Victory for Provisional Government in Foreign Policy Crisis
Prince Tseretelli announced that the Provisional Government has issued a definite foreign policy declaration aligning with April 9 and echoing socialist views. Soldiers and workers cheered as he said the government had explained its stance, the crisis ending with democracy declared the victor and government to stay in power.
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London
Council of Workmen's
Prince Tseretelli
Prince Tsertelli
Goldening Liberty Loan of 1917 Attracts Large Subscriptions
The Liberty Loan drive shows $7,208,260 per hour in subscriptions with about $500 million in three days. Officials expect many small investors to participate and plan installments and denominations to fit modest funds. Secretary McAdoo says options will let virtually every citizen buy at least one bond. Banks and merchants back installment plans as low as five dollars a month.
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Liberty Loan
McAdoo
Treasury
Enrollment Surplus at Fort Oglethorpe ODTC
Tabulation at the reserve officers training camp in Fort Oglethorpe Ga shows thirty eight more Tennesseans and Carolinians qualified for admissions than the camp can accommodate.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Great Britain backs French appeal for American troops
In Washington Foreign Secretary Balfour said Britain would welcome an American expeditionary force to France. He noted its early arrival would have a powerful psychological impact on both Allies and enemies.
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Great Britain
France
Europe
Balfour
Council of National Defense
Cooperation With Federal Government Proposed by Leading Schools
Washington conference of 180 principal U.S. colleges and universities with the Advisory Defense Commission organized cooperation machinery with the Government for the war effort. Secretary Baker urged defense work by schools and educators adopted resolutions for active service.
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United States
Advisory Defense Commission
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Plans for New Army Completed In War Department Details
War Department outlines full strength for first war army 18 538 officers 528 669 enlisted with eighteen divisions and sixteen heavy artillery regiments. Draft law awaits passage then selection begins. Training camp districts assign units by region from New England to the West.
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Four Drowned in French Broad River Near Hot Springs
Four people drowned when a boat filled with water and sank two miles west of Hot Springs around midnight. The group included J W Sellars of Cow Pens South Carolina and several educators and students from Dor land Institute, Sturfis Kentucky, Lansing Michigan, and Schoolfield Virginia.
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J. W. Sellars
Cowpens
S. C
Boya
Dorland Institute
Hot Springs
N. C
Laura Davis
Sturfis
Feren Wilcox
Lansing
Mich
Edgar Nichols
Schoolfield
French Broad River
Submarine War Threatens Allies as Britain and France at Risk
Secretary Lane told governors at a national defense conference that German submarine warfare threatens Great Britain and France and endangers the United States. Ship losses run high with estimates of 80 vessels sunk in a week and about 200000 tons of shipping doomed in a single week. Officials warn the peril demands full war preparation and coordinated action by states.
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United States
National Defense Conference
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Germany
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Great Britain
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State Department
Denman
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Estiamtes
Bureau of Navigation
Marshal Joffres Caller at White House Tour Talks
In Washington on the eve of a tour of the Middle West and Eastern States France's war mission held talks with the U S Government. Marshal Joffre visited the White House for an hour with President Wilson to discuss dispatching an expeditionary force to France. Col Spencer Cosby accompanied him.
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France
United States
Marshal Joffre
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Spaecer Cosby
Britain’s New War Budget Takes No Surprises
London. Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law introduced the fiscal year war budget in the House of Commons. It shows few changes from the prior budget with no new taxes. the only adjustment is raising the excess profits tax to 80 percent from 60 percent.
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London
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Emergency war bill clears House with Army pay increase
The House rapidly approved an omnibus emergency war bill totaling 2.83 billion dollars with little opposition. The key change doubles enlisted Army pay to 30 dollars monthly, while the Navy receives over 503 million and other departments receive rest for clothing, ordnance, fortifications, and related war needs.
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United States ready to send troops to Europe if needed
Washington reports the United States stands ready to dispatch an army to Europe when Allies decide it is wise to divert shipping from food to troops. The government has offered troops but warns a shortage of world shipping could delay sending them.
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France
Washington
Europe
Berlin Plan for Holiday Strike Fails in Munition Factories
Berlin authorities report no work stoppage despite radical Socialist plans to mark May Day with a holiday in munition plants. Authorities offer 8000 marks for prosecutions of agitators in enemy service aiming to foment labor dissension in Germany.
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London
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Germany
National Service Reserve Plans Presented to Defense Council
A proposed National Service Reserve to perform military or civic work not done by enlisted personnel was outlined to the Defense Council. The plan calls for a nine member board, a National committee, state and district committees, and a Washington headquarters to organize service for the government. Notables like Taft Goethals and Stimson reportedly tentatively joined. members would be compensated and could assist home defense when not active.
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Administration seeks sweeping power over food supply
Washington reports the Administration asks Congress for absolute authority to regulate production distribution and prices of food clothing fuel and necessities during the war. The bill would empower the President to fix prices regulate production requisition factories heads and regulate exchanges to curb market manipulation and ensure equitable distribution.
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Congress
Lever
House Agriculture Committee
Seven Hundred Men Accepted for ROTC Camp at Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe Ga will host a reserve officers training camp opening May 14. Seven hundred eighty one men have been accepted for admission and will be notified next week when to report. Entrance examinations in Tennessee and the Carolinas close next Monday, with over two hundred Chattanooga men already enrolled.
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Reserve Officers Training Camp
Tennessee
Carolinas
Chattanooga
Greenaboro
N. C
Means Food Stringency No Occasion to Panic in SC
David R. Coker, chairman of the state preparedness commission, urges citizens not to hoard food as shortages persist. He notes some have stockpiled six months or more, worsening prices and hurting the poor. He cites widespread production efforts and garden harvests aiding relief by early fall.
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David R. Coker
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Civic Preparedness Commission
Sunday School Convention Ends in Spartanburg
The 40th session of the South Carolina Interdenominational Sunday School association closed with about 900 delegates statewide. Officers elected include Ex-Gov Martin F. Ansel president and R D Webb reelected general secretary. A pro prohibition war measure resolution was adopted and Prof E O Sellers of Moody Bible Institute directed the music.
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Martin F. Ansel
Greenville
J. D. Coppelmann
Charleston
B. H. DeMent
Greenwood
J. T. Fain
Rock Hill
T. Reid
R. D. Webb
W. H. K. Pendleton
Invery County
Georgetown
E. 0. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Can't Employ More Help. Columbia
The attorney general rules that the state highway commission cannot hire more clerical staff than allowed by law. The act permits a secretary and one clerk. Capt. J Roy Pennell has extra workers to try registering all 30 000 cars before July 1. About 2 600 cars have been registered so far.
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South Carolina
State Highway Commission
J. Roy Pennell
Staff Officers Get Busy in Charleston for New Southeast Dept
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood delayed in arriving to assume command of the Southeastern department as staff officers move forward with preparations. Fifty two typewriting machines are added to headquarters in the People's building as the setup begins.
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Charleston
Leonard Wood
Southeastern Department
New Church at Easley to Rebuild on Original Lot
First Baptist church of Easley votes to rebuild on east Main street lot after a fire destroyed the $10,000 structure two months ago. Trustees secured options on three nearby lots but opt to restore on the same site, with work to begin within a week.
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