Packers Sent Unfit Meat to U.S. Troops Charged
Federal trade commission charges Wilson & Co and Morris & Co sold fresh beef to the government for American soldiers that was unfit for consumption. About 10 000 pounds condemned and destroyed at Camp Travis Texas under Food Administration orders as Hoover orders a Texas-wide review. Indictments in federal court were dismissed due to no penalty under the food law. no prosecutions started.
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Camp Travis
Order of Food Administration
Washington
United States
Texas
Wilson & Co
Morris & Co
Teleral Trade Commission
Tex
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Acon
Federal Trade Commission
Hoover
E. A. Peden
United States District Court
Western District of Texas
Four U S Airmen Reported Missing On British Front
Four American aviators are reported missing on the British front with two brought down behind German lines since May and April. The American air squadron in the Toul sector has performed better than expected, with a creditable toll of enemy planes and few German incursions. A German officer aviator reportedly said the fear of American fliers has spread through the German air corps.
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Toul
Miss Stinson Forced to Quit Flight Over New York Route
Miss Therine Stinson, an aviatrix, went aloft from Chicago toward New York at 8:54 pm but returned at 14:12 pm reporting engine trouble and loss of power while ill with a temperature near 102 degrees.
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Stinson
Binghampton
N. Y
Therine Stinson
Aviatrix
Chicago
New York
Moldavia Death List Names 53 Infantrymen Lost
War department released the names of 53 soldiers from Company B Fifty-eighth Infantry aboard the transport Moldavia. The dead include four Chicagoans and several from Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. Most died when the ship sank after an explosion. 427 other Fifty-eighth regulars were saved.
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Washington
Moldavia
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minesota
War Department
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Fifty-eighth Regular Infantry
St. Cloud
Minn
Isador M. Kneip
St. Paul
Joseph DP. Callan
Milwaukee
Edwin L. Clausing
Grafton
William J. Croatt
Conrad Eckel
West Allis
Edward L. Gerl
de Pere
Redward Gottenberg
Pigeon Falls
John Kobus
Rudolph Mikle
Frank Roux
Rice Lake
Lewis P. Spies
British sink big U boat near Cape St Vincent
A British escort submarine reported sinking a German submarine cruiser off Cape St Vincent on May 11 while meeting a convoy. No survivors were found. Another enemy submarine was sighted but escaped after diving. This marks the first cruiser submarine destroyed. the Admiralty noted they would depart from the usual rule of not announcing individual submarine destructions.
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London
Cape St. Vincent
Admiralty
Germans Renew Activity on Forty Mile Front
Paris reports a great German attack along a forty mile line in the Reims sector with heavy forces. Long range shelling of Paris has begun as German guns open fire. Observers say these moves may presage a renewed drive, with small gains reported by the enemy to date.
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Paris
Reims
McAdoo Edicts 25 Percent Freight Rise and 3 Cent Fares
Washington May 27 Secretary McAdoo, head of the nation’s railways, ordered a 25 percent freight rate increase and set passenger fares at 3 cents per mile to cover wage hikes.
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McAdoo
Washington
President WilsonAppeals for New Tax Law in Joint Session
Washington May 27 President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress to urge quick action on a new tax law. He called for patriotic action and warned against lobbying and profiteers in a war time appeal.
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Washington
America
Wilson
Congress
German Gas Bombardment Follows Allied Battle Near Amiens
Berlin reports intense German gas and artillery attacks in the Villers Bretonneaux area and east of Amiens. British raiders take prisoners. French repulse a raid near Orvillers Sorel. U S forces suffer captures west of Montdidier amid reports of heavy losses on the Picardy front.
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Berlin
Montdidier
London
Villers- Bretonneaux
Haig
Hinges
Flanders
Bailleul
Amiens
Lys Salient
Wlanders
War Office
Villers-Bretonneaux
Picardy
Y M C A Secretary Killed in World War I Action
Paris May 27 Rev Robert Wellwood of New York City was killed May 109 by a shell fragment while aiding Chinese coolie laborers behind German lines.
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Paris
Robert Wellwood
New York City
Russian Battalion of Death Veteran Eva Zavitz Arrives in Brooklyn
Eva Zavitz, 23, a strong member of the Battalion of Death that fought for Kerensky, has fled Russia after his fall and now resides in Brooklyn with a relative in the United States.
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Eva Zavitz
Kerensky
United States
Brooklyn
League Baseball Scores From National to Western Leagues
National League results include Chicago 7 New York 4 and St Louis 7 Brooklyn 6. American League games Boston 3 Chicago 2 and New York 2 Cleveland 1. Other leagues Minnesota 4 Columbus 6 and Des Moines 7 Joplin 6 in Western play. Wet slate noted.
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New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Louisville
Topeka
Sioux City
Des Moines
Joplin
St. Joseph
Hutchinson
Wichita
Omaha
Peret
Wood Pon
Cedicatechoase
Orne Weet Renee
Rcincore
Seckranvaceess
Pittsburgh
Awe
Vols
Pes
Boston Ppps Sannseasensesweepen
Muis
Sxasnss
Louisyville
Sneer
Peewee
Milwaukeeee
Evenenes Sanres
Waereeneee
Eau. Scsees
Minneapolis Canne
pSee Ee Ened
Fabagne Ccvssceuns Aeeee Oo
NASA
Tévvasde
Armed Saropil'e Fuob Sy Ah Cewsee Saapaeee
IGEN
Giacio Daw and
Caalseeccanale Ul Mt. Fomodn Dcaeescinsenis Cell
Raeee Cases
Acaridies Ieve
Alchinson
British officer's aide arrested at tipperary stud farm
London May 27 A man named Bruns who served five years as secretary to a prominent army officer and sportsman was arrested at the officer's stud farm in Tipperary. The arrest caused a sensation with reports that important documents were found. Connection to the Germany Sinn Fein plot is not confirmed.
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London
Bruns
Tipperary
British casualties totaled 18 752 in official lists for last week
London reported weekly British losses amounting to 18 752 excluding missing. The breakdown lists killed wounded missing and officers among the figures though the OCR text is incomplete, indicating the scale of the week’s toll.
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London
Oil Leasing Measure Passes House To Conference
The administration oil leasing bill clearing over six million acres of public lands in the West for development to supply the navy and other needs passed the House and now goes to conference.
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Washington
Administration
Rail Wage Increases Benefit Nearly Two Million Workers
General pay hikes for about 2,000,000 railroad employees were announced by Director General McAdoo and take effect the coming Saturday retroactive to January 1. The package totals over 380 million annually with back pay distributed in lump sums of 100 to 200 dollars. A new wage board will study inequalities and bases pay on December 1915, with no wage reductions.
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Washington
McAdoo
Wage Commission
Railroad Wage Commission
Terminal
Union Station
Pullama
Pullman
Railroad
Cara
Anna Held Lays Near Death in New York
Actress Anna Held is near death from a rare disease called multiple myeloma as reported by her physician Dr Donald McCaskey. The end could come at any time or she may live several weeks, and Held has accepted the verdict with cheerfulness.
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New York
Anna Held
Donald McCaskey
Doctor McCaskey
Miss Heid
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Texas Camp
U. S
Count Plunkett
Sinn Fein
Company B
Joint Session
Villers-Bretonneux
FOE
Commission
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