National Antidraft Plot Led to Columbus Raids
Government agents in Columbus raided a South High street print shop uncovering a large nationwide propaganda plot to deter conscription. Three men were arrested in the city, with further arrests expected in Ohio and beyond. Hennacy and Wannisper were taken into custody for distributing anti conscription posters bearing phrases attacking war profiteering and urging resistance.
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Bannert
Columbus
United States
Cox
South High Street
Ohio
Stuart R. Bolin
Marschal Walters
Carter
H. E. Townsley
Ammon Hennacy
Ohio State University
Albert Wannisper
Hennacy
Anti-Militaristic League
Admiral Upshur Dies as Oldest West Point Graduate
Rear Admiral Upshur, oldest living West Point graduate and dean of the flag officers, died here last night of heart failure at age 84. A veteran of Perry's voyage to Japan, the Civil War service with Porter, and numerous commands, his career spanned the early and modern navy.
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West Point
Associated Press
Washington
Naval Academy
Commodore Perry
Japan
Porter
Navy
Naval War College
United States Navy
Newport
Stephen B. Luce
Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917 Terms Announced
The act authorizing the Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917 was passed April 24, 1917. It authorizes $5 billion in 3 percent bonds with semiannual interest on December 16 and June 15. Principal repayable after June 15, 1932, with optional full maturity June 16, 1947 if not exercised. Bonds exempt from most taxes. Sold at par through the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks, with banks and post offices acting as agents. Purchases can be made with partial payments starting at 2 percent down and staggered larger payments through August 20, 1917.
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United States
Federal Reserve Banks
French Lines Hold After Violent Gas Attacks In Champagne
German efforts to push back French forces in Champagne were repelled with French lines largely intact despite heavy gas shelling and a brief foothold gained by Crown Prince troops northeast of Mont Haut. British fronts in France saw quiet, with French raids and renewed artillery activity near Arras, Bullecourt, and along the Scarpe.
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Mont Haut
France
Arras
Bullecourt
Scarpe
Ambassador halts internment of British divine
London reports how the American ambassador in Constantinople used influence to stop the internment of a popular British non conformist minister. The Turkish authorities, urged by German interests, planned to send him to an Asia Minor camp, but the ambassador's protest led Enver Pasha to order his release and return to Constantinople.
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London
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
United States
Constantnople
Bosporus
Asia Minor
Enver Pasha
Hospital in Liverpool to house Canadian troops
A main base hospital for Canadian troops is planned in Liverpool to accommodate at least 1,500 convalescent soldiers. The site is currently owned by the Church Inter-.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Liverpool
Church Inter
Confusing Spain Crisis Looms Over Constitutional Pause
Madrid reports a probable suspension of constitutional guarantees within days as unrest and diplomatic tensions rise. Former Premier Romanones says the situation grows graver with every hour, while Interior Minister Mireles bans public demonstrations on international questions amid censorship limits on details.
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Madrid
Paris
Ant Romanones
Alphonse
Spain
Mireles
Martinl
Tornado Toll Rises With Destruction Across Missouri Illinois
Severe weather left at least eleven dead and about forty injured in Missouri and Illinois as tornadoes struck towns including Mineral Point Missouri and Mound-Trom in Alexander County Illinois. A death in Pana Illinois raised the one day toll to twelve as damages and other injuries occurred across the region.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Iinois
Senate Finance Committee War Tax Provisions Pass
The Senate Finance Committee approved a war tax package raising about 51 million dollars via two cent coffee, five cent tea, half cent sugar, and three cent cocoa taxes. It also plans to repeal a 124% war limitation tax and tax substitutes for tea and coffee. Estimated yields include 59 million sugar, 15 million coffee, 3 million tea, and 0.0 cocoa. An exemption was adopted for denatured alcohol reclaimed from near beer in commercial use.
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Associated Press
Banner
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Markets Report From Multiple Cities With Grain and Livestock Data
Market notes show gains and declines across cattle hogs sheep and calves in East Buffalo Pittsburgh Chicago and Toledo with mixed price levels. Grain and feed values include wheat corn and oats with July and Sept futures, while major equities list varied percentages for American Sugar Rhodes American Sugar Refining Chesapeake and Ohio and other railway and steel firms.
Germany Seeks Only Defense Not Territory Expansion
Berlin press says Germany desires no territorial gains and only aims to defend its borders. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung notes guarantees for future defense, reacting to recent speeches by Lord Robert Cecil and H. Asquith on postwar settlement and reparations.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeltng
Berlin
Germany
Robert Teelm
Block Wie
H. , Asquth
Arras fighting less fatal than Somme claims
The Associated Press reports May casualty totals show 5,002 killed and 16,221 wounded on the Arras front. British losses are claimed at 60 percent lower than Somme figures, though April data is unavailable, leaving some uncertainty about the larger comparison.
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Arras
Somme
Associated Press
the Banner
London
Record Shocks in Cleveland
Earth shocks were recorded at the St Ignatus college observatory in Cleveland early today. Shocks began at 4 03 a m reached maximum at 4 16 a m and subsided at 5 10 a m No estimate of location or distance is given.
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Associated Pres
Cleveland
St. Ignatus College Observatory
Coshocton Pythian drill degree teams delight crowds
Timon Caatieball led a Coshocton group of about forty Knights of Pythias to Mt. Vernon for a Knight rank conferral by Fidelity Lodge. The Coshocton drill team, under Captain Charles River, performed in public before several hundred, showcasing figures and the letters K P with precision. Judge Astiman from Coshocton was praised for leadership as his team placed second in a recent state contest in Columbus. The Coshocton party dined at Hotel Wisner after the event, with visitors from Knox county and gratitude voiced for the team's dramatic performance.
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Gambler Street
Pythians
Knox County
Fidelity Lodge
Pythias
Coshocton
Fidelity
Mt. Vernon
K. P
Astiman
Corhocton
Columbus
G. Taylor
Charles River
Wisner
Tk Mon Fodge
Belgian Soldier Receives Clothes and Letter Found
P Baudolnbis received a tether from Emile Hrrese, Belgian soldier, thanking him for clothing sent to soldiers in the trenches by Mr Vernon. A letter in a package of clothes asks for acknowledgment of receipt. it mentions loneliness on the Belgian front and the absence of close friends.
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P. Baudolnbis
Emile Hrrese
Vernon Peagie
Bronxe
Chevrolet Brothers Sweep Speed Events With Fast Driving
The Chevrolet brothers, Festa Lewis O vlet and Gaston, dominated speed events in a May race, posting 162.18 mph and a 2 hour 38 minute 48 second win for Festa in the international sweepstakes, with Gaston placing second and Queer Nest of the Tontobane noted for a slower time amid a mixed page of odd stories and a swindle anecdote.
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Cincinnati
May
Festa Lewis O Vlet
Buoting & Prontenac
Gaston
Tra Vail
Bude Son
Nesta
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