Secretary Daniels Labels Letters Spy Threat in Navy Probe
Secretary Daniels told the Senate naval committee that a spy or traitor revealed confidential ordnance bureau files. He urged locating the author of letters obtained by Senator Frelinghuysen, noting one letter was postmarked Detroit and another from Washington.
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Secretary of Navy
Cabinet
Detroit
Washington
Bureau of Ordnance
Daniels
Senate Naval
Mongolia
Frelinghuysen
Ordnance Bureau
Secret Service
Navy Department
Mich
Crop prices double in year says Agriculture Dept
Washington reports June 1 price levels for principal crops rose to 99.8 cents above a year earlier and 107 percent above the nine year average. Meat animal prices on May 15 were 48.4 percent higher than a year ago and 71 percent above the seven year average. Overall crop condition stood 5.8 percent below the ten year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Balloonists land in tree after storm near Fremont
Ottumwa Iowa June 12 Captain Barry and aviators Ed Ferguson Larry Sparks and Jules Monti on final night flight to qualify for the US balloon corps were caught in a storm and stranded in a tree on Arthur Kibler’s farm near Fremont. They escaped unharmed as a support line from the basket was secured and the balloon wrecked during disentanglement.
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Ottumwa
Barry
Ed Ferguson
Larry Sparks
Jules Monti
United States Balloon Corps
Fremont
Arthur Kibler
Pershing Dines with King and Queen at Buckingham
General Pershing and Ambassador Page dined with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. The king invited the enlisted men from Pershing's party to visit the palace.
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Pershing
London
General Pershing
United States
Page
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Notre Dame Alumni Pledge Funds for Liberty Bonds
In South Bend on June 12 the Notre Dame alumni announced the $120,000 raised to build an old students hall on campus will be invested in liberty bonds. Clement C. Mitchell of Chicago was elected president for the coming year.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Clement C. Mitchell
Chicago
Ohio Registration Exceeds Army Estimates
Ohio registration totals 565,192 with 801,546 listed overall including 451,461 whites and 287,073 whites with colored 25,146 listed as exemptions. Aliens total 82,368 plus alien enemies 227 are recorded in official statement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Northcliffe Arrives in U S to Coordinate British Trade
Lord Northcliffe, head of Britain’s war mission in the United States, has arrived by steamship to work on industrial and economic cooperation with American allies. He plans a short stay before traveling to Washington and is expected to coordinate with Captain Andra Tardier, the French high commissioner.
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Atlantic
Lordé Nethcliffe
America
United States
Lord Northcliffe
Washington
London Times
Andra Tardier
Mexico Supports Allies. Carranza Sends Friendly Letter
Washington reports Mexico has assured the United States of warm friendship and sympathy with the allies. President Carranza's autograph letter to the U S government says Mexico will seek neutrality in the war, yet sentiment in the south remains allied. Ambassador Bonillas confirmed the message and its diplomatic interpretation.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Ignacio Bonillas
Lansing
Bonillas
Wilson
Magnus Manson Sunk by German Submarine
The American sailing vessel Magnus Manson was sunk by a German submarine after the crew abandoned ship. A Belgian relief commission report also notes an unconfirmed sinking of the Norwegian steamship John Bakke, 1 611 tons gross, carrying 2000 tons of wheat for Belgium via Rotterdam.
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London
Magnus Manson
Belgian Relief Commission
John Bakke
Belgium
Rotterdam
Eastland Damage Claim Trial Order Nullified
Supreme court nullifies Judge Lan dis order for joint trial of 377 Eastland disaster damage claims totaling about 3 million dollars in Chicago.
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Washington
Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Food Dictatorship Bill Advances in Congress
The bill to empower the President with near unlimited power to control food production, pricing, distribution and fuel supply passed the house committee. It authorizes creation of agencies, prohibition of hoarding, licenses for food work, and possible seizure of stores and mines. A $150,000,000 appropriation is included.
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Washington
House
Wils
Herbert C., Hoover
Lever
Ten new camp sites fixed for mobilization
The War Department approved additional cantonment sites for the new army in Little Rock Louisville Battle Creek and San Antonio. National guard mobilization camps will be at Fort Worth Waco Houston Fort Sill Deming and Linda Vista with Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and California locations.
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Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Battle Creek
Mich
San Antonio
Tex
War Department
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston
Fort Sill
Okla
Deming
N. M
Linda Vista
Cal
Dillon Enlists in Navy After Final Exam in Indianapolis
Indiana boxer Jack Dillon undergoes his final examination in Indianapolis and will stay there awaiting orders to report to a naval training station. He chose the navy to avoid rheumatism if drafted into the army.
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Indianapolis
Navy
Jack Dillon
Dillon
Women Clerks Given Preference in War Effort
Washington officials issued guidance to bureaus to hire women for clerical work ahead of men to free soldiers for war service. A separate dispatch from Amsterdam reports the death in action of Baron Ernst von Plener, a noted German aviator, in Mlenders.
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Washington
Secretaries of Commerce, State
Wor Aid
Amsterdam
Berlin
Mlenders
Baron Ernst von Plener
Germany
Haig declares all objectives gained in Scarpe action
British war office quotes Field Marshal Haig that all objectives were gained in a blow at Bavarian troops north of the Scarpe. German positions on a mile front on Greenland hill were captured, with progress west of Loos and raids north of Armentieres. Activity extended north to Ypres.
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War Office
Field Marshal
Haig
Greenland Hill
Loos
Armentieres
Ypres
High Heels Rally Against Kirbys Bill in Chicago
Chicago physicians, dancing experts, and society women rally to oppose a Kirby bill that would limit heel height to one and one one eighth inches. Dr Paul B Magnuson argues high heels support the spine and improve carriage, while critics call for medical input on footwear standards.
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Chicago
Paul B. Magnuson
Ilinois Medical Society
Search for Weapons in Joliet Prison Cells
Warden E. J. Murphy conducted a cell by cell search at Joliet Prison after finding large quantities of knives files and stilettos among convicts. 1800 prisoners were searched and belongings inspected then some returned to work while others will be gradually reassigned to jobs.
Wisconsin site eyed for artillery reservation near Fort Sheridan
Headquarters at Fort Sheridan received word from Washington that a Wisconsin location is being considered for an artillery reservation. The War Department plans to lease several hundred acres if approved, so a nearby camp area would need to be chosen.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Washington
Wisconsin
War Department
Dunkards Gather in Wichita for International Conference
Several thousand Brethren Church members known as the Dunkards assemble in Wichita Kansas for the upcoming international conference of their denomination.
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Dunkards
Wichita
Kan
Church of the Brethren
International Conference of the Church
England spends 37,277,500 daily on the war in Commons
London June 12 England is spending 37,277,500 a day on the war, stated Chancellor Bonar Law in the House of Commons describing wartime expenditure and financial demands.
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London
England
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Arrest orders issued to enforce wartime draft in Illinois
Washington announces orders for arrest of men aged 21 to 30 who cannot show a war registration certificate after 9 o clock Monday night. Enforcement will be vigorous with compulsory registration and lists will be published by precincts for public scanning. The June 5 registration ended at 8 pm Monday and only those picked up by police or secret service will be enrolled in a supplementary registration.
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Washington
War Department
Department of Justice
Illinois
Secret Service
Gardener accused in plot to frame man for crime
In Cedar Rapids a gardener for Colonel W. G. Dows was arrested after allegedly writing a letter ordering poison and signing Emil F. Scheibe’s name. The letter was sent to Sears Roebuck & Co and the case prompted the arrest of Scheibe and his wife. Authorities compare handwriting to confirm identity.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Everett Louwesre
Louwesre
W. G. Dows
Iowa State Council of Defense
Emil F. Scheibe
Colonel Dow
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Scheibe
Dows
Hindenburg Seeks Peace Terms From Potsdam Union
Amsterdam reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg has telegraphed the Potsdam Union proposing peace. He asserts the German army and people, united under the Kaiser, can enforce a peace favorable to Germany so the war would not be in vain.
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Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
Postdam Union
Kaiser
Germany
British note backs Wilson aims in reply to Russia
London reports that Britain has sent Russia a note in reply to its war aims inquiry. The note, though not published, is said to be in general agreement with President Wilson's position.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Wilson
Merchant Stabbed in Lobby Altercation at Bank
Fort Smith Ark June 12 T J Wright a retired wholesale merchant was stabbed in the neck and possibly fatally injured by Henry Lane a prominent cotton buyer during an altercation in the lobby of the First National Bank.
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Fort Smith
Ark
T. J. Wright
Henry Lane
First National Bank
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Captain Barry
Earth
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American Press Association
Northcliffe
U. S
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Eastland
Bill
Hoover
BOSS
Boards of ‘Trade
the Kaiser
A. P. Niblack
Gontlema
Kirby Bill
Joliet
Iowa
Hindenburg
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