Treason charges in anti registration plot in Columbus
Federal authorities file treason charges against Ammon Hennacy Harry Townsley and Cecil Bailey for anti registration plotting in Columbus Ohio as others arrested. Bonds set at 25000 and a federal grand jury to probe Tuesdays arrests. Nearby Missouri Kansas actions target anti conscription activity with several arrests.
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Kansas
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Bolin
United
Johnson
Ammon A. Hennacy
Ohio State University
Harry B. Townsley
Cecil W. Bailey
East Columns
John Lewis Hammond
Marietta
Coal Run
Washington County
Townsley
Hennacy
Wisconsin University
Madison
Milwaukee
Bailey
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wellsville
Washington, D
Henaacy
Express
Kansas City
Missouri
Topeka
Raymond K. Moore
Thomas Sullivan
Gardner
Bird
Circuit Court
J. D. Showalter
Secret Service
Court House
Moore
Federal Commission
Kan
Geo. W. Kleihide
Lawrence
Kleihide
Washington
Willcox
Republican National Committee
MoeCormick
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Pay Your Subscription Now for Daily Telegraph
Effective June 15, 1917, no subscription will be continued without advance payment. Bills are mailed the 20th for the following month. city subscribers may pay $5 yearly in advance or 13 cents weekly to the carrier. Subscriptions must be prepaid or weekly. Newsstand prices rise June 1 1917 to 3 cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. The paper cites high costs in newsprint ink and metals and urges immediate payment.
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Daily Telegraph
Mail
Trade Commission
End to agitation against draft with new exemption rules
Nation moves to curb anti-draft activity as justice and war departments pursue swift legal action. Officials say no man will be required to claim exemption until summoned, while registration questions focus on exemption grounds. Arrests nationwide aim to halt propaganda and enforce conscription.
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Ihers
Anti-Militarism League
United States
Wallington
War Department
Amerigas
Baker
Crowder
Army
Department
Generalfonder
Questi
Department of Justice
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Nelson
Rockford
Iils
Harleston
Cincinnati
War tax revisions advance as 1.5 million roll proposed
Senate finance committee trimmed the $1.8 billion war tax bill and drafted a measure totaling $1.5 million for next week. Changes include a parcel post tax of 1 cent per 25 cents, half rate on land water transportation taxes, excise taxes on sugar coffee tea and cocoa, and repeal of the war munitions levy. Conference with publishers and post office to discuss a press tax compromise is planned for Saturday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Hardwick
Wilson Accepts Escort for Confederate Reunion
President Wilson notified A. P. Hill Camp Confederate Veterans of Petersburg of his acceptance to act as escort from the White House to the convention hall for the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Washington next Tuesday.
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Petersburg
Wilson
A. P. Hill
Confederate Veterans
White House
Convention
United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Press Censorship Gets Death Blow
Washington reports that Congress rejected the administration's press censorship plan in the espionage bill by 184 to 144. The Senate opposes censorship and leaders foresee no immediate effort to enact it. The House vote aimed to recommit the bill to remove censorship rules.
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House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Dorr
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia will see showers on Friday with slightly cooler conditions and Saturday turning fair. In Virginia, Friday is partly cloudy with possible showers in the north and warmer in the south, followed by Saturday fair conditions.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Censorship Battle Shapes Final War Time Bill
Conferees plan to report instructions to the senate and house after removing the censorship provision from a wartime bill. The measure includes spy law changes and authority for embargoes but faces opposition over press free speech rights. The house and senate last debated censorship, with the senate removing it by a 48 to 34 vote.
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House
Senate
White House
Italian Troops Take Albanian Villages In May advance
The war office announced Italian forces in Albania have occupied Cerevoda Velisest Czoja and Cafal as part of ongoing operations near Rome and the Halians report from London.
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Rome
London
Albania
Cerevoda
Velisest
Czoja
Cafal
War Office
Inaction on front lines marked by April fighting
British casualty figures for April show 112,238 killed wounded or taken prisoner including 4,902 officers. The Champagne fighting centered near Mont Haut saw Germans retake and hold trenches after counter attacks. Artillery duels persisted between Soissons and Rheims with sapping at Berry-au-Bac.
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Champagne
France
Mont Haut
Teutons
Soissons
Rheims
Vauxallian
Laffaux
berry-au-Bac
Triest
Isonzo
Albania
Charles
Germany
Spain
Madrid
iPremier Flomanones
Pro-Ally Meeting Seen Shaping Foreign Policy
The report notes submarine sinkings rising in urgency and highlights a recent large pro-ally meeting as highly significant. It may exert greater influence on foreign policy than on domestic matters.
Tornado deaths and injuries across Wayne county towns
Fourteen people are reported killed with scores injured as a tornado struck Wayne county on Wednesday. Granite Bend Chaonta and McGee each reported multiple fatalities while Marble Hill notes at least twenty-five dead and over 100 injured in Zalma Ballinger county. The front mentions continued artillery activity around Armentieres Bullecourt and the Scarpe.
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St. Louis
Wayne County
Piedmont
Granite Bend
Chaonta
McGee
Globe Democrat Tonight
Ths
Marble Hill
Zalma
Ballinger County
London
Armentieres
Bullecourt
Scarpe
Senate Debates Food Bill Hoarding Crackdown
Debate on a proposed federal food bill intensifies with a provision making hoarding or destruction of food or fuel a felony, punishable by six months to three years. Critics warn the clause could bar legitimate storage. supporters argue it blocks speculative manipulation. A separate administration bill on food surveys and production stimulation nears final stage, with amendments likely delaying a vote before Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
Federal Trade Commission
Poindexter
Secretary of Commerce
Fletcher
Redfield
Wadsworth
Pittman
Gore
Agricultural Committee
House
House Committee On Agriculture
New Manager for Seaboard Norfolk May 31
L. C. Finch, chief engineer of the Canadian National Railroad, named general manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. He succeeds H. S. Lake who resigned. Finch takes over as Seaboard’s top executive amid leadership change in May.
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Seaboard
Norfolk
L. C. Finch
Canadian Nether Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
S. Lake
Prince of Udine Allies With U S War Aims in Speech
The prince of Udine in a Senate floor address on May 31 brought greetings from King Victor Emmanuel and welcomed U S entry into the war as a moral justification. He stressed Italy’s alliance with America, the fight against German menace, and Italy’s commitment to liberty and the safety of its boundaries while urging unity with the Entente to defend democracy.
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Washington
Prince of Idine
Senate
Victor Emanuel
United States
Italy
Europe
United States of America
Rome
America
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Graham
Beaver High School
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts of
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Company L
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Home Guard
Red Cross
Pringe
Udine
Victor
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