Wilson presses press censorship in espionage bill debate
Washington May 23 The administration seeks wartime press controls in the espionage bill rekindling congressional fights. President Wilson pushed for rules to prevent disclosure of military movements and fortifications while protecting discussion of government acts. Senate conferees and House leaders weighed a proposed provision authorizing the president to issue censorship rules with penalties up to ten thousand dollars or five years imprisonment.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Representative Webb
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
White House
Capitol
House
United States
Overman
North Carolina
Representative Gard
Ohio
Unrest in the Far East mitigated by new move
A May cable reports a dire shortage of surgical dressings on French battlefields. Newspapers are reportedly used to staunch wounds due to lack of supplies, risking infection and gangrene. The Red Cross appeals for increased dressings.
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Far East
New York
France
Red Cross
China Premier Dismissed Amid War Crisis
President Li Yuan Hung removes Premier Tuan Chi Jui to break Parliament deadlock and names Wu Ting Fang acting premier to form a new cabinet. The move paves the way for a potential war declaration against Germany as military governors protest. Public sympathy shifts after May 10 riot and a crowd demanded war. General Wang Shih Chen takes command of emergency troops on the Peking-Tianjin railway.
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Peking
Li Yuan Hung
Tuan Chi Jui
Wu Ting-Fang
United Staes
China
Germany
Crovincial
House of Representatives
Wang Shih Chen
Péking-Tien Tsin
Woman Offers Services in War Registration Effort
Sheriff Alison of Kenton County Ky notes a message from Elsmere saying Melba Schwindt wishes to volunteer her services at the war registration due to her father Frank Schwindt undergoing an operation at Christ's Hospital and lacking brothers.
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Alison
Kenton Coun
Elsmere
Frank
Schwindt
Christ's
Weather Summary for States and Cities May 23 1917
Ohio and Indiana fair and warmer on Thursday and Friday. West Virginia fair Thursday and Friday and warmer. Tennessee and Kentucky fair Thursday and probably Friday with slowly rising temperatures. Cincinnati reports a May 23 1917 high of 59 and a low of 39, with precipitation near 0. Old records and comparisons shown for Montreal Denver Chicago Seattle Portland St Louis San Francisco Winnipeg Kamloops and Jacksonville with varying highs and winds.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Montreal
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
St. Louis
Francisco
Winnipeg
Kamloops
Cincinnati
Clear
Tom
British Jewish groups oppose Zionist plan for Palestine
A joint statement by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Anglo Jewish Association rejects Zionist aims for a Jewish national settlement in Palestine. It argues Jewish nationhood must be tied to religion and opposes special rights for settlers, warning of minority status and interdenominational conflict. The groups seek civil and religious liberty, equal rights, migration facilities, and municipal privileges after the war.
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London
Palestine
Board of Deputies of
Anglo-Jewish Association
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns With Premier Count Tisza
London May 23 Hungarian Cabinet under Premier Count Tisza has resigned amid long standing rumors. The premier faced attacks as pro German and Austria Hungary first factions clashed. Hungarian patriots accuse him of hindering efforts to split the dual monarchy into separate nations.
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London
Count Tisza
Amsterdam
America
Hungary
Submarine Sinks U S Liner Carrying Food to Switzerland
A British Admiralty report states a large American liner with a food cargo to Switzerland was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean. The vessel's name was not released. The week ended May 20 saw twenty seven British ships sunk by submarines, with eighteen over 1,600 tons. The article notes improving Allied anti U boat methods and cautious optimism over naval control gains.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Mediterranean
Switzerland
Admiralty
Kennedy Jones
Food Economy
Norway
Germany
England
Great Britain
France
Proclamation Soon on Red Cross Week Collections
President Wilson will issue a proclamation setting aside a Red Cross Week late in June for nationwide fund collections. An executive conference of Red Cross chapter heads east of the Mississippi is scheduled for tomorrow.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
Red Cross
Mississippi
Soldier Hartman Buried in Cincinnati After Philippine Death
Robert J. Hartman from 1552 Blair Avenue was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery after dying April 4 in the Philippine Islands from cardiac paralysis while serving in the Tenth United States Coast Artillery. His coffin arrived sealed. his mother father and sister attended but could not view the body. an American flag rested on the casket supplied by comrades.
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Robert J. Hartman
Blair Avenue
Spring Grove
Philippine Islands
Tenth
United States Coast Artillery
Ft. Mills
Corregidor
George A. Wiltsee
West Ninth Street
Ex-President Taft's Daughter Named Bryn Mawr Dean
Miss Helen Herron Taft daughter of former President Taft was unanimously elected dean of Bryn Mawr College. A Bryn Mawr alumna she won the first matriculation scholarship for Pennsylvania and the Southern States in 1908. She has studied history economics and politics and completed PhD work at Yale.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Helen Herron Taft
Taft
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Washington
White House
Yale University
Cox Urges Ohio Roster Up To War Strength
Governor James M. Cox called on Ohio men to enlist to fill the National Guard to full war strength as War Department orders were issued. He noted past prompt quotas in Civil War and Spanish American War and urged community cooperation for 21 to 31 year olds to join and prevent Ohio from lagging.
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Columbus
Spain
Ohio
Cox
War Department
Ohio Guard
Wear Department
National Guard of
Big Movie Theater Planned for Gifts Engine House
The historic Gifts Engine House on Sixth Street near Vine will become a motion picture theater after a five year lease totaling 15000 dollars plus a five year option with Greater Amusement Company of Cincinnati leasing from Greenwood Building Company. Improvements of 40000 dollars will convert the two entrance layout and balcony. the venue seats 1100 and aims to open by October under McMahon and Jackson.
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Sixth Street
Vine
Greater Amusement Company of
Cincinnati
Greenwood Building Company
J. W. McMahon
Jerome Jackson
Frank W. Huss
Charles Schmalstig
Otto Luedeking
Greenwood Company
Vine Street
Mary
McMahon & Jackson
Alhambra
Lyric
Grand Opera House
Walnut
Forest and
Plaza
Moving Pictures
Thorpe Alley
Fire Devastates Four Villages in Drenthe Province
A great fire raging in Drenthe near the German border has wiped out four villages and threatens more areas as flames spread from a peat bog.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Amsterdam
Drenthe
Germany
Italian Reconquest on Trentino Front Reported by War Office
Rome May 23 Italys front line fighting reverses and counter drive by Austro-Hungarians described as heavy losses for the attackers. Italian forces recaptured territory lost yesterday around Massif Piccolo and Colloriccon in the Travignolo Valley. Plava is described as a ruined city after prolonged shelling.
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Commercial Tribune
Rome
Trentino
Teutons
War Office
Massif, Piccolo
Colloriccon
Travignolo
British War Office
France
Plava
Petain
Aisne
Champagne
Moronvilliers
Thhe Craonne
Ailette
Rheims
Laon
Children’s Clinic Moves to General Hospital Premises
The children’s clinic transfers from Mad Micken Avenue to the General Hospital outdoor patient dispensary on Saturday May 26. Infant welfare work continues as a branch at the old Dyer School site on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 3 to 6, with milk available daily. The infant welfare station will operate for the summer months at Dyer School, with the Board of Health in charge in June July and August.
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Mad Micken Avenue
General Hospital
Dyer School
Board of Health
Americans Reach London With Frontline Engineers
A detachment of American army engineers the first destined for the fighting front arrived in London. Reports also state a second American hospital unit has reached England.
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London
England
Marconi claims submarine killer to end U boats
Washington May 23 The Italian war mission reports Guglielmo Marconi has devised a submarine killer, credited with destroying forty Austrian and German submarines in the Mediterranean last month. Secretary Daniels says the government will study new anti submarine devices as Naval progress expands the Consulting Board effort.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Germany
Italy
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
United States
Mediterranean
Daniels
Hudson Maxim
Navy Consulting Board
Wedding Liberty Bonds Seen as Popular Presents in June
Liberty bonds for wedding presents are expected to rise in New York during June. The Liberty Loan Committee says about 10 million dollars is spent on wedding gifts annually, and suggests diverting part of this to the war effort. Subscriptions topped 1 million at department stores, with some firms recording large pledges. A plan by George Cortelyou would allow over 100,000 public utility workers to subscribe at one dollar a week, funded by the companies.
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New York
Liberty
Liberty Loan Committee
George B. Cortelyou
Six Nationalities Blend In School Drum Corps
A cosmopolitan fife and drum corps forms at Jackson School on West Fifth Street. Members from Crete Saloniki Constantinople Odessa Naples and the United States practice under Miss Albertina Bechmann with leader Faithon Christothulakis known as Shortenit. They rehearse at 7 am and will wear a decorative uniform for Decoration Day in Cincinnati.
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Jackson’ School
West Fifth Street
Albertina Bechmann
Faithon Christothulakis
Isle of
Crete
Nehman Varum
Saloniki
Leo Varum
Constantinople
Turkey
Meyer Rissover
Odessa
Castle Garden
Custom House
Faith
Faithon Christathulakis
Faithon Shortenit
Jackson School
Cincinnati
Brazil on War's Brink Heads to Congress
Washington reports Brazil may enter the war within days. President Braz urged Congress to revoke neutrality and likely declare war after assent, citing continental solidarity and friendship with the United States. The Tijuca sinking is viewed as the trigger to sway pacific Brazilian lawmakers.
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Washington
Brazil
Tijuca
Germany
Braz
Congress
United States
State Department
Century's Progress Exhibit Highlights Cincinnati History
The Social Center Department of the schools will stage a June 5 exhibit in the Union Central Building, tracing Cincinnati from Losantiville to modern times. Frank P. Goodwin directs this civic education display featuring graphs, diagrams, and housing, health, utilities, and immigration data with free admission.
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Cincinnati
Losantiville
Fire Department
Social Center Department
Frank P. Goodwin
Union Central
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