Athens Proudly Registers 1451 as Not a Slacker Day
Athens Clarke County reports show 1451 residents registered for military service on June 5 1917 Whites total 808 Colored 643 plus 511 whites and 386 colored exemptions. Big crowd at the courthouse with flags a parade and a flag salute as community support for Woodrow Wilson and national readiness.
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Prison Revolt at State Prison Ends in Fire and Death
Warden Bowden cites tightened prison rules as a trigger for a riot by about a thousand inmates. The federal agents from Chicago investigated potential links to anti conscription sentiment. One prisoner was killed and buildings suffered about $200,000 in fire damage during the uprising.
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Emerson Motors Company 15 Under Probe. Federal Inquiry Looms
New York June 5 disclosures in the Emerson Motors Company probe have led to arrests of several officers on charges of conspiring to defraud investors in a stock selling campaign. Federal authorities will probe two other motor firms, according to the United States attorney.
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Emerson Motors Company
United States
Bald
Advertising Men Can Help in War
The Associated Advertising Club of the World in St Louis discussed the role of advertising men in the war. Murray Allison, formerly of the London Times, said British campaigns showed how to urge harder work, higher production, and sacrifice of luxuries, petrol, and rubber.
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St. Louis
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London Times
Great Britain
Athens to receive cantonment soldiers camp in current plan
War department and Major General Wood proceed with original cantonment plan for the Southeast, using tents instead of buildings in Athens and expanding regular army while mobilizing the national guard in three draft phases through July and August. Multiple divisions and a broad list of states will contribute to the Southeast Department buildup.
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Southern Mutual policyholders hold annual meeting
The Southern Mutual Insurance Company held its 69th annual meeting in its office on Tuesday morning. Officers were re-elected, the annual report showed premiums of 381802.19 and losses of 60104.11 with a year profit of 255645.27 and a 33 1 3 percent dividend to policyholders on May 18.
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China Feuds Prompt Demands for Government Change
Amoy China June 5 Five demands pressed on the Peking government by provincial leaders include dismissal of the national assembly revising the constitution removal of the president's advisers reinstatement of Premier Tuan Chi Jui and war with Germany. Alberta London Ottawa reports follow.
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Woman's Social Political Union
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ten Million Young Men of America Volunteer En Masse
General Wood told a flag raising in Birmingham that two million U S troops may go to France. He said southern units would be among the first to depart and warned the war would be long. The ceremony followed a parade of about 30 000 people.
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France
Seaman Dives From Hydroplane To Rescue Drowning Comrade
Toulon France June 5 Seaman Torreano dived sixty feet from a hydroplane traveling sixty miles an hour to rescue Dnsign De Bishop after their plane caught fire and plunged into the sea while maneuvering.
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Toulon
France
Torreano
de Bishop
Medical body urges less meat more cereals
The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association adopted a resolution urging Americans to eat less meat and more corn rice and barley products. Dr Seale Harris of Birmingham authored the measure which will be sent to Congress.
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New York
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
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Birmingham
Congress
Storm claims three in Shawnee county Kansas
Topeka Kansas June 5 three persons are known to be dead several injured and great property damage was caused by a windstorm that swept Shawnee county today.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Shawnee County
Honor Roll of the Men at the Movies
Honor roll display lists Rufus Huff Reuben Stone and Wylie of the Strand and Elite venues as men connected with the cinema within draft age Our Honor Roll stands as a defiant city message amid German threats and a brief notice of air raids and battles overseas involving Britain Brazil and Rio de Janeiro.
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Reuben Stone
Wylie
Strand
Hundreds Register for War Draft Across Nation
Washington reports more than ten million Americans enrolled for war service and a largely peaceful Registration Day. Governors cite full registration. many men refuse exemptions. southern cities show diverse responses. Ute and Navajo groups resist. Russian colonists and Doukhobors decline to register. scattered arrests reported amid a broader wartime mobilization.
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