New Five Member Peace Council Forming in Rome
In Paria on July 1 Premier Clemenceau and foreign ministers from Britain France Italy and Japan proposed a new five member peace council to temporarily oversee conference affairs. The group would include Balfour Tittoni and others while President Wilson returns to the United States amid mixed European commentary. Tribuna notes Wilson’s decline in popularity as he exits, criticizing his inability to seal peace and calling his approach a compromise that favored the strong.
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Clemenceau
Lansing
Balfour
Pichién
Baron Makino
Chinds
Japan
Tittoni
Italy
Gine Ee -Balfour
Tittons
Wilson
Rome
United States
Tribuna
Europe
America
Double tragedy near Maysville ends in murder suicide
In Commerce Georgia on July 1 Mr K E Highfill shot and killed neighbor Mrs Fred Dill on her porch then killed himself. Children who played nearby said a quarrel preceded the shootings at the Dill home on Senator Farr’s plantation near Maysville. Highfill lived on Mrs Newt Smith’s farm thirty miles away. The motive remains unknown beyond the reported quarrel.
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Commerce Ga
Maysville
K. E. Highfill
Fred Dill
Highfall
Hanks County
Dill
Willard's Condition Found Remarkable
Toledo July 1 The vanguard of a great crowd arrived for the Willard Dempsey championship fight Friday with first tents pitched. Official physician Sweeney of the Toledo boxing commission examined Willard and pronounced him in remarkable condition.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Sweeney
Toledo Boxing Commission
Willard
Bill to Prevent Light Beer and Wine Making Plan
Prohibition leaders in the house secured a judiciary committee meeting after talks. They expect quick agreement on an independent enforcement bill for wartime prohibition defining intoxicating liquor as over half a percent alcohol and to urge passage at the earliest moment.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Guards Protect Gotham Homes
Police guards were placed at public buildings churches homes of public officials and citizens who spoke against socialism and anarchy by order of Police Commissioner Enright. Guards will be continued until July 7.
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Associated Press
New York
Enright
SFE DEFEAT ANNE IN STATE
Atlanta July 1 State Senator Parker introduced a resolution to ratify the federal constitution woman suffrage amendment and predicted it will be overwhelmingly defeated. Suffrage advocates had signaled they would wait until next year to bring up the amendment.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Parker
Baker Won't Favor Army Objectors
Washington July 1 Secretary Baker refused the Amnesty Committee of Chicago request for an open plea to President Wilson for immediate release of all conscientious objectors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
of Amnesty Committee of
Chicago
Wilson
U S Seeks Mexican Murders Punished
The state department has made urgent representations to the Mexican government for punishment of those responsible for the murder of American citizen John W Corrall, maltreatment of his wife, and attempted murder of his son near Colonia Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
John W .Corrall
Colonia
Mexico
Royal Arch Masons Confer Many Degrees
Keystone Chapter of Royal Arch Masons conferred several degrees on multiple candidates last night. It marked the final meeting presided by High Priest Rabbi F. K. Hirsch who departs for Sumter South Carolina to reside there after resigning as synagogue rabbi. The program included degree work and a reception for Hirsch with praise from Dr. H. R. Palmer Rev. G. E. Stone and others.
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Keystone Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
F. K. Hirsch
Hirsch
Sumter
S. C
H. R. Palmer
G. E. Stone
E. C. Payne
Gasper Palmisano
Col
Abit Nix
Rabbi Hirsch
Warning to Soviet Russia Triggers U.S. Reprisal Sentiment
A July 1 message from the United States through its Stockholm legation warns the Russian Soviet government that threats of reprisals against American citizens in Russia in response to the arrest of Soviet representatives in New York would provoke strong anti Soviet feeling in the United States toward Soviet leadership.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Explosion of Navy dirigible injures crowd in Baltimore
An explosion aboard the big Navy airship C-8 at Camp Halobird near Baltimore at 12 30 today caused rapid heat inflation and shattered fragments rained on spectators injuring seventy five, mostly women and children. The blast shook Eastern Baltimore and the surrounding countryside.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Camp Halobird
N. J. Learned
Blockade Halts Plans in Congress
Washington reported that a series of blockades in Congress halted plans to enact all remaining appropriation bills for the new fiscal year. The Senate and House faced unexpected difficulties, forcing night sessions and delaying recess until next Tuesday amid threatened leadership challenges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago Saloons Sell Soft Drinks in Massive Opening
Chicago observers report more than 3000 of the citys 6000 saloons opened today to sell soft drinks. About 600 establishments were converted overnight into ice cream parlors and restaurants.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thornton's Luncheonette Offerings Featured
A historical menu lists Thornton's Luncheonette meals with a 50 cent dinner including roast veal cabbage with bacon mashed potatoes muffins crammed pudding coffee tea milk rice.
Atlanta Capital Removal Fight Sparks Fear Fund Talk
Reports of a large fund to retaliate against candidates supporting a capitol removal vote circulated after mass meetings in Atlanta. The House adopted a resolution condemning tactics, while a Speaker Pro Tem defended himself amid allegations of moral cowardice and political intimidation.
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Atlanta
DeKuth
House
John W. Bale
Floyd
Atlanta Constitution
Lindsey
DeKalb
Bale
Messrs. Brown
Clarke
Grifa
Decatur
DeKalb County
Macon
House Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Capitol
Georgia
Army appropriation bill passes in House without record vote
Washington notes the House approved the 1920 army appropriation bill carrying 764 million dollars without a recorded vote. The action occurred late today and reflects the year’s defense funding decisions.
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Arne
Associated Press
Washington
House
Trial of Brewer Won't Be Soped
San Francisco July 1 Federal Judge William Sawtell denied Rainier Brewing Companys request for an injunction restraining the United States attorney from initiating criminal proceedings for manufacturing beer after May 1 or selling beer after June 30 with two and three fourths percent alcohol. The lengthy Georgia Legislature debate included a resolution denouncing attacks on a Speaker Pro Tem and defending the right of the people to voice issues via constitutional preferences. Representative Bale defended the right and condemned the insult as moral cowardice while resisting premature capital relocation talk and urging restraint.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
William Sawtell
Rainier Brewing Company
United States
Georgia
House of Representatives
House
Mack Johnson
Bartow
Bale
Ik- Kalb
DeKalb
Lindsey
Floyd
Atlanta
Mrs Bartow Died Yesterday In Athens Funeral Set Today
Mrs Florence Long Bartow died yesterday morning at the home of her sister Mrs O A Harper in Athens after an extended illness. She was the widow of John L Bartow of Waco Texas and is survived by three sisters and one brother. The funeral will be held this afternoon at four from the Harper residence with Dr Elam F Dempsey officiating.
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Florence Long Bartow
O. A. Harper
Mr. Harper
Bartow
Alli Athens
Mrs. Bartow
South
Southland
Georgia
Éocul
Athens
John L. Bartow
Waco
Texas
O. A. Hamper
Florence Long Taylor
Emma Long
Edward C. Long
San Antonio
Harper
Dearing Street
Elam F. Dempsey
First Methodist Church
Horace Holden
Andrew J. Cobb
KE. L. Wilkins
H. H. Linton
Frank Lipscomb
Joseph Jacobs
Atlanta
BE. Smith, Sr
D. C. Barrow
Trans Atlantic Seaplane Flight Aims For 34 Hour Run
The air ministry announced Britain’s dirigible set off from East Fortune at 1 48 Greenwich mean time for a trans Atlantic journey planned to last 34 hours. The voyage, a first of its kind, seeks to rival recent American air achievements.
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Associated ‘Preas
London
Air Ministry
Greenwich
East Fortune
Scotland
America
Tramp cuts air brakes. Westerner wreck toll at eleven dead
Dunkirk New York July 1 The Westerner express wrecks after air brakes fail. Engineer Frank Clifford’s dying statement cites air brake failure. Witnesses say the whistle called for hand brakes as the train at fifty mph struck the rear coach of No 41. It is believed a tramp riding the Westerner cut off the air rendering the brakes useless.
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Associated Press
Dunkirk
N. Y
New York Central
Westerner Express
Frank Clifford
Heavyweight Championship Bout At Colonial Theatre July Fourth
The Williard Dempsey fight on July fourth at the Colonial theatre will be aired in detail via a special Western Union leased wire. Tickets are scarce and prices high as a record crowd is expected. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents under twelve. The bout starts at 3 PM Central Time.
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Williard
Colonial Theatre
Jedo
Athens
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