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The German Censorship and Calls for Democracy
Reports from Rotterdam and Berlin describe renewed censorship in Germany, with Frankfurter Zeitung noting severe limits on opinion. After Scheidemann's Stockholm meeting, pressure grows for democratic reforms as the Kaiser resists liberty and the war's duration may hinge on political shifts in the coming weeks.
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German Socialist Party
Phillip Scheldemann
Scheldemann
Germany
Rotterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Scheidemann
Stockholm
Reichstag
Bethmann Hollweg
Kaiser
Speeding Up War Legislation Ahead in Congress
Congress aims to dispatch remaining war measures swiftly after resolving food control differences. Aviation funding, revenue measures, and a taxation bill are next, with War Department and President backing the aviation plan and trust in rapid passage.
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War Department
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Ways and Means Committee
Senate
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No Profiteering Critique of National Defense Council
Secretary Baker urges curb on panel corruption as Council of National Defense and its committees face charges of favoritism overcharges and graft. The Washington Post warns that insiders seeking contracts threaten patriotism and risk legal action, urging the president to restrain or abolish undue influence.
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Council of National Defense
Lane
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Washington
Washington Post
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Legislation Should Move Promptly To Sustain War Effort
The passage argues that essential funds should be provided by direct money now, with the remainder raised via bonds. It urges immediate enactment of the policy measures already settled to avoid delay and allow the government to pursue a straightforward wartime course.
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Congress
Open minded wartime ideas and anonymous input praised
The War Department welcomes daily ideas from unknown contributors and even humble civilians no matter their status. The piece compares such anonymous input to the widow who gave her two mites and cites Mark Twain imagining a shoemaker influencing war strategy as a notable example. It argues open minds yield valuable plans while many ideas are merely of limited worth.
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Treasury
War Department
Mark Twain
Military Department
Alexander
Napoleon
Tennessee
Zabern
Germany
Aviation Bureau Only Solution to Aviation Problem
An organized aviation bureau within the War Department is proposed as the solution. A special House and Senate committee should review legislative aspects as aviation grows in importance. Opposes creating a separate executive department for aviation noting aviation is primarily military and favoring Army Navy cooperation. Calls for a department of munitions to handle purchasing, manufacturing, delivery, and price regulation.
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House
Senate
Executive
Navy
Army
Department of Munitions
Aviation and department reforms in wartime policy
A discussion on military organization argues aviation should be a separate army branch, rail and shipping require a distinct department, and food distribution needs new control. It notes aviation as a War Department function and munitions as a separate direction, amid jabs at international diplomacy and a local barber anecdote about Narker.
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Signal Corps
Army
War Department
A Sure Cure. From Judge. He-Bere's a woman suing for divorce on the ground that she was in a trance when she got married.
A court record describes a divorce action where the petitioner claims she entered marriage while in a trance. The suit challenges the validity of the union on grounds of incapacity to consent, raising questions about marital status and the judge's interpretation of temporary trance.
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Churchill Back In Cabinet After Gallipoli Blunder
England reels at a frank report of Mesopotamia mismanagement and the fall of Kut as Winston Spencer Churchill returns to the cabinet as head of the air board. He advocates air strikes on Zeebrugge and German bases while others eschew salaryes and defend past decisions. The king's bench court hears the Rector of Sympson appeal, with Lord Coleridge concurring in upholding an inhibition.
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Mesopotamia
Charles Townshend
Kut
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High Court of Justice
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Sympson
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York
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Women Delay Discretion Wearing Comfortable Shoes
In a wry note from the Houston Daily Post AU Bupposition remarks that while twenty one is cited as the age of discretion, some women only reach discretion at sixty, when they finally choose comfortable shoes.
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Garfield Death Memory Marks 1881 Assassination
A historical account recalls President James A. Garfield shot on July 2 1881 as he traveled to Williamsport for commencement exercises and lingered for over ten weeks. Charles Julius Guiteau was later hanged for the act in 1882.
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St. Garfield
Charles Julius Guiteau
Freeport
Go Ahead and Drink Kansas City Drama at South Side Court
Judge Joseph F. Kiernan urged William Hall to drink carbolic acid in a crowded South Side courtroom. Hall, 56, who had attempted to drink the bottle after a drunken day, refused after his wife pressed for a divorce. Hall was fined 100 dollars and paroled to the welfare board.
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Jones plans hair restorer use on mattress tale
In a Lexington Herald item a landlady interrupts Jones as he disposes of items including a bottle labeled hair restorer. He jokes he will apply it to his hair and to a so‑called hair mattress. A fashion note from Puck hints the one piece bathing suit is returning to favor.
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Forsooth
Unreliability of charms in a Chinese marriage tale
A World Outlook account recalls a man’s arranged union with Lai Sa in Tungchou and Peking. The narrative details matchmaking, a teahouse wedding, and a ritual feast involving a “son and grandson chu po po” and a “long life mien.” The couple’s brief life ends with the wife’s likely tuberculosis and no issue, highlighting the questioned trustworthiness of local customs.
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Tungchou
Wun Shou
Lai Sa
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Tungehou
Laila
Chu-Po-Po
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Lal Ba
Coffin and Cigarettes Bid At Buffalo Auction
Michael Haderer, saloon keeper at Geneses and High Streets, won a coffin at the customs district sale in the old post office building paying five dollars for a casket worth about 25 to 30 dollars. He also bid highest on a wine cask and 560 Cuban cigarettes, taking the cigarettes for three dollars.
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Buffalo
Michael Haderer
Haderer
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Customs Office
United States
Seneca
Washington Streets
Satan's Pet War Verse Against Germany
A fierce anti Germany wartime poem condemns the Kaiser and German forces. It denounces the slaughter of civilians, hospital ships, and attacked villages, calling for punishment and public outrage while praising Allied resistance and urging ruination of the enemy. References include Zeppelins, poison gas, and war crimes imagery.
Japanese Politeness at the Sunset In New York Outlook
A William M. Chase tale recalls a Tokyo station master bowing to a viewer of sunset. The master apologizes for a freight train blocking the scene and vows to let the horizon remain undisturbed for the honorable traveler. The station master then insists the train withdraws to preserve artistic travel.
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New York Outlook
William M. Chase
Statlon
Comment on Passing Events Heard in Washington Hotels
In Washington hotels Gordon Smith and Capt David Sutphen discuss Britain’s Balkan diplomacy and the Dardanelles failure. They fault allied hesitation to aid Serbia in 1915, noting Bulgarian maneuvers and expected Romanian and Greek involvement if more troops had joined the Danube front. They contrast German trench deception with French practices and warn of broader war consequences.
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Dardanelles
Serbia
Gordon-Smith
Balkan
Willard
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Pashitch
Austria
Germany
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Danube
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David Sutphen
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Walnut lumber fortunes and Socrates wedlock quip
Lawyer Joseph O Hara notes scarce black walnut boosts prices and long term forestry gains while citing Missouri fox houses and high lumber values. George Ade recalls Socrates wedding remark at a Chicago wedding breakfast and a joke about wedlock.
Very Deceiving Wife Banter Over Army Service
A witty exchange questions appearances versus reality as a wife mocks the idea of a tall man being drafted. She quips that the husband merely looks tall, implying he is likely shorter in truth. The dialogue plays on appearances and equality in military service.
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