No Change in Draft Age Until September
Washington reports no change in the draft age before September at the earliest. Senator Beritain announced this on the Senate floor after a Capitol visit by Secretary of War Baker, who said enough men are in class one for now and that a fuller program will await data for any age-limit changes.
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Washington
Senate
Beritain
War Baker
Baker
United States
Congress
War Department
Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
Europe
France
Sterling
South Dakota
General Crowder
McCumber
North Dakota
Executive Department
Fall
New Mexico
Senator Chamberlain
Street Railway Wage Ruling by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board ruled federal regulation of street railways falls to the president and the board. Railways unable to pay living wage must comply, with presidential proclamations ordering control without special legislation. Counsel for 24 street railways searched records and supported the decision, agreed by Taft and Walsh.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
Taft
Walsh
German sub marines sink 233000 tons in May first 27 days
Washington reports 233,639 tons of Allied and neutral shipping sunk by German submarines in the first 27 days of May. Senator Beckham of Kentucky disclosed this figure in the senate after receiving it from the Navy Department. He noted the figure counters Senator McCum ber's claim that German losses totaled 614,000 tons.
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Washington
Beckham
Kentucky
Senate
Mavy Department
McCumber
North Dakota
Germany
Hawaii to Grow More Sugar Proclamation Issued
President Wilson issues a proclamation directing immediate cultivation of sugar on all lands in Hawaii to meet shortages. The territorial public lands commissioner may contract for vacant lands and require homesteaders to continue cultivation and pay labor costs for crop conservation.
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Washington
Wilson
Territory
Hawaii
Commissioner of Public Lands
Married at St John’s church in Middletown wedding
Robert J. Murphy a Middletown yard trainman married Miss Margaret E. Manely of 73 Street at St John’s church morning service. After a breakfast the couple took the 8:25 train for Niagara Falls to begin their honeymoon.
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Robert J. Murphy
Middletown Yard
Margaret E. Manely
73 Street
St. John’s Church
Niagara Falls
Pershing cites German shelling and ambush effort on American lines
Washington reports General Pershing says German artillery shelled front and rear areas with gas at times while machine guns and snipers attacked near Bouresches and Bois de Belleau. American patrols reconnoitered positions as German ambush attempts were repelled.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Chateau Thierry
Clerembauth
Marette Woods
Lucy le Botage
Triangle Farm Lethionlet
Bouresches
Paris
Bois de Belleau
Tafournay Farm
British Labor Loyal at War Meeting in London
In London the Labor Party opened with the pledge that the first duty is to win the war. W F Purdy, presiding, urged avoiding any postwar revenge plans and warned against actions that could leave the labor movement as a failure for future generations. He stressed that reconstruction depends on victory and crushing militarism globally.
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Labor Party
London
W. F. Purdy
Purdy
Labor Movement
Labor
U.S. Army figures for France force totals by September
Senator Hitchcock said the War Department aims to have 1,450,000 American troops in France by September and 3,340,000 under arms in the U S and Europe. The plan includes 50,000 Canadians under the new treaty and uses the draft's first class to meet needs.
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France
Washington
United States
War Department
Europe
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
House To Adjourn For Thirty Or Forty Days
Washington June 26 congress will recess for about thirty or forty days once all appropriation bills and conference reports are cleared. Majority Leader Kitchen announced the timing in the house this afternoon. The administration water power bill will not be considered before the recess and, per the president’s recommendation, will be taken up only after the new revenue bill passes.
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House
Washington
Congress
Kitchen
Administration
Local Bakers Penalized for Excess Flour Use
In Hartford on June 26 two bakeries New York Bakery of Rockville and Kelleys Busy Corner Bakery in Middletown were ordered by the food administration to stop baking products beyond bread and rolls. They, along with other state bakers and hotels, have faced hearings by Federal Food Administrator Robert Scoville over exceeding their 70 percent wheat flour allotment.
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Hartford
New York
Rockville
Kelley
Middletown
The
Food Administration
Robert Scoville
Turkish Forces in Persia Reported at About Two Thousand
A June 24 dispatch to the State Department from American minister Caldwell at Teheran says Turkish forces in northwest Persia number about 2,000. The dispatch gives no further details on the sacking of the American coagulate at Tabriz.
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Persia
Washington
State Department
Arican
Caldwell
Teheran
Tabriz
Clearing-house Statement Debit and Balances Display
New York sub-treasury figures show a debit of 2 723 857 dollars on June 26. Balances indicate 672 226 igbelances and 876 40018 continuing.
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New_York
Sub-treasury
Diplomacy Alone Can End the War Says German Foreign Secretary
London reports Dr. Richard von Kuhlmann, German foreign secretary, says negotiations by parliaments won t solve the war and the only path is diplomacy though blocked by Allies. Chancellor von Hertling holds hope for battlefield victory while stressing diplomacy must follow military success.
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London
Richard von Kuhlmann
Reichstag
Berlin
Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Germany
von Kuhlmann
Count Westarp
Rst
Delano Resigns to Seek Major Appointment in Army
Federal Reserve Board member Frederick A. Delano tentatively resigns if he gains a commission as a major of engineers with General Pershing's forces. He cites 29 years as a railroad engineer and prior presidencies of the Monon Route and the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. Resignation depends on readiness for overseas service.
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Federal Reserve Board
Army
Washington
Harding
Frederick A. Delano
Mr. Delano
General Pershing
Delano
Monon
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Corps of Engineers
France
More Americans Enter Battle Line In Alsace Front
In France, a new American force has entered the Alsace front, stationed north of Gebweiler a week ago. The censor now allows disclosure after a German raid located the unit, with two American soldiers captured. Gebweiler sits in the Vosges foothills about fifty miles from Strassburg, near the Rhine border where the allied front runs eastward.
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Alsace
France
Gebweiler
Vosges
Strassburg
Rhine
Dr Bryans Prescription For Prohibitionists Suggested
The article critiques William Jennings Bryan’s theory of cutting intoxicant production by percentages to force abstinence. It notes the impracticality of rationing 100 million people while distillers brewers and wine growers hold influence over supply. The piece implies Bryan may have omitted essential details in his prescription.
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Bryan
New York World
United States
Former D A R Head Indicted On Frauds Case
New York June 26 Mrs William Cumming Story former president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution was indicted this afternoon in the National Emergency Relief society probe. Grand jury charges include grand larceny petit larceny and conspiracy with her two sons Sterling Story and Allen Story named as co defendants in the conspiracy count.
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D. A
Draft Raid in Boston Focuses on Draft Registrations
Hundreds of young men in Boston were detained for examination after failing to show draft registration cards. Police patrol wagons roared through business districts while officers and Department of Justice agents visited shops asking for registration papers. Similar raids occurred across the state in multiple cities.
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Boston
Federal
Department of Justice
Registrars Meet Before W S S Registration Day
Registrars appointed by Registrar Chairman BE. B. Setlew are ordered to convene Thursday at 8 o'clock evening in Middletown National Bank. The meeting aims to receive final instructions for Friday W S S registration day. Francis A. Beach chairs the committee.
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BE. B. Setlew
W. S
Middletown National Bank
Francis A. Beach
W. U. S. Committee
W. S. S. Regis
Trar
E. B. Sellen
Middletown
Man
Ady
Metal Market Prices Steady in New York June 26
The Metal Market reports lead steady with spot and June at 790. Spel ter firm with East St. Louis spot and June at 860, and July, August, September quoted from 840 to 900. The note includes a fragmentary line about a woman resisting a change in independence and an allowance from her father.
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New York
East St. Louis
Chaplin Duval Receives French Croix de Guerre
Chaplin Duval of the Knights of Columbus attached to an infantry regiment earned the French Croix de Guerre for tending wooded positions under fire. Readers may obtain a photo by sending ten cents to the Division of Pictures Washington D C, including the lip ping or photo number 11 355.
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Chaplin Duval
Knights of Columbus
Division of Pictures
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
British air raids meet with success
London reports Tuesday morning air attacks against Saarbrucken and Offenburg sites, targeting railway sidings, engine sheds, barracks, Karlsruhe explosives works, and Metallurgique. multiple direct hits observed, large explosion at Karlsruhe. Two German aircraft shot down, two forced down. three British planes missing.
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London
Saarbrucken
Enburg
Karise
Karlsruhe
Engin
Offenberg
Offenburg
Kerensky declares Bolsheviks serve Germany and will fall
London June 26 Kerensky former Russian premier told a Labour Party gathering that Bolsheviks work entirely for German interests and that their days are numbered. He said Russian democracy fights for ideals dear to all and that the Russian people will soon join the world in the fight for freedom.
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Kerensky
London
Germany
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Labor Party
England
Help for Street Railways Faces Help From Federal Action
Washington June 26 A special session of attorneys and representatives from 24 railway companies urged federal regulation of finished street railways. Taft and Walsh chaired the discussion while rail counsel reviewed applicable laws to see if President Wilson or Congress should resolve the railways’ financial crisis. The issue centers on living wage requirements influencing overall management finances.
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Washington
Taft
N. P. Walsh
National War Labor Board
Wilson
Walsh
Congress
Navy warns ships as armed raider roams West Indies
The Navy Department announced that a heavily armed commerce raider was operating in the West Indies. A warning to all shipping was sent out last night, noting the vessel’s location east of the Cape and Bermuda latitudes. The notice was issued from Washington.
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West Indies
Navy Department
Joieteen
Cape
Bermuda
Washington
U. S. To Announce Russian Policy
The United States plans a decisive, comprehensive Russian policy within a week. Officials say the president and cabinet have completed months of study and will likely present the program to the world. Allied discussions have sharpened, with coordinated help toward Russia expected as Central Powers face allied moves.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Wilson
Obituary of Mrs Martha M Cornell
Mrs Martha M Cornell widow of William H Cornell died in Brooklyn N Y on Tuesday Her remains will be brought to Middletown on Thursday arriving at 135 PM for interment in Mortimer Cemetery
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Martha M. Cornell
William H. Cornell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Middletown
Mortimer Cemetery
Women urged to knit socks for soldiers not fine needlework
A wartime editorial laments women still embroidering and sewing dainty garments while soldiers in the field need socks and bandages. It cites a Meriden scene of a woman sewing as an example of misplaced priorities and calls for women to devote their efforts to supplying war needs.
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Meriden
America
United States
One-Man Idaho Railway Runs On Motor Truck Innovation
Idaho claims a unique railway operated by a single man. The track originated as part of an irrigation system long abandoned. An enterprising individual adapted a high powered motor truck with flanged wheels and two trailers to haul freight and baggage.
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Idaho
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Hartford Bulletin
Stock market opened without pressure in New York on June 26 with sellers now bid up. Reading led gains, rising from 2 to 9334, while General Motors and Studebaker advanced amid stronger interest in steel issues. Close showed robust demand for steel shares, with Reading and General Motors posting notable gains and totals for the session reaching 639,800 shares traded and $6,502,000 in bonds.
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New York
Reading
General Motors
Studebaker
Steel Common
Bethlehem Steel B
American Car & Foundry
Grain and provisions close higher in Chicago markets
Chicago closes show corn gains of 1-2 cents with June at 145 1-2 and July around 146 3-8 to 1-4. Oats advance 3-8 to 1-2, June 77 8-8, July 72 1-2 to 1-8. Park oats 43.25 to 43.50. lard 25.37 to 25.55, 25.67 in September. Ribs July 23.30, September 23.37.
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Chicago
Park
Young Athletics trounce Young Americans in juvenile baseball
In Toledo Ohio on Tuesday the Young Athletics defeated the Young Americans 11 to 1 on the Russell Co field. Roger Bresnahan will replace Fielder Jones as manager of the St. Louis Americans, reports say, with Bresnahan having left Toledo last week and in conference with Browns president Phil Ball.
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Young Athletics
Young Americans
Russell Co
Bresnahan
St. Louis
Toledo
Ohio
Roger Bresnahan
Fielder Jones
St. Louis Americans
Phil Ball
Browns
Baltimore declares no prize fights after June 29
Baltimore authorities bar all prize fights through the war end date. The police board rules no bouts in the city after June 29, making the Dundee-Chaney match on the 29th the final event for the duration. Dempsey-Fulton and other card plans for July in Baltimore are canceled.
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Baltimore
Board of Police Commissioners
Wreck At Clinton Blocks Shore Line Traffic
A freight train on the Shore Line at Clinton derailed yesterday afternoon breaking apart and blocking both tracks until a wrecking train from New Haven cleared the car. Two westbound passenger trains were detoured at Saybrook Junction via the Valley and shifted to the Air Line at Middletown delaying about half an hour. The Merchants Limited ran with minimal delay.
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Clinton
New Haven
Saybrook Junction
Middletown
Merchants’ Limited
Enamy
Ex-Czar Nicholas of Russia Assassinated Report
London dispatch reports ex Czar Nicholas II assassinated in Russia. Slavs and guards feared a plan to free him as disturbances spread in Moscow and Ekaterinburg. Czar Nicholas, born 1868, ascended throne in 1894, toppled in 1917 during the revolution.
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London
Nicholas
Russia
Canot
Moscow
Hagen
Vjia
In News
Bolsh Ekaterinberg
Nicholas Romanoff
Births and Registrars Notice At Middletown Bank
A daughter Lois May to Lt and Mrs Cheg McCoid at Fort Rodman under way Tuesday in New ford Mass. A daughter born to Dr and Mrs Eldon Cro Glover Place Wednesday. A nine pound Mary born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Har rington New York with prior Miss Kenefick. W S Regis All registrars to meet Friday 8 oclock at Middletown Bank for instructions. Francis A Beach W S S committee ady and committee key details.
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Lois May
Cheg McCoid
Fort Rodman
Newford
Mass
McCoid
Florence A. Miller
Middlesex Training School For Nurses
James A. Ma
Lincoln Street
Flex Hospital
Eldon L. Cro Glover
Mary
John Harvington
N. Y
Harrington
Kenefick
Democratic County Convention Notice for Middlesex Sheriffs Race
Democratic delegates of Middlesex County are requested to meet in Middletown Hall on the first day of July 1918 at 9 a.m. for the purpose of selecting no candidate for sheriff. By order of the County. Daniel J. McCarthy. Dated at Middletown Conn June.
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Ford’s
Middlesex Theatre
Bill McAlister
Sadie
Taylor Holmes
St. John
Essex
Victor Hellder
Gus Kearns
Hubbard B. Manley
Well Expressman
Daugh Louis Shuler
W. H. Hayes
Ford
Mass
Fred W
St. Aloysius Hall
Connecticut
Howell Cheney
Aecticut
Kleine-Cines
Egypt
James Madison Dow
Eastern Star
Once Street
Hartford
Canton
United States
Lyle F. Thrall
Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
Anthony and Cleopatra
Hall
Middletown
Middlesex
Daniel J. McCarthy
Conn
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