Joffre 10 Visit Tome of Lincoln Joffre 10 Visit Tome of Lincoln Stops in Six Cities
France's war mission will tour eastern and midwestern states for a week or ten days with Marshal Joffre and other officers aboard a special train. They will visit Chicago Kansas City St Louis Springfield Philadelphia New York and Boston. The trip includes a visit to Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield and will suspend conferences during travel.
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Washington
France
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Rene Vivian
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Chocheprat
Marquis de Chambrain
la Fayette
United States
Marshal Juiltres
Col
Jean Fabry
Bite Devil
Mission Frou Alb
Pacific Coast
Bute Department
Department
State Department
Lincoln
Tih
Abraham Lincoln
Jane Addams Proposes Feeding War Dependents Council
Jane Addams told the Chicago Woman's Club that the United States should feed women and children of all nations during the war and urged an international council in Athens to oversee dependent populations until peace. She also called for an international political organization to achieve shared goals without war.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Chicago Woman's Club
United States
Athens
Petain Made French Chief of Staff in Reform Move
Paris May 1 Gen Petain appointed chief of staff to oversee operations for French troops with a role akin to Sir William Robertson. Government to pursue reorganizations based on recent campaigns and lessons learned, with some leadership changes and strict discipline for faults.
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Paris
Gen. Petain
William Robertson
London
Belgium Asks United States for War Loan
The Belgian government submitted a loan request to the United States to aid refugees in France and meet military needs. Officials discussed tentative Belgian figures around 150 million dollars, with formal talks beginning after Baron De Cartier met Secretary McAdoo. French and Italian loan plans and treasury certificate offerings were also discussed, with decisions expected within days.
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Baron de Cartier
McAdoo
Crosby
France
Viviani
M. Viviani
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Russian Troops to Front as Petrograd Council Reassigns Forces
May 4 Petrograd dispatch reports the council of soldiers and workers delegates authorizing sending Petrograd garrison to the front if needed to support the revolution. A new alliance of military and naval officers is formed to organize higher command for victory against the central powers.
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Petrograd
London
Council of Soldiers
Workmen's
Germans in Brazil Propose Loyalty to Government
Foreign Minister Muller cabled Ambassador DaGama that German residents and Brazilian citizens no longer face trouble. A large number of Brazilian-born Germans pledged adhesion to the government’s chosen path.
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Brazil
Washington
Muller
DaGama
Herbert C Hoover Heads to America for Belgian Relief Work
Herbert C Hoover, newly named chairman of the American food board, sails from England to the United States on an American ship and will reach New York within days. He plans to travel to Washington to assume his post while continuing to chair the Belgian relief commission, with executive duties to be shared by W L Hennold and others in America.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
American Food Board
England
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Washington
Hoover
W. L. Hennold
America
Grain Elevators Destroyed in Chicago Fire
Fire destroyed two grain elevators of the Hales and Madwards company in Chicago on Monday. About 75,000 bushels of oats and wheat were housed in the structures, with total losses estimated near 500,000 dollars. Police and federal officials began investigating the blaze’s origin.
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Chicago
Hales and Madwards Company
German Critique of War Policy Praises Wilson and Warns on US Role
Maximilian Flarden reports from Copenhagen via London on Die Zukunft essays by the German publicist Harden. He criticizes German diplomacy, defends Wilson, urges reforms at home, and argues the United States will shape the war’s outcome by shifting from neutrality to burdensome expenditures and aiding allies.
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Copenhagen
London
Maximilian Flarden
Enfant Terrible
Die Zukunft
America
United States
Herr Harden
Germany
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Harden
Belgium
Briey
Courland
Livonia
Determined Fight on School Bill in Springfield House
In Springfield on May 1 a determined house fight forms against the Flagg bill to validate scores of community high school districts and bonds totaling about 10 million dollars, long held invalid by a supreme court decision. Advocates in labor unions weigh the fate of the eight hour bill today or Wednesday as a motion to non-concur in the industrial affairs committee report is set. All bills on first reading moved forward in a crowded calendar signaling at least six weeks more of session.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Assembly of Labor Unions
Industrial Affairs Committee
Former Princess Entered U S After Detention
Catharine Kolb former wife of Prince William Radsi was detained at Ellis Island aboard a Norwegian steamship. A Board of Inquiry ruled there was no reason to bar entry and released her. Commissioner Frederic C Howe suggested it might have been mistaken identity.
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New York
Mav
Catharine Kolb
Prince William Radsiwell
Ellis Island
Frederic C. Howe
South American Invents Submarine Destroyer Device
F Alfonso Peret, former Peruvian minister to the U S, told the Fifth Avenue association at a loyalty luncheon that a South American has invented a device to destroy submarines. The navy department and British and American naval boards examined it and were favorably impressed.
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New York
F. Alfonso Peret
Peru
United States
Fifth Avenue Association
Loyality
Navy Department
Senate Votes to Transfer Interned German Ships
The Senate narrowly approved a resolution to transfer title and custody of about 100 German ships in U S ports to the government for use in commerce under the shipping board. Some ships are set to sail or be repaired, with debates over owner compensation left to later action.
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Washington
Senate
Shipping Board
United States
Austria
Clara Mennig
Italy
Pisa
France
Food Bill Proposed In Both Houses To Govern Production
The administration introduced food control legislation in Congress aiming to place the Agriculture Department in charge of production distribution and pricing with powers to license businesses, seize hoarded stocks, and enforce fair prices. A federal inquiry into high prices began with a hearing by the Federal Trade Commission and agriculture officials, with 40 states represented and complaints about middlemen and railcar shortages cited.
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Washington
Congress
House
Chaiman Lever
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Senate
Gore
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Frazier
Notch Dakota
Bodies Found in Water Filled Shaft Near Renton Wis
In Renton Wisconsin a water filled mine shaft yielded the bodies of Mrs H C Campbell and her 18 month old child. They had been missing for three weeks while possibly visiting relatives in Kansas City or Sparta. The husband, an ore hauler, had left for Dubuque and had not returned. It is not known whether the deaths were accidental.
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Dubuque In
H. C. Campbell
Renton
Wis
Here
Kansas City
Sparta
Tax Law Changes Stamp Tax Notes Revenue Shifts
The article lists changes in taxation across categories. Income tax exemptions reduced to 1000 for singles and 2000 for married couples. Whiskey tax doubles from 1.10 to 2 per gallon. Beer tax rises from 1.50 to 2.50 per barrel. Soft drinks taxed like hard drinks. Cigarettes tax doubled with graduated rates for cigars. Tobacco wholesalers and retailers taxed 25 and 6 respectively. Railroads taxed above four percent on passenger and freight. Automobiles taxed five percent of factory cost. musical instruments taxed. Base ball gate taxes set at 10 percent of receipts. Amusement venues and moving picture houses taxed similarly.
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McAdoo
Fordney
Michigan
Kitstun
Railroads seek coal rate hike across anthracite regions
The interstate commerce commission faced petitions from the anthracite coal railroads seeking higher freight rates from mines to consumption points. Increases target five to 25 cents per ton depending on size and destination, with additional boosts for iron ore shipments to Pittsburgh area furnaces. The commission already approved new rates for iron ore from lake regions to Pittsburgh and related valleys as part of a broader advance.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Tidewater
Buffalo
Erie
Middle West
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Mahoning
Shenango Valley
Commission
Federal court hears case on passenger rate discrimination
The Interstate Commerce Commission seeks to end discriminatory passenger rates favoring Illinois cities over St Louis. Circuit Judge Hook and District Judges Munger and Dyer heard arguments as Joseph W. Polk for the ICC outlined the case. The commission acted after the Business Men's League of St Louis complained that fares from St Louis to certain points were higher than from Chicago to similar points.
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ST. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads of
Illinois
Federal District Court
Hook
Munger
Nebraska
Dyer
Missour
Joseph W. Polk
Commission
Business Men's League of
Norg
Chicago
Organise Indian Cavalry on the Mexican Border
Representative Kahn of California introduced a bill to authorize ten or more regiments of Indian cavalry to be designated the North American Indian cavalry. He said they would be used on the Mexican border.
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Washington
Kahn
California
New Bill Puts Test On Nation Washington May
A secret drafting sub committee reports a proposed wartime tax bill aiming to raise at least 1.56 billion dollars through direct taxes next year. It would cut exemptions to 1000 for single and 2000 for married filers, raise excess profits tax to 18 percent, and add taxes on liquor beer cigars tobacco autos soft drinks amusements freight and stamps while leaving tariffs and retroactive Taxes behind. The full committee fights loom as Rep Fordney opposes large direct taxes and secrecy remains a feature of the process.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Oregon farm labor shortage sparks harvest drive
Oregon faces a broad shortage of wheat grain cattle hay and labor per a report from county agents of Oregon Agricultural College a grave demand for farm help is forecast during eastern Oregon harvest towns plan to close stores five days a week to free workers for work in the fiesta
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College
Bove
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