Whirlwind Recruiting Successful Campaign Boosts Army Enlistments
The First Regiment opened a rapid recruitment drive on Fountain Square Cincinnati with a large public turnout. Seventeen men enlisted after Rev William McKibbin spoke at Fifth and Vine streets, speeds up with automobiles donated by locals to transport recruits to the armory for processing.
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Fifth and
Vine Streets
William McKibbin
Lane Seminary
Galbraith
Fred LeBlond
Royal Mattice
Fountain Square
Loieutenant Althaus
United Cigar Stores
Ben Levites
Ruth Law
Aviatrix
F. W. Galbraith
Cincinnati
Blair slated to lead Loyal Legion Ohio Commandery
Captain J Milton Blair former Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce president is slated to be elected president of the Ohio Commandery Loyal Legion at the annual election to be held 2 30 Wednesday afternoon at the Masonic Temple. The Ohio Commandery annual banquet will be at the Hotel Gibson at 7 30 Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Milton Blair
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion
Masonic Temple
Ohio Commandery
Hotel
Gibson
Women Organize to Aid Red Cross Campaign
The Woman's Membership Committee of the Red Cross met at the Hotel Linton to plan actions for a 40,000 member campaign. Chairman is Mrs Guy Mallon with four vice chairs and a secretary. Agnes Hochstetter led the Surgical Dressings Committee and offered sewing materials from headquarters at 316 Vine Street to women’s clubs. Representatives from fifty organizations attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Hotel
Linton
Guy Mallon
George Hoadly
Bellamy Storer
Kate Gallagher
Ben Lowenstein
Howard Wurlitzer
Agnes Hochstetter
Cox Plans 10 Fi State For Long War
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune from Columbus Ohio May 1 Governor Cox proposes an Auxiliary Board of ten to twenty members from business and civic groups to aid the State Council of War Defense saying the war will be long urging a united state between capital and labor and considering measures to deter loafing by state detention camps urging early clock change and prepared to use force if needed in the food inquiry while condemning food price hysteria and manipulation and endorsing conscription to keep government costs down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Council of War Defense
State Federation of Labor
State Manufacturers’ Association
Farmers’ Union
Cox
Adjutant General
Plot to paralyze arms plants revealed in trial
New York May 1 Documentary evidence shows Labor's National Peace Council resolved to urge affiliated unions to fund support for workers striking to paralyze private arms and munition traffic in the country. Testimony links Franz Rintelen and David Lamar to funding, with alleged 1915 payments and a council minutes transcript presented. The trial continues tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
New York
Labor
National Peace Council
Imer
Monnett
Ohio
Franz Rintelen
Rintelen
David Lamar
Wolf of
Wall Street
Peace Council
Frank Buchanan
H. Robert Fowler
Washington
Alexander H. Galt
Henry B. Martin
Executive Council of Labor
George Plochman
Trans-Atlantic Trust Company
Plochman
Cox Urges Red Cross Support Campaign in Ohio
Governor James M Cox urges Cincinnati citizens and Ohioans to back Red Cross membership drives. He notes membership shows a large volunteer base, not field service, and meetings begin Wednesday with telephone company employees to assist at 8 pm addressed by Campaign Manager Fonken. Continuous coverage on page Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M Cox
Cincinnati
F. W. Galbraith
Red Cross
Fonken
Weather rundown across states with scattered showers
Ohio stays fair and cool with increasing clouds later. Indiana and Kentucky mix sun and showers as a cold front moves through. Tennessee area mostly fair Wednesday with clouds in the west. West Virginia fair to partly cloudy. Temperature readings listed for Jacksonville Denver Pittsburg Phoenix Chattanooga Seattle Chicago Portland St Louis San Francisco Memphis Winnipeg Omaha Kamloops Lake Geneva Cincinnati with May 1 1917 record at 7 p.m. local time and prior three year comparisons.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West
Virginia
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Omaha
Kamloops
Lake Guy
J. E . Cincinnati
S.W
German pair planned Wall Street bombing to depress market
Two German men, George Moiringer and Wolf Hirsh, admitted to police they plotted to blow up a Wall Street building and tap wires to spread word of President Wilson's assassination to depress the stock market after selling short. They were turned over to federal authorities and held on a conspiracy charge with $10,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
Wilson
George Moiringer
Wolf Hirsh
Moiringer
Roosevelt Hospital
Hirsh
Labor Council Opposes National Prohibition
Central Labor Council at Rattermann's Hall endorsed a resolution protesting national prohibition. A Brewery Workers' Union delegate said local unions nationwide will be urged to sign in opposition and forward signatures to Washington. The council also backed the federal old age pension plan for federal employees and received a request from the American Association for Labor Legislation to aid protests against anti labor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Council
Rattermann
Brewery Workers’ Union
United States
Washington
Federal Employees’ Union
American Association For Labor Legislation
Legislative Committee of the Council
Police Chief Reinstated After Motions Dismissal
Washington May 1 Civil Service Commission sustained a motion to dismiss immorality charges against Police Chief D L Moore and reinstated him Attorneys for the defense claimed the charges arose from a badger game by complainant former Patrolman Charles Judy and his wife The decision ends the tenure dispute amid protest from Judy and associates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
D. L. Moore
Charles Judy
Vive l Amérique! Joffre replies to Senate ovation
In Washington on May 1 the France war mission led by Rene Viviani Marshal Joffre and Admiral Choche prat drew vast Senate applause and a roaring crowd as Viviani spoke and Joffre replied with Vive l Amerique. The visitors, greeted warmly, will dine informally with President Wilson tomorrow to discuss war problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Joffre
Amerique
M. Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Admiral Chocheprat
White House
Caruso Triumphs at Music Hall in Cincinnati Concert
Enrico Caruso, hailed as the world’s greatest tenor, thrilled a 4000-strong crowd at Music Hall in his first appearance with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Governors, social leaders, and notable guests dominated boxes as Caruso performed Verdi and Puccini encores, concluding with the Star Spangled Banner. The review lauds the orchestra led by Dr Kunwald and highlights the concert as a historic achievement in Cincinnati’s music scene.
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Enrico Caruso
Music Hall
James M. Cox
Helen Cox
John L. Shuff
B. H. Kroger
Julius Fleischmann
Peter G. Thomson
Caruso
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Toledo
Pittsburg
Buenos Aires
Queen City Club
John KL. Shuff
J. M. Cox
Helen
Clarence Lebus
Lexington
Kate Alexander
Paris
Wade Cushing
Latham
Elsie Gaylord
R. A. Koehler
Julius Koehler
Louise Taft
Semple
Norbert Heermann
A. Howard Hinkle
Bradford Shinkle
Hemingway
C H. Rowe
Messrs
Stanley Rowe
E. .G. Rowe
H. C. Yeiser
Elizabeth Yeiser
Freeman
Louise
Herman
Hall
Congress of Patriots
Kunwald
Caruso the Great
Cincinnati Orchestra
Soldiers pay doubled in omnibus war bill vote
Washington May 1 The House quickly passed an omnibus emergency war bill carrying nearly three billion dollars and doubling the pay of enlisted men. Senate action cleared parliamentary tangles as leaders expected Wilson to sign within the week. A Roosevelt amendment calling for a draft referendum failed 68 to 4 with age limits likely to settle around 21 to 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
LaFollette
Europe
House Representatives
Enrico Caruso Graces Cincinnati May Festival Night
Frank Ward Burgoyne recounts a spring Cincinnati audience enthralled by Enrico Caruso during the May Festival era of 1917. The celebrated tenor, joined by the orchestra and vocal stars, transformed an off year into a peak opera moment, delivering a memory of refined musical splendor amid the city’s artistic paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Enrico Caruso
New York
Moderate Peace Offer From Hollweg Expected
The Hague May 1 German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will propose a peace offer in the Reichstag on Thursday. Berlin dispatches quote officials saying the terms will be moderate and not involve annexations or indemnities. The move follows weeks of debate in Germany over war aims and pacific terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Netherlands
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Berliner Tageblatt
Anzeiger
Dusseldorf
Germany
Berlin
Bonanza for Farmers Senate approves $10 million fertilizer plan
Special Dispatch from Washington reports the Senate passed by 52 to 8 a resolution introduced by Senator Smith of South Carolina. The measure authorizes $10,000,000 for the President to order fertilizer bought and sold by the government to farmers to boost food crop production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate Today
Smith
South Carolina
Jesse Conway Dies After Illness in Washington
El Jesse Conway, noted journalist and former city editor of the Cincinnati Post, died in a Washington hospital today after acute indigestion developed into heart trouble. He was about thirteen years ago the Cincinnati Post editorial head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
el Jesse Conway
Cincinnati Post
Foreigners Stab Man Over Lapel Flag Incident
Ben Dickson salesman of 318 West Seventh street confronted a foreigner who mocked a flag on his coat. Dickson hit him, the attacker drew a knife and stabbed Dickson once in the arm and again in the left side. The assailant fled as police were summoned. Dickson was taken to General Hospital with non serious wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Dickson
West Seventh Street
Dickson
General Hospital
Cincinnati Students Seek Reserve Army Commissions
Three Cincinnati undergraduates at Harvard applied for commissions in the reserve army to be among the first into the trenches. Haughton H. Bell, Joseph W. Austin, both seniors, and Edward Kuhn, a junior, passed their physicals and sent applications to Washington for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Cincinnati
Harvard
Washington
Haughton H. Bell
Joseph W. Austin
Edward Kuhn
Geiger-Jones Co Granted Ohio Blue Sky License
In Columbus on May 1 Governor Cox and Banking Superintendent Berg led a conference granting the Geiger Jones Company of Canton a license to operate in Ohio under the blue sky law. They discussed assertions of a ban lift and vindication in certain prosecutions if the state had pressed the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus. O
James M. Cox
Philip Berg
Geiger- Jones Company
Canton
Ohio
Rockefeller Estate Tax Returns Show Low Personal Property Value
John D. Rockefeller’s Forest Hills estate near Cleveland reported only 6790 dollars in taxable personal property in his summer estate returns. The listing included three carriages valued at 65 dollars, a rowboat at 10 dollars, a piano at 200 dollars, two cars at 100 dollars each, plus farm tools cattle horses and household goods completing the total.
Battles Rage Across Aisne and Champagne Fronts
British and French forces clash along the Aisne and Champagne with heavy bombardment on Chemin des Dames. German and British air losses mount as ground actions fail to shift fronts. Prisoners exceed four hundred as fighting continues near Moronvillers, Troyon, and Mourtevise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aisne
Champagne
French War Office
Chemin Des Dames
Oise River
Moronvillers
Troyon
Mourtebise
Ypres
West Flanders
British War Office
Arras
German
War Office
Auberive
Prosnes
Real censorship goes into effect by Wilsons order
Washington May 1 Actual war censorship began today under an executive order from President Wilson. The War Department took control of all telegraph and telephone lines and the Navy assumed charge of cables. Messages must pass censor before transmission, with focus on denying enemy information and preserving military effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
War Department
Navy Department
Committee On Public Information
United States
Daniels
D. W. Todd
Naval Communications
Arthur B. Hoff
New York
McIntyre
Baker
Federal control of railroads seen as next step
Columbus May 1 Federal officials may take over railroads after the government already controls telephone and telegraph lines. State Commissioner Waltermire says under federal control punishment for property damage or interference would be speedier and sterner than under private management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Waltermire
Uruguayan liner sunk by submarine
The Uruguayan liner Gorizia was sunk without warning by a German submarine off London on May 1. The crew evacuated in lifeboats. Captain George T. Rex, an American from San Francisco, commanded the vessel with American officers W. J. Smith and C. F. Williams. The engineroom crew included Canadians and an Englishman. The ship originated in Canada, later sold to Oriental Navigation Company in 1916 and transferred to the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
London
Gorizia
George T. Rex
San Francisco
W. J. Smith
C. F. Williams
Canada
Oriental Navigation Company
Ice prices hold steady as summer nears
Dealers say ice will stay at 40 cents a hundred this summer. Cincinnati uses about $20,000 worth of ice daily in warm months, while Eastern cities have already seen price rises. The five cent piece of ice is gone, but higher labor and service costs loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Woman accuses Indian of robbery in Lone Star case
Mrs. A. George identifies Lone Star, an Indian living at Union and Plum, as one of two men who robbed her of 15 dollars. Patrolman Braam detained the suspect early Tuesday as he tried to reach his home at 328 West Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
Union
Plum Streets
A. George
West Third Street
Braam
British Admiralty urged to revamp as U Boat threat grows
London reports Admiral Lord Beresford criticizes incomplete submarine loss figures. He warns drastic Admiralty personnel changes may follow. Rumors swirl of moves to restore Winston Churchill as First Lord. Ballarat liner sunk with all soldiers saved. Ballarat once government ship. Woodford Abrams sunk off Ireland. crew fate unknown. Swanmore and Dromore torpedoed near Baltimore Liverpool route. Dromore lost with all but one lifeboat. Swanmore sunk April 25. Dromore April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballarat
Peninsula and Oriental Line
Woodford Abrams
Ireland
Swanmore
Dromore
Johnston Line
Baltimore
Liverpool
Child Dies of Burns in Mohawk Street Accident
Willma Tefferick, aged 3, of 242 Mohawk Street, died after burns from clothing catching fire near a coal stove. She was seriously burned on the face and body and had been in critical condition at General Hospital since the February incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willma Tefferick
Mohawk Street
Hos
May Day Riots Kill Army Chief in Petrograd
Petrograd May 1. Rioters killed Major General Kashtalinski during street disorders as bombs were thrown at a crowd of demonstrators. A proclamation by the Executive Committee condemned the acts and urged citizens to prevent further violence while May Day festivities proceeded without opposition. The capital observed a general holiday with mass parades and closed government offices and restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Kashtalinski
Lodyjenski
May Day Parade in Amsterdam Unites Russians Poles and Belgians
A Socialist May Day procession in Rotterdam drew Russians Poles Germans and Belgians who sang in their languages. Russians bore red banners and chanted for their homeland. At The Hague the marchers sang the Internationale past the royal palace without police interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hague
Royal Palace
Paves Way for Peace In Stockholm Conference Start
Camille Huysmans arrives in Stockholm from Rotterdam to attend the forthcoming peace conference of Socialists. He says the fate of peace hinges on German officials clearly abandoning plans for annexation in both the West and the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Camille Huysmans
International Socialist Congress
Rotterdam
Gothenburg
Germany
Baron von Bernstorff's Kin Held as Alien Enemy
Baron Richard von den Busch Muench, who claimed kin to Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador, arrived from the Orient and is detained in San Francisco as an alien enemy. Under the alias Kurt Brunner, he arrived days ago and is to be held pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Richard von den Busch
Muench
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Kurt Brunner
California
Orient
Washington
Wilson Cabinet Sees U S Troops For France Soon
President Wilson and his Cabinet held a brief session. While sending American troops to France was not formally discussed, officials indicate a force should be sent as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
France
Seven thoroughbreds die in Pimlico fire inquiry opens
A Pimlico Race Track blaze killed seven thoroughbreds and two ponies. Heaviest loss fell to H W Sage of Albany, with four horses from his string of twelve perishing. Notable victims included Simon Jones and Brother Stone valued at 7000 each and Ambrosia at 3000. Dr J S Tyree lost Billy McGee Miss Santara and a pony. Major William M Roberts of Baltimore County lost Delos and Carbide a pony who had won at Havre de Grace at 147 to 1. Extra watchmen are on duty and investigators pursue whether the fire was incendiary or accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Pimlico Race Track
H. W. Sage
Albany
N. Y
Simon Jones
Brother Stone
Ambrosia
Don Moran
J. S. Tyree
Washington
Billy McGee
Santara
William M. Roberts
Baltimore County
Delos
Carbide
Dr. Tyree
Havre de Grace
Youngster Strangled After Swallowing Pea in Higginsport
A months old infant in Higginsport reportedly swallowed a pea that lodged in the windpipe. Doctors failed to relieve the choking and the child died en route to Coney Island hospital. Coroner Bauer was notified and the body returned home.
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Whirlwind
McKibbin
Von
Labor Peace Council
Pie
Mentary
Labor Council
L’amerique
Enrigo Garuso
Frank Ward Burgoyne
Hollweg
Jesse Conway
Coro
Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Mer Estate
Forest Hills
Lord
Beresford
Admiralty
Chronicle
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Paign
Edward Carson
ARMY
Holland
Bernstorff
U. S
Pimlico
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