Lights Out Test Over City As Army Planes Fly
Police and Justice Department operatives patrolled areas heavily populated by enemies as a Caproni aircraft and later eight planes circled New York to observe the effect of the lights out order. Broadway was dark, lights may be shaded on Fifth Avenue, and officials plan further protective measures with War Department guidance.
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Squiis
Department of Justice
Enright
New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Signal Corps
Governor's Isl
Allan
Wireless Saves Liner Sixaola From U-Boat
Atlanticport June 5 Thanks to a timely wireless warning and Captain Henshaw the United Fruit Company steamer Sixaola reached port without sighting a U-boat. With 81 passengers and 60 crew she carried 49 000 banana bunches bound for New York. Lifeboats remained ready as the ship avoided a convoy and a shelled tanker. Passengers were taken to the railroad for onward travel. The vessel will stay in port until further orders.
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Henshaw
United Fruit Company
Sixaola
Waleh
New York
Sixada
Washington
Chesapeake
Philadelphia
Herbert L. Pratt
U Boat Activity Off U S as Plan to Draw Fleet Home
London reports naval writer Archibald Hurd’s view that German submarines off the U S coast aimed not at strategic gains but as a demonstration to tire American public opinion. He says Germany hoped to lure U S destroyers away from Europe while pretending to seek better protection measures.
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U.S
London
Archibald Hurd
Hurd
Wan
United States
Navy Department
Itn
Atlantic
Germany
Germans aim to break U boat tactics by coast demonstration
The piece notes Germany seeks to ease presence of American ships in European waters with a coast demonstration to disrupt American and British naval plans. It argues the public will resist and avoid exposing transports and store ships to destruction.
Telegraphers Move to Fund Big Strike Across the Nation
Percy Thomas of the Telegraphers Union reports funds being raised by several AFL branches nationwide and socially in New York to support strike-ready operators. He also cites protests to Director General McAdoo over Western Union actions in Wilmington and passbook use to ship strikebreakers.
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Percy Thomas
Telegraphers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
New York
Thomas
McaAdge
Western Union
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore & Ohio
MrAdoo
Postal Telegraph
Orators of I. W. W. Advised Followers To Ignore Draft
Witnesses testified that I. W. W. officials urged ignoring the draft and ending the war by halting work in munitions plants. Defendants Pete McAvoy Herbert McCutcheson H R Baskett and Francis P Sullivan faced charges of sedition as they described antiwar speeches in California and Arizona during the summer of 1917.
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Chicago
California
Arizona
Pete McAvoy
Herbert McCutcheson
H. R. Baskett
Francis P. Sullivan
J.A. McCabe
John B. Kuster
W. W. Kenvilly
Fresno
Cal
People's Council
David Proctor
Department of Justice
McCutcheson
Baskett
Jerome, Ariz
Public Economy Urged to Win War
Speakers at the National Conference on War Economy urged economy in public funds and placing responsibility on officials, not commissions. Governor Lowden cited Illinois with 125 boards acting independently and called for empowered leaders. Frederick A. Cleveland argued for presidential responsibility over Congress, warning that American victory hinges on strengthening institutions and efficiency. R Fulton Cutting presided and urged educational preparation for public office.
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Horace Menn Auditorium
120Th Street
Broadway
Frank Q. Lowden
Ilinois
Frederick A. Cleveland
Boston
Wilson
America
Mr. Cleveland
Roosevelt
Burleson
R. Fulton Cutting
Bureau of Municipal Research
Educational
Peece Eln
U.S May Join In Trade Pact After War
U.S may join in after war trade plans with Entente allies. An American economic envoy to Rome prepares to depart, signaling a shift toward closer cooperative tariffs and credits. Italy forms a commission to study postwar problems, with American delegates coordinating on raw material flows and Italian exports to secure postwar markets.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Jmery
Rome
Tt Wis
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
America
Italy
Trade entente urged among Allied nations after the war
Sir Frederick William Black of the British Admiralty proposed a trade entente among Allied nations at yesterday’s American Manufacturers’ Association luncheon. The idea drew hearty approval as Simonds of The Tribune was unable to attend. Black argued Britain’s sea dominance and warned against postwar monopolies and cutthroat competition that could ruin business.
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Frederick William Black
British Admiralty
American Manufacturers’ Association
Frank H. Simonds
the Tribune
Simonds
Association
Sir Frederick
George Ed. Smith
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
United States
Admiral Mahan
Germany
England
America
Hurley Finds Motto In Noahs Record in Shipping Board Office
Washington reports a new illuminated motto appeared in the Shipping Board chairman's office. It read Noah was 600 years old before he knew how to build an ark. The remark reflects a lighthearted nod to patience and prudence in maritime administration.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Noah
Wilson Urges Louisiana Vote for Women Rights
President Wilson urged Louisiana to adopt woman suffrage in a telegram to the state legislature. He called the question of suffrage a matter of worldwide significance and a standard for democracy, expressing deep public interest.
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Washington
Louisiana
Wilson
Steel Shortage May Close Down Many Factories
Washington June 6 data indicate a steel shortage and that government and Allied needs will require cutting off non war industries from steel supply. J Leonard Replogle reports to the War Industries Board after conferences with the American Iron and Steel Institute. Orders on hand total about 17,000,000 tons, more than half of last year’s output, with many government needs not included. Uncertainty remains whether immediate curtailment will follow.
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Washington
War Industries
J. Leonard Replogle
Replogle
American Iron and Steel Institute
War Industries Board
Allis
Wny
Convict Army Plan in German War Effort
London dispatch reports a German Reichstag bill to employ convicts in the army as separate units for dangerous work. The plan, initially resisted by Emperor William II, was reportedly persuaded by Field Marshal von Hindenburg. The proposal outlines using convicts in perilous tasks rather than mixing them with regular troops.
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London
Reichstag
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Emperor William Ia
T *O
Markhal von Hindenburg
American Minister To Denmark Resigns
GTON June 6 Maurice in United States Minister to Denmark has tendered his resignation to the State Department because of ill health.
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Denmark
Gton
Maurice In
United
State Department
Wheat Price Deadlock May Be Broken Today
Washington June 5 A final effort to break the deadlock between House and Senate conferees over the rider to the agricultural appropriation bill, increasing the government price of wheat to 2.50 a bushel, will be made tomorrow. Senator Smith of South Carolina said a compromise would be proposed. if it fails conferees will seek further instructions. The plan would retain 4.20 a bushel but amend the law to classify No 2 spring wheat as the standard rather than No 1 Northern, a shift supporters say raises farmers' prices.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cantor Smith
South Casolina
Father Accused of Hanging Daughter in Newark Yard
Karl Seidoff, 47, father of eight, is held on atrocious assault charges after allegedly tying a rope to his nine year old daughter Helen’s neck and suspending her from a clothesline post over a 25 cent theft. A railroad officer found her half strangled and cut her down, while police surgeon noted a red neck circle. Seidoff runs a truck farm near Port Newark.
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Newark
Helen
Karl Seidoff
Second Criminal Court
Seidoff
Patrick McLaughlin
Clarke
Seidorf
Port Newark
Heads of Farmers Federation Quit in Albany Disavow Politics
The New York Federation of Agriculture quit plans for a gubernatorial ticket amid resignations by S L Strivings and D V Farley. A disavowal signed by major farm groups urged unity and no new organization, calling for a union of existing bodies led by state executives rather than top units. The May 28 1918 notice seeks closer farmer solidarity and outlines union principles.
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New York Federation of Agriculture
Hinces
S. L. Strivings
D. V. Farley
S. J. Lowell
New York State Grange
St. 1D. Cooper
Dairymen's League
Federation
Albany
Samuel Praser
Geneseo
Seth J.T. Bush
Monrow’ County
John J. Dillon
New York
Dillon
New York State
Farm Bureaus
D. V. Karey
Federation of Agriculture
Agriculture Asay
J. Lowell
Herbert J. Kershaw
ST. Strivings
State Federation Parm
B. Depew
We Amricultural Society
Brockway
State Datry
Swell's Association
Loss of Doctors Heaviest in Army Says Gorgas
Surgeon General William C. Gorgas told NYU and Bellevue Medical College faculty yesterday that commissioned officers in the Medical Department have suffered heavier losses than any other branch since the United States entered the war. He warned that medical casualties will likely head the lists if the war lasts two more years, as Britain has faced. More than 200 young medical officers awaiting service in the field attended and cheered when Gorgas announced that eighty…
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Hattic
Gorens
France
Gorgas
Medical School
New York University
Elnaa
Bellevue Hospital
Wni
Brown
Ai Othors
Vaurel Gorgas
Rervic Ile
Wenten
William C. Gorgas
U.S. A
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
United States
Medical Department
Osses
Great Britain
Explosion on Kenilworth Castle After Collision
London June 5 A British port received the steamer Kenilworth Castle crippled after a collision. Reports say eight crew members and several passengers are missing while a number of people were killed or drowned when a lifeboat capsized and explosions occurred. About three hundred passengers and mail were aboard from South Africa. The ship, 12975 tons, built in Belfast, is owned by Union Castle Mail Steamship Company.
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London
Kenilworth Castle
South Africa
Eplsto
Belfast
Union Cars Mail Steamship Company
Enemy Lies Aimed at Cutting Navy Recruiting
New York civilians are urged to report rumor spreaders after enemy agents falsely claimed the West Twenty third Street naval recruiting station was closed. Commander W T Conn says the lie traced to enemy sources and asks witnesses to report names and addresses. Navy enrolment rose to 160 at Conn office, while army enrolment hit 80, with daily averages up from pre U boat raid levels.
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West Twenty-third Street
Navy
W. T. Conn
New York
Army
Mills
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
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United Fruit
United States Army
Industrial Workers of the World
Hearst
Tribune
Addrac
Hurley
Farmers’ Federation
State Grange
Dairymen
Trouville
West 37Th Street
Oxford
Jave Good
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