Canton Liberty Loan Drive Urges Universal Subscriptions
Canton aims to raise 2 500 000 in Liberty bonds by Thursday. Salesmen and women mobilize as the Chamber of Commerce hosts meetings to plan the final push. The Women's Committee coordinates church and parish outreach while firms pledge their staff to the effort.
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Fragi Ai Ys
Women's Committee
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Federal Ve Bank
Cleveland
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At & Ck
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Ed Security Co
Ber of Commerce
Chamber
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Scouts Are Selling Liberty Loan Bonds in Cleveland
Four days' effort by Boy Scout units in Cleveland to sell Liberty Loan bonds shows strong local support. A Monday meeting at 7:30 p.m. will present reports from each troop with a local banker addressing the group and officials aiming to surpass four million dollars in sales. The national push follows a War Department appeal, with church services and local merchants contributing large totals including Pickands Mather and Co. at two million one hundred thousand dollars.
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U. A
Ident Wilson
Cleve
Baker
Ftl
Tegation
Picklands, Mather and Co
Flour Prices Jump as Market Rises Again
Retail flour prices increased 40 cents with a 10 cent rise on quarter barrels after last week. Cleveland jobbing flour jumped 30 cents per barrel. Butter wholesale prices fell half a cent. Creamery butter in 60 lb tubs at 42.5 cents and country butter at 39.5 cents.
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Cleveland
Northcliffe Arrives in America as British War Mission Chief
Lord Northcliffe, famed British publicist, arrives in New York to coordinate war work in the U S as head of the British war mission. He will base in New York and proceed to Washington to begin immediate duties after meeting King and officials. Newspaper men swarm the gangway as his party lands.
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Lord Northcliffe
Balfour
England
New York
Park Row
Northcliffe
British
War Department
War Cabinet
U. S
Washington
America
Mr. Balfour
Secret War Draft Camp Sites Named by Baker
Secretary Baker announced cantonment camp sites for the national army to be raised by draft in Little Rock Arkansas Louisville Kentucky Battle Creek Michigan Fort Sam Houston Texas and designated tented camps for the national guard in Fort Worth Texas Leming New Mexico Waco Texas Houston Texas Fort Sill Oklahoma Linda Vista California Petersburg Virginia camp plans revised with Linda Vista shifted to national guard tented camp and Petersburg’s cantonment plan revoked. Police report a strong clue to a Sunday night watch suspect at 1442 6th St NE.
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Baker
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Battle Creek
Mich
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Tex
National Guard
Fort Worth
Leming, N. M
Waco
Houston
Fort Sill
Okla
Linda Vista
Calif
Petersburg
War effort drives Canton and Akron enlistment drive
Canton and Akron mobilize for Liberty Bond drives and wartime support. Leaders urge women’s committees to organize and enforce military rules while public appeals to enlist and fund defense efforts continue.
Warfronts and reforms dominate mixed war era notices
Reports from across the country note two Chinese armies facing off amid a spreading revolution in that republic, labor leaders backing Wilson and urging swift food laws, and Liberty Bond appeals. Other items report mine disaster toll, draft board gossip, and local school employment stats.
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Republic
Argentine
General Pershing
England
France
Prohibition Resolution Advances in Senate Judiciary Panel
The Sheppard national prohibition measure was favorably reported by the senate judiciary committee by a vote of 11 to 3. Its fate depends on action on the dry provision in food regulation and supply bills, and it would require ratification by 36 states to take effect.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Food bill authorizes price supports and enforcement
The House Agriculture Committee adopted a food control bill establishing a minimum price for food products with no maximum price. It empowers the president to issue proclamations to enforce the minimum, penalizes hoarding, and allocates 150 million dollars to enforce price provisions and other features. The president could also restrict or prohibit the use of foodstuffs in liquor manufacture when needed.
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Washington
Administration
House Committee On Agriculture
Lever
House
Alliance Man Leads in Jewish Congress Delegation Race
Incomplete returns from Alliance Massillon Wooster and Canton show D J Simon of Alliance ahead for the American Jewish congress delegate by 20 votes with Max Rudner narrowly behind in Canton. Alliance leads by 123 votes five in other towns pending results and a Wednesday announcement is expected. The congress meets in Washington DC in September. Belshazzar an Oratorio given by First Congregational church June 13 1917 Advertisement.
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Alliance
Massillon
Wooster
Canton
American Jewish Congress
D. J. Simon
Max Rudner
Simon
Washington
D. C
Belshazzar
First Congregational Church
War Budget Delayed by Fight Over Hampton Roads Site
In Washington on June 11, Senator Alden Smith of Michigan attacked Senate majority leader Martin of Virginia over delaying final passage of the 3.54 billion army and navy budget. The dispute centers on a 3 million appropriation for a Hampton Roads naval base site that the House rejected. after two hours of debate the Senate sent the bill back to conference with orders to insist on the Hampton Roads funding.
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Washington
Wa. Alden Smith
Michigan
Martin
Virginia
Senate
Hampton Roads Naval Base
House
Daniels
Navy
Hampton Roads
Army
Smith
New Bids Placed on Meyers Lakerd and Canton Middle Branch Roads
Commissioners opened fresh bids Monday after earlier offers on Meyers Lakerd and Canton Middlebranch Rd came in above estimates and were rejected. New bids feature three inch fibre brick while standard paving block is four inches. Harry Carl bid alone on Meyers Lakerd. Wise Bros and Hahn Bros Co. bid on Middlebranch Rd. Surveyor Sickafoose is tallying bids and expects at least one bid under the estimate on each road.
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Harry Carl
Meyers Lakerd
Wise Bros
Hahn Bros. Co
Middlebranch
Sickafoose
Kilbane Leonard bout for Canton canceled for Independence Day
The proposed 12 round world featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland versus lightweight champion Benny Leonard of New York for Canton on Independence Day has fallen through. Matchmaker Hinkle of Cleveland reported the change after conferring with Leonard and Billy Gibson in New York. Leonard and Gibson are in Washington arranging army entry. Hinkle plans a Kilbane versus Johnny Dundee bout for Canton on Independence Day.
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Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Benny Leonard
New York
Pres. McKinney
Hinkle
Leonard
Billy Gibson
Gibson
Washington
Kilbane
Johnny Dundee
Dundee
Jimmy Dunn
Two Killed as Strike Pickets Clash at Factory
In South River New Jersey today a clash between about 100 strikers and strike breakers guarding a factory led to two deaths and at least ten serious injuries. Pickets mainly Russian rushed a 20 man guard and a volley was fired after a guard fell. One strike leader was left on the ground and another was dragged away.
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South River
N. J
Hermann Atkam
Manus Duggan Hero Of Montana Mine Horror
In Butte Montana rescue efforts at Speculator Copper Mine continue as officials fear a high death toll. Manus Duggan a 20 year old tool boy directed miners to bulkhead and evacuate while gas filled levels, saving twenty seven men who reached the surface safely.
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Nuria Johnson
Manus Duggan
Johnson
Duggan
Springfield Mob Executes Lynching Suspects After Kidnap Plot
A Springfield mob seized Sheriff Webb’s prisoners at Stockton and hanged Claude Piersol, after torturing him to confess involvement in a kidnap plot. The crowd targeted Piersol and Cletus Adams, with officials fearing further violence as the case stretches to Kansas City and Independence, Missouri.
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Uuy Nieh
Webb
Citizens Committee
Claude “Doc” Piersol
Buddy” Keet
Kansas City
Arch Johnson
Dick Carter
Carter
Claude Piersol
Plersol
Cletus Adama
Independence
Sheriff Webb
Springfield
Slx
Stockton
Piersol
Buddy Keet
Keet
Clement
Cletus Adams
Crenshaw
Buddy
Navy secretary cites spy or traitor in ordnance unit
Secretary Daniels told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee a spy or traitor may be in the navy ordnance department or the Indian Head proving ground. He referenced stolen confidential files on naval munitions, with an anonymousDetroit postmark in the sender's communications. Frelinghuysen said efforts to identify the sender failed and urged public disclosure and strict action.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy Ordnance Department
Indian Head Proving Ground
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Navy Department
Ile
Senator Phelan
California
Daniela
Phelan
Detroit
Mich
Schwab predicts postwar era driven by American methods
Detroit sees a Schwab prophecy that the end of the war will usher in a new era with vast world expansion. He says steel will form the basis of national development for 26 years, and America will lead in world politics and international trade after victory. He cites U S steel output rising to about 45 million tons this year, up from 40 million last year.
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U.S
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Congress of Salesmanship
Mr. Schwab
Baris
U. S
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