Four Dublin Leaders Executed for Revolt and War News
London May 3 reports Dublin executions of Patrick Pearse James Connolly Thomas Mac Donough and Thomas J Clark for treason with four men executed earlier. Union government prepares casement trial while Connolly and others are alleged to have proclaimed a republic. Dublin suffers widespread damage and mutinous actions are quelled by naval force amid extended wartime disruption.
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Pearse
London
Patrick Pearse
Republic of Ireland
James Connolly
Thomas MacDonough
Thomas J Clark
Dublin
Promia T Clark
MacDiar
Wu Poms Mac Donough
Teat Tames
Tial Woall
Rhretel
Caluny Revolt Sparks Irish Crisis and Resignation
Rebels near Troy were shelled as naval forces pressed operations from Galway Bay. In London, Augustine Birrell resigned as Chief Secretary for Ireland amid debates over the Dublin uprising and Sinn Fein strategy, with Laurence Ginnell denouncing executions and Redmond urging restraint for the duped masses.
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Alles
Tuessa
London
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Germany to Hand Note on Submarine War to U S
Berlin reports Germany will reply to the American note on submarine warfare soon. The German position is to be stated clearly leaving no doubt, with final decision centered on President Wilson. Dr von Bethmann Hollweg heads to Berlin as Ambassador Gerard reports from Foreign Office, note draft near completion.
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Germany
Gerard
Wilson
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
von Jago
Foreign Office
General Headquarters
Air raid kills nine with forty struck in offshore bombing summary
London reports nine killed and 27 injured as Zeppelins raid eastern coasts of England and Scotland. About 100 bombs fall, many on uninhabited areas or into the sea, with eighteen houses damaged and one store destroyed. A German plane later bombs Deal with six bombs at the railway station, one injury.
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Aero
London
England
Scotland
War Office
H J Tennant
Rattray Head
Norfolk
Deal
Kent
North Sea
Ramsgate
Gur
Submarine note delayed as Berlin readies reply
International news notes tension over German submarine warfare. State Department expects Germany’s reply within 48 hours, with President Wilson and Col. House debating how far to press Berlin and whether to reconvene cabinet Friday for a possible response. French memorandum on Sussex to be published by Lansing as evidence cited in Germany’s alleged torpedoing.
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Germany
Lansing
International News Service
State Department
Berlin
Gerard
France
Colt
White House
Wilson
Col House
Col. House
United States
Hess
Desirey
Co! House
Washington
OGorman Announces He Will Not Seek Senate Reelection
New York May 3 The World prints that Senator O Gorman will not seek nomination to succeed himself in 1917 After 24 years in public service including 18 as judge and 6 as senator he cites personal affairs needing undivided attention He will finish his term March 4 1917 The note appears amid a May 7 Sunday schedule listing Baltimore and Ohio trains from Union Station at 8 00 a m Adv.
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New York
the World
Washington
O'Gorman
Empire State
Senate
British Lose Cruiser Penelope After Lowestoft Fight
Dutch reports say the British cruiser Penelope, 3600 tons and built in 1914, was towed into Harwich badly damaged and unreparable following the battle of Lowestoft with the German fleet. A German admiralty note claimed a torpedo strike and fire on a Arethusa class cruiser.
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Harwich
Berlin
Wireleas
Tuckerton
Penelope
Lowestoft
Holland
Overseas
Today
Rotterdam
England
Barrow
Thet
Two Neutral Ships Sunk by Torpedoes
London reports two neutral ships sunk by a submarine. The first is the Spanish steam ship Winifreds, 1441 tons gross, 250 feet long, built in 1899 at Sunderland and owned in Bilbao, with one crew member lost. The second is the Norwegian steamer Maud, a steel screw vessel built in 1908, torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. sinking locality not disclosed.
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London
Winifreds
Lloyds
Co Jrunna
Spain
Winifreda
Sunderland
England
Bilbao
Maud
Lioyda
New French Gains at Dead Man Hill in Argonne
Paris reports a brisk French advance at Dead Man Hill with prisoners and machine guns captured. German assaults west of Verdun and in the Argonne are repelled, while heavy bombardment and air battles persist along the Meuse front.
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Teuton
Petain
Avecourt
Paris
Dead Man’s Hill
Verdun
Argonne
le Four de Paria
Meuse
War Office
le Mort Homme
Berlin
Sayville
Dix
Four de Paris
von Athaus
Cadiilette
Thiaumont
Talon Ridge
Hardaumont
Four Irish Leaders Shot and Birrell Resigns
Index to Today’s Issue highlights major wartime headlines including four Irish leaders shot, Birrell resigning as post, U-boat notes due, and Wilson conferring with Col. House as global events unfold.
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Birrell
Wilson
Col. House
China
U. S
Mexico
U. 5
House
Fiske-Daniels
Lansing
T—Society
Baker
Gallaudet
Zeppelin L-20 Lost Off Norway Coast
London May 3 The Zeppelin L-20 was destroyed and driven ashore on Hafso Firth Norway after an in flight crisis. Several crew were rescued including the commander and a seaman, with other officers and men saved as the airship broke apart and sank. A torpedo boat recovered additional crew members from the cabin.
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London
Hafso Firth
Norway
Stavanger
Sandnaes
Saya
Reuter
Carranza Accepts Withdrawal Dates as U S Troops Freeze to Border
Mexico City May 3 Gen Carranza accepts tentative U S withdrawal plan with rules limiting advance south and setting a border garrison. Obregon and Scott draft propositions: troops stay north to a fixed point, withdrawal to begin once de facto forces pursue Villa, border garrisons to prevent raids, and pursuit of Villa to continue until capture or death. International News Service confirms Carranza agrees, awaiting U S ratification.
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U. S
Villa
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Carranza
Obregon
Scott Obregon
Gena Obregon
Scott
Aso
International News Service
British Seize 450 Ships Across World War II War Effort
Lord Curzon announced in the House of Lords that 450 enemy ships had been detained seized or captured by the allies worldwide since the war began. He said British merchant ship losses were exactly balanced by new ships added to the register during the war.
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Ireland
Redmond
Europe
London
May
Earl Curzon
Privy Seal
House of Lords
Shaw on Irish uprising labels it silly yet honorable
George Bernard Shaw, replying to a cabled inquiry from New York on May 3, calls the Irish uprising silly ignorant wrong headed but honorable and brave in a diplomatic cable. The Irish playwright’s remark frames the rebellion as both foolish and commendable in republican terms.
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New York
George Bernard Shaw
Cable
Sernard Shaw
Mexican Troop Withdrawals Seen If Sanctioned
El Paso May 3 Mexican military men expect American troop withdrawal from Mexico within about two months as Gen Carranza agrees to cooperate with Gen Obregon in pursuing bandits in Chihuahua and Durango. A final conference and approval from Washington and Queretaro are awaited before formal signings.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Hugh L Scott
Chihuahua
Durango
Washington
Scott
Queretaro
Obregon
Wilson
Carranza
Carrante
United States
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