Crowder outlines large WWI draft plan and exemptions
General Crowder told the Senate Military Affairs Committee the War Department aims to draft 625 000 immediately from the 10 000 000 registered, with 900 000 to 1 500 000 drafted likely due to exemptions. He favors immediate drafting to allow personal arrangements and camp training. exemptions would be individual and not class based.
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Washington
War Department
Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
General Crowder
Department
Foreign Service
Mrs C S Whitman Elected Permanent Chair of First Fifty
Mrs. C. S. Whitman was elected permanent chairman of the First Fifty, a committee forming the nucleus of a national movement to prevent home waste. The organization comprises prominent women. the group will appoint state committees, then county committees, with a national body aiding information and guidance.
Chicago Unit Arrives in England for Red Cross Relief
The Chicago base hospital, last of six Red Cross units to be sent abroad, has arrived in England. The unit is commanded by Major Christopher C. Collins and directed by Major Frederick A. Besley of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, under Colonel Jefferson R. Kean.
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Washington
Chicago Base Hospital
Red Cross
England
Jefferson R. Kean
Department of Military Relief
American Red Cross
Christopher C. Collins
Frederick A. Besley
Medical Corps
United States Army
Denied Trip Ends Life In Midwest Suicide
Edward Ockerling aged twenty one, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ockerling of Hobart, Indiana, shot himself after his mother ordered him to bed instead of going fishing. He warned her of his plan but she did not believe him.
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Hammond
Ind
Edward Ockerling
Charles Ockerling
Hobart
FIX MAXIMUM CORN PRICE SET BY CHICAGO BOARD
Chicago Board of Trade directors set a maximum price of 1.65 for corn futures to curb speculation amid a rising market. The move mirrors prior actions used to restrain wheat prices.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Blast Wakes Paris As Factory Explodes
Paris on June 5 was jolted when a factory in Aubervilliers exploded with tremendous force destroying the structure and shattering roofs of nearby buildings. No details on casualties were immediately available.
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Paris
Ppris
Auberbillers
Rich Men Held for Murder in Roosevelt Friend Slaying
In El Paso three wealthy cattlemen are charged with the murder of Thomas Lyons a close friend of former President Roosevelt. Lyons's body was found near El Paso on May 17 he was among New Mexico's wealthiest men and hunted with Colonel Roosevelt annually. The accused are T. J. Coggin of El Paso Felix Jones of Fort Worth and W. C. Clark of Abilene Texas.
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Thomas Lyon
New Mexico
Roosevelt
el Paso
Thomas Lyons
Lyon
Colonel Roosevelt
T. J. Coggin
Felix Jones
Fort Worth
W. C. Clark
Abilene
Texas
Admits Huge Forgeries Across Several Cities
David M. Roll of Greenville Kentucky, alleged to have forged about 40000 dollars in many cities, was brought to Evansville Indiana from St. Paul Minnesota where he was arrested.
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Evasnville
Ind
David M. Roll
Greenville
Hve
St. Paul
Minn
Baseball Results From Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis
Baseball scores recap from Chicago Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 runs 7 hits 0 errors. Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2. Mort on allowed five runs. Barnes Gowdy and others cited. Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia 5 6 with Lavender Burns Jacobs Fischer. St Louis edged New York 5 3 behind Anderson Rariden Steele Packard Snyder.
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Chicago
R. H. FE
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Lavender
Burns
Jacobs
Fischer
St. Louis
R. FY. B
New York
Anderson and
Rariden
Steele, Packard and Snyder
Baseball scores from American League games
In Philadelphia Chicago defeated by 1 run 4 to 3. Detroit lost to New York 8 to 6 in New York. Cleveland beat Boston 7 to 2 in Boston. St Louis defeated Washington 6 to 1 in Washington. Davenport Koob Parks and Seve reid and Shaw and Ainsmith were credited with the games.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Russell and Schalk
Noyes
R. Johnson
Meyers
Washington
R.H. FE
St. Louis
Davenport
Koob
Parks and Severeid
Shaw and Ainsmith
New York
Detroit
Ehmke
C. Jones
Spencer
Mogridge
Love
Nannamaker
Boston
R. H. E. Cleveland
Covaleskie
O'Neill
Shore
Agnew
Prohibition Likely When War Tax Bills Pass Senate
Senate finance committee dramatically tightens controls on distilled spirits by new ingredient taxes, an import ban for spirits during the war, and a 2 percent tax on advertising receipts. The measures, aimed at cutting alcohol production, also extend to molasses syrups and other edible inputs, signaling broad prohibition intent.
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United States
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs Catt Opposes White House Suffrage Pickets
Mrs C C Catt president of the National Woman Suffrage Association with 200000 members says her group does not countenance picketing at the White House. She objects to the criticism aimed at suffragists due to banner carriers at the gates.
Kronstadt Sailors Demand Government Change in Petrograd
Kronstadt sailors arrive in Petrograd threatening to demonstrate for new elections of the council of soldiers and workers delegates and to demand the former emperor Nicholas be handed over. They denounce Kerensky and the provisional government and oppose the death penalty as premature.
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Czar
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Gutuyeff Island
Gutuyeff
Anatole Wamanou
Nicholas
Kerensky
Spain Acts for Turks Amid War Time Diplomacy
Ambassador Sharp in Paris has informed the State Department that Turkish interests in France have been transferred to Spanish diplomats. He has handled the matter since early in the war to protect Turkish concerns.
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Spain
Washington
Sharp
Paris
State Department
France
German press suppressed in Copenhagen dispatch
Copenhagen report states German military authorities have suppressed the antisemitic Staatsburger Zeitung and the radical Weekly World as of June. Berlin dispatch confirms the action against two periodicals.
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Copenhagen
Staatsburger Zeitung
World
Berlin
Death by Own Action Ends Tragic Family Tale
In St Louis on June 5 Robert Skihbict, fearing conscription, shot his wife and killed himself leaving three young children. Local authorities report a suicide murder scene with a grieving family.
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St. Louis
Robert Skihbict
Munday Alleges Unfair Trial In Lorimer Case
Charles B. Munday sentenced bank wrecker filed a motion in the Illinois supreme court to present a certified transcript of evidence from the Lorimer case. He asserts Fox and McDonald were dismissed and Lorimer found not guilty on the same indictments on which he was convicted. He aims to prove his trial was unfair.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles B. Munday
Supreme Court
William Lorimer
Charles G. Fox
Thomas McDonald
Chicago
Munday
Grundy County
Fox
McDonald
Lorimer
Peoria Man Killed After Attack on Girls
James Matthews of Peoria allegedly assaulted two girls late at night and resisted officers as he tried to flee. Police fired, hitting Matthews in the abdomen, killing him. Officer Robertson was knocked down in the ensuing confrontation.
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Peoria
Ill
James Matthews
Robertson
Matthews
England Flies U S Flag in King’s Birthday Observance
American flags decorates London streets as Allied colors rise over the city to honor the monarch's birthday with public cheers and displays in the midst of wartime alliance celebrations.
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England
U. S
London
Government Advances Hundred Million to France in War Loans
The government advanced another 100 million dollars to France, raising the total loan to the French republic to 269 million and the total loans to the allies to 845 million.
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France
Washington
French Republic
Spanish steamer Telesfora sunk by German sub
Madrid reports a German submarine sank the Spanish steamer Telesfora of 4 415 tons without warning. Crew saved. London notes British raids north of Armentieres and south of Wytschaete with heavy artillery activity near Gouzeaucourt Vimy Ridge and Ypres. Paris cites artillery fighting west of Braye en Laonnois with no infantry assaults.
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Madrid
Telesfora
London
Armentieres
Wytschaete
War Office
Gouzeaucourt
Vimy Ridge
Ypres
Paris
Braye-en-Laonnois
Craonne Chevreux
Held as Spies of Germany in Naval Information Case
United States Commissioner Hitchcock said three men arrested in an alleged conspiracy to transmit military and naval information to Germany were connected to Berlin dispatches about the secret departure of American destroyers to Eastland. Bail set at 25000 for two suspects and 20000 for the third as authorities tie the case to the Berlin intelligence leak.
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New York
United States
Hitchcock
Germany
Berlin
Eastland
England
Ships renamed by Secretary Daniels in Navy allotment
Secretary Daniels announces renaming of seized German ships assigned to the Navy. Geier becomes Schurz Breslau becomes Bridgeport Kiel becomes Camden Liebenfels becomes Houston Saxonia becomes Savannah Vogelseng becomes Quincy Nicaria becomes Pensacola Odenwald becomes Newport News Hohenfelde becomes Long Beach Freida Leonhardt becomes Astoria Andromeda becomes Bath Rudolph Blumeberg becomes Beaufort Presi dent becomes Kittery and Wockspun becomes Gulfport.
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Washington
Daniels
Italians Drive Back Austrians Near Goritz Front
Italian forces repelled a heavy Austro-Hungarian assault on the western slopes of San Marco in Goritz. The war office reports that Austrian penetrations were leveled by artillery and forces were driven back to their positions with severe losses.
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Rome
San Marco
Goritz
Sa Ue
Fifteen Carloads of Potatoes Found Rotting
Government investigators reported to District Attorney Charles F. Clyne that fifteen carloads of potatoes were sidetracked at Seatonville NL long enough to rot. The discovery may link to a food price conspiracy, prompting further inquiry as the grand jury prepares. Oliver B. Pagan, who indicted butter and egg merchants, will return from Washington to draft additional true bills.
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Chicago
Charles F. Clyne
Seatonville
Oliver B. Pagan
Washinton
Prohibitive Whisky Tax Planned by Senate Finance Committee
Washington June 5 the senate finance committee agreed on a prohibitive tax for whisky and other distilled spirits for beverage use during the war amounting to about 5 dollars per gallon. The beer brewing industry is not affected by the tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Censorship Clause Stricken From Espionage Bill
Washington June 5 Conferees on the espionage bill strike out the newspaper censorship clause and reach a final complete agreement with a slight change in another section. The report will be presented to the house on Wednesday.
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Washington
House
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