Cincinnati Palace Theater Plan Aims for New Vaudeville Temple
The Palace Theater Company of Cincinnati moves to build a 3000-seat flagship theater at Sixth Street and Lodge alley with an adjacent office block. Architects McElfrick and Harris Albee headline the project, targeting a 1918 opening with top tier vaudeville acts and luxury features.
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Cincinnati
John P. Harris
Pittsburg
Harris
Harry Davis
Detroit
Cleveland
Mr. Harris
Strand, Family
Walnut Theaters
J. F. Albee
New York
B. F. Keith Houses
United Booking Offices
America
Henry M. Ziegler
Keith-Columbia
Walnut Street
Ziegler
Ben Ll. Heidingsfeld
Palace Theater Company
I. Libson
Strand, Walnut and Family Theaters
the Palace
Mr. Albee
W. H. McElfatrick
McElfatrick
Thalia
Sixth Street
Lodge Alley
Gano Alley
Albee
Ontario Premier proposes compulsory military enlistment in Canada
Ottawa May 18 Sir Robert Borden announced a measure to raise at least 50 000 and probably 100 000 men by selective compulsory service to fill gaps in the Canadian army in France. He cited losses at Ypres and Vimy Ridge and said support for the troops must be provided. Opposition leader Sir Wilfrid Laurier pledged full consideration while backing continued war effort. The plan drew cheers from Parliament.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Army Corps
France
Robert Borden
England
Canada
Atlantic
Sir Robert
Ypres
Vimy Ridge
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Wilson orders expedition to France under Pershing
President Wilson signed the war army bill and directed an expeditionary force of about a division under Major General John J. Pershing to proceed to France at the earliest practicable date Generals and staff will precede the troops Roosevelt is barred from raising a volunteer expedition to carry the American flag against Germany in France due to the current authorization restrictions.
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Washington
President Wilson
John J. Pershing
France
Roosevelt
Wilson
Thrilling Adriatic Fight Report Sinks British Drift Fleet
In the Adriatic a raid by Austrian light cruisers and destroyers sinks fourteen British drifters after engagements near Cattaro. The British Dartmouth is torpedoed but reaches port. Bristol also involved and both fleets withdraw. Brazil hints at lifting neutrality decree amid US Germany war.
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London
British Admiralty
Adriatic Sea
Dartmouth
Admiralty
Bristol
Cattaro
H. M. S. Bristol
Liberty Loan drive shows strong local support and losses noted
The Cincinnati Liberty Loan effort reports record investments by Union Gas and Electric Company, Fifth Third Bank, Provident Savings, and others, with major banks handling large accounts. Publicity officials plan 200000 copies of appeals for schools and factories as Postmaster General Burleson pushes a united national effort.
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Liberty Loan
Union Gas and Electric Company
W. E. Hutton & Co
Union Central Life Insurance
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Fifth- Third National Bank
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company
Central” ‘Trust
Union Trust Company
H. E. Coombs
Culkins
Murray E. Shipley
Morris
F. Westheimer
Chamber of Commerce
Burleson Kiday
Post Office Department
United States
Espy
Treasury
Cincinnati
Carl Dehoney
Howard Carl Dehoney
Richard
Sarah
Rose
Ned Hastings
Keith’s
Nelson
John
Margaret Hastings
Rothenberg Public School Hosts Annual Exhibit
The Rothenberg Public School presented its annual exhibit of social center activities Friday night. Proceeds from a pupil donated playset will benefit the school fund.
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Rothenberg Public School
Weather report across states with temperatures and showers
Ohio to West Virginia forecast shows cloudy conditions with possible showers in several states. Temperature readings listed for stations such as Montreal Cincinnati and Chicago, plus a May 18 1917 weather record detailing highs 78 and lows 46 with clear skies and light winds.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Montreal
Lake Cyene
Jacksonville
Isissi
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix Dence
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
Memphis
San Statel
Plan for Officer Volunteers Considered in Washington
Albert Morrill Al fred Bettman and Southern Ohio Military Training Camps Association officials met Secretary of War Baker in Washington to discuss Cincinnati recruiting officers drilling Officers Reserve Corps members denied entry at Fort Benjamin Harrison. They urged releasing qualified but not accepted volunteers from the draft and said Congressmen Longworth and Heintz would stay in touch with developments.
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Baker
Albert Morrill
Alfred Bettman
Military Training Camps Association of Southern
Morrill
Bettman
Proclamation Details Draft Registration Under War Bill
The President signs and issues a proclamation implementing the selective draft provision of the wareering bill. It requires all males aged 21 to 30 to register under regulations to be prescribed, with penalties for willful noncompliance. Continued on second page.
10 000 000 Ordered into Army Roster Beginning June 5
The war bill winner moves to sign by President Wilson to form a national army of over one million trained men within a year. Draft calls target ages 21 to 30 with a June 5 registration date. National Guard units will enter federal service in three increments this summer. Regulars advance toward war strength as mobilization continues.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
White House
Wilson
Crowder
National Guard
National Guardsmen
United States
Italians Report Large Prisoner Haul On Front
The Italian front press reports 6 432 prisoners captured with an additional 2 400 added, and British heavy artillery aiding General Cadorna. It notes fortifying the Gorizia area, repulsed enemy assaults, and airship reconnaissance hitting rear lines east of Gorizia. Trieste remains a key objective.
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Associated Press
New York
Cadorna
Gorizia
Bodrez
Isonzo
Tolmino
Vodice
Grazigna
Trieste
Tolmini
Adriatic
Duino
Berlin
Bullecourt
London
Petrograd
Volhynia
Germany
Russia
Huston Assigned to Engineers' Company for Army Service
Captain T. L. Huston a former Cin cinnatian and part owner of the New York Americans is headed from Cincinnati to Detroit after War Department orders for examination for entrance in the engineer corps. He will confer with Colonel L. H. Beach about recruiting engineers in Cincinnati as part of preparations for the Sixth Reserve Railway Maintenance of Way and Construction Regiment.
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T. L. Huston
Detroit
Beach and Cornish
Burgess
Cincinnati
Metal Explodes in Foundry Wounding Four Workers
A foundry accident on Lane Bodley Street near Pad dock road in Tennessee injured four men when a ladle of molten iron overturned and erupted in steam and flames. Essie Williams Fred Bacon Richard Dean and Harry West were treated at General Hospital with burns. West remained. Bacon retrieved the ladle, saving others as fire crews contained the blaze.
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Lane-Bodley
Tennessee Avenue
Paddock Road
General Hospital
Essie Williams
West Court Street
Fred Bacon
James Hennegan Dies After Fall On Street
James Hennegan found late Friday at Bates and Coerain avenues with facial injuries. Believed to have fallen on a curb, he died at General Hospital. Saloon keeper Frank Becker identified the body at the morgue. Hennegan once served as county jail trustee.
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James Hennegan
Bates and Co’erain
General Hospital
Frank Becker
Bates and Colerain Avenues
Hennegan
Navy to rename new submarines as R and S boats
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that submarines Nos 78 to 104 will be named R-1 to R-27 and Nos 105 to 146 except No 108 will be S-1 to S-41. Submarine No 108 of the Neff type will be an R-boat.
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Washington
America
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
159 Lucky Seamen Safe From Grounded Ship
San Francisco May 18 159 men aboard the cannery steam ship Standard aground off Cape Constantine Alaska have been rescued per late wireless dispatches. Earlier reports said five lifeboats with twenty nine men reached shore but rest were believed lost.
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San Francisco
Standard
Cape Constantine
Alaska
Waite to Die in Chair Next Week for Father-in-Law Killing
Albany report says Dr. Arthur Warren Waite must die in the chair next week after an alien commission ruled him sane. Columbus dispatch notes Weldon H. Wells of Kansas convicted of the murder of Mona Byron Simoni in a local hotel last January. Washington reports Honduras has broken diplomatic relations with Germany.
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Albany
Arthur Warren Waite
Columbus, O
Weldon H. Wells
Kansas
Mona Byron Simoni
Washington
Honduras
Germany
Auto Victim Suffered Fractured Jaw After Hit
George Cox, 39, a carpenter of 428 West Eighth Street, was struck by a car at Ninth and John streets early Saturday, suffered a fractured jaw and was taken to General Hospital. the driver did not stop.
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George Cox
West Eighth Street
General Hospital
Ninth and
John Streets
Fire starts from crossed wires in tailor shop blaze
A fire in Frank E. Yago's tailor shop at 501 Provident Bank Building was caused by crossed wires on an electric iron. The blaze, found by night watchman Andrew Kelly who rang the still alarm, prompted a second alarm signaled by Patrolmen Kneisel and Francia.
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Frank E. Yago
Provident Bank
Andrew Kelly
Kneisel
Francia
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