Conscription Now Effective as War Effort Expands
Washington reports President Wilson signed measures mandating selective conscription for 21 to 30 year olds, with 1000 men to join the army, 4 regular divisions to sail to France under Major General Pershing, and a marine regiment accompanying the expedition. Registration set for June 5 nationwide.
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Pershing
France
Washington
Wilson
Marines
Charles A. Boyen
New York
Athough
Roosevelt
General Pershing
Senate expands Interstate Commerce Commission to nine members
May 23 Washington reports the senate passed a bill increasing the membership of the Interstate Commerce Commission to nine, expanding regulatory capacity. The move aims to bolster oversight of transportation and commerce issues.
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Commerce Commission
Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Appointment of Seattle clerk to federal shipping post
Office for steamship man in Seattle appoints May Merly as chief clerk to John F. Blain, Northwest representative of the Federal Shipping Board Harry Brandt for Steamship Company.
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Seattle
Maymerly
Pac
John F. Blain
Northwest
Federal Shipping Board
Harry Brandt
Steamship Company
Sulzer proposal to form Alaska investigation committee
Charles A. Sulzer Alaska delegate introduced a joint resolution in the house proposing a congressional committee visit Alaska during the summer recess to study the territorys legislative needs. The plan aims to let congressmen assess what must be done while national resources are directed to war efforts.
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Washington
Charles A. Sulzer
Alaska
House of Representatives
Submarine Defense Devices Scaled for Ship Use
Washington May 23 Two devices for anti submarine warfare have been developed on a large scale for ships and are being tested for effectiveness. Hudson Maxim claims to make ships immune from submarine attacks while Simon Lake reports renting a 1000 ton submarine merchantman whose trial shows it can counter the non sinkable U boats.
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Washington
New York
Hudson Maxim
Philadelphia
Simon Lake
President Presses Law Censorship Move Over Espionage Debate
President Wilson urges Congress to pass a censorship measure in a letter to judiciary chair Webb, urging action on a law to curb material he deems harmful. The Gregory espionage bill with a censorship clause was completed by House and Senate conference assigns.
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Washington
Wilson
Webb
Judiciary Committee
Gregory
House
Senate
Canadians barred from leaving to avoid military service
Ottawa May 25 an order in council effective today bans Canadians aged 18 to 85 from leaving the country to evade military service without written consent of authorities. The rule makes such departure illegal and subjects violators to penalties.
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Ottawa
Governor vetoes statewide referendum on liquor prohibition
Madison May 23 Governor Phillips vetoed the bill for a state wide referendum on the prohibition of the liquor traffic. The action ends the measure to allow voters to decide on liquor prohibition across Wisconsin. The veto closes the legislative effort to pursue a public vote on the issue.
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Madison
Wis
Phillips
Erwin Reappointed as U S Marshal for Alaska Fourth Division
Washington May 24 The President reappointed L K Erwin of Fairbanks to be United States marshal for the Fourth judicial division of Alaska.
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Washington
L. K. Erwin
Feirbanks
United States
Fourth Judicial Division
Alaska
United States Must Bear War Burden, Say Military Experts
Washington reports that Russia is out of the war militarily for at least two years, and France is near exhaustion of man power. Britain still has some strength, but experts say the United States will have to carry the main burden of fighting abroad as the war intensifies.
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Washington
Russia
France
Great Britain
United States
Brazil Moves to Revoke Neutrality Decree
Rio de Janeiro May 22 The Brazilian president urged Congress to revoke the neutrality decree in the war between the United States and Germany. A large majority accepted the recommendation. Dispatches say Brazil is near war with Germany as a Brazilian ship Tijuen was sunk off the French coast with part of the crew missing.
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Congress
United States
Cormany
Oneres
Brazil
Germany
Ounx
Tijuen
South Atlantic
Vere
Yukon River Opens as Washburn Leaves With Passengers
News from Whitehorse confirms Yukon River traffic resumed with the steamer Washburn departing Sunday for Iditarod and way points. Expected to carry two barges, it should reach port around June 1. Passenger list includes Mr and Mrs Stuhr, Ostnes, Longtin, Sohmes, Price, Jepso n, Aitken, Bates, Griffiths, Mrs Ray and son, Letnes, J Weir, O Van Orsdal, Mccume, Mrs Beaton and two others.
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Yukon
Washburn
Whitehorse
Iditarod
A. Stuhr
Lars Ostnes
Ray J. Longtin
Jack Sohmes
Jack Price
Pete Jepson
Tom Ait
Commissioned diplomats move toward completion of work
Secretary of State Lansing and A J Balfour held a long conference as May battles ended. French commissioners Viviani and Joffre arrived in Paris after visiting the United States. An Italian commission led by Prince Undine and William Marconi reached Washington. Viviani quoted Wilson as saying Americans and Italians are brothers in the same cause. The Italian commissioners were guests at a state dinner with President Wilson.
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Lansing
A. J. Balfour
Paris
Viviani
Joffre
United States
Prince Undine
William Marconi
Wilson
British Attacks Repulsed as War Front Shifts Near Arras
War dispatches report British attacks on Minchy positions repulsed while lines near Hindenburg's hold stretch from East Bullecourt to Arras. Allied operations include French domination of the Ailette valley with trench gains east of Chevroux, and Hindenberg’s forces seen defeated on Moronvilles range. Submarine, naval, and aerial actions pose further threats across the Mediterranean and Adriatic theaters.
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Acheville
Queant
Scarpe
War Office
Minchy
Hindenberg
London
Bullecourt
Arras
Paris
Neville
Ailette
Chevroux
General von Hindenberg
Moronvilles Range
Red Cross nurses killed in shipboard accident
New York May 21 The steamship Mongolia returning to an American port with the bodies of two Red Cross nurses Miss Edith Ayers and Miss Helen Burnett Wood of Chicago. A gun crew practicing fired a shell that ricocheted from water, fragments striking the deck.
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New York
Mongolia
Europe
Red Cross
Edith Ayers
Helen Burnett Wood
Chicago
First Americans at Front Paris May 25
America's first armed force of forty munitions transport workers began active service on the front today. London reports more than a thousand engineers and others belonging to the American army arrived there today.
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Paris
America
London
Oregon Senator Lane Dies in San Francisco
Senator Lane of Oregon died in San Francisco after a brief illness. Mrs. Ray plans to arrive on the Washburn and set up dressmaking parlors tied to the new store of Mrs. J. J. Smith at Flat, per the report.
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San Francisco
Senator Lane
Oregon
Scientific Expedition to Alaska Targets Katmai Eruption
A National Geographic Society expedition led by Robert F. Griggs of Ohio State University will sail on May 28 to Katmai on the Alaska coast to study the recent eruption and conduct geological investigations.
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Washington
National Geographical Society
Robert F. Griggs
Ohio State University
Katmai
Alaska
Democrats Pass Revenue Bill With Major Tax Hike
Washington may 24 with a solid Democratic vote the revenue measure aiming to raise 1 000 800 000 passed the house late today an increase in income tax to 25 percent for incomes over 40 000 and higher postage rates. Senate plans to slice 50 000 000 from the bill as passed by the house.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Hundred Wooden Ships to Be Built on Pacific Coast
The Shipping Board announced plans to build no fewer than a hundred wooden ships on the Pacific coast for the government. Contracts for Portland and Seattle yards were awarded, with G. M. Standifer Construction to build ten and Peninsula Shipbuilding four. A steel freighter, B. Stolt Nelson of 5,00 tons, was launched at Skinner & Eddy yards in Seattle.
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Portland
Ore
Shipping Board
G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation
Peninsular Shipbuilding Company
Seattle
B. Stolt Nelson
Skinner & Eddy Yards
Federal Shipping Board
J. T. Gregory
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
Japs fighting in Russia report from returned travelers
May 19 dispatches note provisional Russian government unity against a separate peace. May 22 rumors persist radicals will repudiate treaties. May 24 General Alexieff pleads for harmony as Russian armies show disunity. Musssulmans push for a federal republic with delegates from across the empire. Reports say Japan is moving across Siberia and Chinese troops are shifting.
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Petrograd
London
Alexieff
Moscow
Japan
Siberia
B. F. Beck
Orient
Scandinavian Vessels Sunk and Captured in Baltic Attacks
On May 23, three unarmed Norwegian merchant ships were sunk with heavy loss of life by submarines. The hostilities have strained relations with Germany. In Copenhagen three Swedish steamers were captured and taken to German ports.
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Christiania
Germany
Secretary Wilson's Plan to Secure Farm Labor
Washington May 24 Secretary of Labor Wilson has evolved a plan to provide against a shortage of farm labor. He has ordered that all aliens from Mexico admitted to the United States temporarily shall engage only in agricultural labor.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Mining man Joseph B. Hunter's death on board steamer Indianapolis
Seattle May 25 A retired Alaska mining man Joseph B. Hunter formerly allied with Tolovana operator Frank A. Moore died by his own hand aboard the steamer Indianapolis, reports indicate a suicide action.
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Seattle
Joseph B. Hunter
Alaska
Frank A. Moore
Indianapolis
Disastrous Atlanta Fire Destroys Million-Dollar Property
A major blaze in Atlanta today destroyed property valued at three million dollars. Large residential sections were devastated and about five thousand people became destitute.
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Atlanta
Noted Seattle Visitor Joins Mrs Backus Home Visit
Mrs Thomas J Preston widow of Grover Cleveland is visiting at the home of Mrs M F Backus in Seattle She travels from New York where John D Rockefeller subscribed an additional five million dollars bringing his Liberty Loan total to ten million dollars The entry records a financial figure and a social visit involving prominent figures from New York and Washington state
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Seattle
Thomas J Preston
Grover Cleveland
M. F. Backus
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Liberty Loan
Child murder verdict in Auburn case shocks Seattle
Seattle May 25. A. Homitt, convicted of murdering his four children at Auburn last January, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Gilliam.
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A. Homitt
Auburn
Gilliam
Alice Departs for Tolstoi With Lumber Load
The first vessel to Tolstoi this season is the Alice, which sailed Thursday morning carrying lumber. Passengers include Robert Griffis and Robert de Journel for the new camp. J J Finnegan of Finnegan Cameron bought building material in town last Tuesday for a two story extension from Front to Second street.
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Alice
Robert Griffis
Robert de Journel
J. J. Finnegan
Finnegan & Cameron
Second Street
Former Alaska executive James Hill dies in Portland
James W. Hill, longtime Northwestern superintendent of Wells Fargo Express, died in Portland. A prominent Interior Alaska figure, Hill rose from a poor health start to head agencies across the Northwestern states and Alaska. He married Nellie Cleary in Fairbanks and joined the firm after early banking stints, later stamping to Dawson by dog team. He was active in the Arctic Brotherhood and served as past Grand Arctic Chief. His tours included Iditarod where he counted many friends.
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James Walker Hill
Interior
Alaska
A.C. Co
Forty Mile
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Banking Company
Hill
Nellie Pauline Cleary
Frank Cleary
Cleary Creek
B. T. Barnette
Tanana
Wes!Fargo Company
Northwestern States
Arctic Brotherhood
Grand Arctic
Express Company
Iditarod
Government official warns on food price speculation
Washington May 19 Predictions of social upheaval unless rising food prices are checked were made by George W. Anderson special assistant to Attorney General Gregory before the House Committee on Agriculture. Washington May 22 The Federal Trade Commission has recommended Congress fix coal prices and regulate the entire industry.
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Washington
George W. Anderson
Gregory
House Committee On Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Cuban minister says Germany in peril as regime threatened
Geneva May 23 Dr Aguerra the recalled Cuban minister to Germany arrived and warned that conditions in Germany are deteriorating and the imperial regime is threatened.
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Germany
Geneva
Dr. Aguerra
German conspirators found guilty in New York
New York on May 21 Frits Von Rintel sen David Lamar and Henry P Martin were found guilty of a conspiracy to disrupt the munitions traffic of the entente allies. Amsterdam on May 23 reported the Hungarian cabinet under Premier Tiers has resigned.
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New York
Frits von Rintelsen
David Lamar
Henry P. Martin
Amsterdam
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