McAdoo Demands Kitchin Retract Assertion on Lobby Influence
Secretary McAdoo, recuperating in White Sulphur Springs, demands Representative Kitchin retract a claim that a jubisiers lobby for repeal of the tonnage tax influenced the Administration to push revenue legislation. He says no newspaper lobby swayed him and cautions that rising war costs require action this session. he notes expenditures exceeding $1.5 billion in May and rising monthly war outlays.
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Legislation to End Profiteering Urged By Senator Borah
Senator Borah urged Congress to end profiteering in a May session, calling President Wilson’s profiteering remarks an invitation to action. The proposed measures cover taxes, bonds, and government expenses, with Borah aiming to curb price gouging and speculative gains amid wartime governance.
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Shopmen Ignore Patriotic Plea And Quit Work
Washington reports 180 shopmen in Silvius Michigan walked off the job despite Director General McAdoo’s war time plea. They demand 75 cents an hour minimum and overtime at time and a half, following a recent wage award. Railroad officials plan talks to persuade a return to work tomorrow. Energy spent on wage mediation and impending hearings as the wage board prepares to meet. Cleveland executives of various railroad unions held a conference on the recent wage advance.
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London Vice Cult Scandal Called German Poison Gas
A libel case in London centers on Miss Maude Allan and J T Grein versus MP Pemberton Billing over alleged obscene use of dance. The writer argues Britain faces Germany’s attempt to smear public life, cites Asquith and Lloyd George, and warns Americans to weigh evidence amid sensational accusations.
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Marie Corelfi
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France
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Germany
Berlin
Warling Judge Defends Innocence In Lloyd George Case
The judge in the case, a serious figure in the King's Bones Division, insists on innocence until proven guilty. He notes that if charges prove groundless Britain may act to protect its reputation abroad from misunderstandings and false accusations.
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Trial reveals alleged pro German plot to restore premier rulers
In a London trial, Captain Harold Spencer testified about Italian deputies and a British embassy member passing details on a German campaign to restore Asquith Caillaux and Giolitti as premiers. He claimed Germany held powerful Britons in bondage via a vice network and cited a 1917 report about a blackmailed British ambassador in Italy.
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Italy
England
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United States
Sweden Grants Allies 400000 Tons of Ships
Washington May 31 More than 400000 tons of ships are released to the United States and the Allies by Sweden under a commercial agreement signed at Stockholm the State Department was notified today. News dispatches from Sweden describe bread ration reductions and grain shortages, with stores to last only until August 6 and a need for 87000 tons more grain. The full terms are not public but the United States will extend liberal food, raw material and manufactured product shipments to Sweden in return.
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Stockholm
State Department
Detecting Wool in Cotton Fabrics by Potash Test
A method is described to prove wool content in fabrics by boiling a woolen sample in caustic potash within a cotton bag. The wool dissolves while the cotton bag remains, separating animal fibre from vegetable fibre. Mills are urged to use this test on every delivery, with a final purchaser test and money-back guarantee if clothes fail after sun and rain exposure.
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Roors Peet Company Real Estate Listing Fragments
Fragmentary notice lists multiple Broadway cross streets including Broadway at 13th St and 34th St near Fifth Ave and Warren at 41st St. Two unclear address clusters suggest a real estate or property listing with locations in Manhattan.
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Schwab Claims U S Built 260000 Tons Ship Mass in May
Charles M Schwab told 4100 American Iron and Steel Institute members at the Waldorf Astoria that the United States produced 260000 tons deadweight of ships in May, equating to two Agawam sized vessels daily. He praised shipyard expansion from 60000 to 350000 workers and lauded officers Hurley Piex and Goethals for organizing new yards.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
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Goethals
Washington
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War Industries Board
Replogle
Gary
Long
American Tron and Steel Institute
Traffic Committees Appointed to Hear Rate Complaints
Washington May 31 Director General McAdoo names traffic committees for Eastern Western Southern and local regions to hear shipper complaints and propose rate changes before June 25 when new schedules take effect. Interurban lines consider general freight and passenger rate hikes to be reviewed by state commissions.
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