Two Day Wheat Trading Ban Enforced on Chicago Market
Winnipeg council bans October wheat buying except for existing contracts until Wednesday morning, with selling price capped at 2.45 per bushel. Chicago Board of Trade halts all wheat and related trading for two days to allow boards nationwide to meet and discuss coordinated action.
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Scanion
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Diaca
Associated Press
Winnipeg
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Speculation in Grain Mart Stopped By Drastic Action
Grounded by Associated Press report, drastic steps halted grain speculation in Chicago. Board of Trade directors and independent grain houses barred buying orders for wheat corn oats and provisions. Exchanges nationwide followed with prohibitions on May wheat and delivery in May corn and oats, delaying July and September wheat trading pending a conference. Prices fell for wheat while corn and oats rose modestly.
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Duluth
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Camp Routine Begins At Fort Sheridan Training Camp
Fort Sheridan Illinois May 14 several thousand young men from Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin reported to the officers reserve corps camp to begin active service duties with 5000 assigned to companies and awaiting the formal opening tomorrow Col Nicholson praising the men and noting health checks vaccinations and two camps for Illinois and Michigan Wisconsin units at Fort Snelling Minnesota enrollment proceeds with 1400 reported by midmorning and most rejections due to rapid heartbeats while typhoid inoculations continue with about 800 inoculated recently.
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Associated Press
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Officers’ Reserve Corps
United States
Wi Mani- Nicholson
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Tolal
Penndmaker
Yeaterday
Army expansion authorized to war strength under Wilson plan
The administration army bill authorizes expansion of the regular army to the full war strength. About 6,600 of the 182,000 added men have been recruited. Officers in the central department will be promoted as regiments are assigned to Fort Snelling Fort Douglas Fort Rite Raw Utah Sparta Wis and other sites for recruitment and consolidation. Quartermaster general to prepare shelters at concentration points with assignments already made.
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Washington
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Wilson
Central Department
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British Ardent Wooers
United Press reports naval officer George Ellis Stuart, attached to a British war commission, engaged to Mrs. Thompson Miller of Flushing after meeting at a country club dance. The marriage will occur once Stuart secures leave.
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United Press
New York
George Ellis Stuart
Cmmissson
Mra. Thompson Miller
Flushing
Katherine
Stuart
Zeppelin L-22 Destroyed by British Navy in North Sea
Berlin reports Battle near Bullecourt continues with stubborn fighting as British forces claim control of Rocux and Bullecourt. Zeppelins seen over Holland. Zeppelin L-22 destroyed by British Navy in North Sea. Reports tally total 39 destroyed or lost since war start with detailed regional breakdowns.
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Rocax
Bullecourt
Four Die in Eau Claire House Fire Tragedy
In Eau Claire Wisconsin a fatal fire that broke out late Saturday night killed four people including nine year old Jennie Meservey. Peter F Burny died while attempting to rescue the Meservey family trapped on upper floors. The blaze started in the stairway to the sleeping area and officials say the hallway was saturated with oil indicating incendiary origin. No arrests have been made.
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Eau Claire
United Press
Wis
Bing
Jennie Meservey
Peter F.burny
Merservey
Burns
Meservey
Coal Strike Expands Across Western Canada
Alberta and British Columbia coal miners resume action as approximately 6000 workers walk out amid wage dispute. A new policy committee will represent miners in talks after the strike order. The labor minister urges resumed work while Ottawa contemplates royal commission terms. A coal famine looms if settlement stalls.
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Associated Prete
Calgary
Alberta
Brule Lake
Minister of Labor
British Columbia
Canada
Winnipeg
Dominion
Ottawa
Woman Burned In Fire Between Here And Rackur Minn
Mrs Caura Richardson aged sixty one owned the first victim of cross and brush fires raging between Brainerd and Rackur Minn She was burned to death There has been no rain for weeks Many buildings are reported burned.
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Prean, Brainerd
Minn
Caura Richardson
Here
Rackur
War Path Welsh Teen Ataky Enlists From Carlisle
A Welsh teenager described as a full blooded Cherokee has enlisted from the Carlisle Indian School in the United States, signaling a notable wartime recruitment connection and cross cultural participation.
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Carlisle Indian ‘School
The
United States
Mary. KE
Two Dead in Castle Shannon Bank Robbery Fight
Two die and one is dying after a bank robbery at the First National Bank of Castle Shannon and a street battle with a posse in Bridgeville. Among the dead are Frank Erbe, assistant cashier, and a bandit. George Beitzhoover, justice of the peace, is also killed. Nick Yoste, Pittsburn Railway dispatcher, is among the wounded. Nine bandits fled with a small sum of money after the voluble pursuit by officers and citizens.
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Penn— Sheen
United Press
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First National Bank
Castle Shannon
Bridgeville
Frank Erbe
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Melatny
Sanhier
Side
George Beitzhoover
Nick Yoste
Pittabuns Railwaya” ‘Company
Nino
Burglars Shot By Guard at Sheboygan Falls Station
Marshall Ed George of Sheboygan Falls surprised three burglars drilling into the safe at the Eastern Wisconsin Electric office. One man, Otto Von Massenbach of Milwaukee, was shot in the abdomen by the guard and remains in critical condition. The other two fled in a waiting car after firing eleven shots. the wounded man carried dynamite and burglary tools.
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Sheboygan Falls
Itn
Associated Press
Sheboygan
Wis
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company
Milwaukee
Marienbach
Mansenbach
Finch
Two Mangled In Blast In Chisholm Minn
After a tormented struggle Mrs Oncar Heltein 19 tried to stop her husband from exploding three sticks of dynamite. She said to police she would blow both into fragments. Both victims are in hospital badly mangled with right arms blown off. Their baby in a crib in the kitchen remained unharmed. The couple were fifteen feet from the blast. The house was torn by the explosion.
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Chisholm
Minn
Oncar Heltein
Helstein
Held on pro German plot sparks Detroit arrest
Fritz A. Neef, general manager of the Kivenann Magneto company, was arrested by federal agents in Detroit on charges of equipping a military expedition against Canada. Authorities withheld details, but Neef is linked to pro German propaganda activities led by Albert Kaltechmidt, whom Neef is said to be related to by marriage.
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Albert Kaltachmia
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Senate erupts in fury over food pirates and war measures
Washington May 14 Senate denounces food gamblers and speculators with fierce language. Senator Thomas of Colorado urged a wartime amendment to suspend futures trading in food. The move failed 49 to 64 as senators debated censorship and prohibition related to the espionage bill and wartime controls on alcohol.
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Washington, D.C
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California
Cummins
British Push Onward and German Line Bent Amid World War I Offensives
British troops press toward Queant and Drocourt Queantine as Haig’s forces hammer the front in northern France amid heavy fighting, while German lines bend under relentless pressure. Zeebrugge and Wilhelmshaven bases are assaulted, signaling a new naval thrust. Austrian bombardments on the Isonzo front hint at potential Allied initiative. Italian Cadorna’s inactivity and Russia’s turmoil loom large as German junkers demand peace terms. The U.S. debate over army funding and prohibition in wine production advances, delaying broader mobilization.
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Queantine
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Combrat
France
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Queant
Isonzo
Cadorna
Russia
Austria
Russian War Crisis Deepens as Gutchkoff Resigns
Petrograd May 14 minister of war Gutchkoff resigns in a dramatic speech to front soldiers delegates declaring Russia faces dual army and navy plans. He cites powerless authority and warns of fatal consequences to defense. His liberal reforms had pushed equality for soldiers and end of corporal punishment. Korniloff also resigns as garrison tensions rise.
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New York
Russia
Petrograd
Raat
M. Gutchkotta
Wee Tak
Korniloff
Gatch
Council of Workmen
United Press
Marine
Gutchkoff
Miniater of War and Marine
Hhenry
M. Gutchkoff
Council of the Empire
Third Duma
Guichkois
Accidental Shooting Fatal at Fort Snelling
At Fort Snelling Minnesota a 23 year old private of the First Minnesota Infantry died from a bullet wound sustained last night. Military authorities report the shooting was accidental and the weapon was discharged by a fellow guard. The incident occurred while the men were on duty at the post hospital.
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United Press
Fort Snelling
Minn
Howant Williamson
Firal
Minnesota Infantry
Wil Kiamean
Cotton consumption rises in April by census bureau
United States data show American cotton consumption for April jumped sharply from March. The Census Bureau reports a total consumption of 3,52.28 bales for the month, reflecting a notable rise in demand and activity in the sector.
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Washington, D.C
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