Wilson's Naval Address Urges Bold Unprecedented War Tactics
President Wilson's unpublished instructions to Atlantic fleet officers were revealed, urging bold methods, discarding prudence, and urging audacious action to outpace the German foe. He praised amateurs over professionals and urged striking at the nest of hornets to win the war.
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Washington
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Daniels
Mayo
Great Britain
America
Germany
Free Six Union Speakers Held In Pittsburgh Meeting
Six men arrested while attempting to hold a meeting under the national committee for iron and steel workers in Pittsburgh were released on bonds of 200 dollars each.
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Pittsburgh
National Committee For Iron and Steel Workers
Barracks Burned Across Dublin in Two Night Blazes
Eighteen police barracks and five tax offices were destroyed Thursday night in Dublin. The official tally notes a total of 68 police barracks destroyed over two nights amid the unrest and arson.
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Dublin
Dublin Cash Ie
Limits Sugar Profit Policy Hits Wholesalers and Retailers
Telegrams from the department of justice reiterate the policy of limiting sugar profit margins to one cent for wholesalers and two cents for retailers. The order is not a price standardization tool, as dealer costs vary. Also, warrants were issued for Theodore W. Bunte and E. W. Boehm of Bunte Bros Candy on conspiracy to violate the Lever Act.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Boynton
Chicago
Theodore W. Bunte
Bunte Bros.’ Candy Company
West
Monroe Street
E. W. Boehm
Federal Building
Bunte Bros
Colonial Sugar Company of
New Orleans
Farmer Confesses to Massacre Near Turtle Lake
Henry Layer admits killing Jacob Wolf his wife and five children and a 12 year old helper Jake Hofer on the Wolf farm three miles west of Turtle Lake North Dakota April 22. Ill feeling over injuries to Layer's cattle by Wolf's dog caused the quarrel.
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Washburn
N. D
Henry Layer
Jacob Wolf
Jake Hofer
Turtle Lake
J. E. Williams
McLean County
Layer
Wolf
Williams
RUSSIAN OUTLETS FALL AS FORCES ADVANCE NEAR ODESSA
Paris reports Odessa, a key Russian Black Sea outlet, has been occupied by General Petliura's troops. Warsaw notes Polish and Ukrainian forces push Bolshevik lines north of Kiev, driving the enemy back along the Berezina river.
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Paris
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Petilura
Warsaw
Kiev
Beresnia
Fewer Potatoes and Beans Reported for Season
A 5 percent drop in potato acreage and a 29 percent decline in bean areas were indicated in reports from the U S Bureau of Markets field agents. The notices summarize farming shifts for the coming season and reflect output expectations in several regions.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Washington
Wilson Veto Stands in House Override Vote
Washington May 17 The Republican majority failed to override President Wilsons veto of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. The vote totaled 170 to 127, a margin of 28 votes.
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Wilson
Washington
House
Bandit Royal Walton Slain After Chicago Mail Train Heist
Royal Walton, a former postal clerk, halted five clerks on the Illinois Central New Orleans limited near Kankakee and stole about 50 000 in mail pouches. After a gun battle he was killed in an apartment siege by Chief James Mooney and police, with Officer William Roberts killed and Officer John Kendrick wounded.
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Chicago
New Orleans Limited
Illinois Central
Kankakee
Royal Walton
East Fiftyfirst Street
James L. Mooney
Michael Hughes
Mooney
William A. Roberts
Hyde Park
Washington Park Hospital
John Kendrick
South Park
C. W. Sins
Y. M. C. A. Social Service Department
Sims
L. V. Walton
St. Joseph
Horace
Walton
Roberts and
Kendricks
Fifty-fist Street
Drexel Avenue
Roberts
Hughes
Otber
England to Sell All Wool Suits to American Market
J. C. Channon of a London manufacturing firm states England will export all-wool men s suits to U S merchants. Suits could be produced and shipped for $32, with duty paid, and retailed in America at $38 40, yielding about 20 percent profit versus current $60 to $80 prices. May 17 New York.
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New York
Iengland
J. C. Channon
London
America
Call for Mexican Congress to name provisional president
Adolfo De La Huerta, supreme commander of the Mexican revolutionary movement, calls on the Mexican congress to convene and name a provisional president. Bandits take $9,000 from the American Railway Express agent in Spokafic. two holdup men robbed a single package of currency just before midnight.
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Adolfo de la Huerta
el Paso
Tex
Revolutionary Movement In
Mexico
Mexican Congress
Spokafic
American Railway Express Company
Salvadoran Rebels Defeated in May Battle
Government troops commanded by military leaders routed rebel forces in San Salvador. Rebel commander Arturo Araujo, aiming for the presidency, led the insurgents but were overtaken by government forces in the engagement near the capital.
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San Salvador
Arturo Araujo
Army Navy bill approval and retroactive pay raise passage
The Wadsworth Kelley bill increasing pay for enlisted personnel and officers in the Army Navy and Marine Corps up to colonel and captain was adopted by the House and heads to the Senate. It provides a 20 percent raise for enlisted men and a $200 to $600 bonus for higher grades and is retroactive to January 1 1920.
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Washington
Wadsworth-Kelley
United States
Army
Marine Corps
House
Senate
United States Service
Navy
Socialist party declares wealth to be owned by the people
The national convention of the Socialist party of America adopts a principle calling for public administration of wealth for equal benefit. Debs is nominated for president by acclamation while serving a ten-year espionage act sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary.
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New York
Socialist Party of America
Illinois
Socialist Party of the
United States
Eugéne V. Debs
Atlanta
Socialist Party
Debs
Edward Henry
Indiana
Bridge opens to relieve Chicago traffic
Chicago celebrated the formal opening of the Michigan boulevard link bridge. The $10,000,000 structure will handle nearly 20,000 vehicles daily on two levels and is expected to save about $2,000,000 a year. The bridge ends a 25 year fight for a major city improvement.
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Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Hnk
Marshall predicts Senate vote on prohibition
Vice President Marshall speaking in Richmond Virginia on May 15 said that if national prohibition had been considered in a secret senate session less than twenty votes would have supported it.
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Marshall
Senate
Richmond
Government party leading in Japan election returns
Incomplete returns from the Japanese election report a government party lead, per a Tokyo cable to Nippu Jiji. A Honolulu paper notes the status as of May 15.
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Government
Honolulu
Hawaii
Japan
Tokyo Cabre
Nippu Jiji
Stee A
Milady’s Accessories Spark Bold Fashions of the Era
The article surveys the flamboyant push for dress adornments amid high living costs. It notes a psychological urge to own luxury items from hair ornaments to tortoise shell purses, drawing on Spanish and Egyptian motifs and echoing American Indian influences. New vanity cases showcase carved ivory and silvered designs, while galilith bags and bracelet handles fuse color with functionality.
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