Draft Law Conferees Reach Agreement on Conscription
Congress conferees approve a selective draft bill for men aged twenty one to thirty one with pay increases and barred substitutes. Restrictions on liquor for soldiers remain but sales to uniformed men and imports to camps are banned. War Dept ready to raise 500000 as president sets registration date within weeks.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Wilson
Roosevelt
War Department
Draft Registration Rules Warn Officials Against Bias
Washington May 11 Provost Marshal General warns that county and city boards cannot show favoritism in enrolling registrants under the selective draft act. He says evasion and improper actions will be detected and punished. penalties fall on both nonregistrants and any board members found in collusion.
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Washington
Marschal Generalier
Russians Sow Peace Plan and Durable Alliance Signals
Petrograd authorities announce a peace conference appeal to world nations from the council of soldiers and workmen's delegates. A delegation will seek ties with socialist delegates in Stockholm and neutral and allied nations to promote the peace movement. An extraordinary Tauride palace session praised loyalty to the Entente as Russia repudiates separate peace.
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N.C. Tcheldise
Council of Soldiers and Workmen's
Schluswelburg
Tauride
Radzianko
Russia
British raid devastates Zeebrugge submarine base
Rotterdam reports say the Zeebrugge attack by British ships caused the destruction of two submarine beds and heavy losses. Sixty-three perished with 100 plus wounded as Royal Navy forces, Dover vice admiral orders, bombarded the area. Royal Air Service aided with 18 aerial combats and four enemy planes destroyed. Two British aircraft did not return.
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Rotterdam
Zeebrugge
Dover
Royal Naval Air Service
Envoys to Russia Named with Elihu Root as Chairman
The American commission to Russia is announced with Elihu Root as chairman and special ambassador. Members include Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott Rear Admiral James H Glennon Charles R Crane John R Mott Cyrus H McCormick Samuel R Bertron James Duncan Charlies Edward Russell.
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Washington
American Commission
Russia
Elihu Root
Hugh L. Scott
Army
James H. Glennon
Charles R. Crane
Winds
John R. Mott
New York
Cyrus H. McCormick
H Winds
Samuel R. Bertron
James Duncan
Masssachusetts
Charlies Edward Russell
Foraker Dead Former U S Senator Dies in Cinci
Cincinnati May 11 Joseph Benson Foraker former United States senator of Ohio died in this city at an advanced age. He served in the Senate and held various political roles marking a lengthy public career.
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Foraker le
Cincinnati
Joseph Benson Foraker
United States
Oto
Senate approves anti cereal liquor ban during war
The Senate on Saturday approved a Cummins amendment to the espionage bill barring use of cereals grains sugar or sirup in producing intoxicating liquor during the war. It also struck the censorship clause and debated constitutional issues amid talks of a conference. The House sent the conscription bill back to conference with a Roosevelt division amendment.
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Senate
War Department
Washington
United States
Committee of the Whole
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
France
Wilson
Board of Trade halts May wheat trading after price surge
Chicago directors acted in a special meeting to stop further May wheat trades after quotes hit 3.25 to 3.40 on cash wheat. The move aimed to curb sensational advances in the market, with reports indicating decisive action taken Friday.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Sears
Chicago
War Cost For Year Estimated At 3 800 000 000
The Ways and Means Committee backs a war finance plan urging taxation for the remainder of this year and next year, with about half the cost via taxes and half via bonds. It cites per capita burden comparisons with Britain and argues the American public is ready to pay a reasonable war tax.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Great Britain
United States
Battle for Bullecourt on Arras Front Continues in May
Reports from London and Berlin detail renewed British assaults near Bullecourt on the Arras front with ongoing heavy fighting. British gains north of the Scarpe and near Greenward hill are noted, while German counterattacks near Reims and Craonne are said to be repulsed with heavy losses for Berlin.
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Bullecourt
Arran
British War Office
Greenward Hill
Paris
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Reims
Craonne
Maisons de Champagne
War Office
Teutons
Berlin
Arras
Roeux
Saloniki
Nolles
Lake Doiran
Allies improve U boat battle and boosts in trade
Steadily increasing efficiency of the Allies against submarines shows marked gains. Improved destruction methods have sent numerous U boats to the bottom, with many enemy commanders reported lost. British imports, grain and meats, and cotton trade rose sharply in April, signaling broader economic impact.
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Reichstag
Wagener
Buss
Herr Pihleger
Center Party
Adriatic
Duras Zo
Paganellis
Berardinelli
Fragmented WWI era briefs mix troops, fires and rail shifts
Brief United States war related items report Liberty loan allotment of 125 thousand from a 2 billion fund. Reports of forest fires behind Peace River settlements. Roosevelt resigns as Army league vice president. New York state moves to end prize fighting. Erie railroad to replace clerks with women. Naval and air force losses noted with several named dead. A Rock Island wreck cites victims Esther Howits and Bensoin.
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Tex
United States
Peace River
Winnipeg
Man
Roosevelt
Army League
Washington
League
France
State Senate
Albany
N. Y
Walter Easton
Walter Calhoun
Wilhelmehaven
Amsterdam
Rock Island
Esther Howits
Bensoin
Liners Escape Two German Submarine Attacks
Crew of the Mongolle aboard Atlantic Transport line says the ship dodged two torpedo strikes on the Atlantic run. Off the Scilly islands near midnight May 4 5 the lookout sighted a torpedo wake and the naval gun crew fired but found no submarine afterward.
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U. S
Atlantic Transport Line
Atlantic
Scilly Islands
Forty-Two Jailed Under Iowa Blue Laws
Des Moines on May 14 reports forty two priests fined for violating the Iowa blue laws when Des Moines observed Blue Sunday. Citizens could not buy cigarettes fruits or drugs at major stores while drug and cigar shops and soda fountains closed. Proprietors of leading theaters were arrested as authorities prepare warrants for players. western league baseball continued. It is anticipated the crackdown will spread statewide next Sunday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Boxing Bill Advances in House to Legalize Dusols Boxing
The house of representatives passed the committee bill legalizing boxing in Dusols. Representative Thomas A. Boyer of Chicago's stockyards district urged the measure and credited its passage. The bill now proceeds to the senate.
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House of Representatives
Thomas A. Boyer
Chicago
Defends War Tax Measure in House Vote
Washington May 11 The 1.8 billion wartime tax bill faced vigorous objections on many sections as Democratic Leader Kitchin urged passage. He argued government needs the money and even proposed backing the high tariff portion despite personal doubts. He stated he would vote for the bill despite his convictions.
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Washington
Kitchin
Mr. Kitchin
Gomper Calls Labor Leaders for War Conference
Samuel Gompers, chairman of the national defense council's labor committee, calls a meeting with labor representatives from Great Britain Canada Cuba and France to discuss war problems. The conference will be held Tuesday.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
National Defence Council
Committee On Labor
Great Britain
Canada
Cuba
France
Aviator Instructor and Cadet Die in Flight Accident
Victor Carletrom and Carey B. Boen, both connected with Newport News, were killed when the right wing collapsed at 3,500 feet over the Atlantic coast aeronautical station. The incident occurred May 10 and left few details beyond the fatal collapse.
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