War time liquor control debate in Senate stalls beer move
Senate debate on substitutes for the House food control bill centers on prohibition and war needs. Senator Johnson argues a strong measure to curb profits and price manipulation, while Senator Lodge urges modifying provisions to avoid crippling beer and wine industries. The discussion touches steel prices, government authority, and the impact on employment and tax revenue as war considerations drive the issue.
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California
Kellogr
Minnesota
Chamberlain
America
Alon
Steel Corporation
United States
Lodge
Massachusetts
U Boat Sinks Addah. Eight Die In Lifeboat
The German submarine torpedoed the Pondon Dempster steamer Addah on June 14 without warning. Eight men in the captain's lifeboat were killed when a shot tore the boat’s stern. The submarine continued firing as survivors swam. The chief officer’s boat was hit but without fatalities. All survivors were rescued by a French steamer.
American airman Hall fights eight foes and survives
Paris June 28 American aviator and Lafayette squadron member James Norman Hall was attacked by a German bi plane with seven German escort planes aiding. He was wounded through the lungs and forehead but landed safely in French lines, saved by cutting fuel. Hospitalized at Snissons, doctors hopeful for recovery. Hall, famed author of Kitchener's Mob, is a Colfax Iowa native. Sublieut Dorme, credited with 23 kills, is missing after May 35 scouting mission.
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Corps
James Norman Hall
Lafayette
Hall
Snissons Hospital
A. W. Hall
Colfax
Iowa
Corp Hall
Fisfale
Austria Ready for Honorable Peace
Amsterdam reports the Austrian Unterhaus debated an interpellation by socialist members urging peace negotiations and self determination for peoples. Premier Von Seydler said Austria-Hungary will seek an honorable peace on constitutional terms with emperors prerogatives, while continuing to fight if foes reject this stance.
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Unterhaus
Daszynski
Steyan
Hruban
Herr Daczynski
Austria
von Seydler
Hungarians Riot for Universal Vote in Budapest
A Budapest demonstration demanding universal, equal and secret suffrage drew about twenty five thousand marchers through main streets. Rioting occurred with some windows broken and police struggles as authorities dispersed the crowd.
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London
Budapest
Dipatches
Grain Control Fins Licenses to Regulate Wheat Exports
Government moves to seize wheat supplies and control distribution under a new exports council. President Wilson prepared to sign an executive order requiring licenses for exports and restricting neutrals' access. Hoover cautioned that no final plan exists while price shifts reflect wartime controls and rising food costs. Retail prices rose sharply, with potatoes and flour leading gains across food groups. London also restricts raw cotton sales under the defense act.
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Wilson
Department of Commerce
Exports Council
Chicago
Food Administration
Germany
Commerce Redfield
Experta Council
Lansing
Lansing, Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Hoover
Department of Commercce
Pershing Report Awaited War Dept Faces Uncertain Front
Pershing’s full report on his expedition remains unavailable as war officials wait. Navy reports on the convoy are awaited while debate continues over when American troops will join the French front. Paris and London papers highlight the arrival as a hopeful symbol of allied unity and potential peace.
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London
the Times
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England
United States
Times
Duel Over Loot Ends in Deadly Knife Fight in New York
Special to The Washington Post New York June 2 A brutal knife duel ended in the death of Matthew Joseph Casselli known as Monte and serious wounds to Thomas Abruzzo as the pair argued over stolen loot in a West Forty third Street room They had fled Boston after a spree of robberies and a $20 gold piece vanished Adams Casselli and Abruzzo had fled Boston after earlier crimes prompting a search and autopsy later confirmed the coin in a dead man’s stomach Abruzzo told police they argued over the division of the crime proceeds and the fight began The Boston police later identified the dead man as Slim Casselli. In Rome the chamber of deputies voted to extend government support for another month to back the Boselli ministry.
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New York
Matthew Joseph Casselli
Thomas Abruzzo
West Forty-third Street
Casselli
Monte
Abruzzo
Polytechnic Hospital
Boston
Slim
Ninny
Slim” Casselli
Monte Casselli
West Worth
Third Street
Polyclinic Hospital
Eo West
Rome
Chamber of Depotree
Boselli
Brazil Renounces Neutrality Amid World War I
Rio de Janeiro June 28 Brazil revokes its neutrality in the war between the Entente and Germany. By a May act of Congress Brazil ends strict neutrality, citing US involvement and Germany's treatment of Brazil. Diplomatic exchanges with Entente powers were under way, with potential port visits by Entente warships.
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Brazil
Germany
Congress
United States
Nilo Pecanha
Republic
Brazilian
Teusma
America
Ther
Russia
N.Y. Herald Company
Chicago
Wiedersehen Love Story In Magazine of Fiction
Baroness von Hutton pens a warmly appealing romance titled Wiedersehen. The piece unfolds a fragrant June roaca love tale and appears in full in this issue of the Magazine of Fiction.
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Baroness von Hutton
Magazine of Fiction
Potatoes Glut NY Market Forces Boy Scouts Home
Nearly 400 Boy Scouts from Richmond and camps in Petersburg and Norfolk are returning from the Eastern Shore where they dug for a 4,000,000 barrel potato crop. They earned about 496 dollars while spending around 1,500. Low prices and a service embargo led truckers to suspend digging, leaving the youths idle and unable to be reimbursed.
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John Stewart Bryan
Petersburg
Norfolk
Mr. Bryan
New York
Philadelphia
Fairfax C. Jones
Boy Scouts
Cape Charles
Washington
New U Boats Feature Net Cutting Device
A torpedoed merchant captain in British waters provides a sketch of a German submarine equipped with a wire cutting device. Long steel strands with circular knives posted along the bow through the conning tower may let a sub cut through nets if ensnared. The drawing was made in a small boat after sinking another ship.
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Associated Press
Whie
Fear-Mile Height Canadians Fight and Fell a German Aero
Canadian biplane chased a two seater German aeroplane to approximately 20,900 feet in a high altitude dogfight. The German pilot reportedly fell or jumped from the craft as Canadian gunfire opened, and the observer was seen to abandon the craft before it disappeared. The German aircraft then nosed down and fell.
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France
Aviatik
Russian Reds Plan Revolt On Sunday
Petrograd reports a June 8 dispatch describing a planned counter revolution during the Sunday demonstration by the congress of councils of deputies. Moderates rally to defend the provisional government while extreme right and Bolshevik-aligned factions allegedly prepare to incite violence against the middle class. Darnov Palace serves as a meeting hub for reactionaries. A Black Hundred agitator predicts massacre of the middle class, asserting loyalty to any ruler, even Kaiser William.
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Russia
Kaiser William
Woman Is Slain Two Wounded In New Hampshire Tragedy
In Laconia New Hampshire Miss Alice Black Richards head teacher at the School for Feebleminded was found dead in a Lake Winnisquam cottage from a throat cut. Miss Elizabeth Suess assistant matron and Miss Dorothy Davis teacher were found with severe wounds. Morris P Bradford a manual training teacher surrendered to police and is under investigation. Nearby in Norfolk Virginia more than 500 navy yard workers quit over lack of ice water.
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Lake Winnisquam
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Dorothy Davis
Morris P. Bradford
Bradford
Norfolk
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Ofictala
Index to Today's Issue to Page
The index lists numerous items across pages including lodge warnings on drivers control of grain Pershing report awaited scouts quitting potato fields new Russia rising and broader notes on bonds coal prices suffrage plot army recruiting British ill focusing on munition ships Cocchi case blamed on German Americans and other society topics including Emmet statue unveiling sports financials and a long train of page references
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Drvs
Pershing
New Russia
Lens
New Belgium Leaders Laud Wilson and Russia's Direction
Emile Vandervelde Louis de Brouckere and Henri Deman describe Russia's post revolution shifts, the coalition government gaining cohesion, and President Wilson's peace program winning broad socialist support. They praise allied democracies and foresee Russia joining in a lasting peace alongside the United States.
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Haparanda
Sweden
London
Emile Vandervelde
Leouis de Brouckera
Henri Deman
Russia
Vandervelde
Petrograd
Belgium
Brussiloff
Wilson
Turing
6000 Mile Flight Near End From Atlantic to Philadelphia
6,000 mile flight nears completion as Capt. John C. P. Bartholf and Lieut. Stevens of the United States Aeronautical Experiments Station report landing near Philadelphia and moving toward Mineola. The voyage, begun at Hampton Roads, is described with notes on precision and dignity by the crew aboard their craft.
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John C. P. Bartholf
Lieut
Stevens
United States Aeronautical
Hampton Roads
Telladelphia Navy Yard
Tetas Ovala
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