German Spy Leader To Be Arrested Soon
Federal indictments allege a vast Hun Sinn Fein conspiracy to trigger revolts and destroy transports and munition ships leaving the United States. The mastermind, linked to Wilhelmstresse, awaits arrest as officials predict new revelations. O Leary and Ryan, Sinn Fein leaders, are being sought while guards watch borders near New York. Prisoners guarded. others held at the Tombs. possible seven year sentences in Atlanta Penitentiary for sheltered conspirators.
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Ireland
United States
Sinn Féin
Federal District Court
Germany
Europe
Wilhelmstresse
Balkan
Department of Justice
Charles de Woody
O'Leary
Ryan
Adirondacks
Catskills
New York
Atlanta
Coal output falls week ended June 1
Bituminous coal production dropped by about 1.93 million tons from the prior week, as Soft coal output fell to 10.774 million tons for the week ending June 1. Memorial Day observances are blamed for the decline, with daily output averaging 1.706 million net tons. May had a daily average of 1.918 million tons, and May’s final week was near the minimum target to meet war fuel needs.
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the Tribune
Washington
Geological Survey
Garfield
Longshoremen Content With U. S. Supervision
Labor officials announced a decree that all stevedore and marine work be handled through the United States Employment Bureau. Stephen Condon of the Lighter Captains' Union says Captain Thomas W. O'Connor’s appointment gives unions a voice in labor councils and could ease tensions. The National War Labor Board offered raises to certain marine workers, Tidewater boatmen at $70 a month rising to $86, with other unions receiving proposed increases. conferences will decide on acceptance.
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Department of Labor
Maine
United States Employment Bureau
Stephen Condon
Lighter Captains’ Union
Longshoremen's Union
Thomas W. ‘Connor
Captain O'Connor
Mr. Condon
O'Connor
Condon
National War Labor
Tidewater
Pay Parley Focus as Brooklyn Teachers Seek Equal Wages
Twenty two thousand teachers in Brooklyn focus on a Board of Education and Board of Estimate and Apportionment meeting to discuss funding for raising salary schedules. The Teachers Welfare League advocates merit based pay over sex based levels, noting persistent wage gaps for women and rising living costs.
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Education and Estimate Board
Board of Education
Board of Estimate
Teachers’ Welfare League of
Brooklyn
Hughes
McAdoo
City Faces Subway Labor Strike Threat in Bronx
The city braces for a 5000 worker subway strike as contractors seek to use the Lockwood law to adjust costs. Mayor Hylan declines talks with contractors while the Board of Estimate and Public Service Commission seek a conference. Union leader Curraher warns of an immediate general walkout if wage demands are not met. Streetcar service continues amid limited disruptions as arbitration efforts stall.
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Hylan
Board of Estimate
Lockwood
Public Service Comission
Michael Curraher
International Tunnel and Subway Workers’ Union
Carraher
United States
Public Service Commission
Frederick L. Crawford
Contractors’ Association
Union Railway Company
Bronx
Glinton Reeves
Ure
Reeves
Louis Fridiger
William’ BH. Fitzgerald
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Department of Labor
Fridiger
Third Avenue
Jersey City Protests Hudson Tube Fare Increase
Jersey City Chamber of Commerce plans action to block a 10 cent fare on the Hudson tubes. Director General Meadoe says a 100 percent increase not immediate. The body will take the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission to forestall future rate hikes by Judson & Manhattan Railroad Company president Fisk.
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Meadoe
Hudson Tubes
Jersey City
Four Auto Crashes Injure Six In City
Esther von Maurer a young actress of 201 West Seventy first Street was seriously hurt when her taxicab collided with another car driven by William Hilson of 203 East 110th Street She suffered a fractured jaw and was taken to Knickerbocker Hospital A second woman Mrs Katherine Wolf of 28 Elmore Avenue Yonkers was injured when her car was struck by a Broadway surface car at Broadway and Neagle Avenues She was treated at St Lawrence s hospital A daytime auto truck collision at Second Avenue and 118th Street Bronx involved Patrick Walsh of 168 Forrest Avenue and Samuel Weinstein of 1279 Stebbins Avenue The Bronx Weinstein and three friends were bruised and went home after first aid
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Esther von Maurer
West Seventy-first Street
William Hilson
East 110Th Street
Knickerbocker Hospital
Katherine Wolf
Elmore Avenue
Yonkers
Stebbins Avenue
Bronx
Weinstein
Tanae Ginsberg
Max
Louis Mosko- Wits
Taft Wins Newark Streetcar Strikers to Arbitration Plan
William H. Taft of the War Labor Board held a preliminary hearing in Newark to resolve the dispute between Public Service Railway Co and its employees. Taft and Frank P. Walsh will hear petitions outlining demands, while company president Thomas N. McCarter backs the plan.
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Taft
Newark
William H. Taft
War Labor Board
Robert Treat Hotel
Public Service Railway Company
Mr. Taft
Frank P. Walsh
War Board
Thomas N. McCarter
B. L. Worden
Submarine Boat Corporation
Henry Carlesa
Bishop Magge Dedicates New Visitors House at Camp Merritt
Bishop Patrick J. Magge, Chaplain Bishop of the American expeditionary forces, dedicated a new visitors house at Camp Merritt New Jersey. The building was donated by the National Catholic War Council and accepted for the government by Major General Shanks. Knights of Columbus officers and camp officials attended the ceremony as thousands of visitors and soldiers observed.
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Merritt
N. J
Patrick J. Magge
France
National Catholic War Council
Shanks
Knights of Columbus
John T. O'Neil
New Jersey
Thomas I. Nesvy
Camp Merritt
Jons
Jen G Agar
Anderson Attack Spurs Dry Leaders Rally Behind Anderson
The National Dry Federation led by William J Bryan and Rev Charles Scanlon attacked W I Anderson state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. The dispute hardened Anderson's standing with New York State and nationwide pro prohibition forces. The state board praised Anderson as an able leader who transformed New York into a political force for ratification and pledged unwavering support.
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W. I. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
National Dry Federation
William J. Bryan
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburgh
Anderson
New York
Broadway
Twentieth Street
Anti-Saloon League of the Nation
W. 11. Anderson
Bryan
William R. Hearst
Clinton M. Howard
Prohibition
Ella A. Roole
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
National Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League State Board
State Board
William H. Anderson
York
Congress
Hag Clear Field
Pershing’s Men Send Message Over Here at Memorial
Corporal Harry H Welcome spoke to 3,000 at the Metropolitan Police Benevolent Benevolent Association memorial at Cypress Hills Cemetery. He recalled Pershing’s fighters saying they would break the German line if propaganda here is broken. Welcome described a twelve day siege, fighting from a shell crater and subsisting on rations. Police Commissioner Enright noted 660 policemen already in Uncle Sam’s ranks with 1,000 soon to join, about 28 percent of the city force. A Columbia University figure paid tribute to fallen officers and praised officers’ homefront duty, as chaplains led the services and police singers performed.
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Harry H. Welcome
General Pershing
Metropolitan Police Benevolent Burying Association
Cyprees Hills Cemetery
Pershing
Welcome
Ilis
Enright
Uncle Sam
Almately
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia University
Police Department
John A. Wade
John J. Coogan
Abraham Blum
Herbert Lowe
Dominick Reilly
T. Withrow
Advertise the Shortage of Teachers and Path to Reform
William T. Allen urges truth about the teacher shortage and advocates telling high school students the reality of teaching as a career. He argues for higher salaries and other measures to prevent mass shortages, citing Southern shortages and falling normal registrations.
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Board of Education
Board of Estimate
William T. Allen
Institute For Public Service
New
Oatemumtry
Hruco Tt. Mayne
Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Minois Normal School
Praises Parents of American Soldiers at Vassar Commencement
At Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York Reverend Robert Elliott Speer urges inward courage and parental sacrifice for the war effort. The day includes a wartime baccalaureate sermon, an annual choir concert, and a symposium on Vassar women in national service.
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Poughkeepsim
Vassar College
Robert Elliot Speer
New York
Hoya
Christ
Vassar
Train Kills U S Sailor Near Hospital Ship Comfort
Train struck U S Navy sailor Christian P Danielson, twenty, attached to hospital ship Comfort, yesterday morning near the yard. He died at once. the incident prompted a naval inquiry.
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Christian P. Danielson
United States
Comfort
Armours to issue $60 million bonds to aid war orders
Armour & Co. announced a shift from closed to stockholders’ company and planned issue of 60 million dollars in debenture bonds exchangeable for 7 percent cumulative preferred stock. Bonds at 8 percent mature 1919 to 1924, callable at par, convertible at holder option, underwritten by Chicago banks to raise capital for war orders. Proceeds to reduce current liabilities, with denominations as small as 100 dollars.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Armour& Co
Four CaribouStudents Drown In Canoe Accident
Four Caribou High School students two boys and two girls drowned when their canoe overturned in the Aronstuck river near the dam. The victims Mona Davis sixteen Georgia Lyons seventeen Max Simpson seventeen and David Hitchings eighteen were about 400 feet from shore when the boat capsized. No witness saw the accident but bystanders heard cries and saw them sink before help arrived.
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Caribou
Caribou High School
Aronstuck River
Mona Davis
Lewis Plans Prohibition Attack in Whitman Campaign
The Lewis camp matrix to attack Governor Whitman on prohibition as a vote catching tactic. Key figures including Wadsworth and Taft back statewide speeches while a green diary reveals Hearst references and Balo Pacha investigations, aiming to sway GOP primaries and New York voters.
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Lewis
Whitman
Prohibition
Merton T. Lewis
William Barnes, Jr
Henry W. Taft
Jacob A. Livingston
United States
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Wadsworth
Lewis Camp
Nature
Congress
Balo Pacha
France
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
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