War Department halves cantonments for draft army plan
The War Department announced a revised plan for September mobilization reducing cantonments from 33 to 16 and shifting to tent housing where possible due to funding, material, and transport limits. Four sites are set at American Lake, Wadd, Albany, and Wrightstown NJ, with rapid tenting and canvas forges to meet war strength needs.
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Werlern
Unionews Service
Washington
War Department
Baker
Nur
Thoice
American Lake
Wadd
Alhurta
Ganj Ayre
Muse
Wrightstown
Orlisina
National Guard
Tornado Toll and Destruction Reported in Oklahoma Towns
A telegram updates multiple Oklahoma sites with tornado casualties and damage. Colgate and Drake report fatalities and injuries. Colgate’s business district damaged. Marietta and Guthrie areas also affected with multiple deaths and building destruction. Oil tanks burned in Heathton field. total losses estimated.
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Animore
Okla
Colgate
Red Cross
McAlexter
Okla Coalgate
Drake
Sulphur
Marietta
Heathton
Kidnapped Infant Sought After Two-Day Search
In Springfield Missouri the infant son of J Hobland Keet a former banker is held by kidnappers in the Onerk Hills. A two day search failed to locate the baby who was taken from its bed while a maid slept nearby as the parents attended a ball at the County Club. The father drove with $6000 in response to an anonymous letter demanding ransom.
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Springfield
Onerk Hills
J. Hobland Keet
Blaelty
Alerm
Cloudburst Floods Mines Imperil 205 Men in Two WV Mines
A cloudburst at TMartford West Virginia flooded the Linden and Liverpool mines. The Liverpool mine sheltered 45 men and the Linden mine held 160 workers, all escaping via manways. The incident stalled operations and prompted rescue efforts.
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Middleport
Tmartford
W. Va
Linden
Liverpool
Former Consul Rudolph Otto Held by Federal Officers
Rudolph Otto, once said to be the German Consul at Jamaica, West Indies, was taken into custody by Federal officers in Plainfield New Jersey. No reason for the arrest was disclosed.
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Plainfield
N. J
Rudolph Otto
Jamaica
West Indies
Ile
Revision of the House War Tax Changes Movie Theater Levy
Senate Finance Committee nears completion of a revised wartime tax plan. It exemptes popular price moving picture theaters from entertainment taxes and imposes a new motor vehicle license tax ranging from seven fifty to twenty five dollars with reductions for cars used a year or more. The plan would tax publications within higher mail rates and adjust second class rates, aiming to ease burdens on poorer theaters and readers.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate Finance Committees
Treasury
Senate
Simmons
Panrose
Post Office Department
Pen- Tore
Moving Picture House
Hoarding Food Law Proposed as Felony in Senate
A proposed amendment to make hoarding of food fuel or other essential goods a felony passed the Senate without a vote. Senators argued the measure would curb speculation and stabilize markets, while opponents warned it could hamper legitimate storage. Penalties include imprisonment from six months to three years with potential landholding exemptions. A separate report notes a deadly elephant stampede near an Indian town injuring dozens and killing one, and a ground-struck circus tent collapse causing additional injuries.
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Senate
Pall
Federal ‘Sooty Commission
Duvidy
Polwexter
Mrientown
Pat Teast
Three Score Killed By Mine Off Irish Coast
A mine sank the Warren Hiner Sagamore off the Irish coast two months ago, killing sixty aboard. Capta in Alexander Fenton, former commander, delivered the first authentic report to an American port. Two Americans were among the crew. German Pastor Arrested in Minneapolis for seditious statements against the liberty loan. Rev Charles L Lobert of Central German Methodist Episcopal Church held on $2,000 bond.
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Bostune Fiftenine
Warren Hiner Sagamore
Posto
Capia Alexander Fenton
Minneapolis
Charles L. Loboert
Int
Episcopal Church
Department of Justice
St Louis Race War Renewed in East St Louis Riot
Reports say a black man was shot and two others were hospitalized after renewed racial rioting in East St Louis. Police, special deputies, and guardsmen struggled to halt mobs of over 100, including instances of looting and threats, amid tense conditions. In Petrograd the Provisional Government weighs a broad confiscation plan.
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St. Louis
St. Law
East St Louis
Tobe
Explosion At Giant Cal Works Kills Two In Nitroglycerin Room
In Giant Power Works at Giant Cal now Richmond two men died in a nitroglycerin room explosion. The plant superintendent called it an accidental blast. The report mentions Sims as a vice admiral and Washington, plus Rear Admiral Lima overseeing American naval operations in Europe, noted as having been appointed vice admiral by President Wilson.
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Giant Power Works
Giant Cal
Richmond
Sims
Washington
Lima
Wilson
Cape Cod Canal valued by navy for future use
Admiral Benson told the Senate commerce committee that government ownership of the Cape Cod Canal would be of great value to the navy but not a naval necessity now due to wartime needs. Explosion occurred in the hold of the steamship Lackawanna while unloading coal at a dock.
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Cape Cod Canal
Washington
Benson
Senate Commerce Committee
Mavana
Lackawenna
Americans to Join Allies As War Effort Grows
A preliminary statement from the Allied War Drive cites 100000 Americans serving in British and French forces with more units to France. It notes plans for 6000 arbiters trained in the U S and construction of war slips, while disaster struck Mineral Point Missouri where a tornado killed seven and injured at least 22. Desoto EMS reports describe extensive destruction and rescue efforts.
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London
France
United States
Knghink
St. Louis
Mineral Point
Desoto
Edah
Young Men's Christian Association
Mineral Palit
Iron Mountain
Brazil Breaks Neutrality in War Crisis Vote
In Rio de Janeiro the Chamber of Deputies for Brazil, by 189 to 104, revoked Brazil’s neutrality stance in the World War conflict between the United States and Germany. Santiago pledges support for bold measures against Germany as Diario de Santiago notes the pivotal move urged by President Bray to revoke neutrality decrees and authorize national defense actions.
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Chamber of
United States
Germany
Brazil
Santiago
Chile
Diario Alustride
Bray
Congrew
Liching-Hsi Refuses Offer in Peking Crisis
Military governors demand cancellation of presidential mandate dismissing Tuan Chidui from Premiership and oppose L Ching-Tsi nomination. Governors of Hamnan Anhwei and Shantung, plus Mukden, threaten independence if their terms are not met. Audience exits hall as Rev. A. S. Barts voices anti conscription.
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Peking
Tuan Chidui
L Ching-Tsi
Two New Cavalry Regiments Ordered for Ethan Allen Units
The War Department directs the organization of two new cavalry regiments, the eighteenth and nineteenth, using battalions of the Second Cavalry as nuclei. In Paris, the liner Sontay bound for Marseilles with 344 passengers was torpedoed April 16, causing 45 deaths.
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Washington
War Department
Ethan Allen
Second Cavalry
Paris
Marseilles
Salontkt
Deposed Madagascan Queen Ranavalena Dies in Exile
Queen Ranavalena of Madagascar dies at her Algiers home. She lived in exile since 1896 after being deposed by the French amid anti Christian unrest in Madagascar.
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Algiers
Ranavalena
Madagascar
Leniency Sought for Allene in Naturalization Delays
Washington report says employers should not dismiss Allen employees who have not completed naturalization. Public Information Committee advises leniency to protect workers facing citizenship delays.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
Navy tests first airship in sixteen balloon program
Washington reports a successful builders trial of the first non rigid airship ordered two months ago. The craft left Chicago at midnight and reached Akron, Ohio the next day covering over 400 miles. Delivery was due within four months but officials expect first ship to be on coast patrol within ninety days with weekly deliveries thereafter.
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Washington
Navy
Department
Chicago
Akron
Trainloads Leaving St. Louis Amid Riots and Panic
In East St. Louis gangs beat two men, one white and one Black, as race rioting continued for the fourth night. Packing houses reportedly shipped trainloads of Black workers to Kansas City, St. Joseph, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Omaha, and Chicago. Banks saw Black customers withdraw savings as fear spurred departures.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
Pt. Worth
Omaha
Chicago
Closer Co operation Urged Between Navy and Shipping Board
Major General Goethals, general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, met with President Wilson to push tighter coordination between the navy department and the shipping board. The aim is full utilization of shipbuilding facilities for both navy and merchant marine work.
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Washington
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Navy Department
The
Shipping Board
Wartime and Needs Cabinet Officials Outline War Aims to Editors
Members of the cabinet and other leaders convened with editors of technical and trade publications to detail war aims and national needs. They stressed the nation’s immense task and urged publishers to back the shift from peace to war industry conditions. Cabinet officers and Council of National Defense reps explained ongoing war preparation efforts.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Council
Ri Petrograd Anarchy Amid Agrarian Disorders Rise
Dispatches describe growing anarchy after the old regime fell in central and southern Russia. Reports from Yeniaovik in Central Siberia note during the last three weeks 30 houses burned and widespread population distress.
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Ri Petrograd
Russia
Yeniaovik
Siberia
Storms Leave Helpless Chaos Across Central States
Cyclone driven devastation spreads after a week of eight storms. At least 225 killed and 1401 injured as tornadoes and fierce winds tear through Andale Kansas and provinces along the Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Arkansas. Property losses reach about 5 million dollars.
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Chicago
Partie
Kentucky
Andale
Kan
Mississippi River
Ilingie
Indiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Air raid on Southeast England kills sixty six and injures one hundred seventy four
German aircraft raided southeastern England with about 16 planes. The official tally lists 76 dead, 174 injured, including 27 women and 24 children among the dead and 43 women and 10 children among the injured. The attack clustered over a town likely Dover or Folkestone, with extensive property damage. Beltish and free air forces claimed to intercept the raiders off the Heligian coast.
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London
England
Dover
Folkestone
Channel
Helgian
Beltish
Terrible Osaka Warehouse Explosions Kill Many Injure Dozens
The Osaka region suffered a catastrophic accident with a series of blasts at the Tokyo Warehouse Company storehouse. Seventy people died and about 200 were injured as explosions shook Osaka and nearby towns, triggering panic. Debris and smoke darkened the sky, and the blast's roar was heard up to 60 miles away.
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Osaka
Japan
Tokyo
Shipping differences settled over wooden shipbuilding plan
Washington reports that Chairman Denman of the Shipping Board and Major General Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, have resolved disputes over the wooden shipbuilding campaign. The corporation will proceed with both steel and wooden ships, with contracts let for 24 more wooden ships and six steel barges after Goethals returned from New York.
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Washington
Denman
The
Shipping Board
General Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Fleet Corporation
Slackers Entering Mexico
Federal officials report daily crossings by 15 to 20 young Americans from eastern states into Mexico for work like mining or oil prospecting, seen as avoiding conscription. They travel with money and appear from good families, many from Maine and New Hampshire.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
California Quake Shakes Southern California Panic at School
A severe earthquake struck Southern California with strong effects near Brawley where a school held exercises. Several women and children fainted and a panic was narrowly averted as tremors rattled the area.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Brawley
Pitched Battle in Cleveland Public Square
About 100 police clashed with a mob of demonstrators in Cleveland Ohio. Antiwar rally turned violent as Socialist orators stirred protesters and sparked a pitched battle in the Public Square.
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Cleveland
Frenay
Japanese Signage in Tokugawa Era Reveals Murky English
A study of old Japanese shop signs shows foreign scripts and broken English aimed at attracting customers. Sign makers often used random phrases, pictures, and symbols like cedar leaves for sake, a bell clock, or a peony lantern, reflecting imperfect cross cultural communication and merchant tactics in Tokugawa Japan.
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Japan
Nalaiyanit
Colny
Father van Fhe
Ringer
Godley
Taya
Mikers
Worth the Price of Courage in Hard Times
A Biblical Recorder excerpt argues that gain through hardship yields ultimate courage. It contends courage is essential to life, that defeat is not final for the brave, and that struggle prepares for enduring victory. The text contrasts the cost of effort with the reward of resilience.
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Ife
The Busy Bee and its Patient Industry
The article extols the Busy Bee as a model of patient industry. It notes the vast energy a bee swarm must exert to fill a hive with honey and estimates the nectar needed for a pound of honey. Scientists calculate that producing one pound of honey requires nectar from 62,000 clover blossoms and 2,750,000?
Teacher Memories and Clock Features In News
A teacher recalls vast word usage in student papers with a joke about athletics and a student who defined esthetic by We gave the cat an esthetic. A Beauvais cathedral clock with 12 0000 pieces offers world tunes and calendar details, revealing complex timekeeping and celestial data.
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Tess
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