San Salvador Towns Ruined by Earthquake and Eruptions
Reports from Managua and San Juan del Sur indicate hundreds of deaths as San Salvador is described as destroyed by a strong earthquake followed by volcanic activity. Several surrounding towns including Santa Tecla Quezalapeque Nejapa Suchicho Paisadl Armenios and Mejicanos also reported destroyed with communications severed. The Nicaraguan president ordered relief committees and aid to be sent while telegraph links to San Salvador are restored.
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Organisation of Relief Committees
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Hoover report urges feeding allies with U S crops
Herbert Hoover releases a government report showing allies and neutrals will need about a billion bushels of cereals next year along with meat fats and sugar. He notes Allied production and imports cannot cover the need and calls for reduced American consumption and boosted production to aid the food administration.
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Herbert C. Hoover
United States
America
Hoover
Food Administration
Americans Win Sea Fight Off Unknown Submarine
Washington reports American naval gunners on an armed merchant ship appear to have bagged a German submarine. The battle lasted about ninety minutes with no ship name or exact location released. The Mongolia was not involved, while England says Mongolia faced a nest of submarines and fought two of them. The steamer’s final shot apparently hit the submarine, which tilted stern up before disappearing.
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State Department
Mongolia
England
Indians Obey Draft Law After Sheriff Led Search
All but 11 Ute Indians who refused to register under the selective draft law came in to register. A posse led by Sheriff John Alexander pursued the holdouts who feared registration meant possible deployment to France.
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Ignacio
Cole
John Alexander
France
Belgian relief boats bring 10,000 tons of wheat to Rotterdam
Two Belgian relief commission boats reached Rotterdam from Halifax with 10,000 tons of wheat, the first to cross the Atlantic in some time. The cargo will aid Belgium amid a reported shortage and will be welcomed upon arrival.
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Belgian Relief Commission
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Halifax
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Passport Handed Haitian Official in Amsterdam Dispatch
A dispatch from Berlin reports that the Haitian charge d affaires in Berlin received his passport. The action marks a procedural step in diplomatic formalities involving Haiti and Germany.
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Berlin
Andre Tardieu a decisive French mission head at war
Andre Tardieu, head of the permanent French mission in the Case States, is a business man of keen decision. He will decide what supplies shall go to France and, with allied representatives, arrange shipping. Tardieu is forty one, son of an aristocratic Parisian family.
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Case States
France
Tardieu
Paris
American Warships Anchor Off French Coast in World War Olive
Paris reports American warships have anchored off the French coast and are welcomed by the French navy as brothers in arms. A large American transport carrying wheat for troops has crossed the Atlantic under U S protection and is unloading at a French port. Camps for infantry artillery and aviation parks have been prepared for American forces.
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Ministry of Marine
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Clean-Up Order Brings Camp Changes in Indiana
Heavy rains limit training to roads as Cadets anticipate week five changes. Lieut. Col. Hoffmann and two companies from the Eighth and Ninth divisions may move to Fort Leavenworth to continue engineering work. Indiana Defense Council backs War Baker on keeping camp area free of resorts.
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Wisconsin Senator Critiques Foreign Language Newspapers
Senator Husting told President Wilson that some foreign language newspapers in Wisconsin are not supporting the government in the war. He warned they use insidious methods to argue against sending American troops to European battlefields and said action should be taken.
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Threaten To Burn Settlement By Ignacia Utes
Native Ute residents on the Ignacio Colorado reservation refused to register under the draft act and spent the day performing war and bear dances in native dress. Younger men are said to be in the hills with liquor, and threats to burn the settlement and to harm the Indian Agent were reported.
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Colo
Mob Hunts Brute Who Attacked Girl
In Youngstown Ohio five hundred General Fireproofing Co employees halted work and searched the surrounding woods for a Negro believed to have attacked fourteen year old Anna Walker. Police sought clues as the community awaited word on the assault case.
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General Fireproofing Co
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Expatriate U. S. Service Shirkers Bill Introduced
Representative Taylor of Colorado introduces bills to expatriate Americans who leave the United States to avoid military service, promising forever barring their return to the country.
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Washington
United States
Representative Taylor
Colorado
Mass enlistment as draft begins across nation
Washington reports over ten million young Americans registered for war service in the first federal census, with smooth registration and broad volunteer response. Brigadier General Crowder notes messages from states. governors affirm quiet registration and indicate a fall surge.
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United States
Crowder
Returns By States On Registration Selective Draft
Official returns from New York and two other states plus the District of Columbia are reported. Accurate estimates from states yet to complete the official count follow.
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District of Columbia
Raiders from Dixie Gather in Washington
Memorial exercises at Arlington National Cemetery honored Confederate dead with the United Confederate Veterans reunion. Survivors of Mosby raiders formed a permanent group as 10,000 veterans and 100,000 visitors filled the city. President Wilson reviewed the parade up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
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Richmond
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Arlington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Wilson
Marshall
Admiral Winterhalter may succeed Mayo in Asiatic fleet
Rear Admiral Albert G. Winterhalter, commander of the Asiatic fleet, may take over from Admiral Mayo as head of the Asiatic fleet in a forthcoming command transition.
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Mayo
Vessel Building Halted Over Wood Ship Contract Dispute
Washington reports a clash at the Emergency Fleet Corporation as A G M F A Eustis and F Huntington Clark accuse Gen Geo W Goethals of halting wooden shipbuilding by rejecting cost plus contracts. Ten firms offered 496 ships in 12 months or 786 in 18 months, contingent on flat pricing.
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F. A. Eustis
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Geo. W. Goethals
Fleet Corporation
Gen. Goethals
Pershing Arrives in London Aboard Transatlantic Steamer
The British steamer brings the first division staff of the American army to cooperate with British and French forces in World War I. Major General John J. Pershing sails with nearly 60 officers and staff, plus about 70 private soldiers and a clerical group, alongside Canadian and other British officers and a large civilian party.
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London
John J. Pershing
Canada
British steamers torpedoed with American casualties
The British steamer Manchester Miller was torpedoed June 5, killing two American firemen Ashley and Daniels. Other crew members, including several Americans, were landed. The liner Southland, sailing Liverpool to Philadelphia, was torpedoed June 4 with six Americans aboard. Edward Rigney of New York City is missing after the vessel fired 10 shots at the submarine.
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Daniels
Red Star
Southland
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Edward Rigney
New York City
Officers Sought for Training Camp Across Divisions
Washington expected 801 officers for the second officers training camp at Ft Benjamin Harrison opening August 27. West Virginia and Ohio form the Eighth Divisional area with 216 officers. Indiana and Kentucky form the Ninth Divisional area with 448 and 377 officers. Applicants must be at least 20 years 9 months, with preference for men over 31.
Storm Rips Oklahoma Town Killing Two Men
A violent tornado swept across Oklahoma causing two fatalities in Oklahoma City with one man missing. Scores were injured and extensive property and crop damage reported across affected areas.
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Oklahoma
Severe wind storm hits four Kansas towns causing deaths and destruction
A powerful wind swept Shawnee county killing at least three people and injuring several as Elmont Valencia Maple Hill and Menoken suffered extensive damage. Every house in Elmont was destroyed and the village population of 100 endured total loss. The town schoolhouse housing draft records was demolished and all registration records were lost.
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Shawnee County
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Valencia
Maple Hill
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Hanging Threatened as Mob Forces Sheriff to Yield Captives
Sheriff Webb of Springfield recounted how a mob pursued him along Ozark roads to force confessions from three alleged abductors of the three million dollar baby. He said the prisoners remain alive in a hidden spot guarded by deputies after a failed coercion attempt.
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Buddy” Keet
Sheriff Webb
Ozarks
Claude Piersol
27 Men Saved From Death at Speculator Mine Rescue
In Butte Montana twenty seven miners were saved from gas at the Speculator mine after hero Manus Duggan a 20 year old tool boy directed bulkhead actions that kept the group alive until rescue. Twenty eight man J H McAdams died despite resuscitation and Duggan's fate remains unknown. Nuria Johnson reached surface first and quoted Duggan as the life saver of the group.
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Wireless Plant on Broadway Theater Roof Seized
United States Marshal McCarthy and a raid of deputies and Secret Service operatives discovered a powerful wireless telegraph setup on a Broadway theater roof. An engineer and two chemists were arrested and sent to Ellis Island detention.
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United States
McCarthy
Secret Service
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Navy clothing factories ramp up output for war needs
Secretary Daniels said the Charleston navy clothing plant will reach 100,000 white suits monthly after a new addition comes online. The New York facility will boost blue suit production from 20,000 to 70,000 monthly by July 1 with contractor help. Nearly 60,000 men have been added to the navy this year.
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War Navy
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Navy Clothing
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Favor Plan to Fix Coal Prices in Ohio
Rumor spreads among Ohio coal operators that the Federal Government will be asked to set a maximum coal price. Some operators reportedly favor a $3 per ton ceiling for run-of-mine coal at the mine, a level at which profits would be unusually high.
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Ohio
Cabinet Convenes Over Greek Advance Report
London dispatch says Italian troops occupy Janina in northwestern Greece. The cabinet met in Athens to draft a protest upon receiving the report.
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Janina
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Female Regiment Formed For Battle Service In Petrograd
Two hundred students at the Petrograd Technical Institute have signed up to join a female regiment raised by Ensign Butchkareff to go to the front and fight under the same conditions as men. Scores of women showed up at the League of Equal Rights for Women offices, which approved the plan. The women warriors held a fret meeting.
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Petrograd Technical Institute
Butchkareff
League of Equal Rights For Women
Coffee Crop in El Salvador Hit by Quake and Eruption
Earthquakes devastated many villages in La Libertad department and the volcano eruption damaged most of the coffee crop there. Rainfall offers hope that ashes will be washed away to mitigate some losses.
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la Libertad
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