Registration for 21 to 30 year olds on June 5
The notice instructs all men aged twenty one to thirty to register for military service on June 5 without exception. It details the required information and how to answer the twelve questions, stressing no alterations to the instructions and penalties for failing to register. It covers citizenship, birth, current job, dependents, marital status, race, prior service, and exemption grounds.
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Columbus
Vienna
Custom House
United States
Ovent
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
National Guard
Volunteers
Regular Army
Navy
War Department
United States Adopts Enfield Rifle for Expanded War Effort
The Enfield rifle will be manufactured using American ammunition due to inadequate Springfield factory capacity. Existing small arms plants used for British orders will now produce Enfield rifles, while Springfield models and their ammunition remain interchangeable. The U S holds a favorable position for ammunition supply across weapons.
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United States
Enfield
Nation prepared for war rifles and ammunition ready
Frank A. Scott, chairman of the general munitions board, says the United States can arm and provision troops as fast as they can be raised. He notes enough rifles exist for about a million riflemen and plans to arm a larger force and reserve under modern war conditions. Factory capacity built up from European war gains will be utilized.
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America
Frank A. Scott
General Munitions Board
Council of National Defense
Italy Captures Jaminao 9000 Prisoners in 14 Mile Breakthrough
After ten hours of bombardment Italian forces pierced Austrian lines from Castagnavizza to the Adriatic, taking Jaminao and 9,000 prisoners. The war office said 180 Italian airplanes dropped ten tons of bombs while ten British artillery batteries supported the assault.
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Rome
Castagnavizza
Adriatic
Jaminano
War Office
Castanavizza- Boscomala Road
Boscomala
Pietrarossa
Bagnt
Jumiano
Gorigia
San Marco
Monte Santo
Eighty Eight Indicted in Onion Monopoly Case
A federal grand jury in Boston indicted eighty eight corporations and individuals for conspiring to monopolize interstate onion trade. The probe found territory division price fixing and hoarding to raise costs. Notable defendants include F. S. Ort Co owners C Ort and E E B Gandy of Churubusco Indiana and others across Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Boston
United States
George W. Anderson
F. S. Ort
F. C. Ort
E. E B. Gandy
F.C. Ort & Co
Churubusco
Ind
A. B. Mosher
F. B. Kenner
L. A. Schrader
Columbia City Cold Storage Company
Columbia City
Joseph Dent
Hooper, Mich
Elmer BK. Gandy
Martin Boysen
Doster
Mich
Edward Oliver
Vauban
Wis
Henry J. Vinkemulder
Moses J. Dark
Vinkemulder Company
Grand Rapids
Pershing Given Orders on American Troop Plans
President Wilson told Major General Pershing of his plans for American troops in France. Pershing will lead the division to London and Paris to confer with British and French authorities. He should be briefed on Allied strategy and training, and may be promoted to lieutenant general or general under the conscription law.
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Washington
Wilson
Pershing
France
White House
London
Paris
Dr A W Waite Dies in Chair in New York
Dr Arthur Warren Waite was electrocuted after three shocks on Thursday night in New York The alleged poisoner of his in laws Mr and Mrs John M Peck remained calm as officials prepared for the execution in the corridor to the chamber
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John M. Peck
Massive 100-Block Fire Destroys Atlanta Districts
Fire swept through a negro and warehouse area in Atlanta on Monday, burning more than 100 blocks. Winds fanned the flames as fire crews battled multiple blazes, with aid from Macon Augusta Chattanooga Newman and Fort McPherson after 1 000 soldiers arrived. Thousands were homeless, sheltered in public buildings with aid from a citizens committee and the Red Cross. Minor injuries were reported, but few serious due to quick protective actions at Boulevard Place and the Ponce de Leon district.
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Atlanta
Ponce de Leon Avenue
West End
Woodward Avenue
Macon
Augusta
Chattanooga
Newman
Griffin
United States Army
Fort McPherson
Boulevard Place
Ponce de Leon
Atlanta Red Cross Chapter
Wilson chides war critics in letter to Heflin
President Wilson denounces attempts to cloud the war issue with Germany in a letter read in the House. He reiterates the long list of German wrongs against U S rights and commerce and objects to any questioning of his war aims.
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Washington
Wilson
Heflin
Alabama
Germany
House
United States
Russian Chief in Peril
The Jewish Daily Forward reports a failed plot to assassinate War Minister Kerensky in Petrograd. Kerensky escaped. all participants were arrested. Authorities suspect the old regime supporters organized the plan.
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New York
Jewish Daily Forward
Petrograd
Kerensky
Prominent Bankers Join Army Officers Reserve
Two leading New York financiers join the armed forces as majors in the officers reserve corps. W. D. Straight of J. P. Morgan & Co. and H. S. Hooper are commissioned majors and serving in Washington.
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Army
Washington
New York
W. D. Straight
J. P. Morgan & Co
H. S. Hooper
Officers Reserve Corps
U S Protest on Detention of Americans in Germany
Washington May 24. The state department protested to the German government through Spain over the detention of American citizens in Germany. The note cites two Americans employed by an Antwerp electric company and notes possible German delays in allowing Americans to depart. The gesture signals potential retaliation if Americans can not leave.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
United States
Antwerp
Department
America
Go Va
Submarine Sighting Reported Off Maine Coast
Reports of a periscope sighting and a submarine seen awash off Machias prompt naval patrols. Three lobster fishermen corroborate sightings near the Kennebec River mouth in the morning hours.
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Portland
Maine
Naval
Machias
Kennebec River
Egg Men Face Indictment Likely for Food Price Conspiracy
Oliver E. Pagan assistant attorney general said before the May federal grand jury resumed its investigation into food supply manipulation and price fixing that at least twenty indictments are likely. Chicago butter and egg board members probably will be hit hardest according to Pagan.
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Chicago
Oliver E. Pagan
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Wheat price set at $2.50 for 1917 crop
Grain growers meeting in Fargo North Carolina proposes a government guaranteed price of two fifty per bushel for the 1917 wheat crop at Northwestern terminals.
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Fargo
N. C
Northwestern Terminals
Army to build 82 cities for troops in two months
Washington reports the army quartermaster and engineering corps face a monumental task to construct 82 cities to house between 20,000 and 80,000 soldiers each within the next two months.
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Washington
Quartermaster’s Department
Engineering Corps
Training Camp Recruits Race to Meet Expectations
Reports to the war department from officers training camps indicate men in training are progressing faster than hoped with few failing to make good. The outlook for the program appears positive as skills and discipline improve rapidly.
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Reserve Officers Training Camp
Washington
War Department
Deadly duel over war sparks fatal gunfight in Oklahoma
In Fairfax on May 25, T. M. Brown an American was killed and J. Wichlatch a German fatally wounded after a shotgun duel following a quarrel over the war.
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Fairfax
Okla
T. M. Brown
J. Wichlatch
Missouri Declares June 5 as Legal Holiday by Governor Gardner
Governor Gardner issues proclamation declaring Tuesday June 5 a state holiday in Missouri and calls upon all citizens to assist in the registration effort across the state.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Missouri
Poison Ends Wife of Iowa Congressman in Washington
Mrs. Mary Louise Hull wife of Congressman Harry E Hull of Iowa died in Washington after taking poison tablets she believed were headache pills She was forty six years old.
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Washington
Mary Louise Hull
Harry E. Hull
Iowa
Judge Frees Ninety-Nine in Election Cases
United States District Judge Hollister sustained demurrers to indictments charging 98 men with violating the election laws at the November election in Cincinnati.
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Frees
Cincinnati
United States
Hollister
Omaha clears $4 million in Liberty bonds
Following Secretary McAdoo's address to the Commercial club, the Omaha Clearing House association held a special meeting and subscribed $4,000,000 to the Liberty loan in Omaha Nebraska on May 26.
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Omaha
Neb
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Commercial Club
Omaha Clearing House Association
Liberty Loan
Americans Arrive Safe From Turkey in Switzerland
The arrival of several Americans from Turkey in Switzerland was reported by Mr. Stovall the American minister at Berne with Consul General George Horton among the arrivals.
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Turkey
Washington
Switzerland
Stovall
Berne
George Horton
McCarthy Declines Chinese Government Advisership
Professor Charles H. McCarthy of the University of Wisconsin declines an offer to serve as adviser to the Chinese government in a letter to Secretary of State Lansing dated May 24 in Madison Wisconsin.
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McCarthy
China Post
Madison, Wis
Charles H. McCarthy
University of Wisconsin
Lansing
Ice Ties Up Forty Lake Ships Near Duluth Harbor
Duluth residents on May 24 observed 40 vessels frozen in ice within two miles of the harbor entrance. The scene included green grass and budding trees, creating an arctic spectacle as ships remained firmly trapped close to shore.
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Duluth
Minn
War Tax Bill Wins Boosted Revenue and Second Class Mail Change
Washington May 25 The House passed the war revenue bill totaling 1.8 billion dollars after weeks of debate with a final vote of 809 to 76 Democrats and 112 Republicans supporting the measure while Republicans opposed. Amendments on auto taxation and high income surtaxes were approved and debated with remarks by Mann and Kitchin. The bill retains higher surtaxes and delays on returns for munitions and excess profits taxes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kitchin
Mann
Fitzgerald
New York
American destroyers boost anti submarine effort in Britain
London reports praise for U S Navy crews in anti submarine war. Admiralty notes Yankee tars show spirit enterprise and quick wittedness, keeping up the old doctrine of perseverance. Submarine losses fell by half last week after their arrival.
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London
Admiralty
Big Deal in Coal Lands
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on May 23 thousands of acres of coal lands are part of a deal where Hill interests of the Northern Pacific railroad obtain the equities in J. W. Thompson coal holdings in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Western syndicate will pay 5 200 000 dollars or 40 percent of the 13 000 000 dollars in unsecured Thompson claim.
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Uniontown
Hill
Northern Pacific Railroad
J. W. Thompson
Pennsylvania
West
Martial law in Lisbon as food riots erupt
A dispatch reports Lisbon has martial law after food riots. About one hundred people are said to have been killed in street fighting across the city.
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Paris
Lisbon
Portugal
Naval academy to graduate class a year early
Washington May 26 The present first class at the naval academy will be graduated June 28 next year, a year ahead of schedule, to provide additional officers for the fleet of submarine chasers.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Villa's Brother Arrested In El Paso Arrival
Hipolito Villa, brother of Francisco Villa, was detained by federal agents on arrival from San Antonio. Reports say he planned a new expedition into Mexico.
Germans Lose 4,245,000 Men by April end
The Hague reports German war losses through April total about 4,245,000. The figure, drawn from Berlin lists, notes nearly 1,000,000 killed and reflects cumulative casualties across fronts.
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The
Hague
Berlin
Pershing Troops to Eat American Food in France
General Pershing's troops will eat American food while serving in the trenches of France. Nine regiments of engineers and the marine regiment will also be fed American provisions.
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Washington
General Pershing
France
Regiments of Engineers
Regiment of Marines
Liberty Loan Week Proclaimed by Iowa Governor in 1917
Governor Harding designates May 27 to June 2 1917 as Liberty Loan Week urging Iowans to buy war bonds. The proclamation calls for nationwide patriotic response and commitment to loan funds to support democracy and preserve human life during wartime.
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Harding
Iowa
Des Moines
Commonwealth of Iowa
Farmers Told To Pay Income Tax In Iowa Campaign
Revenue Collector Murphy launches statewide effort to collect income tax from Iowa farmers and others. Officials estimate about 10 000 farmers are delinquent, potentially raising 200 000 to 300 000 for federal coffers.
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United States Revenue Collector
Iowa
Des Moines
Murphy
Uncle Sam
Second Ambulance Company Formed Near Dubuque
Iowa's two field hospitals now include Sioux City under Major Van Buran Knott. A movement to organize a Second Ambulance Company of five officers and 150 men is under way with Dubuque as the location. Prospective members should contact Major David B. Fairchild of Clinton or Major Roy D. Smith of Roland, who will command the new unit.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Sioux City
van Buran Knott
David 8. Fairchild
Clinton
Roy D. Smith
Roland
Smith
Y M C A Plans 3 Million Drive for Soldiers
Adjutant General Guy H. Logan endorses a $3,000,000 fundraising drive for Y M C A work among one million soldiers heading to the war with Germany. In a letter to Leroy E. Corlett of Oskaloosa he praises border efforts and urges success in Iowa towns and cities. He commends Y M C A service on the Mexican border.
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Oskaloosa
Guy H. Logan
Germany
Leroy £. Corlett
Iowa
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