Draft plans call for up to 1.5 million men for service
Provost Marshal Crowder outlined to the Senate Military Affairs Committee that plans may draft 900000 to 1500000 men from 10 million registrants with 625000 proceeding to immediate service. Exemptions reduce this, with 125000 reserved to fill army vacancies and sustain training camps. Immediate draft favored to allow early readiness and personal arrangements.
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Crowder
Department
Mushal General
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair to-night and Tuesday with warmer conditions expected Tuesday. Gentle variable winds. Susquehanna River and tributaries will fall slowly. Harrisburg stage around 5.5 feet Tuesday morning. Temperature 60 at 8 am. river stage 5.7 feet. high 76, low 64, mean 70. Full moon tonight.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
City and Nation Prepare to Enroll for Draft
Harrisburg rushes to register men ages 21 to 30 as 16 million Americans are urged to enroll for war service. Crowder and Gregory oversee filings with arrests promised for evasion. Clergy, bars and clubs align with registration, while consular efforts and exemptions for workers are debated.
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George Edward Hawes
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Clayton Albert Smucker
Stevens Memorial Methodist
Robert Bagnell
Grace Methodist
R. Ross Seaman
James C. Thompson
Mercer B. Tate
J. William Bayles
B. Frank Nead
Ed H. Fisher
County Board
Four Guard Regiments Will Go to France
Four Pennsylvania regiments including the First Third Thirteenth and Eighteenth Infantry will leave home duties on July 15 to serve in France. They guard rail and water lines industrial plants and inland waterways. The War Department announced the order on a Saturday and home defense units will assume their duties. Local reaction at the First Regiment armory was one of eager anticipation for frontline service.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
France
The
Public Ledger
War Department
Brown
Prospect Drive to Raise Two Million Dollars Planned
At the Liberty Loan headquarters 10 000 prospects are ready for the sales drive to raise Harrisburg s two billion loan allotment. Salesmen begin Thursday for the campaign with grants set for Hershey Hummelstown Millersburg Halifax New Cumberland Dillsburg Middletown Lemoyne and other towns. Local speakers Percival Hill and Hay W Brown attend planning sessions as organizers adjust campaign details.
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Liberty Loan
Board of Trade
Harrisburg
Hershey
Hummelstown
Millersburg
Halifax
New Cumberland
Dillsburg
Middletown
Lemoyne
Flavel I. Wright
Edward KR. Miller
T. Clancy
Percival Hill
Hay W. Brown
Motor Truck Engine and Transmission Standards Set
Standard dimensions for motor truck engines and transmission machinery under army requirements have been agreed upon by leading manufacturers. The announcement came from the Society of Automotive Engineers after conferences with army officers and the council of national defense.
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Washington
Army
Society of Automotive Engineers
Council of National Defense
Root mission arrives safely in Russian port
The American commission to Russia led by Elihu Root arrived safely at a Russian port. The State Department confirms the dispatch and the Navy Department notes the vessel reached the port without incident.
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Washington
Root
Committee On Public Information
State Department
Russia
Elihu Root
Navy Department
Daniels
Sion
Petrograd
Santos Dumont patents seaplane for submarine warfare
Paris reports Santos Dumont has developed a powerful seaplane for fighting submarines. Turin dispatch to the Petit Journal says the craft will be manufactured in the United States and supplied to Switzerland. Separately Abram I. Elkus arrived in Berne with his family and twelve aides to rest before Paris visit.
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Paris
Santos Dumont
Turin
Petit Journal
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Abram I. Eikus
Turkey
Elkus
Kronstadt Sailors Threaten Petrograd Revolt
Kronstadt garrison sailors arrived in Petrograd to demand new elections and the handover of former Emperor Nicholas as demonstrations were promised. An icebreaker with red banners and a Bolshevik hymn was seen offshore, a large phosphorus case ignited, but no landing occurred and no injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Kronstadt
Gutuyeff Island
Gutuyefft
Gutayeff
Oranienbaum
Gutyeff
Mayor and safety chief praise bar action on dry day
Mayor Miller and William Jennings, head of the local safety committee, commend the Liquor Dealers' Association for agreeing to close all bars tomorrow during the military registration. The measure aims to make Tuesday an absolute dry day, urging social clubs with sideboards to close as well and promising public condemnation for refusals.
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Stanley G. Jean
Dauphin County Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
Miller
William Jennings
Committee On Public Safety
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Italian War Mission Delayed by Illness Postponed Visit
Illness delays the Italian mission led by the Prince of Udine and Signor Marconi. The nine day tour across American cities may skip parts of the itinerary. Arrival in the host city aimed for June 12, with uncertainties about the full route. Socialists from Germany arrive in Stockholm led by Philip Schiedemann and T Stauning.
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Signor Marconi
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Burlington
Iowa
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Harburg
New York
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Stockholm
London
Socialist Conference
Philip Schiedemann
T. Stauning
Copenhagen
Teutons Claim Success On Macedonian Front
War Office statement reports continued Allied reports of attempts to push on the Macedonian front. Attacks are said to have been repulsed, with no gains claimed by the Frnch and British forces.
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Teutons
Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
War Office
Kaiser Warned of Heavy Losses in Western Front
German forces are prepared for major sacrifices to stabilize the western front with ceaseless French counterattacks on the Aisne and Champagne fronts. British advances are repelled by dense German resistance as Haig changes tactics. In Russia, Petrograd unrest grows after Kerensky’s fluctuating power while Kronstadt declares independence amid naval disturbances.
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Western Front
Aisne
Champagne
Vaucleve
California
Lens
Haig Haus
Chernsy
Russia
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