Riots and Fires Roar Through Youngstown Ohio
A night of looting and arson by a drunken mob sparks a six square block blaze in East Youngstown. Three men killed and nineteen wounded as the riot grows. U S troops ordered in from Columbus. Post office, bank, jewelry store looted. hospital seized. fire rages with $800000 loss.
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Youngstown
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Company
Ohio National Guard
East Youngstown
United States
Columbus
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Tube Company
Youngsown Iron and Steel Company
Brier HH Steel Company
Ater
Sheet and Tube
Milla
Mo Wolts
Sheet and Tube Company
Wolts
200 People Drowned as Mine Sinks Italian Steamer
A Italian steamer was sunk by a mine near San Giovanni di Medua on the Albanian coast, causing the loss of two hundred passengers. The vessel, carrying 426 Montenegrin recruits from the United States and foodstuffs, was bound from Brindisi across the Adriatic. Official word came from the Montenegrin consul late tonight. San Giovanni di Medua lies in the Gulf of Drin near Scutari, a transit point for aid across the Adriatic.
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Specter
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Paris
Jah
San Giovanni di Medua
United States
Brindisi
Adriatic
Gulf of Drin
Scutari
Ford expedition members visit Berlin for journalistic studies
Several members of the Ford expedition are visiting Berlin allowing deviation from the party route for journalistic studies. The main group traveled by direct train from P Denn to Hamburg with passports approved by the German consul in Copenhagen for this route only.
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Berlin
Ford Expedition
Germany
Vernemuende
Hentheim
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Desperate Drive Sees Car Losses and Heavy Front Action
Report describes a perilous push with a vehicle losing 50 000 units amid a chaotic frontline. Czernowitz area sees 400 guns firing to blunt trench destruction while Tarnopol endures a massive 3 500 cannon roar over a 36 mile span. 800 000 infantry clash as Austrians counter and retake parts of captured positions. Abros and Czernowitz Landwehr and Honved units distinguish themselves amid bombardment.
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Vienna
Referendum on Draft Gains Notice in London Front
London reports detail Russian offensives in Bukowina and Galicia with 3,600 cannons and 800,000 men in Tarnopol Trembowla lines as Czernowitz battles intensify. Parliament sits again Monday amid conscription debate. cabinet vacancies loom as Lloyd George seeks early passage.
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House of Lords
Goesip
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Aelderson
John A. Simon
Herbert L. Samuel
Mr. Henderson
Kaiser Seeks Separate Peace to Fight Britain Alone
C F Bertelli reports from Paris that Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm plans a separate peace with France and Russia to free Germany’s hands against Britain. Hohenlohe and von Buelow, using the alias Count Kraft, urge a strategic shift as western deadlock persists while eastern offensives are scaled back. Russia’s manpower growth dampens prospects for decisive victory in 1916.
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France
Britain
C. F. Bertelli
Washington Post
Paris
Balkans
Switzerland
Prince Hohenlohe
Count Kraft
Prince von Buelow
Germany
Great Britain
English Embassy Urges Deposing King in Athens Crisis
A Vienna cable reports Secretary at the English Embassy in Athens urges deposing the Greek king and naming Venizelos as president. The dispatch cites concessions demanded from Greece and notes the king’s popularity with the army, while an English statement denies authorship of letters found aboard the captured officers.
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Venizelos
Washington Post
New York
Augustus FF. Beach
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Sayville
New York American
Eayh
Spexia
Mediterranean
Napier
Bulgaria
Wilson
London
Greece
F. Elliot
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Elliot
Pasta
Saloniki
Krivo Jak
Mobastir
Hellenic Republic
Japan to build eight superdreadnoughts by 1920 plan
Tokyo reports Vice Admiral Kato announced a naval program to add eight superdreadnoughts and four battle cruisers through 1920, with older ships replaced as new capital ships come online. Auxiliary fleet and submarines to expand. army aim remains 21 to 25 divisions, amid ongoing fiscal limits.
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Tokyo
Europe
United States
Japan
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Kato
Admiral Kato
Yamashiro
Evious Dleta
War Department
Press*Publishing Co
British Submarine Sinks Off Texel Holland
The admiralty announced a British submarine sank off Texel yesterday after grounding and taking a wrong course. The 33 crew were rescued by Dutch cruiser Noord Brabant and brought to Helder. The submarine’s fate followed a grounding and leak. the crew are interned in Dutch naval barracks.
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London
Holland
Admiralty
Texel
Noord Brabant
Helder
Amsterdam
Noordhinden
Golden Horn Raid by British U-Boat
Reports from Constantinople say a British submarine probed Marmora and attacked the arsenal on the Pera side of the Golden Horn causing damage and panic among Turks. The Patris notes a two day clash between Serbians and Bulgarians ending in a Bulgarian defeat.
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Pera
Constantinople
Athena
Patris
Offer Japan Peace Says Premier Okuma
Tokyo reports Count Okuma, the Japanese premier, told interviewers that Germany has sought a separate peace with both Japan and Russia, but those overtures were rejected. He cited Germany's financial difficulties as the reason for seeking peace talks with the two nations.
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Okuma
Russia
Washington Post
London
Count Okuma
Ald
Germany
Tokyo
2 News Agency
Count Okume
Berlin Submarine War Shift Signals Indemnity and Warnings
Officials in Washington report Germany offers to pay indemnity for Lusitania losses while promising not to sink noncombatant ships in the Mediterranean without warning. Austria Hungary and possibly Turkey and Bulgaria are to guarantee safe conduct for neutrals at sea. The note notes no admission of wrongdoing and aims to end the Lusitania dispute with broader submarine assurances.
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America
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von Bernstorff
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Ohio
Czark
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California
Japan
Clark
T R
Roosevelt
Gardner
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Tulks
Suet
Gallipoli
Britain
News of
Alexandria
Ohio Riots Kill 3, 18 Hurt in Disorderly Event
A chaotic disturbance in Ohio leaves three dead and eighteen injured as crowds clash amid unsettled conditions. Details page unknown.
French officer and Swiss official cited as killed in action
Montreal dispatch reports Capt Pascal Scurant of the French Alpine chasseurs, once first secretary of the Swiss legation in Washington, was killed in action at Hartmannsweilerkopf. Henry Martin the Swiss consul general confirmed via Geneva cable advices.
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Montreal
Jan
Henry Martin
Geneva
Pascal Sicurant
Alpine Chasseurs
Washington
Hartmanna-Weillerkopf
Mexico land deal fuels U S recognition plan in Europe
Report claims Col House met with Carranza to trade Lower California for recognition and Mexican credit relief. It says the United States sought to protect the Panama Canal by securing Carranza’s terms, including arms embargoes and European intervention safeguards. House reportedly travels to Europe to press creditors.
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Mexico
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Los Angeles Record
Wilson
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California
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Villa
Magdalena Bay
Pacific
Panama Canal
Japan
Sam
Cal House
Lower
Col-House
Ville Col. House
Colt. House
Will Be Baron Astor Baron Astor of Bmnever Castle
London report notes William Waldorf Astor raised to peerage by King George and adopting the title Baron Astor of Bramver Castle. The text also mentions Lord Beresford taking titles Beresford of Curraghmore and related naval exploits, plus an ad announcing Baltimore and Ohio round trips at $150 every Saturday and Sunday with return through Monday.
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House of Commons
Labor Congress
Arthur Henderson
Board of Education
John Ward
George Nicoll Barnea
John Hodge
William Waldorf Astor
New York
George
Baron Astor
Baltimore and
Ohio
Baltimore
White House Pan American Gala Shines in Blue Room
President and Mrs Wilson host a May reception for Pan American delegates with over 4 000 attendees. Military and naval aids in full dress line the rooms as Latin American scientists diplomats and U S officials mingle. Mrs Wilson makes first formal White House appearance in a white satin gown with pearls as she greets guests.
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