War Tax Bill Is Certain to Pass in Congress
Congress unites behind the administration war revenue bill as debate continues in the House. Representative Fordney argues the measure is a non partisan war act and favors bonds for long term funding while Gardner defends postal items. Debate to readjust schedules under five minute rule continues, with a vote expected by Wednesday.
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Washington
Congress
House
Fordney
Michigan
Ways and Means
Representative Fordney
Collier
Mississippi
Schlisselberg District Revolt Threatens Petrograd
In Petrograd's Schlisselberg munitions district workers and citizens declared the aim of forming a separate republic. Rebels arrested the district’s provisional president, while twelve members of the workers and soldiers committee urged restoration of order. Tscheidse aided the revolt. Dutch War Minister Bosboom resigns. marines likely to assume war duties.
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Petrograd
Schlisselberg
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Committee
Tscheidse
Social Democrats
Russia
New York
the Hague
Bosboom
Wilhelmina
Marines
War
Russian Peace Move Launched Amid Turmoil in Russia
London reports a Russian executive committee plans to convene a neutral country based international socialist conference on peace. Petrograd cites Minister of War Alexander Guchoff warning of internal trouble, dual power and civil war threats while urging a united national effort. Washington lists the U S commission to Russia including Root Crane Mott McCormick Bertron Duncan Russell and Scott with Glennon.
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London
Petrograd
Alexander J. Guchoff
Commission
Russia
Washington
State Department
American Commission To
The
Root
New York
Les R. Crane
Chicago
John R. Mott
Young Men’s Christian Association
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Samuel R. Bertron
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
James H. Glennon
Value of straw for soil and crop gains
The National Crop Improvement Service warns not to burn straw stacks. Straw adds real fertilizing elements to the soil and, when spread carefully over fields, provides a large quantity of valuable nutrients.
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National Crop Improvement Service
U S Consul General Proposes Allied Memorial Day
Robert Skinner, U S Consul General in London, urges adoption of America's Memorial Day May 30 as a general decoration day for Allied nations. The proposal appears to gain favorable attention abroad, aligning with observed traditions in the United States.
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Skinner
London
America
Markets News From Chicago and Kansas City Livestock
Chicago live stock receipts show hogs 14 000 with light to heavy classes priced at 16.90 to 16.35 and pigs to 14.25 while cattle receipts 2 500 offer steers to 12.50 and cows to 9.75. Kansas City reports hogs 8 000 with bulk 16.10 and 15.85 for packers and butchers, cattle at 12.00 to 18.00 for prime fed steers and other classes, and sheep around 14.25 to 18.60 for lambs. East Buffalo lists cattle to 12.85, hogs at 16.50, and sheep with top lambs at 15.25.
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Chicago
Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Eves
Paul Daeche Held as Enemy Alien In New York
Paul Daeche, convicted with Lt. Robert May and Walter Scholz on a conspiracy to destroy munition laden ships, released on bail pending appeals, was arrested by federal authorities for internment as a dangerous enemy alien. He was free on a $25,000 bond and will be interned at Ellis Island.
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Paul Daeche
New York
Robert May
Walter N. Scholz
Daedhe
Liberty
Ellis Island
Germany faces cabinet reshuffle by Hollweg government
London dispatch from Amsterdam quotes the Exchange Telegraph saying Berlin hints that Chancellor Hollweg will survive the crisis but key figures like Foreign Secretary Zimmermann, Food Dictator Batocki, and others likely to be ousted amid a political sweep.
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London
Germany
Amsterdam
Berlin
Hollweg
Zimmermann
Batocki
Panama Canal Chief William L. Parsons Joins U S Engineers
William L. Parsons, former Panama Canal chief, has joined the United States Army Engineers Corps. His transfer reflects a shift from canal administration to national engineering service.
Admiral W S Sims Leads Allied War Council Role
Admiral William S. Sims represents the United States Navy in the Allied War Councils coordinating strategy with Allied forces during wartime.
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U. S. Navy
United States
Germany
Sims
Europe
Ottawa Aviator Killed in Action in France
Lieutenant Mounsell J. Morris of the Royal Flying Squadron is reported killed in action. He died May 3 during pre assault aerial reconnaissance for the Vimy Ridge operation. Morris, an Ottawa native, had trained in Indiana at South Bend before the war.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mounsell J. Morris
Royal Flying Squadron
France
War Records Office
Vimy Ridge
Morris
South Bend
Ind
Curb on Wheat Handelging Plans Federal Action to Halt Prices
May wheat surged to 3.25 3.40 as Chicago board of trade directors moved to ban May futures. Federal grand jury probes foodstuffs speculation with names of major wheat traders revealed. Government pledges pitiless publicity to curb the alleged market manipulation. Flour prices reach 16.70 a barrel with Minneapolis reports of higher premiums.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Federal Grand Jury
la Salle Street Grain Commission
Commission
la Salle Street
Board
Griffin
The
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Whip Germany Rally Opens Illinois Grain Dealers Meet
Victor Dewein of Warrensburg, president of the Illinois Grain Dealers association, urged members at the spring convention in Springfield to support government action on grain prices curb futures gambling and ease the car shortage as the United States aims to whip Germany.
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Germany
Springfield
Ill
United States
Victor Dewein
Warrensburg
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Baseball Scores From Across Cities
Results show Pittsburgh and Brooklyn games with wide spreads as Cincinnati and New York clash. Prendergast Demaree Aldridge Mitchell Elliott for Brooklyn and Schupp McCarty face hitters. Philadelphia loses to St. Louis in a low scoring affair.
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Poston
R. H. E. Pittsburgh
Moeton
Carlson
Jacobs
Fischer
Schmidt
Randolph and Gowdy
Brooklyn
Prendergast
Demaree
Aldridge
Mitchell
Elliott
Marquard
Cadore
Smith
Ames, Steele and &Nyder
Oeschgeer
Killifer
Washington
Cleveland
Johnson
Ainsmith
Morton
O'Neill
Detroit
R. H. EB
Boston
Ruth
Agnew
Cunningham and
Spencer
Chicago
R. H.E
New York
Two Die After Fight in Kokomo Rooming House
In Kokomo Indiana on May 12 Louis Blake a 29 year old man died at Good Samaritan hospital from head injuries after a hatchet blow in a foreign rooming house. Alex Moraska a Romanian also died from a skull knife wound. Police have yet to determine who caused the deaths.
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Kokomo
Ind
Louis Blakeman
Good Samaritan
Blakeman
Alex Moraska
Moraska
Dutch Vessel Orders to Return Home Amid Trade Restart
Twenty two Dutch ships laden mostly with food, tied up in American ports for weeks, are ordered by their owners to sail back to Holland. The move follows assurances from London that traffic with America can resume, halting the wartime diversions and signaling a normalization of maritime trade.
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Amsterdam
American
Holland
London
America
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Chicago Trade Board
National League
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