Yankee peace plan hailed in London meeting
A London assembly of 1,206 representatives including clergy and peers unanimously endorses a League of Nations style plan. Speakers led by Viscount Bryce and General Smuts call for a union of free nations to preserve permanent peace and admit Germany to avoid a league against Germany.
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League of Nations
London
Wilson
William II. Taft
Houses of Lords and Commons
League of Nations Society
Viscount Bryce
Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Jan Christian Smuts
Baron Buckmaster
Hugh Cecil
Viscount Har
Lord Buckmaster
Germany
Viscount Brfce
England
Wars on U Boats Made Chief of Britain's New Naval
A concise report notes the appointment of a new naval chief in Britain as London reorganizes anti U boat efforts. The change signals intensified wartime operations and strategic shift in naval leadership.
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Britain
Liberty Loan film drive planned by leading producers
New York May 14 moving picture films to advertise the governments liberty loan of 1917. Frank A. Vanderlip National City Bank OC chairman of the Liberty Loan Publicity Committee says top producers will meet to arrange scores of one reel dramas around the buy a bond idea. Robert W. Wooley named chairman of a motion picture subcommittee to supply film advertising for the loan.
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New York
Ment
Liberty Loan
Frank A. Vanderlip
The
National City Bank
Robert W. Wooley
Wilson
Af -Motion Picture
President Wilson Narrowly Escapes Trolley Danger
Special Dispatch reports President and Mrs. Wilson were nearly struck by a trolley in Washington as they crossed Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue. Blinded by sun, the couple were spared when the motorman halted the car. Mrs. Wilson's skirt brushed by the fender. the President pulled her to safety amid onlookers.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Weather roundup for Ohio to Indiana with temperatures
Ohio Tennessee Kentucky Indiana fair Tuesday and Wednesday with seasonal temperatures. West Virginia also fair and warmer. Station data list highs and lows for cities including Montreal Salt Lake City Denver Pittsburgh Chicago Portland St Louis Memphis Winnipeg Omaha Kamloops Cincinnati with May 44 1917 record and comparisons to prior years.
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Pittsburgh
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Memphis
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Kamloops
Cincinnati
Naval staff formed with Jellicoe as chief in Britain
London May 14. The House of Commons announced the creation of a naval staff with Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as chief. Sir Edward Carson said the move aims to free top leaders from admin work and strengthen shipbuilding and munitions by centralizing control under Sir Eric Geddes, who will oversee shipbuilding production for the admiralty, War Office, and Ministry of Shipping.
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John R. Jellicoe
House of Commons
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Eric Campbell Geddes
Edward
War Office
Ministry of Shipping
Sir Edward
Sir Eric
Board of Admiralty
Ministry of Shipping Control Committee
British Admiralty
John Jellicoe
Navy
Epicures Mourn As Mashed Potato Declines From Menus
A fragment notes mashed potatoes disappearing from smaller restaurant menus as costs rise. Proprietors say one dish yields two portions of fried German or French items, prompting a shift away from the dish. The piece references General Hi Cost as a looming fear in pricing.
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Old General Hi
U Boats Sink Three British Steamers in War Risks Rise
News from Copenhagen and New York reports three British steamers torpedoed by German submarines with no lives lost on the Medina and Omrah though cargoes and crews suffer. The Corfu was sunk near Gibraltar and the DeKalb joins the American fleet. Survivors arrive in the United States with others from the Vacuum and Rockingham.
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Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
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Orient Steam Navigation Company
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Philadelphia
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John Kirby
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William Wann
E. Colin Goldsworthy
France
F. T. Garrett
Alexander Horn
B. Tasker
Death Takes Jos H Choate Ex-US Amb to Great Britain
New York May 14 Joseph H Choate former United States Ambassador to Great Britain died at 11 30 p m in his New York City home after a brief illness He was 85 and long a leading New York lawyer famed for his role in Boss Tweed FitzJohn Porter Tilden Vanderbilt and other cases His wit and legal skill made him a renowned figure among jurists and public in the United States and Britain.
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New York
Joseph H. Choate
United States
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England
New England
Rufus Choate
Harvard
Evarts, Southward & Choate
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New York City
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Commodore Vanderbilt
McKinley
London
Union League Club
Atlantic
Middle Temple
Former Minister Marburg to be Chief Orator at U of C Commencement
Hon Theodore Marburg former minister to Belgium will deliver the commencement address at the University of Cincinnati graduation in the university armory on Saturday morning June 16. Judge Rufus B. Smith president of the board of trustees will also speak with Rev Mr Dunlop giving the benediction.
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Belgium
University of Cincinnati
University Armory
Rufus B. Smith
Board of Trustees
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Church of the Advent
Phi Beta
Kappa Keys
Jack Turner
Dorothy Stevens
Lester Jaffee
Eleanor Isaacs
Mayer Salkover
Curtis Beresford
Cincinnati
A. B. Beresford
Leo Weinberger
Ohio doctors urged to advertise and tackle quacks
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune Springfield Ohio May 14 1920 Ohio State Medical Association backs advertising to reach the public and ban removal. The group calls for larger tuberculosis treatment funding for returning troops and honors doctors in the Medical Reserve Corps. Presidency in contention with S P Kramer C E Huston G E Robbins named among likely candidates. Columbus expected to win next annual meeting.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Ohio State Medical Association
Association
Sociology Committee
H. A. Goodman
Columbus
Ohio
France
S. P. Kramer
Cincinnati
C. E. Huston
Dayton
G. E. Robbins
Chillicothe
Appeal to Soldiers Warns Against Separate Peace
Petrograd report from London dated May 15 says the Council of Soldiers and Workmen's Deputies calls on the army to defend revolutionary Russia against German imperialism, declares separate peace impossible, and urges soldiers to use all power to resist.
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Petrograd
London
Council of Soldiers and Workmen’s Deputies
Russia
Auto Mechanic Injured In Truck Repair Crash
Albert Kebage a 33 year old Kroger auto mechanic residing at 812 Richmond Street was seriously injured Monday night while repairing a Kroger company truck at Bluerock and Cherry streets. Jacks slipped as he lay under the vehicle causing a fracture to a rib and chest wounds. He was admitted to General Hospital for treatment.
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Richmond Street
Kroger
Bluerock
Cherry ‘Streets
General Hospital
Two Lake Liners Sunk In Collision Near Detour
In heavy fog on St Marys River near Detour Michigan two steel steamers the Saxona of the Tomlinson Line and the Pentecost Mitchell of the Pittsburg Line collided head on and sunk. Both crews are reported safe.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Saxona
Tomlinson Line
Pentecost Mitchell
Pittsburg
St. Mary’s River
Morgan's Son Enlists as Naval Reserve Ensign
Junius Spencer Morgan son of J P Morgan has joined the Naval Reserve as an ensign and is assigned to the Newport Rhode Island station according to recruiting headquarters in New York
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New York
Senate Passes Espionage Bill After Lengthy Debate
Washington May 14 After nearly three weeks of war debate the Senate passed the chainiebeellion espionage bill 77 to 6. The measure grants the President power to embargo exports, allows censorship of mails, and imposes penalties for espionage and false reports. The final vote to remove all press censorship stood 48 to 34 with extensive party lines.
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Stronghold Captured by Britons Near Arras
Field Marshal Haig's army tightened its grip on Recoux east of Arras after penetrating the village, with furious street fighting as Germans fortified houses. Berlinean reports say Bullecourt remains in German hands, while Russian fronts show reverses and heavy German redeployment to the west.
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Eyehy
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Ypres
West Flanders
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Berlin
Russian War Office
Germany
Fieldsee von Hindenburg
Western
Washington labor leaders to meet British reps on plans for mobilizing workers
U S and Canadian labor chiefs gather in Washington for a historic meeting with British counterparts to discuss coordinated action. Reports from Curacao describe an abortive Venezuelan uprising near Maracay tied to pro German influence. Arrests rise as Curacao passengers accuse President Gomez of pro German ties and note his alleged $2 million German bank deposits.
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United States
Canada
New York
Venezuela
Curacao
West Indies
Maracay
Gomez
Caracas
Thirty Die of Starvation in Turk Capital
American bluejackets arriving in Paris report in Constantinople daily starvations and German control in Nish Serbia. They describe dire food shortages, marching barefoot Turkish troops, and a death rate of about thirty daily in Constantinople during the war period.
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Constantinople
United States
Germany
Turkey
Hunger riots threaten as peasant congress opens in Petrograd
A Congress of peasant delegates from twenty seven provinces met in Petrograd on May 15 and issued an urgent appeal to supply grain and fodder for the army and rear. The plea notes supplies halted since Easter, stores running dry, and a critical hunger situation despite ample reserves.
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Petrograd
Congress
Russia
Russia Turkey peace moves fail to quiet fears
A Rome dispatch claims The Idea Nazionale reports Turkey proposed a separate peace with Russia through a neutral source. Turkey would open the Dardanelles to Russian ships and consider Armenian questions and nationality rights. The United States aims to bolster the new Russian democracy via a mission led by Elihu Root.
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Washington
Russia
Turkey
Rome
Idea Nazionale
Nationalist Party
Italy
Straits of
Dardanelles
Recruiting Office Opened for Negro Regiment in Atlanta
In Atlanta on May 14 a recruiting office was opened to enlist a regiment of African American soldiers. The unit is planned to join the proposed Roosevelt expedition as part of its objectives.
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Atlanta
Duckworth Club Reports Improved Health Of President Noctor
At a Monday meeting President Thomas J. Noctor was reported much improved. Discussions included revolutions on the death of Charles Dannenhower, a former Democratic leader, which were read.
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Duckworth Club
Thomas J. Noctor
Charles Dannenhower
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