Crowder outlines 1.5 million man army plan and exemptions
Provost Marshal General Crowder testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee on war department plans to select from 990000 to 1500000 registrants for the new army. Exemptions are expected to reduce immediate service to about 626000, with at least 900000 and possibly 1500000 to fill vacancies and sustain training camps. He favors immediate registration and warns exemptions will be individual rather than class based.
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War Department
General Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Crowder
S Rvice
Mayorow
Department of Justice
Gregory
American War Envoys to Russia Reach Port
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels announced the safe arrival of Elihu Root and the American commission in a Russian port. The group, sent to greet Russia’s new democratic government and aid in war and reconstruction, traveled from Washington and joined the Pacific coast voyage to the Orient. The delegation includes Elihu Root as chair and ranks of politicians, labor and socialist representatives, and military officers.
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Elihu Root
Russia
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Daniels
Washington
United States
Wilson
Root
Pacific Coast
Orient
Russian Republic
Commssion
Army
Charles Edward Russell
John R. Mott
C. R. Bertron
Charles R. Crane
Huck L. Scott
James H. Glennon
Washington Navy Yard
Scott
Robert BE. L. Mitchie
T. Bentley Mott
Petrcegrad
Wiliam §. Judon
Engineer Corps
Guard shoots rider at Otisville tunnel incident
A Seventy first regiment guard at the Otisville tunnel on the Arie railroad near Middletown New York ordered a train rider to disembark as the train entered the tunnel. The rider mocked the guard by placing fingers to the nose and the guard fired, killing the man instantly. The victim’s identity is not known.
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Seventy First Regiment
Otisville
Arie
Middleown
N. Y
House Votes to Kill Censorship
The House approved a motion to recommit the espionage bill with instructions to strike out the press censorship section by 184 to 144. Analysts expect the administration may push a separate censorship measure.
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House
June Snow Stuns Denver Weather Bureau Records
Denver reports its first June snowstorm per weather bureau records as fruit growers shake snow from trees to keep the lambs free and the brief snowfall lasts briefly.
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Denver
Weather Bureau
Ambassador Elkus Reaches Berne Safe and Welcomed
Ambassador Elkus telegraphs the state department that he has arrived in Berne in safety. He notes that Turkish Austrian and Bulgarian officials treated the party courteously and aided their travel arrangements.
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Elkus
Berne
State Department
Turkey
Austria
Bulgaria
First Regiment, N. G. P., Prepares for Service in France
Information from Washington reaches Philadelphia that the war department plans to relieve the national guard by sending other units to guard duty. The First Regiment Infantry delays await plans for deployment with Pershing’s expeditionary force while recruiting surges. Colonel Brown reports over 200 enlistments in two weeks and 500 more needed to reach war strength with medical staff to begin recruit examinations. Enlistment ages twenty one to thirty one offer a path to avoid conscription.
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France
Infantry
National Guard
Philadelphia
Washington
War Department
John J. Pershing
Millard JD. Brown
Brown
Romania to Send Minister to Washington Legation Planned
Romania plans to establish a legation in Washington following Balkan diplomatic shifts. The move signals Romania's stake in the region. the U S responded that it would not welcome a chargé d’affaires.
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Rumania
Washington
Balkans
United States
Fires Destroy 3,000,000 Bushels Wheat in Minsk Region
Report from the Minsk region indicates forest fires have burned over 7000 acres, destroying 3,000,000 bushels of wheat and damaging the Saratoff elevators. Incendiary origin is suspected. no confirmed information on fatalities.
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Minsk
Russia
Saratoff
France Receives Additional Loans From Government
The government advanced another 10 000 000 to France bringing total French loans to 20 000 000 and overall loans to the allies to 345 000 000.
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France
French Republic
Rock Fall Kills Two Miners at Scranton Mine
Martin Walsh and John Nee, miners for Mincoka Coal, were killed in Scranton Pennsylvania when a rock fall trapped them. Rescue attempts failed as collapsing debris prevented timely excavation. The accident underscores dangerous conditions at the underground mine.
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Martin Walsh
John Nee
Mincoka Coal Company
Scranton
Local Notables and Community Notes Across York County
New Chester Items, and family updates from Orrtanna Harriburg and Temple University connections. Church Children Day services scheduled at Pine's Lutheran June 17 and St Johns Reformed June 24 with local celebrations. Real estate tax totals in York shown. Morgan Smith Co. subscribes 50000 for Liberty bonds with employee bond option. Public school teacher exams set for August 9 and 10 in Lancaster. Woodward inheritance tax bill passes Senate. Adams County Medical Society meeting notes. Nina Gitt to work at Altland House Abbottstown. John Frey milestone 82nd birthday with multiple relatives present. Sophomore class farewells for Prof Weidner and H R Konrad at Altland House.
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Arthur Brame
Temple University
Philadelphia
Annie Brame
Devon
Ralph E. Brame
U.S. Navy
Aho
Pine’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Reformed Church
William Treetle and
Familly
Hanco
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Mr. Root
Commission
Rus
Sian Port
Iexer
Rowans York
Chester
Chester Lease
Mary Kready
Orrtanna
Emma March
Kathryn
Harrieburg
W. W. Neely
George F. Trimmer
City of York
Alfred M. Kel
Morgan Smith Co
York
York, Adama
Lancaster
Senate
Adams County Medical Society
Littlestown
Nina Gitt
Altland House
Abbottstown
John G. Frey
Mr. Frey
Gettysburg
William H. Frey
S. F
H. J. Frey
C. EF. Irey
Mgr. Frey
Co. G. 138Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
H.S. Weidner
H. R. Konrad
Hanover High School
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