Storm kills a driver in Washington as storm halts Congress
A severe storm across Washington killed John Poorman, 64, a driver for George H. Nicholson, and seriously injured John C. Backing, 54, while driving and walking. The tempest damaged roofs, toppled lamp posts, flooded streets, disrupted rail lines, and halted Congress. President Wilson spoke of unity under the flag, urging resolve as Germany's power grips Europe and threatens peace.
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Fairmont Heights
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Casualty Hospital
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Virginia
War speeches rally students to duty and patriotism
In Wales and Washington, speakers urge students to pursue knowledge as a patriotic act for postwar reconstruction. Clyda Kelley leads Central High patriotic observances with Emory Wilson and others, while Judge S. S. Yoder recalls Civil War service. Local schools host G A R events, songs, poems, and flag tributes.
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Wales
Clyda Kelley
Pennsylvania
Central High
Harvey V. Speelam
Emory Wilson
Arthur School
S. S. Yoder
Yoder
United States
Registration Near Census Estimates War Registration Totals
War registration reached 9,839,582, 93.5 percent of the census figure, with six states missing. If the pace continues, about 9,518,000 men will be enrolled. whites lead at 6,712,456 and aliens total 1,093,336 with 4,712,186 possible exemptions.
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Provost Marshal General Office
New Tax Sures Ban On Liquor Making
Senate finance committee tentatively agreed last week on a prohibitory tax on foodstuffs used in making beverages and raised it yesterday to 60 dollars per 100 pounds. The section also bans importation of distilled beverages and the overall rates on spirits malt liquor wines and soft drinks total about 166 million dollars.
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Berlin expects bread rations to continue despite sowing end
London reports Berlin confirms bread rations will extend into the new harvest as spring sowing ends and oil harvest surveys improve. Potatoes remain scarce and may be replaced by flour or bread. Conferences on importing Roumanian grain have occurred to secure supplies.
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Bond Drive Advances Despite Bank Rushes Across City
Washington banks kept taking last minute liberty bond subscriptions amid heavy crowds and long hours. Treasury officials reported district subscriptions far exceeded the $8 million allotment, with totals around $15 million and hundreds of thousands of buyers including Treasury staff and Navy Yard workers. Subscriptions poured in from major companies and cities as regions reported oversubscription and record daily totals.
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Washington
John Poole
District Liberty Inan Committee
Still Time to Buy a Liberty Bond This Morning
Banks in Washington will continue taking subscriptions to Liberty Bonds this morning to aid buyers who missed yesterday's rush. Subscriptions must be reported to the Richmond Reserve Bank or the Treasury. Visit a bank at the earliest moment or it may be too late.
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Hoover Food Bill Sparks Senate Clash Over Power
Senator Reed of Missouri attacked the administration food legislation as an overreaching measure granting arbitrary licensing powers to Hoover. He warned the bill could regulate every household’s fare and disturb commerce, urging prompt action to conserve food products through new controls. The war emergency baking committee, from 78 cities, backed swift congressional action on food conservation.
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War Emergency Committee
Chicago
New York Near Billion Mark in Liberty Loan
New York’s Liberty Loan drive nears one billion dollars with the New York Federal Reserve district at 950 million and expected to surpass 1 billion by close of books. Major subscriptions include General Electric 2.96 million, New York Life 2 million, and Guggenheim interests several million. Scouts report 5.14 million in bonds sold nationwide. Keith circuit vaudeville to contribute at least 2.5 million. A faint Liberty Bell peal marked Independence Hall as Mayor Smith rang the relic’s chime.
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Home Insurance Company
Henry Phipps
Helen Martin
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
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American Beet Sugar Company
Henry Clews & Co
C. D. Barney & Co
Eugene W. Mente
W.W. J. Connors
Central Leather Company
BE. W. Bliss Company
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America
Germans Hold American Men
Copenhagen reports that Michael J. Stark of Chicago, an International Harvester employee, secured a passport to leave Germany after February 6 efforts. He notes many Americans abroad are denied passports even after the war ends while German officials urge American women to depart. Singer Miss Stozilius of Duluth, hired by Mannheim Opera, was freed from a long-term contract due to the war.
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Prussia
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Duluth
Minn
Mannheim Opera
1 245 Bonds Sold by Insurance Men
A report shows 1 245 liberty bonds subscribed for 224 350 by three teams from the local chapter of the Insurance Underwriters Association. The James Lee Boat team led with 546 bonds totaling 124 350. Worthington's team sold 400 bonds for 52 100 and Crown's team 299 bonds for 47 900. Koerber joined as a new member and a committee was appointed to urge T. T. Smith to retain membership. Adkine, former assistant attorney general, gave a brief address.
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Insurance Underwriters’ Association
Washington Board of Trade
James Lee Boat
William C. Worthington
Orvilis B. Crown
A. A. Koerber
Asnew
T. T. Smith
Jesse C. Adkine
American Editor Freed in China Sedition Case
Shanghai June 14 The district attorney withdrew the sedition charge against Dr. Gilbert Reid editor of the Peking Post. Arrested April 25 for slandering President Wilson, he apologized for German propaganda pieces and promised to refrain from criticizing the President, the American minister, and the U S government in the future.
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