Senate Attacks on War Budget and Council Urged Curb
Washington May 17 The Senate began consideration of a 3.59 billion war budget dedicating the session to sharp criticism of the executive branch. Senators condemned the council of national defense accusing it of usurping authority and delegating power to an advisory committee. The Shipping Board and the wooden ship program drew ire as President Wilson faced censure for alleged lack of cooperation. An amendment by Senator Stirling limited the council’s powers during wartime.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Chamber
Defense Council
Martin
Advisory Commission
Reed
Missouri
Lewis
Illinois
Wilson
Goethals
Shipping Board
Income Tax Figures Explain New War Tax Rules
Treasury experts summarize how the proposed revenue law adds wartime tax to existing rates. Married filers with $3,000 to $5,000 incomes see exemptions cut to $2,000 and tax jumps from 2 to 4 percent on portions, with surtaxes on higher brackets. The Fordney interpretation differs on whether the first $2,000 above exemption pays at 2 or 4 percent.
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Treasury Department
Pordney
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Mob Menaces Policeman During Draft Recruiting Scene
In New Brunswick on May 17 a recruiting meeting drew a crowd as Patrolman Garrigan confronted Carl Broyles over a soldier’s pullout threat. Broyles refused to leave, the crowd threatened the officer, and Garrigan finally departed as the gathering continued.
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New Brunswick
N. J
United States Army
Carl W. Firngles
Earan Charles Garrigan
Edward Farrington
War Department
Wrowles
George Street
Garrigan
Broyles
Five marriage for bride in Kentucky mining town
In Flemamg, Whitesburg Kentucky, Willie Willa 31 a former Stroudsburg Pa resident married Nannie Webb 24. This is the bride’s fifth marriage after recent divorce from her fourth husband. She cites happiness and love at first sight. The groom is an mining engineer.
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Whitesburg
Flemamg
Willie Willa
Stroudsburg
Nannie Webb
Kentucky
Willa
London censor jailed for aiding enemy in war case
A 48 year old assistant censor at the press bureau in London was sentenced to three years penal servitude for collecting and communicating information likely to be useful to the enemy. The case is the first of its kind in the war.
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London
Anthony Thomas ~Spaulding
Italians Open New Offensive On Isonzo Front
Italian forces launched infantry assaults after heavy bombardment along a 25 mile Isonzo front against Austrians, claiming progress as the battle continues. German efforts around Lens near Soissons to Champagne are described as sporadic counterattacks with heavy losses. Also reported are Venizelist troops fighting with the Allies in Macedonia and French artillery actions on other fronts.
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Isonzo
Lens
Soissons
Champagne
France
Bullecourt
French War Office
Macedonia
Paris
Army bill to be law soon in war effort to expand forces
Washington reporting the war army bill is likely to become law within days. Conferees approved the Senate amendment allowing Colonel Roosevelt to raise a limited number of infantry divisions for France. The measure moves to the House for quick acceptance and then to President Wilson for signature.
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Washington
War Department
Germany
Senate
House
Roosevelt
France
Congress
White House
Wilson
Device Ends Gun Deafness Invented by Michelson
Professor A A Michelson of the University of Chicago Nobel physics prize winner invents a small aluminum valve for cars that limits loud detonations. A spring keeps the valve open for normal sounds but heavy noises automatically close it. It will be tested at Fort Sheridan.
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A. A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Has Seen Soldiers Off to Five Wars
Silas P. Maxim, aged ninety, a South Paris, Maine resident, has witnessed five troop deployments. He counted the bloodless Aroostook War of 1839, the Mexican War in the 1840s, the Civil War, the Spanish–American War of 1898, and the current conflict as the fifth departure for duty.
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Silas P. Maxim
Paris
Aroostook
Falls 6000 Feet Lives Home on Leave
Lieutenant H. A. Coon of Kingston Ontario, a Royal Naval Flying Corps member, was alone in a plane 6000 feet above German lines when a propeller fragment struck him, leaving him senseless. He awoke in a hospital after the wreckage was rescued from a snowbank.
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New York
H. A. Coon
Kingston
Ont
Royal Naval Flying Corps
Deserter Payne Captured After Barracks Escape
William Payne, deserter from the Missouri National Guard last summer while on the Mexican border, escaped the disciplinary barracks at Leavenworth Army Post. A police dog tracked him, grabbing his trousers leg until officers secured him.
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Leavenworth
Kan
William Payne
Missouri National Guard
Army
Trusty
Costa Rica Dismantles German Wireless Station
Costa Rican authorities located and dismantled a powerful wireless station at Heredia used to receive important messages. The site was on the former governor Marcos Rodriguez property, an ally of deposed president Alfredo Gonzales.
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Costa Rica
Washington
Heredia
Marcos Rodriguez
Alfredo Gonzales
London Welcomes Wounded Men From The Great Push
Crowds in London line train shed as ambulances bring wounded soldiers home. Violet and daffodil tributes shower the cots while nurses, workers, and shoppers share a tense, grateful reception. One wounded man smiles with his only visible eye as a doctor tends him.
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London
Coster
France
French Warship Hailed in Well Known Port by Busy Crowd
A heavily armed French armored cruiser entered a famous Atlantic seaport and drew cheers from clerks and officers in a nearby city. The ship, part of the French mission to the United States, features four turrets and a crew of 648, and has a noted service record including action at Dardanelles.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Blankety Blank
Nemo
Dardanelles
Solloum
Reasons for Silence on Submarine Fight
Washington May 16 An English journalist outlines strategic reasons for Britain’s secrecy about anti submarine successes as Germany’s U boats threaten shipping. The piece notes British ingenuity and measures that counter submarine warfare and casts doubt on German losses and capabilities.
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Washington
Germany
Great Britain
National Geographic Society
Sydney Brooks
Atlantic
Halifax
British Isles
England
Admiralty
Thames
Merchant Marine
Nelson
Farragut
Drake
Frobisher
New Corn Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A Cincinnati man markets freezone a ether compound to remove corns. A few drops on a tender corn reportedly shrivel and lift the corn root, drying instantly without damaging surrounding tissue. The notice urges readers to clip and try it to avoid infection.
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Cincinnati
Father
Increase Your Business With Warren Mail Ads
Promote business growth through Warren Mail Ads with weekly newspaper placements. Plan 1917 campaigns now and secure contracts for any duration. Call 36 and an Ad Taker will arrange details.
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Warren Mail
Arange
We Do Job Printing In The Finest Style
an advertising blurb for MAIL PRINTING CO. offering job printing in the art preservative style with samples and prices and location at 229 Pennsylvania Avenue, W Warren Pa.
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Mail Printing CO
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. Warren Penna
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