Wilson signs Rural Credits Bill Transforming Farm Lending
President Wilson signed the Rural Credits bill creating twelve land loan banks under a Federal board. The ceremony included Senators, farmers groups, and witnesses such as David Lubin. Secretary McAdoo will select the new Farm Loan Board as district banks map out 12 regions.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Fletcher
Florida
Southern Commercial Congress
House
Senate
David Lubin
National Grange
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Farmers’ Society of Equity
The
Ancient Order of Gleaners
Farmers’ National Congress
National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Association
McAdoo
New Farm Loan Board
Herbert Myrick
New York
United States
New England
Springfield
Mass
Pennsylvania
Binghamton
N. Y
Michigan
Ohio
Toledo
Virginia
Carolinas
Raleigh
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Birmingham
Ala
Champlain
Iowa
Missouri
Burlington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Aberdeen
S. D
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Hastings
Order for Aerial Reserve Created by President
Washington reports President Wilson signed an order to form a special aeronautical reserve for the United States army. The reserve will supply trained flyers and expert mechanics to staff an aerial squadron for each of 12 National Guard divisions. Any civilian with flying and mechanical skills may join.
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Washington
Wilson
United States Army
National Guard
War Department
Deutschland Built Submarine Profits Pay For Ship
The Koelnische Zeitung reports profits from the Deutschland’s first voyage paid for the vessel. Built in six months in Berlin the submarine may herald a wave of new German warships.
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Berlin
Koelnische Zeitung
Karolyi Forms Peace Party to End Hungarian Hostilities
London report says Count Michael Karolyi resigns as Hungarian Independence party president and plans a new movement demanding immediate peace. The peace party will operate with or without German and Austrian consent and begin with seventy Hungarian Parliament members.
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Count Karolyi
London
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independence Party
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Count Karoly
British and German forces clash amid Somme fighting and Galician retreat
Reports from Rome and Petrograd describe widespread turmoil as General von Linsingen retires across the Lipa, prompting panic and evacuations in Galicia. British forces widen the Albert salient while German counterattacks along Picardy push for gains, with heavy armament captures cited and air warfare continuing north of the Somme.
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London
von Linsingen
Lipa
Galicia
Lemberg
Rome
Reuter
Petrograd
Boerse
Vladimir-Volynski
Volhynia
Russia
Dardanelles
Army and Navy Committee of the
Duma
Douglas Haig
Haig
Teuton
Somme
Albert Salient
War Dispatches Note Large Call Up From Class of Eighty Six
Paris dispatches report additional conscripts from the eighties class and wartime exemptions for munitions workers and field laborers. German counter attacks aim to regain ground south of the Somme and north of the river while Russians push toward Kovel and in Volhynia report wide officer and man losses. The German High Command appeals for public confidence as Russian casualties mount with about 243000 soldiers killed or wounded.
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Paris
Somme
Berlin
Biaches
la Baisenette
Soyecourt
Barfeur
Kovel
von Bothmers
Volhynia
Germany
Floods Ravage South Turn Rivers Redraw Maps Across Three States
Vast floods from unprecedented rains scour the South Atlantic coast, destroying mills and warehouses, washing away dams, and crippling rail and telegraph service. In North Carolina and Virginia five people die and hundreds are homeless as rivers burst banks, with large losses estimated at 10 million dollars. In Asheville and Biltmore area the French Broad floods homes and factories, killing Capt J C Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe, and Mrs Leo Mulholland. two nurses at Biltmore Hospital are missing. Southern Railway suffers heavy damage. 18 men and 4 Telegraph linemen are missing, swept away when a main line bridge over the Catawba River collapses. Property losses mount in Henderson County and along the Swananoa and French Broad rivers. Vanderbilt estate status unknown.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Virginia
South Atlantic
French Broad
Asheville
Biltmore
J. C. Lipe
Nellie Lipe
Leo Mulholland
Lipe
Mabel Forster
Charlotte Walker
Biltmore Hospital
Vanderbilt
Hendersonville
Henderson County
Southern Railway
Swannanoa
Western _tnion —Telegraph Company
Catawba
Charlotte
Spartansburg
Curbing Infantile Paralysis Health Officials Prompt Calm
New York reports rising infantile paralysis cases yet officials urge calm. Total cases 1 719 with 342 deaths and 354 patients at Willard Parker Hospital 306 at Kingston Avenue Hospital and 20 at Riverside Hospital. Outbreak prompts regional travel advisories and certificates for those leaving infected areas.
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New York
Health Department
Willard Parker Hospital
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Riverside Hospital
New York City
New Jersey
Connecticut
Believe in Trevino forces questioned in Mexico uprising
Washington State and War departments have no verification of reports of a northern Mexico uprising led by Gen. Jacinto Trevino. Army officers familiar with Trevino doubt his loyalty to the Central Government.
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Washington
Washington —State
War Departments
Mexico
Jacinto Trevino
Trevino
Miners Vote Against Strike In Pittsburgh Coal Region
Fifty thousand miners in district No. 5 United Mine Workers will stay at work after a special convention here ratified an agreement with the Pittsburgh Coal Operators Association. The meeting, representing the international executive committee, decided not to strike.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh Coal Operators Association
International Executive Committee
British Issue Trade Blacklist Published in Official Gazette
London reports the Official Gazette lists eighty seven American individuals and firms blacklisted under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Most are New Yorkers including bankers brokers and commodity traders. Britain says the move constrains trade by subjects and expects Canada to follow. Washington considers neutral rights and notes the measure may curb American commerce.
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London
Official Gazette
Laming Worthington Evans
Foreign Trade Department
The
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Washington
State Department
The One Cent Paper May End Soon Says Secretary Redfield
Washington predicts the one cent newspaper will disappear soon due to rising costs. Secretary Redfield notes price hikes across goods and newsprint materials, with contract renewals likely forcing higher prices and industry losses this fall.
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Washington
Redfield
Congress probes paper supply amid price rise concerns
Proceedings outline a congressional investigation into paper production and supply to determine if price increases stem from combination or conspiracy. The brief items also note nominations, international aid refusals, and a border shooting incident involving Private R. Tucker in Douglas Arizona.
Camp Fire Girls head to Ocean City for ten days
Wenonah Camp Fire Girls travel to Ocean City for a 10 day stay under chaperones Mrs. Potter and Miss Mary Bilderback. The item lists other local notes including fishing feats, ship deliveries, and civic plans across New Jersey such as a Union Chapel ground breaking in Ocean City and a Greek Catholic Church project near Cecil.
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Wenonah
Ocean City
Potter
Mary Bilderback
Laurel Lake
William H. Habel
Laurel Springs
Troop 1
Boy Scouts
Westmont
League Island
Pocahontas Council
Glassboro
Vineland
Perseverence Council
Swedesboro
Champion
Thirty-second Street
Central Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Paul E. Gruesdell
Montclair
Edward W. Perrine
Holmdel
New York
Erie
Supreme Car
Court of Errors and Appeals
Public Utilities Commission
Rockefeller Institute
Lake Carnegie
Princeton
Essex County Board of Freeholders
Verona
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Francis J. Swayze
Alexander H. G. Maidment
Henry 3. Chapman
Glen Ridge
Borough Hall
North Atlantic Seaboard
John K.witzemann
Philadelphia Orchestra
Norma
May's Landing
Weymouth
Atston
New Egypt
Gustave Kessler
New Jersey Zinc Company
Franklin
Kessler
Brooklyn
New Methodist
Gibbstown
Swedesboro National Bank
Cecil
Raymond
Joseph Grabriel
Alexian
Elizabeth
Lockjaw
Lingo Pardoned Free After Court Action in Camden
Camden county figure Lingo, imprisoned for abduction and earlier acquitted of murder, is released after the Court of Pardons remitted a $3,000 fine that kept him jailed beyond his 20 year sentence. The case drew strong local protest in Merchantville and relatives in western Pennsylvania will receive him.
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Trenton
Francis Lingo
Camden County
Court of Pardons
Lingo
Wescott
Merchantville
Pennsylvania
Sam Darigo
Darigo
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Fidele Parone
Atlantic County
John Cavaldi
Ocean County
Michael Bianchi
Passaic County
Jonas Szikely
Warren County
Szikely
Martin W. Reddan
Szikely Nad
Kraft
Camden
Linderman
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Ovillers
Press Bureau
Official Gazette” of
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Antonio Rodriguez
Jersey
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State Commission On Road Legislation
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