Taft’s fiery war sermon to aid Red Cross in Cincinnati
Former President William Howard Taft delivered an extempore address at the Queen City Club in Cincinnati urging a whirlwind one week drive to raise 1 million dollars for the Red Cross. He warned Americans of the war’s cost and urged rapid, substantial contributions, pledging resolve and national unity.
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RED Cross
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Queen City Club
United States
Julius Fleischmann
National Red Cross
Taft
Hee
England
Mr. Taft
Weather Summary for Regions and Temperatures Across Cities
Ohio to West New York forecast shows showers Tuesday and Wednesday with local thunderstorms in Indiana and Kentucky. Tennessee expects fair Tuesday and possible thunder showers Wednesday. overcast in West Virginia. Includes recent June 4, 1917 Cincinnati readings with highs around 70s and lows near 60s, plus wind, humidity, and precipitation figures.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Taft Speech Argues For Permanent World Peace
Taft frames World War I as a fight against autocracy not Germans, praising German achievements while urging unity, enlistment, bond buying, and support for the Y M C A and Red Cross. He stresses the need to protect citizens, uphold moral principles, and win to defend democracy.
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Wilson
United States
Germany
Europe
Red Cross
Captain Sands
Altho
Guatemala
Prohibitive Spirits Tax Approved by Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee backed prohibitive taxes on distillation of whisky and other spirits for beverage use as part of war tax measures. The plan adds a $20 per bushel levy on grain used for beverages and $5 per gallon on molasses and substitutes, with export permits limited to war needs and industrial exemptions preserved.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Germany
Porto Rico
Philippines
Gore
Oklahoma
Levy Cooke
Panama Canal Rules Fixed for Neutral Zone Usage
The United States bans allied fleets from using the canal zone as a rendezvous. A rules proclamation limits foreign warships to three in the zone and six overall, bars enemy ships, forbids provisioning except in emergencies, and requires fuel limits and a wireless silence. No troop movements or airship landings are allowed.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Wilson
White House
Canal Zone
Germany
Canal
Kronstadt Rebels Clash With Russian Loyalists
Special Cable reports fighting between Kronstadt government followers and provincial loyalists. Kronstadt sailors landed at Guteyeff Island near Petrograd to attack guards at the port entrance. an ultimatum was sent to radicals. Fires in Minsk region destroyed three million bushels of wheat and farmland. Kronstadt garrison officers sit aboard the Russian dreadnought Alexander III as tensions rise over a new Chamber of Deputies election.
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Commercial Tribune
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Kronstadt Marine
Guteyeff Island
Minsk
Council of Workmen's
Chamber of Deputies
Czar
Mayor Arrested on Blackmail Charge
Portsmouth Ohio June 4 Ran dall C Blackburn mayor of Rarden arrested on a blackmail charge after merchant C O Foster alleged Blackburn demanded 100 dollars under threat of death in the county city.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Randall C. Blackburn
Rarden
County
C. O. Foster
Blackburn
Three Held in High Bail for Alleged Conspiracy
Three men were jailed in New York on high bail in a conspiracy case tied to transmitting military and naval information to Germany. Bail set at 25,000 for two suspects, 20,000 for a third. Alleged links include letters from Mexico and South America and possible Berlin warnings about American destroyers.
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U. S
Washington
New York
Berlin
United States
Hitchcock
Germany
England
Bergensfjord
Kristianiafjord
McAdoo declares 10 billion Liberty Loan to spur war effort
Secretary McAdoo at Carnegie Hall espouses a $10 billion Liberty Loan for the coming year to fund wartime needs, urging broad public support, taxation fairness, and oversubscription to back soldiers and national defense. He warns against inflation and calls on Americans to buy bonds as the safest investment.
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Carnegie Hall
Wiberty Loan
Washington
Congress
Preacher Leaves Pulpit for Vaudeville Contract
Zanesville Ohio June 4 Rev F Gorman given leave of absence to fill seven weeks in vaudeville He was a stage singer before entering the ministry.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Zanesville, O
F. Gorman
Traffic Officer Rescues Runaway Horse at Walnut Fourth
Traffic Officer Harry Willen thwarted a runaway French Bauer wagon on Walnut Street near Fourth. After the bridle broke he braced the horse by the neck and nose, steering it away from a Green Line car as crowds looked on. He urged the bystanders to keep moving.
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Fourth Street
New York Marriage Licenses Issued At One Per Minute
In New York City on registration eve hundreds queued at the Municipal Building for licenses. By noon 125 licenses were issued and fifty couples wed in the chapel. Officials noted many grooms hoped to avoid the draft. thousands planned to register today so they could celebrate tomorrow. Employers declared tomorrow a holiday.
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New York
Georgia Blow Post Law Declared Unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Georgia blow post law unconstitutional as an unreasonable restraint on interstate commerce. The Seaboard Air Line argued the governing train would slow from about 4 1/2 hours to more than 10 hours under strict enforcement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Seaboard Air Line
Father of kidnapped child sees dirk at baby's heart plan
Springfield reports a father J Holland Keet refuses to join a county posse to search for 14 month old Lloyd Keet abducted Wednesday night. Judges Farrington and Johnson push for aggressive action while Keet hopes for the child's safe return within the week. A ransom note details instructions and a red lantern signal near the Seer Building.
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Baby
Springfield
J. Holland Keet
Lloyd Keet
Ozark Hills
Keet
Friends
John H. Farrington
A. A. Johnson
Mr. Keet
J. H. Keet
Seer
National Boulevard
Galloway
Republic
Provost General Confirms Calm Registration Process
Washington reports a quiet U S registration eve as the Provost Marshal General Crowder's office completes the nation’s vast war registration system. Officials say 10 million Americans will register with detailed state by state tallies and no partial results released. They note no concerted anti registration movement and emphasize local units stand by their complete figures. Alaska and Hawaii planning begins with governors mapping territorial dates.
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Washington
Crowder
Continental
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
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