Secretary McAdoo Urges Bond Drive Expansion
Treasury statement says Libert campaign results are gratifying and that success depends on continued effort. Tentative allotments among Federal reserve districts should not be viewed as maximum requirements, and no slack should slow subscriptions. All office staff and Denver bureau workers bought liberty bonds totaling 41160, and theaters are showing a film of Wilson’s message urging bond purchases.
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McAdoo
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Huyers
Denver
Wilson
White House
Economy Will Not Hurt Business Say McAdoo
Boston June 4 Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo told a luncheon audience that economy is essential to war efforts and will not hurt business. He defined economy as preventing waste and unnecessary luxuries while maintaining normal needs. He spoke at the City Club and later at a Cherry bond rally in Faneuil Hall before departing for Detroit.
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Boston
America
Peace Council
Secretary of the Treasury
William McAadoo
Gov McCall
City Club
McAdoo
Faneuil Hall
Detroit
Lawyers and Physicians Join New York Liberty Bond Drive
New York campaigners including lawyers and physicians urge Liberty Bond subscriptions and pledges. 2500 life insurance agents canvas cities and rural areas under Life Insurance Underwriters Association auspices. Special appeals target 650,000 AFL members. an airplane raid will drop 20900M circulars. Governors urge immediate subscriptions. Chinese American groups also participate. District reports show Philadelphia and Pittsburgh campaigns reaching substantial portions of quota.
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New York
Bar Association
Medical Societies
Life Insurance Under-writers Association
American Federation of Labor
Most Interesting Way to See Yellowstone Park Tour
An ad describes a Yellowstone Park tour via the Cody entrance and Shoshone Canyon route. It mentions the Cody surname connection, automobile access, and the Burlington trains link. The notice invites inquiries for tour specifics and pricing.
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Yellowstone Park
Sap Buffalo Bill
Cody
Park
Rattle Snake Mountain
Shoshone Canyon
Sylvan Pass
Wireless system head under police siege in New York
Police disclosed that the leader of a German wireless network visited the United States to plan equipment aimed at crossing to Berlin. Henry Frencke and four others face postal law conspiracy charges as investigators trace 150 wireless outfit plans and shipments sent to Mexico and possibly South America. Frencke admitted delivering letters for German sailors in New York, Hoboken, and Brooklyn, with a storeroom factory hidden as a tea and coffee warehouse.
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Berlin
Mexico
Henry Frencke
South America
Frencke
Manhattan
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Germany
Steel firm uplifts loan stake with $1.6 million subscription
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company announces a $1.6 million loan subscription for stockholders and employees, adding to an earlier $1 million, as Pittsburgh subscriptions reportedly exceed $50 million. Guardians for Creek Indians commit $1.8 million to the war loan, with tribal attorney noting nearly $1 million of Creek minors and incompetents funds may be invested. Creek estates largely from oil on eastern Oklahoma allotments.
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Ments
Fourth
Federal Reserve District
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Muskogee
Okla
Liberty Banda
Oklahoma
Senate rejects alien draft amendment after military urging
The Senate military committee rejected a proposal to exempt aliens from the draft after debate led by Peavoat Vkarshal Crowder. Officials argued the change would undermine the defense act and quotas remain in place.
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National Defense Act
Senate
Comemeirral
Advga
Peavoat
Vkarshal Crowder
Warran
MacMillan Tells Arctic Region Rich in Game and Coal
New York reports Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn received Donald B MacMillan's update on Crockerland expedition. He and his team run low on supplies, hope for relief ships, and describe Finlay Island exploration, vast coal deposits, abundant wildlife, and a long through-pass voyage with detailed geographic notes and plans for 1916.
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MacMillan
Arctic
New York
Donald B MacMillan
Crockerland
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Crockerland Committee
Nova Scotia
Robert A. Battistt
Eta
Peary
Finlay Island
George Washington University to Confer About 280 Degrees
George Washington University will confer roughly 280 degrees across nine departments at tonight’s 8 pm commencement in Central High School assembly hall. Seniors gather at 7:30 for cap and gown, process with university officials and the senior marshal, then hear William Miller Col Her speak on University Education and New World Conditions. Diplomas are awarded by Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton, with honorary degrees planned for prominent locals. An orchestra directed by Herman C Rakerann provides music. Rev. Douglas P. Birnie presides at the benediction.
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George Washington University
Central High School
William Miller Col Her
Spain
Department of International Law
Charles Herbert Stockton
Stockton
Herman C Rakerann
Douglas P. Birnie
Redraft of food bill subcommittee at work
House agriculture committee members report a true control bill aimed at making the President a world food dictator. Provisions will be rewritten to separate voluntary and penal parts, with a subcommittee and party members debating speed and scope. Rep Anderson warns of possible price inflation without swift action and broad powers.
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House
Messrs
Lever
Overmyer
Rubey
Orson
Young and
McLaughlin
Repesentative Anderson
Herbert C Hoover
Houston
Anderson
Congress
Blast Damages Nine Houses In Philadelphia Strike Action
Nine houses were damaged and residents were thrown from beds when a bomb exploded in front of a house at 2900 Hast Thompson Street early today. Police believe striking workers may be responsible. several strike breakers lived nearby.
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Philadelphia
Thompson Street
Germany Protests Brazil Use Of Warbound Ships
Rio Janeiro June 5 reports Germany protests Brazil use of German merchant ships. After Brazil canceled neutrality decree ships were seized and crews interned. Forty six German merchantmen were laid up in Brazilian ports early in the war.
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Germany
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Braali
Marines Recruiting Drive To Begin Monday
The Navy announces a nationwide Marine Corps week with a big recruiting push starting next Monday and continuing through June 16. Officials urge young District men to join the active service at nearby recruiting stations and obtain explanatory booklets. The Marines, formed in 1798, have long upheld the flag in global service.
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Kipling
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Marine Corps
Suffrage Fight Resumes in House as Republicans Move
Republican floor leader James R Mann will seek to discharge the judiciary committees from consideration of Congresswoman Rankirs constitutional amendment for national woman suffrage. Democrats avoid broad action, focusing on wartime measures, signaling difficulty in advancing the amendment this session.
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House
James R. Mann
Rankir
Iaincera
Alther House
Battle Over German Salvarsan Patents Sparks Senate Hearing
At a Senate patent committee hearing on salvarsan patents, former Representative Herman A Metz clashed physically with Dr George Walker of Johns Hopkins after a heated argument about commandeering German patents for wartime access. Johns Hopkins and University of Michigan doctors argued the patent must be abrogated to keep the drug affordable for all, noting salvarsan could be cheaply manufactured in the United States if patent rights are secured.
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Brooklyn
Metz
Senate Patent Committee
Army
Navy
George Walker
Johns Hopkins University
Council of National Defense
Walker
Theodore Janeway
J. M . Finney
Vaughan
University of Michigan AN
Daniels Names Seized German Ship Schurz in Honor
Secretary Daniels announced that seized German ships have been renamed for U S General Carl Schurz and various American coast towns. The gunboat Geler becomes Schurz, Leibdenfels becomes Houston, and others include Breslau to Bridgeport, Kiel to Camden, Saxonia to Savannah, and Odenwald to Newport News. The Leibdenfels, renamed Houston, was sunk in Charleston harbor after the U S severed relations with Germany.
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Schurz
U. S
Navy
Geler
Breslau
Bridgeport
Kiel
Camden
Liebenfels
Houston
Saxonia
Savannah
Vogensen
Quincy
Nicaria
Pensacola
Odenwald
Newport News
Hohenfelde
Long Beach
Frieda Leonhardt
Astoria
Andromeda
Bath
Rudolf
Japan and America vow friendship at inaugural America-Japan Society
Tokyo reports that the inaugural banquet of the America-Japan Society drew cabinet members and leaders, stressing cooperation in the Pacific. Premier Terauchi and Marquis Okuma spoke on mutual trade, peaceful collaboration, and avoiding conflict unless opposed by Kaiserism, with Kaneko noting joint ideas exchange.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
America-Japan Society
Bankera’ Club
United States
Count Terauchi
Ichiro Moton
Terauchi
Marquis Okuma
Pacific
America
Auch Queastiona
Injured Teacher Hurled From Street Car in Capitol Hill
Mrs Paxton 52 a teacher at the National Training School for Girls was hurt on Eleventh Street near East Capitol when she fell from a street car. She received treatment at Casualty Hospital and was later returned to 318 Fourteen and a Half Street Southeast.
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National Training School
Fannie C Paxton
National Training School For Girls
Falla
Thea
Eleventh
East Capitol
Casualty Hospital
Beginnings of Nautical Training School Aims 10000 Merchant Mariner Officers
Federal Shipping Board and Department of Commerce announce a campaign to recruit and train 10 000 men to officer the new American merchant marine. Henry Howard of Boston is named director with offices at the Boston customs house. The first government run nautical training school opens near Boston, with fourteen more planned along the Atlantic coast. Training is expected to last about two months, with graduates licensed by the steamboat inspection division. Pay during training is described as reasonable, with merchant sailors earning about 350 dollars a month and mates 250 dollars, plus war bonuses.
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Federal Shipping Board
Department of Commerce
Henry Howard
Boston
Boston Customs House
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Commerce Department
Steamboat Inspection Division
Akippere
Assigned to Fort Washington Coast Artillery Mobilizes July 15
The District of Columbia coast artillery national guard will depart for Fort Washington once mustered into federal service on July 15. The old recruiting station at 917 Freret reopens with Quartermaster Sergeant Herbert Chaddick and Sergeant Eduard Lightfoot in charge. A second station at 607 Fourteenth Street lists Corps F Larsen, Radio Sergeant D L Maxson and Private F A Gould as in charge. Ralph Coffin and Donald A Rich have enlisted. 0 vacancies remain.
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District of Columbia Coast Artillery National Guard
Fort Washington
The
Coast Artillery
Herbert Chaddick
Eduard Lightfoot
Fourteenth Street
F Larsen
D L. Maxson
F A Gould
Ralph Coffin
Donald A. Rich
Balfour Mission a Success in United States Visit
In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law stated he could not reveal details but said the government is more than satisfied with the mission's results led by Foreign Secretary Balfour.
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London
House of Commons
United States
Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
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