Draft Bill Agreed On Amid Draft Ages Twenty One To Thirty
The conference settled differences between the two houses on the selective draft army act. Ages of subjects set at twenty one to thirty. Roosevelt amendment stricken. fall amendment tablespoons. prohibition feature modified to allow wearing uniforms but ban liquor sales. The Jones amendment stays. Pay scales for soldiers rise, with corporals gaining ten months. Roosevelt’s division remains contentious as Congress weighs passage with conferees’ text. Action anticipated after bill signing as registration approaches.
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Warrington
Houses
Congress
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Hardieg
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Senate
Ain
Longworth
Gardner
Massachusetts
Wirral
France
First Draft Registry Day To Be a Holiday
Area The Tribune Bureau, Washington May 10 President Wilson will designate by proclamation the draft registration day as a national holiday and call for nationwide patriotic observance. Details on calendar dates and required signs for registration have not been decided. once determined they will be announced with the President’s proclamation and relevant law guidance to those affected.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wilson Bateby
Vely
Hoover warns of food control as disaster looms
The article reports Herbert Hoover arguing for broad government powers to regulate food prices and increase surplus, pledging to advise but not take the job himself. He warns against panics, outlines how controls could lower flour prices and sustain exports, and calls for a capable leader to head any food-control effort.
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Hoover
Washington
Mr. Hoover
Associated Proes
America
Canada
Max Surplus
North America
Geremany
Gorky Foresees New Crisis in Russia
London dispatch reports Maxim Gorky foreshadowing another political crisis in Petrograd via The Daily Express and his New Life newspaper. He portrays the Council of Workmen and Soldiers Delegates as striving to reclaim their position amid ongoing dissatisfaction with recent events.
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London
Petrograd
Daily Express
Maxim Gorky
Paul Miliukoff
New Life
Council of Workmen's
President May Select Board to Push War Work
Washington May 40 President Wilson considers organizing a Priority Board to coordinate Federal war agencies and speed essential war work. The plan aims to empower the body to act without departmental delays, reducing conferences, conflicts, and duplication. Proponents urge selecting top nonpartisan leaders to oversee all departments and industries. The Sunday Times interview with Secretary Lane supports a central board with powers like the British Priority Commission.
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Wilson
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Sunday Times
Lane
Interior Department
Mgland
Britain’s Net Loss in Ships 900000 Tons
Britain reports a net loss of 900000 tons in ships as the Admiralty outlines plans for a larger navy. The commerce and shipbuilding sectors face adjustment while strategic aims focus on building capital ships and merchant tonnage to bolster sea power.
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London
Tone
Karl Curzon
House of Lords
Great Britain
Fort Curzon
United Kingdom
House of Commons
Leo G. Chioxza
Fond
Admiralty
Karl Curgon
Minister of Shipping
Mercantile Shipping
Theovernment
U S Officials Say No Separate Peace With Germany
Washington reports that no separate peace with Germany is possible for the United States though not formally a party to the allied pact. Officials expect Germany to push peace arms to sway Wilson and Russia and to probe American stance on a conference while stressing the difference between consideration and acceptance.
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United States
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America
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Wren
Wilson
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Lafayette
Alsace and
Lorraine
Lloyd George Assures Commons Britain Is Safe
Premier Lloyd George answered Churchill in a secret Commons session, giving reassuring judgments on food supply, submarine losses, and wartime conduct. He projected self sufficiency by 1919, cited monthly submarine totals since last August, and noted favorable French and British commander opinions on West Front progress and Austrian front conditions.
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Winston Spencer Churchitt Ag
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Churchill
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West Front
United States
Balkans
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Sunday May Stump For the Liberty Loan
The Liberty Loan publicity committee weighs using evangelist Hilly Sunday to promote the $3,000,000,000 bond drive. Guy Emerson of the National Bank of Commerce says Sunday’s zeal could help recruit subscribers, with plans for blanks and clerical staff at Broadway and 168th Street to enlist donors.
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Liberty Loan Committee
Hilly
Guy Emerson
National Bank of Commerce
Billy
Broadway
168Th Street
Austria to Send Delegation for Peace Talks with France
London dispatch reports Austrian leaders plan to travel to Switzerland to open negotiations with France on possible peace terms. Sources say Austria seeks an end to conflict without partition, while new tensions with German allies and internal strain in the Dual Monarchy loom.
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Austria
France
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegeaph
Switzerland
Hollweg Confident War Will End Soon
Amsterdam dispatch reports Prime Minister Count Hertling's semi official paper Dieter the Staatsrheitung outlines a German Federal Council Foreign Affairs Committee session presided by Hertling. The report notes there was an exchange of views among delegates.
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Amsterdam
Ban “Staatsrheitung
Count Hertling
Two Boroughs Honor Envoys With Roaring Parades
French envoy party rides through Brooklyn and Manhattan amid blasting crowds and flags as Joffre and Viviani receive honors. They visit Central Park, Prospect Park, Columbia University, Grant's Tomb, and the Library, amid splendor and fatigue, while New Yorkers cheer and the procession winds on through streets filled with sound and color.
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Marshal Joffre
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Marne
Lafayette
Maneattan
Motel Astor
Merchants’ Association
Frick
Columbia University
Wan Cone 1
M. Vivianly
Bank of Engeland
Arthur James Balfour
British Commission
Clive Bayley
Joffre
7Th Regiment
Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg backs speedy war end
In a general situation statement the Chancellor expressed complete confidence in a swift and successful termination of the war. The newspaper notes the ministers of the federal states unanimously approved his policy and outlook.
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Empress Zita Denounces War as Central Powers Fray
Empress Zita speaks against continuation of the war amid Austrian German tensions. She and Emperor Charles face stiff opposition from German factions while Austria seeks home rule concessions for diverse nationalities. A shift toward separate peace with the Allies is hinted, with Russia urged to offer a credible peace plan.
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Hohenzollerns
Zita
Hohensollern
Hapsburg
Charles
Empress Zital
Germany
Huband
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
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Zeit
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Don Bulgari
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