Food Control Bill Signed as Hoover Takes Post
President Wilson signs the food control bill on Herbert Hoover birthday appointing him to direct food guidance and exports. Hoover begins immediate volunteer education and mobilization of housewives and agencies to enforce economy and distribution for wartime needs.
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Union News Service
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Wilson
Saulsbury
Senate
Champ Clark
Mr. Hoover
White House
Hoover
United States
Herbert Hoover
Mr Hoover
The
Food Administration
Americans Reject Sending U.S. Troops to Russia
The American mission to Russia voiced near unanimous opposition to sending U.S. soldiers to the eastern front. Only Charles Edward Russell favored troops, while Elihu Root and other commissioners argued against it. They met with Secretary Lansing to review their experiences and conclusions. Their report to President Wilson likely will be released publicly.
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Washington
Russia
Charles Edward Russell
United States
Elihu Root
Lansing
Wilson
States honor volunteers as army reaches full strength
Washington reports the war volunteers have raised the regular army to 300000. Since April 1, 183898 volunteers enlisted, with California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Utah Washington and Wyoming on the roll of honor. Recruitment will continue to maintain a steady flow into the reserve.
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Washington
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
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New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
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Wyoming
War Department
Reserve
Canada To Conserve Food Regulations Set
Ottawa announces definite regulations restricting beef bacon and white bread in public eating places and prohibiting wheat in distillation or alcohol production by order in council at the Food Controller. Beef and bacon cannot be served on Tuesdays and Fridays and at most one meal on other days. Corn bread oat cakes potatoes must be provided with every white bread meal.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Vanderbilt Estate Valued at 12.7 Million Net
The estate of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, lost with the Lusitania on May 7 1915, is valued at 12 748 436 net. The appraiser's report has been filed.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Shipping Board to commandeer American tonnage at sea
Washington announced that commandeering of American tonnage now on the seas will begin as soon as an operating department is organized and a capable shipping man can be found to lead it.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Catholic Uniate Churches Freed By Russian Govt Decree
Petrograd reports the government has abolished all restrictions affecting Catholic Uniate churches within Russia. The move ends limits on worship and church activities previously imposed across the empire.
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Petrograd
Russia
Insurance Plan Aims to Protect Soldiers Admirals and Families
Washington announces a wartime life insurance program for soldiers sailors and marines. Bills by Senator Simmons and Representative Alexander propose compulsory allotments of 15 dollars monthly, government credits for dependents, disability indemnities from 40 to 200 dollars, and insurance on lives from 1000 to 10000 dollars with the government bearing the risk.
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Washington
America
Congress
Senator Simmons
Representative Alexander
Senate
House
War and Navy Departments
Goethals' Staff Resigns Over Sympathy Move
The entire Emergency Fleet Corporation legal staff quits en masse amid sympathy for Major General Goethals after his resignation as general manager was accepted by President Wilson. Included are George Rublee Joseph P. Cotton George H. Savage Charles P. Howland and Edward B Burling. Most served without pay.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
George W. Goethals
Wilson
George Rublee
Federal Trade Commission
Joseph P. Cotton
Geo. H. Savage
Charles P. Howland
New York
Edward B. Burling
Chicago
Mr. Savage
Reward Given for Sinking Submarine
London reports a British merchant ship crew rewarded for sinking a submarine. Names and details cannot be published due to wartime safety rules recalling Captain Chas Fryatt. The Captain and crew received 2500 dollars from Sir William J. Tatem, chairman of the Tatem Steam Navigation Co.
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London
Chas. Fryatt
Brussels
William J. Tatem
Tatem Steam Navigation Company
Army reorganization cuts units to nineteen thousand men
The War Department orders a major reorganization reducing the field from a 28 000 man division to about 19 000. The change swaps three brigades of three regiments for two brigades of two regiments, increases artillery and machine gun strength, detaches cavalry, adds a trench mortar battery, and reactivates the Civil War era corps system. National Guard divisions will realign to the plan after training camp arrival. Regulars already operate under it in France.
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Washington
War Department
Army Corps
National Guard
National Army
France
Conscripts Ready by September First Warned to Prepare
Washington reports nearly one million soldiers will be in the U S Army by September 1 with more than 200 000 men of the selective draft to be called and sent to divisional training cantons Brigadier General Crowder urged governors to ensure the first increment quota is ready and that local boards certify nonexempted men daily pending decisions on claims
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Washington
United States Army
Crowder
British Monitors Silence Turkish Battery Near Athens
Allied warships bombarding the Turkish coast along Asia Minor report British monitors silenced one battery and destroyed an airstrip near another, according to a dispatch from Athens to Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Asia Minor
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Navajo Steamer Abandoned After Sea Fire
The Navy Department reports the American steam ship Navajo of the Navajo Steamship Company caught fire at sea and was abandoned. The crew were landed in safety with the origin of the blaze suspected to be in the stokehole.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navajo
Navajo Steamship Company
Train Disaster Kills 34 in Arquata Italy
Thirty four people die and about 100 injured when the Genoa Milan express derails at Arquata near Alexandria Italy. Rescue efforts continue as officials assess the accident scene and causes.
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Alexandria
Italy
Arquata
Refugee Reports Severe Hunger in Syria and Palestine
A refugee who fled Syria and Palestine and reached New York via circuitous routes described conditions as the worst possible. He reported to the American Committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief about starving poorer classes there.
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Syria
New York
Palestine
American Committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief
Student Officers Make Fatal Mistake in Range
Four students died and three were wounded in Marietta Georgia when artillery officers mistook the range during practice. A woman was among the dead. Investigations are underway into the fatal mishap at the training facility.
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Marietta
Heavy blows loom on western front as Canadians advance
Haig's Canadians creep toward Lens while French push near Ypres and Dixmude. Teuton artillery rains on Loos Ypres and coast as Entente seeks new strike. Petain's forces score local gains east of Noisy farm and a bold charge near Loon. Heavy clashes in Champagne as armies clash.
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Sir Douglas Haig
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Ypres
Dixmude
St. Quentin
Teuton
Loos
Bixschoote
Reaux
Wotan
Petain
Noisy Farm
Loon
Aisne
Teutons
Poilus
Rescue of 24 Americans Besieged by Bandits Near Tabul
Captain Calvin B. Matthews and Lieutenant Thomas M. Luby of the US Marine Corps attached to the Peking Legation lead a rescue from Kalgan toward Tabul in Chi Li province. They are accompanied by Chinese soldiers to save 12 American Board Missions members and 12 other foreigners, mostly women and children, besieged by bandits. Tabul lies in northwestern Chi Li, about 160 miles from Peking. Kalgan sits midway between the two.
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Peking
Calvin B. Matthews
Thomas M. Luby
United States Marine Corps
Kalgan
Tabul
Chi-Li
American Board
Jtabul
Chi- Li
President to Supervise War Plants
President Wilson will use government commandeering power to supervise plants working on wartime contracts. Secretary of War Baker will enforce the control until the war ends. The move has the backing of Samuel Gompers of the AFL.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Navy to Build Philadelphia Air Craft Factory
Secretary Daniels ordered a new aircraft factory at League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia to cost about 1,000,000 and finish in 100 days. The plant will employ 2,000 workers and produce 1,000 small planes yearly as U S aviation expands.
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Washington
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Daniels
United States
Navy Department
Air Raid On England Kills 23 Injures 50 In Southend
London report says twenty German planes bombed Southend in Sussex forty miles east of London killing 23 people including nine women and six children and injuring more than 50. Damage reported across Southend with about 40 bombs dropped. Rochford and Margate saw minor effects.
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Southend
Sussex
Rochford
Margate
Kent
Hoover Reveals U S Plan To Control Wheat Prices
Food administrator Herbert C Hoover announced comprehensive controls for wheat flour and bread. Measures include penalties for hoarding, seizure of existing harvest, licensing for large mills, storage limits, and centralized administration at major wheat terminals, with implementation set for September 1. Hoover asserts strict enforcement will stabilize wheat prices and, in turn, flour and bread.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
Hoover
Provincetown Fishermen Drowned in Cape Cod Gale
Nineteen Portuguese fishermen from Provincetown perished when dories were swamped by a sudden gale off Cape Cod. The tragedy highlights dangers faced by New England fishing crews during harsh sea conditions.
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Boston
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Central Committee denounces German treatment of Russian POWs
The Central Committee condemns Germany for barbaric acts toward Russian prisoners of war. It protests Germany’s failure to honor neutral country internment promises for sick prisoners, illegal retention of unfit combatants, and restrictions on prisoner correspondence with home.
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Petrograd
Central Committee
Germany
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