Move to widen noncombatant service to age forty five
Washington May 24 United States considers a new draft bill to raise voluntary enlistment in the army to age 65 with all men over 40 assigned to noncombatant service. Secretary Baker argues older veterans could support staff corps and departments while freeing younger soldiers for front line duties. He cites up to 5,700,000 men aged 40 to 55 as potential volunteers, many already eager to serve, and notes business and family ties may limit enrollments.
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Washington
Baker
Gross
Pri
Clark
Liberty
France
Costa Rica Joins Entente Allies War Declaration
May 24 dispatches report Costa Rica declares war on the central powers as part of Entente alignment. Concurrent notes from Washington detail administration moves to mobilize oil supplies for war and confirm British Columbia shipyards reopening under munitions board amid strikes across plants.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Tragic events and war news echo through Butte notices
Miss Lusk continues her story of tragedy. Soldiers attend memorial services as Patton and others feature in markets and Shriners fete. Authorities discuss war council, citizenship, and naval reserve matters while Utah executes a wife slayer. An alien is held for invest, and troops head to Camp Lewis amid scattered advertising and cattle disruptions.
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Miss Lusk
Utah
Damag Ager
Naval
Bute Dentea
Butte
Wnarton
War Council
Raitorial Kallang
Butte Loyd
George
H—Robinson
Gordon
Fort
Camp
Lewis
Fine Sarcasm Rings In The Letters In War Era Trial
Chicago May 24 numerous fires in California towns where IWW clashes erupted after America entered the war are cited in letters introduced by the government in the trial of 112 leaders for conspiracy to block the war effort. Writings describe antiwar sentiment, arrests, German money probing, and plans to disrupt wartime mobilization amid Western and Northwest IWW activity.
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Chicago
California
Industrial Workers of the World
America
William J
William D. Haywood
Weyh
Hay Wood
Modesto
Stockton
Nebeker
Phineas Finan
Kansas
Eastman
Augusta
Kan
Germany
Winchester
Three Million More Men For The Service Urged By Committee
Washington May 24 The Senate military committee urged expansion of the American army adopting a resolution by Senator Reed of Missouri for an increase of three million men. Reed said he would probably report the bill soon. The House military committee opposed the army bill and administration unlimited authority to raise an army of any size as needed.
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Washington
Senate
Maly
Reed
Missouri
Pfain
House
Indignation Spurs Red Cross Campaign Across Nation
A wave of indignation drove Red Cross fund drives nationwide as Western cities report strong totals. St Paul raised 660000 toward 440000 quota, Spokane 200000 toward 50000, Portland 250000 with 80000 excess, and Tacoma also surpassed its target, amid reports of hospital bombings and wartime urgency.
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Kington
Red Cross
St.Paul
Spokane
Portland
Ore
Sts
Taroma
Anti conscription fund tops new Irish power in Mansion House talks
Dublin reports the anti conscription fund has grown to nearly $1,000,000 in less than a month, giving the conference seen as controlling the Mansion House a potential financial influence over nationalist politics. Moderates fear the power could steer actions of major parties as Spain's Santander port sees German submarine No 65 entering at dawn.
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Dublin
Pu Ing
Mansion House
Ireland
Hmnsub
Madrid
No. 65
Santander
Tragedy Trial Details Tie Mary Roberts Case to Dr Roberts
May Lune, on trial for Mary Newman Roberts’s death, admitted under cross-exam that she sought secrecy with Dr David Roberts for over two years. She said she urged registration under a fictitious name at a Chicago hotel and discussed unsigned letters. She described threats, a plan to shoot, and a later talk with a Milwaukee veterinarian that shifted her intent.
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May Lune
Mary Newman Roberts
David Roberts
Chicago
Dr. Roberts
Roberts
Milwaukee
First of War Inquiries Before Sub-Committee
Washington May 14. The senate military committee opened its war inquiries with a sub committee hearing on heavy ordnance production. W M H Morgan of AL Hance Ohio testified his plant would fill a $15 million contract ahead of schedule and saved the government $800,000 with an improved wheel for gun carriages. He urged better training for war department inspectors and noted housing issues affecting labor.
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Washington
Senate Military “Committee
W M H. Morgan
AL Hance
Ohio
East Front Division Refuses Move Toward West
A May division on the east front refused to proceed toward the western front. Executions and imprisonments followed as the Moscow and German forces reported disputes with authorities. Dispatches describe ship and submarine movements, along with property seizures attributed to German actions in the region.
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Washington
Dvinak
St Mien
State Department
Mplaints
Rhvan
Huss
Moscow
Te Erin
Sane Eksen
Ruermany
Finland
Mann
Committee Chairman to Associated Press letter on La Follette speech
Ohio Senator Pomerene as chairman of the senate committee on privileges and elections released a letter to the Associated Press acknowledging errors in press reports of Senator La Follette’s September speech in St Paul. He says the committee has no interest in the press reports beyond understanding the speech as delivered and its legal effect.
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Washington
Pomerene
Ohio
For
Red Cross Campaign in Northern Division
Minneapolis May 24 Local Red Cross drives in Minnesota Montana North Dakota and South Dakota have raised about 1 315 000 toward a hoped total of 5 000 000 when final tallies come in Montana 45600 North Dakota over 500000 South Dakota over 350000 Minnesota near 2000000 district chairmen report The district quota is 2200000.
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Minneapolis
Red Cross War Fund
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Death at Sea of Americans by Submarine Reported
Washington May 24 The British admiralty reports the sinking of the armed cruiser Moldavia with a probable 56 American soldiers lost. The ship was between England and France. no confirmation of American units aboard was available. The attack marks a third German submarine strike on transport ships carrying Allied troops, amid reports of Anglophone efforts to repulse assaults near Arras and the Somme.
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England
Washington
Moldavia
Admiralty
War Department
France
Associated Press
America
Rosing
Antilles
Europe
Nia
Ireland
mid-Atlantic
Aves
Irenniscarra
Cork
Arras
Planders
Om 1
Somme
Moreau Montdidier
Paris
Moldavia Torpedoed at Night With American Troops Aboard
London reports the British armed merchant cruiser Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk in clear moonlight. No crew casualties, but 36 American troops aboard are dead or believed lost. The 9,500 ton vessel, built at Greenock, carried 520 feet long, bound from Fishguard to Cork.
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London
Moldavia
Admiralty Thieve
Admiralty
The
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Com Pany
Greenock
Syucenimcema
Inniscarra
Fishguard
Cork
SIGE HALT LAME AT FRONT AGAIN
New York reports that over 0,000 wounded and sick soldiers were returned to the front with many discharged as unfit. A Berlin Tageblatt April 24 item cited by Surgeon General Schulze notes sickness stems from food quality and supply issues. The report claims mobilization shifts include more women and prisoners in munitions work and troop removals from frontier garrisons to the west.
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New York
Schulze Ax
Battals
State Department
Duteh
Revenue Legislation Delay Poses Congress Action
Washington May 24 President Wilson postponed a firm decision on immediate action for new revenue legislation after McAdoo urged prompt steps and most congressional leaders halted hopes for July adjournment. Senator Simmons discussed the matter, delaying the decisive word. In France the arrival of American troops was praised but anger rose over food controls and frozen meat shipments.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
McAdoo
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
France
Ris
Victor Borte
Senate
United States
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Imperial” Munitions Board
RSC
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Iitricts
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Nan
Avoney Vandervoer
Atrike
Dudge Lamas Stevens
Pearce
Moncaita
H. W
LWA
Sint
So Bey
Gaueher
Grace Lusk
Jury
Mrs. Roberts
Edinburgh
Teut
Russia
Lof
Herlin
Kursk
Dnieper-Don
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