Enrollment Day for War Duty Registra tion
The Board of Elections issues instructions for men aged 21 to 30 to register on June 5 for war service. Registration at usual precincts 7 AM to 9 PM, with mail options for absentees. Penalties include a year in prison for evasion. Hamilton County uses Colonel Hake and Commissioner Alfred Allen to draft from registrants. Local officials and venues prepared 655 precincts, with efforts to avoid street booths. Metropole Hotel lobby offered as a registration site.
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Cincinnati
Board of Elections
Hamilton County
Charles F. Hake
Alfred Allen
Court of Common Pleas
Special Dispatch
the Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
United States
Peabody Divorce Trial Focus on Detective Testimony
George Peabody, son of Stephen Peabody, faces a divorce suit as detective John Smith testifies he tailed Peabody through nine towns and unearthed eighteen women. Grace Allen Peabody, wife of Peabody since 1911, is named in the affair and in the court record.
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New York
Cial
George Peabody
Stephen Peabody
John
Smith
Peabody
Peabodys
Williamstown
Mass
Pea
Grace Allen
Joseph R. Allen
South
Orange
Women Do Men's Work In B and O Railroad Shops
Vice President J M Davis and A W Thompson toured Cincinnati area shops noting that women are entering the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad service in machinist and blacksmith roles. He cited government calls on officers and workers, with many civil engineers clerks and artisans already joining or being drafted. Women in Ohio including Lorain have filled helper positions, sometimes wives stepping in.
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J. M. Davis
Baltimore, & Ohio Railroad
A. W. Thompson
Cincinnati
Civil Engineer Corps
Army
Davis
Ohio
Lorain
Weather Summary for Multiple States and Temperatures
The report lists Sunday and Monday forecasts for Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee with fair and cooler conditions and possible showers in parts. It provides station temperatures highs and precipitation notes for cities including Montreal Salt Lake Jacksonville Pittsburg Phoen x Chattanooga Seattle Chicago Portland St Louis San Francisco Memphis Winnipeg Omaha Cincinnati and more with May 19 1917 daily records and wind and humidity observations.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Montreal
O 'Salt Lake
Jacksonville
Geksanay
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Winniper
Omata
Amicone
Vsesita
Cincinnat
Italians Seize Crest on Mt Vodice In Isonzo War
Italian forces capture a crest on Mt Vodice as they press the Isonzo offensive north of Gorizia amid renewed Austrian resistance. Intense air and artillery duels persist along the Austro Italian front. On the eastern front Russian bombardments prompt German replies as French front lines hold near St Quent in.
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Associated Press
New York
Isonzo
Mt. Vodice
Gorizia
France
St. Quentin
Arras
Douaix
M. Milakoff
Lvov
Train collision near Wheelerton kills engineer in Alabama
A Louisville & Nashville passenger train No. 1 crashed into the rear of a freight train at Wheelerton north of Albany Alabama early today. Engineer Tom Douglass of Nashville was killed at the throttle and Fireman Rigegans was perhaps fatally injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Albany
Ala
Louisville & Nashville
Wheelerton
Here
Tom Douglass
Nashville
Rigegans
Highland Corrie torpedoed with loss of eight on voyage
Special Cable reports the British liner Highland Corrie, 7580 tons, torpedoed without warning off the coast. Eight lives were lost among six sailors and two passengers. The ship, en route from London to Buenos Aires, sank lifeboats were lost and British patrols aided in rescue as weather aided recovery. Details recount casualties including surgeons and crew, and note mails and cargo lost. The French destroyer Boutefeu was sunk by a mine in Adriatic action.
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London
Highland Corrie
Tsuenos Aires
Russel
R. N
Norman Lanyon
Buenos Aires
Thomas
Arthur Culigan
Boutefeu
Adriatic
Paris
Forced her 10 cook for his affinity testimony among trio
In Cleveland Police Court, William Bickford and Louise Woodward were sentenced to three months in the workhouse and fined 200 dollars each after the wife testified he kept Woodward in their home as a servant and mistress. The wife described early breakfasts and wage control amid the scandal. Mrs. Bickford’s daughter Mary Munshower helped drive the arrest.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Cull
William Bickford
Louise Woodward
Bickford
Miss Woodward
Buffalo
Referendum on Suffrage Assured in Ohio Vote Next November
A petition drive by the Ohio Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage filed 91 191 signatures from 74 counties with Secretary of State Fulton securing a November referendum on Reynolds bill. Hamilton County leads with 22053 names and totals meet the required 70444 threshold. Leaders urge voters to consider the burden on women and endorse or reject the suffrage measure.
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the Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Fulton
Ohio Association
C. F. Harding
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Montgomery
Franklin
Stark
Belmont
Marion
Catherine H. Talbott
Dayton
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warren
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Ohio
Captain Unafraid Celebrates Eightieth Birthday In New York
The photograph of Dyamite Johnny O'Brien, lauded by the Republic of Cuba as a key figure in the last days of the Spanish conflict, was taken in New York on April 20 for his eightieth birthday. Once known as Captain Unafraid, he remains mentally active though aged. Cuban President Mario G. Menocal sent birthday wishes to the veteran filibuster who sailed arms to Cuba before the war.
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Dyamite
Johnny” O'Brien
Republic of Cuba
Spain
New York
Johnny
United States
Cuba
Mario G. Menocal
Seven Million Killed in War Believed by Henderson
London May 19 Arthur Henderson War Council member estimated seven million men killed in the war thus far in an address at Richmond. He said total casualties exceed the United Kingdom population of 45,370,533.
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London
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Richmond
United Kingdom
Wilson Sets Food Control Powers In War Time
President Wilson outlines broad food administration powers aimed at production, distribution and pricing during the war. He nominates Herbert C. Hoover as Food Administrator, with no pay for Hoover or his immediate aides, relying on voluntary cooperation and civilian help.
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Washington
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Department of ‘Agriculture
Commissioner of Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Melba Signs Next Season with Chicago Opera
New York May 19 announcement says Dame Nellie Melba now in Australia has signed a contract to sing next season with the Chicago Opera Company.
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New York
Mme. Melba
Australia
Chicago Opera Company
Senate Passes War Budget Increase for Merchant Fleet
The administration's war budget climbs to 3.342 billion dollars with a 750 million boost for the merchant fleet. The measure, sent to conference, funds army and navy needs, including pay, equipment, fortifications, and aviation for the navy. Senate debate focuses on the merchant marine appropriation. draft provisions extend four months after the war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Congress
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, First Woman Presidential Candidate, Dies
Mrs Belva Lockwood 87 long a pioneer for women rights and equal suffrage died in Washington Hospital She was the only woman to run for U S president She argued before the Supreme Court and won notable cases including Eastern Cherokees v United States and a 5 000 000 settlement for Indians Her presidential nominations came in 1884 from the Equal Rights party and were renewed in 1888 in Iowa
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Washington
Belva Lockwood
United States
United States Supreme Court
Equal Rights Party of
Pacific Slope
Iowa
Passenger collision injures many near Granby
A Missouri Pacific passenger train collided with a Frisco train near Granby. Many persons were reported hurt.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Joplin
Missouri Pacific
Granby
Northwest Kansas Faces Sweltering Heat Wave
Northwest Kansas towns recorded 94 degrees in the heat of a midsummer day as residents deal with the intense warmth across the region.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Smith Center
Kan
Kansas
Little Band of Germans Sail in Small Vessel to Berlin
Twenty eight German reservists return from Chile after a five thousand mile voyage in the sailing craft Tinto. They stocked provisions, sailed under a Norwegian flag, and avoided British searches while drifting through storms. They were later sent to Berlin by the German Consul.
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Berlin
Chile
Tronthjem
Norway
Santiago
Tinto
Sip
Hambourg-American Line
Marines to join Pershing in European expedition
The United States plans call for a marine regiment to join General Pershing’s expeditionary force in Europe. The move increases land forces near 40 000 with army divisions and engineers. Pershing’s staff sails ahead to prepare for invasion.
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France
Washington
America
Army
Navy
Marine’ Corps
European
Belgium
Pershing
Europe
Forestry
Marine
United States
Sims
London
General Pershing
Labor Leaders Pledge Aid to Ohio War Effort
Dayton May 19 Ohio labor leaders meeting with Governor Cox pledged to use their efforts to bolster the state’s industrial support for the war. Attending were Thomas J. Donnelly O B Chapman John J Quinlivan James Wilson Charles R Atherton and others. They welcomed representation on the War Council and on color call boards in industrial centers, signaling strong labor patriotism.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Cox
Ohio
Thomas J. Donnelly
Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
O. B. Chapman
John J. Quinlivan
John P. Fréy
T. J. Donnelly
War Council
Six aviation schools to open Monday for war training
The War Department announced six training schools to start Monday to train aviators from the ground up. Prof. Bingham of Yale will lead the program, with sites at MIT, Cornell, the University of Illinois, Ohio State, Texas A and M, and the University of California.
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Ohio State
Washington
United States
War Department
Bingham
Yale
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
University of Illinois
University of Ohio
Texas State University
University of California
Submarine Sighted Off San Diego Harbor Entrance
Two lookouts at Ft. Rosecrans observed a submarine off the entrance to San Diego harbor late today. The craft appeared to come from the south and was plainly visible before submerging, according to Twelfth Naval District headquarters. Authorities declined to comment.
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San Francisco
Ft. Rosecrans
San Diego
Twelfth Naval District
Roosevelt Offers War Service to Wilson in Any Role
New York May 19 Colonel Roosevelt expresses disappointment and offers to raise two divisions for the war effort. He says his trained force could sail next Monday and would require fewer officers than the regular army. He also praises General Pershing as the choice to lead the first American force.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Roosevelt
Wilson
Fors
Pershing
Kitchin Sets Meeting to Finalize War Tax Bill
Democratic Leader Kitchin ordered a special Ways and Means Committee meeting for tomorrow to shape the war tax bill. They aim to resolve amendments including the second class mail rate hikes and the advertising and musical instrument taxes before final passage on Tuesday night.
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Washington
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Pay-roll bandits shoot two. escape with $6000 on West Side
The Commercial Tribune reports in Chicago on May 19 that four bandits stopped a pay-roll messenger and a private detective after an elevated train encounter. A gunfight left messenger Jack Byers seriously wounded with a chest wound and a bystander shot in the knee as the bandits escaped with over $6,000.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
West Side
Jack Byers
A. Stein Company
Byers
Mexicans Arrested for Smuggling Arms Near Fabens
Near Fabens Texas on May 19 the Sixteenth Infantry arrested George Holmes Villa's cattle agent and four teen Mexicans for smuggling munitions into Mexico. A quantity of arms and ammunition was seized. among the captured were Juan Andreas Alm Villa's secretary and General Vargas.
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The
Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
George Holmes
Villa
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Fabens
Mexico
Juan Andreas Alm Villa
Vargas
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