Why We Fight Germany Says Lane On Draft Day
Secretary Lane defended the draft and war in a June speech, framing America’s participation as self defense against Germany and its allies. He linked Belgium France England and Russia to democracy versus feudalism and warned against Germany’s alliance with the Turk and spread of Mahometic methods.
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Home Club
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America
Belgium
United States
Mexico
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Mahomet
Belium
Louvain
Cardinal Mercier
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Patrick Henry
France
Lafayette
England
Russia
Missouri Storm Toll Missing Lives Across Southeast Missouri
A tornado across Bollinger Scott Wayne and Washington counties of Missouri killed 67 people and injured about 200. Marble Hill Zalma Chaonia Ardeola Aquilla Salem Lenox Dongola Advance Bismark and Mineral Point reported losses. The storm also claimed four fatalities in southern Illinois. Mrs. John Flett Lenox among the named dead.
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Aquilla
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Dongola
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Mineral Point
Ilinois
Bollinger
Scott
Wayne
Washington
John Flett Lenox
Here at Home Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Public testimony from a Butler man A H Herrell of 119 Broadway praises Dean's Kidney Pills for relieving back pain and difficulty lifting. He reports the pill’s effect removed dull ache and sustained relief, calling it better than competitors.
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A. H. Herrell
Broadway
Dissatisfaction in Germany over submarine campaign
Copenhagen reports from German sources show growing public discontent with the submarine war and its uncertain promise of swift peace. Despite government efforts to bolster morale, Germans note England remains firm, the United States entry looms, and officials hedge on any fixed time for peace while predicting possible shifts in tonnage losses.
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London
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England
France
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Alfred Zimmermann
Foreign Office
Herlin
Zimmermann
Entente
Daniels denounces German surname slurs against navy officers
Secretary Daniels condemned reports questioning loyalty of officers with German descent as treasonous at a time like this. He rebutted a story linking Rear Admiral Winterhalter to Mayo’s Atlantic fleet command and denied plans to promote him despite questioned loyalty.
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Enlistment Open After Registration Says General Policy
Kansas City June 2 Registration is not a bar to enlistment. Men drafted cannot be accepted for enlistment before June but those not yet enlisted must register. The army adjutant general’s telegram clarifies that volunteers may join any branch after registration but must enter the assigned service after draft. Until drafted, applicants may enlist in suitable branches if they pass physicals and are sworn in.
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Kansas City
Army
Army and Navy
Missouri corn area rises to eight million acres this year
Missouri's corn area is estimated at about eight million acres, eight percent above last year, with roughly 90 percent planted and an 86 percent stand. About one quarter was replanted. Wheat conditions average 37 versus 51.9 last month, with oats at 92. Hay cutting will be heavy though quality falls, and meadows are weedy. Old clover 70, new clover 87, timothy 82, alfalfa 0.
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Columbia
Missouri
Three U.S. Ships Sunk by German Submarines
London reports three American sailing ships sunk by German submarines with one death. Dirigo Frances M and Barbara were the vessels. John Ray, first mate of Dirigo, drowned while boarding a lifeboat. Frances M sunk May 18 Barbara May 24 and Dirigo yesterday. Survivors saved. Barbara and Frances M crews landed at Gibraltar and Cadiz. Dirigo attacked without warning. consular accounts describe ransacking before sinking.
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Admiralty
Dirigio
Frances M
Barbara
John Ray
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Spain
Joseph G. Stephens
United States
Plymouth
Rich Hill Miners Unfurl the Flag
At the Jones Heck mine southeast of Rich Hill an enthusiastic crowd unfurled the American flag atop the wheel house. Miners fired 21 blasts of dynamite and blew the whistle to celebrate the patriotic display, not as a calamity but as a show of loyalty.
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Jones-Heck
Rich Hill Review
New Casualty List Out
London May 31 British casualties as published in May show a total of casualties across theaters with daily tallies and regional breakdowns noted.
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London
Kaiser a trouble maker in world safety for democracy speech
Talcott Williams of Columbia University delivered a keynote asserting President Wilson's declaration that the world must be made safe for democracy. He traced German maneuvers from 1894 to 1914, noting threats in China, the Philippines, Morocco, and the Balkans, and contrasted U S and Allied efforts with German aggression. He praised Wilson and Roosevelt for bold leadership in shaping world peace.
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Talcott Williams
School of Journalism
Columbia University
New York
Doctor Williams
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China
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Russia
Europe
Turkey
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Philippines
France
Morocco
England
Constantinople
Bagdad
Balkans
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McKinley
America
Pacific
Roosevelt
Ohio State Journal
Heavy Ship Building in May
New York reports May as a record month for American maritime expansion. Authorized capital stock of new shipping and shipbuilding firms reached 47.49 million dollars, with about 43 million aimed at shipbuilding. The May total is nearly twenty times January and about fifty percent higher than April.
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New York
Roads Tour Reaches New Orleans From Winnipeg
Members of the Jefferson Highway sociability tour from Winnipeg to New Orleans arrived last night in New Orleans. The party included J. D. Clarkson general manager of the Jefferson Highway Association T C Norris premier of Manitoba and officials of Winnipeg and Manitoba. They passed through Butler May 12 on their way to New Orleans.
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J. D. Clarkson
Jefferson Highway Association
T. C. Norris
Manitoba
Butler
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