U boat sinks American ship Darigo in Atlantic raid
London reports that the American sailing ship Darigo of 2005 tons was sunk by a German submarine after being ransacked by its crew and then bombed. One mate, John Ray, drowned during small-boat launch. survivors landed at Plymouth.
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LONDON
John Ray
Plymouth
Joseph G Stephens
Amerean
admiralty
Barbara
Gibraltar
Francis M
Cadiz
Cadis
Fire risk reduction drive urged by national boards
Washington reports fire insurance firms back a war time campaign to cut fire hazards. Director Gifford of the Council of National Defense sent state councils a plan from the national board of fire underwriters to educate owners on cleanliness and order in homes plants and storages and urged acceptance of the offer.
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WASHINGTON
state councils of defense
Gifford
Council of National Defense
national board of fire underwriters
Post bulletin urges operators to claim draft exemption
In Chicago on June 1 a bulletin by E W Collins superintendent of Postal telegraph and cable offices urged operators and linemen to seek draft exemption. It states they perform a higher and more necessary service than soldiers with clerical staff urged to claim exemption as essential to national communications.
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CHICAGO
E W Collins
Postal telegraph and cable
Nurse Executed by Teutons Turns Out to Be Aline
Washington reports that Mrs Katrina Coueh an American once reported executed as a spy in Germany was found alive. She visited the Spanish consulate in Brussels according to London dispatches cited by the state department.
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TEUTONS
ALINE
WASHINGTON
Katrina Coueh
Germany
Brussels
London
state department
Guynemer Downs Five German Planes in Aerial Feat
Paris June 1 Captain George Guynemer, famed French air ace, destroyed five German planes in aerial combats between May 17 and May 31. He now officially totals forty three enemy machines. In the period May 17 to 31 French airmen claimed thirty two German planes destroyed and fifty seven more believed down behind German lines. Guynemer’s five victories included four on one day, two of them felled in one minute.
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PARIS
George Guynemet
Mench army
durng
seroush
Guynemer
Soldiers of Spain Participate in Disorders Near Barcelona
June 1 reports from Madrid say disorders occurred near Barcelona with several officers imprisoned in the Montjuich fortress. The war minister confirmed the incidents and noted that a colonel lieutenant colonel two majors a captain and two lieutenants were locked up.
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MADRID
Barcelona
Montjuich
Son of pacifist joins naval reserve corps
Salt Lake City Utah June 1 Knight Starr Jordan son of Dr David Starr Jordan pacifist leader has signed an application for the naval Officers' reserve corps. Jordan 29, married, residence listed as Provo Utah.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Utah
Kmight Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
naval Officers’ reserve corps
Jordan
Provo
French Armies Advance on Western Front in Spring Drive
French forces report control of key positions after a broad offensive. Between April 15 and June 1 German prisoner totals reach 31,820 with 28,645 unwounded as artillery duels and local assaults continue along a front where the French claim initiative and gains while the Germans show growing nervousness at any allied movement.
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Associated Press
DBetween
Petrograd Strikes Sweep 120 Factories War Work Hit
In Petrograd over 120 large war plants prepare strikes after failing talks with the cancellation board. Factories decide timing separately. some strikes already begun. Demands include a six hour day and a minimum wage for women of 150 rubles a month.
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LONDON
Petrograd
Reuter
canciliation board
regulvell
Novaia Zhen
Maxin Gorkys
Ransom Kidnapers Fail To Get Keet Son In Springfield
J H Keet banker from Springfield drives a specially equipped car through Green County mud in pursuit of his kidnapped son Lloyd, fourteen months old, who was taken while the parents attended a local country club dance. The ransom amount was $6000 in currency and the kidnapers did not fulfill their promise as daylight came and police cars trailed Keet.
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SPRINGFIELD
J H’ Keet
Green county
Keet
Lloyd
Shaughnessy Urged as Interstate Commerce Board Member
Petitions circulated at Carson urge J. F Shaughnessy former state railroad commission member to join an expanded Interstate Commerce Commission. Officials sign and send copies to Senators Newlands and Pittman, aiming for appointment as soon as the new seats are created. No strong opposition expected. west of Denver currently unrepresented.
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SHAUGHNESSY
INTERSTATE COMMERCE BOARD
interstate commerce commission
J. F Shaughnessy
state railroad commission
Carson
Newlands
Pittman
Denver
Washington
Passage of food bill expected tomorrow in Senate
Washington June 1 senate likely to finalize the administration's first food bill tomorrow night after debate on several amendments. The measure would create a food survey and production incentives while Fletcher seeks broader use of fish. House agricultural committee continues work on a second administration plan for a food administrator and price control.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Fletcher
secretary of commerce
house agricultural committee
Chicago Declares June Holiday For Red Cross Drive
Chicago in early June declares a school holiday from Tuesday June 1 to Tuesday June 5. All students above the third grade are urged to help secure Red Cross membership and to encourage men to register for service.
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CHICAGO
Red Cross
German Post Taken by French Soldiers
Paris, June 1. French troops at night captured a German post south of Chevreux taking a number of prisoners. Raids by Germans and an attack on the Casque were repulsed.
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PARIS
Chevreux
war office
May Move to Reorganize Brazil Army
Rio de Janeiro June 1 A political movement of strength seeks army re organization. New credits for military purposes and a rise in enlisted strength have been postponed.
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RIO JANEIRO
Rounding Up Disloyal Persons M2 Are Jailed In Kansas City
Twelve alleged opponents of the conscription law are jailed in Kansas City and nearby areas on charges of conspiracy against the government. Among the detainees are Mrs Lenora Warneson Moore daily leader and Dr Eva Harding of Topeka. four men arrested after filing for an injunction to halt draft registration. The justice department pledges full effort four days before registration to curb anti conscription agitation and to investigate exemptions and border detentions to prevent evasion.
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KANSAS CITY
Lenora
Warneson Moore
Eva Harding
Topeka
Warneson
Harding
Kansas
congress
Department of Justice
WASHINGTON
United States
waw department
seaport
war department
President Warns Against Evading WWI Registration
Washington June 1 President Woodrow Wilson warns that anyone who leaves the United States to dodge the WWI draft registration exposes themselves to prosecution and future military service upon return. The proclamation cites the May 18 1917 act making willful evasion a misdemeanor with up to one year’s imprisonment and registration upon conviction.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
T. Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Argentine Wheat Seized by Spain Amid Transport Row
From AMNBOA Spain June 1. Madrid reports the government ordered seizure of a cargo of Argentine wheat aboard the steamer Rosario which arrived Wednesday. The wheat, bound for Switzerland via Cette, was claimed by Spain to meet national needs according to the Eprmah cabinet.
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AMNBOA
Spain
Madrid
Rosario
Switzerland
Cette
Eprmeh
Grossman alleged German spy had been in West for months
Details released on E T Grossman, arrested in Boston while selling a drawn map. Authorities link his German map making skills to military data theft and note a Reno brother’s death during the inquiry. A letter from Reno traced the spy’s movements, revealing a wandering life and family ties as federal investigators pursued the case.
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GROSSMAN
WEST
E. T. Grossman
Reno
William Woodburn
United States
department of suste
F T. Grossmen
Boston
Wilmington
Germany
ram
Port closed New York port turmoil jolts stocks and grain
NEW YORK June 1 Port of New York was closed at daylight to outbound vessels then opened again by noon. Navy yard and customs officials refused to explain the action. The move triggered Wall Street selling while wheat futures in Chicago fell on the disruption.
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NEW YORK
Germany
navy yard
Wall Street
navy department
CHICAGO
Reclamation Work Bringing Results
Washington June 1 Government reclamation projects covering 1 462 000 acres of irrigable land in 196 furnished water to 325 000 acres from which 33 000 000 worth of crops were harvested The value of crops from similar land in 1915 was 18 000 000 Secretary Kane announced today
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WASHINGTON
Kane
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