Extensive plot to defeat craft appears on draft resistance arrests
Federal authorities in Missouri and Kansas begin sweeping arrests of suspected anti conscription plot participants ahead of a June 6 special jury. Four men and a woman detained in Kansas City and Topeka, with others later held in connection to alleged evasion of the registration act. The maximum penalty cited is two years and a $10,000 fine.
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Topeka
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Francis D. Wilson
United States
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Thomas Sullivan
Turner
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Leonora Warneson
Meat control order bars speculative resales in London
London May 81 Lord Devonport the food controller issues a detailed order regulating meat sales. It prohibits speculative resales eliminates jobbing transactions and fixes permissible retailer profits above carcass cost.
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London
Lord Devonport
Life U
Italian Soldier Poet Inspires Carso Battle Resilience
In the southern Carso plateau fight a fierce hand to hand clash occurred with Italian forces. Among them was Gabriele d Annunzio, the poet and dramatist, whose writings inspired troops as the battle ended with the annihilation of the enemy.
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Fon
Carso
Gabriele d’Annunale
Playwritix
President Wilson Subscribes for Ten Thousand Bond
President Wilson joined the Liberty loan participants by subscribing for a $10,000 bond. He wrote to Secretary McAdoo expressing satisfaction and wishing for a larger subscription. Canadian railroad men and bankers aided the treasury in announcing Liberty loan subscriptions. Frederick Taylor of the Bank of Montreal praised the Liberty loans as the best security. The Navy was urged to participate, urging enlistment and officers to invest in bonds to aid democracy.
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Mattoon official says 600000 needed for rebuilding and relief
John J anor of Chicago in charge of relief work says rebuilding and aid for Mattoon and Charleston will require 600000 dollars. The unofficial death toll rose to 67 with the passing of Martha Smith, regarded as Coles county's oldest Black woman. The report also notes local recovery efforts and broader wartime reports from Udine.
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John Janor
Chicago
Charleston
Martha Smith
Coles County
Congress Rejects War Censorship Clause in Gnage Bill
Washington May 31 The administration press censorship plan for newspapers failed in the House by 184 to 146. The Senate already opposed censorship, and leaders indicated no immediate chance for a new censorship bill.
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Congress
House
Senate
War protest at labor meeting questions conscription
Five people, including a woman born in Russia, were arrested after a labor conference where James H. Maurer urged whether they should accept war. Daniel Kiefer attacked the draft as immoral and unconstitutional and urged court appeals, arguing conscription violates the thirteenth amendment.
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Pennsylvania
Daniel Kiefer
Cincinnati
Kiefer
United States
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