Government shipbuilding drive boosts merchant fleet
The Shipping Board awarded Los Angeles Shipbuilding eight steel ships at 153 per ton, total $10,771,200, the largest contract yet and a push to raise U S merchant tonnage from about 2.0 million to 5.9 million. Additional contracts planned as yards shift to full operation to speed construction and chaser production accelerates. Also note the death of Dr J W Jones in Indiana after moving from Yonkers New York.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Moan
Wiliam Hile
George W. Goethals
Senate Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
Congress
United States Shipping Board
Navy Department
New York
New Orleans
Pershing Likely to Lead First American Army to France
Orders summon General Pershing from the Mexican border to the war department for a conference with Secretary Baker fueling reports that he will be chosen to command the first American army sent to France.
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Pershing
War Department
Baker
France
Traction Line Changes Schedule in Decatur Indiana
Fort Wayne and Decatur traction cars switch to eastern time beginning Sunday, advancing the clocks by one hour to align with other interurban lines entering Fort Wayne. The move aims to harmonize schedules with neighboring routes and reduce time discrepancies for riders.
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Decatur
Ind
Fort Wayne
No games scheduled in Chicago and New York series
A fragmented report notes no games scheduled with scattered scores: Cleveland 2, Washington D. Detroit 2, Boston 1, and a 12 inning reference. The text mentions Chicago and New York but provides no clear game details or outcomes.
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Chicago
New York
D. Cleveland
Washington
D. Detroit
Boston
Important Steps in Draft Legislation
Washington May 14 The House by 215 to 178 sent the army conscription bill to conference with instructions to include an amendment letting Colonel Roosevelt lead a division to France. The Senate added a liquor measure to the espionage bill banning grain use for alcohol production. The censorship clause was stripped from the espionage bill by 3 to 38.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
France
Wilson
United States
Senate
Visitors crowd rookies at Fort Sheridan May 14
An army of sweethearts, relatives and sightseers overwhelmed Fort Sheridan on May 14 as the Military Mill began its first day of training for five thousand new army officers. Telegrams and visitors poured in as recruits started the program. officers in charge voiced disappointment with the crowd while recruits did not complain.
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Fort Sheridan
United States Army
U. S. Ship Chases a Diver
The American steamship Mongolia arrived at a port from Europe carrying a report of a second encounter with a U boat. Lieutenant Bruce M. Ware, who commanded the naval crew that sunk the submarine on April 19, says the May 4 incident followed the same engagement.
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Mongolia
Germany
Europe
Bruce M. Ware
Lexington
Train Hits Six in Car at Chicago Crossroad
Six people including three women were killed when a passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing near 147th Street in Chicago. The driver, Guy A. Ferree, 44, was injured. authorities reported the crossing had no protective gates. One woman was decapitated. several bodies were taken to Blue Island funeral rooms.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Ferree
Krueger
Blue Island
George 8S
Livingston
Livingston, Rosen & Co
West
Monroe Street
Benzion Hochstaadt
Kenmore Avenue
Blue Island Police
Forty Two Arrests Under Iowa Blue Laws Move
Des Moines reported forty two arrests for violating the Iowa blue laws as authorities enforced a first time in decades. The crackdown included bans on buying cigars candy chewing gum ice cream fruit or drugs on Sunday. Movie vaudeville operators and fruit stand owners were among those detained while western league baseball continued.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Havyner
Des Moir
Bloodhounds used in search for missing Illinois girl
Dixon Illinois May 14 bloodhounds were used by Sheriff Philips of Lee county to locate Bertha Hasselman aged eighteen missing after a quarrel at a church social with Clifford Seibert. She did not return to the home, hat and coat found at the gate the next morning by Mrs Chenery.
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Dixon
Ill
Philips
Lee County
Bertha Hasselman
Maude Chenery
Clifford Seibert
Cheney
Soldier Dies in Auto Crash Near Loda
John Sheehan of Tadlow aged twenty three a member of the Milndis national guard was killed in an automobile accident near Loda Illinois on May 14. The car struck soft reed and overturned.
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Unter Auto
Paxton,Il
John Sheehan
Tadlow
Mlindis National Cuard
Loda
Taft's Son Enlists in Third Field Artillery
Charles Phelps Taft nineteen son of former President Taft has enlisted as a private in the Third Field Artillery at New Haven Conn with parents' consent. Robert Taft previously tried to enlist in Cincinnati but was rejected for defective eyesight.
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Washington
Charles Phelps Taft
President Taft
Third Field Artillery
New Haven
Conn
Taft
Robert Taft
Cincinnati
Illinois Springs Big Conservation Plan
Chicago May 14 The Illinois state council of defense urges a federal control over foodstuffs fuel and other basic commodities as sweeping as Britain and France. The proposed act would create a federal commission with power to regulate production distribution transport and price of foodstuffs grains fuel and other basic commodities.
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Chicago
Illinois
America
Great Britain
France
Illinois State Council of Defense
Congress
Food, Fuel and Commodity Act
Terrific Battle Continues on Arras Front Gains Reported
British and German forces clash along the Arras sector with heavy fighting near Nullecourt and Roeux Cemetery. British patrols advance north of St Quentin area while French repulse Crown Prince led German assaults on Champagne front. German high command claims major British attacks failed with heavy losses.
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London
Nullecourt
Eorthern
Arras
Hindenburg
Roeux
St. Quentin
le Verguier
Crown Prince
Paris
Champagne
Rheims
Craonne
Maisons de Champagne
War Office
Teutons
Berlin
Dbullecourt
Fire Devastates Wilhelmshaven Imperial Wharves
A seven hour blaze swept the Wilhelmshaven imperial wharves on Wednesday. The submarine building department sustained serious damage and the entire district is closed to the public.
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Wilhelmshaven
Amsterdam
Oil train wreck destroys Tip Four train west of Bloomington
A Tip Four oil train wreck near Bloomington Four miles west caused a fire destroying the locomotive and cars. The blaze wrecked tracks for about half a mile and the Kings Mills bridge while threatening nearby houses. Loss estimated around 125000 dollars.
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Bloomington
Here
Kings Mills
Iowa Treasurer W. C. Trown Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines reports state treasurer W. C. Trown died here on May 14. The loss raises questions for the financial office and Iowa politics as officials confirm his death.
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Iowa
Des Moines
W. c. Trown
Army enlistment notes local man with war service
Lafayette Indiana May 14 Herman J Staeck 36 of Earl Park enlisted in the United States army at the local recruiting office He served three years in the German army and also in the United States navy His father served in the German army in the Franco Prussian war.
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Lafayette, Ind
Herman J. Staeck
Earl Park
United States Army
United States Navy
Policeman Killed In Home In Evansville
Evansville Indiana May 14 Gilbert Gudgel a policeman was shot and killed at the home of Patrick McDevitt the suspect saying he found the officer in his wife's room and in the struggle took the patrolman s revolver and shot him.
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Evansville
Ind
Gilbert Gudgel
Patrick McDevitt
McDevitt
Pawned bicycle to enlist for war in Indianapolis
Elwood Indiana May 14. Russell Borst a high school student pawned his bicycle to fund the war and left for Indianapolis. A message says he has enlisted in the army and is serving as a messenger at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
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Elwood
Ind
Indianapolis
Russel Borst
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Rad Beating Russia Coalition Delegates Refuse Coalition Ministry
In Petrograd on May 14 the workers and soldiers delegates split 23 to 23 over joining a coalition ministry. The vote followed internal friction in the Duma amid calls for democratic peace. A speaker urged unity and strength for Russia.
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Petrograd
Workers’ and Soldierat
Duma Merthe
Rodichett
Batocki Needing to Resign As German Food Reg Board Chief
Amsterdam reports Adolph von Batocki, head of the German food regulation board, seeks permission to resign after sharp Reichstag criticism of food supply policies. While retirement is temporarily blocked, a telegram says his resignation is expected soon, a blow to conservative party leaders.
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Amsterdam
Adolph von Batocki
Food Regulation Board
Germany
Ter
Reichstae
Godshall Acquitted in Newark Threat Case
Augustus C. Godshall of Philadelphia was tried in federal court in Newark on a charge of threatening President Wilson and was acquitted by a jury.
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Godshall
Newark
N. J
Augustus C. Godshall
Philadelphia
Wigan
Inauguration Parade at University of Towa
Thousands of educators participated in a scholastic parade in Towa City as Dr. Walter A. Jessup assumed the presidency of Jessup Headstown University.
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Jessup Headstown University
Towa City
Walter A. Jessup
University of
Towa
British Destroyer Sunk in May 10 Engagement
The admiralty reports a British destroyer was destroyed in the clash on May 10 between German light forces and British cruisers and destroyers near Berlin.
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Berlin
Admiralty
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