New Army Draft Takes 233 472 Men in May Quota
Secretary Baker testimony on the May draft cites 233 472 men to be inducted this month with marching orders to entrain by late May. The vast expansion plan faces bipartisan concern over cost with lawmakers estimating nearly 20 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Crowder
Arizona
Camp
Cody
Arkansas
Camp Beauregard
Camp Pike
Colorado
Camp Cody
Idaho
Camp Lewis
Camp Wheeler
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
Michigan
Camp Custer
Minnesota
Missouri
Fort Riley
Camp Dodge
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Dis
Camp Hancock
Camp Upton
Wadsworth
Camp Sevier
Aalasie
North Dakota
Ohio
Camp Gortland
Camp Sherman
Oklahoma
Camp Bowie
Pennsylvania
Camp Meade
Ewe
Camp Lee
Humphreys
Camp Greenleaf
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Million Dollar Fire Devastates Waukegan Terminal Plant
A blaze at Waukegan Manufacturers' Terminal in Waukegan Illinois destroyed about $1,000,000 in property. The fire started in lumber on the west side and spread to seven more buildings before 800 naval trainees and local fire crews contained it after five hours. 500 workers were left jobless.
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Waukegan
Ill
Naval Training Station
North Chicago
Starme
Persia Denounces Treaty Informed By Persia
The Hague May 6 Persia informs Holland it rejects all recent treaties, notably the 1907 Russo British spheres of influence agreement, declaring them null and void.
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Persia
The
Hague
Holland
Victor Company Loses Suit in Federal Restraint Decree
New York May 6 The Victor Talking Machine company was held to be an illegal combination in restraint of trade in a final decree signed by federal officials. The ruling marks a major antitrust case outcome for the company and its business operations.
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Victor Company
New York
Victor Talking Machine Company
Ina
Fed
5 000 000 FOR ARMY War Department Plans Biggest Draft Since the Initial Call
Measures to add millions of men to the American army were introduced in the senate on Monday. Senator Hoke Smith proposed a bill for an army of 5,000,000 and Senator Reed called for 3,000,000. The War Department aims to summon the largest drafts yet since the National army's first call, with May's contingent around 300,000 and June near 200,000.
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Washington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Military Affairs Committee
Reed
Missouri
War Department
Department
French caution over Petrograd revolt report from Berlin
Dispatches from Berlin claim a Petrograd revolt restored the monarchy, but French papers warn the news is unsubstantiated by Copenhagen or Moscow reports. The Petit Journal urges prudence, noting German interests in provoking Petrograd troubles to justify intervention.
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Washington
Finland
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlin
Moscow
Sweden
Czarovitch
Alexis Nikolaievitch
The
Petit Journal
Makes peace plea to Italy in wartime appeal
Stockholm reports Emperor Charlies makes a fresh offer appealing to Italy to accept on behalf of her interests. Washington notes no prior sign of a new central powers peace offensive despite predictions of a campaign end.
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Stockholm
Catholic International Press Agency
Charlies
Italy
Washington
Huns Beat Finn Red Guards in Five Day Battle
Berlin reports a five day clash in southwestern Finland near Lakhti and Tavasthaus ended with a German victory. The official communiqué says the enemy was overwhelmingly defeated and 20 000 prisoners were captured.
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Berlin
Finland
Lakhti and
Tavasthaus
Nagel Leaves for Washington to Take Federal Post
Charles Nagel former secretary of commerce and labor in Taft's cabinet departed St Louis for Washington on Friday afternoon where he is expected to accept a federal position PMID not provided.
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Nagel
U. S. Post
St. Louis
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Washington
Hays to Open G. O. P. Offices in New York
Will Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, arrived in New York on Friday to organize the opening of the party’s national headquarters. He plans to establish the offices to coordinate campaign efforts and party activities.
Baker Pushes Huge Army Plan for France
Secretary of War Baker presented a colossal military program proposing $13 billion in the next fiscal year to build weapons and facilities and draft up to 1,000,000 more registrants for an army of about 3,000,000 in the field next year. A draft total of 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 was discussed as a possible maximum under new authority.
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Camp Cody
Camp Bowie
Camp Travis
Utah
Camp Lewis
Washington
West Virginia
Camp Lee
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 Multiple Crashes
In Dayton Ohio Maj Oscar A Brindley and Col Damm died when their plane dropped 400 feet at Moraine City field during an experimental turn. Fort Worth Texas Lt James Ennis Jr and Cadet Paul Perriott were killed in a 150 foot nose dive. Lawton Oklahoma Lt William Dean Thompson and Lt Foster Bailey were injured as 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
James 8. Ennis, Jr
New York
Elfty
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
Two soldiers died and eighteen were injured when a gas bag exploded in a hangar at Florence field near Fort Omaha. All victims were members of the Thirteenth balloon company inside the hangar as the balloon and hangar were destroyed by a subsequent fire. The bag had just been lowered from a trial ascent.
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Fort Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Florence Field
Thirteenth Balloon Company
General Kealy Promoted in National Army Nomination
Washington on May 4 reports Brig. Gen. William T. Kealy of the National Army was nominated for promotion to major general. G. S. Allen of Topeka Kansas was nominated for the Register of the Land Office at Topeka.
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Kealy
Washington
William IT. Kealy
The
Rational Army
G. S. Allen
Topeka
Kan
Register of the Land Office
Spy Gets Eighteen Months
Bernard Stenzel of Waverly Iowa was found guilty Thursday of violating the espionage act and sentenced to 18 months in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth and fined 800 dollars.
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Dubuque
Bernard Stenzel
Waverly
Federal Penitentiary
Fort “Leavenworth
Seventy four die as City of Athens sinks after collision
Off the Delaware coast the steamship City of Athens was rammed by a French cruiser at 1 30 PM Wednesday and sank in seven minutes. Among 24 Marines aboard, 61 crewmen were rescued by the French vessel, with others leaping into the sea as fire broke out. The ship carried 1385 crew and traded between this port and Savannah.
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Atlantic
City of Athens
Ocean Steamship Company
Delaware
United States Marine Corps
City of
Athens
Savannah
Hone Spy, Mrs. King Killing Charged
Warrant issued for Otto Schumann a German alien enemy and alleged spy in Concord North Carolina. He is charged with murder in the death of Mrs Maude A King wealthy widow of Chicago and New York killed August 30. Gas ton B Means once accused in her death but acquitted.
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Concord
N. C
Maude A. King
Chicago
New York
Otto Schumann
Schumann
Means
Germany
Morrison H. Caldwell
City of
Germans occupy Sevastopol and seize Kiev with arrests
Berlin reports Sevastopol fallen without a fight as German forces take the Crimea fortress. London notes military rule in Kiev and arrests of government officials including the minister of war for alleged failure to maintain order.
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Sevastopol
Kaiser
Ukraine
Berlin
Crimea
London
Kiev
Explosion Kills Thirty at Caracas Arsenal
Report from Atlantic Port May 6 says passengers from a Venezuelan voyage describe a fierce explosion at Caracas government arsenal. Thirty soldiers were killed along with a major and two captains.
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Atlantic
Venezuela
Caracas
Former Police Official Guilty of Conspiracy to Sell Liquor
Harry P. Flannery former police commissioner was found guilty by a federal jury in San Francisco on three charges of conspiracy to sell liquor to soldiers. The May 6 ruling stems from actions involving liquor distribution to military personnel during wartime.
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San Francisco
Harry P. Flannery
United States’ District Court
Bell
Frugal Bloomfield Dinner Reflects High Cost of Living
A Bloomfield scene shows Uncle Peleg buying a frugal Sunday dinner while townsfolk debate rising prices. Reuben Sparrow explains how families ration, with Eben Titus adjusting quantities to keep meals balanced. Peleg notes pity for hungry neighbors across the water and the shared ache of economic strain.
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Peleg
Bloomfield
Reuben Sparrow
Reuben
Longleys
Jim
Eben Titus
Eben
Elias Pride
Elias
Peleg Dawes
Motorcycles in War Through World War I Armies
The piece traces motorcycle use from 1914 through World War I, noting substantial deployments by Central Powers and Allies. It cites 18,000 in Marne time for central powers, 40,000 by Britain in spring 1915, about 11,000 for France, and 10,000 for Italy, with total military use over 750,000 since July 1914. It also states the United States had few machines before entering the war.
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Belgium
Marne
Popular Science Monthly
United States Army Service
Pleasant Prospect and Briggs Plan Dinner
A playful exchange reveals a plan to dine at one man’s house that evening to provoke his wife after a morning quarrel. The tone is humorous and period dialogue laden with social nuance.
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Briggs
Boston Transcript
Timekeepers on daylight saving and rooster clock myths
The fragment notes a dialog about daylight meaning and shifting the crew forward by an hour. It references a rooster as a symbol and mentions setting time, implying a discussion of time change practices.
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