Italians Capture Austrian Towns Amid Frontline Push
Italian war reports claim occupation of several Austrian towns along the Lombardy to Adriatic frontier and control of Cadore passes. Italian aviators raid Monfalcone near Trieste as Austrian forces defend along the Isonzo and oppose Western Front actions while Greece teeters toward crisis over King Constantine.
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Rome
Paris
Lombardy
Adriatic
War Office
Trentino
Isonzo
Monfalcone
Trieste
Ttahy
Italy
Austrian War Office
Ancona
Vienna
London
Austrian War Department
Scarschutze
Porto Corsini
Novara
Teuton
von Mackenten
Przemysl
Jaroslau
Dardanelles
Ypres
Arras
Cadore
Carniola
Friuli
Greece
Constantine
Near East
von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Berlin
Giornale Vitalia
Austria
Germany
Penal sessions of strike inquiry held
The federal industrial relations commission concluded its inquiry into the Colorado cost strike today by examining witnesses on labor conditions in Porto Rico and other topics. This final general hearing ends more than a year of inquiries, and the commission will prepare a report to Congress at a Chicago meeting around June 1.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Ihs
Colorado
Porto Rico
Congress
Chicago
Bifty Drowns as Ship Sinks Off Chile Reef
Santiago Chile May 26 Fifty people were drowned when the Chilean steamer Maximiano Errazuris struck a reef and sank off the coast.
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Santiago
Chile
Maximiano Errazuris
Woman Sells Her Hair to Buy Food for Her Ailing Husband
Sylvia Deelany, 24, sold her knee length dark brown hair for 1.50 to a Minneapolis hairdresser to buy food while her husband Clyde Deelany, a cigarette addict, is near consumption. The couple, who walked from Chicago to Minneapolis ten weeks earlier seeking work, were later arrested over kept keepsakes from a former employer but cleared as the charge was withdrawn after their tale.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Colorado
Minn
Sylvia Deelany
Clyde Deelany
Deelany
Sylvia
Clyde
Two steamers collide at Nantucket
Two steamers collide near Nantucket as passengers are transferred to a larger vessel taking on water. Officials report no lives lost and describe swift rescue actions and船side stabilizing measures.
British cabinet shock reshuffles Churchill to Lancaster
New coalition government fronts shift Churchill from admiralty to the duchy of Lancaster while Balfour takes the admiralty. Lloyd-George moves to munition duties as Kitchener remains secretary of war. Redmond declines a cabinet post amid mixed removals and retirements.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Duchy of Lancaster
Arthur J. Balfour
David Lloyd-George
Exchequer
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
King George
Herbert H. Asquith
Sir Edward Grey
Stanley Buckmaster
Bereau
Lord Chancelor
Winston
Spencer Churchill
Viscount Haldane
Germany
Prince Henry of Battenbure
Delivery error notice for newspaper on carriers
A notice requests readers report missed deliveries by 6 o'clock and offers a replacement copy after 6:30. It provides phone numbers 3330 and 2059 for reporting delivery issues and arranging a new copy of the paper.
Becker to Die Week of July 12 for Charles Becker
Albany May 26 The court of appeals fixed the week beginning July 12 for the execution of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
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Becker
Albany
Court of Appeals
Jimly
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Bakersfield's New 200000 Jail Might Linger Unused
Bakersfield California reports Kern County's new 200000 jail building may be wasted if policymakers do not repurpose it. The article notes a dramatic drop in housed inmates from 116 in the old jail to 21 currently, with parolees at large and a newly appointed parole officer reporting on 94 cases. By July 1 the building could hold only five to ten inmates.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Kern County
Means New Diplomatic Crisis? Ship Collision Off Ireland
A Nebraskan crewed vessel was struck by a submarine off Ireland and the crew abandoned ship, reaching safety aboard a nearby vessel. The damaged craft then proceeded to Queenstown while the other ship headed toward Liverpool then Delaware Breakwater.
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Ireland
Queenstown
Liverpool
Delaware
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Dies Suddenly in New York
Garrison New York May 26 Mrs Stuyvesant Mien Fish social leader died last night at Glen Cliff summer home from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was sixty and married June 1 1876 to Stuyvesant Fish son of Hamilton Fish secretary of state in Grant cabinet.
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Garrison
N. Y
Stuyvesant Mien
New York
Glen Cliff
Fish
Marian Graver Anthon
Stuyvesant Fish
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Adventists Open Camp Meeting With Large Tents South of Coliseum
The Iowa Conference camp meeting prepares Chautauqua park for the fifty second session opening Thursday. Over 160 six foot tents rise south of the coliseum and 80 more extend east and west as 1000 plus attendees are anticipated, possibly reaching 1200. Bishop Charles Thompson of Minneapolis will lecture Thursday evening. Notables like Prof Longaker and Elder Wilcox arrive to address attendees and Bible studies begin daily at 11. The conference opens Friday with committees named to handle credentials, minister reception, plans and nominations.
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Chautauqua Park
Iowa
Coliseum
A. BR. Ogden
Longaker
South Lancaster
Mass
Religious Liberty Union of North America
M. (. Wilcox
Mountain View
Cal
Signs of the Times
Eder W. T. Knox
Bop
M. L. Vankirk
Minneapolis
Northern Union Conference
B. A. Wolcott
Missionary Volunteer Society
Seventh Day Adventists
Pope Will Stay at the Vatican During the War
Berlin reports that the pope will remain in the Vatican throughout the war despite speculation he might move to Spain or the United States. A unnamed source says several diplomatic shifts will occur, with Austrian and Bavarian envoys staying, and Vatican cipher links with Germany and Austria to end. The pope reportedly laments the war and prays for peace while continuing informal diplomacy.
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Vatican
Berlin
Rome
Spain
America
England
Holy Father
Italy
Prussia
Bavaria
Isco
Austria
Quirinal
Holy Sea
Vienna
Munich
Austrian
Russia
Germany
King Constantine Condition Reported Critical
Washington reports the Greece king Constantine remains in a critical state. A dispatch from Athens relayed via the Exchange Telegraph Company states his condition is unchanged.
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London
Constantine
Greece
Nmise
Xchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Nebraskan torpedoed near Ireland amid U boat fears
The American steamer Nebraskan, Captain Green, sailing from Liverpool toward Delaware breakwater, was torpedoed around fastnet on May 25 near the south coast of Ireland. No lives were lost. the crew abandoned ship briefly and then resumed control under convoy. Officials weigh whether a mine or a torpedo caused the damage and await full reports from London and the American embassy. The incident follows heightened U boat activity, including prior near-misses and other threatened ships.
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Ryndam
Cuneo
United States
South Carolina
Newport Navy Yard
Texas
Louisiana
Cunea
Ambrose Channel
van der Houvel
Hue
Ryndsam
Hytidam
Belfast
New York
London
Green
Liverpool
Delaware
Fastnet
Ireland
Washington
D. C
Bel Last
Bows
Lloyds
Kinsale
Queenstown
Bowl
British Islands
Norway
Minerva
Iris
Cromer
North Hinder
Rotterdam
American Hawalin Steamship Co
Nebraskan
Washington, D. C
Skinner
Admiralty
West Fastnet
Fineweather
Bryan
Etate Deepartment
Carranza airman bombs own friends in Panuco
In Panuco Vera Cruz on May 26 a Carrancista airman dropped bombs on his own troops killing a man and destroying buildings. Villistas captured the town, executed prisoners in the church, and left about 300 bodies on the plaza as fighting shifted back and forth. The bomber later realized the error amid chaotic fire.
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Carranza
Panuco
Vera Cruz
Bonner
Mesico
Panuro
Villistas
Panneo
Uie
Boney
Bhottney
Campbell
Bonney
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Grey
Nantucket Shoals
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Baracoa
Cuba
Netherlands Overseas Trust
Bakersfieldys
WAR Ministry
Signor Chimeitti
Commerce
Fa Earn Srt
Ines Signor Millo
Marine
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