Bankers Urge War Program Over Third Term Talk
In Atlantic City June 21 George Wharton Pepper urged President Wilson to present a clear war program and halt third term talk. He warned the nation must unite to win the war and stop the idea of a separate peace. The New York State Bankers Association voiced support for universal war efforts and warned against political distractions during the crisis.
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Atlantic City
Traymore
New ‘York
Imong
Chais
Wilson
Jason
Woodrow Wilson
Paul M.ostog
Federal Reserve Board
George J. Skinner
New York State
Albany
Washington
France
United States
Eugene M Travis
New York
Hi. M. Jefferson
Federal Reserves of
James Addison
National City Bank
Roy M. Griffin
Buffalo
American women run 300 bed hospital for gas cases in France
France assigns a 300 bed hospital for gas cases to the Woman's Overseas Hospitals in the U S A. American women physicians and surgeons staff the unit led by Laboucheure refugees. The French Government oversees operations with German prisoners detailing barracks. News notes ongoing care for Spongen and others and continued evacuation successes.
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France
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Womans Overseas Hospitals
Service de Banié
Laboucheure
Landes
Oll
Service de Santé
Reed
Scottish Womens Hospital
Wildera-Cotterett
Mehti
Jas Anne Hirst Curry
Woman's Overseas Hospitals
Lunatic Kills as Officers Attempt Recommitment
In Queens a man wounded Superintendent George Shepard and Policeman Louis Treving during an attempted transport to Rivercrest Sanitarium. Luneau died later. medical examiners linked death to artery hardening. No charges filed. investigators found no blame on officers.
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George Shepard
Rivercrest
Astoria
Lede
Louis Treving
Richmond Hill
Queens County
Charles Lagneau
Bert J. Humphrey
Queens
Luneau
Sheard
Bigelow Avenue
Woodhaven
L. I
Shepard
Richmond Hills
Treving
Laneau
Tames
Ivinea
Lunea
Charles Krummel
Caputo
Branch Bureau
Steamship engineers press for eight hour day wage demand
At a Rai load and Steamship Division meeting in New York the engineers rejected the proposed wage scale from the States Shipping Board. They insist on an eight hour day and the current top pay, noting bonuses are unacceptable. Union officials warn crews may strike as talks resume in Washington.
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Raiload and Steamship Division
Consolidated and Marine Engineers
Park Place
States Shipping Board
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Ponus
United States Shipping Board
Ashington
Page
Baas
Washington
Engineers’ Association
New York Central Railroad
Pier 17
North River
McAdoo
New York Central
United
House Passes Anarchist Deportation Bill
The House approved the Allen Anarchist Deportation bill without dissent and sent it to the Senate. It amends immigration law to remove the five year residence limit, allowing immediate deportation of aliens who subscribe to anarchist tenets. Rep Robbins urged the death penalty for German sympathisers.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Robbins
Pennsylvania
Pilot dies in plane crash near Scott Field
Lieutenant James R. Wheeler of St. Louis was killed when the aircraft he shared with cadet John N. Rafter fell a mile from Scott Field. Rafter survived with slight injuries as the plane entered a tail spin from 500 feet. Wheeler had recently become a painted instructor after earlier winning at Camp Dick. This marks the third death at Scott Field this year.
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ST. Louis
James R. Wheeler
John N. Rafter
Scott Field
Rafter
St. Paul
Wheeler
Camp Dick
Dallas
Texas
Army suspends dentist examinations to meet dental needs
Washington June 21 examinations of applicants for the Army Dental Corps have been suspended as the corps has reached a strength sufficient to care for the teeth of an army of 5,000,000 men.
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Army
Washington
Army Dental Corps
Crowder Explains Work or Fight Plan for Draft
General Crowder announced a call for 8,976 draft registrants to be sent on July 15 for special training at various schools. The program also clarifies which clerks and mercantile employees are considered nonproductive and which job titles are exempt.
Ban Johnson Surprised at Nonessential Sports Label
President Ban Johnson of the American League questioned the designation of baseball as nonproductive under Crowder’s draft rules. He argued major leagues will pay a war tax near 300000 dollars and cited ball players, umpires, stockholders, and club officials who have invested millions in Liberty bonds and Red Cross funds.
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Hicago
Ban Johnson
American League
Gen. Crowder
Mr. Johnson
Liberty
Red Cross
Canada to Enroll 4 500 000 in War Time Vocational Registration
OTTAWA June 21 four and a half million men and women would be enrolled in a wartime vocational registration. The plan requires all Canadians 16 or older to answer if they will enter new occupations aiding the war. Those registered may volunteer for agricultural work and face travel and hotel limits without enrollment. Aliens will be protected from interference, and American entrants will get ID cards to ease travel under the law.
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Ottawa
Canada
Gideon Robertson
Governments Registration Board
Dominion
Hotels Staff Shifts Amid Work or Fight Order
General Crowder's work or fight order impacts hotels as many non essential roles for draft age men are barred while hotel workers say only two classes are barred to women. The order drives thousands of men from hotels and restaurants into other lines.
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General Crowder
Women replace men in hotel non-essential work amid draft order
The article reports hotels shifting staff from men to women as draft-age men are removed from non-essential hotel roles. It notes women work in package rooms, delivery, elevator operation, clerical tasks, and information desks while men move to essential duties or are displaced. Unions and hotel managers foresee discretion in enforcement and rapid adaptation.
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Hamilton Burne
Claridge
L. M Boomer
McAlpin
Beatrice Foley
Waldorf-Astoria
Tlotel Association
Law Bans Barmaids Says WCTU Leader
Ella A. Boole president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union asserts Section 320 Clause F of the excise law bans women from serving liquor. The law prohibits any woman not a family member from selling or exposing liquor, affecting hotel and club waitresses and union clubs already employing women. Public sentiment opposes repeal, despite hotel keepers' calls to repeal.
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Boole
General Crowder
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
State
50 Hurt as Trolley Hits Open Switch
A crowded Newark line trolley crashed into an open switch near Montgomery Street Newark injuring over fifty passengers, seven seriously. Many were freed from debris with Butterworth-Judson Chemical workers aiding. around forty-two were hospitalized though most were released home after treatment. Names and addresses of injured riders are listed, including fractures and head injuries.
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Newark
Public Service Railway Company
Jersey City
Montgomery Street
Passaic River
Lincoln Highway
South Seventh Street
Foundation Shipbuilding Company
Clement B Rarolo
Butterworth-Judson Chemical Company
Davis
Prince Stre Newark
Francisca Alexander
Bergen Street
Jessie Bevin
Jay Street
Jar Larson
East Park Street
Samuel Bailingen
Tenth Street
Woodbridge
James McKay
Oxford Street
Max Feinberg
Fairview Avenue
Bomb explosions amid anti conscription unrest in Quebec counties
Reports from Quebec on June 21 describe continuing anti Military Service Act unrest. A third bomb exploded in Sainte Croix, Laotbière County, near the mayor's home. Young men in parishes parade in defiance of registration with disturbances also reported in Nicolet County.
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Quebec
Laotbiniére
Sainte Croix
Nicolet
Bermuda embargo on potato exports under martial law
Bermuda issued a proclamation under martial law banning export of potatoes to protect the food supply. The measure fixes a maximum retail price of three cents a pound and a minimum price of 4.75 dollars per 160 pound barrel for large quantity sales.
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Bermuda
Washington
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