Italians Break Austrian Line In Ground Offensive
Italian forces pierced Austro-Hungarian defenses from Castagnavizza to the sea, capturing Jamiano and strong positions near Pietrarosa and Bagni. The enemy, surprised at first, launched counterattacks that were repulsed. Italian air forces dropped bombs as British artillery supported the advance.
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London
Baltic
Copenhagen
Rome
Castagnavizza
Italian War Department
War Office
Castagnavizza-Boscomalo Road
Boscomalo
Jamianond
Pietrarosa
Bagni
U-Boat Agtwity Being Checked
London reports slow British shipping losses due to submarine activity. Sinking of 18 merchant vessels over 1,600 tons overall this week shows a drop from prior weeks. American destroyers lauded for anti submarine efforts as Allied naval losses remain contained.
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Associat
London
Admirality
Associated Press
Italians Open New Offensive Toward Trieste
Italians launch the second phase of their offensive with a rapid advance along the Carso plateau toward Triest. They breach the Austrian line from Castagnetovizza to the Adriatic, seizing more than nine thousand prisoners as General Cadorna’s forces threaten Trieste, while Austrian counterattacks prove ineffective.
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Triest
Castagnavizza
Adriatic
Cadorna
Carso
Gorzia
Southern Railway Seeks Fewer Passenger Trains to Save Coal
E H Coap vice president in charge of operation asks railroad commissions to cut passenger trains to conserve coal and free crews and equipment for troop and supply movement for the army and navy. The request was sent to state commissioners on Wednesday from Knoxys.
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Knoxys
Southern Railway System
Navy
Japanese Warships Arrive to Aid Allied Mediterranean Forces
London May 24 The House of Commons announced a considerable number of light Japanese naval craft are in the Mediterranean to aid Allied forces. A Paris dispatch reported gun-boats reaching Marseilles to help combat German submarines.
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Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Paris
Marseilles
German Airplanes Raid England Overcast Night Attack
London reports four to five German airships raided eastern England last night. Bombs were dropped in Norfolk and other counties as weather and rain reduced observation. The raiders, pursued by British planes, escaped in thick clouds. one man was killed in a Norfolk village. damage is believed minimal.
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English East Counties
Transylvania
Norfolk
Associated Press
London
England
East Anglia
Presbyterians Vote for Union Talks with Northern Branch
In Birmingham on May 24 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted 142 to 40 to appoint a committee to confer with a Northern branch on organic union. Reports debated whether to negotiate, with a substitute proposing federation of all Presbyterian churches. The mileage committee said $6,849 had been paid.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Thornton L. Whaling
Anti enlistment conspiracy in Texas
Eighty four members of the Farmers and Laborers Association of America in Jones county turned over papers and data to authorities probing anti conscription activity. They said they were misled into joining. Eighteen men are held in jail at Sweetwater over alleged association activities.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Exas
Farmers’ and Laborers’ Association of America
Jones County
Sweet Water
Italian Mission Visits Diplomats in Washington
Prince Udine and the Italian mission made a formal state visit to the State War and Navy Building. Crowds cheered as they entered and clerks applauded in the corridors while Secretary Lansing welcomed them in the diplomatic room.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prince Udine
State, War and Navy Building
Lansing
Well Known Virginias' Dead
Alonzo QO Burks 67 city treasurer of Buena Vista died in a Roanoke hospital early today He was a candidate for State treasurer at the time of his death
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Roanoke
Alonzo QO. Burks
Buena Vista
American Khaki in Evidence in London
American army engineers arrived in England and met with Ambassador Page and War Office officials in London for discussions on specialties. The Earl of Derby hosted a luncheon for them as khaki uniforms and American Red Cross nurses became a familiar sight. Over 1,000 American troops are now in Great Britain.
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Associated Press
Jandoh
England
Ambassador
War Office
Earl of Derby
London
Cleveland
Harvard
American Red Cross
Great Britain
Bissing Memorandum Suppressed by German Press
Copenhagen via London May 24 The von Bissing memorandum urging annexation of the Kingdom is tabooed by the German press with censorship preventing publication or discussion The move mirrors the 1915 six leagues manifesto aimed at annexation in the East and West and suppressed under heavy penalties for stirring domestic dissension or hindering peace efforts.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
von Bissing
Belgium
Empire
Essen
Krupps
Body found in Chickasabogue Creek near Mobile
The unidentified woman aged 21 to 30 was found in Chickasabogue Creek near Mobile with a throat wound. Police suspect foul play and probe a possible auto-incident ending with the victim being thrown into the water. witness Porter Gainey reported seeing two people fall from a speeding car.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Chickasabogue Creek
Sheriff’s
Porter Gainey
Company M
First
Alabama Infantry
Chickasabogue
Gainey
Railway Officers Testify on Freight Rates and Costs
Illinois Central President Markham told the Interstate Commerce Commission that a 15 percent freight-rate rise would be necessary for his line to handle shipper needs amid higher costs. Crossed by shipper attorneys, he cited two million dollars in extra expenses beyond anticipated gains and noted limited savings since the Adamson law. Louisville and Nashville executives also defended a rate rise as justified by rising costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Markham
J. W. Norman
Norman
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Mr. Norman
Duke
Southern Railway
L. R. Smith
Louisville & Nashville
Normein
Smith
No Starvation Yet in Austria
Former ambassador Penfield, back from Austria-Hungary, told the White House conditions there are not as bad as feared with deprivation rather than famine. He said little new to report, noting Austro-Hungarian belief that Germany and Austria are winning due to government censored news.
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Associated Press
Washington
Penfield
Austria-Hungary
White House
Wilson
Germany
Austria
Les Darcy Dies in Memphis Pneumonia Strikes
Pugilist Les Darcy died this afternoon in Memphis Tennessee from pneumonia after being hospitalized. The Austrian born fighter, noted for his fierce bouts, passed away at a local hospital.
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Les Darcy
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Waite to Die in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Ossining New York May. Within three days of the first anniversary of his conviction Dr Arthur Warren Waite a young dentist will die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison at 11 tonight for the murder of his wealthy father in law John E Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan A jury in New York County Supreme Court found Waite guilty on May 27 1916 after he admitted how he anesthetized Peck and smothered him with a pillow He said he also killed Mrs Peck by inoculating her with germs and then giving her poison His life shows a self confessed record of theft from age 13.
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Supreme Court of
New York County
Waite
Waite Guilty On May 27, 1916, After He Had Told How He Had Anesthetized Mr. Peck
Americans Reach Switzerland After Turkey Evacuation
U S officials report continued airlift of Americans from Turkey with new arrivals in Switzerland. Consul General George Horton his wife and daughter are among those who landed, as American Minister Stovall confirms additional evacuees reach safety.
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Y Associated Press
Washington
Switzerland
Turkey
Stovallast Lerne
George Horton
Sinking of Transylvania Claims 413 Lives in Mediterranean
British transport Transylvania was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on May 4 with 413 deaths including 29 officers and 373 other ranks and the captain Lieutenant J Brewell. The ship, which carried troops, had last appeared in American waters on May 7, 1915, before a perilous voyage to Liverpool.
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Associated Press
London
Transylvania
Mediterranean
Algo
Brewell
New York
John Black
Ostensi
Liverpool
Transylvania steamer details from 1915 government service
The Transylvania, a 14 315 ton Anchor Line steamship, has been under British government control since May 1915 with no recent movements reported. Built in 1914 for the New York to Mediterranean route, she is 648 feet long with capacity for 2450 passengers and originally served in troop transport to Gallipoli.
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New York
Arsichor Line
Transylvania
Mediterranean
Red Cross
Brewell
Scotland
Anchor Line
Gallipoli
Duke of Connaught Welcomes Sixty American Students
The Duke of Connaught greeted sixty American college students at the YMCA headquarters in London. He praised their presence as evidence of America’s wholehearted commitment to the Allies in the fight for freedom and civilization.
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Associated
London
Duke of Connaught
England
America
Russian Socialists Disappoint Germans Says Vorwaerts
Berlin Vorwaerts reports Russian leaders promise to continue war with allies, disappointing German reformers who hoped for a quick separate peace. It notes Germany’s policy not controlled by pan Germanists and accuses Russia’s ministers of unclear aims amid wartime alliances.
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Associated Press
Asssterdaes
London
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Looff
Tereschtenko
Russia
Germany
von Bethmann-Hall
Social, Democrats
Austria
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