Liberty Loan Needs Action From Small Investors
Washington reports a unity among Federal Reserve and Treasury officials that a vigorous drive within 27 days is essential to meet the Liberty Loan oversubscription goal. Many banks misjudge demand, with real uptake under 50 percent of the issue, prompting calls to mobilize the small investor and echo the wartime spirit of 1917. The first subscription arrived from Cincinnati for 10000 dollars via the Woman's Committee. details on redepositing proceeds were to be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Germany
United States
McAdoo
Middle West
Treasury and Reserve Board
Woman's Committee
Liberty Loan
The
W. G. McAdoo
Cincinnati
WAR WORK FOR WOMAN EMERGENCY RADIO LICENSE
The first woman in the wireless class of the National League for Woman's Service receives an emergency radio operator license. Miss Campbell trained at Hunter College and passed a twenty eight words per minute test, surpassing the required twenty. She hopes to serve aboard a battleship or at a navy yard, with an army post as a third choice.
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National League For Woman's Service
Miss Campbell
The
Herbert Sumner Owen
Wireless Department of the League
Hunter College
United States Bureau of Navigation
L. R. Krumm
Mitchell urges naturalized citizens to buy Liberty Loan bonds
John Mitchell chairman of the New York State Industrial Commission calls naturalized citizens to subscribe to Liberty Loan bonds as proof of loyalty. He tells workingmen to contribute in any way they can and to send in their subscriptions promptly.
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New York
John Mitchell
New York State Industrial Commission
Noted Men Attend Diplomat's Funeral
Funeral services for Joseph H. Choate, famed diplomat and lawyer, were held at St. Bartholomew's Church New York on May 17. Distinguished attendees included former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft, the French Ambassador, leading financiers, university presidents, and foreign diplomats as crowds filled the street and police preserved passage for the cortege.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Joseph H. Choate
St. Bartholomew's Church
Charles H. Brent
Philippines
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Smany
Weather Notes Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Indiana
The report covers fair to generally fair conditions across Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana with warmer temperatures in the north. It lists station temperatures high readings and precipitation across cities including Montreal Cheyenne Jacksonside Rapid City Pittsburg Salt Lake City Chattanooga Denver Chicago Phoenix Springfield Portland Memphis San Francisco Omaha Los Angeles Sheridan Winnipeg Lander Kamloops and Cincinnati. May 17 1917 records show clear conditions at 1 am and 2 pm with high 82 and 80 and lows around 59 to 66, plus wind and rainfall figures for the period.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Montreal
Cheyenne
Jacksonside
Rapid City
Pittsburg
Salt Lake Cy
Chattanooga
Genver
Cuicago
Phoenix
Springfield
Portland
Memphis
San Francisco
Omaha
Los Angeles
Sheridan
Hee Innipeg
Lander
Kamloops
Cincinnati
Government to enroll farm labor nationwide this summer
Washington May 17 The Agriculture and Labor Departments plan a national system to recruit farm workers this summer. Governors will name state boards, county agents, and community agents to register and place labor, with railroads providing reduced transport.
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Washington
Agriculture and Labor Departments
Agriculture Department
Office of Farm Management
Agricultural Department
Labor Department
Spillman
Cincinnati Physicians to Secure Commissions
Two Cincinnati doctors Dr. Arthur E Koch and Dr. Charles S Dryer are slated for commissions in the new Third Ambulance Company of Ohio. Lieutenant Colonel Hall will notify them Saturday morning at Cincinnati muster in the Helen Street Armory. Captain James Bentley will command. equipment ships from Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Arthur E. Koch
Hall
Ohio Medical Forces
Third Ambulance Company of
Ohio
James Bentley
Columbus
Helen Street Armory
Cincinnati promoter touts $2,000,000 boat line
Albert Bettinger of Cincinnati promotes a St Louis to New Orleans boat line to be financed by a $2,000,000 corporation. Cincinnatians William Hulbert Dr Shaler Berry and Arthur Larmon are on related missions with the war. Dr Berry, son of the late ex Congressman Berry of Newport, will join the medical service and be on the firing line in France within six weeks.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Albert Bettinger
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
Cut-Rate Groceries Planned for Cincinnati
Capitalists from Cincinnati and elsewhere are reported to back a plan to establish a chain of cut-rate groceries in Cincinnati and other cities. The stores would join a chain modeled after Economy Drug Stores, with grocers paying a fee to pool buying power and offer lower prices. Further developments are expected in the coming days.
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Cincinnati
Local Bankers Confident Cincinnati Will Subscribe Millions
Bankers and financiers in Cincinnati express confidence that the city will subscribe about 15 million to the big war loan, with Cincinnati brokers handling cash to push the city quota to 25 million. Union Central Life Insurance subscribes 1 million, the largest in the region, amid busy bond offices. Details explain bond payment schedule and denominations, with continued coverage on the eighth page.
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Cincinnati
Treasury Department
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Russian Generals Remain At Posts Avert Army Crisis
Petrograd reports generals Brussiloff and Gorko have withdrawn resignations after a meeting with the temporary government. The army crisis eased as commanders agreed to stay at posts and rejected peaceful terms without annexations. Alexieff urged unity and cautioned against interference while conferences pointed to potential war aims clarity. Sazonoff expected to become Foreign Minister in England posting.
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Petrograd
London
Caucasus
Brussiloff
Gorko
Alexieff
Council of Workmen’s
Sergius Sazonoff
England
Income tax surcharges jump in war revenue bill debate
In Washington on May 17 the House committee of the whole advanced drastic income surtax increases for high earners as part of the war revenue bill. A 25 percent rise on incomes from 40 000 to 1 000 000 and a 45 percent levy on over 1 000 000 were approved amid opposition.
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Washington
House
Committee of the Whole
Kitchin
McAdoo
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Wreck Takes Many Men As Canning Ship Sinks in Bering Sea
The Standard, a three masted canning ship of 1 461 net tons, sinks off Cape Constantine in the Bering Sea after stranding May 14. Of nearly 150 aboard, 29 are rescued. five lifeboats were launched and not all have been seen since. The vessel sailed from San Francisco April 7 for Bristol Bay, Alaska.
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San Francisco
Standard
Cape Constantine
Bering Sea
Naval Radio Station
Alaska
Bristol Bay
Pribiloff Island
Prosotosdococoo Goes Under Knife to Join the Army
Albert Meyers a 22 year old from Maple Avenue Dayton Kentucky sought enlistment in Cincinnati. After a physical imperfection was found he underwent surgery at Speers Hospital Dayton Ohio performed by Dr W E Senour of Bellevue. Officials expect Meyers to be able to enlist within ten days.
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Albert Meyers
Maple Avenue
Dayton
Speers
Meyers
Cincinnati
Tion
W. BE. Senour
Bellevue
Forestry unit to go to France as volunteer army engineers aid
Washington May 17 A forestry regiment of foresters woodsmen and lumbering experts will join the expedition of army engineers in France as a volunteer unit. Organized to convert timber into bridge rail and trench material with minimal waste the force will work with French foresters under technical supervision and will include portable sawmill outfits. Enlistments are to be gathered at six undisclosed central points.
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Washington
France
Army Engineers
Forest Service
War Department
Canada
Hill and Son to Serve Government as Sanitary Experts
John W. Hill and his son Henry, consulting engineers based in the First National Bank Building, accepted a telegram from Nicholas S. Hill Jr of New York calling them to assist the government with field work for selecting water supply facilities for military cantonments nationwide. The pair will join an engineers commission. the father previously headed the Cincinnati Water Works and recently advised on Mill Creek sewer work. The elder Hill plans to depart for the East early next week with the son to follow.
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John W. Hill
Henry
First National Bank
Nicholas S. Hill, Jr
New York City
Hill
Mr. Hill
Cincinnati
Fusion
Mill Creek
East
Auto Strikes Woman Injuring Lilly Bennett
Lilly Bennett aged 38 of 1014 East McMillan street was bruised Thursday night after being struck by a car believed to be owned by Murray Shipley. Witnesses say she fell in front of the vehicle.
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Lilly Bennett
McMillan Street
Murray Shipley
Final details of army bill naval cadets and mascot
One thousand cadets of the United States Junior Naval Reserve will begin a summer camp at New London Connecticut around June 1 and stay until September 1. They will receive naval and wireless instruction, hospital training, and wig wagging, with frequent submarine inspection trips if war conditions persist.
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United States Junior Naval Reserve
New London
Conn
Senate Approves War Army Bill With Wilson Backing
Washington May 17 Congress approved the war army bill by 65 to 8 after conference. President Wilson to sign. draft calls 500000 men ages 21 to 30 with potential 500000 more. It raises pay for enlisted men and allows Roosevelt’s volunteer force option if US enters France. Registration to begin within days. Baker cites supply limits delaying training until September.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Marshall
Clark
White House
Wilson
Roosevelt
France
War Department
Crowder
Baker
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senator Johnson
California
Federal Service of
National Guard
Officers Inspect Sites for Concentration Camps near Columbus
Ohio and West Virginia con struction of a training camp for the army under the draft law progresses. A joint committee of Ohio National Guard and regular army officers began formal site inspections. Toledo was visited. future stops include Zanesville. Taylor Station, ten miles from Columbus, is favored as the best of several examined sites.
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Columbus
Ohio- West Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio National Guard
Barry
Chicago
Toledo
Zanesville
Committee of the National Guard
Taylor Station
Militiaman Dies After Poison Meal In Port Perry Case
Majors Foos and Blair report Lieutenant William F. Corcoran died after poisoning at a Port Perry restaurant. Sixteen guardsmen were hospitalized with illness. restaurant owner George Miller is in custody for questioning. Coroner and toxicologist conduct examinations. no source identified yet.
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Pittsburg
I. W. Foos
George Blair
Pennsylvania National
Corcoran
Jacob Rosenbloom
Battle Tide Again Turns to Entente
London reports days of intensive fighting with shifting front lines. British forces drive Germans from Bullecourt and threaten the Drocourt Queant line while other fronts show French and Italian successes against German and Austrian positions from Arras to the Adriatic coast.
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London
Bullecourt
Drocourt-Queant
von Hindenburg
Cambrai
Arras
Roeux
Soissons
Craonne
Torino
Duino
Gulf of Triest
Triest
Austria
Adriatic Sea
Macedonia
Cerna
Struma
Krupri
Mayor Puchta declines renomination for Cincinnati mayor
George Puchta declined the Republican renomination tendered by the Cincinnati Republican Executive Committee. A letter from Puchta thanked the committee and stated he could not be a candidate at the primaries. Committee secretary George T. Poor said a meeting would reconvene Monday to select another mayoral candidate and fill other offices. Prominent Republicans discussed include Richard B. Witt, George Schott, Louis Schwab, Harry M. Hoffheimer and Edgar M. Johnson for mayor. Cliff Martin and Louis Rauh for vice mayor.
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George Puchta
Republican Executive Committee
R. K. Hynicka
Republican, Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Hynicka
Holmes
Smith and Hess
George T. Poor
Richard B. Witt
George Schott
Louis Schwab
Harry M. Hoffheimer
Edgar M. Johnson
Cliff Martin
Louis
Rauh
Charles Rose
Constant Southworth
Saul Zielonka
Gunboats Arrive at Marseilles to Aid Submarine War
Paris May 18 gunboats arrive at Marseilles to aid the war on German submarine activity and protect French merchantmen. If the experiment yields satisfactory results it will be extended.
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Paris
Marseilles
Railroads urged to maximize transport for war effort
The War Board of the American Railway Association directed all railroads to readjust service immediately to unleash maximum transportation energy for moving fuel, food, material and troops.
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Washington
War Board of the
American Railway Association
German撤 Roeux gains reversed in village battle
Berlin admits Roeux ground captured by Germans yesterday morning was retaken after a strong British counterattack. The German statement notes the village near Roeux changed hands again as forces clashed.
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Berlin
Roeux
Fire in Colored Church Sparks Lincoln Avenue Blaze
Fire discovered in a rag shop at 1117 Lincoln Avenue owned by Major Brown spread to Mt. Zion M. E. Colored Church at 1119 Lincoln Avenue causing $4,000 damage, insured. Tailor shop at 1115 Lincoln Avenue owned by Hyman Eskin also damaged. Patrolman Harry Jones reported two alarms due to building construction. Other buildings damaged $500. Police investigate cause.
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Major Brown
Lincoln Avenue
Mt. Zion
Missing 10 year old girl in Wadestreet case
Grace Hathorn reports her daughter Gertrude Hathorn aged 10 missing from home at 718 Wadestreet. Mrs Hathorn says she suspects her separated husband took the child. Police alerted and searching for Gertrude.
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Grace Hathorn
Wadestreet
Gertrude
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