Monster Gathering Expected At Monday's Red Cross Rally
Cincinnati prepares for a large Red Cross fundraising rally at Music Hall Monday night. Judge William A Geoghegan will open the program at 8 pm, with Colonel William Cooper Procter presiding. Speakers include Julius Fleischmann Attorney James G Stewart Captain William Hammond Parker and Colonel F W Galbraith Jr. A final amount over 1 500 000 dollars is anticipated, with a goal of reaching 1 750 000. A flag is urged for attendees and stage news will be relayed to Washington. Bands and a patriotic program precede the speeches as teams report final totals. The executive committee convenes at 10 am to finalize plans for overflow crowds and possible adjacent park gatherings.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Red Cross
Ite
William Cooper Procter
William A. Geoghegan
Red Cross War Fund
Puchta
Julius Fleischmann
James 4G. Stewart
William Hammond Parker
F. W. Galbraith
Red Cross War Fund Receives Wide Recipient List of Donations
The Red Cross War Fund headquarters reports additional contributions of 500 dollars or more. Notable donors include American Tool Company and Grasselli Chemical Company with 10 000 and 1 500 dollars respectively, plus numerous firms and individuals giving 750 500 or 1000 dollars each. Names cover a broad spectrum from L B Renkitt to Cincinnati Cordage and Paper Company and many others.
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Red Cross War Fund
The
American Tool Company
L. B. Renkitt
Linton
G. T. Harrison
the Cincinnati
Iron and Steel Company
Grasselli Chemical Com
C. H. M. Atkins
W. E. Kep
Singer
A. G. Brunsman
Vid I. Johnson
Newman Supply Company
H. W
Krownberg
Charles Krippen
Dort
Pickering Hardware
Reinhardt & Newton
H. Jonap
Pettibone Company
Ste
Phen R. Burton
Reims & Meiss
William Harvey Anderson
Cin
Cinnati Cordage and Paper
Stuart Sutphin
I. V
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H. H. Meyers
Pany
Broadway
Newport
Rauhn-Larmon
H. W. Pape
F. C. Tuttle
F. H. Kirchner
H. Koombe
Pounsford
John Douglas Company
Simon Kuhn
Westheimer & Co
Tresses Machine Tool Company
Oesterbein Machine Tool Com
F. H. Lawson Company
Helen R. Langdon
F. J. Flach
J. H. Duncan
H. M. Rulison
Uviko
Milling Company
A. G. Schwartz
Ruth Harrison
Addi
Weather summary and temperatures across states and cities
The report covers fair and warmer conditions in Ohio and West Virginia with thunder showers possible in Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee midweek. It lists current temperatures for many cities including Montreal Jacksonville Pittsburg Chicago St Louis Memphis Omaha Denver Phoenix Seattle Portland Winniper Kamloops and Cincinnati with highs around 60s to 90s and trace to measurable precipitation. A June 24 1917 record from Cincinnati shows clear weather at 2 pm 4 pm and 7 pm with temperatures near 78 76 and 76 and no rainfall.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Montreal
Jacksonville
Pittsburg
Chattnooga Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Omaha
Glis
Lake Cy
Denver
Phoenix
Seattle
Portland
Winniper
Kamloops
Cincinnati
Destruction of German Munitions Plants Reported
Zurich dispatch cites German sources noting a hand grenade arsenal explosion at Spandau on June 16 and fires destroying seven ammunition shops at Marienhall on June 18. Additional munitions factories burned near Nuremberg, with Spandau located west of Berlin.
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Paris
Germany
Zurich
Mafin
Spandau
Marienhall
Berlin
Nuremberg
Marienthal
Saxony
Transition Ministry Formed for Austria
A Vienna dispatch reports a transition ministry formed headed by Dr. von Seydler. The provisional government will later be replaced by a permanent one, with ministers including von Seydler as Premier and Agriculture head, Toggenburg Interior, Gwillinski Education, Schauer Justice, von Wimmer Finance, Matapa Commerce, von Hamann Public Works, Ballans Railways, Birkenstetten Defense, and Hoefer Food Board president.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
von Seydler
Interior
Count von Toggenburg
Gwillinski
Dr. Schauer
von Wim
Baron von Ballans
Crapp von Birkenstetten
Food Board
Herr Hoefer
Four Towns in Peril as Dam Break Threatens Utah Towns
The Price River Irrigation Company reservoir dam in Fairview Utah broke late this afternoon releasing a flood of 11 000 acre feet. A 50 foot wide breach and five feet of water rushing over the dam threaten four towns as farmers flee to higher ground.
Arctic expedition peril warns of dire suffering
Dr. Hunt of the Crocker Land expedition reports the team faces great danger and may have to subsist on wild game unless relief arrives before fall.
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Dr. Hunt
Crocker Land Expedition
Arctic Wilds
British report cites raids repelled southeast of Gavrelle and Armenieres
British headquarters in France reports hostile raids near Gavrelle and Armenieres were driven back with trenches unbreached. Artillery action was centered around Havrincourt wood, the Scarpe, and near Messines, while air combat saw two German planes shot down and one aircraft missing.
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London
Gavrelle
Armen
Tieres
France
Havrincourt Wood
Scarpe
Messines
Mont Cornillet
Champagne
Aisne
Warneton
Trentino
Italian War Office
Cordevole
Mt. Settsass
Asiago
Galicia
Petrograd
Red Cross Chief Arrives Madrid to Discuss War Prisoners
Gustave Ador president of the International Red Cross arrived in Madrid to confer with Spanish authorities on prisoners of war. He met King Alfonso and Queen Victoria and later planned talks with Marquis de Lema on unifying Red Cross work to locate missing soldiers and improve prisoner treatment.
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Madrid
Gustave Ador
International Red Cross
Arthur Hoffmann
Alfonso
M. Ador
Red Cross
Geneva
Victoria
Maria Christina M. Ador
Marquis de Lema
U.S. Admiral Suppresses Russ Mutiny in Black Sea Fleet
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon and his staff helped quell a mutiny in Sebastopol as sailors backed the provisional government. The meeting voted to restore officers except Koltchak and to support the government, with conditions of renewed wartime energy. Glennon planned visits to Archangel and Helsingfors and urged continued war effort.
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Petrograd
Russia
Black Sea
United States
James H. Glennon
Sebastopol
Admiral Lukin
Admiral Koltchak
Admiral Glennon
Glennon
Black Sea Fleet
Koltchak
Archangel
Helsingfors
Athens
Kerensky
all-Russian
Congress of Soldiers and Workmen's Council
Leopold
Bavaria
Finland
Ukranes
M. Kerensky
Armenia
Jean Boldt
Boldt
Nicholas Cathedral
Admonition of Root by Chiefs of Russ Revolutionists
The first meeting in Moscow on June 24 between Elihu Root and the American commission was held with the Russian Revolutionist chiefs. The article notes the session continued on the second page.
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Moscow
Elihu Root
American Commission
Cherub Christie Honored by Red Cross Maidens
Red Cross war fund workers at headquarters gift two pound boxes of candy to Christie before his vacation. Christie praises Procter & Gamble staff in a letter, and the maidens answer with a rhymed tribute about missing their “Cherub” as he eyes the Atlantic voyage.
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Red Cross
Charles J. Christie
Cincinnati Red Cross War Fund Council
Corps of Workers
Christie
Mr. Christie
Self Murder Threatened By Cocchi
Alfredo Cocchi, self confessed slayer of Ruth Cruger, is watched in Bologna prison after repeated threats to kill himself. He is denied towels, metal utensils, and sharp items. guards report mood swings from cheerful singing to despair and fears over extradition to the United States for capital punishment.
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Italy
Ruth Cruger
Bologna
Alfredo Cocchi
New York
Altho
United States
Salvation Army to aid in ending white slave traffic
Miss Evangeline Booth pledged Salvation Army cooperation after a conference with Mrs Grace Humiston linked to the Ruth Cruger case. Plans call for a vigorous campaign to track down traffickers and assist victims while authorities pursue leads on Alfredo Cocchi now reported in Italy.
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New York
Salvation Army
Ruth Cruger
Evangeline Booth
Grace Hamiston
Alfredo Cocchi
Leonard M. Willstein
Cruger
McGee
Cocchi
Miss Cruger
Italy
Henry D. Cruger
Wallstein
Italian Mission Leads Boston Red Cross Parade Drive
Prince Udine and the Italian Mission head Boston's final Red Cross drive parade with receptions canceled to allow them to lead the army and navy march. State and city back the visit as the Common hosts a public reception with Governor McCall and Mayor Curley as speakers. They will tour the navy yard and board a destroyer to inspect sixty ships under construction.
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Boston
Prince Udine
Red Cross
Museum of Fine Arts
Public Library
Red Cross War Fund
McCall
Curley
Navy Yard
Quartet of Princes To Leave Greece For Country's Weal
Athens June 24 The brothers of former King Constantine Prince George Nicholas Andreas and Christopher are expected to depart Greek territory soon. They reportedly leave voluntarily to aid national unity but sources say they have been told to go.
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Greece
Athens
Constantine
Prince George
Prince Nicholas
Prince Andreas
Prince Christopher
Coal Food and Liquor Men Discuss Regulatory Law
Leaders in Cincinnati's coal trade debate wartime controls on necessities. They say regulating coal prices is easy in theory but hard in practice due to transportation delays and car shortages. Railroads must speed up to curb prices, or big buyers gain from regulation.
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Cincinnati
Hardin
Move to Occupy Palestine Begun by American Zionists
The Federation of American Zionists raised 473000 toward a 1000000 fund to equip an industrial army to Palestine after their twentieth annual convention in Baltimore. Justice Brandeis and Rabbi Wise featured as delegates debated recognizing Palestine as a Jewish autonomous home and plans for a September Jewish Congress in Washington. The convention drew over 1000 delegates with sessions to run through Thursday.
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Palestine
Baltimore
The
Federation of American Zionists
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Wise
Justice Brandeis
United States
Jewish Congress
Washington
Palestine Project
Rabbi Wise
Louis Lipsky
Executive Committee
Jacob DeHass
Provisional
Executive Committee For
Zionist Affairs
Russia
Europe
Prohibition Fight Dominates War Measure Debate
Washington June 24 President Wilson seeks food control legislation for crops and Congress faces a key Senate battle over prohibition amendments and whether to allow malt liquor and wines. Senate debate centers on licensing price guarantees and broad powers for the President while House provisions on control remain the target.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Gore
Agriculture Committee
Knight
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
End of Russian Chaos Seen by French Minister
Paris June 24 Albert Thomas French Minister of Munitions returning from Russia said peace talks with Russia are unlikely and an offensive by Russia is possible though hindered by military and financial problems. He expressed optimism about Russia's improving finances and overall situation.
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Paris
Russia
Albert Thomas
Thomas
All Kinds of Foodstuffs Requisitioned for War
Amsterdam dispatch reports the German Federal Council decrees full requisition of bread grains barley oats peas beans buckwheat and millet for the harvest year to be controlled and distributed by the Imperial Grain Bureau.
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Amsterdam
German Federal Council
Berlin
Imperial Grain Bureau
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Music Hall
James G. Stewart
If. W. Galbraith, Jr
Queen City
RED Cross Fund
Remberg
Austria
Mer
Herr Matapa
Herr von
Peril
Fairview
Utah
Mammoth Reservoir
Price River Irrigation
Harrison J. Hunt
U.S
Commercial Tribune
Box of Candy
Procter
Boston R. C
Captain DE Boyriven
Thomas H. Richardson
Cincinnati Coal Exchange
Consolidation Coal Company
Frank Bardin
Wyatt Coal Company
Senate Finance Committee
Baker
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