Government May Act to Control Grain Prices Urged
Chicago traders expect federal action to regulate or restrict speculative wheat trading as May delivery closes, with July and September futures rising. The Illinois State Defense Council, including J Ogden Armour, signs resolutions urging Congress to empower the President to regulate production and prices of foodstuffs and basic commodities.
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Chcago
Chicago Board of Trade
Houston
Illinois State Council of Defense
Congress
Wheatless days urged to save U S wheat supply
The Department of Agriculture proposes wheatless days for America to conserve the grain. Officials warn a food pinch may occur before next year's crop and urge corn as the substitute under Secretary Houston.
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Washington, D. C
America
Department of Agriculture
United States
Houston
Three Miners Die In Grayson Mine Gas Explosion
In Harrisburg Illinois three miners were killed at the Grayson mine by a gas explosion. The victims identified are water Calhoun the mine examiner Claude Humphreys and Walter Easton.
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Grayson Mine
Harrisburg
Ill
Here
Water Calhoun
Claude Humphreys
Walter Easton
Pershing Mission Secrecy At War Department
Secretary Baker and War Department officials kept Pershing's visit highly secret as Southern Department plans remain under discussion. Officials would not disclose details or timelines, noting plans are not developed enough to publish.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
War Department
Pershing
Southern Department
Texas Democratic Good Government League forms to push prohibition
A Texas meeting organized a temporary Texas Democratic Good Government League to eliminate liquor control from the Democratic party. State Senator D. S. Lattimore urged capturing precinct conventions. eleven counties attended. The group aims to back a prohibition gubernatorial candidate in two years and to build a state-wide organization.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Democratic Good Government League
DO. S. Lattimore
Fort Worth
Texas
John T. Duncan
LaGrange
Sam cC. Sparks
John G. Willacy
San Antonio
John C
Granberry
Georgetown
C. H. Jenkins
Brownwood
Demcratic Party of
Bell
Bexar
Brown
Fayette
Hall
Hunt
Tarrant
Travis
Williamson
Wise
Cherokee
Lattimore and Johnson
Lattimore
Train Hits Motor Car Near Haywood Killing Two Men
A Rock Island passenger train struck a motor car near Haywood Oklahoma this afternoon killing A. L. Peaslee a twenty seven year old married man from McAlester and H. E. Grant twenty four from Topeka Kansas. Charles F. Longer escaped with severe bruises after leaping clear of the car. The civil engineers were riding on the car and did not see the train until impact on a curve.
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M’alester
Okla
Rock Island
Haywood
A. L. Peaslee
McAlester
H. E. Grant
Topeka
Kans
Charles F. Longer
Card Index Soldiers Registration Blanks Mailed Nationwide
The War Department sent nine million registration forms for men aged 21 to 31 to sheriffs mayors and registrars nationwide. They will be distributed for filling on the registration day to be named by the president after Congress passes the conscription bill.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Congress
Diaz Death Rumors Suppressed in Mexico City
In Mexico City on May 12 officials denied rumors that General Felix Diaz was killed. State Department officials said no reports of his death had been received and the rumors were believed unfounded.
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Felix Diaz
Mexico City
Mexico
Mexican State Department
Kansan Patents Fasteners to Spurs for Hen Leg Safety
A Kansas inventor has patented a device that fastens spurs to a hen's legs to prevent injury from leg setting. The mechanism clamps the spur securely while allowing natural movement, aiming to reduce feathered fowl aggression and leg damage in poultry keeping.
Roosevelt May Get Chance To Go To Front
Roosevelt faced opposition over an amendment to send him to France in place of front line service. Critics warned it would be dangerous and demoralize forces, while supporters argued it would harness his popularity for the war effort. Uncle Joe Cannon defended Roosevelt and urged possible service abroad.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Austin
Tennessee
Green
Vermont
Fitzgerald
New York
Chandler
Pershing
Mexico
Villa
Roosevelt Pershing
Kahn
California
Gallivan
Massachusetts
War Lords
War
War Department
Joe Cannon
British Air Squadron Turns Tide Near Scarpe River
May 12 reports say a British air squadron dived on German lines near a chemical works by a chateau north of the River Scarpe. Pilots halted the enemy advance with a hail of machine gun fire and pistols, aiding Haig's forces in breaking German positions and forcing a retreat.
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Field Marshal Haig
British Troops Storm Bullecourt Through Heavy Hand to Hand
Massed fighting on both sides as British troops broke Bullecourt defenses. The assault pushed the German line back to a trench nearly half a mile north. Similar relentless attacks occurred along other sectors with Germans suffering heavy losses against dense formations.
Four Texans join call to send Roosevelt division to France
Four Texans Buchanan Blanton McLemore and Jones joined a House majority this afternoon urging authority to deploy Colonel Roosevelt and his division to France. Thirteen Texans opposed or abstained. Debate highlighted fears of enthusiasm and civil-military rank, with doubts whether Congress or the president will authorize the move.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
France
Buchanan
Blanton
McLemore
Jones
Slayden
Garner
Young
Garrett
Black
Gregg
Dies
Summers
Wilson
Hardy
Connally
Rayburn
Mansfield
Eagle
War Department
Representative Blanton
Abilene
Light Brigade
Pirit
America
House
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt Hosts Scouts at Sagamore Hill Victory Cheer
Colonel Roosevelt welcomed 300 Boy Scouts who marched to Sagamore Hill after the House referred the war bill back to committee with an amendment to enable his division. He spoke to the boys and showed Rough Riders battle flags and his Cuba revolver in the trophy room. He said he would take the relics to France if given the chance.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
House
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Rough Riders
Cuba
France
Inventor Patents Transverse Rod to Boost Clothes Line Capacity
An inventor obtains a patent for a transverse rod that hangs from a clothes line. Small articles can be pinned to the rod in the usual manner, increasing the line's carrying capacity.
Electric transmission line spans 1650 feet over river in Mexico
An electric transmission line in Mexico features a single span crossing a river measuring 1650 feet in length. The compact item notes the span and location without additional technical details.
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Mexico
Greeks Fight With Allies On Macedonian Front
Paris reports the first official mention of Greek troops joining the Allied forces in a brilliant capture near Likadilegan on the Macedonian front. The Macedonian army under French General Serrail includes Serbian, French, British, Italian, Russian, and a Greek contingent. The offensives cover a front of about 100 miles.
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Paris
Ljumpiem
War Office
Likadilegan
Serrail
Greece
Venizelos
British Attacks Fail Along River Scarpe
German official statement says British assaults along the River Scarpe failed with heavy losses. Fighting around Holux continues as of tonight.
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Berlin
London
Kaiser backs Hollweg peace plans in Berlin address
Emperor William supports Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg's peace views per semi official Berlin advices. Hollweg will speak in the Reichstag on war aims Tuesday, while at German headquarters and slated to return to Berlin Sunday after receiving the Kaiser's full confidence.
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Amsterdam
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
War influence on Belmont Park fashions sparks society display
At the Belmont Park season opener of the United Hurt and Racing Association women wore service coats and Joffre caps, black straw trimmed with aigrettes, while masculine warlike attire appeared. a society gathering echoed with quotes about life and fate.
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New York
United Hurt and Racing Association
Belmont Park Terminal
Italians Take Hill No. 1050 as German Mine Obliterates Defenses
A World War I dispatch details Italian gains on Hill No. 1050 on the Cerna River front. German flames and mining on February 12 briefly reversed the handover, then Italian forces recaptured the crest with a two hour bombardment and bayonet assault before Germans blew the mine to ruin the trenches.
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London
Cerna
Mishitch
Balkans
No. 1050
Crest Held After Italian Withdrawal Amid Ridge Standoff
Italian forces evacuated a crest after artillery, bringing 71 German prisoners down the slope. The crest remained disputed as the enemy could not retake the position, keeping the ridge between opposing lines contested.
Thieves Invent A New Confidence Game In Jewel Heist
A New York jewelry firm lost about $6000 in diamond brooches after a con artist used a fake Interborough Rapid Transit executive to send a courier with items to a home in Yonkers. The scheme relied on a messenger and staged voicemail exchanges to avoid direct confrontation.
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New York
Reed & Barton
Frank Headley
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Mr. Headley
Interborough
Fifth Avenue
Fanshaw Avenue
Yonkers
Missing brooches delivered to Yonkers hotel
A messenger from the American District Telegraph delivered a package of brooches to a well dressed young man at the Getty Square Hotel in Yonkers. The recipient has not been heard from since.
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Mr. Headley
Getty Square
Yonkers
Socialists Call for Kaiser’s Ouster Across Europe
A group of American specialists sent cables to European Socialists declaring the Kaiser and Mohenzollerns must go regardless of Germany’s system of government. Messages were dispatched from Stockholm Berne The Hague and Copenhagen. Dutch peat reserves in Holland are estimated at over 100 million tons.
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Kaiser
New York
Germany
Europe
Stockholm
Berne
The
Hague
Copenhagen
Moors
Holland
Schwab Buys Turner Painting for Quarter Million
New York May 12 report says Charles M Schwab, steel magnate, paid about a quarter of a million dollars for the Turner painting Rockets and Blue Lights. The purchase adds to Schwab’s notable art acquisitions.
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Schwab
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Turner
Firemen Present Chief With Birthday Axe Gaffe
In a western town the fire department staged a ceremonial birthday gift for their chief a finely made axe. After hours of preparation the speech faltered the speaker could not speak and finally offered Here is your axe. The chief stared in stunned silence and replied Paine Is that the axe.
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Paine
New York
Mes
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