No Passports For U S Socialists At Stockholm Talks
Washington announces denial of passports to American Socialist delegates Victor Berger Morris Hillquit and Algernon Lee for the Stockholm peace conference. The Logan Act is cited with penalties for any American engaging in discussions without a passport, aiming to discredit peace moves and condemn socialist agitation viewed as German-inspired.
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Washington
Germany
Stockholm
Lansing
TOE Eee
United States
American Socialist Party
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Morris Hillquit
Algernon Lee
New York
C. E Russell
William English Walling
Armour Subscribes Million in Liberty Loan Bonds
J Ogden Armour has subscribed for $1,000,000 in Liberty loan bonds. Associates say the subscription is on his personal account and not connected with the packing firm he heads.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
American expeditionary force to fight in Belgium trenches
The American expeditionary force under Gen Pershing will reach Europe in autumn and see its first combat in devastated Belgium with the remnant Belgian Army. King Albert will remain as commander of Belgian troops during the siege. This picture shows him as he appeared a month ago.
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Europe
Gen. Pershing
Belgium
Germany
Albert
American Beauty in British War Work
The article highlights American women in British war relief roles during wartime unity with the United States. It features Lady David Beatty, formerly Ethel Fields of Chicago, as a prominent Red Cross leader in London and a noted beauty.
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Great Britain
United States
David Beatty
Admiral Beatty
Ethel Fields
Chicago
Lady Beatty
Red Cross
London
England
Exemption Granted for Mexican Farm Laborers
Washington on May 24 Secretary Wilson issued orders to admit Mexicans as agricultural workers despite literacy test and contract labor provisions to ease farm labor shortages in the Southwest The measure covers New Mexico Arizona Texas and California Aliens are admitted temporarily only for farm work and must not switch to other labor or face deportation Head tax is waived for these cases
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Mexico
General Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
California
Seek Help of Women
Toledo May 24 The National Association of Retail Grocers debated food prices led by W B McIntyre of Rock Island Jr He argued housewives should not carry baskets and city curb markets fail to aid price cuts A resolution warned grocers will lose clerks to the draft and urged housewives to carry purchases home The group urged manufacturers to refrain from raising finished product prices when raw materials rise.
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Toledo
W. B. McIntyre
Rock Island, Jr
National Association of Retail Grocers
McIntyre
War on Mustaches Sparks Civic Health Drive
City health officials launch a spring campaign urging workers to shave beards and mustaches first to set a clean example for public health. The initiative targets municipal employees and aligns with broader health promotion efforts.
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Hoboken
War notices on Rome shop doors reflect sacrifice and humor
In Rome shops closed for owners to answer a call to arms, notices promise reopening after peace or punishment of the Hun, with owners serving customers in uniform when possible and wives managing business in wartime.
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Rome
First War Claim: Mule Shot as Spy Near Kingston Bridge
Richard C. Conover of Bordentown files a claim for $250 after his mule, working on the Raritan canal, was shot by a National Guard sergeant who mistook it for a spy at Kingston bridge. The owner seeks compensation from the federal government.
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Bordentown
N Ae
Richard C. Conover
Raritan Canal
Kingston
National Guard
Conover
HELD AS DRAFT PLOTTERS IN TEXAS
Bonds for seven men brought from Snyder Texas were set at 1000 dollars each by Federal Judge G W Jack on charges of seditious conspiracy to resist conscription by force. The arrests tied to the Farmers' and Laborer's Protective association. A Gore mass meeting was reported to act against 40 men implicated in anti conscription plots. An arrest at Abilene identified as R W Mills, previously connected with the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Dallas
Snyder
Tex
United States
G. W. Jack
Farmers’ and Laborer’s Protective Association
Gore
R. W. Mills
Abilene
Industrial Workers of the World
U S Engineers Reach London in Early War Arrival
London May 24 First detach ment of United States army engineers under Major Parsons arrived in London. The second unit of the American hospital corps has reached Great Britain. The American medical unit led by Major Harry L. Gilchrist, which arrived last week, was received by King George at Buckingham Palace.
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U. S. Engineers
London
United States Army Engineers
Parsons
American Hospital Corps
Great Britain
Harry L. Gilchrist
England
King George
Buckingham Palace
War Service Appeals to Lawyers in New York
Fifteen thousand lawyers in New York received an appeal from the war committee of the bar to volunteer their services for government aid and to protect the practice of lawyers called to military service.
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War Service
New York
War Committee
New York Bar
President Wilson presses for censorship power in espionage bill
Washington May 24 The censorship fight in Congress reopened after President Wilson insisted on press regulation in the espionage bill. Conferees deadlocked yet again while some senators who voted against censorship reportedly shift toward support, hinging on House action and Republican opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Administration
Representative Webb
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
White House
House
Texas Wheat Harvest Starts Near Fort Worth
Chicago telegram reports wheat cutting underway in Texas near Fort Worth. The move signals harvest began three days earlier than normal, seen as a favorable omen for markets.
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Texas
Chicago
Fort Worth
Texas City
Bad Weather Delays British Front Operations
Inclement weather halts Freia Marshal Haig's troops along the Arras front delaying the planned offensive to clear Germans from the Hindenburg line west of Bullecourt. Artillery bombardment is expected to resume as clouds lift and infantry are prepared for a broader push toward Douai and the Drocourt Queant switch line.
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Freia Marshal Haig
Arras
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Drocourt- Queant
Awitch
Douai
Crevreaux
Californie
Vauclere
Decree Orders Coal Reports to Prevent Shortages
Paris on May 24 Maurice Violette the minister of subsistence presented a decree to President Poincare issuing today requiring all persons possessing more than one ton of coal to report to authorities by June 20 the amounts they hold. Unreported coal stocks will be requisitioned.
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Paris
Maurice Violette
Poincare
Blind Soldiers Honor Choate Memorial Service Held in Paris
Soldiers blinded in the war held memorial services in Paris for Joseph H. Choate of New York at the Lighthouse for the Blind founded by New York men and women under Mr. Choate. A resolution of sympathy was sent to Mrs. Choate.
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Choate
Paris
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Lighthouse For
Station Agent Kills Superintendent in Durango Office
Durango Col May 24 M A Phe ney assistant division superintendent of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad was shot and killed in his office by John E Graves agent here for the road Graves surrendered and the shooting is said to stem from a personal grievance
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Durango
Col
M. A. Pheney
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
John E. Graves
Graves
Circus imitate injury ends with a barn accident
In Lima Ohio on May 24 Harry Simmers 16 from East Lima swung from a barn rafter imitating circus stunts. The rafter broke and his skull was crushed in the accident at his father's barn.
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Lima, O
Harry Simmers
East Lima
Joffre Receives Boston Gift With Portrait Kiss
The Joffre Kiss image shows Marshal Joffre caressing Mary Curley, daughter of Boston's mayor, in gratitude for a $150,000 check to aid soldiers' orphans in France. Vice Admiral Chocheprat smiles nearby as Boston celebrates with a schoolchildren parade bearing French and American banners.
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France
Joffre
United States
Marne
Mary Curley
Boston
Chocheprat
Hub
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