Massive U S Registration Surges With 10 Million Enrollees
Washington reports more than ten million young Americans enrolled on June 6 for war service marking the first mass registration. The process ran smoothly nationwide with governors pledging full turnout and few exemptions claimed. Alaska and Hawaii to follow later as the roll of Americans abroad grows.
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Washington
United States
General Crowder
Census Bureau
Idaho
Tion
Alaska
Hawaii
State Department
Department of Justice
Hamilton
Ohio
Hartford
Wind Storm Destroys Kansas Village and Damages Farms
A fierce Shawnee county wind storm in June destroyed Elmont with all its ten residents, along with four farm houses at Valencian Maple Hill and Menoken. Three people died and several injured as the school house records for the selective draft were blown away.
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Popeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Elmont
Valencian
Maple Hi
Menoken
Federal Reserve Warns Banks Over German Interests
The Federal Reserve Board warns member banks that German interests in Latin America seek to secure American funds to foment trouble in the hemisphere. The transfers of money to neutral countries on both sides of the Atlantic must be carefully scrutinized.
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Washington
State Department
Federal Reserve Board
Menher
Latin America
Utahs Sons Enroll Amid High Registration in State
Enrollment in Utah on June 5 surpassed 2000 with near complete participation. Officials acknowledge a few hundred men may be unregistered due to ignorance or other reasons.
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Utah
East Lake City
Federal permits rule in rail raid case reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on June 4 ruled that federal permits must be secured for rail raids under federal forest service oversight. Pebble Lions faced compliance requirements to proceed.
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Washington, Ln
Werose
Federal Forest
Supreme Court
Eleven Chinese provinces revolt over resignation demand
Provisional assembly of Kwang Tung demands the dismissal and punishment of the military governor while provinces Pekin Chi Li resist central authority. Sun Yat Sen and other revolutionaries move toward Canton as Li Yuan Hung faces isolation and censorship tightens across telegraph lines.
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Provisional Assembly
Kwang-Tung
Pekin
China
Chi-Li
Kwang- Tung
Kwang-Li
Yun-Nan
Li Yuan Hung
Sun Yat Sen
Tang Shao-Yi
Canton
Yuan-Hung
South China
Kwang-Si
Ano
Tribute to Buffalo Bill at Lookout Mountain Burial
The last tribute to Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill was paid June 8 as his body lay in a vault carved from rock on Lookout Mountain near Denver. More than 10,000 people traveled by auto and rail to attend a simple Masonic ceremony with Knights Templar escorts.
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Denver
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Golden Masonic Lodge
Knights Templar
North Platte
Neb
Cody
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Convicted of Conspiracy in Chicago Union Case
Six of seven Electrical Workers' union members were found guilty on June 2 of conspiracy linked to dynamiting conduits and property of Commonwealth Edison during a May 1916 strike.
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Chicago
Electrical Workers’ Union
Commonwealth Edison Company
Doctors Favor Prohibition in New York War Meeting
Doctors urged wartime prohibition at a New York meeting hosted by the American Medical Association committee on treatment of alcoholism and paralytic addiction, arguing for strong restrictions during the war period.
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New York
American Medicals Association
Committee
Russians Welcome Americans Arriving in Taman Government
The United States railroad delegation led by John F. Broveos, former chief engineer, arrived at Vindivostok and was warmly greeted by Taman authorities.
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Vindivostok
United Sates
Taman
John F. Broveos
Panawea Camn
British and French Hold Their Gains in Western Front
Reported Allied advances stretch from Loos to near Arras and north of the Aisne. Haig's forces secure Vimy Ridge and encircle Lens and St Quentin while French gains along a 15 mile front north of the Aisne and at Mont Camillet rise. German losses include over 52 000 prisoners and 446 heavy and field guns.
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London
Lyon Hindenburg
Emperor William
William
France
Loos
Bullecourt
Arras
Haig
Vimy
Douai
Lens
St. Quentin
Aisne
Allette River
Laon
Champagne
Emperor Charles
Plava
Cadorna
Vodice
Corso
Castagnayuizen
Brazilian crews take control of German ships at ports
Brazilian crews board German ships sold by Brazil without incident. The transfers occurred smoothly at multiple ports as ships shifted hands under Brazilian authority.
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Rio Janeiro
Airmen Rescued After Five Days Adrift at Sea
The Daily Mail reports two British airmen were rescued by a destroyer after drifting for five days in a damaged machine off Gea London. The sailors were towed aboard unharmed and received medical checks.
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Gea
London
The
Daily Mail
Bankers Bon Search for Missing Infant in Owark Hills
Searchers comb Owark hills near Springfield to find 14 month old Lloyd Keet son of J H Keet a wealthy retiree. Italian diplomat to enlist almo Cambiaglo minister to Mexico arrived from Mexico City en route to Italy seeking to join Italian army.
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Springfield
Owark
Here
Lloyd Keet
J. Hh, Keet
Laredo
Texas
Almo Cambiaglo
Mexico
Mexico City
Italy
Submarine collision in channel shocks observers
German submarine rammed a British submarine while submerged in the channel on April 19, an unprecedented underwater collision reported by the Rheinische Zeitung. The German vessel slid off into the water as both boats started engines and briefly separated by fifty yards before diving again. the German commander did not see the British submarine again.
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Amsterdam
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Exsen
Channel
Immense German Army in France on Western Front
An unofficial estimate from Canadian army headquarters in France puts the German force on the western front at end May at 157 divisions. About 107 on line with 50 in reserve. With 13 000 to 20 000 men per division, total troops range from 2 047 500 to 8 150 000. 650 000 to 1 000 000 in reserve.
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Ottawa
Ontario
France
Lieut Col Charles W Fenton Leads Camp at Fort Myer
Lieut Col Charles W Fenton of the Second Cavalry, U S A, commands the officers training camp at Fort Myer near Washington. He has training from West Point and the war college.
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Charles W. Fenton
Second Cavalry
U. 8 A
Fort Myer
Washington
West Point
War College
Report on Recruiting Progress in New York and Pennsylvania
Regular army recruitment resumed and reached 2807 men as of June 4. New York leads states with 83 recruits, while Pennsylvania follows in second place with a closely matched total.
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Walahington
New York
Freight Rates Menace Lumber Trade On Coast
Washington and Pacific coast lumber dealers told the Interstate Commerce Commission on Friday that a 15 percent increase in freight rates, if approved by carriers, would imperil the future of the great redwood shippers and impact shipments along the coast.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Draft numbers for 1917 conscription outlined by Crowder
Washington report shows Provost Marshal General Crowder detailing plans to draft 625000 from about 10000000 registered, with exemptions likely lowering immediate service to that figure. He warned at least 900000 to 1500000 may be drafted to reach the target, with 125000 reserved to fill vacancies and sustain training camps.
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Washington
Plana
General Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Crowder
Judge Attacked in Colorado Courtroom by Youth
Denver reports Judge Ben B. Lindsey, famed for child delinquency work, was assaulted in his juvenile court by Bennie Huffman and his mother after sentencing the 14 year old to reform school for highway robbery. Officers removed the assailants. minor injuries were noted.
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Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Bennie Huffman
Mine Workers Leader Freed After Supreme Court Action
Denver John RR Lawson former labor leader freed by Supreme Court action upholding a confession of error in his murder conviction for the death of deputy sheriff John Nirame during the Colorado coal strike disorders. Chicago board of trade sets corn price at 1.05 for all future contracts June 4, matching earlier wheat action.
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Denver
John RR. Lawson
John Nirame
Colorado
Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
Molokan Colony Declines Registration Near Phoenix
About three hundred colonists near Glendale nine miles west of Phoenix, members of the Molokan religious order, a Doukhobor branch, declined to register in a reported case of local compliance.
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Phoenix
Arit
Glendale
Molokans
Doukho Bortal
Parrott Silver & Copper Deal Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on June 4 sustained the legality of the Parrott Silver and Copper Company ante to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company by Henry H. Rogers and associates.
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Washington
Monthon
Parrott Silver & Copper Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Henury H. Rogers
Seaplane Inventor Plans Submarine Battle Plan
Parks Santos Dumont, famed Brant fan aviator, has invented a powerful seaplane designed to fight submarines. The dispatch says the machine will be manufactured in the United States.
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Parks
Santos Dumont
Brant
Turin Dispatch
United States
Miners Return to Work at Jerome Copper Mine
More than two thirds of 1500 striking copper mine workers returned to work June 4 in Jerome. Others were being added as fast as arrangements could be made to resume normal operations.
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Jerome
Arit
Ord
Office Boy Obeys Orders In Strange Domestic Spat
A shopkeeper Mr Oldboy instructs his office boy to deny access to a visiting Mrs Oldboy. The boy repeats the firm stance and blocks the visit, offering to fetch a policeman. That evening Mr Oldboy explains the situation, revealing the rift and the time taken to do so.
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Oldboy
Flo
Mra. Oldboy
Mr. Oldboy
Teo Makes Book Plates With Stencil Techniques
A guide on crafting book plates using watercolors and stencils cut from oiled stencil paper or metal for heavy use. Trace designs from magazines onto stencil material, cut into puzzle-like segments with bridges intact, then color through the stencil onto thin cardboard or watercolor paper. Produces 12 to 50 plates efficiently with satisfying results.
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Teo
Luminous Eyes in Animals and Humans Compared
W A Bridson in Idle Days in Patagonia extols luminous eyes of cats and owls, noting orange yellow glow of owl eyes as unmatched. Sludson comments photographs offer little to human beauty or terror. He cites Brazil’s tropical women and the misleading allure of gold skin contrasted with dark birds.
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W. A. Bridson
Patagonia
Diogenes and the Tule Home of the Cynic Philosopher
The tule or earthen jar associated with Diogenes the cynic served as his dwelling and was repurposed from temple use. The vessel, large enough to be a redefining space, was said to have housed wine or oil for sacrifices at Cybele’s temple.
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Diogenes
Althoust
Panama Canal Traffic and Toll Receipts Reported
Since opening in August 2014 the canal has seen about 3000 ships pass, carrying nearly 12 million tons of freight. Toll receipts reach about 4 million dollars while operating costs approach 7 million, indicating a substantial loss.
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Panama Canal Service
Panama Canal
On the Voyage and the Captains Vision
A fragment from a voyage scene features a captain and a speaker asking about the scope of vision. The captain affirms with a clipped reply, while a garbled exclamation follows, hinting at a nautical or exploratory setting.
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Saerer
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