House Pulls Claws From Censor Bill Led by Sixty Leaders
Senate conferees plan to drop the censorship section from the espionage bill while the House vote against it. President Wilson failed to win war press censorship, as the House 184 to 144 backed removing the provision. Critics say it would punish editors for exposing naval epidemics. Continued on Page Three.
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Braisted
Do Your Bit Now Do Liberty Bonds Urge Bankers
Wayne county bankers urge support for Liberty Bonds to finance the war with Germany. Quota 850000 dollars, sold yesterday 34000, bonds start at 50 dollars, offering 3 percent interest and tax exemptions. If not in service, contribute by purchasing bonds to aid the government.
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Germany
Board of
Uncle Sam
President Warns Eligibles Not to Leave United States
Canada cooperation aids Americans at border as officials claim Columbus Ohio as propaganda hub and Kansas City objects under guard. Wilson proclaims that anyone leaving the U S to dodge registration will face prosecution and military service upon return. Additional anti conscription plot arrests loom in Chicago as investigators question suspects and seize literature tied to Cleveland printing.
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Kansas City
Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Act of Congress
Chicago
Hinton G. Clabaugh
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Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigations
Cleveland
Toledo Boys Nabbed as They Cross Line
Detroit report says Toledo brothers Park Helsey and Carl Helsey were arrested in Windsor after crossing from Detroit to avoid conscription. They allegedly confessed fleeing Detroit and crossing the river, and were returned to Detroit for Dominion officers.
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Detroit
Windsor
Ont
United States
Park Helsey
Carl Helsey
Dominion
Marietta Man Held in Ohio Plot Probe
Columbus authorities say the anti conscription propaganda plot is centered in the city with arrests continuing in Ohio and the Midwest. John Willis Hammond is jailed in Marietta charged with distributing anti conscription literature.
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Marietta
Ohio
Columbus
John Willis Hammond
Strikes Hit 120 Petrograd War Factories
London dispatch reports strikes or similar actions have paralyzed production in more than 120 of Petrograd’s largest factories, most of them involved in war work, according to Reuters dispatch from Petrograd.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
Do Your Bit Now A For Indiana Weather Note
Showers and thunderstorms expected tonight and Saturday with cooler air in the northeast. Temperature today 57 in Wayne County. The cold wave from the upper Mississippi valley lowers temperatures to Tennessee with general storms over the southwest and heavy Wyoming snow including five inches in Cheyenne.
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United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Wyoming
Cheyenne
U boats sink three American sailing ships in war note
New York reports port closure due to German actions with the harbor gate closed during forenoon. By noon the order to reopen was given though the gate remained shut. London reports sinking of three American cargo vessels the four masted Dirigo and schooners Frances M and Barbara all crew safe except one drowned during lifeboat launch.
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New York
Navy Yard
Germany
London
Dirigo
Frances M
Barbara
Dirigo Attacked Without Warning
The American sailing ship Dirigo was sunk by a German submarine off London on Thursday May 31. All crew were landed except third mate John Ray who drowned as lifeboats were launched. The attack occurred at seven in the morning with the weather continuing.
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London
John Ray
Shumaker Seeks Dry Delegates From Both Parties
E S Shumaker Indianapolis head of the Indiana Anti Saloon league urges Wayne County Republicans and Democrats to elect dry delegates to district conventions. He stresses that national prohibition hinges on electing a dry successor to Judge Comstock and calls on local workers to mobilize for Saturday and Monday meetings to send dry delegates next week.
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E. S Shumaker
Indianapolis
Indiana
Anti- Saloon League
Shumaker
Congress
Comstock
Clergyman Leaves Socialist Party Over War Policy
Reverend Bernard Iddings Bell, dean of the Protestant Episcopal cathedral at Fond du Lac Wisconsin, resigns from the Socialist party due to policy on the war. He states the party has utterances intolerable to him and others and asserts socialism will come not through Hapsburg or Hohenzollern kultur.
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Chicago
Bernard Iddings Bell
Protestant Episcopal
Fond du Lac
Wis
Socialist Party
Tioist Party
Hapsburg
Hohenzollern
Allies on Eve of New Offensive Seize Belgian Front
Reports from Berlin and London indicate a major Allied move on the Belgian front possibly aimed at crushing the German flank on the coast. British air raids drop many tons of bombs on Ostend Bruges and Zeebrugge while French fronts renew offensives as German posts are captured near Cracqne and Cherisy sees renewed British gains amid Arras battle tensions.
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London
Ypres
Ostend
Burges
Zeebrugge
Petrograd
Vilna
Volhynia
Galicia
Chevreux
Cracnne
Auto assistance lures farm hand in Wayne County
Wayne County farmers joined with others nationwide to hire seasonal laborers. A southern city resident requested help, and Postmaster Beck wired an Chicago employment agency. A man was hired at 335 dollars monthly, including room, board, washing, and the use of an automobile one day per week.
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Wayne County
Beck
Chicago
Austrian Workmen Parade for Peace Across Vienna
Reports from Vienna say simultaneous with parliament opening thousands of workmen ceased work and attended meetings. A great procession paraded the streets in a demonstration for peace, organized in various parts of the city.
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Copenhagen
London
Vienna
American Woman Reported Executed in Germany
Mrs. Katrin a Couch, an American reported by London dispatches to have been executed as a spy in Germany, allegedly called on the Spanish consulate in Brussels, per a report cabling today to the state department.
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Washington
Katrina Couch
Germany
Brussels
London
State Department
City Wins Appeal In Gas Rate Case
The city of Richmond wins a remand in the Indiana Public Utilities Commission gas rate dispute. Judge Fred Gause ordered reconsideration after new evidence from A A Watt, aiding the city, suggesting the original 22.3 percent rate increase over Richmond Light, Heat & Power. The judge did not rule on reasonableness, but sent the case back to the commission, signaling a possible rehearing.
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Richmond
Richmond Light, Heat & Power Company
Fred Gause
Newcastle
Wayne
Public Utilities Commission
Gause
A. A. Watt
Commission
Gauze
Bond
Utilities Commission
Tornado Toll Placed At 79 Relief Prompt
A Kentucky relief effort follows a tornado that struck Graves county near Paducah destroying homes and injuring several. A later tally from St Louis raised the death toll to 79 across southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois with many injured and homeless. Roads to the disaster areas are blocked by fallen trees and floodwater, hindering recovery.
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Viola
Graves County
ST. Louis
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Illinois
Bollinger County
Zalma
Marble Hill
Wayne
Wayne County
Chaonta
Mineral Point
Ardeola
Aquilla
Salem
Lenox
Dongola
Advance
Bismarck
Houston
Bombs Dropped on Belgian Towns by British Aviators
London officials state that many tons of bombs have been dropped by British aircraft on the Belgian towns of Ostend Zeebrugge and Bruges in a war department statement issued this afternoon.
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London
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Bruges
War Department
Fireworks Banned Riverside Village Buys Ambulance
Riverside residents vote to skip a Fourth of July fireworks display and fund an ambulance for the front. The Riverside association met to discuss Independence Day plans but shifted to a relief project, adopting the ambulance idea unanimously after a subscription drive.
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Chicago
Riverside
France
Riverside Association
Editor Asked to Chair G P Meeting in Rushville
J M Bridgman editor of the Brookville American is invited to serve as permanent chairman of the Republican district convention to be held in Rushville on Friday June 8. Bridgman is a prominent Indiana editor and long active Republican, with district leaders endorsing the plan. District Chairman Bossert urges all sixth district Republicans to attend Monday meetings to select delegates and alternates, stressing patriotic service and citizenship duties.
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J. M. Bridgman
Brookville
Rushville
Bridgman
Bossert
Liberty
Soldiers Rebel in Spanish City and Officers Jailed
Dis orders by soldiers occurred in Barcelona. Several officers were imprisoned in the Montjuich fortress. The minister of war confirmed the disorder and said a colonel, colonel junior, a major, a captain and two lieutenants were detained.
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Madrid
Paris
Barcelona
Montjuich
Sonel
Intense artillery in Belgian coast and Ypres region report
Berlin reports heavy gun fire last night reaching great intensity in the Dunes area on the Belgian coast and in the Ypres sector including Wytschate according to an official general staff statement issued today.
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Berlin
London
Ypres
Wyehschate
Banker Searches For Kidnapped Baby In Night Chase
J H Keet banker with a roll of $6000 and a uniquely lit car scoured Greene county roads last night looking for the spot where he was told to deliver the ransom for his 14 month old son Lloyd. Police fear he may be stalled by recent heavy rains delaying any progress. State details say the child was taken Wednesday night while the parents attended a dance at the Springfield Country Club.
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Springfield
J. H. Keet
Greene County
Lloyd
Springfield Country Club
Keet
New Loan to Italy Expected Soon
Washington reports formal talks between the Italian mission and American officials nearing a probable loan of 100 million dollars to Italy for June. The funding would support Italy joining a proposed common purchasing agency of allied nations and likely supply the balance of the initial 100 million from the United States. The Italian mission has two days left in Washington before a ten day tour and then return.
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Italy
United States
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