Liberty Loan drive boosts 100000 butchers and railroads
The Liberty Loan campaign expands with Wilson & Co and 2 0 salesmen mobilized to push bonds to more than 100000 butchers. Railroads vow large weekly subscriptions from 1,800,000 employees while firms like Chubb, Stern Brothers, and New York Central announce multi million pledges. Subscriptions spread through employers, credit plans, and weekly payroll deductions across industries nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luberty
Wilson & Co
Iiberty Loan
Thomas E. Wilson
Liberty Loan Committee
United States
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Railroads’ Committee
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Smith
Washington
F. D Underwood
Eite
Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro
Oscar A T
T. H. Whitney
J. B. Walker
Pubtece Commission
Credit *Nien
Liggett- Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores
Liberty
McAdoo Sends Liberty Loan Subscriptions to Times
The Treasury secretary sent four $50 Liberty Loan bond subscriptions with a $4 initial payment to The Times for printing forms. The article lists subscriptions reported yesterday from Irving National Bank and several individuals and trusts, totaling over $2,000,000, noting many banks have not reported all receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Times
J. McAdoo
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of
W. G. MeaDoOo
Liberty Loan
Irving National Bank
Charles J. Tiensch
Virginia K. Logan
Alice B. Legen
Gertrude M. Logan
Franklin Trust
Clarence T. Birkett
Laura R. Birkett
Albany Savings Bank
Albany Y
Laura W. Wells
Savings Investment and Trust Company
East Orange
N. J
Glen Ridge Trust Company
Glenidge
Charles J. Smith
Jennie L. Smith
Marion J. Smith
Federal Reserve Governor Sends Liberty Loan Subscriptions List
Benjamin Strong Jr of the Federal Reserve Bank informs member banks a list of actual subscriptions through the Liberty Loan Committee will be sent, covering all subscriptions up to and including Monday morning, June 4. The list will show city by city expected and received amounts and may be used by district and local committees with discretion over publicity and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Strong, Jr
Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty Loan Committee
New York City
Libert Lean
Equitable
Morning Mail
Rolla Wells
Federal Five Bank
St. Louis
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Dubois County
Uncle Sam
R. J. Beckman
Beckman State Bank
Ferdinand
Fnd
Diouglas Fairbanks
Brazil Seizes German Ships in Brazilian Ports
President Braz signs decree allowing Brazil to use German vessels and intern crews. Brazilian crews board ships as 46 German merchant ships, totaling 240 779 tons, are laid up in Brazilian ports. The Hamburg America liner Butcher leads at 12 350 tons. Most ships exceed 4 000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
President Braz
Brazil
Brazilian
Fleurs Tnland
Braz
Edwin V. Morgan
Butcher
Liberty Bond Gifts to Graduates Urged in Open Letter
Dr Philander P Claxton US Education Commissioner urges making Liberty bonds graduation gifts at colleges and schools. He asks parents and friends to substitute bonds for typical gifts, noting youth readiness to serve and the need to fund the war effort through bond sales. Subscriptions from Daniel Roper and Rolla Wells are noted along with other public endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Liberty” Loan Publicity Bureau
United States
Liberty Loan Drives Expand Across New England and Beyond
New England headquarters report nearly 7 million dollars in Liberty Loan subscriptions with big boosts from Boston banks and Hartford committees. Nantucket Citizens and Bridgewater workers show strong local support as Yale and Du Pont push company wide bond purchases. Julius Rosenwald and Sears Roebuck pledge one million each, with Englewood High School students backing a two thousand dollar goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Liberty Loan
New England
Fourth Atlantic National Bank of Boston
National Union Bank of Boston
Hartford, Conn
Providence, i’ Bes
Nantucket
Stanley Bridge
Bridgewater
Waterbury
Chicago
Liberty Loan Committee
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Englewood
Women selling Liberty Bonds exceed one million dollars in Second Reserve District
The Women's Liberty Loan Committee reports bonds sold well over the million mark in the Second Reserve District. Sixteen young women work at Grand Central Terminal and another sixteen at Pennsylvania Station. Meetings and programs are planned at Lord Taylor's Chickering Hall and in various clubs and buildings through the week, with fifty four New York State and twenty three New Jersey women's groups cooperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture Women
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
Second Reserve Dis
Misa Virginia Furman
Grand Central Terminal
Pennsylvania Station
Liberty Bond
Lord Taylor
Six Chinese Provinces Declare Independence
June 1 report from Peking says Anhwei, Chili, Hupeh, Chekiang, Fo kien, and Honan proclaimed independence and threaten a joint expedition on Peking to dissolve Parliament. Tang-Hau-lung has resigned as Premier and joined the Military Governors in Tien-tsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Anhwei
Chili
Hupeh
Chekiang
Fokien
Honan
Tuan-Chi-ful
Tang-Hau-lung
Tien-tsin
Chang-Hsun
Nanking
Feng-Kwo-chang
Li-Ching-hsi
Anti-Draft Agitators In Jail and Conspiracy Charges
Federal authorities press cases against several protesters involved in anti draft activities. Defendants Becker Kramer Sternburge and Walker argue no intent to break laws while others face conspiracy charges related to defeating the Selective Draft act. bail set at 1500 for Cattell Phillips and Parker. Officials warn readers about a circulating conscientious objectors memo urging refusal to respond to draft colors. Prisoners registered under the Federal Military Census with 1600 to 2000 expected. Some detainees claim exemptions while one Austrian alien claims to fight against the United States. Socialists in Queens plan to register for conscription then answer as conscientious objectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Kramer
Sternburge
Walker
Hitchcock
Edward Cas
Owen Cattell
Charlies Francia Phillips
Columbia Students
Eleanor W. Parker
Barnard
Winter Russell
Hunter's Point
Cattell
A. Bertram Samuels
Phillips
Parker
Wilson
Air
Idette G. Lewis
Commissioner of Correction
cCommissioner
Lewis
United States
Charles Krdnenbere
Central Avenue
Jersey City
Leo Sullivan
Kronenberg
Socialist Party
Queens
Government Increases France Loans by Ten Million
Washington reports another ten million dollars is advanced to France, raising total French Republic loans to 200 million and overall Allied loans to 845 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington
French Republic
Ridgewood Party Members Reported Housing German Sympathizers
Residents in Ridgewood are described as housing many German sympathizers, raising concerns within the party about loyalties and local influence. The report notes community tensions and calls for vigilance among local members.
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Ridgewood
Yale Student Defiant Against War Conscientious Objectors
W Dunn a Yale junior at Haughton Hall declares he and about twenty-five Yale students will refuse military service on conscientious grounds. He cites the Collegiate Anti Militarism league and notes attendance by Professors Phelps Bennett and Rev Paine at their meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
W. Dunn
Huntington
Penn
Yale
Haughton Hall
Edward F. Campbell
Roger H. Sessions
J. W. Dietter
Frederick Smith
Gardner Tewkesbury
Dunn
William Lyon Phelps
Charles A. Bennett
George S. Paine
St. Paul's Church
Five men in Kansas City refuse to sign draft registration cards
Five men held on federal conspiracy charges refuse to sign army draft registration cards. They are Raymond I. Moore H. D. Kreinschmidt William F. Browder R. W. Browder and E. R Browder jail officials report Henry I. Dotle at city hospital also refuses to register. One more arrest recorded in the conspiracy. Edward Fgan arraigned held on 5000 dollar bond. Jefferson City reports an appeal to the State Supreme Court from Circuit Judge Daniel Bird’s ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Raymond I. Moore
H. D. Kreinschmidt
Wiliam F. Browder
R. W. Browder
E. R Browder
Henry I. Dotle
City Hospital
Edward Fgan
Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Daniel Bird
Kansas
Treason to Advise Against Draft Stirring Claims at Rally
Oscar S. Straus and Louis Marshall invoked treason and death for any man who urges others to avoid June 5 registration. Marshall argued conscription constitutionality and warned listeners that aiding the enemy invites harsh punishment. Speakers at the Educational Alliance rally included Greenbaum Shatsky Barondess and Moscowitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Marshall
United States
Marshall
Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Mr. Marshall
Kaiser Wilhelm
Uncle Sam
Asher Levi
New York
Peter Stuyvesant
Oscar S. Straus
Justice Samuel Greenbaum
Boris Shatsky
Lawrence B Dunham
Joseph Barondess
H. Magzijansky
Lee Kohns
Henry Moscowitz
NO SECRET PORT CLOSINGS A Navy plan to announce port closures
Washington reports the Navy Department will inform the public and port newspapers when a port is closed or reopened. Commanders must notify Navy operators about closures for mine field changes, channel sweeps, or directing shipping flow to other ports. The plan responds to the New York closure episode and aims to curb public misapprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Committee On Public Information
Navy
New York
Harding Flag Reaffirms War Time Flying Policy
In Topeka June 2 Dr Eva Harding, arrested for anti draft agitation, ordered flag at her home remained down during the war but later reversed herself and said the Stars and Stripes would again fly. J D Showalter, attorney for petitioners, travels to St Paul to file habeas corpus in the Federal Court of Appeals seeking to enjoin state city and county enforcement of army registration law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J.D. Showalter
St Paul
Minn
Federal Court of Appeals
Topeka
Stars and Stripes
Eva Harding
Congress
Harding
Texas Socialists Held in Wichita Falls Conspiracy Arrest
D E Priest secretary of the local Farmers and Laborers Protective Association and Phil Clat porne and A A Hernandez were arrested by Federal officers in Wichita Falls Texas for anti conscription activities. A complaint also names the association president who is detained. The two organizers sought to mobilize local Black workers but no further meetings occurred after formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Texas
D. E. Priest
Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association
Phil Clatporne
A. A. Hernandez
Cincinnati Treason Charges Hear Anti Draft Plotters
Cincinnati in Ohio June 2 United States Commissioner Adler refused to accept pleas of guilty from eleven men charged with treason in an anti draft plot. The men arrested in a general near last night are accused of circulating seditions and plotting against the draft with potential death as the maximum penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Adler
Italians Gain Ground on Carso Front Near Castagnavizza
Italian forces on the Julian front advanced about 400 yards along a 1.25 mile front south of Castagnavizza on the road to Trieste. Heavy artillery activity persisted around Gorizia and the Carso while Austrians and Hungarian allies mounted multiple attacks but were repulsed.
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Rome
Castagnavizza
Trieste
Italian War Department
Gorizia
Carco
Vodice
Carso
Desso Failti
Grabigna
Tivoli
New York Seeks 10,000 to Meet Army War Quota
New York leads in recruiting with 232 men enlisted Friday and 6 514 total since April 1 toward a war quota of 18 226. Pennsylvania next with 198 recruits, Ohio 160, Illinois 141, and state totals shown for June 1. The adjutant general reports nationwide figures passing 185 898 quota obtained with 11 937 since April 1.
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New York Times
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Adjt
McCain
Alabama
Nebraska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware
Carolina
Dakota
Florida
Ohio Ma
Georgia
Oklatoma
Idaho
Sao
Oregon
Filinois
Penn
Indiana
Rhode Jald
Ais Iowa
S. Carolina
Kansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Maine
Utah
Maryland
Vermont
Mans
Virginia
Michigan
Minnesota
Joe West
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Missour
Wyoming
RSS
Montana
Wolff telegram misleads on English war aims says Weser Zeitung
The Weser Zeitung of Bremen rebukes a Wolff Bureau summary of a Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung article on Cecil and Asquith. It states the telegram distorted the original piece and suggests the War aims differ from those reported by the German Government. The piece notes the error in presentation and German press reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hague
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Wolff Bureau
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Cecil and Asquith
Werer Zeitung
Cecil
Asquith
Wolff
Bulgarian forces push back on Macedonian front near Alchak-Mah
Army Headquarters reports Bulgarian battalions drove the enemy from an outpost near Al chak Mah on the Vardar front and repulsed several counterattacks during operations on the western bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Army
Vardar
Alchak-Mah
Anti Draft Literature Arrests Reported in Several Cities
Federal authorities announced arrests in Cedar Rapids La Crosse and Sparta for spreading anti draft literature and circulating petitions to oppose the selective draft law. One man held as a material witness, eleven prelim hearings set for June 5 and 6, two pled to guilty, others remanded to jail. M L Healy stated a 200 man anti registration plot in Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Towa
M. L. Healy
United States
Linn County
Gregory issues warning on draft law evasion and prison
Attorney General Gregory stressed that rejecting registration to seek imprisonment is illegal. The 1917 act punishes evading registration and requires the offender to be registered for military service, potentially leading to front line service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gregory
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Great Packing House
New York Trust Company
Henry Evans
United States Rubber Company
Halle & Stieglitz
Gaston, Williams , Wigmore, Inc
Lehman Brothers
Brown Brothers & Co
Public Bank
Nathan Manufacture Company
Om Memorial Ad Association
Francia_l.ynde Stetson
Carnegie Institute
Russellsien Ward Nut
E Ward
Moore & Perry
Liberty Gen
Ludwig Nissen
Germany
Liberty Loan Publicity Committee
Alt
TU. S. A., Inc
Bonds Wrestling
Liberty Loaneadquarters
George Rothrer
Bronx
Arthur Kahn
Eaat Eighty-eighth Street
Cstier
Mr. Kahn
Liberty Loan Comttee
Bothner
National Security League
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Long Island City
Public School &I
Bohemian National Alliance of
Standard Aero Corporation
Plainfield
Secretary
Republic
Claxton
Bryan
Chicago Merchant
Hollywood
Cal
William Jennigs Bryan
Leslie M. Shaw
Ina
Warwick, N. Y
Warwick Home Defense League
Warwick National Bank
Fre
Lehigh and Hudson River Company
Lehigh and Hudson
Conn
Woolsey Tall
Labor
Marg Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Hadley
Home Guard
Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Amoy
China
Shensi
Shansi
Shantung
Tuan-Chijul
Psa
Mattia
Theuwlar
Federal
R. W. Dunn
Protective Association
Orizia Pals
Vienna
Italy
Trenera
Monzo
Tyrol
Bureau
Vard
Lacrosse
Wis
Theodore Bergman
Sparta
Gustave Felzer
Elroy
RV Et Four
Redfern
Fifth Avenue
42Nd Scree
Btein
Blaine
Patriotic Review
Churchill
Broadway
49Th St
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