Army Measure Nears Law as Congress Passes Reorganization
Congress approved the army reorganization bill in a conference report backed by a 22 vote margin and sent it to President Wilson. The plan creates a regular army, a feder alized national guard, and adds wartime staffing and training provisions as part of a broader preparedness program. Navy and fortifications bills remain to be passed to complete the program.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Conference
Senate
War Department
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
Hay
House Military Committee
Federal Treasury
Mann
Plumbers Union End Strike With Wage Increase Agreement
About 100 members of the local plumbers union signed a contract after six weeks on strike. They gain a wage increase and the master plumbers agree to pay for a half day if workers report in the morning whether or not they are employed. They return to work Monday morning.
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Wheeling
Plumbers’ Union
Lyons Amuck In Ellwood City Barroom Shooting
A. S. Lyons 34 of Pocahontas County West Virginia fired several shots in a hotel bar after a dispute with a porter over a room. Bartender Louis Witte 32 and Albert C. Ser 30 were wounded and Lyons was arrested as a mob threatened lynching.
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Ellwood City
A. S. Lyons
Pocahontas County
W. Va
Louis Witte
Albert C. Ser
Koppel
Lyons
Four jurors sworn in Orpet murder trial at Wisconsin
Four men were sworn as jurors in the case of William II Orpet the University of Wisconsin student charged with the murder of his former owner Miss Lambert. Jurors are married and have children. The trial before Judge Donelly began last Monday.
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Waukeuon
Lil
William II
Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Heart
Marton Laubert
Donelly
Nel
Celestie
Yonker
Riverforst
Ore
Ana Withonn
St Wan Auld
Rho
Orpot
Misa Lambert
Dady
Wittesa
Mina Yonker
Western Front Fighting Widens in World War I
Reports from Amsterdam via Reuters say Emperor William II returned to Berlin to settle a ministerial crisis and then would depart for the Russian front after meetings with Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and Dr Helfferich. Secretary of the Imperial Treasury, Helfferich, is among his visitors. A separate dispatch notes Mexican petroleum deposits inspection fees starting June 1. In France, fighting extends beyond Verdun with clashes in Flanders Champagne and Argonne as German patrols press with air raids and ground attacks.
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Sey Antocnvao
Verdun
Hill 304
Flanders
Champagne
Argonnes
Ypres
Cros
Yser
Steenstraate
Horsas
Calais
St. Souplet
Argonne
Mexican plotters under arrest near Douglas Arizona
A group of prominent men from Moctezuma Sonora were arrested by Carranza authorities and brought to Agua Prieta to face trial on alleged involvement in a plot with clerics and Felix Diaz followers against the de facto government. Named are Carlos Teran Adeodato Lula Felix Jesus Maborin Angel Monge Ramon Morino and another unnamed resident. The arrests follow a property condemnation dispute claimed by Ciertifico refugees now held by Teran.
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Douglas
Ariz
Mostezuma
Sonora
Carranza
Aguapricta
Felix Diaz
Carlos Teran
Adeodato Lula Felix
Moctezuma
Jesus Maborin
Angel Monge
Ramon Morino
Ciertifico Party
United States
Teran
Felix
Judge critical of postmasters after Porter arraignment
United States district court hears Judge Orr condemn postmasters as incapable while arraigning Roger S. Porter of Broughton Allegheny County for shorting his office by 1604.68. Porter pleads nolo contendre and receives a fine matching the shortage plus costs due to the defendant's youth.
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Charles P. Orr
United States District Court
Roger S. Porter
Broughton
Allegheny County
Nolo
Orr
Compromise Reported in New York Presbytery Controversy
Atlantic City May 20 factions of the assembly reportedly reached a compromise over the New York Presbytery controversy. The information comes from apparently authentic sources obtained late tonight.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Assembly
New York
Loyal Lady Mates Bride at Akron Ohio
John Sylvester Dobbin of Braxton county West Virginia married Nellie Andrew Mollar of Clarksburg West Virginia in Akron. Both are deaf and dumb. George W. Davis officiated writing the questions while the couple supplied the answers. Dobbin came to work in the area months ago. Hollar visited his uncle Y G Wright and the romance began. About fifteen guests signed with sign language to congratulate them.
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Akron, C
John Sylvester Dobbin
Braxton County
W. Va
Nellie Andrew Mollar
Clarksburg
George W. Davis
Dobbin
Hollar
Y.G. Wright
Mitten
German air raids on France and Belgium cause heavy casualties
The report notes German planes attacked camps and military sites in northern France and southwestern Belgium with extensive damage. Paris tallies about 56 killed in Dunkirk and Bargues and nearly 40 injured. France says five enemy planes were shot down, while Germany claims the same number of aerial victims. London says the east coast raid caused only one fatality.
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England
London
France
Belgium
Paris
Dunkirk
Bargues
Sixth Cavalry Heads to Big Bend Movement Amid Turbulent Storms
Tornadoes north of Dennison kill at least eighteen as Kemp Oklahoma suffers heavy damage. Relieved by a night train, the Sixth Cavalry moves from Columbus to the Big Bend region to reinforce the border patrol, with transport routes via Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railways toward Marathon and Boquillas. Military observers link the action to Pershing’s expeditionary force and possible moves northward.
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Tex
Kemp
Okla
Red River
EL Paso
Sixth Cavalry
Columbia
N. M
Big Bend
Border Patrol
Aes
Columbus
Veston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Marathon
Boquillas
Columbus Center
Pershing
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Carranza
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Tenth Cavalry
Gavira
Colonia
Dublan
Namiquipa
Persh
Toe Command
Jacinto Trevino
Chiahuahua
Coahuila
Itia
It Fa
Puneten
Temoving
Oklahoma Town Wiped Out by Tornado in Muskogee Region
A tornado devastated Kom Okla town near Muskogee Oklahoma causing heavy casualties with estimates of fifteen to twenty killed and all residents injured or displaced. Rail traffic reports indicate widespread destruction with every building damaged.
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Muskogee
Okla
Kom
Woman Sells Whiskey to County Officer in Glen Fairfield
A woman described as a negress was arrested in Rosearching alley Glen Fairfield for bootlegging after selling a pint of whiskey to Deputy Sheriff Lace Wolfe and special county officer John Vannort in a prearranged sting. She was taken to the county jail.
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Glen Fairley
Lace Wolfe
John Vannort
Bertha
Acheme
Lutherans Vote To Form A Union In Three Churches
The Norwegian Lutheran Synod in Minneapolis voted to unite with the United Norwegian Lutheran church and Hague’s Northern Lutheran Synod by about three to one. The United Norwegian Lutheran church has adopted the constitution, Hague’s Synod votes next month, then the three bodies will meet for a permanent union. Members total 485,000 across the three bodies with 160,000 in the Norwegian Synod and 40,000 in Hague’s.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Norwegian Lutheran Synod
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Hague
Northern Lutheran Synod
Union
Ve Istue
Haxne
Synod
Sacede
Sabbath sports stance debated by Presbyterian assembly
At Atlantic City the general assembly considered Sabbath observance with Jamon DeWitt Andrews urging exclusion of all Sunday sports. The assembly adopted the committee report, noting health needs of youths and cautioning against a blanket ban. A Madrid dispatch later reported no news on the Spanish steamer Bagnio torpedoed.
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Atlantic City
Presbyterian Church
Jamon DeWitt Andrews
New York
Mr. Andrews
Paris
Madrid
Liberte
Lynch Sentence Aid Delayed by British Postponement
Ambassador Page in London has not fled by the British foreign office as Jeremiah C. Lynch a naturalized American tied to the Irish revolt faces a sentence. The execution is delayed until the prime minister and President Wilson are consulted and the American government completes its inquiry.
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United States
Moats
Omidale
Obsrogon
Washington
Rodgers
Conuimbua
Protoctol
Bilsed Arredondo
Arredondo
Alate
Khown
State ‘Department
Carranza
Obregon
Ambassador Page
London
Ben
Foreign Office
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Han
Wilson
Lynch Sentenced to Ten Years in Irish Rebellion Case
Jeremiah C. Lynch has been sentenced to ten years in prison for complicity in the Irish rebellion. American consular reports confirm the sentence, while military leaders consider reinforcing American forces in northern districts as a precaution.
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Lynch
London
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Ireland
Baptists Debate Nomination Rules At Chicago Conference
At the Northern Baptist convention in Minneapolis delegates debated the nomination system as they discussed candidates for offices. A protest arose against a nominating committee seen to control appointments. Dr C A Batten urged renomination of a key treasurer amid talks on party aligned campaigns for president and delegates.
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Minneapolis
Mini
Northern Baptist Convention
Aystem
Adeort
Osnzm
Inva
A. Batbeh
Thie
Sand
catfan'Society
Aid Hotives Torrente
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