Questions for New York men aged sixteen to fifty in census
Albany May 2. The adjutant general's office released the male census questions for New York men aged 16 to 50. The list asks for age birth place length of residence citizenship marital status dependents education linguistic ability and work in industries plus military or vehicle operation and ownership details.
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New York State
Albany
Adjutant General’s Office
Adjutant General's Office
Senate approves $10 million nitrate fertilizer bill
The Senate passed a bill 52 to 8 authorizing a $10,000,000 appropriation for purchase and distribution at cost of Chilean nitrates as fertilizer to Atlantic farmers. The plan aims to boost South Atlantic crop output with government ships delivering nitrates and selling to farmers. Support comes from Southern farmers. some Republicans oppose, arguing Chile exports could be bought with the same funds.
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United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Senate
South Atlantic
Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Smoot
Townsend
Frelinghuysen
McCumber
Smooth
Senate Approves Corporation Income Tax Bill
The New York state senate passed a corporation income tax bill after about an hour of debate with six dissenters. Supporters say it will raise $30,000,000 to $33,000,000 in state revenue annually and $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 for localities where corporations operate.
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Senate
New York State Senate
Secretary Daniels Accepts Charleston Site for Arsenal Plant
After inspecting sites near Charleston West Virginia for U S government armor plate and projectile factories, Secretary Daniels accepts from Charleston city government the cession of 205 acres of land in South Charleston between the Great Kanawha River and the Chesapeake and Ohio railway.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
Daniels
South
Great Kanawatha River
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Warning issued at Chicago on railroad trespassers
Warning to all persons trespassing on railroad premises issued in Chicago by J Harrion chairman of the American Railway Association Commissioned national defense. The notice targets those who habitually use the railroad right of way over public roads and warns of possible gunfire from sentries guarding property.
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Chicago
J. Harrion
American Railway Association
France Agriculture Report Predicts Better Crop Prospects
The French department of agriculture reports forthcoming crops will be more satisfactory than last year. Insufficient soil preparation, lack of fertilizer, and heavy rain are cited as contributing factors.
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Department of Agriculture
Jail Potatoes Banned Until Price Drops At County Jail
Sheriff Parry seeks 75 cents per prisoner per day to cover potato provisions at Sandys and Ohio facility. Currently receiving 70 carts. inmates will not receive potatoes until price aligns with budget.
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Sandys
Ohio
Charles J. Parry
Defender of Verdun Henry Pétain Becomes French Army Head
General Henri P. Petain, famed defender of Verdun, is appointed head of the French Army. The move elevates the veteran officer to supreme command as France reshapes its military leadership amid ongoing conflict.
Indians Offer Onondagas to Fight Under Roosevelt
At a Pine Tree chief led pow wow the Onondaga tribe offered to join Allied forces in France with their kinsfolk the Oneidas Cayugas and Mohawks. Col Roosevelt received a letter proposing service. Chief Frank Logan could raise a cavalry on short notice. They vow to fight not guard water works.
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Onondaga
N. Y
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Stars and Stripes
France
Frank Logan
Six Nations
Long House
Onondagas
Carlisle
Roosevelt
Coast Is Hope Of Press
F W Kellogg of the San Francisco Call spoke in New York to the American Newspaper Publishers association arguing that Pacific coast paper mills can cut costs. He noted vast forests and water supply make paper 21 to 26 dollars a ton, vs over 30 in Canada, as a path to lower prices for newspapers. F P Glass, chairman of the paper committee, warned that the price of one cent newspapers must rise to cover current costs.
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Pacific Coast
F. W. Kellogg
San Francisco Call
New York City
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Canada
Mr. Kellogg
F. P. Glass
Joffre Seeks U S Flag Over French Front
Marshal Joffre told American readers via Washington reporters that France hopes to see the United States flag flying on the battle line soon. He predicted victories by the two republics fighting together for liberty will hasten the war’s end and strengthen ties between France and the United States.
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Joffre
U. S
France
Marshal Joffre
United States
Washington
Republic
Marne
Offers Mills to U. S. Bernard Rothwell of Boston
Bernard J. Rothwell, president of two large Boston milling companies with a 6000 barrel daily capacity, told the Senate agricultural committee he was willing for the government to confiscate the plants if necessary. He said the government should pay taxes, allow stockholders seven percent, and take the rest, provided his brands were preserved.
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U. S
Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston
Senate Agricultural Committee
Bomb Found In Soldiers' Garracks Threatens Barracks
Secret service operatives investigated a pipe bomb found in the sleeping quarters of the captain of a National Guard company in Joliet. The device, set to explode at 6 20 p M, was discovered at 5 19 p M and reportedly contained enough explosives to blow up the barracks.
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Secret Service
Investipaline
Uhe
Om Densis National Guard Company
Et Joilet
Plowing Patriotism: Shelby Men Buy Tractor for Food Drive
Ten Shelby Ohio businessmen and manufacturers purchase a $1000 tractor to plow fields day and night for those unable to cultivate land. The effort will turn hundreds of acres from pasture to food production for the nation.
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Shelby
Ohio
Council of National Defense orders railways to give coal traffic
In Washington the council of national defense directs railways to prioritize coal and iron ore shipments over all other traffic as part of forming a continental system to operate American lines during the war.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Germans in Brazil and the Pan German movement
The war bulletin notes a British Amethyst clash with German forces near Fernando de Noronha off Brazil. It details a large German community in Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina Paraná and São Paulo active in commerce and culture. It cites German influence in education language and land ownership and discusses Pan Germanism and potential fleet power to protect German interests in South America.
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Washington, D. C
Amethyst
South Atlantic
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Republic
National Geographic Society
Washington
Rio Grande Do Sul
Santa Catalina
Parana
São Paulo
Theodore Roosevelt
Sao Paulo
San Leopoldo
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Denmark
Austin Harison
William II
American
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Rio Granade Do Sul
Port Alegre
Federal Court
de Joinville
Saxe-Coburg
Thea Leorman
Ni Ees
Alsare-Lorraine
Saxony
United States
Konigoor
Rio Grande
Sul Sars
Eclectic Magazine
Wile
S. America
von Schultze-Glaswernitz
Die Nation
South America
America
Steamer Coronado in Fire Off California Coast
A passenger steamer Coronado is afire off the California coast. The vessel, a wooden ship en route from Gray's Harbor Washington to Los Angeles, was reported burning in an S O S message picked up by a radio station.
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California
San Francisco
Coronado
Gray’s Harbor
Wash
Los Angeles
Cal
Cambridge to Honor Page and Two Statesmen
London May 3 Cambridge university will confer the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Walter Hines Page American minister Sir Robert Borden Canadian prime minister and Lieutenant General Jan Smuts South African commander
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London
Cambridge University
Walter Hines Page
Robert Borden
Canada
Jan Smuts
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