Senate Passes Espionage Bill Amid Food Speculation Fears
In Washington on May 15 the Senate approved the administration espionage bill by 77 to 6. It preserves key anti espionage provisions while striking an amendment to bar cereals and grains from alcohol production. Debate raged over banning futures speculation in food, with measures to suspend boards of trade and exchanges rejected 40 to 24. The chamber voiced sharp rhetoric against food gamblers while warning of hunger pressures and war time controls.
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Germany Holds Off on Empire Aims in Reichstag Speech
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg urged Russia to renounce conquest aims in exchange for a potential long term friendship, avoiding a declared program of conquest and seeking an early war end. Socialist Ledebour urged steps toward a German republic while Russia’s council debated socialist participation in the provisional government. A separate note mentions a bank shooting in the suburb district with casualties.
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State Plans $10 000 Hospital and Administration Building
Special Correspondent reports the Lansing military board plans a hospital and administration building with $25,000 in funds. Eight thousand troops will be housed at Grayling as part of the state military program. Brig. Gen. E. H. Crowder is chosen as provost marshal general in charge of the registration system and will hold the rank of major general.
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Boards of Trade end gambling and weigh war needs
The report outlines efforts by Wisconsin boards to stop gambling and appeals to officials to act. It notes prices on September crops, the Chicago market, and discussions on wartime adjustments. Mentions the Michigan National Guard camp at Grayling, a $25,000 hospital project, and governor Sleeper's vetoes of eight bills including repeal of the presidential primary law and railway fuel seizures.
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Michigan state government events noted across cities with looming gatherings and official statements. Reports mention Governor Sleeper on naval militia dependents, fires in Chassell and Cadillac deaths, gas explosion injuries in Detroit, schools testing daylight time in Escanaba, and a Drury college presidency transition. Local notices include taxation and groceries policy in Port Huron and farm losses near Alma.
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German hold at Bullecourt as French push continues
World War I dispatches report German troops still hold the village of Bullecourt on the Hindenburg line. British lines note repulsed raids near Epehy and Ypres with prisoner captures and Roeux gains on the Arras front. Russian depictions claim Germany moved about 600,000 troops to France to bolster the Franco British offensive.
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Murder charges and political fallout from rural Iowa killings
A sprawling clipping details indictments for the Villisca murders and other fatal assaults, noting arrests and links to political figures. Mentioned are witness fees, court actions, and a charged public debate over minimum and maximum prices affecting farmers, plus state preparedness and tax figures. Names like Kelly and Jones appear amid a chaotic mix of legal and agricultural notes.
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Envoys to Russia Named by Root Panel
A list of figures including Elihu Root Charles Edward and others selected to go to Russia as envoys and ambassadors, with chairmanship assigned to an American official. The names appear with fragmented spellings and inconsistent punctuation.
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Submarine War Tales From the Atlantic Front
Fragmentary OCR hints at U S submarines, torpedoed ships, and wartime naval actions in Atlantic waters. Mentions include American crews, British ships, and sailors aboard vessels, with references to fleet movements and rescue or capture phrases amid ambiguous phrasing.
Appeal by Gompers for Sacrifice to Back War Effort
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, addressed labor and capital leaders in a White House meeting. He urged unity and readiness to make sacrifices to insure victory, warning of the terrible pressure of suffering during the war. In New York 2000 Teachers College Columbia University students began an eight week Red Cross emergency nursing course for wartime service.
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Minister of War Resigns Amid Petrograd Turmoil
London reports General Guchkoff, Minister of War, has resigned after a series of factional clashes in Petrograd. The general says efforts to control the garrison failed as the executive committee and workers' delegates demanded all orders be presented to them, leading to the fall of his post.
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