Solace Hospital Ship Inquiry Clears Navy Staff
A civilian commission led by Dr Abraham Flexner and Nathan Straus found no mistreatment aboard the Solace and praised medical staff for care during May aboard the navy hospital ship. The report rejects claims of improper passenger burdens or inadequate water and cleanliness, noting the unprecedented influx of recruits with illness and the hard conditions faced by the fleet’s medical personnel.
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Washington, Jane
Robin
Solace
Daniels
T Fie
Tir
William. Welch
Johns Hopkins Uniqenity
Abraham Flexner
Nathan Straus
New York
Tate
Dn Blackwood
Galaco
Themelves
Eforis
Gelaring
Navy
Phanck
Aketho
Cale Fihan
Ace
Phore
Textile Test Prompts Wool Alliance in Small Town
An odd note hints at a local fabric test claiming 100 percent all wool. The quirky line suggests a craftsman wager or shop promotion about authentic wool content and strict weaving standards in a rural setting.
Fashion Textiles and Promotion Notice
For elegance of feel and texture Scotch cheviots and English worsteds offered in summer stock. Akhsher One-piece underwear advertised at a penny of both mind and body. Fver try it Atkins style for
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akhsher
Atkins Style
Broadway streets and shops listed in old event
A fragmentary listing mentions Broadway 13th Street near 4th Street and Fifth Avenue with references to Wares at Aist Street and the phrase Four Brestway Corners, indicating a partial street and shop directory excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
13Th St
4Th St
Brestway Corners
Fifth Ave
Aist St
Fragmentary ward complaint about food and blankets distribution
The report finds one man claimed he lacked food while a neighbor described ample provision. No witness substantiated claims that blankets from isolation wards were piled by day and then indiscriminately handed out at night. The round robin appeared to be a single person weaving gossip into complaints.
Germans Say British Airmen Burn Crops
Berlin reports that British airmen dropped incendiary bombs on ripening grain on the Struma’s west bank as part of operations on the Macedonian front. The German notice recalls Lord Calthorpe’s suggestion to burn crops with fireballs from Entente planes and notes Hungary as another possible target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Army Headquarters
Struma
Lord Calthorpe
Hungary
German Trapped Cutting Wires to Delay War Orders
A German suspect is jailed in Camden on treason charges as Secret Service and railroad detectives search Ellisburg for two other men tied to a plot to interrupt war communications. Wires leased by the U S government and a Pennsylvania Railroad line were cut on May 3 and May 9, with a fourth breach found along the tracks. Police Chief Linderman, formerly Secret Service, confronted a wired man on a pole. two other suspects fled. The German accented prisoner, Frits Urban of Philadelphia, claimed the culprit role while authorities pursue the others.
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Camden
N. J
Secret Service
Ellisburg
United States
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
William H. Linderman
Merchantville
Linderton
Lindermon
Linderman
Frits Urban
Mount Vernon Street
Philadelphia
Germans Set Fire To Interned Ship Seized by Brazil
In Pernambuco Brazil on June 6 Germans burned the steamer Cap Vilano which had just been transferred from German to Brazilian registry. The Cap Vilano, a 9 467 ton Hamburg South American line vessel built in Hamburg, is the second largest among interned German merchants at the port as twelve other steamers were also transferred to Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Pernambuco
Cap Vilano
Hamburg
Hamburg- South American Steamship Company
Brazil Justifies Seizure of German Vessels in Reply
Brazil declares its seizure of German ships lawful under its interpretation of international law. The reply states retaliation follows German torpedoing of Brazilian merchant ships and seeks reparations while preserving peace. It quotes German legal authority and emphasizes defending national flag and interests.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brant
Republic
Germany
Brasil
Ermal
Brazil
Peapie
Reneeve
Labor Conciliation Work Stalled by Funds Shortage
The Labor Department cut seventeen conciliation staffers and halted mediation requests as a $250,000 funding request was refused by the House Appropriations Committee. Officials say war plans rely on continued conciliation, while Gompers’ control is cited as pivotal to avoiding industrial unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Congress
Wilson
House Appropriations Committee
Department
Keet Boy Kidnappers Linked in Teuton Plot
Springfield reports a link between the Keet kidnapping of J J Keet's 14 month old son and a plan to kidnap jeweler C A Clements. Police say George Walker, taxi driver, was arrested as the seventh suspect. Confessions tie five men and a woman to the Clement plot and a separate baby kidnapping and a munitions maker in St Louis. The Keet baby remains missing for a week.
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Springfield
Eld
J. J. Keet
Springfeld
C. A. Clement
George Walker
Walker
Clements
St. Louis
Claude Pierxol
Clement
Keet
Gold imports end as US exports surge amid war trade
Washington reports a shift in balance as America's gold imports cease and exports soar. Officials note record trade activity, with Entente nations shifting to bond financing while neutrals push for gold settlements. Japan Spain and Mexico see significant gold shipments as the Federal Reserve seeks to conserve gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
United States
Japan
Spain
Mexico
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Bakhmeteff Named Russia's First Ambassador to America
Isaac Don Levine reports that Professor Horis Alexandroviteh Bakhmeteff, head of Russia's commission of forty, has been appointed Ambassador and Envoy Plenipotentiary to the United States. Fluent in English, he is an American-leaning expert in industry and finance, famed for transplanting American methods to Russia and praised as a practical, American-minded figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rakhmetem
Japan
United States
Horis Alexandroviteh Bakhmetett
Bakhmetet
Russia
America
Bakhietetf
Petrograd Polytechnical Institute
Bakhmeteff
Elusive Russian Economic Figure Comes to America
A detailed profile introduces Hors Bakhmeteff the leading Russian specialist in his field. The text notes his eloquence, gentleness, and prior plans for major engineering feats blocked by the old regime. It describes his war era role with the Russian Central War Industries Committee and his American office, stressing his decisive, practical nature and the commission he brings to accelerate Russia’s economic modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hors Bakhmeteff
Russia
Russian Central War Industries Committee
Min F Gutehkeif
Bakhmetev
Hakhimetef
Rakhmetef
Speakers with War Training Needed to Win Recruits
Alexander J. Hemphill, chairman of the recruiting committee, says the hardest task is persuading nonmilitary speakers to enlist. He notes registered young men still can choose their service arm and urges speakers with war experience to address meetings to boost recruiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayers
National Defence
Shane
Alexander J. Hemphill
Coalition Plan To Aid Canadian Draft Is Failure
Ottawa June 6 Premier Biden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier failed to form a coalition ministry representing both parties in Parliament. A coalition to back compulsory military service faced Quebec and labor opposition with agrarian discontent. Laurier refused to unite with Conservatives, while tensions rose as the Prime Minister sought Liberal support and considered a union government approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Biden
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Wilfrid
Herden
Draft Dodger Jailed After Lawrence Arrest
Anthony Nalutis was arrested in Lawrence for failure to register under the draft law. He was brought to Boston tonight after examination by United States Marshal Mitchell and jailed. He will be taken before the Federal Commissioner tomorrow.
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Boston
Anthony Nalutis
Lawrence
United States
Mitchell
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Newport News Shipbuilding Company
New London Ship Company
New London
Inet
Tabor
Wilton
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
the Weather Report
Dye
Great Lakes
Tommy Ts
Wister
Pemnatieante
Kia
Tiida
Tsers
Minnewata
North Pen
Mlasrarl
Mieleer
Atiantie
Siew Pinel Baten
Thrimlar
York
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Teuton
U. S
Petrograd
By Isaac Don Levine
Rus
Bakhmeterp
Borden
Victor Quality
Victor Falking Machine Company
Largo
Sung
de Luca
The
Metropolitan Opera Company
Victor
Barber of Seville
Giuseppe de Luca
Figaro
Barber
Victor Talking Machine Co
Victor Resards
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