Lusitania warned by wireless of submarines in wait
Survivors in Queenstown dazed by the Lusitania disaster recount warnings from official wireless sources about submarines. The ship’s speed and course sparked criticism as lifeboats were launched amid chaotic scenes. Bodies lie in morgues near Queenstown harbor while survivors are hospitalized and awaiting word on further deaths.
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Dr Ward seized by masked men and found dead
Special to The Washington Post Norman Oklahoma May 3 Dr B E Ward a noted physician was taken from the county jail by twelve masked men at 7 am and his body found hanged and burned two miles from town. His wife was found dead with a surgeon knife in her heart. Their sons heard a scream and the door was broken. Ward had been stabbed twice and rushed to the county jail after the mob demanded his surrender.
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Villa Claims Big Victory Over Obregon’s Left Wing
Juarez report says Villa attacked and destroyed Obregon’s left wing south of Aguascalientes on Friday. The victory comes as Gen Villa sends word tonight detailing the engagement and its outcomes in northern Mexico.
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Japan Gains Extensive German Rights in China Treaty Terms
Peking reports progress as plenipotentiaries draft a new China Japan treaty. Key points grant Japan control over Shantung rights and rail links, allow leasing of South Manchuria land, and extend Japanese special status and advisers. Inner Mongolia and Manchurian railways receive broad Japanese involvement with joint authorities on disputes. Continued on fourth page.
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Consul Cables Report Missing Notable Passengers
American Consul Frost at Cork sent a cable to the State Department noting that persons not listed as survivors or identified dead are missing and almost certainly dead. No news of Vanderbilt, Stone, Shields, Myers, Klein, Hubbard, Forman, or their bodies.
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Alexander Miller
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Kinsale
Germans Claim Zeppelins Will Fire London From Air
Sailors from German vessels in Boston assert that within a month Berlin plans a major attack on London using Zeppelins and Taubes. They claimed orders to sink the Lusitania and predicted a British ship out of Boston would be torpedoed in two weeks. They described a London attack with 300 to 400 fires along the waterfront, accepting losses as the price of damage.
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English Women Mob German Shops in Victoria Raid
May 9 Victoria British Columbia report describes a crowd of hundreds led by uniformed soldiers attacking German shops and the Deustreher Verein club and Blanchard Hotel. Rioters wrecked furniture, smashed mirrors, and arrests were reported as police faced strain amid Lusitania retaliation.
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Lusitania
Deusteher Verein
Blanchard
Senators Expect Extra Session To Provide Ships for U. S. Trade
Honolulu May 9 Senators Albert B Cummings of Iowa and Lee Siverman of North Carolina after receiving cables from Washington said they believed President Wilson would call an extraordinary session to act on the Lusitania disaster They did not think the session should declare war but to provide ships for the safe conveyance of American passengers and goods to Europe
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Honolulu
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Iowa
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Europe
Roumania
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Attempted assassination of Garza shocks Mexico City
Troops led by Gen Barona attacked the residence of Roque Gonzales Garza, chief provisional president of Mexico, in a fierce early morning battle that left thirteen attackers dead and two Garza units dead or wounded. Reports speak of a capital crisis amid factional splits with Gen Zapata and Gen Garza, while Villa operates farther north against Obregon.
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President seeks seclusion to map careful course for U S
President Wilson spends a quiet day apart from his official family amid the Lusitania crisis. He plans to speak tonight to naturalized citizens in Philadelphia and consider a firm, deliberate policy after reviewing reports from Berlin and London.
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Roosevelt Urges Immediate Action After Lusitania Sinking
Theodore Roosevelt issued a statement defending swift action, saying the Lusitania sinking was piracy with murder and demanding strict accountability from Germany. He cited the war zone decree and urged firm measures without delay as Washington weighs diplomatic and potential military responses.
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