Turks Force Jewish Population of Jaffa to Flee
A cablegram to the Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs reports that about 1200 Jews in Jaffa Palestine were forced to evacuate on April 1. Roads were crowded with starving evacuees. bodies were found on sand dunes and looting thefts by Bedouins occurred as Muslims and Christians with permits remained. Prior to Jaffa evacuation, 300 Jews were deported from Jerusalem in a cruel manner.
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New York
Jaffa
Palestine
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Nessage
Jerusalem
Zionist Committee
Aie
Freight rate hearing opens as railroads seek 15 percent rise
Washington May 7 Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a proposed 15 percent freight rate increase began. Railroads contend rising costs from coal wages and materials justify higher revenue while shippers argue earnings are strong and blanket increases unfair. Eastern roads estimate a large share of any new revenue would go to covering increased expenses. The case highlights coal prices steel rail and car costs and wage boosts under the Adamson Act.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Eastern Roads
Southeastern and
Western Lines
Chicago
Ohio
Potomac
Sage Eigit
Louisiana sugar crop doubles last year
The 1916 Louisiana sugar crop nearly matches 1915 figures. Department of Agriculture shows 1916 output around 1,000,000 pounds, vs 275,000 pounds in 1915. Average cane yield rose from 11 to 18 tons per acre.
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Louisiana
Associated Press
Washington
Department Agticulture
Governor Bickett Grants Pardon in Bank Case
Thomas Thomas, convicted of false crimes in the Bank of Feanfort, is pardoned by Governor Bickett after urging from Judge Stacy and others. The pardon cites innocence regarding personal theft, with the elder Thomas' misdeeds noted as context. Mrs. G Potter, sister of the freed man, died in Richmond hospital yesterday. The State Building Commission met and organized, naming Frank Dalton president and planning a May 16 session to review state building projects.
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Relig Co
Nekett
Thomas Thomas
Bank of Feanfort
Mary Jap
Overnor Bickett
NFP
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DuNty
Stacy
Oliver
Len
Lomas
I Bickett
G. Potter
Richmond
Dalton
Charles Ie Johnson
Bridgers
Dan Patrick
J. M. Preyette
Ublicans
War Dept orders nine engineer regiments for France
The War Department announced orders to raise nine engineer regiments for duty on communications lines in France at the earliest possible moment. Recruiting points include Atlanta New York City St Louis Chicago Boston Pittsburgh Detroit San Francisco and Philadelphia. The Wilmington company may be included and is led by Captain Gillette with nearly all Wilmington men.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
France
Atlanta
New York City
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Detroit
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Wilmington Company of Engineers
Wilmington
Gillette
Elaborate Plans For Reception In New York
New York announces a grand welcome for the French and British war commissions. The French delegation arrives Wednesday with an escort to City Hall where Washington and LaFayette era flags will decorate. They will stay at Henry C Frick’s home before a Friday arrival by the British group and Columbia University will confer degrees during their visit.
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Associated Press
New York
LaFayette
City Hall
Washington
Henry C. Frick
Columbia University
Sorbonne
France
Oxford
Cambridge
Kaiser William to grown prince birthday telegram
The German Empire sent a telegram to the Crown Prince on his birthday praising the fronts fighting bravely. It expresses grateful confidence and asks for victory and peace blessed by God for the Fatherland in the new year of life.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
German Empire
Aviator Robinson A German Prisoner
London May 7 news from Geneva confirms Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps is not dead but a prisoner of the Germans.
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Associated Press
London
Geneva
William Leefe Robinson
Royal Flying Corps
Coroner Jury Probes Murder Case in Pender County
Burgaw NC May 7 sensational developments are expected from the probe into the murder of J T Hale a respected Pender county resident whose body with three pistol wounds was found near his Rocky Point home. Coroner H A Burton and a jury moved to Rocky Point as D L Hale the deceased’s younger brother was jailed amid undisclosed evidence. Domestic trouble is noted as a possible factor in the tragedy.
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Burgaw
N. C
J. T. Hale
Pender County
Rocky Point
D. L. Hale
H. A. Burton
Pender
French Mission Feted With Parade in St Louis
In St Louis on May 7 the French war mission led by former Premier Viviani and Marshal Joffre was feted with a city parade after a breakfast at the Missouri Athletic Association. Mayor Kiel attended the parade, Louis Aloe spoke, and gold medals were given to Viviani and Joffre. The group then headed to a special train to Springfield, Illinois.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Viviani
Joffre
Coliseum
Missouri Athletic Association
France
United States
Kiel
Louis P. Aloe
Board of Aldermen
Aloe
Marshal Joffre
French Society of St. Louis
Springfield
Ills
Lincoln
Storm warnings issued from Virginia Capes to Charleston
A disturbance over southeast Georgia is moving northeast and is expected to bring strong northeast winds to the coast tonight. The Weather Bureau ordered warnings at 3 o clock at all stations from the Virginia Capes to Charleston.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Charleston
Allied commissions plan unified war shipment system
Two Allied commissions, one in London and one in Washington, coordinate transport of foodstuffs by rail and sea to the front. They aim to conserve ships, prioritize needs, and keep rail lines open to the seaboard amid submarine threats. British and American leaders discuss structure and possible modifications.
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Associated Press
Washington
London
United States
Gomper Denounces Russian Rumor of U S Mission
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issued a long cablegram to the executive committee of the Russian council denying reports that the United States planned to send a mission to Russia to advise on internal affairs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Russian Council of Workmen's
Soldier’s
Russia
United States
German air raid hits London area injuring two
A hostile German airplane dropped four bombs northeast of London in the early hours. One man was killed and a man and a woman injured as minor damage occurred to buildings.
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Associated Press
London
Secret Anglo American treaty alleged to move German colonization
Copenhagen reports German papers claim a secret Anglo American treaty would bar Germany from colonies and direct surplus population to Anglo-Saxon regions to be absorbed as Germans in the United States. The Hamburg Fremdenblatt cites an allegedly reliable source and urges total victory over the authors of the plot.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
Germany
United States
Hamburg Fremdenblatt
Inventor of lachrymose gas named by AP report
Baltimore May 7 The lachrymose tear gas used by the Allies is reportedly the invention of Dr Robert W Wood professor of experimental physics at Johns Hopkins University He sent the formula to a friend Cotton in Paris and it was turned over to the French War Department Wood is a member of the naval line board s submarine sub committee.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Robert W. Wood
Johns Hopskins University
Wood
Paris
French War Department
Naval Lune Board
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