New Army Draft Set At 233 472 Men For May
Washington reports state officials were notified to fill the May draft quota. Provost Marshal Crowder said 233 472 will be inducted during the month and must entrain within five days for camps starting May 25. The May total, including special classes, reaches about 305,000.
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Washington
Crowder
Arizona
Camp
Cody
Arkansas
Camp Beauregard
Camp Pike
Weev Weces
Colorado
Camp Cody
Idaho
Camp Lewis
Thlinois
Camp Wheeler
Grant
Gordon
Camp Shelby
Indiana
Camp Taylor
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Kansas
Camp Funston
Kentucky
Michigan
Camp Custer
Minnesota
Missouri
Fort Riley
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Camp Dix
Camp Hancock
Camp Upton
Camp Wadsworth
Camp Sevier
North Dakota
Wee
Ohio
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Waukegan Terminal Plant
A lumber pile fire at the Waukegan Manufacturers' Terminal plant in Waukegan Illinois caused about 1 million dollars in damage and left 500 workers unemployed. The blaze spread to seven buildings before firefighters from Waukegan North Chicago and the nearby naval station contained it after five hours of effort.
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Waukegan
Ill
Naval Training Station
North Chicago
Stam
Persia Denounces Treaty Over Spheres of Influence
Persia declares all recent treaties void including the 1907 Busso British pact on its spheres of influence. The note was conveyed to Holland from The Hague on May 6.
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Persia
The
Hague
Holland
Victor Company Loses Suit in New York Trial Decree
Victor Talking Machine Company found an illegal combination in restraint of trade by final decree. The ruling, issued in New York, labels the firm as violating antitrust laws and imposes the court's final order.
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Victor Company
New York
Victor Talking Machine Company
Fed
5 000 000 FOR ARMY War Department Plans Draft Increase
Washington reports measures to expand the American army. Sen Hoke Smith proposes an army of 5,000,000 and Sen Reed a 3,000,000 bill. The War Department aims to draft the May contingent and boost June calls to about 200,000.
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Washington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Military Affairs Committee
Reed
Missouri
War Department
Department
Reports of Petrograd Monarchy Restoration Rumor
Berlin fueled German propaganda claims a revolt in Petrograd led to a restored monarchy under the former czar Alexis Nikolaievitch. French papers urged caution as dispatches lacked corroboration from Finland Moscow or Sweden and advised prudence amid possible German motives.
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Washington
Finland
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlin
Moscow
Sweden
Czarovitch
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Petit Journal
Peace Plea to Italy From Charles During War Talks
The Catholic International Press agency reports Emperor Charles urging Italy to accept a fresh offer for its own interests. In Washington officials say no new peace offensive by the central powers has been signaled despite talks of a possible move if the German campaign falters.
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Stockholm
Catholic International Press Agency
Charles
Italy
Washington
Huns Beat Finn Guards After Five-Day Lakhti Battle
Berlin reports a five day clash near Lakhti and Tavasthaus in southwestern Finland ending with a German victory. The official release claims overwhelming defeat of the enemy and 20 000 prisoners captured.
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Berlin
Finland
Lakhti and
Tavasthaus
Nagel Leaves For Washington In Expectation Of Post
St. Louis May 6 Former secretary of commerce and labor Charles Nagel departed for Washington on Friday afternoon with reports that he will assume a federal position.
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Nagel
U. S. Post
St. Louis
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Washington
Hays Plans Opening of Republican National Headquarters
Will Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, arrived in New York and arranged for the opening of the party’s national headquarters. The date of opening was not specified.
Army in France before House considers colossal war plan
Secretary Baker presented a vast military program to the House Military Affairs Committee. It calls for 13 billion dollars in the next fiscal year, massive artillery production, and drafting up to 1 million more registrants to sustain a 3 million man army in France next year, with a possible amendment to grant unlimited authority.
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Camp Meade
Camp Lee
Camp
Humphreys
Camp Greenleaf
Camp Gordon
Sherman
Camp Taylor
Oklahoma
Camp Bowie
Fort Riley
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Camp Lewis
Tennessee
Camp Pike
Texas
Camp Cody
Wanes
Camp Travis
Utah
Camp Jewis
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Camp Grant
Wyoming
House Committee On
Baker
House Committee On Military Affairs
France
Dent
Military Committee
House Military Committee
Five U. S. Flyers Killed in Several Crashes
In Ohio at Moraine City aviation field Maj. Oscar A. Brindley and Colonel Damm died when their plane dropped 400 feet during a turn. In Texas at Fort Worth Lieut. James Ennis Jr and Cadet Paul Perriott perished in a nose dive from 150 feet. In Oklahoma at Post field Lieut. William Dean Thompson was killed and Lieut. Foster Bailey injured when their aircraft fell 30 feet.
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Dayton
Oscar A. Brindley
Colonel Damm
McCoog Federal
Moraine City
Major Brindley
Brindley
Fort Worth
Tex
Walling
James 8. Ennis, Jr
New York City
Paul Perriott
Oakland
Cal
Lawton
Okla
William Dean Thompson
Two Hundred and Fifty-third Field Artillery
Post Field
Lieut
Foster Bailey
Balloon blast kills two at Florence field hangar
Two soldiers were killed and 18 injured when a gas bag exploded in its hangar at Florence field near Fort Omaha. The Thirteenth balloon company members were inside the hangar. the balloon and hangar were destroyed by a fire that followed. The bag had just been pulled down from a trial ascent.
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Omaha, Neb
Florence Field
Fort Omaha
Thirteenth Balloon Company
General Kealy Promoted to Major General Nomination
Washington dispatch reports Brig. Gen. William I. Kealy of the national army nominated for promotion to major general. Also named is G. S. Allen of Topeka Kansas nominated to the register of the land office at Topeka.
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Kealy
Washington
William I. Kealy
National Army
G. S. Allen
Topeka
Kan
Register of the Land Office
Spy Gets Eighteen Months
Bernard Stenzel of Waverly Iowa was found guilty of violating the espionage act and sentenced to 18 months in Fort Leavenworth federal penitentiary plus a $300 fine.
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Dubuque
Bernard Stenzel
Waverly
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Seventy four die as City of Athens is rammed off Delaware coast
The City of Athens cargo liner with 135 crew sinks after a collision with a French cruiser near an Atlantic port on May 3. Among 149 aboard were 24 U S Marines. 61 crew were saved by the French boats and taken to port. The vessel was 2300 tons, trading between this city and Savannah.
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Atlantic
City of Athens
Ocean Steamship Company
Delaware
United States Marine Corps
City of
Athens
Savannah
German alien Schumann sought in Mrs King murder
Concord North Carolina May 3 warrants issued for Otto Schumann a German alien enemy and alleged spy. He is charged with murder in the case of Mrs Maude A King wealthy widow murdered August last at a North Carolina spring. Means once accused is said to have exposed German activity.
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Concord
N. C
Maude A. King
Chicago
New York
Otto Schumann
Schumann
King
Gaston B. Means
Means
Germany
Morrison H. Caldwell
City of
Huns Take Big Russ Fort Sevastopol in Crimea
Berlin reports Sevastopol, the great Russian fortress, occupied by German forces without fighting. London notes German military rule established in Kiev with arrests of government officials including the minister of war.
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Berlin
Sevastopol
Crimea
London
Kiev
Explosion Kills Thirty at Caracas Arsenal
Report from an Atlantic port says travelers aboard an American steamship from Venezuela recount a massive blast at Caracas government arsenal. Thirty soldiers plus a major and two captains were killed.
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Atlantic
Venezuela
Caracas
Former Police Official Guilty in Liquor to Soldiers Case
Harry P. Flannery, ex police commissioner, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. district court on three counts of conspiracy to sell liquor to soldiers in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Harry P. Flannery
United States’ District Court
Bloomfield Prices and Frugal Feasts Move Villagers
A Bloomfield scene shows Uncle Peleg buying a frugal Sunday dinner as hunger and high costs ripple through town. Reuben Sparrow and Elias Pride's provisions store illustrate shared worries and varied responses from Longley and Eben Titus as households adjust budgets and mindsets.
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Peleg
Bloomfield
Reuben Sparrow
Reuben
Longleys
Jim
Eben Titus
Eben
Elias Pride
Elias
Peleg Dawes
Motion Machines on the Battlefield
From 1914 to now motorcycles grew in war use across armies. Central powers around 18 000 by Marne time, Britain over 40 000 in spring 1915, France about 11 000, Italy 10 000. Estimates total over 750 000 motorcycles deployed since July 1914. The U S had only a few dozen before entering the war.
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Belgium
Marne
Popular Science Monthly
United States Army Service
Pleasant Prospect Seeks Dinner Openly Stirring
A witty exchange hinges on a social invitation. Briggs agrees to dine with Pleasant Prospect at his house tonight, noting the lack of his wife’s expectations as the joke centers on a morning quarrel and a plan to provoke her.
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Briggs
Boston Transcript
Timekeepers and the riddle of daylight
A fragmentary exchange mentions a rooster and daylight timing. The garbled text suggests a question about what daylight signifies and a response asserting a future occurrence. The source lacks clear names, dates, or places to provide concrete details.
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