Navy details on ships held for investigation at St Thomas
Washington May 8 officials say Boston and its ships flew the American flag and were held for investigation at St Thomas by navy department order. State and justice departments participate. Porto Rico May 5 German submarines in the Atlantic were supplied from the United States by ships flying the American flag, the Manitowoc Muskegon and Alaquash.
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Washington, D. C
Boston
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Navy Department
State
Justice Departments
San Juan
Porto Rico
Associated Press
Atlantic
United States
Manitowoc
F. Hogatead
Muskegon
Alaquash
Danish Islands
Buenos Aires
New York
Other Woman Cause of Five Injured in Auto Scene
St Louis May 8 One riot call left five injured and five arrested after Mrs William Johnson found her husband in an automobile with another woman. Johnson forced the car to stop and kicked out headlights. He and three policemen received treatment for scalp wounds and were taken to hospital. The Johnsons Gueathers and the other woman are detained pending a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
William Johnson
Johnson
Richard Guenther
Hells
Johnsen
the Johnsons, Gueathers
Woma
Father Sherman Says War Too Bad for Hell to Hold
In Chicago on May 8 Father Thomas E. Sherman son of Civil War general frets that the war is so bad his father would owe an apology to hell if alive. He tours recruiting for workers for the great farms of the northwest.
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Chicago
General Sherman
Thomas E. Sherman
Father Sherman
Northwest
Nation to Seek 1 Billion for Great Merchant Fleet
Congress will be asked to appropriate 1 billion dollars to build a vast American merchant fleet to counter the submarine threat. The plan includes suspending private contracts with steel mills, canceling nonessential outputs, and exempting only steel needed for national defense, with railroads allowed limited steel. Bond funding is planned, and shipbuilding could begin within two weeks pending labor agreement.
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Washington
Congress
Shipping Board
Get Ahead Movement Bubbles Into Big Auto Prize Craze
A wild fire of interest spreads for a $4,000 Get Ahead campaign promoting entry to win twenty one automobiles. The State Leader announces a July 14 closing, urging rapid nominations via a filled blank form and campaign manager contact at No 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Separate Department Proposed to Handle Nation Food Problem
Herbert C Hoover urged a separate government department to tackle the food question with absolute government control of staples like wheat and sugar. He favored prompt action on food legislation and said Europe failed price fixing at maximum levels but succeeded with minimum fixes.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert C. Hoover
State Agriculture Committee
Hoover
Food Department
Europe
Henry R. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
H. H. Schneck
American Federation of Producers and Consumers
Lever
House Committee
Mann
House
Bread Shortage Threat Mounts If U S Cuts Consumption
Government forecasts warn the United States may produce only enough wheat to feed its population this year unless consumption is reduced. May 1 crop estimates place winter wheat yield at 366 million bushels, total possible wheat output around 616 million bushels, with visible stock about 30 million and an even smaller reserve. Ailing spring wheat and stock depletion signal a fragile supply amid a world bread shortage.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Welfates
Assassin Attempt to Kill Kaiser in Berlin
Paris dispatch reports an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm II in Berlin. Three shots fired as he motored through the street. the would be assassin arrested. Two bullets hit the Kaiser’s car, one misfired. police in Hamburg process details from a Zurich source via the Corriere d Italie.
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Paris
Berlin
Rome
Corriere d'Italia
Superor
Henin
Zurich
Switzerland
Senior class protests Goble dismissal at Cheyenne High
The high school student body and alumni challenge the school board for refusing to re employ Miss Goble head of English. A senior class resolution denounces the action and pledges support for Miss Goble amid a threatened strike curtailed by seniors.
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Board of Education
Miss Goble
Mixa Goble
BENBA
Cheyenne’ High School
Phil Hopkins
Clase Free
YY. H. Merten
Hundred Million Dollar U.S. Loan To France
Washington May ? France today received the hundred million dollars the United States decided to lend to meet expenses in May. Secretary McAdoo transferred the funds to Ambassador Jusserand by treasury warrant.
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Washington
D. C
May
France
United States
McAdoo
Jusserand
Treasury
Reform plan demanded for Germany crisis looms
A Gazette of Lausanne dispatch notes Germany's crisis, citing cracks in the empire and the growing influence of the press. Conservative and pan German forces rally against Chancellor von Hethu Mann Hollweg as railroad officials in Washington discuss wage hikes and hour reforms affecting 25 000 shopmen with about 12 million dollars yearly in play.
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Washington, D. C
May
Washington
Citizens Drill at Gym Tonight in Cheyenne
Citizens drill session at Cheyenne High School gymnasium tonight begins at 8 oclock with over 100 men enrolled. Expert drill masters will lead manual of arms and setup exercises as residents prepare minds and bodies for possible war demands and to defend the United States. Berlin dispatch notes German crown prince praising troops and their spirit despite heavy losses, saying with such troops we can fetch the devil from hell.
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United States
Satan
Prom Hemes
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Burgompister
Heriin
Froma
Heavy fighting on Paris fronts as French repulse German counterattacks
The war ministry reports heavy fighting across the Aisne and Somme regions. French forces repelled German counterattacks near Vauxailion and Chemin-des-Dames, seized the main German position near Vauclere, and captured prisoners at Berry-au-Hat and nearby sectors. Artillery duels persisted east of Vauclere and near Craonne with multiple local gains.
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Paris
Crown
Vauxailion
War Office
Vauwelere Plasteau
Craonne
Somme
Oise
Vaucourt
Vauxallion
Chemin-des-Dames
le Pantheon
Cerny
Fiermans
Vauclere
Rheims
Berryau-Hac
Prosnes
Monthaut
Crete-du- Tetons
Avecourt Wood
Chamebrettes
Boy's Bomb Explodes Wounding Youth Hospitalized
Harold Sweeney fourteen attempted to build a bomb to blow up Germans using a bicycle pump filled with gun powder. The blast sent him to hospital with multiple injuries including a knee brass splinter near the bone. surgeon removed it. His father J L Bwetney lives at 214 East Twenty fourth Street and doctors expect no permanent injury.
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Harold Sweeney
Sweeny
Harold
Col Brates
J. L Bwetney
East Twenty-fourth Street
T. J. Henneberry
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David F. Houston
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Miss Gobles
Germany
Berne
Lausanne
Presse
Copenhagen
von Hethmann- Hollwee
Ramways
Army
Pringe
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