Allies Plan Final Struggle With Reds Over Europe
Washington July 16. Senate debate on the League of Nations paused with an armistice as leaders from both sides prepared to resume hostilities. Attention centered on Shantung clauses and possible action after peace treaty reading. President Wilson kept open house for lawmakers today as talks continued.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Wilson
League
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
Japan
Borah
Lansing
White
Bliss
Sherman
Lodge
Congress
Allies Warn On Bolshevik Push In Vienna
Paris reports July 16 say communists plan to proclaim a Vienna soviet republic July 21, likely bloodshed. Allies fear Bolshevik advance from Hungary and aim to save Vienna as a stable capital and stop spread to Slovenia Italy Switzerland and beyond.
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Paris
Vienna
Airship NS-11 Lost With Crew Over North Sea
London July 16 Search was under way for the crew of the British airship NS-11 blown up during a North Sea flight. Two officers and ten men aboard. Debris seen burning on the Norfolk coast. cause unclear, lightning or engine trouble. The ship left Pulnam for a sea cruise Monday night. NS-11 had held a long flight record before R-34's 108 hours.
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London
North Sea
Norfolk
Pulnam
Centers of the Drug Habit in Big City Raided
Federal officers nationwide begin crackdown on habit forming drugs in New York City. Seven arrests across two raids on drug stores yield six charged under the anti-drug act and one alleged addict held as a material witness. Drug quantities and expired prescriptions found, with similar conditions at a second edge of the theater district. A European farm engine uses a gas motor and fuel from waste materials.
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New York
N. Y
Bia
Wilson prepares speaking tour on league of nations issues
President Wilson starts drafting a senate address to explain the Paris covenant and treaty with Britain to aid France against Germany. A tour plan follows long Lansing talks and Capitol appearances, with possible Boise stop to address Borah supporters and constituents.
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Paris
Lansing
Europe
Skirts Shorter This Fall as Fabric Shortage Looms
New York fashion buyers warn there will not be enough cloth to go around for five years. Skirts will be shorter and fabrics thinner as eight yard scenic requirements are trimmed. Fur trade expects continued strength despite overall material constraints. Marten coats rise in fashion with warm temperatures in the forecast.
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New York
N. Y
Gas Men Meet at Fourth West Virginia Gas Convention
In Wheeling on July 16 the fourth annual West Virginia Natural Gas Association convened with more than a thousand delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia in attendance seeking industry updates and collaboration.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
West Virginia Natural Gas Association
Violence by Strikers in Eastern Cities Spurs Police Patrols
New York dispatch reports heavy guard at steamship piers along both rivers after 200 seamen seized 40 crew members at the Ward Line pier in Brooklyn. Police dispersed them with night sticks as about 1,000 firemen and oilers paraded, raising fears of a general strike spreading to ocean lines and worsening freight delays.
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New York
Ward Line
Brooklyn
South Stret
Japs Promise to Look Into Atrocity Charges
New York July 16 Japanese premier Hara pledges full investigation and reform in Korea after charges of atrocities reported by the Federal Council of Churches. Dispatches seen as admission of some eye witness accusations amid missionary reports.
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New York
Federal Council of Churches
Korea
Hara
Japan
Ex-King of Saxony backs Kaiser in exile stand
In Berlin on July 15 the former king of Saxony telegraphed King George urging protection for the ex Kaiser. He said he and the German princes will stand with the Kaiser in hard times and advised against extradition.
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Berlin
Saxony
George
Roosevelt Named Only Republican In District Race
Mineola L I July 16 Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will be the only Republican candidate for the New York assembly from this district. The county committee announced after visiting Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Assemblyman Coles, the incumbent, withdrew from the race.
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Mineola
L. 1
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Assembly
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Coles
Prisoner Frank Norwicki Walks Away From Work Detail
Frank Norwicki a 23 year old inmate from Ottawa county serving time for larceny escaped custody from university grounds where he assisted trustees. The incident followed a report on preventive measures for motion picture theatre fires noting a new automatic electrical device to seal film boxes to prevent spread of fires.
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Columbus, CO
Frank Norwicki
Ottawa County
Law creators again seek repeal of daylight saving
Washington reports that senate and house leaders plan another push to repeal daylight saving. The house agriculture committee was to be asked to report the agricultural appropriation bill with a rider repealing daylight savings despite the previous House action striking the rider after the President vetoed the repeal.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
Haugen
State Employes Prepare to Register Grievances
Two hundred workers from the State Industrial Commission prepare a list of complaints to be shown to the commissioners. They allege a sweatshop in which nearly 100 girls in the claims department work in a single poorly ventilated room and that salaries fail to meet the American standard of living. Industrial commissioners say they cannot grant pay raises and that only the legislature can act.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Atats
Claims Department
Workers Interference Amid New York Strike Riots
In Rome New York on July 16 workers faced interference after days of strike riots. State police overawed mobs and picketing was abandoned.
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Rome
N. Y
Ten Thousand Strike Hits International Harvester Plant
Ten thousand workers at the International Harvester Company plant in Chicago went on strike today. The tractor twine and reaper plants are affected. The company statement said the strikers made no demands or reasons, noting wages have risen 114 percent since 1914.
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Chicago, Ills
International Harvester Company
Scotch Countess Visits America
The Countess of Lindsay and her husband Lord Lindsay have arrived in New York. Her fortune, brought by the countess, far surpasses her husband’s prior poverty. her father was the late John Shaw of Welburn Hall a major Midlands and northern mine owner.
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Countess of Lindsay
Lord Lindsay
New York
John Shaw
Welburn Hall
York
Midlands
England
Pershing’s Visit To London Praised By British Press
General John J. Pershing, hosted by Britain, met with officials including Churchill Peel and Milner. The Daily Mail lauded American sacrifice from Chateau Thierry to the Argonne and recalled his 1918 pledge to Marshal Foch.
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London
John J. Pershing
Great Britain
Davis
Winston Churchill
Viscount Peel
Lord Milner
Carlton Hotel
General Pershing
Daily Mail
United States
Paris
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Common Pleas Judge Hurt In Capital City
Common Pleas Judge L. G. Worstell was confined to his University Terrace home after being struck by a car in Columbus on Tuesday. He suffered a fractured bone in the lower left leg while crossing to board a street car. He refused hospital care but later traveled by train, unaware of the break. The injury is described as a small fracture and he rests comfortably.
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Common Pleas
L. G. Worstell
University Terrace
Columbus
Garage men turn air hose into nickel slot machine
In Waukegan Illinois on July 1 local workers repurposed a compressed air hose to operate nickel slot machines, turning a saying about freedom into a literal push for gaming devices in a public area.
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Waukegan, Ill
Were Real Sports Chicago July 16 Holdup Men Strike
Two holdup men told George Carlson they were good sports as they robbed him of 130 dollars and his watch, leaving only ten cents for carfare.
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Chicago
George Carlson
Elks Initiation Poised for Athens Home Drive
The largest class of candidates in Elks history began Tuesday in Athens with registration at 2 pm and ceremonies after 3 pm. A city parade followed a banquet and a night of degree work, amid rain, as about 200 participants and many Elks celebrated and planned future building of an Athens Elks Home.
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Elks
Athens
Prof. McCormick
Lars
Eer
W. B. Bartels
J. J. Schmidt
F Helwig
D. RK. Poston
Wm. A.head
Herbert Parker
Peterley
Raymond Michaelis
N. J. Aber
R. R. Frye
Harry Dalton
Hoak
Earl Verity
B. E
D. F. Mosure
Bert Shepard
M. ¢Rich
A. F. Holmes
C. M. Hyde
Fr Richey
M. J
John Ewing
Jesse Sw . Gabriel
John Fagan
D.M
Frank Oldfield
John
G Fielder
Roy Shirley
Marion Felohnson
Jesse
Cruelty Charge Sustained Says Fastern Solmn
Washington reports that cruelty claims against American forces in France were supported by testimony from former soldiers held in prison camps near Paris. A sergeant described brutal beatings, prisoner starvation, and overcrowding at Camp No. 2, with soldiers deprived of tobacco and food. A hospital orderly testified seeing a lieutenant colonel enforcing harsh discipline.
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M. P
Paris
Revea
Washington
France
Nesses
Inger
Massachusetts
Paul Boggs
412Th
Graph Battalion
Paria
Boggs
Mandel Burke
Pase Hospital No. 46
Tri state bakers discuss death of John Barleveer
Cedar Point Ohio July 16 delegates at a tri state bakery convention in Cleveland hear Elimer L. Cline Indianapolis claim the industry is the great est contender for the late John Barleveer estate. He warns against assuming drinkers will turn to pastry instead. States long dry have raised pastry and sweets consumption.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Tri-State
Elimer L. Cline
Indianapolis
John Barleveer
Cline
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