Peace by Victory Alone, Says Ribot
Paris reports Premier Ribot declared in the Chamber that passports would not be issued to French Socialists to Stockholm and that Petrograd passports would be granted only when no enemy delegates could meet there. He urged a French peace and warned against secret pacts, while the session ended with a three-hour secret committee discussion and arrests threatened for rioters.
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Stockholm
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France
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United States
Foud
Socialist Party
Jules Guesde
M. Groussier
Mibot
Ameri
Socialist Congress Beginning to Win Favor in England
London June 1 The Stockholm conference grows in importance as Allied and German positions shift. British press shifts toward passive neutrality amid hopes for peace talks and possible consensus among delegates. The Leeds conference may signal how strong the peace movement has become and push for a council of workers and soldiers to pursue rapid peace.
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England
Stockholm
Germany
Hethmann-Hollweg
Leeds
Socialist Laborites
London
Guynemer Destroys 2 Planes in One Minute
Paris reports Captain Georges Guynemer, famed Feeseh arena aviator, downed nine enemy machines recently and achieved a remarkable feat of destroying ten planes in one minute. The tally for German aircraft destroyed by Guynemer and allied pilots rises as other aviators, including Lieutenant Pinsard and Haeramen, contribute to the total.
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Paris
Georges Guynemer
Guynemer
Gitterien
Pinsard Botwit
Maine
Best Fed Germans Get Three Fifths Of British Ration
A British dispatch reports that Germany’s best fed units subsist on three-fifths of the British ration in weight and value. German reserves receive the full ration, but bread has been cut by a third since spring 1916. Sausage allowance dropped to two and a quarter. rice is eliminated. Brits retain jam cheese and milk.
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Atsiaied
France
London
Germany
Russian Soldiers Take Over Kronstadt Defy Government
Kronstadt Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates vote 210 to 49 to assume control of Kronstadt, severing direct ties with Petrograd and Russia except through the Petrograd delegate branch. Kronstadt council seizes power, rejects Provisional Government, removes all government representatives. Ministers respond with efforts to revoke orders and seek economic policy coalitions amid crisis.
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Minister of Commerce Quits Russian Cabinet
London dispatch reports A. I. Konovalof, Minister of Commerce and Trade, resigns over complete divergence in views. The resignation follows tensions within the cabinet and a shift in economic policy stance. Country and date detail provided by Reuters Telegram dispatch.
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Reuter
Metrograd Aays A
Konovalof
Strikes Threaten Petrograd War Plants as Factories Shut
Workers in Petrograd war plants vote to strike and paralyze production after Conciliation Board failed to reach agreement. In over 120 large factories, mainly war related, staff threaten to halt work by following regulations to the letter, with some strikes already begun and others gaining worker support.
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London
Reuter
Conciliation Board
Thes
British Submarine Collides With U Boat Under Water
Amsterdam reports in the Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung that a German U-boat rammed a British submarine while submerged in the Channel on April 19. Both vessels escaped, maneuvered apart, and dived again as the German commander did not see the British sub thereafter. The incident is described as unprecedented and the crews prepared to fight but could not.
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Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Fesen
Channel
Adams at the Golden Gate: Adams on misleading ads in San Francisco
Samuel Hopkins Adams analyzes why municipal and state honest advertising laws fail to curb quack medicines in San Francisco. He details court decisions and the local advertising club’s solo battle, promising a standout Tribune feature for June 3.
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Tribune
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Harbor Closing Shocks New York Harbor Across Boroughs
Reports from the Brooklyn navy yard sparked a rare port shutdown in New York Harbor yesterday. Ships were turned back and corridors blocked as orders widened the Narrows gate to 1000 yards to prevent German raiders, triggering eerie rumors and market jitters before officials clarified the action was local and unexplained.
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Apatches
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Provinces Anhwei Honan and Hupeth Declare Independence
Anhwei Honan and Hupeth have declared independence in a move aimed at protesting the pro German policy of the Kwo Min Tang in Peking. The action signals a shift in regional stance amid nationalist tensions and foreign policy debates shaping the capital.
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Honan
Hupeth
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Peking
Senate Plans 42 Million Tax on Autos
Senate Finance Committee advanced a war tax bill with a new auto license tax ranging from 7.50 to 25 and an exemption for motion picture theatres charging under 25 cents. The plan shifts tax collection from manufacturers to owners and includes income tax reporting changes aimed at reducing evasion. The committee expects $42 million in revenue and adjourned to finalize drafting for early next week.
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Broussard
Loui
Fede
Proclamation Warns Draft Runaways Across Borders
President Wilson warns Americans planning to flee the country before June 5 registration that return to the United States could lead to prosecution and up to a year in prison. Federal agents report arrests of draft-age men at the borders and in major cities as officials brace for potential anti draft activity.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Geneeral Gregory
Cincinnati
Kansas
Kansas City
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Eva Harding
Leonora Warneson
Portuguese Immigrant Mistakenly Enlisted in U.S. Army
Tony Repos, a Portuguese born immigrant living in Hoston, thought he was registering to avoid jail before Memorial Day. He instead joined the U.S. Army at a recruiting station after being misdirected by uniformed men. His lawyers and Congress are now pressed to discharge him to care for his widowed mother and seven siblings.
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Wilson Assures Grain Growers Of Fair Prices
President Wilson reassures Northwest spring wheat growers that the government will protect farmers if needed and keep prices high enough to encourage production. He says no minimum price is planned, expecting wartime reforms to mature into permanent marketing measures and mentions hopes for Federal operation of grain exchanges and storage facilities.
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