World warships sail to New York and nurses promoted
Five German surface warships are sailing from Brest to America due August third. Julia L. Stimson named superintendent of the army nurse corps with major rank. Hawaii population reaches 285,912, up 83 percent since prior counts, Honolulu 83,827.
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United States
Brest
New York
Navy Department
Washington
Julia L. Stimson
Baker
Army Nurse Corps
Census Bureau
Hawaii
Honolulu
Notable World Figures Lose/Face Deaths and Political Shifts
obituary notices for Mrs Elizabeth Lyons Swanson and Frank Trumbull, with deaths in Washington and Santa Barbara. Yacht Shamrock IV wins a race in New York as Resolu te falters. Reports span German armistice moves, Polish and Russian fronts, and crises in Europe including Spain, Belgium, and Italy. Leaders and diplomats cited, with mentions of Deschanel, Lloyd George, and Bolivian upheaval.
Radical party fusion collapses as La Follette refuses run
In Chicago and across the nation the fusion of radical groups including Labor and Single Taxers collapses. La Follette rejects the fusion platform as too radical, while the Labor party and Single Taxers each pursue independent presidential tickets. Lloyd and 19 others face sedition charges in Chicago with Clarice Darrow leading defense.
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la Follette
Chicago
Vermont
Spa
E. F. Clipson
Nonpartisan League
American Party of Texas
Ferguson
American Constitutional Party
Hearst
World War Veterans
Amos Pinchot
George L. Record
J. A. H. Hopkins
Wisconsin
Texas
Third Party
48Ers
Labor Party
Parley P. Christensen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Max §. Hayes
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Sproul
Palmer
Robert C. Macauley
Philadelphia
R. C. Barnum
Cleveland, C
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Ilinois
Hoyne
Lloyd
Winnetka
Ook County
Oscar Hebel
McNamara
Los Angeles
Clarice Darrow
William Forrest
William A. Cunnen
Cook County
Frank Comerford
Leaf
Europe
Bolahemm
Ssfon
Moscow
Russia
Asia
America
Communist Party
United States
Ex Kaiser's Son Joachim Ends Life At Potsdam
Prince Joachim, youngest son of former Kaiser Wilhelm II, shot himself in Potsdam amid money troubles. Born 1890, he endured fragile health and epileptic fits, yet had a storied WWI record including leading forces to push Russians from Memel in 1916. He married Princess Marie Auguste in December 1916 during convalescence from a thigh wound.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Joachim
Berlin
Potsdam
Theexkaiser
East Prussia
Joachim
Amille Hisenberg
Memel
Holland
Livonia
Switzerland
Marie Auguste
Prince Edward of
Anhalt
Hohenzollern
Marie
Frederick II of
Fifteen Chicago Gunmen Facing Death Sentences
Chicago on July 20 reports Judge Hugo Pam sentencing Harry Andrea to be hanged on October 15, making him the seventh slated for execution at Cook County Jail. Eight other murderers are set to die on October 14, the day before.
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Chicago
Harry Andrea
Hugo Pam
Cook County
Record Divorce Decree Landmark Set by Chicago Judge
Chicago July 20 Judge Frank Johnston Jr. of the circuit court set a new record by granting his 453rd divorce decree after serving as a divorce judge for two weeks. The rapid pace marks a notable milestone in local judicial history.
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Chicago
Frank Johnston, Jr
Circuit Court
Sinn Fein police march in Dublin streets
Sinn Fein police wearing armlets inscribed Irish Republican Policeman appeared on Dublin streets. An Irish republican detective force has also been formed. Eight burned to death in Idaho home fire. Mrs. John Roesch and seven children perished as Copeland house burned. Husband detained for inquiry.
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Traverse City
Mich
Fercival W. Clement
Vermont
Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Clement
Ireland
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Edward Carson
Ulster Unionist
Ulster Volunteers
Trish
Miners’ Federation
Dublin
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
John Roesch
Copeland
Here
American Troops Withdrawn From Tong-Shan Area
Chinese rebels threaten and American forces sent to reinforce the garrison at Tong-Shan and Lieh Hang have been withdrawn to Ching-Wang- Tao. A number of American families are spending the summer there.
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London
Tong-Shan
Liech Hang
Ching-Wang- Tao
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Tacoma
Wash
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A. H. Hancock
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Danville
Galesburg
Rock Island
Moline
Springfield
United States Department of Internal Revenue
San Francisco
Elizabeth Lyons Swanson
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Frank Trumbull
New York City
Santa Barbara
Calse
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock IV
Belgium
Teutons
Pablo Gonzales
Coahuila
Mexico City
Santari Nuortava
Ludwig Martens
Rambouillet
Deschanel
Paris
Polish Council of Defense
Lloyd George
Warsaw
Damascus
Maalakah
Riak
Zahleh
Majdelahgar
Fiume
Vienna
Nicholas
Ekaterinburg
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Vilna
London Times
Kovno
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Black Sea
Monterey
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War Office
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Santiago
Chile
Stettin
Reval
Spalato
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Giuli
Puglia
Poland
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Volhynia
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Foreign Office
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Ruhr
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Charles Francis Adams II
Resolute
Congress
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Kaiser
Sinn Fein Police
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