Nine Engineer Regiments to Aid France With 18000 Men
Washington reports that nine additional engineer regiments, about 18000 men, will be raised for France to work on lines of communication. Ports of recruitment include New York Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Atlanta and San Francisco. The units are separate from regular army plans and will be drawn from railway and telegraph workers.
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Washington
War Department
France
New York City
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Atlanta
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Earlies
Telegraph and
Teleniione
Manila mass procession shows loyalty to United States
Washington dispatch reports Governor General Harrison informed the war department that about 15,000 people from all classes in Manila marched to his residence on Saturday. The display expressed spontaneous and genuine sentiment of loyalty and devotion to the United States.
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Manila
Washington
Harrison
War Department
United States
Baseball Results From New York Chicago and Boston
Box scores show Philadelphia 4 New York 2 in New York with Lavender and Killefer. Tesreau and McCarty. Boston 0 Chicago 9 with Smith Miller Rudolph Gowdy in Chicago. Pittsburgh 18 Chicago 5 with Cums Cooper Fischer Seaton Elliott.
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New York
Philadelphia
Lavender
Killefer
Tesreau
Boston
R. H. E Frootionee
Smith and Miller
Rudolph and Gowdy
Chicago
R.H. E. Pittsburgh
Deo Cums
Cooper
Fischer
Seaton
Elliott
Deteriorated Cricket Scores Link Players Across Cities
In Detroit and Washington reports scattered score lines show players Bagby O Neill Boland Spencerburg Schaney and Ruth Thomas Johnson Amith Mogridge Nanamaker Falken. The fragmentary text lists partial innings and team pairings across three venues including Philadelphia with unclear outcomes.
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Detroit
R. H. B. Cleveland
Eetreleses
Bagby
O'Neill
Boland
Soencerburg and
Schaney
Washington
R. WE
Boston
Philadelphia
R. H. EB
New York
Ruth
Thomas
Johnson
E. C. De Marchienne Named Belgian Minister to U S
E C de Marchienne has been appointed Belgiums minister to the United States. He will represent Belgian interests in Washington and manage diplomatic relations between the two nations. He succeeds the previous envoy and will work with the Belgian legation in Washington.
Cannon 81 on birthday. Macedonia fighting widens
Representative Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois marked his eighty first birthday May 7 with no special plans yet. Despite age he remains vigorous as Congress and officials sent congratulations. Meanwhile Berlin reported considerable fighting on the Macedonian front with no decisive gains for either side on the Germano Bulgarian line.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
House
Cannon
Congress
Macedonia
Berlin
Norwegian Steamships Capto End Natuna Sunk
London May noted by Central News the Norwegian foreign office reports German submarines sunk the steamships Capto End Natuna. Crews were rescued.
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London
May
Norwegian Foreign Office
Market Reports for Hogs Cattle and Grain
The markets show hog receipts at 50 990 with light shipping at 15.80 to 15.55 and heavy packing 11.75 to 13.75. Cattle receipts 20 000 with steers 12.50 to 13.25 and cows 8.65 to 9.40. Kansas City prices note hogs at 13 000 receipts and cattle at 14 000 with primes at 12.00 to 12.65 and stockers 8.00 to 11.00.
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Kansas City
May Wheat Hits New High Mark
May wheat opens at 2.79 rising to 2.85 14 a new high as July and September lift. Agreement on Canada wheat control aims to sell 90 percent to allied governments or Canadian mills with liquidation of May and July contracts. Flour gains to 15 dollars a barrel in Minneapolis on top grades.
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Canada
Minneapolis
Chicago
Winnipeg
Man
Winnipeg Grain Exchange Council
Royal Grain Commission
London
May
Flour Exchange
Two Aviator Recruits Die In Mineola Flight
Hempstead May 8 Two student aviators Ranson Merrit of Lockport New York and Anthony Stileno of Roosevelt New York were killed when a government aviation school bi plane fell after climbing to about 2 500 feet. Both had never flown before and were testing a self starting device. The craft suffered cross currents and crashed, killing both occupants and destroying a 12 000 plane.
Germany Frees Brazil Envoy on Transit Order
Rio de Janeiro reports that after a cable from Brazil the German government allowed minister Adolf Pauli to continue his travel toward Uruguay. Pauli had been detained on grounds Germany was withholding passports for the Brazilian envoy.
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Germany
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Zurich
Adolf Pauli
Uruenay
Herr Pauli
Roosevelt division amendment blocked in conscription bill
Washington reports that the Roosevelt division amendment to the conscription bill will not be favorably reported by house and senate conferees. House conferees oppose it and a senate majority is against it, setting the stage for a floor fight if the bill proceeds without the amendment. Senators Harding and Johnson are prepared to press for Roosevelt to France with an army.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Harding
Johnson
France
No Vacancies for Circuses in Northern Indiana
Hammond Indiana May 8 reports Governor Goodrich request for unused lots to be cultivated has led circuses to avoid the area. In Goshen two circus agents could not find vacant lots to pitch tents as all plots were under cultivation, so they passed through the county.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana
Goodrich
Goshen
Wilson mission to Russia to include labor leader
President Wilson plans to have at least one labor leader on the Russia mission. John Mitchell, former United Mine Workers president, is viewed as the most likely choice with two others under consideration.
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Wilson
Russia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Geo
Turks drive 8000 Jews out of Jaffa
A cablegram to the Zionist executive says about 8,000 Jews from Jaffa Palestine were forced to evacuate on April 1. The roads were crowded with starving evacuees. some died along the way and bodies were found on the sand dunes. Looters killed and mutilated wealthy Jews as Bedouin Turks looted homes. Muslims and Christians stayed only with permits.
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New York
Jaffa
Palestine
Provisional Executive Committee For
General Zionist Affairs
Town's Most Polite Boy Wins Prize in Marine Illinois
Marine announces a contest to choose the town’s most polite schoolboy by June 1 with a secret committee watching acts of kindness in churches and schools. A prize will be awarded. past contests aimed to beautify the city. Separately in London a food waste offense was announced with enforcement planned soon by the food controller’s department.
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Marina
Ill
Marine
Britain
London
Charles Bathurst
Food Controller's Department
House of Commons
Explosion at Kingsport munitions plant kills one
An explosion at the Federal Dyestuff and Chemical plant in Kingsport Tennessee destroys buildings and fatally burns workers. One man is killed one is missing and an investigation is under way.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Company
French Party Train Wreck Near Arcola Illinois
A special French mission train wrecked between Arcola and Pilson Illinois at 7 30 pm Monday with several bruises but no injuries to General Joffre and Viviani. Officials suspect accidental derailment as a pinned bolt from the tender damaged a rail joint during the double header investigation continues.
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Arcola
Ill
Joffre
Viviani
Middle West
Pilson
Pennsylvania Railway
Secret Service
William Nye
Barrage
Pullman
M. Viviani
Marne
German Airplane Drops Bombs in Rapid London Raid
London reports a hostile aircraft dropped four bombs on the outskirts injuring no one in the area. Residents woke to explosions as the plane vanished. A bomb struck a residence roof while others landed in a nearby swamp.
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London
War Depletes Illinois University
In Champaign Illinois 984 men registered for leaves of absence at the University of Illinois dean of men office. Withdrawals dropped from 75 to 15 on average. Nearly one fourth of the student body has left in the last three weeks.
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Ilinois University
Champaign, Ill
May
University of Illinois
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