Victory for Free Press As Espionage Bill Passes House
The House approved the administration espionage bill 260 to 105 after removing most censorship provisions. A new jury trial section for editors accused of publishing prohibited material was added 195 to 183. Senate debates embargo powers and Smith amendment remain unresolved amid wartime tensions.
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Washington
House
Gard
Ohio
Senate
Department of Justice
United States
Arthur Jame Balfour
Lan@ing
Congress
State Department
Balfour
Lord Eustace Percy
Allen G. Andrson
Admiral Dechair
House Naval Committee
National Council of Defense
England
Balfour Ivill
House of Representatives
New York
Ohio Registration To Start In Fifteen Days
Adjutant General Wood, back from Washington, says Ohio registration to identify men available for service will finish within fifteen days after it begins. He plans rail inquiries on a training camp site and expects 50,000 Ohio men to be called into active service. He also intends to form the Ohio National Guard into a division with a senior general officer appointment.
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Commercial Tribune
Colat Mbu
Wood
Washington
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Weather summary and temperatures across states May 4 1917
The report notes rain and clearing in Ohio with a cooler start in the east and warmer conditions later, Kentucky and Indiana expecting cloudiness and warm spells with possible showers west. It lists temperatures and precipitation across stations including Montreal New York Jacksonville Galveston New Orleans Chattanooga Detroit and Denver with highs around 84 86 and lows near 40s. The Cincinnati May 4 weather record shows 7 pm end time at 7 00 pm with rainfall and cloudiness and an overall average temperature near 42.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Montreal
New York
Tecksonville
Galveston
New Orleans
Port c
Saners
Kattanooga
Detroit
Lsof
Kamloope
Denver
Phoenix
East Lake C
Sie Wesiesa
Los Angeles
Cale
German Invasion of U S Seen as Real Danger
Hartford officials warn of imminent German invasion risk if US resources are not mobilized immediately. Judge Lucien F. Burpee, chair of the State Military Emergency Board, and Governor Holcomb cite National Council of Defense talks and alarming reports from Britain and France about dire economic and military conditions.
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U. S
Hartford
Conn
United States
Lucien F. Burpee
State Military Emergency Board
Halcomb
National Council of Defense
Washington
Burpee
England
France
Germany
Holcomb
Court Orders Liquidation Of Casualty Company Of America
In New York the Supreme Court has directed Jesse S. Phillips to take possession of the Casualty Company of America's assets for liquidation. The firm, founded in 1903, has posted annual premiums over $3,000,000 since 1912. M. J. Wright is named deputy. The move follows a $198,277 judgment against the company and concerns about nonliquid assets and rising claims.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Supreme Court
Jesse S. Phillips
Casualty Company of America
Phillips
M. J. Wright
Susquehanna Coal Company
Casualty Company
Thousands Are Losers by Insurance Failure
Philadelphia May 4. The Pittsburg Life and Trust Company’s capital and surplus have been wiped out and thousands of policy holders in many states will lose investments. Pennsylvania’s J Denny O Neil says dummy directors financed stock jobbing, reserves shrunk by three million, leaving many widows cripples and workers who paid in for years.
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the Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Pittsburg Life and Trust Company
New York
Pennsylvania
J. Denny O'Neil
O'Neil
Haiti Calls for War Declaration Over Montreal Sinking
President Artiguenave requested Congress start war talks with Germany after a Haitian crew of five and three Haitian passengers perished on the torpedoed French steamer Montreal bound Bordeaux to Haiti. The Montreal measured 13 342 tons and 345 feet in length.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Haiti
Bankers and Brokers Mobilize for Liberty Loan Drive
Telegrams from the U S Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks urged aid in placing the Liberty Loan. The Clearing House Association authorized a committee led by Gordon Reis to enlist investment banks and bond houses. Local chambers and clubs will organize Saturday meetings to secure support and funds, with Cincinnati banks expected to raise 10 to 25 million dollars.
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United States Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Clearing House Association
Thomas J. Davis
Gordon Reis
Chamber of Commerce
Banking and Currency Committee
City Club
Commercial Club
Business Men's Club
The
Stock Exchange
Cincinnati
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Pour In At Rate Of 20 Million Hourly
Subscriptions to the liberty loan poured into the Treasury Department at nearly 20 million dollars per hour. The first day showed the greatest outpouring of national wealth in history, with telegrams from every region increasing as the day advanced despite clerks working hard to assert and classify offers.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Riots at Cooper Union After Resolution Rejected
A mass meeting of thirty two Irish American groups at Cooper Union ended in a riot when the chairman refused to receive a resolution urging President Wilson and Congress to intervene for Irish independence. Over thirty were ejected and police, with 200 officers, forced an end to the disturbance.
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New York
Cooper Union
Wilson
Congress
German Bodies Pledge Support To the American Red Cross
Delegates representing eighty nine German organizations pledged support to the American Red Cross at a German American Alliance meeting Friday night. Chapter 3 will join the Red Cross in Cincinnati as a life member. President John Schwaab urged continued meetings within U S law and no foreign flags at meetings. He asked for help for unnatur ized Germans with employment and proving worthy of hospitality. Delegates unanimously endorsed the letter. Copies will go to German organizations across the state.
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American Red Cross
German-American Alliance
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Henry Albertz
John Schwaab
State Alliance
United States
Plans for Army Strength and Draft Roles Detailed
Washington reports complete plans for the selective draft army. The first war army will consist of 18 538 officers and 528 659 enlisted men, 18 divisions, 16 heavy artillery regiments, and two cavalry divisions. National Guard totals bring combined force to about 622 954 with potential expansion beyond 700 000 active troops. Training camps, officer selection, and mobilization duties are outlined, with governors and districts coordinating under War Department plans.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
House
National Guard
First Army
British Lose Warship As German Front Advances
The Admiralty reports the torpedo boat destroyer loss and 61 personnel missing after hitting a mine in the English Channel on May 2. French gains near Rheims and Craonne are announced, with 600 prisoners captured and more than 159 additional detainees. British progress east of Arras continues amid heavy fighting on the western front. General Alexeiff travels to Riga, while Germany claims Fresnoy loss and 1000 prisoners in reports to the Reich.
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London
Admiralty
English Channel
The
Commercial Tribune
Rheims
Craonne
Nivelle
Arras
Washington
Arras-Aisne
Alexieff
Riga
Geravé
Bullecourt
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Germany
von Bethmann-Holliweg
William and
Talaat Pasha
Turkey
George F. von Hertling
Vienna
Reichstag
New Revolution Against Carranza Reported Brewing
Villa followers cientifico leaders and ideologists are believed planning a new movement against Mexico with Villa as military leader and Miguel Diaz Lombardo as provisional president. Guadalupe eyed as provisional capital. Villa and commanders at Calderon Ranch near Fabens, awaiting Lombardo. U.S. cavalry sent to Fabens to reinforce patrols amid reported unrest in Tampico oil fields.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Cientifico
Legalistas
Mexico
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Cientificos
Guadalupe
Calderon Ranch
Lombardo
Fabens
Merthan
Ft. Bliss
Tampico
Openings for 40000 Acre Ft Peck Homesteads in Montana
The Interior Department announced opening of 40 000 acres in the former Ft Peck Indian Reservation for homestead entry in Montana. Coal deposits are reserved to the government. Applicants who filed by Glasgow Montana by tomorrow night will draw for first choice of claims, then choices proceed in order of application.
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Washington
Ft. Peck
Montana
Interior Department
Glasgow
Mont
War Against Germany May Last for Years Warns Franklin Martin
Franklin Martin of the Council of National Defense says the war with Germany may endure years. He urges medical students at Ohio State University not to enlist now, stating it would be folly to rush to the crisis and that students should remain in instruction until the nation can use their services.
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Columbus
Germany
Franklin Martin
Council of National Defense
E. F. McCampbell
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
French War Mission Arrives in Chicago to Enthusiastic Ovations
Marshal Joffre former French Premier Viviani and twenty three French war mission members reached Chicago on a special train. Crowds greeted them at the station and at the Chicago Club with vigorous ovations.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Marshal Joffre
Viviani
Hoover toAdvise on Allied Food Needs and Plans
Herbert C. Hoover, newly named Food Committee chair for the Council of National Defense, arrives in Washington to advise on allied food needs abroad and on distribution schemes. He will report to President Wilson after meetings with Houston Baker and Lane, and assist in implementing the food regulation program.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Council of National Defense
Mr. Hoover
Houston
Congress
Council of Defense
Europe
Wilson
Hoover
Federal Trade Commission
Agricultural Department
Baker
Lane
Defense Council
Fears of Jewish Massacre in Palestine Spread
London reports fears of a repeat of Armenian massacres in Palestine, warned by The Jewish Journal. Turks allegedly threaten to wipe out Palestine Jews, with thousands starving due to the crisis.
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Palestine
the Commercial Tribune
London
Jewish Journal
England's War Burden Estimated At 6 Million Germans
Colonel Repington, leading English military expert, writes in The Times that about 6,000,000 German soldiers are engaged on multiple fronts. The report reflects wartime scale and strategic strain across theaters.
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London
Repington
England
Times
Expert Chemist Arrested for Threat to President Wilson
Walter T. French, a Jacksonville chemist and Riverside Piracy proprietor, was arrested by U S Secret Service on a charge of threatening the president and proposing to destroy government property. He allegedly offered to sell a chemical and mechanical device to German sympathizers to poison the army and damage naval ships, aiming to remove the president. He is held on a ten thousand dollar bond.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Walter T. French
Riverside
United States Secret Service
Wilson
United States Army
Memorial Day Parade Plans Change Route to Sixth Street
Memorial Day Committee moves the parade route to Sixth street from Seventh due to decorations on Seventh. Six street businesses will decorate extensively and eighteen more organizations join the march. Red Cross nurses in uniform expected in the Grand Army Division with 15,000 total participants and twenty union bands already engaged.
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Memorial Day Committee
Sixth Street
Main
Seventh Street
Red Cross
Grand Army
Musicians’ Union
Martyr to Art Starves In Vain Fight for Fame
New York May 4 A Detroit contractor William Rankin arrives to claim his son George Rankin body in a Greenwich Village tragedy. The 28 year old painter died of starvation after over a year of solitary work on trees and waterfront scenes. Coroner cites natural causes. friends call it starvation. The father found a unfinished Central Park dell on a garret easel.
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New York
William Rankin
Detroit
Greenwich Village
West Fourteenth Street
George Rankin
Rankin
Central Park
Navy League seeks knitwear from Cincinnati women
The Comforts Committee of the Navy League at 116 East Fourth Street planned a wholesale sale of knitting material and free instruction to make sleeveless jackets and wristlets for Ohio sailors aboard the battleship Ohio. Few calls from city women were received as 500 jackets remain needed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
the Comforts Committee
Navy League
116
East
Fourth Street
Cincin
Proletariat Council Accepts War Policy Explanation
In Petrograd delegates of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers vote 34 to 19 to accept the government's May Day explanation and close the incident. The antigovernment street protest was overwhelmed by a large pro German demonstration.
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Fpetrograd
London
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Rival Parties Clash in Nevsky Prospect
Reports from Petrograd describe a confrontation on Nevsky Prospect where several shots were fired. An officer and a girl are dead and several others wounded. The city remains in turmoil amid the unrest.
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London
Nevsky Prospect
Uprising in Petrograd Over Provisional Government
Hundreds of factory workers and soldiers march Nevsky Prospect with banners calling for the end of the temporary government. The Council of Soldiers and Workmen demands Milukoff resign and seeks a council consensus before pledging on entente policy.
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Petrograd
London
Nevsky Prospect
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Czar
Council
Entente
Duma
Milukoff
Germany
M. Milukof
Milakoff
Russia crisis looms as Germany aims at Milukoff
Washington reports show urgent concern over German moves in Russia. Diplomats fear a renewed revolution could topple the provisional government and threaten a separate peace, with Foreign Minister Milukoff targeted amid growing German pressure.
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Washington
Russia
Paul N. Milukoff
Germany
Resolution Promotes Respect for National Anthems
A proposed city measure to require proper playing of national anthems in public places and to abolish rag-time melodies urges citizens to rise for The Star-Spangled Banner. infractions would incur fines from five to one hundred dollars and possible imprisonment up to thirty days.
Sunday closing issue decided by judge
Charles H. Buchert a butcher at 1723 Blue Rock Street whose shop stayed open on Sundays was dismissed by Judge Spiegel in Municipal Court. The judge cited high food prices and possible regulatory acts by Congress to justify permitting the poor to buy necessities on Sunday. Michael Schuld business agent of the Meat Cutters Union seeks a Superior Court opinion.
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Charles H. Buchert
Blue Rock Street
Union Meatcutters Allege
Judge Spiegel
Congress
Michael Schuld
Meatcutters’ Union
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