Udine May Tour West Hurrying On Navy Camps Plan
National Defense Council maps war solution efforts as Udine and the Italian mission consider a western U S tour to study military camps and shipyards. Roosevelt hosts brief garden party at Sagamore Hill before headed to Boston for Red Cross drive as Navy Camp plans expand across Philadelphia Charleston Pensacola and other sites.
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Sims Guest of New Navy Club Opens Shore Leaves
Vice Admiral Sims attends the opening of the United States naval club in a British waters village. He says the club is a forerunner of more recreations for sailors on shore leave as American and British forces pledged closer alliance. The event followed three hours of entertainment by amateur talent from the flotilla.
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Soldiers Attend Chautauqua Tent City Sessions
Soldiers from sixteen districts visited the Great Falls tent city for three chautauqua sessions. The program included a flower lecture vesper service home songs and evening prayer. The National Bible Scouts will soon begin supplying each soldier a Testament and the group will be based at 8436 M street NW with Alfred H. Zimmerman as president James Hagen treasurer and Blanche Cramer as solicitor. The Alpha Chapter will go to tent city on July 1 for the summer.
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Boys Flocking to Farms Under Farm Labor Drive
Director Hall announced encouraging reports from the Boys' Working Reserve showing thousands of boys at work on farms making good almost everywhere. Farmers are calling for more youths, with demand outpacing supply in many areas.
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Sermon to Annapolis Class Urges Navy Traditions
Annapolis Maryland June 24 The baccalaureate sermon preached today to 206 midshipmen who will receive diplomas Thursday urged them to uphold American navy traditions in service and to contribute to the Sherwer effort as graduates depart immediately for duty.
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Aeroplane Artillery Sermon Credits Wrights to War Outlook
Rev. S Stewart at Second Baptist Church argues Wright brothers made aeronautical genius fulfill Tennyson’s dream of air navies. He says victory in the current war hinges on air power, not land battles, and urges American inventiveness to defeat autocracy.
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Wage increases for metal workers approved in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on June 24 wage boosts of 5 to 20 percent were granted to employees of Western Sheet Steel and Tin Plate Manufacturers Association plants after a week of talks with Amalga mated Association delegates. The pay rise affects about 20,090 workers.
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Mme Polacco Granted Absolute Divorce From Giorgi Palaceco
Names de Circles New York June 24 The wife of Giorgi Palaceco conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House has been granted an absolute divorce. A woman well known in operatic circles is named in the papers. Mme Polacco is the daughter of a noted Italian diplomat.
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How the War Came to America booklet details U S entry
Government issued booklet traces step by step how the United States entered World War I. It recounts Belgium atrocities, the Lusitania sinking, Kaiser agents in the United States, and plans involving Mexico and Japan. Includes excerpts from Wilson's messages to Congress and Germany and full texts of the January 24 Senate address, April 2 war message, and Flag Day appeal.
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Habana Blast Mystery Near Fort Cabanas
A Havana explosion near Fort Cabanas caused widespread shock across the city with unconfirmed causes and a government commission investigating. Property damage included rocks raining onto Habana Coal Company piers, sinking several small boats, and damaging sailing vessels near the fortress.
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Professes Scorn For U S In German Allied Review
The North German Gazette prints a military review by Gen. von Blume. He states that since the year began the United States leads a list of thirteen wholly hostile and nine half hostile states. He adds that with three allies they must guard against these enemies and that more enemies bring more honor.
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Aims of Kerensky and Russian unity amid turmoil
The report cites Kerensky urging democrats in Finland and Ukraine to keep Russia united against threats from division. He argues dismemberment would ruin allied peoples and cites Armenia as needing evacuation protections, warning against Kurdish and Turkish advances.
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Mystery in Blast at Soldiers' Home
Leavenworth Kansas June 24 An explosion wrecked the Old Soldiers' Home home of Governor Sidney G Cooke. William J Squire son-in-law of Cooke was seriously injured but expected to recover. Police believe the blast occurred at a corner of the building and may have been caused by a disgruntled occupant. Bloodhounds were brought to the scene as investigators pursued a trail.
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Germany to index farm food for 1917 harvest
Copenhagen June 24. Germany plans a giant card catalog system extending prior war time man and livestock indexing to agricultural products. The program will record grains, potatoes, fruit and more with acreage, farm workers, livestock and farmer entitlements, followed by regular growth and harvest reports.
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Germany
Baseball Deadliest Sport Says New York Doctor
Dr Robert E Coughlin of New York reports in the New York Medtech Journal that 943 lives were lost in sports over ten years ending 1916. Baseball leads with 284 fatalities followed by football 216 and auto racing 128. Jockeys, boxers, wrestlers and golfers also show significant deaths.
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Robert E. Coughlin
New York Medtech Journal
Woman’s Cry, Detective and Arrest Spoil Chinatown Serenity
In Chinatown early yesterday morning a woman's cry from 323 F Pennsylvania Avenue drew Detective Guy Walsh to a stairway where Mrs. Virgie Jou reported her husband Les Jou had assaulted her. Walsh arrested Les Jou and he posted $10 collateral in police court.
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Open Air Talk Praises Red Cross At Fort Hill
Maj. Reymond W. Pullman, superintendent of police in Washington, addressed a large Fort Hill crowd at an open air Laymen's meeting praising the American Red Cross. A Banner Steam Laundry stable on Oronoco Street burned, with the truck saved, damage in the hundreds. Prof. Warrant Cole spoke at Christ Church on temptation to the Immanuel Bible class taught by Judge Louis C. Barley. Ward Boswell hospitalized at Alexandria Hospital with typhoid fever threats. Argentine Socialists act against cost of living.
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Buenos Aires Plans Large Socialist Demonstration
Socialist groups in Buenos Aires announce a mammoth demonstration for tomorrow to protest the high cost of living salts and the economic strain in Argentina.
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Draft machinery free from politics in WWI mobilization
The article reports that the first army draft system is nearly ready with local boards to be appointed by the President. General Crowder refines exemption rules to minimize discrimination concerns. Lawyers’ rulings aim for an automatic draft and exemption process, with boards designated, boards briefed, then drawings by number to begin the mobilization.
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American Hit By Shrapnel Near Paris Front
Paul G. Osborne of Montclair New Jersey and Dartmouth College, riding with American field ambulances, was wounded by shrapnel when a shell burst directly in front of the vehicle. He was brought to Paris with serious injuries but is expected to recover.
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Mexicans Return Germans to U S Interment Camp
Mexican officers at Nuevo Laredo located two Germans who had escaped from the Laredo internment camp and crossed into Mexico. They were brought to the International Bridge for delivery to American officers. Robert L Barnes praised Mexican cooperation as crucial to preventing the Germans from likely escaping again.
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SAY SPY REPORTS SAILINGS
New York June 24 ships and cargoes bound for Germany reported by Appy sources in formation at the city William M Officey head of the DOJ investigation has gone to Washington for a conference Richmond Va June 24 wind storm 60 miles an hour swept the city wires trees down hundreds of windows shattered Oakwood Cemetery tombs toppled over
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Zionists plan new step in world democracy at Baltimore meet
The twentieth annual Federation of American Zionists opened in Baltimore with Mayor Preston praising Zionism as a move toward global democracy. Justice Louis D Brandeis received a standing ovation as delegates discussed funding, Palestine autonomy, and a Jewish congress in Washington in September. Over 1,000 delegates registered amid a lively opening session and a debate on the steering committee.
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Demands for Democratic Rule in Germany Cited by Scheidemann
Berlin reports from London on June 24 state socialist leader Scheidemann published in Vorwaerts a two column piece showing optimism fading about early peace. He urges democratization as a duty while criticizing the government for vague war aims and warns that the central powers must pursue a complete peace policy started in 1918.
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New Motor Schooner Margaret on Fire Off Astoria
A message to the Merchants' Exchange reports the motor schooner Margaret burning about 100 miles off Astoria during her maiden voyage. Built at Astoria last Thursday, she is owned by A.C Andersen & Co of Norway. No passengers aboard. vessel is fully loaded.
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India Plotter Arrested in San Francisco Case
San Francisco police report the British Indian revolutionary propagandist Priam, active in Panama last summer, has been arrested there. The Panama dispatch notes the signal arrest and outlines ongoing investigations into his activities with Indian nationalist circles.
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