Wilson creates experts embargo council to curb exports
President Wilson issues an executive order forming the experts embargo council led by Herbert C Hoover to control foodstuffs exports to neutrals and allied nations under the Espionage Act. The board, comprising Lansing Redfield Houston and Hoover, aims to license exports with little disruption to normal trade while prioritizing allies and feeding neutrals.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Washington
Wilson
United States
Lansing
Commerce
Redfield
Agriculture
Houston
Congress
Food Administration Bureau
MISS KATHERINE STINSON Chicago Aviatrix Who Flew for Red Cross
Katherine Stinson known as an aviator who served with the American Red Cross. The Chicago flyer gained fame for early aerial ambulance work and charitable flights during wartime, contributing to a pioneering role for women in aviation.
Pershing Ready for U S Forces
Washington reports Major General John J. Pershing has completed three weeks of preparations for American troops in France. A base near St Quentin is ready, with a transport system using seized German liners to move about 375,000 trained troops by autumn and a larger draft-led deployment in spring if needed.
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Washington
War Department
John J. Pershing
France
Lershing
Marshal Joffre
St. Quentin
Pershing
Navy Department and Shipping Board
U S Met Registry Estimates In Full
Washington reports total registration under the conscription law at 9,659,382 or 95.9 per cent of the census bureau estimate. Director Rogers says the apparent 413,000 shortfall is eased by the War Department’s count of 600,000 men aged 21 to 30 in military service. No broad evasion detected. some states under and others over estimates. Registrants include 17,347,794 white citizens, 958,899 colored, 1,239,865 naturalized foreigners, 111,823 naturalized Germans.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Rogers
War Department
Military
Naval Service
Germany
Taft Discusses Red Cross Plans With Wilson
Former President Taft, chairman of the Red Cross central committee, met with President Wilson to discuss changes in the executive committee and to secure more time from members for Red Cross duties. The talks also covered closer cooperation between the committee and the war council.
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Washington
Taft
Red Cross Central Committee
Wilson
War Council
Red Cross
Trooper Dunne Dies in Rock Island Hospital
Byron F. Dunne of Gorin Missouri, a member of Company B Eighteenth United States infantry, died in a Rock Island Illinois hospital after falling ill on a troop train bound for the east two weeks prior.
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Rock Island, Ill
Byron F. Dunne
Gorin
Eighteenth United States Infantry
Rock Island
Brother slays by accident in Indiana home
In Elkhart Indiana on June 25 Wendell Phillips Reid seventeen was accidentally shot and killed by his thirteen year old brother Hubert at their residence. The brothers are sons of L S Reid. No motive is reported and authorities are assisting with the investigation.
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Elkhart
Ind
Wendell Phillips Reid
L. S. Reid
Hubert
Canadians Fight To Tighten Grip On Lens Front
London June 26 Canadians push toward Lens after April 14 girding the mining city. In a nocturnal assault they stormed 400 yards of German trench and held it, signaling a step in investment. Along a 120 mile front raids and counter raids marked the latest British offensive activity.
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London
Lens
Queen City
France
Dominion
Berlin
Miss Grace Strachan Weds Timothy Forsythe in Vermont
Miss Grace C. Strachan, president of the Interboro Association of Women Teachers, married Timothy J. Forsythe in Fair Haven Vermont on April 6. The couple planned a quiet ceremony until the school year ended, with Forsythe serving as her publicity manager during the pension bill campaign.
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Grace C. Strachan
Interboro Association of Women Teachers
Timothy J. Forsythe
Fairhaven
Miss Strachan
Forsythe
Indict 3 in Antidraft Case in Rockford
Indictments returned against 134 alleged antidraft demonstrators from Rockford Illinois June 5. Three ringleaders Clyde Howe Emil Schrom and Earl Cully charged with conspiracy to thwart the registration law. Others charged with violating the law. Bonds set at 25 000 for leaders and 1 000 for others.
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Freeport
Ill
Rockford
Landis
Federal Court
Clyde Howe
Emil Schrom
Earl Cully
Wreck German Factories Reported by Zurich Telegraph
Paris dispatch says several munition plants in Germany suffered disasters. A hand grenade arsenal at Spandau exploded June 16 and seven ammunition shops at Marienhall burned June 18. Other factories in Nuremberg were reported burned.
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Paris
Germany
Zurich
Matin
Spandau
Marienhall
Nuremberg
Whiting Butcher’s Accidental Thumb Injury Explained
In Whiting Indiana on June 25 George Reseka a local butcher cuts his thumb while demonstrating with a cleaver. A friend consoles him as he explains the mishap saying he placed his hand on the block and picked up the cleaver to illustrate. His aim was off and he severed two fingers.
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Indiana
Whiting, Ind
George Reseka
Whiting
Reseka
Girl Killed Crossing Road. Driver Flees in Lafayette
Mary Smith, five, died when struck by a car north of Lafayette Indiana as she crossed with her brother to visit a neighbor. The fleeing driver left license B-2370. brother John Smith, unhurt, gave the number to police leading to arrest of Elmer Haggerty of Brookston. In Austria a blast at Bloeweg munition factories reportedly kills or injures almost 1,000.
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Lafayette
Ind
Mary
Guy Smith
John Smith
Elmer Haggerty
Brookston
Amsterdam
Bloeweg
Vienna
U S Gunners Beat Off U Boat in Atlantic Clash
American naval gunners repelled a German submarine attacking an American passenger liner off Ireland. A torpedo missed by under twenty feet as the ship fired from forward and stern positions. Later a British steamer reported sinking the U boat amidships with a shell explosion that splintered the submarine.
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Ireland
Atlantic
Tay Pay OConnor Arrives to Lobby for Ireland’s Cause
Thomas P O Connor known as Tay Pay lands at an Atlantic port aboard a British steamer with Richard H ton MP for North Calway. He plans to go to Washington within days to present Ireland’s real issues to American supporters and contemporaries. He says the mood favors constitutional action over armed rebellion amid Britain’s war posture.
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New York
Thomas P. O’connor
Atlantic
Richard H
Ton
North Calway
Washington
Mr. O'Connor
Friends of Ireland
Greater
Ireland
Democratic
Republic of America
Britain
Pershing appoints Frederick Palmer to staff intelligence
From Paris June 25 the American army announces Major General Pershing has named Frederick Palmer of New York to his staff in the intelligence department with the rank of major.
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Paris
Pershing
Frederick Palmer
New York
Intelligence Department
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Katherine Stinson
Chicago Aviatrice
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American Press Association
Miss Stinson
Ruth Law
Buffalo
New York City
Red Cross War Relief Fund
U. S
U. S. Base
Wills
Trooper
T. L. Forsythe
Americs
Ress Association
T. P. O'Connor
Tay Pay
Great Britain
Tot
Brother
Machine
Little Sister
U.S
Tay Pay” O'Connor
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