Ulster Cabinet to meet over Lloyd George peace offer
Belfast reports say Ulster premier Sir James Craig will summon the cabinet on Tuesday to consider Prime Minister Lloyd George invitation for a conference with Northern and Southern Ireland leaders. Ulster leaders seek to limit talks to the issue of peace excluding republic questions.
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Associated Pre
Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
James Craig
Lloyd George
North
Sir James
James
Associated Press
Northern
Southern Ireland
Mr. Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Polock
German Poles conflict report on volunteer arms
Berlin dispatch notes General Lerond forwarding a secret report claiming German volunteers in Upper Silesia received arms from Germany and support from the Orgesch in Bavaria. The note urges Polish leader Korfanty to strengthen insurgent forces and calls for allied troop concentration to disarm Germans, with withdrawal planned by Tuesday and district clearance by July.
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Berlin
Lerond
Inter-Allied Commission
Upper Silesia
Toles
Germany
Orgesch Party
Bavaria
Prussia
Lokal” Anzeiger
Mera Lerend
Adelbert Korfanty
Communists Clash Over Dictatorship By Proletariat Policy
Detroit June 26 socialist convention rejects resolutions defining dictatorship by the proletariat as a policy. Morris Hillquit and Victor Berger lead opposition, arguing the idea links to Russian red terror. Debates span three and a half hours as delegates vote down proposals and bar working class dictatorship references from party policy.
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Detroit
Morris Hillquit
Socialist National Convention
Victor Berger
Algernon, Lee
Cameron King
California
Russia
Berer
King
Fed
Fourth Victim in Nineteenth Ward Political Feud Shot
Joseph Laspisa wealthy contractor and lieutenant of Anthony DAndrea was killed while driving through Italian district crowds. Two men in the tonneau fired on Laspisa as the car rolled on, then fled. Car wrecked after pursuit, witnesses scarce. Feud now two victims per faction after a wave of Germanic election violence.
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Joseph Laspisa
Anthony D'Andrea
Laspisa
Church Greatest Force for Good
United States secretary of labor James J. Davis preached from the pulpit of the First Reformed Church in Toledo on June 26 stating that the church is the greatest force for good. He urged the church to organize to unite employers and employees, aiming to reduce or end the need for the labor department.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
James J. Davis
United States
First Reformed Church
Department of Labor
Greeks Reclaim Ismid in Marmora Action
Constantinople June 26. The Greeks recaptured the town of Ismid on the Sea of Marmora from the Turks. Greek warships bombarded the retreating Ottoman forces day and night. The town sustained some damage.
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Constantinople
Ismid
Sea of Marmora
Sinn Fein leaders weigh Lloyd George letter impact
Dublin reports say Eamonn de Valera may not speak tonight after day of talks with colleagues on Premier Lloyd George s invitation. Sinn Fein circles expect a London meeting with Lloyd George and Craig, likely with MP John Joseph McKeown, tied to a recent court martial charge.
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Aspeiteares
Dublin
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Hall Dream
Black Rock College
McKeown
Sinn Fein
London
Craig
Ulster
John Joseph McKeown
Longford
McGrath
Knights to found US service men correspondence school
The Knights of Columbus outline a plan to launch the nation’s largest correspondence school to educate former service members. The system would serve up to 100,000 alumni, cost about 1 million dollars, and build on the existing program that has already graduated 150,000 veterans. Final approval awaits the international convention in San Francisco on August 2. A possible visit by Marshal Foch in fall may bring a Chicago guest reception on November 6 with plans for a major demonstration in his honor.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Supreme Board of the Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus
William J. McGioley
The
Knights
San Francisco
Marshal Foch
France
Children Bodies Found In Slough Near Miles City
The bodies of Agnes Virag nine and Johnnie Virag one were found in a slough near Miles City after days of search. Annie, aged five, who played with them, guided authorities to the pond where the clothing was found on the bank and the children's hands were clasped when recovered. The family reported them missing late Saturday evening as search parties scoured the area.
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Associated Press
Miles City
Jer M. Virag
Agnes
Johnnie
Eveera Pacific
Milwaukee
Annie
Quebec Police and Firemen Strike Shuts City
Since midnight Saturday Quebec has no police or fire protection due to a joint strike by the two departments. A militia battalion is in readiness while 38 new policemen have been sworn in. Street lamps were damaged and stations broken into as about 200 false fire alarms rang. Strikers demand a weekly raise of 1.50.
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Associated Press Quebec
AFL Council Finishes Tuesday After Convention
Denver June 26 The executive council will complete the AFL resolutions adopted at the forty fifth annual convention. President Samuel Gompers and council members were to meet tomorrow and finish by Tuesday night. Radio Struck. Washington June 26 The large navy radio at Arlington was hit by lightning and badly damaged tonight.
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Asociated Press
Denver
Samuel Gompers
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Navy
Arlington
Sister of Butte Man Tells About Warfare in Erin
A Butte volunteer Henry O Connell in charge of a tailor shop writes of a vivid Irish war scene via a letter from his sister in Everies County Cork. She describes Sinn Fein militants, jail terms, fires, executions, and reprisals, noting distorted roads and changed travel by land sea and air, with American aid cited as crucial.
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Butte
Erin
Henry O'Connell
Connell
Everies
County Cork
Ireland
Christy O'Connell
Sinn Fein
Miss O'Connell
Dwyers
Callroe
Jerry Connors
Ardgroom
Gurteen
Irish Republican Army
America
American Legion Occupies Fergus County Capital
Continued on page 1. Lewis town hosts the American Legion and women’s auxiliary with delegates arriving nationwide. State officers and many national officers are present, about 300 from Montana. Flags adorn the business district as Elks band greets trains. Headquarters in the local post attract ex servicemen as Great Falls Billings and Kalispell bid for next convention location. The two conventions open in the morning with a parade at noon set as a feature.
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American Legion
Fergus County
Lewistown
Women’s Aux Mary
Montanapos Legion
Elks Band
Great Falls
Billings
Kalispell
Bodies Found After Farmhouse Fire in Kentucky Tragedy
Five adults and six children were found dead in Ernest Lawrence’s farmhouse ruins near Aayfield Kentucky. A coroner's inquest returned a noncommittal verdict. Neighbors heard screams and shots before the fire. weapons and an axe were found among the remains.
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Associated Prews
Aayfield
Ernest Lawrence
Fang Ing
Otis Drew
Monthe
Lawre
Wand the Drews
Defense seeks all male jury in Kaber murder trial
Cleveland June 26 The defense requests an all male jury to decide the fate of Eva Catherine Kaber in the first degree murder trial of her husband Daniel F. Kaber citing belief that women jurors are less swayed by emotion. Attorney Francis W. Paulson argues male jurors are more likely to reach the desired verdict.
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Pres
Cleveland
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Francis W. Paulson
Mes Kaber
More Males Than Females in 1920 Census Report
The census bureau announced that in 1920 there were 2,090,132 more males than females in the United States, ratio 114 to 100, up from 108 to 100 in 1900-1910. The preponderance is attributed to foreign-born residents where males outnumber females.
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United States
Ureau
SICK MAN TO GET NO BEER PERHAPS WASHINGTON
June 26 report on Willie Campbell anti beer bill shows prohibition leaders expect a two thirds vote under suspension of the rules. 28 members ready to oppose prohibition and a fast Senate action to meet President Harding before the July Fourth holiday.
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Asociated Press
Washington
Wicely
Willie- Campbell
Senate
Harding
Bition
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Quarter Billion in Compensation Paid by Government
Washington reports a total disbursement of 226,488,891.94 dollars in settlement of compensation claims for former servicemen disabled by wounds injuries or disease and for dependents of war veterans killed or died. Director Forbes of the War Risk Insurance Bureau announced the figure. A separate Associated Press crop price report notes May prices for farm crops rose to levels not seen since June 1920, per the Agriculture Department's Bureau of Crop Estimates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forbes
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Associated Pres
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop
Warning of Coal Famine From Frelinghuysen
Senator Frelinghuysen warns of a looming coal famine if summer price relief plans fail. He alleges national coal groups unite to block federal price controls and freight-rate bills, branding their campaign as misrepresentation to derail the senate measure.
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Frelinghuysen
Washington
Republican
New Jersey
National Coal Association
Anthracite Coal Operators’ Association
American Wholesale Coal Association
National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
Senate
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Hilary P. Jones
Henry 'B Wilson
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Annapolis
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J. Louie Engdahl
William Kruse
New York
Orr
Solomon
JW. Richman
Kruse
Engaant
Berger
Slough
Quebec
A. F. O. L. Council
Xeishners
Houve
Kaber
Associated Proms
William H. McGannon
Municipal Court
William L. David
House
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