Daniels cites spy in navy letters from Detroit postmark
Secretary Daniels told the senate that a spy or traitor leaked confidential ordnance bureau files. He described letters obtained by Senator Frelinghuysen as potentially authored from navy sources and urged uncovering the writer. One letter bore a Detroit postmark.
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Washington
Bureau of Ordnance
Daniels
Senate Naval Aairs
Mongolia
Frelinghuysen
Ordnance Bureau
Secret Service
Navy Department
Detroit
Mich
Crop Prices Double in Year
Washington reports June 1 prices for major crops rose 99.8 cents from a year ago and stood 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. The all crops composite was 5.8 percent below its ten year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Balloonists Land In Tree After Storm Near Fremont
Ottumwa Iowa June 12 Captain Berry pilot Ed Ferguson Larry Sparks and Jules Monti balloon aviators on final night flight to qualify for the United States balloon corps were caught in a storm and stranded in a tree on Arthur Kibler’s farm near Fremont They escaped safely after Kibler secured a rope line to the balloon car but the craft was wrecked during removal.
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Ottumwa
Berry
Ed Ferguson
Larry Sparks
Jules Monti
United States Balloon Corps
Fremont
Arthur Kibler
Pershing Eats With King and Queen at Buckingham Palace
General Pershing and United States Ambassador Page dined with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace in London. The king invited enlisted men from Pershing’s party to visit the palace during the visit.
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Pershing
London
General Pershing
United States
Page
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Notre Dame Alumni Fund To Invest in Liberty Bonds
The Notre Dame alumni raised 120000 for an old students hall on campus and will invest the money in liberty bonds. Clement C. Mitchell, 02, of Chicago, was elected president for the coming year at the meeting in South Bend.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Clement C. Mitchell
Chicago
Ohio registration totals exceed army estimates
Columbus Ohio June 12 officials report total registration in Ohio at 565 192 exceeding army estimates of 73000 Whites 451461 colored 25146 exemptions claimed whites 287073 colored 14473 aliens 82368 alien enemies 6227
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Columbus
Ohio
Northcliffe Arrives in U S to Aid British War Effort
Lord Northcliffe arrives at an Atlantic port in the United States on a commercial mission for Britain. He will stay briefly before proceeding to Washington and is expected to work with Captain Andre Tardier to advance industrial and economic interests, coordinating with allied efforts in America.
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Atlantic
Lord Northcliffe
America
United States
Washington
London Times
Andre Tardier
Mexico Aligns With Allies in Telegram to U S
President Carranza expresses warm friendship for the United States in an autograph letter read by Ambassador Bonillas. Mexico affirms neutrality in World War I while diplomatic circles read the message as sympathy with the Allied cause and a return to normal government under provisional rulership.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Ignacio Bonillas
Lansing
Bonillas
Wilson
American Vessel Sunk by German Submarine
The American sailing vessel Magnus Manson was sunk by a German submarine after the crew abandoned ship. An unconfirmed report says the Norwegian steamship John Bakke, 1611 tons gross with 2000 tons of wheat for Belgium, was also sunk.
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London
Magnus Manson
Belgian Relief Commission
John Bakke
Belgium
Rotterdam
Eastland Damage Claims Trial Order Annulled
Washington June 12 The Supreme Court annulled Judge Lan dis order for trial together of 377 damage claims aggregating about 3 million dollars arising from the Eastland steamship disaster in Chicago.
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Washington
Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Food Dictatorship Bill Advances Across House
The bill grants the president near unlimited power to regulate exchanges and boards of trade, license imports and distribution, fix prices, confiscate assets, and control fuel and food production to conserve supply during the war. It includes a $150 million appropriation and penalties for hoarding and obstructing enforcement.
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Washington
House
Wils.n
Herbert C. Hoover
Lever
Ten New Camp Sites Fixed
The War Department approved additional cantonment sites for the new army in Little Rock and Louisville and Battle Creek and San Antonio. Additional camps for national guard mobilization will be located at Fort Worth Waco and Houston Fort Sill Deming and Linda Vista.
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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 Joins Navy Amid Rheumatism Fears
Indiana boxer Jack Dillon has enlisted in the navy after passing a final examination and will report to a naval training station. He says he chose the navy to avoid rheumatism if drafted into the army. In Washington officials call for women to fill clerical posts to free men for war service. A Berlin patch reports Baron Ernst von Plener, a famed German flyer, killed in action in Flanders.
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Navy
Dillon
Amsterdam
Berlin
Flanders
Baron Ernst von Plener
Germany
Haig Reports Major Gains on Western Front Front
British war office quotes Field Marshal Haig that all objectives were gained in a blow at Bavarian troops north of the Scarpe and German positions on a mile front on Greenland hill were captured. Progress also recorded west of Loos trenches north of Armentieres raided and activity extended to Ypres.
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War Office
Field Marshal
Haig
Scarpe
Greenland Hill
Loos
Armentieres
Ypres
Medical Leaders Rally Against Kirby Bill Limiting Heels
Chicago physicians and socialite leaders defend high heel fashion in a rally supporting shoe manufacturers opposing a proposed act to cap heel height at one and three eighths inches. Dr Paul B Magnuson argues high heels aid posture and spine curvature while critics push flat footwear for safety.
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Chicago
Paul B. Magnuson
Illinois Medical Society
Arrest Orders Issued to Men 21 to 30 for War Registration
Washington June 12 The provost marshal general ordered arrest of every man aged twenty one to thirty who cannot show a war service registration certificate after 9 p m Monday Vigorous enforcement of penalties was ordered by the war department Police and justice officials in Illinois began a broad search for laggards Registration ended June 5 at 8 p m and only those seized by police will be enrolled in a supplementary registration Lists of registered men will be published by precincts and citizens asked to report missing names from precinct lists and cross reference poll books naturalization papers factory records and other sources for evaders.
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Washington
War Department
Department of Justice
Illinois
Secret Service
Warden Conducts Cell Searches After Knife Find at Joliet
Joliet Illinois June 12. Following discovery of large quantities of knives files and stilettos in convict possession Warden R E J Murphy ordered a thorough cell to cell search. Each of 1800 prisoners was stripped from his cell and belongings examined. Some prisoners returned to work while others would be reassigned gradually.
Wisconsin site eyed for artillery reservation near Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan, Ill. received word from Washington that Wisconsin is under consideration for an artillery reservation. The War Department may lease several hundred acres, and a nearby location would be chosen if the plan proceeds, camp commanders say.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Washington
Wisconsin
War Department
Brethren Church Members Gather in Wichita for Conference
Several thousand Church of The Brethren Dunkards convene in Wichita Kansas for the international church conference. Attendees from across the region assemble as preparations proceed for the gathering.
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Wichita
Kan
Church of the Brethren
Dunkards
International Conference of the Church
War spending rate cited by Bonar Law in Commons
London June 12. England is spending 37377500 dollars daily on the war, as stated by Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law in the house of commons. The figure underscores the mounting wartime fiscal demands and government borrowing to support military operations.
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London
England
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Gardener accused in plot to send man to penitentiary
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 12 a supposed plot to convict an innocent man was exposed when Charlies Everett Louwesre a landscape gardener for Colonel W G Dows of the Iowa state council of defense was arrested for writing a letter ordering poison and signing Emil F Scheibe’s name Sears Roebuck Co received the letter and federal authorities moved to arrest Scheibe and his wife Colonel Dows defended their innocence Louwesre later was charged with a handwriting match to the letter
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Cedar Rapids
Charlies Everett Louwesre
Louwesre
W. G. Dows
Iowa State Council of Defense
Emil F. Scheibe
Dow
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Scheibe
Dows
Hindenburg Seeks Peace Telegram Says Germany Backs War Aim
Amsterdam dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg telegraphed the Potsdam Union calling for a peace Germany desires. He asserts the army and people, united under the Kaiser, will enforce such peace against any power so the war is not fought in vain.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Postdam Union
Kaiser
British note backs Wilson in reply to Russia
London June 12 Great Britain has sent Russia a note in reply to its request for British war aims. The note, though not yet public, is stated to be in general agreement with President Wilsons note to Russia.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Wilson
Merchant Stabbed in Bank Lobby in Fort Smith
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 in 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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