Wilson Outlines Peace Suggestions in World War I Feeler
President Wilson, addressing the League to Enforce Peace, proposes a feasible world order including absolute freedom of the seas and a universal association of nations to guarantee territorial integrity and political independence. He stresses that the United States seeks only peace and future guarantees, not material gains, and urges a new diplomacy built on public right and impartial justice.
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Washington
Wilson
League
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Universal Association of Nations
U. S
Asia
America
Senate Passes 49 Million Rivers and Harbors Bill
The Senate approved the rivers and harbors appropriation of about 43 million dollars by a 35 to 32 vote after amending the measure. A 30 million dollar substitute was defeated by one vote as Democrats Ashurst Gore Hollis Hastings Lane Newlands Pittman Pomerone Taggart Thomas and Thompson joined Republicans to oppose the lump sum. Senator Kenyon condemned the action saying it funds unjus tifiable streams.
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Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Sherman
Illinois
Ashurst
Gore
Hollis
Hasting
Lane
Newlands
Pittman
Pomerone
Taggart
Thomas
Thompson
Congress
Senator Kenyon
Shafroth
Borah
Brady
Clark
Wyoming
Cummings
Curtis
Dillingham
Fall
Gallinger
Harding
Jones
LaFollette
Lippitt
Lodge
Norris
Page
Smoot
Sutherland
Townsend
Wadsworth
Warren
Weeks
Works
Tillman
Brandegee
McLean
Nelson
Oliver
Poindexter
Smith
Michigan
Sterling
McAdoo Calls for Larger Force to Enforce Income Tax
Secretary McAdoo told the House committee that the Treasury is enforcing the income tax with a small force and needs a larger office and field staff to collect all due under the law. He said Congress authorized only half of a requested raise of one million dollars and hopes the remainder will be granted. He denied reports that $320 million is lost annually to fraud, noting the figure assumed a $46 billion national income.
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Washington
McAdoo
Lobeck
House Committee On
Treasury Department
Department
Congress
British Seize Mail From Norwegian American Steamer
The Kristianiafjord arrived from Bergen and then called at Kirkwall where British authorities seized 794 sacks of mail from the ship. The captain reported the loss as part of wartime mail disruption affecting American interests.
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New York
Kristianiafjord
Bergen
Kirkwall
J J Hill The Northwest Rail Builder Dies At Home
James J Hill renowned railroad builder and capitalist died at his Summit Avenue home in St Paul after an illness caused by bowel trouble. He had been unconscious for about 12 hours as doctors Herman M Biggs of New York and Stanley Seager of Rochester, Minnesota, plus his family, were at his side.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Northwest
Summitt Avenue
Hill
Herman M. Biggs
New York
Stanley Seager
Rochester
Minn
Advertising Value of Newspapers Cited in Tobacco Trade
Herbert Kaufman of New York told the Tobacco Merchants Association that newspaper advertising is most valuable to the tobacco trade. He urged advertisers to use print to reach all classes and to ensure they can deliver what they promise. He warned that demand ends when advertising stops.
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Washington
Herbert Kaufman
New York
Tobacco Merchants’ Association
Kaufman
Mr. Kaufman
Serbian Army Landed at Saloniki Reorganized in Corfu
Paris reports the Serbian army now at Saloniki in full strength after crossing the Aegean. The new force, estimated between 80 000 and 100 000, was reformed on Corfu after typhus and battles diminished the original 300 000. They were supplied with rifles and clothing for further Balkan operations.
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Paris
Aegean Sea
Saloniki
Serbia
Corfu
Montenegro
Adriatic
Balkan
Army Appropriation Bill Becomes Largest Regular Army Fund
Washington reports the army appropriation bill, ordered reported to the House, is the largest regular army supply bill in Congress history. It increases funding by about 49 million from last year and expands National Guard federalization. The bill provisions include airship purchases, armored automobiles, shielded motorcycles, and automatic machine guns for the Army and National Guard.
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Washington
House
Hay-Chamberlain
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Hay
National Guard
Council of Executive Information
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Army
United States Enlisted Men Beat Bandits Near Cruces
General Pershing's report from Namiquipa May 26 details seven men of the Seventeenth Infantry in a fight near Cruces against 20 bandits led by Cervantes and Bencomon. Private Geo Hulett killed the two leaders as they rode by. Lance Corporal Davis Barksbury died of wounds. Several Villista wounded. Cervantes identified. death regarded as fortunate by many locals.
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United States
Washington
Cruces
Seventeenth Infantry
Cervantes
Bencomon
Geo. Hulett
War Department
Pershing
Namiquipa
Davis Barksbury
Hueltt
Villista
Government Internal Revenue to Reach Half Billion
Washington reports internal revenue tax toll for the year ending June 30 will total about 500 million dollars. Secretary McAdoo notes this exceeds prior estimates by millions, with major portions from taxes on beverages and tobacco, corporate incomes, and emergency collections.
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Washington
McAdoo
United States Demands Radical Policy Change to Preserve Neutral Rights
Washington denounces British and French interference with neutral mail to Mali and vows to press claims for losses. The State Department released a new American note insisting only a radical shift in policy can restore U S neutrality and objecting to seizures and confiscations of mail in port.
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Washington
United State
Ney
Maila
Great Britain
France
United States
Balle Factory
State Department
High Seas
Mexican Bandits Kill Over Two Hundred Civilians on Train
Report from San Antonio describes a rebel attack on a government employee train traveling from Mexico City toward Cuernavaca. More than 200 civilians, including women and family members, were killed or subjected to violence as rebels breached a guard and fired into cars. A single express messenger survived. Rebels reportedly seized 2,000,000 cartridges.
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Mexico City
San Antonio
Texas
Cuernavaca
Tres Marias
Lttle
Asive
Britain Refuses Permit for German Dyestuff Exports
London reports that Britain will not pass any dyestuff export permits. War Trade Minister Robert Cecil said Britain granted a testing export permit for a limited amount in April 1915, but the allowance was never utilized.
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London
Associated Press
Germany
United States
Lori Robert Cecil
Great Britain
Special Fast Trains to Carry Georgia Peaches
Atlanta officials announce in 1916 crop estimates of 3 500 cars and plan special trains or fast passenger schedules to move Georgia peaches to eastern markets. Southern Railway Pennsylvania Railroad and Georgia Fruit Exchange officials finalize handling arrangements for the crop.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Pennsyvania Railroad
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Georgia
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