The birth makes the president a grandfather for the second time, following Jessie Wilson Sayre's January birth at the White House.
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William G. McAdoo
Washington
William McAdoo
Eleanor Wilson
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
McAdoo
Jessie Wilson Sayre
White House
Explosion Kills Five On Delaware Sand-Dredger
Five people died when a boiler exploded on the sand-dredging machine Delaware at Bordentown New Jersey on May 26. The dead include Anthony Mattie John Varley and the wife and two children of Harry Sout.
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Bordentown
N. J
Delaware
Anthony Mattie
John Varley
Harry Sout
American Army Hero Commended for Daring Actions
London May 26 Kenneth Weeks a Cambridge Mass young American is commended in army orders for distinguished conduct at the capture of La Targette and Neuville St Vaast. Weeks served with notable valor during the operations, reflecting Allied efforts in the area. The report highlights his courage and contribution to the successful engagements.
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London
Kenneth Weeks
Cambridge, Mass
la Targette
Neuville St. Vaast
Aliens Face Peril in Mexico City Amid Riots
Washington reports say foreigners are threatened as food shortages spark bread riots in Mexico City. Dispatches describe looting, government powerlessness, and growing unrest across Sonora and related areas. International relief efforts move cereals to aid the needy while Yaqui tensions in Esperanza reportedly stay calm.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
International Relief Committee
Mexico
Mexi
Hermosillo
Sonora
Esperanza
Guaymas
Tragic Caledonian Wreck Kills 165 Troops and Civilians
In Gretna near Carlisle on the Caledonian railway three trains collided a troop train local and the London to Glasgow express. Fire followed the crash sending many burn injuries and deaths. Initial toll 165 killed and hundreds injured with total casualties likely around 400.
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Carlisle
England
Caledonian Railway
Gretna
London
Glasgow
Will Protest to Gritain Over Detention of Cargoes
Secretary of State Bryan said the United States would send another formal protest to Great Britain over the detention of American cargoes. The issue has been under consideration for nearly a month.
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England
Washington
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Birmingham Quits Cleveland Manager Resigns
Birmingham resigns as manager of the Cleveland American League baseball club, succeeding Harry Davis and stepping down from his role in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 22.
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Birmingham
Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Joseph Birmingham
Harry Davis
Cleveland American League Baseball Club
DePalma and Hart Hurt in High Speed Crash
Indianapolis May 25 John DePalma driving a Delage in speed trials turned over at about ninety miles an hour. DePalma and Mechanician Phillips were injured in the crash.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John DePalma
Delage
DePalma
Phillips
Submarine Runs Aground Near No Man's Land
Newport R I May 25 Another mishap to the submarine flotilla guarding the Atlantic coast during the war game was reported when word reached the city that a submarine was aground near No Man's Land.
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U. S
Newport
R. I
Fotilla
Atlantic
No Man's Land
Veteran's rise from errand boy to firm head and captain
A veteran recounts a life of steady ascent from a one dollar a week clothing store start to leadership in a mercantile house. He describes early discipline, rapid rank promotions from corporal to captain in the Army of the Potomac, and key battles at Antietam Gettysburg Lookout Mountain and the march with Sherman ending in a prestigious mercantile post in Philadelphia.
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Army of the Potomac
Antietam
Gettysburg
Lookout Mountain
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