San Antonio Cantonment Contract Award Draws Fire
Washington June 20 The War Department awarded the San Antonio cantonment contract to Stone and Webster of Boston sparking criticism that local San Antonio contractors were bypassed. Officials cited speed concerns and the presence of more than six applicants, with the maximum contract value set at 260000 and a projected completion target of September 1. Congressman Slayden criticized the handling, while Secretary Baker denied impropriety.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
San Antonio
Stone «& Webster
Boston
Council of National Defense
Quartermaster Corps
Slayden
Baker
Congressm
Stone
Webster
General approves plan for Camp Wilson housing
The housing plan for 40 000 men at Camp Wilson, prepared by city planner George Kessler and Col Harry L. Rogers office force, was approved by General Parker. It moves to the secretary of war for approval so Stone and Webster can start work. Barracks for 400 men two stories high will include mess on the lower floor and sleeping quarters above. Infantry occupy Camp Wilson field while mounted troops use the new ground near the remount station.
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Camp Wilson
George Kessler
Harry L. Rogers
Parker
Secretary of War
Stone & Webster
Boston
Government Takes Over 280-Acre Tract for Troop Drill Ground
The government recorded the first transfer of land from a 1187 acre purchase adjoining Camp Wilson. Title to 286 acres, owned by William Eisler and W L Herff, was secured for $70,000 and includes an artesian well. Further transfers will follow after title abstracts are approved by the attorney general. The land will be used as a drill ground for training 40,000 Selective Draft army troops at Camp Wilson after September 1.
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Camp Wilson
William Eisler
W. L. Herff
New York Firm Wins Fort Riley Army Cantonment Contract
New York based Preree A Fuller Company secured the contract to build the National Army cantonment at Fort Riley Kansas. The award was announced today presumably ending a competitive bidding process among major contractors.
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New York
Washington, D. C
National Army
Fort Riley
Kansas
Preree A. Fuller Company of
New Or
Pankhurst in Petrograd Plans Women’s Regiment Visits Root
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the British suffrage leader arrived in Petrograd and met with the Root commission. She planned to see Mme Kerensky wife of the war minister and discussed forming a women’s regiment. She noted sailors refused passage to Ramsay MacDonald en route to Stockholm and Russia.
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Petrograd
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Root
Mme. Kerensky
England
Suffrage Banner Torn During White House Picketing
A peaceful picket by suffragists at the White House escalated as a crowd attacked and tore down banners aimed at the Russian mission visitors. The banners accused President Wilson and Envoy Root of suppressing democracy and urged liberation before Russia could ally with the United States. Walter S. Timmins of New York led the disturbance. police recovered a damaged banner.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Wilson
Root
Russia
Women of
America
Walter S. Timmins
New York
Timmins
Lucy Burns
Lawrence Lewis
Philadelphia
National Woman's Suffrage Party
Pennsylvania
Daniels Alleges Vice at Newport Navy Station
Secretary Daniels charged that naval recruits at the Newport Rhode Island training station were exposed to open gambling houses immoral resorts and liquor sales. He said he appealed to Governor Beekman to act on the matter.
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Washington, D. C
Newport, R. I
Daniels
Beekman
U Boats Toll Hits Record as Week Sees Heavy Losses
London reports the weekly British losses from torpedoed ships reach a peak not seen in weeks. U boats operate in waves, with one day marking a record for vessels sunk, while naval experts expect improved Allied anti submarine methods to continue and note more escorts escaping destruction.
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London
Admiralty
Three Ships Sunk by German Submarine Seek Answers
Boston reports say the British steamer Elle was sunk by a German submarine after leaving Boston June 8 with cargo for Manchester. The Bay State sailing to Liverpool is also reported sunk though later word says all crew were saved. Dutch steamer Eemdijk bound for Rotterdam with grain was sunk. crew status not clear.
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Boston
Mass
Leyland Line
Pierce
Manchester
England
Bay State
Liverpool
Eemdijk
Rotterdam
Holland Government
American destroyers rescue 80 survivors from torpedoed British ships
Two American destroyers returned to the base with eighty British sailors saved after two ships were torpedoed in the western Atlantic. Survivors numbered thirty one in one lifeboat and forty nine from two small boats. four from the second ship died. Admiral Sims and officers praised the destroyers on their return.
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Atlantic
Admiral Sims
Weather Forecast For Major Cities
Weather forecast covers San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy. Regional temps include St Louis 72 clear with possible rain. Chicago 64 clear. Milwaukee 52 cloudy. Kansas City 68 cloudy. New York 68 clear with increasing cloudiness. Washington DC 70 clear with possible rain.
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San Antonio
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
German Reserve Estimates Reach 13 130 000 Troops
Paris reports General De La Croix in Temps cites sources stating German total troops up to June 1 at 13,130,000. After 3,630,000 losses, 2,200,000 wounded, and 1,130,000 abroad, about 755,000 reserves remain movable, with 575,000 reserves available to cover losses until November.
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Paris
General de la Croix
The
Temps
Germany
Grocers Meet in Chicago to Discuss Supply Problems
In Chicago the National Wholesale Grocers Association opens its Liberty Convention with Theodore Whitmarsh praising Washington efforts. He notes commodity prices shift but exchange values stay constant, highlighting the serious supply and cost challenges facing grocers nationwide.
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Chicago
Liberty Convention
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Theodore Whitmarsh
Washington
Whitmarsh
Governor Ready to Appeal 10 Courts
Governor Ferguson and West Texas A and M board members arrived in Fort Worth after a long trip to challenge the University of Texas veto in court. He warned of injunctions if the comptroller pays funds under the veto and expects the regents to pursue the matter in court. The speaker of the House cannot call a session without a governor's proclamation, a veteran legislator said in Austin.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Verguson
West Texas A and M
Dallas
Austin
Ferguson
University of Texas
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Ofce
Terrell
University
House
W. T. Bagby
Hallettsville
Court of Criminal Appeals
Retailers Blamed as Cold Storage Reaches Capacity
New York reports a statement by Joseph Hartigan commissioner of weights and measures claiming all available cold storage in the city is full and that retailers are keeping high prices despite abundant food. The British government has stopped buying. the public lives more economically and storage is at a premium. Hartigan says wholesalers complain of exorbitant prices.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Hartigan
Navy Enlistments Top 120 Thousand As War Runs
Washington DC June 20 Navy enlistments reach 120 928 total with 56 248 since the war with Germany began Recruiting yesterday and Monday adds 4 203 to the count.
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Navy
Washington, D. C
Germany
Rotary Plans To Aid War Program At International Meeting
At the Atlanta Rotary convention the third session focused on the war effort, with General Wood and Lord Northcliffe associate PomeRoy Burton urging nationwide information campaigns. Burton warned that Americans remain dangerously apathetic and urged a public mobilization using media, schools, churches, and public spaces to explain the war and the stakes.
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Atlanta
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Rotary
Pomeroy Burton
International Journalis
Lord Northcliffe
London
Wood
Charles M. Schwab
New York
United States
Burton
Lusitania
Sussex
Merchants’ Association of New York
England
Union
America
Belgium
Roumania
Pershing and Joffre Confer on American Affairs
Major General Pershing and Marshal Joffre held a long conference in Paris on American affairs. Pershing plans visits to an army engineering depot, a large airfield, and a school teaching armored motor car operation.
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Paris
Pershing
Marshal Joffre
Gore Denounces Food Control Bill In Senate Clash
Senator Gore chairing the agriculture committee denounces the administration food control bill as harmful to farmers predicting $250 million wheat and $500 million corn losses and possible famine next year. He calls it a short sighted policy and decries its British and Canadian roots. Senator Kenyon defends the bill condemning food speculators as highwaymen.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Gore
Agriculture Committee
Gore
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Kenyon
America
Bandits Steal About 30000 In Chicago Express Heist
Official word reports gold and silver coin valued at nearly 30000 taken from an express car safe in Chicago. Diamonds believed stolen were later found among safe contents. Messengers Jack Roberts Andrews of Burlington Iowa and Ward R Smiley of Monmouth Illinois were bound and robbed. two masked men were in custody.
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Chicago
G. M. Curtis
Western Department
Adams Express Company
Jack Roberts Andrews
Burlington
Iowa
Ward R. Smiley
Monmouth, II
Andrews
Russia charteres ships for wartime supply shipment
Two vessels of the shipping board were chartered to Russia to transport part of 300000 tons of Russian supplies awaiting shipment in New York. The Russian port will be icebound again before October 1. The ships, about 7000 tons each, were seized from the enemy fleet in American ports at the outbreak of war.
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Washington, D. C
The
Shipping Board
Russia
Archangel
New York
How the War Came to America pamphlet announced by committee
The government committee on public information plans to publish a pamphlet titled How the War Came to America to explain why the United States entered the war. It will be bound in national colors and include three notable Wilson addresses. A series of red white and blue books will follow as the war progresses. It will be translated into many languages and widely circulated.
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Washington, D. C
America
United States
Committee On Public Information
Wilson
Americans Boost Medical Staffing in British Hospitals
A British dispatch reports American efforts have rapidly expanded doctors, anesthetists, and nurses in France, with the United States taking over full work in several general hospitals and freeing local staff for front line duties. The correspondent lauds American promptitude and thoroughness.
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London
France
Argentina May Act on War Policy in Parliament
Buenos Aires reports that government party members favor abandoning neutrality and aligning with the United States. A bill addressing adhesion to the Allied stance is expected to be introduced in Parliament.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Zep pelins to America Possibility Seen in Future
A German technical weekly suggests regular Zeppelin trips to America may be feasible in the not distant future with a modest increase in airship size. It says the lift from a larger vessel could handle a four day transatlantic voyage. The piece appears to consider peacetime use.
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Copenhagen
London
America
Pope Protests Belgium Deportations Through Vatican Channels
The Pope plans ongoing protests via diplomatic channels against renewed Belgian deportations. The protest will be based on recent reports from a Belgian bishop.
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Rome
Paris
Vatican
Home improvement ads in The Light Want Ads
The Light Want Ads offer contractor and decor services to enhance comfort and appeal of homes. Readers are urged to use the daily columns to hire carpenters, decorators, and contractors, with phone orders via Crockett 1742.
Federal pool urged for handling coal to avert winter shortage
The Federal Trade Commission urged Congress to create government pools for coal production and distribution and for rail and water transportation to prevent a severe coal shortage next winter. The report says transport failures paralyze the industry and recommends a government controlled pool with fixed costs and profits, plus a transportation pool under presidential direction. An alternative calls for wartime priority orders for coal shipments. Immediate legislation is deemed necessary as soft coal production runs 40 percent below potential.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
United States Bath and Water
Dave Colver
Fort
Harris
Liverpool Ends Cotton Futures Markets Slump
New York reports the Liverpool Cotton Exchange suspended futures trading for a period awaiting a conference. Prices fell with October contracts down over a dollar, then steadied as liquidation continued and English market impact spread across U S traders.
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New York
Theerpool Cotton Exchange
Liverpool’ Exchange
Descline
Liverpool
New York Cotton Exchange
Herbert C. Hoover
Washington
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Northcliffe
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Alexander Berkman
Joffre
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