Three Thousand Irish Rally at Carnegie Hall Protest British Action
W Rourke Cochran urged President Wilson to protest Great Britain’s execution of fifteen Irish rabbis as some 3000 Irish men and women filled Carnegie Hall. Victor Herbert chaired, Judge Eoward V Gavigan was named permanent chair, and Alfred J Tally read the Irish declaration of independence amid wild applause and patriotic anthems.
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International News Service
New York
W Rourke Cochran
Preassant Wilson
Great Britain
Carnegis Hall
Victor Herbert
Eoward V Gavigan
Bainbridge Colby
P J Fairty
Alfred J Tally
John JF Rooney
Cochran
Germany
Anarda
Praise for Irish Patriots From Fraternal Leader
Mathew Cummings former president of a Gaelic society lauds Irish volunteers who fought British forces as patriots. He notes their seven day defense with scarce food and ammunition and argues true settlement requires complete separation from England.
Irish Revolt Seen as Patriot Work Not Firebrand Action
New York dispatch reports John D Moors national secretary of the Friends of Utah Breedom Therian calls the Irish insurrections brave and patriotic, not the work of brands or hotheads. He says Asquith’s acknowledgment shows the uprising spread nationwide and proves Ireland will seek freedom and independence rather than fight for Britain in Flanders. He contends the revolt undermines the myth that a mock home rule bill would pacify Ireland.
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New York
John D Moors
Friends of Utah
Breedom Therian
Mir Moore
Asquith
Ireland
Jts ‘Eit
England
Pnegland
Bnetend
Flanders
Irrah
Plot to seize Carson uncovered in Cushendall
Dublin correspondent reports a plot to kidnap Sir Edward Carson from Cushendall County Latrim during Easter holidays. The plan miscarried as Carson canceled his holiday due to business pressures.
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Carson
Loondon
Sir Edward Carson
Cushendall
Sir Edward
Holliday
Students Save Bank of Ireland in Trinity College Clash
A Liverpool observer recounts Sinn Fein plans to seize the Bank of Ireland near Trinity College Dublin. College soldiers fortified the area with sandbags and rifles. A volley from windows repelled the insurgents, who fled in disorder after several attackers fell.
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Bank of Ireland
Liverpool
Trinity College
Dublin
Sinn Feiner
American Irishmen Rally For Dublin Freedom Aid
American Irishmen in a mass meeting protest British actions in Ireland and pledge support for the Dublin uprising. Speakers praise Pearse and Casement, condemn conscription, and urge US Irish to join Friends of Irish Freedom. A unanimous resolution affirms Ireland's right to independence and a belligerent status. Dublin news notes Casement accomplice captured.
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Nox
Catholic University of America
United States
Ireland
England
Union
Congress of Nations
America
Potash by-product plan hopes for U S independence
The New York report discusses how German resource conservation lessons influence American industry after the war. It highlights Dr. Pierre Ricketts and chemist Charles Catlett proposing potash as a by-product from ironmaking and cement plants, with a Maryland lime and cement company already testing potash recovery near Hagerstown.
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New York
United States
Edison
Germany
Pierre Ricketts
Columbia University
Ricketts
Charles Catlett
Catlett
Hagerstown
California
Alabama
Holland
Six Rebels Escape Death in Court Martial Sentences Commuted
A Dublin statement lists six more men tried by court martial whose death sentences were commuted to varying prison terms and five others given prison terms. Trials for the murder of Head Constable Rowe occurred at Cork on May 4, with William Kent acquitted and Thomas Kent found guilty and sentenced to death, execution carried out on the ninth.
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Dublin
Rowe
Cork
William Kent
Thomas Kent
Morgen Thau speaks on aid drive for Armenians and Syrians
New York May 14 Henry Morgenthau American Ambassador to Turkey told a meeting of the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief that Americans could raise 6500000000 for suffering peoples abroad if a proper campaign were organized He said his resignation to the President had not been accepted and he would remain in the United States to explain Turkey's conditions to the public
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New York
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
America
British Order Declared to Have Caused Revolt
New York may 14 the Irish world says the rebellion in Ireland began on april 24 when authorities moved to disarm the Irish volunteers. Robert E Ford sent a telegram to secretary Lansing claiming orders issued in Ireland called for arresting Sinn Fein and Gaelic League leaders and occupying their headquarters. He quoted Dublin officials plan to confine Dublin police and constabulary to barracks under military direction and to issue an order for city inhabitants to remain in.
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Ireland
Sinn Fein
O'Leary
England
Europe
Great Britain
Casement
New York
Irish Volunteers
Robert E. Ford
The
Irish World
Lansing
Ford
Gaelic League
Dublin
Irish enlistment figures show geringe war age pool
London May 14 figures compiled on view of Ireland in the war indicate about 450000 unmarried males of military age. By February 1 there were 89728 enlistments with 86277 in the army and 3446 in the navy.
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London
Ireland
Navy
Pickets to Guard Territorial Forces Under Military Direction
Territorial forces units will provide pickets at all map marked points until a competent military authority directs otherwise. Accompanying mounted patrols will continuously visit each point and report hourly on conditions and status.
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Boston
British Empire
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Cummings
Engiad
Freedom of Emerald Isle
Mr. O'Leary
Plymouth Rock
Pearse
Washington
Sir Roger Casement
Emmett
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P. J. Len
Friends of Irish Freedom
Robert Drmet
P. J. Lennox
Joseph Dunn
P. T. Moran
Father Leonard
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Father Gallagher
Father Tisoney
Tralee
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Byron S. Adams
Eleventh St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Pape
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Warren
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Halen
Ut Helen
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Morgenthau
U. S
Equitable Co-Operative Building Association
Equitable Building
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Frank P. Reeside
George Howard
Charles Ers
William D. Hoover
Woodbury Blair
Ghae Oe
Frank W. Stone
Frank Stetson
John C, Boyd
James A, Buchanan
William A H. Church
Walter C. Clephane
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William E Edmor
William D. Hoover George Howard
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Thomas R. Jones
Victor Kauffmann
Edward McLean Samuel Maddox
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William H Walker
Henry K. Willard
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14Th St. N. W
Flather, Moorhead & Elmore
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Washington Stock Exchange
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District of Columbia
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N. Y
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Virginia
Richmond
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