New War Tax Plan Begun In House Hearings
The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on a new war revenue bill aiming to raise about one third of national expenses. Witnesses included Thomas O. Marvin urging higher import duties, and Benjamin C. Marsh advocating higher income taxes.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Thomas O. Marvin
Boston
Home Market Club
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ Committee On War Finance
Albert Johnson
Marvin
England
United States
Robert S. Brookings
The
War Industries Board
Marsh
Senate Finance Committee
McAdoo
Vanderbilt Driver Taken to Camp Devens as Draft Delinquent
J J Johnson chauffeur for Mrs Alfred Gwynne Van derbilt was taken to Camp Devens by Deputy Sheriff J J Waddock for failing to file his draft questionnaire. He was arrested yesterday and appeared at Lee district court today. Mrs Vanderbilt who is to wed Raymond T Baker said goodbye to Johnson at the Lenox courtroom.
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Lenox
J. ©. Johnson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Camp Devens
J. J. Waddock
Lee District Court
Vanderbilt
Raymond T. Baker
United States Mint
Washington
Johnson
Germany Delays Russo Ukrainian Peace Talks
London June 7 The Russian Soviet government faces difficulties ending the Russo Ukrainian war and blocking further incursions by German and Ukrainian forces. Kiev peace talks are delayed as German troops occupy new Russian districts. The German command says peace should not be concluded before all key Ukrainian areas are occupied.
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London
Kiev
Russia
Moscow
Evening Eclipse Visible Across New England Tonight
The eclipse begins 6 31 p m with total shadowing from 6 51 to 8 12 p m Sightseers are advised to use blue or black goggles or smoked glass and view from a hill top as the sun sets during the event. In New England about 75 percent of the sun will be shadowed at 7 23 p m with 63 percent visibility in Boston area.
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Greater Boston
New England
Sol
Washington
Florida
Yankee States
Annie J. Cannon
Harvard Observatory
Denver
Col
Cannon
Boston
British casualties totaled 32,644 for the week ending Friday
London reports 32,644 British casualties for the week ending Friday. Officers killed or died of wounds totaled 208, officers wounded or missing 7538, other ranks 27,420, with men and officers serving in various units reflecting ongoing combat.
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London
Austro-German Troops Near River Onon Stir Siberian War Watch
Despatches from Harbin report Austro-German forces near the River Onon in far eastern Siberia reigniting talk of potential Japanese action in Manchuria as the newest activity centers near its western boundary.
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Washington
Siberia
Harbin
Japan
Manchuria
Entente Plan Lets Japan China Act in Far East Peace
The Entente approved a plan enabling Japan and China to act when needed to preserve Far East peace. A Siberian Prussian division near Japanese territory could bring the long smoldering tension to a crisis point.
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Japan
China
Far East
Siberia
Japan denies China control story amid 1915 demands comparison
Tokyo officials rejected a Shanghai Gazette report claiming the China-Japanese military pact granted Japan control of Chinese forces finances railways and mines. The paper said Beijing had agreed to new, harsher demands than group V of the 1915 Twenty-One Demands.
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TOKIO
Associated Press
Japan
Shanghai Gazette
Eugene Chen
Pekin Gazette
Pekin
Two Soloists at Pop Concert in Symphony Hall
Tonight Alfred Holy the harpist and G F Heim the trumpet player headline the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall. Heim performs The Lost Chord by Sullivan and ends with A Perfect Day arranged for cello obligato and organ accompaniment.
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Symphony Hall
Alfred Holy
G. F. Heim
Heim
Sullivan
Strauss
Sofi
Kovarovic
Draft Classification Lists Reinvestigated Nationwide
Washington June 7 Provost Marshal General Crowder telegraphed governors asking immediate reinvestigation of draft classification lists nationwide to boost available military manpower and ensure fair administration of the selective service law.
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Washington
Crowder
Reclassifications Sought for World War I Registrants
General Crowder urges governors and appeal agents to study evidence and ask local boards to reclassify men amid uneven Class 1 distribution. Public help requested to provide information as exemptions, work or fight policy, and 1918 registrants’ navy enlistment restrictions shape local boards.
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Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Vermont Registers 2297 Youths in Draft
Montpelier June 7 report shows 2297 youths registered for the draft in Vermont as of June 5 with Hartland remaining uncounted, according to the adjutant-general's department.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Adjutant-General’s Department
Hartland
Lansing Threatens Hun With Reprisals
The State Department releases correspondence showing London condemned to death at Warsaw in 1917 and later commuted to ten years. It notes his wife, American citizen Mary Leonhard, and suggests his service was with the Russian army.
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State Department
London
Warsaw
Maey Leonhard
State Department warns Germany over reprisals on Americans
The State Department cautions Germany that retaliatory actions against Americans would invite similar U S actions against German subjects in the United States. War Department figures show 138 American soldiers and 216 civilians are in German camps, while about 5000 Germans are interned in the U S. The note also covers Siegfried London a U S citizen condemned for treason in Warsaw.
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State Department
Germany
Rintelen
United States
Foint
War Department
Siegfried Paul London
Warsaw
London
May Leonhard
Claimed Rintelen Kin of Haiser Duke Adolph Link
New York reports that Captain Franz von Rintelen known by aliases was said in a prior English captivity to be the Duke Adolph of Mecklenburg Schwerin, a relative of the German Emperor. There were persistent unconfirmed claims of an even closer royal connection during his trial.
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New York
Franz von Rintelen
Hansen
Gasche
Gates
United States
England
Adolph of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German government proposes prisoner exchange over Rintelen case
In a note to the Swiss minister Secretary Lansing rejects Germany’s offer to swap Captain-Lieutenant Franz Rintelen for Siegfried Paul London or to release him. He warns against reprisals and notes the United States will not accept threats or interference with due process. He urges Germany to reconsider before acting on punitive measures.
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United States
Rintelen
Siegfried Paul London
Germany
London
Lansing
Franz Rintelen
Convicted Conspiracy Leader Von Rintelen
Von Rintelen and 10 plotters were convicted in February for attempts to blow up U S ships. They were sentenced to 18 months in Atlanta prison and fined 2000 dollars each. The court noted the severity of their crime and the leader’s deep ties to German financial and war efforts.
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von Rintelen
New York
Atlanta
United States
Mexico
Frederick William
Henry
Prussia
Deutsches Bank
Berlin
Kauffman
German Red Cross
Miss Stinson to Be Air Line Mail Clerk
Chicago June 7 Authorization for the first airplane postal flight between Chicago and St. Louis was received from Assistant Postmaster General Prager. Miss Katherine Stinson will be sworn in as a mail clerk and depart June 22 to survey the route and assess feasibility of regular air mail service.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Prager
Katherine Stinson
New York
Summer Hotel Burns In Maine
The Summit House a three story summer hotel in South Bristol Maine burned today before opening for the season. A stranger was seen lurking nearby before the fire was found. Owner Nelson W Genage reported the loss at about 20000 dollars.
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Summit House
Nelson W. Genage
Lightless Nights May Be Resumed Across New England
New England faces potential return of lightless nights as fuel officials consider resuming the plan under daylight saving, with Garfield or higher authorities weighing immediate action. Washington reports indicate a possible restart before September if ordered.
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New England
Garfield
Washington
New England Fuel Administrator Storrrow Seeks Coal Saving
New England Fuel Administrator Storrow argues coal shortages demand strict use rules and reimposed limits on display lighting. Dr Garfield notes rising daytime electric signs and warns signs may be banned again if abuses continue, with stricter restrictions than in the winter.
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New England
Storrow
Garfield
Mr. Storrow
Bill would deport all alien anarchists nationwide
Washington June 7 all alien anarchists in the United States will be rounded up for immediate deportation under a bill favorably reported to the house by the immigration committee. The measure follows requests from the War Navy Labor and Justice departments. Current law bars deportation if they have been here five years.
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Washington
United States
House
Immigration Committee
Secretaries of War, Navy and Labor
Department of Justice
Severe cold wave hits central Europe with crop damage
A sudden cold relief spreads across central Europe from Amsterdam to Germany and Holland with snowfalls hailstorms and severe night frosts. Widespread damage to grain fruit and potato crops is reported across the region.
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Europe
Germany
Holland
Scandinavia
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