Revolt Against High Hand in Austria Sparks Labor Ties
Berne and London dispatches report Austrian labor and Socialist groups threatening rebellion against government suspensions of parliament. A Vienna telegram notes a manifesto to workers warning that if pan Germanism prolongs the war, workers must fight for their rights. Czechs and southern Slavs denounce von Seydler’s Bohemia admin changes as German concessions.
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Berne
Austria
Vienna
Socialist Party
London
Hague
Daily Mail
von Seydler
Bohemia
van Seydler
Slavonians Bucking in Austrian Districts Amid Mutiny
Unrest grows in Slavonian districts of Austria with daily conflicts and rapid mutiny. A recent clash between Germans and Slavonians ended in bloodshed, Reuters reports from a Serbian source dated May 7.
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London
Austria
Reuter’s Limited
Corn and Oats Market Report Chicago May 7
Chicago on May 7 reports corn at 1.2734 and oats at 72 percent.
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Chicago
Ill
Great Loan Put Over by Small Buyers
Washington reports the Third Liberty loan set a record with a total of 3 316 628 250 dollars. A per capita response shows one donor from every six persons, with final official totals due May 13 after bond sales reports are complete. The loan reflects strong national support amid farm borrowing and bank extensions to meet next month’s tax payments.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
International ready to start in new league season
New York May 7 The new International baseball league restructured on the ruins of the old leagues is ready to begin its bid for fan support tomorrow. Opening games include Toronto at Binghamton Buffalo at Baltimore Syracuse at Newark and Rochester at Jersey City. The league plans a 120 game season.
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New York
International Baseball League
International
Iin
Toronto
Binghamton
Buffalo
Baltimore
Syracuse
Newark
Rochester
Jersey City
Four Minute Men Convene as War Talks Echo
Over 150 delegates attended the Southern Idaho Four Minute Men luncheon at the YMCA. Professor F. S. Clark of Chicago University gave a forceful address on war topics and urged support for bond issues as essential to national security. the program was presided by Walter R. Siders and featured a high school vocal solo.
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Idaho
E. A. Krussman
Harvey Allred
L L. Evans
American Falls
Mr. Comstock
Rexburg
W. F. Howard
Camp Lewis
Internal Revenue
Willams
Four Minute Men
F. 8. Clark
Chicago University
Prin
Cipal
Professor Clark
Republic
United States
Walter R. Siders
Lewis
America
Gas Rates Up For Action At Commercial Club Meeting
Tonight the Commercial club will assemble to discuss several community issues including a gas rate increase proposed by the gas company a milk condensing plant and a threshing operation seeking a site in Pocatello The public utilities commission has granted the club intervention rights between the gas company and consumers.
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Ing
Pocatello
Public Utilities Commission
Commercial Club
Bannock County Tops Third Liberty Drive Quota
Bannock County exceeded its Third Liberty loan target by 42 percent, reaching 707,800 dollars against a 500,060 goal. State officials praised the county’s strong showing with many subscribers listed by local banks and Catullo institutions.
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Bannock County
Idaho
Church
Holt
Pocatello
Anks
Lusitania Sinking Noted on Third Anniversary
The third anniversary marks the Lusitania disaster with nearly 1200 dead including over 100 Americans. Germany issued a commemorative medal two days earlier as the ship was sunk. The broader call to action urges national resolve and participation.
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Germany
Casualty list totals and British wartime losses
Washington on May 7 reports a casualty list of forty one names with four killed in action two died of wounds five died of disease one from other causes fifteen severely wounded thirteen slightly wounded and one missing in action. Tondon on May 7 notes British casualties over the weekend amounting to 38091.
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Washington
Great Caribou Herds Moving Through Alaska
Circle City Alaska May 7 Alaska caribou herds migrating southward last fall were the largest in this section. Prospectors said one herd passed a point in four days with 5 000 to 50 000 seen in sight each day.
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Circle City
Alaska
Insect pests cause greater UK food loss than U boats
London May 7 report says insect pests caused a larger reduction in British food supplies last year than German U boats per an estimate by the board of agriculture.
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London
United Kingdom
Board of Agriculture
England imposes age statement for women voters
London May 7 The would be woman voter must sign a form declaring she has reached age 30. She need not reveal exact age but must provide a birth certificate if an age dispute arises.
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London
England
Germans Hold Ground as Front Stalemate Persists
British forces conduct a successful night raid near Neuville-Vitasse southwest of Arras, capturing three machine guns. An attempted German raid near Boyelles is repulsed as artillery activity remains high on the northern Flanders front amid strong Allied gains north of the Somme.
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Germany
Flanders
Picardy
Arras
Somme
Flanders-Arras-Amieng
London
Neuville-Vitasse
War Office
Boyelles
German propagandist to serve four years hard labor
Gerald Leibisch, 45, described as the most vicious German propagandist, arrived at an Atlantic port in U S custody and is en route to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta to serve a four year term for seditious utterances. He advised Puerto Rican draftees to desert for Germany, promising $2000 and German wives.
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Atlantic
Gerald Leibisch
Porto Rico
United States
W. R. Bennett
Leibisch
Atlanta
Speed bug s run down woman and young baby
In Independence Iowa on May 7 police search for two speeding drivers after a woman Nellie Soper 17 was killed and her year old baby badly injured when a carriage was struck on a country road. A farmer saw two machines racing on the road shortly before the accident was found.
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Independence
Iowa
Nellie Soper
Huns Take Lunches in Odd Form
Amsterdam May 7 The Taeglische Rundgehan of Berlin prints an advertisement by a Berlin chemical firm praising a newly invented drug. It claims the medicine suppresses premature hunger and helps one endure until the next meal though not a substitute for daily substance.
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Amsterdam
Taeglische Rundgehan
Berlin
Investigation of Bisbee Deportations Opens in Arizona
Justice Department probes the 1917 Bisbee and Warren district deportations of copper miners. Assistant Attorney General Fitts and Oliver Fagen lead the inquiry with a U S grand jury sum moned in Tucson to determine violations of the federal penal code rights. The operation was directed by then sheriff Harry Wheeler now a U S Army captain.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Bisbee
Fitts
Tucson
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Bisbee and Warran
W. C. Fitts
Oliver F. Pagen
Harry C. Wheeler
United States Army
NOT ONE MACHINE SENT TO EUROPE
Washington May 7 Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee announced the committee would investigate the aircraft program with Senate backing to locate how funds were spent. He said the panel would identify the men responsible for production conditions and would not engage in an inquisition but stressed no American built plane has yet been sent to Europe though vast materials had been shipped for assembly.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Getate
Senate
Europe
American Boat Sinks German Submarine in Battle
Washington reports that the American steamer Tidewater fought a German submarine on March 17 at about 11:30 p.m. The first shot missed, the second struck, and the submarine was seen sinking. The USS America’s Tyler steamship has been sunk off the coast with crew losses.
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Washington
Tidewater
Navy Department
Tyler
New York
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