Crowder Statute Tweaks Marriage Rule for Draft Dependents
Provisions allow dependence as a basis for deferment only for men married before January 15, 1918, and aged under 21 or whose children were born before June 9, 1915. Provost Marshal General Crowder orders local boards to reclassify cases and slow pendency on marriage dependent claims.
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Thej
Congress
Crowder
Io Boards
Selective Service
Ie PA
Vadh
Draft registration totals by state and nationwide figures
The report to the Provost Marshal General shows 744 865 men of age registered for military service in the past year. Navy and draft authorities estimate 900 000 may have been missed. infant registrations and state totals are listed for the 1918 registration. Washington reports 68 500 registered with others like New York and Pennsylvania contributing large totals.
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Tashington
Pune
Census Bureau
Army
Navy
Crowder
Tes
Nebraska
Lewis Nevada
Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
T.asciOhto
Oklahoma
Oregon
Fight All Disloyal Papers Expansion Of Propaganda Crusade
The National Security League broadened its anti German and unpatriotic press campaign. Colonel Charles E Lydecker announced efforts to stop advertising in disloyal papers and to ban unpatriotic publications. The group urged plans to align businessmen with patriotic policy and thanked Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for a Middle West tour.
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N Nal Security League
Charles E. Lydecker
C. A
Theovelt
Middle West
League
Thompson
Princeton
Libby
University of Whoave
Security League
New Council Telegrams Support for Wilson
June 14 reports from New York that the New Council of United Commercial workers sent a telegram to Martin Pert Gosering and others, signaling support for Wilson.
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Wilson
Council of the United Commercial — Welers
Martin Pert Gosering
Eclipse Viewed From 7000 Feet Ends With Safe Landing
Lieutenant Henry A. Mc Carron of the Aviation Section recalls a near fatal incident after witnessing a total solar eclipse from an airplane over Fort Sill Oklahoma. A drift wire failed causing a wing upset, but he safely landed within a field after a tense descent. The observer and passenger survived without injury.
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Fort Sill
Oklo
Henry A. McCarron
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
McCarron
West End Avenue
A. J. Simmons
General Eastern
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Rejection of Camperdown Earldom by Boston man
George Alexander Philips Haldane-Duncan of Boston Mass has refused the heirship and any benefit from the late Earl of Camperdown estate. The will assigns the vast fortune to more distant relatives and the Camperdown title becomes extinct unless collateral descendants emerge.
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London
George Alexander Philips Haldane-Duncan
Boston
Mass
Earl of Camperdown
George Alexander Philips Haldane
Earl
Camerdown
Adam Duncan
Viscount Duncan
Camperdown
de Winter
Robert Dundas Duncan
Earl of
Haldane-Duncan
Aidane
Perthshire
Robert
George Hick Philips
Bostonian
Dispatch
Julia Janet Georgiana
Lord Abercromby
Duncan
Eton
Balliol College
Admiralty
Dundee
Shipgton-on-Stour
Haldane
John Dove
Andover
John Adams Blanchard
Canadian Car and Foundry Directors Reply to Shares Letter
A group of Cana dian Car and Foundry Company directors led by K W Blackwell WW Angus George E Drummond W W Butler R H Parks W G Curry and F A Skelton sent a letter to shareowners refuting charges in a stockholders circular. They defend Nathaniel Curry's $50 000 special compensation linked to his personal guarantee of bank advances during 1915 and 1916. They cite losses from the Kingsland plant fire in January 1917 and wartime strain, credit conditions in Russia, and say the firm has weathered the storm and resumed normal business with Senator Curry's aid.
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Canadian Car and Foundry Company
K. W. Blackwell
WW Angus
George E. Drummond
W. W. Butler
R. H. Parks
W. G. Curry
F. A. Skelton
Nathaniel Curry
Russia
Curry
Memorial to Bulock to be unveiled at BRT meeting
At a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employes' Benefit Association gathering next Tuesday a photograph of Captain Henry A. Bullock who was killed in France on May 9 will be unveiled. Colonel Timothy Williams will deliver an address. Bullock served as secretary of the Municipal Railway Corporation and helped expand BRT welfare programs, launching the Bureau of Public Safety and a Medical Bureau for free employe treatment.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employes’ Benefit Association
Henry A. Bullock
France
Timothy 8. Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Bullock
Municipal Railway Corporation
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
Tus New York Tints
Bureau of Public Safety
Breonlye Institute For Safety
Gal i
Casero
Keemun Escapes Sinking After Submarine Attack
Navy reports German submarine activity along the Atlantic coast as the British steamship Keemun reaches an Atlantic port under her own power after being shelled. Survivors aboard the Hattie Dunn Edna and Hauppauge describe a U-151 under Captain Neustadt with a 75-man crew and a submarine interior stocked for long patrols.
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New York Times
Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Natiie
United States Navy
Neustadt
Central America
Keemun
America
Virginia Capes
Norfolk
Gulf of Mexico
Galway
Ireland
Cubany
Hattie Dunn
Edna
Hauppauge
Santiago
C. Neustadt
FIRED AT U-BOAT RAIDER NEAR VIRGINIA COAST
Captain George Aitkin of the British steamer Author reports an all day engagement with a German submarine off the Virginia coast. The raider fled about seventy miles from the Virginia Capes, avoiding close range as the armed crew fired repeatedly with no hits.
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Atlantic
Virginia
George Aitkin
Virginia Capes
Aitkin
Raider in disguise sailor recounts German raider off Atlantic
Captain Bratland of the Vinland, a Norwegian liner captured briefly by a German raider, reports the submarine crew disguises as a freighter with iron bulwarks and a high bow to resemble a cargo carrier about 200 feet long while cruising off the American coast. He says the crew celebrated daily victories on deck during captivity.
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Atlantic
Bratland
Vinland
U-Boat Captain Linked to Harvard, Survivors Say
Survivors arriving in Newark identify the submarine commander who sank the President Lincoln as a former Harvard student. They recall the U-boat crew member addressing an American lieutenant with a racist remark after the sinking and note the commander’s encounter on deck. The group includes Peter J. Hahn of Newark and Harold S. Todd of Wisconsin among others, all seamen staying at ND.
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President Lincoln
Harvard University
Newark
Lincoln
Black
Harvard
Peter J. Hahn
Warrentreet
Harold S. Todd
Stevenspoint
Wis
Charles Kelley
Nicolas H . Kago
Sean Vid
Sinking of Transport Leads to Rescue at Sea
Witness Hahn recalls Anderson drifting away on a raft and being pulled to their boat by a submarine. The chief petty officer, about 325 pounds, needed a raft but it floated away, prompting a final, exasperated remark that this was the end of a perfect day.
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Anderson
Hahn
City Plans Office Building Drills For Air Raid Safety
Deputy Police Commissioners discussed drills to move office workers from upper floors to safe refuges during air raids. Plans include blocking power, lighting darkening, and coordinating with Edison plants to place sirens across boroughs. Assistant Secretary Crowley will visit to advance talks.
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Lawyers’ Club
Edison Cmpany
Sixty-sixth Street
Gold Street
Brooklyn
Crowley
Jersey
Hog Island to launch ship every other day this summer
At Hog Island yards the American International Corp will launch a ship every other day before summer's end. Ships 7500 to 8000 tons, total contracts around 1 500 000 tons. Officials deny profiteering, noting yard cost and materials paid by the government.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
Hog Island
American International Corporation
W. H. Blood, Jr
National Electric Light Association
Blood
Charles E. Stuart
The
Fuel Administration
Public Service
Philip Torcito
New York
Scranton
Jersey
Cunarder Ascania Runs Ashore Off Newfoundland
The Cunard Line steamship Ascania ran ashore near Rose Blanche on the southwest coast of Newfoundland in dense fog and is reported breaking up. Nine passengers and the crew were evacuated, with wrecking tugs sent from Halifax and little hope of refloating. The ship was bound from Liverpool to Montreal, 9121 gross tons, built 1911. There is no news yet on the missing Ausonia crew. Captain H Benison commanded the Ascania.
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ST. John's
N. F
Cunard Line
Rose Blanche
Newfoundland
Ascania
Liverpool
Montreal
Ausonia
Cape Grey
H. Benison
Alaunia
English Channel
Halifax
Newcastle
England
London
R. Capper
Beleve
Count Minotto’s Father Must Register as Enemy Alien
Count Deme trius Minotto, father of James Minot, interned as an enemy alien at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., must register and received blanks to apply for a permit to enter the restricted area. The case links to Otto, son-in-law of swift, the packer, and ongoing legal action.
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New York Times
Chicago
Demetrius Minotto
James Minotto
Fort Oglethorpe
Otto
Swift
Packer
Osborn Attacks Ford in Senate Bid Citing Peace Ship
Ex Governor Chase Osborn denounces Henry Ford as unfit for the U S Senate accusing him of pacifism and aiding German propaganda. He charges broken promises to Olivet College and uses wealth as a political danger while recounting Ford campaigns and alleged business maneuvers.
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New York Times
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Ford
Senate
United States
Chase
Osborn
United States Senate
Ford
Michigan
Olivet College
Foliette
Wisconsin
Canada
Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Detroit
Democratic Party
Wilson
Michin
War Loan Interest Due Today On Liberty Bonds Conversion Expected
The second semi annual interest on 3 percent First Liberty Loan bonds is due today. Holders may cash the coupon at the Federal Reserve Bank or banks or convert to 4 percent bonds. The issue totals 2.09 billion dollars with about 500 million converted to 4 percent bonds and roughly 26.25 million in interest due. Conversion to 4 44 percent bonds is urged to avoid interest adjustments.
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Liberty Loan
Sys
Government Aims to Avoid Railroad Damage Litigation
Regional Director A H Smith directs railroads under national control to handle personal injury claims directly with the injured, discouraging litigation. An opinion cited by General Counsel Payne says injured persons may sue but cannot levy on government railroad property, and compensation should go to the injured without litigation costs or attorney fees.
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A H. Smith
Eastern Railroads
John Barton Payne
United States Railroad Administration
Physicians Endorse Universal Training At AMA Convention
Chicago June 14 The sixty ninth annual American Medical Association convention adjourned after the House of Delegates adopted a resolution urging compulsory military training for all young men before voting. The resolution cites draft health findings and benefits of cantonment life and calls for a permanent national policy of universal training prior to suffrage. New draft examination standards were presented by Lieut Col Easeby Smith and Major Hubert Work to unify medical aids nationwide.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
America
J. S. Easeby Smith
Crowder
Hubert Work
Arrest of man at New York Athletic Club in Secret Service scam
Detectives arrested a man claiming to be Albert E Lendsley alias Alfred E Lindsay at the New York Athletic Club on a bench warrant. Indicted by a grand jury for alleged attempt to violate the white slave law the suspect is accused of falsely posing as a Federal officer while recruiting women for so called Secret Service work. Witnesses from the District Attorney office including Mrs Beatrice Weille government agent John G Purdie and Andrew Murray and Kenneth Downs of the American Protective League provided months of evidence. The DA says the man offered $100 weekly pay and an automobile and sought to place witnesses at elite hotels in New York for spy hunts. he may be arraigned today.
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Alfred E. Lindsay
Hickson
Chrystie
Costgan
New York Athletic Club
Albert E. Lendskey
Beatrice E. Weille
West Elighty-seventh Street
John G. Purdie
Andrew Murray
Kenneth Downs
American Protective League
Smith
Weille
Lendasley
Newark
Plaza
Waldorf
Ritz
Wellle
Lendsley
Eighth Avenue
Broadway
Governor Appoints Hubbell as Public Service Board Head
Albany reports the governor plans Charles Bulkley Hubbell as Chairman of the Public Service Commission to succeed Oscar Straus. Samuel H. Ordway is eyed for Hubbell's vacancy, with potential shifts if Republican politics affect appointments. Ordway and Hubbell bring long public service resumes. Ordway is a Brown and Harvard Law alum born 1880.
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Albany
Charles Bulkley Hubbell
Oscars. Straus
Hubbell
Samuel H. Ordway
Civil Service Reform Association
Bronx
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Ordway
Senate
Board of Education
Sureme Court
Anjamin N. Cardoza
Court of Appeals
Mr. Ordway
Gasoline Price Capped by Insular Commission in Puerto Rico
The Insular Food Commission in San Juan has seized control of all gasoline on the island and set a maximum price of six and a half cents per gallon. Purchases are limited to five gallons per customer per sale.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Insular Food Commission
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