Roosevelt Decries War Unpreparedness and Urges Blood Sacrifice
In New York on May 8 Theodore Roosevelt told a Brooklyn audience that the United States and its allies would pay for wartime folly. He urged rapid dispatch of National Guard volunteers, universal military training, and emphasis on production and economy. He warned against delays, stressed industrial and agricultural mobilization, and pressed for ships and food to sustain the war effort.
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New York
Theodore Roevelt
United States
Brooklyn
The
Kings County’ Republican Committee
America
Roosevelt
National Guards
Attempt to kill Aiser foiled in Berlin gun attack
Special Cable reports from Rome quote Corriere d Italia that three shots were fired at the German leader as he rode in a Berlin street. The would be assassin was arrested after two bullets hit his auto and one hit nearby. Berlin police could not provide details.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Corriere d'Italia
Ema
Zurich
Switzerland
Weather across states predicts warmer trend with fair days
The report shows Ohio and West Virginia cloudiness on Wednesday with warming by Thursday. Indiana follows with cloudy but warmer conditions, then fair and warmer Thursday. Kentucky and Tennessee expect fair Wednesday and likely Thursday with rising temperatures. current and high temps listed for stations from Montreal to Seattle, including precipitation notes and May 8, 1917 references.
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Ohio
West
Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Montreal
Jacksonvill Cincinning
N.E
N.W
Dodge City
Salt L. City
Denver
Phoenix
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Salent
Winnipeg
Kamloops
Incomes Above $200 Seized To Pay Soldiers War Costs
A letter from T. M. Gilmore proposes confiscating all incomes over $200 per month to fund soldier pay and war expenses. He argues enlisted men deserve at least $200 monthly plus life health and accident insurance, with the rest of excess income going to the government.
German U boats reach one million ton monthly sinkings
Washington reports Germany has surpassed a one million ton monthly target for sinking merchant ships. The naval consult ing board studies remedies as U boats continue to focus on routes to England and France, with Mediterranean losses smaller. Admiral Sims attends ongoing Paris war conferences.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Germany
Naval Consulting Board
Department
England
France
Mediterranean
W. S. Sims
Paris
Liner on Fire Off Nantucket Believed British Sebastian
Boston May 8 The steamer Sebastian is on fire ten miles off the Nantucket Lightship. An accompanying liner from a transatlantic line is alongside it. Reporting from the navy yard the details are sparse. Sebastian of 1846 tons last reported in New York April 25 bound for Cardiff under Captain Falconer. Home port London managers Land and MacAn drew. Crew size and cargo unknown.
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Boston
Sebastian
Nantucket
Navy Yard
New York
Cardiff
Falconer
Lodon
Land & MacAndrew
Freighters Supplying U Boats Rumored in South Atlantic
Persistent rumors in Washington on May 8 said government investigators are pursuing a claim that freighters of the American Transatlantic Company flying the American flag carried supplies to U boats in the South Atlantic. Many view the report as another unfounded rumor after the U-53 visit to Newport.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
South Atlantic
American Transatlantic Company
Newport
United States Steel Plans $25 Million Liberty Loan Subscription
New York May 8 United States Steel Corporation will subscribe 25 million dollars to the liberty loan the largest single subscription yet announced Officials said the amount could be increased by employee subscriptions and the total likely rise further through staff and worker participation.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Liberty Loan
Fresnoy Wrested From Britons After Heavy Battle
Special Cable to The Commercial Tribune reports German forces near Fresnoy gain a foothold in British trenches northeast of the village after heavy counter attacks. British counter assault recovers some ground, then Germans renew attacks east of Fresnoy with two fresh divisions. Despite stubborn resistance, the British withdraw from Fresnoy village and wood as the German Crown Prince’s army presses toward the Aisne. Farther north counter assaults near Vaux Aillon and along the Chemin des Dames Ridge are repulsed, and violent artillery duels erupt on the Vauclercq Plateau Craonne sector as French forces had earlier won heights along a twenty mile front.
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London
Fresnoy
Wood
Crown Prince
Aisne
Teutons
Vaux Aillon
Chemin Rés Dames
French War Office
Vauclercq
Craonne
Cincinnatian Honored as Ohio Red Cross Treasurer
J G Schm dapp of Cincinnati was elected Treasurer of the Ohio Red Cross at Columbus on Tuesday. Other officers named include President Governor Cox Secretary Charles E Morris of Columbus Directors George M Lattimer of Columbus S O Richardson Jr of Toledo H H Johnson of Cleveland and FE A Deeds of Dayton.
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J. G. Schm‘dapp
Cincinnati
Ohio Red Cross Organization
Columbus
Governor Cox
Charles E. Morris
George M. Lattimer
S. O. Richardson, Jr
Toledo
H H. Johnson
Cleveland
FE. A. Deeds
Dayton
Right Will Win in War Says Balfour to Senate
British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, leading the War Mission to the United States, told the Senate that the submarine menace would be defeated and that the war would be won by hard fighting. He praised Allied resolve, urged united effort on both sides of the Atlantic, and predicted America Britain and France would prevail. The audience gave hearty ovations as he spoke from the same rostrum used by M Viviani.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Arthur James Balfour
United States
Senate
Congress
M. Viviani
Mr. Balfour
Germany
America
Britain
France
Atlantic
German Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg under attack over Marne loss
Copenhagen dispatches report rising political pressure on Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg the German chancellor. Pan Germans and conservatives blame his hesitant mobilization policy for the setback at the Marne and escalate the public criticism from Berlin as of today.
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Copenhagen
Dr. von Bethmann
Berlin
Battle of the Marne
German Peace Drive Faces New Hurdles in Reichstag
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Vice Chancellor Carl Helfferich saying Germans must keep fighting for peace. Berne notes a near crisis in Germany with a Gazette article predicting cracks in the empire and warnings about press reforms. The Chancellor’s peace address to the Reichstag was delayed, pending further developments.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Reichstag
Carl Helfferich
Berne
Germany
Awakening of
Foreign Affairs Committee
Berlin
Widow Advised of Desecration In Bethel Cemetery
Relatives of Mrs. Mackey Hill widow of Daniel Hill fear she will learn the heart was cut from his body and buried in Bethel Cemetery. A corpse desecration is suspected as authorities say Hill was not fully embalmed and embalming fluid may have been stolen. The widow collapsed upon seeing a photo in a newspaper and authorities promised a speedy solution. a prominent resident sought protection amid accusations.
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Mackey Hill
Daniel Hill
Bethel
Brannock
Mott
Clermont County
Hill
Greek Steamship Parthenon Sunk by German Submarine
A private dispatch reports the Greek steamship Parthenon, which sailed from New York to Havre on April 14, has been sunk by a German submarine. The ship and its cargo are valued at four million dollars, according to agents.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Parthenon
Havre
University President Denounces Base Hospital Recasts Duty
Dr Charles W Dabney president of Cincinnati University explains on return from Washington that no physician in the Base Hospital Unit or Reserve Medical Corps seeks release. He says some must stay to teach and train students while government and Army guidance urge continued college work for future service. The Conference of Presidents of Universities and Colleges met under Council of National Defense to discuss war role.
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Reserve Medical Corps
Washington
Charles W. Dabney
Cincinnati University
Cincinnati Base Hospital
Dabney
Medical College
Surgeon General of
The
Army
Council of National Defense
Conference of Presidents of Universities and Colleges
Will Rush 1 Billion Ship Plan For U Boat Menace
Washington May 8 The Federal Shipping Board announced England faces defeat in eight months unless the US clears the steamer lane of German submarines and ships a steady food supply. A massive shipbuilding program would be funded by a 1 billion dollar Congress appropriation to create a vast American merchant fleet. The plan reallocates steel outputs, cancels private contracts, and may issue bonds to fund 5 to 6 million tons of new vessels over two years. Labor cooperation is pledged and private manufacturers exempted only where needed for defense.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
England
United States
Federal Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Congress
Woman lawyer seeks death penalty in first Ohio murder case
In Toledo on May 8, Miss Esther Antin, Lucas County assistant prosecutor, argued for the electric chair in the trial of Mrs Evelyn Marleau for murdering Alvin Czaelusta. Antin detailed the confrontation at a restaurant and fired the shotgun when Czaelusta advanced. She urged the jury to see through gender in seeking justice.
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Antin
Lucas County
Evelyn Marleau
Alvin Czaelusta
Ohio
Czaelusta
Miss Antin
Craelusta
Legislative Program Adopted by the Drys
The National Legislative Committee of the Antisaloon League adopted a program for prohibition in the current special session. It calls to prohibit liquor sales to soldiers in uniform and near camps, ban beverage alcohol during the war, and conserve food by stopping liquor production. Committeemen James Cannon Jr, Wayne Wheeler, Arthur Barton, and Edwin Dinwiddie anchor the effort from Washington, Columbus, Dallas.
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Washington
National Legislative Committee of the Antisaloon League
Congress
Senate
National Legislative Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
Wayne B. Wheeler
Columbus
Arthur J. Barton
Dallas
Tex
Edwin B. Dinwiddie
Ohio Antisaloon League to circulate 20000 petitions statewide
Ohio Antisaloon League officials announced the campaign for state wide prohibition will start with 20000 petitions circulated in every precinct on Thursday. They predict more than 125000 signers, with filings at county headquarters by May 39 though not required for the Secretary of State until about September 6.
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Secretary of State
Meatless day to be abolished in Britain
London reports that Britain will end meatless days as it raises bread substitutes due to scarcer meat. Baron Devonport announced in the House of Lords that meat bans boost demand for bread and other substitutes, straining supplies. The move signals a shift in wartime food controls and consumer options.
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London
Great Britain
Baron Devonport
House of Lords
War Revenue Bill Advances in House for 1.5 Billion Tax Rise
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a war revenue bill aimed at raising $1.5 billion in the coming year. It doubles tariff revenues, expands income taxes with lower exemptions, and imposes steep surtaxes up to 33 percent on high incomes. New taxes cover mail, newspapers, liquor and tobacco, amusements, stamps, and broad levies on estates, automobiles, cosmetics, and more as hearings move to the Senate.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee
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