President's peace aims outlined in US Russia mission notes
The American mission to Russia led by Elihu Root arrives at a Russian port. Secretary Daniels confirms safe passage of the ship. Root and colleagues will go to Petrograd as Russia faces disorganization and uprisings. President Wilson prepared a statement of war aims, sent to Russia to reassure liberals and bolster the Republican government. The statement awaits publication in America until Russia provides it to its press.
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Union News Service
Washington
Russia
Elihu Root
Daniels
Root
Petrograd
Mr. Root
United States
State Department
Wilson
America
U S Firm Wins Contract for French Aviation Field
An American firm secured a contract to build a two-squadron aviation field in France where U S Army fliers will undergo final preparation before joining the front. The Aircraft Production Board announced the site, with materials shipped from the United States to mirror the training fields here. Final training will use French battle planes and instructors.
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Washington
France
Aircraft Production Board
The
National Defense Council
Steamer Kroonland Narrow Escape Near British Coast
Two German submarines attacked the American Line steamer Kroonland on its last outward voyage from New York. Four torpedoes were fired. two struck as glancing blows but did not explode. An American aboard, who had recently been in England, relayed the account from an officer on the ship. The liner was nearing the British coast when torpedoes from submerged U boats were observed from opposite sides.
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Kroonland
New York
England
Deserter Lieutenant Detained by Russians
Riga reports Lieutenant Rabenek of the One Hundred and Eighty-second Saxon Regiment was detained after delivering separate peace proposals. German forces demanded his return by June 5 with threats of revenge. Russians call him a deserter and sent him to the Interior of Russia.
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London
Reuter
Riga
Rabenek
Russia
Galicia’s Chief Resigns and New Minister Named
Vienna reports Michael Bobraynski resigns as Governor General of Galicia. Chevalier Von Seydier is appointed Minister of Agriculture in the official notice.
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Vienna
Michael Bobraynski
Galicia
Chevalier von Seydier
The Silk Hat Passes in English Fashion Shift
Recent Noglish papers declare the silk hat morning coat and fancy waistcoat now discarded. The season’s fashions omit them, with the silk hat hailed by English media as nearly a revolution.
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Noglish
A Pointer for Miss Columbia
Stella and Bella exchange wry banter about love and marriage in a playful dialogue reflecting social expectations and romantic schemes of the era. Stella asserts belief in a chosen path while Bella counters with skepticism about proposals and consent in courtship.
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Miss Columbia
Stella
War tax measure revised in house strikes relief for poor theaters
Senate Finance Committee revises the House war tax bill. The amusement tax on moving picture theaters is scrapped for admissions under 25 cents. A new federal license tax on automobile owners ranges from 7.50 to 25 dollars with reductions for longer used cars.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Simmons
Penrose
Publishers
Post Office Department
Germans Gain Foothold in French Trenches Northeast of Soissons
French official statement from Paris reports that north of Moulin de Lafaux German forces briefly held portions of advanced trenches after a heavy bombardment but were driven back by counterattacks. Violent cannonading continued in the Vernon hill area as German losses mounted. An Allied air reconnaissance claim says two German planes were shot down, both crashing inside enemy lines. Belgian front also noted artillery activity.
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London
Moulin de Lafaux
Soissons
Paris
Vernon Sector
Hoarding of Food Would Be a Felony in Senate Amendment
Washington reports the food bill amendment makes hoarding, storage, or destruction of life necessities a felony to curb prices. Sen Fall proposed FTC review of storage as reasonable, but Poindexter opposed changes. Penalty includes six months to three years in prison. farm produced goods are exempt.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
Federal Trade Commission
Poindexter
Elephants Stampede Wrecks Circus Grounds in Uniontown
A windstorm struck the Uniontown fairgrounds causing a circus tent collapse. Six elephants and circus horses stampede through the grounds injuring many spectators. At least one person is dead and over fifty injured, six critically.
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Uniontown
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Buildings in Cleveland
A massive dynamite explosion at a frame store and apartment building at 1924 Woodland Avenue wrecked the structure and injured thirteen people, with three in hospitals. Doctors expect full recoveries for all the injured.
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Cleveland, O
Woodland Avenue
Two Killed In Explosion At Giant Power Works
An accidental explosion tore through the nitroglycerin room of Giant Power Works in Giant Cal near Richmond killing two men. The plant superintendent said the blast was accidental and the room sustained heavy damage.
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San Francisco
Giant Power Works
Giant
Cal
Richmond
Sims Named Vice Admiral in Washington Naval Ops
Rear Admiral Sims heads American naval operations in Europe waters after formal appointment by President Wilson to four star vice admiral rank.
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Washington
Sims
Europa
Waters
Wilson
Tornado Toll and Fire Hit Oklahoma Towns
A tornado devastated Coalgate injuring and killing residents and destroying the business district. Thirteen deaths are reported across towns including Ardmore Drake and six miles south of Sulphur. A relief train from McAlester carries doctors and Red Cross nurses as fires burn oil tanks in Healdton.
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Ardmore
Okla
Coalgate
Red Cross
McAlester
Oklo
Drake
Sulphur
Marietta
Healdton
Guthrie
Brazil votes to end neutrality in U S and Germany war
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved by 139 to 8 the revocation of neutrality in the war between the United States and Germany. It signals a likely move toward a formal declaration of war on Germany by Brazil. Chilean press support follows Brazil under President Braz urging Congress to revoke neutrality decrees and defend national dignity.
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Chamber of Deputies
Chile
Rio Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Santiago
Diario Illustrado
Braz
Congress
Li Ching Hsi Refuses Premiership After Mandate Dismissal
In Peking Li Ching Hsi rejects the premiership after the Senate approved his nomination to succeed Tuan Chi Jui. Military governors of Haman Anhwei and Shantung and at Mukden threaten independence unless the presidential mandate is canceled.
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Peking
Li Ching-Hsi
Tuan
Senate
Haman
Anhwei
Shantung
Mukden
Sagamore Sinking Off Irish Coast Claims 57 Dead
Captain Alexander Fenton, former Sagamore commander, reports that three score men were killed when the Warren liner Sagamore, sailing from Boston, was sunk by a mine off the Irish coast two months ago. Fifty-nine of sixty aboard perished. two Americans survived.
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Boston
Alexander Fenton
Minister's Decoration Day address sparks walkout
In Pemberville Ohio Rev. A. 8. Bartz of Fremont Presbyterian Church spoke at the Decoration Day event. His opposition to conscription prompted part of the audience to leave the hall during his address.
Two New Cavalry Regiments Forming at Fort Ethan Allen
Washington War Department directs organization of two new cavalry regiments the Eighteenth and Nineteenth at Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont battalions of the Second Cavalry will form the nucleus of these new units.
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Washington
War Department
Ethan Allen
French Liner Sontay Sunk. 344 Aboard in Saloniki Run
The French liner Sontay bound for Marseilles from Saloniki was torpedoed on April 16. Official reports say 344 passengers were aboard and 45 lives were lost. The sinking marks a deadly maritime attack amid wartime shipping.
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Paris
Sontay
Marseilles
Saloniki
Win
Navy happy as first non rigid dirigible succeeds
Washington reports the first of sixteen non rigid airships ordered by the navy completed a successful builders' trial. The craft left Chicago at midnight and reached Akron, Ohio, a 400 mile trip. Delivery ahead of four month schedule, with active duty test within ninety days and weekly deliveries thereafter.
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Washington
Navy
Department
Chicago
Akron
Shipping differences settled on wood and steel ship plan
Washington reports that Chairman Denman of the Shipping Board and General Goethals of the Emergency Fleet Corporation have resolved disputes over wooden shipbuilding. The fleet corporation will build both steel and wooden ships, with 24 wooden ships and six steel barges contracted after Goethals returned from New York.
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Washington
Denman
The
Shipping Board
General Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Fleet Corporation
Riots Drive Trainloads of Negro Workers From St Louis
In East St Louis violence marked the fourth night of race rioting as two men were severely beaten. Reports say packing houses are shipping trains with black workers to Kansas City St Joseph Oklahoma City Fort Worth Omaha and Chicago. Banks note many black savers withdrew funds preparing to leave St Louis.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
Ft. Worth
Omaha
Chicago
Provinces Split From Peking Government Support President Li Yuan Hung
Eleven Chinese provinces including Chi Li refuse Peking authority and back President Li Yuan Hung. Kwang Tung Provisional Assembly calls for dismissal and punishment of military governors. Sun Yat Sen and Tang Shan Yi move quickly toward Canton with other revolutionary leaders.
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Peking
China
Chi-Li
Kwang, Tung
Kwang-Li
Yun-Nan
Li Yuan Hung
Kwang Tung
Sun Yat Sen
Tang Shan-Yi
Canton
Detriot Police Commissioner Sentenced for Contempt
James Couzins a Detroit Police Commissioner refused to pay a $100 fine from Police Justice Sellers for contempt of court and was jailed. He secured release on a writ of habeas corpus and a Circuit Court hearing was scheduled for June 9. The contempt arose from his refusal to honor release orders.
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Detroit
Mich
James Couzins
Sellers
Couzins
Tornado devastates Mineral Point and Edah Missouri
Seven people are reported killed and at least 22 injured as a tornado virtually wipes out Mineral Point a mining village 16 miles south of Desoto. The cyclone then moved south to Edah where one man is known to have died.
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St. Louis
Mineral Point
Desoto
Edah
Infant Abducted From Springfield Home Held Two Days
In Springfield Missouri the infant son of J Holland Keet former banker is held by kidnappers in the Ozark hills. The kidnapping occurred while a maid slept nearby and the parents attended a County Club ball. The father drove through a storm with $6 000 for the infant's release after an anonymous letter.
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Springfield
Ozark Hill
J. Holland Keet
War Department cuts draft army camps to sixteen
Washington reports major revisions in training the draft army. The War Department will concentrate the half million men in sixteen cantonments instead of thirty two and many units may use tents rather than wooden bunks. Budget limits and logistics drove the cut, with four sites chosen in American Lake Washington Atlanta Ayre and Wrightstown.
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War Department
Baker
Congress
American Lake
Wash
Atlanta
Ayre
Mass
Wrightstown
N. J
Guardsmen May Leave Camp to Fill Vacancies
Plans for wartime expansion reveal that many National Guardsmen in training at Fort Benjamin Harrison will be commissioned as officers. The order, issued by Major General Barry and Adjutant General Johnson, allows promotions to fill new militia positions while enlisting regulars may be discharged to accept guard appointments.
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Ind
War Department
National Guard
Barry
Central Department
Johnson
United States Army
Regular Army
Guard
Riots in Lisbon over Bread Scarcity Leave Dozens Dead
Riots in Lisbon were sparked by bread shortages and rising food costs. At least twenty seven people were killed as guards were attacked with stones pistols knives and bombs. Hundreds were arrested and confined aboard warships or in the naval arsenal.
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Lisbon
Zeppelin Route to Connect Hamburg and Constantinople
A Berlin dispatch via Exchange Telegraph Copenhagen reports the Aeronautical Club will run a Zeppelin line from Hamburg to Constantinople for passengers and mail at 40,000,000 marks. Seven stations are planned along the route.
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London
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Aeronautical Club
Hamburg
Constantinople
Three Thousand Revolvers Seized in Southern Brazil
Brazilian authorities seized three thousand revolvers aboard a steamship bound for German residents in the South Brazilian states. The seizure was reported from Rio Janeiro and aims at German subjects living in the region.
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Rio Janeiro
Heavy Toll In Illinois Mine Explosion
Nine men were killed and two injured in a gas explosion at No. 2 Mine of W. P. Read Coal and Coke Co. north of Herrin Illinois. Rescue workers believe the workers entered abandoned workings where gas was present. The mine suffered little damage.
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Illinois
Herrin
Ill
W. P. Read Coal and Coke Co
Here
Tremors Recorded Across Institutions
Earthquake shocks lasting over two hours were recorded by Georgetown University seismograph and also logged at St Ignatius College Observatory in Cleveland Ohio, indicating a regional tremor event.
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Washington
Georgetown University
St. Ignatius’ College Observatory
Cleveland
Cleveland Man Fined for Anti War Speech
Andrew Anderson was charged with disorderly conduct for speaking against conscription in Cleveland Ohio. Judge Beebe fined him $25 and costs and sentenced him to 30 days in jail.
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Cleveland
Andrew Anderson
Beebe
Not the Only One
A Philadelphia Requirer note reports a buying plan promising $5 down and a catch all clause to keep the house keeper on the jump. The fragment hints at a sales scheme with unsettling terms.
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Philadelphia
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