Spain seeks U S coal amid import curbs and debt pledge
Spain plans a New York credit of 2 million pesetas to back U S orders as coal scarcity worsens. A royal decree suspends coal import duties and transport taxes. Ambassador Willard and attaché press King Alfonso for relief. Britain restricts exports while Spain relies on American coal amid rising prices and shipping bottlenecks.
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Willard Lees
Madrid
Spain
United States
New York
America
Joseph K. Willard
C Wiliam Reditz
Paris
Kingsfonso
Stand by the President pledge urged in Philadelphia ad
Special to The Washington Post Philadelphia May 14 a bold advertisement urges all citizens natural born or naturalized to pledge themselves to support the President of the United States in any decision deemed necessary. The call declares unity across race creed and politics and invites signatures to uphold national and international affairs and defend fellow citizens. John Wanamaker cited as emblematic advocate.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Saya John Wanamaker
Pala
United States
John Wanama
War not popular in America says Amsterdam paper
The Alpine Volks Zeitung notes American displeasure over the Lusitania sinking. It argues wartime sentiment is shallow and outspoken protests are unlikely to influence powers. It predicts anti-German hostility will rise slowly and then ease as agitation builds and recedes.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Alpine Volks Zeltung
Society horsewoman to resume Red Cross work in France
Society horsewoman and suffragist Miss Tinker will sail for France tomorrow to resume Red Cross relief efforts after her father's death. She inherits $1,000,000 of Henry C. Tinker's $3,000,000 estate and will be accompanied by a physician and two nurses. She previously drove a Belgian ambulance, recalling the shells, and will assist as needed.
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France
Red Cross
Henry C Tinker
Tinker
Belgium
Latin American views back Wilson stance in note to Germany
South American delegates to the Pan American financial conference in Washington voiced approval of President Wilson’s note to Germany. They stated the public sentiment of their nations would back the US course, with Ricardo Aldao and Ramon Arias-Feraud praising Wilson as a real statesman and defender of humanity, while Alfonso Quinones acknowledged uncertainty over legal details but supported protecting neutral lives at sea.
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Argentina
Ramon Anas-Feraud
Panama
Central America
Wilson
New York
Washington
United States
Ricardo Aldao
Ramon Arias-Feraud
Germany
England
Alfonso Quinones
San Salvador
High Seag
Emeet
Wdomelizs Drug Store
Kaiser Banner Removed From St George's Chapel
Banners of German and Austrian rulers including William of Germany and Francis Joseph were taken down from Windsor's St George's Chapel amid the Garter order purges. Additional banners of Murttemburg King, Grand Duke of esse, Prince Henry of Prussia, and various dukes were removed as the order’s halls closed for the removals.
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Tandon
Brandor William
Germany
Francis Joseph
Austria
St George's Chapel
Windsor
Murttemburg
Esse
Henry
Prussia
Ibaxe-Coburg
Gotha
Dukes of
Cumberland
Esterday
Attichen
Attichen From the Fall of the Innights of the Garter
Edward Utimlas
St Georges
Emden Crewman Seeks Iron Cross After Escape
Lieutenant Von Muecke and a five man landing party from the German cruiser Emden, after drifting six months post sinking in the Indian Ocean, arrive in Damascus with news of being awarded the Iron Cross. They reportedly sailed the schooner Aysha from Cocos Island to Lidd and reached Hodeida before traveling by rail toward Damascus.
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Syria
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Emoden
Indian Ocean
von .Muecke
Germany
North Sea
Muecke
Aysha
Cocos Island
Lidd
Hodeida
Arabia
Jidda
English Riots Renewed Across London and Towns
Riots flared again Friday in London and other towns as anti-German sentiment surfaced after government actions against aliens. Peckham Nunhead and Tottenham saw German shop attacks while Rotherham witnessed extensive destruction mostly by women and youths. North Shields reported shop assaults with no significant footing.
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Peckham
Nunhead
Tottenham
Rotherham
North Shields
Mallard With Wooden Leg Returns With Seven More Ducks
Smith, La, May 15. A wounded mallard with a missing leg inspired Ben Lewis to craft a wooden leg and paddle foot. In 1914 the bird migrated north and returned in autumn with seven other mallards, each leg shot away. Ben built more wooden legs and rubber web paddles for the group.
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Ben
Smith Ben
Fairy land operetta Una the Land of Lets Pretend at Playhouse
Pupils from six to young ladies in Miss Madelin Smiths dramatic class staged Una the Land of Lets Pretend at the Playhouse on Thursday and Friday nights. Una attends a masque by her fiancé Prince Andre in a lilac domino while Miss Lilla Smithson received applause for her part. The first act unfolds at a fancy ball and the second in a fairy flower garden.
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Una
Prince Andre
Lilla Smithson
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