Plot to defeat the draft exposed in Wisconsin
L W Nein man editor of a Milwaukee paper testified before President Wilson about an organized Wisconsin plot to undermine the draft. He said propaganda used German papers and aimed to render the U S powerless in the war. DOJ and Secret Service expect early arrests as Wisconsin figures lag behind national registration.
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Warrington
Wisconsin
Wilson
L. W. Neiman
Milwaukee
Eiter Neiman
Hugting
Wiscona
Neiman
United States
Department of Justice
United States Secret Service
Ethet
War Department
City to Re lay Trolley Tracks in Street Widening Plan
City Engineer Terry and Manager Charles H. announced plans to re lay trolley tracks as part of an upcoming street widening project. Incidental track work will occur during the widening, with new rails laid along the street to accommodate the project.
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Terry
Charles H
Italian Navy establishes press bureau in Rome to publicize war effort
Rome June 7 The Italian Navy has created a press and publicity office to publicize Italy’s war actions and industry. A captain leads the censor, a managing editor and a staff of about a dozen writers travel with ships, report battles and disasters, and distribute material to papers. Lectures with films are arranged abroad to boost publicity and merchant marine interest.
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Rome
Italy
Navy
la Marina
United States
German locksmith posed as captain to roam German barracks
A Berlin youth of 20 was jailed six months in Cassel for posing as a captain. With fake stamps and medals he toured garrisons in Central Germany including Saxony, inspected guards, granted leave, and signed free railway passes for officers and men accompanying a girlfriend.
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London
Berlin
Cassel
Germany
Cael
Saxony
Siberia Not To Be Taken From Russia Report Denied
A Tokyo dispatch reports rumors that Russia would lose Siberia to Japan if a separate peace with Germany occurred. The Japanese Foreign Office called the claims absurd and pointed to likely fabrication to suppress the Russian peace movement. British statesmen also denied the report.
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Siberia
Russia
Ae Tokio
Germany
Japan
Ural Mountains
Churchill Named Head of Air Board in Britain
London reports Col. Winston Spencer Churchill has been named chairman of the British Air Board succeeding Viscount Cowdray. George H. Roberts becomes Minister of Pensions, replacing George Nicoll Barnes. Churchill, long active in France and Commons debates, presides as the Air Board amid ongoing national service debates and Neville Chamberlain's manpower plans.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
British Air Board
Viscount Cowdray
George H. Roberts
George Nicoll Barnes
Pensions
Col
Churchill
France
Admiralty
House of Commons
Neville Mberlain
Muzzling Order Lifted Across Connecticut Towns
Jeffrey O. Phelps Jr. rescinds the winter rabies era muzzling rule for 29 towns including Beacon Falls Harwinton and New Britain with New Haven last to report a case and the order lifted in Westport.
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Jeffrey O. Phelps, Jr
Tssted
Beacon Falls
Harwinton
New
Ice Company Denies Ownership After Spectacular City Fire
Officials in Bridgeport deny Berkshire Ice Co ownership of the burned New Haven property and contents. The blaze last night drew questions about ice storage and fires in houses, with officials asserting no interest in the affected assets.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
Berkshire Ice Co
Sister Dies After Sixty Years in Religious Work
Meriden report of Sister Mary Ignatius Lingard death at St. Bridget's Convent from old age. Born in Ireland, daughter of Capt. Thomas Lingard, she entered the rescue order in Ireland and came to Connecticut with the first band of Sisters in 1872. She taught most of her career. Switzerland plans a mission to the United States led by Hians Sunger to gauge food supplies.
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Meriden
Mary Ignatius Lingard
St. Bridget’s Convent of Mercy
U S Exports Gain Despite Sub Menace
U S food shipments rose in April despite German submarine warfare. April exports valued at 98,000,066 dollars, compared with February and January totals, with shipments near the February level and only 7,000,000 below January record. Marion Aletha Von Hulenburg, 69, native of Wellesley and widow of Capt. Victor Von Hulenburg, died in Danbury hospital.
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Germany
Ed Washington
Danbury
Wmrs
Marion Aletha von Hulenburg
W. T. G. Merton
Boston
Wellesley
Mass
Victor von Eulenburg
New York
Prisoners barred from writing to women at Joliet prison
Joliet Illinois June 8 Warden A L Bowen announced that convicts in the state prison will be denied indiscriminate correspondence with women outside the prison. He cites visits from women as a contributing factor to discontent that led to the recent riots.
No Track Betting Prohibition in Canada During War
Ottawa June 3 The order in council prohibiting betting on Canadian tracks takes effect August 1 and continues until the end of the war. The order will be promulgated as soon as signed by the governor general.
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Ottawa
Ont
Release Trolleyman on Bond of $5,000
Matthew Mazeika a trolleyman for the Connecticut Co living in New Britain was held on a $5,000 bond for distributing anti conscription literature. He was released after bonds were filed by a New Britain resident. He claims only one placard and no knowledge of its origin.
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Hartford
Matthew Mazelka
The
Connecticut Co
New Britain
Mazeika
Buy Copper Sulphate Now for Potato Spraying
Connecticut agricultural officials urge immediate purchase of copper sulphate for potato spraying. Committee heads report supply adequate to meet demand but warn rising prices and opportunists may rush purchases, prompting swift action.
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Committee of Food
Connecticut Council
Guy ©. Smith
Connecticut Agricultural College
Japan Mexico freement on physician practice across borders
An agreement between Japan and Mexico recognizes licensed physicians may practice in the other country. The pact aims to facilitate cross border medical work and professional mobility for doctors between the two nations.
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Japan
Mexico
Lcensed
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Eshire Company
PIDNT
Norfolk
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U. S
Famots Physecian
Trolleyman
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Tsing Hua College
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