Bank Bill Signed by Governor in Illinois State Sweep
Springfield June 23 Gov Lowden signs private banking bill mandating state supervision of all Illinois private banks by 1921 and allowing votes by mail for soldiers and absent electors. multiple other bills signed cover drainage districts forest preserves wind storm insurance foreign corporations plat approvals park access and public money disbursement limits.
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Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Illinois
Dailey
McCullough
Cliff
Buck
Manny
Ierlihy
Baldwin
Wendling
Cliffe
Fergus
Canada and United States aim for unified food laws
Washington June 23 Food control in the United States and Canada will be made as nearly alike as conditions permit It will amount to a joint control after a conference between Herbert C Hoover and W J Hanna newly appointed Canadian food controller Hanna said Canadian laws already closely approach the administration's pending legislation in congress He expects food control to start in Canada upon his return Millers from the west and south pledged their cooperation for the food administration.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Herbert C. Hoover
W. J. Hanna
Hanna
Congress
Mr. Hoover
The
Food Administration
Alaska Volcanoes Active Again Across Aleutians
Travelers report Mount Douglas and Mount Hiamna on the Cook Inlet west shore are discharging fire ashes and smoke after years of silence. The Aleutian range from Cold Bay to Mount Ilianina appears ablaze with increasing activity.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Mount Douglas
Mount Hiamna
Cook Inlet
Aleutian
Cold Bay
Shelikoff Strait
Mount Ilianina
Gor man elected president of Chicago Rock Island
James EF Gor man was elected president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway at a directors meeting in New York Friday. The railway reported operating revenue up 13.5 percent for the year ending December 31, 1916, while operating expenses rose only 2.8 percent.
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Chicago
James EF. Gorman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
New York
Corn Products declares five percent preferred dividend
The Corn Products Refining Company of New York announces a deferred dividend of five percent on its preferred stock. Prior dividends had amounted to seven and one half percent.
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New York
Corn Products Refining Company
Sixteen Cantonments for New Draft Army Completed
Washington reports no serious delay in building 18 cantonments for the national army with completion targeted around Sept. 1. Construction supervision will be by a quartermaster team including regular officers and civilian engineers. The Des Moines site may relocate due to rail and drainage concerns. preparations already advance across nine engineer reserve corps majors.
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Washington
National Army
Baker
Wilson
War Department
National Guard
Quartermasters’ Reserve Corps
Reserve Corps
Donald E. Sawyer
Spokane
Rockford Cantonment
Millard Butler
St. Paul
Des Moines
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Georgia
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Mississippi
Iowa
Kansas
Texas
California
New Jersey
Plans for Illinois recruiting week announced
Chicago Captain Franklin R. Kenny outlined plans to boost voluntary enlistments before July Fourth. The effort unites the Illinois state council of defense mayors churches newspapers Sunday schools labor unions postmasters rail and transit workers and many civilian groups. Temporary recruiting stations opened in Chicago and all counties will have postmasters and railroad agents as auxiliary recruiters with free rail fare for joining in state-wide drives in Peoria and Terre Haute.
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Chicago
Illinois
Franklin R. Kenny
Illinois State Council of Defense
Vkinois
Peoria
Terre Haute
Ind
Admits Love for Woman's Husband in Tragic Waukesh a Case
Miss Grace Lusk, a Waukesha high school teacher, remains in hospital after shooting and killing Mrs. David Roberts and then wounding herself. A dictated letter to Miss Winifred Frye, read by doctors, describes alleged affections and the events leading to the tragedy. A quarrel between Dr and Mrs Roberts reportedly occurred the Thursday morning before the incident.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
David Roberts
Winifred Frye
Santa Barbara
Cal
Norwegian steamer Cederic sunk near coast
London dispatch from Copenhagen reports the Norwegian steamer Cederic sunk. The captain and two crew members are missing.
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Morse
London
Cederic
Copenhagen
Women in Lumber Yard Take On Men's Work in Chicago
In Chicago a group of women began work at the Ryan Car company lumber yard, filling roles once held by men. Superintendent Christopher Davidson said heavy demand and labor scarcity led to hiring, with 30 cents hourly wage and 9 34 hour shifts. Women will move into mechanics’ assistants and skilled labor support as needed.
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Chicago
England
France
Ryan Car Company
Christopher Davidson
French Welcome American Airmen
In Nice France on June 23 fifty American aviators arrived at the seaplane depot for instruction. They were greeted warmly by French comrades as part of an expanding American air corps presence in France. A June 8 Washington dispatch noted 100 Navy flying corps aviators had already reached France, among the first U S forces to arrive, including four expert pilots.
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Nice
France
Washington
Navy Flying Corps
Guardsmen to get full officers' pay at Fort Sheridan
National guardsmen in training for officers' commissions at Fort Sheridan will receive the same pay as other students. About 480 guardsmen were ordered to get 100 dollars a month, after delays earlier caused by War Department uncertainty about their status. Some cadets faced cash shortages before the first pay day.
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Fort Sheridan
National Guardsmen
Washington
War Department
British Troops Unearth Mammoth Tooth in France
British soldiers digging near the Hindenburg line in France uncover a mammoth tooth. The odd find drew crowds among troops despite the risk of shellfire from German guns.
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France
Hindenburg Line
Sims Denies U P Fake Story On Ship Sinkage
Vice Admiral Sims condemns a United Press report as absolutely false. He says an American destroyer rammed and sank a submarine as claimed in the US dispatch published Thursday.
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Sims
United Press
United States
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Reach Over 3 Billion
Washington reports Liberty loan subscriptions totalled 3,035,226,850 with over 4,000,000 buyers, led by New York district at 1,186,788,400. Allotments up to 10,000 are full. larger sums receive decreasing percentages. McAdoo notes widespread support and states no allotments exceed 2,000,000,000 total.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
New York
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Banks
Steamer Sinks U Boat Turning Tide of Battle
An American steamer arriving from a British port on June 4 fought a German submarine after it fired a torpedo that failed to explode. The steamer's gun crew fired 19 shots, damaging the sub and destroying its periscope. the sub submerged and did not reappear, though the crew and officers remained aboard during the engagement.
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Atlantic
Wilson approves huge air budget record wartime aircraft program bill
President Wilson endorses a major aircraft program requesting a 600 million dollar initial appropriation. The plan calls for building 35,000 airplanes and training thousands of pilots, with a bill to authorize the program to be introduced in Congress next week.
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Washington
Congress
Witson
Baker
War Department
Root Tells Russia Americas War Aim In Petrograd
Elihu Root spoke to a Russian audience under the Russian American committee in Petrograd on June 23. He declared the United States would fight until the world is safe for democracy and praised Russia as an ally. He urged equal treatment and warned against any overbearing power in the postwar world.
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Petrograd
United States
Elihu Root
Mr. Root
Root
America
Russia
Coal Producers to Meet in Capital
A meeting of coal producers from across the country will be held in Washington on Tuesday under the council of national defense coal production committee. The session will focus on reducing coal prices for consumers and ways to improve large deliveries for military and naval use. Cabinet Secretary Wilson said operators, miners, and railroads are cooperating in good faith.
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Baker
Des Moines
The
Defense Council
Gorgas
Washington
Committee On Coal Production
Council of National Defense
Wilson
Russian Delegates Approve Coalition Government Move
Petrograd June 23 The all Russian workmen and soldiers delegates congress voted 563 to 126 to adopt a minority resolution backing a coalition government and the socialist ministers policy while urging the provisional government to push its pacifist program, seek peace without annexation or indemnities.
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Petrograd
All Russian Workmen and Soldiers
Red Cross Mercy Fund Races Toward Goal in United States
Red Cross campaign reports on June 23 show contributions totaling 77 million dollars with over 33 million from New York City and 44 million from other states. Three days remain to reach the 23 million dollar target as pledges come in at about 15 million daily. June 23 notes Pershing Day efforts with church collections and plans for Mothers Day in Cincinnati. Ohio leads the North Central division with 18.96 million, followed by Pennsylvania, New York outside NYC, and Illinois in high-state standings.
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Ashington
Red Cross
Mercy Fund
New York City
Red Cross Council
Liberty Loan
Pershing
Gen. Pershing
France
Cincinnati
North Central
Middle Atlantic
West
New England
South
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinois
Chicago Council Reverses Mayors School Board Picks
Chicago on June 23, the city council rejected Mayor Thompson 45 to 22 on reconsideration and refused to confirm his school board appointees. The mayor had left the chamber before the vote, and a council motion to impeach him went to the judiciary committee.
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Chicago
Thompson
John C. Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Gold Imports Rise as Canada Sends Funds to New York
Gold totaling 24,341,000 dollars arrived Friday from Canada to J. P. Morgan & Co in New York. The present movement totals 72,841,000 and overall imports since the year began reach 467,841,000.
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Canada
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Two Days Battle in Soissons and Frontwide Fighting
Paris reports heavy German attacks north of the Aisne repulsed by French troops with severe casualties. German claims of trench recapture near Vauxaillon and gains southeast of Moronvilliers are noted. Weather halts Haig on the British front while Austro Italian operations slacken. Russian naval unrest at Sebastopol and Vienna cabinet crisis updates follow.
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Paris
Aisne
Berlin
London
Vauxaillon
Soissons
Champagne
Volhynia
Galicia
Haig
France
Trent
Vausaillon
Moronvilliers
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Vienna
National Guard Draft May Be Delayed to August 5
Washington reports the draft of the national guard into federal service may be postponed to August 5 to ensure fair officer rank under the National Defense Act. The delay aids camp site preparation and equipment assembly while balancing regional requests for early drafting against harvest period labor concerns.
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Washington
National Guard
Department
Congress
Forego White Bread Three Days a Week Chile
White bread rationing plan begins in Chicago on Friday to conserve wheat. Swift and Co restaurant will not serve bread on certain days and Saturdays, aiming to reduce wheat usage and extend supplies.
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Chicago
Swift and Co
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Jacob M. Loeb
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Angus Shannon
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Denman
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