Germany To Sign Treaty But Refuses War Crimes Concessions
German chancellor informs allies Germany will sign the peace terms but will not give up war crime suspects. Paris time limit expires at 7 tonight. note presented at Versailles at 5:25. Allied leaders reject a 48 hour extension and prepare for signing as negotiations continue.
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Germany
Paris
Henry
von Haniel
Versailles
Paul Durasta
Quai D’orsay
Pares
New York
Gustav Adolph Lauer
Bauer
Clemenceau
Ne Allied Commission
Poland
Lloyd George
Edward David
National Assembly
Count von Bernstorff
Bernard Dernburg
The
Democrats
Assembly Votes for the Peace Treaty
The national assembly voted to accept the peace treaty 237 to 138 with five abstentions. Chancellor Bauer announced Germany will sign but rejects acknowledgment of sole war guilt and delivery of subjects to a foreign government.
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Carl D. Groat
Wfimar
National Assembly
Bauer
Germany
Uer
State lacks insurance on $38 million in public assets
State Auditor Donahey said Ohio owns $38,000,000 in institutions and public buildings but carries no insurance on them. He urged the legislature to set aside funds whose interest could serve as an insurance fund for several years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Ohio wheat crop ahead of schedule predicts bumper yield
Secretary of Agriculture Shaw said Ohio's wheat crop is about three weeks ahead of schedule. William Stewart, a local farmer near Columbus, began cutting his crop today. A bumper Ohio harvest is predicted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Shaw
William Stewart
New Italian Delegates Appointed for Peace Talks
Rome correspondent of The Exchange Telegraph reports that Senator Guglielmo Marconi Senator Vittorio Scialoia and Tommaso Littoni former foreign minister have been appointed as Italy s new peace delegates It is believed they will pursue the Adriatic question policy of their predecessors.
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London
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Guglielmo Marconi
Vittorio Scialoia
Tommaso Littoni
Italy
Adriatic
Police Court Idle After Quiet Weekend
Saturday and Sunday passed without police business as officers reported a quiet weekend. Sherman Violet faces two state warrants for allowing minors in his pool room and for permitting gambling. he is to be arraigned tonight at seven thirty with a hearing on the gambling charge and possible binding over on the second warrant.
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Sherman Violet
Violet
Vanity Fair Edges Money Greed In Chicago Decision
In Chicago Vanity Fair won a legal decision over Money Greed. Meanwhile burglars broke into a furnishers shop and stole about 4000 dollars worth of silk shirtings from the bolts.
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Chicago
Ill
Vanity Fair
Ohio to form complete guardsmen regiment by July
Adjutant General Layton announced in Columbus that Ohio will organize a full guardsmen regiment by July. A Norwegian factory claims to source aluminum from Labrador stone once deemed valueless.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gneral Layton
Norway
Plan of Allied Operations If Germany Refuses to Sign Peace
Marshal Foch outlines a sequence of maneuvers by Belgian French American and British forces if Germany rejects the peace treaty. Belgians advance on Essen and Immaen fortress. French move on Ulm Nordlingen and Kheen defenses. Americans push toward Bohemian border divide Germany. potential stands at Wurzburg Thieringia and Erfurt. British fleet tightens blockade.
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Foch
Dusseldorf
Essen
Ruhn
Immaen
Ulm
Nordlingen
Kheen
Bohemian
Germany
Austria
Bohemia
Wurzburg
Rheen
Eer
Danube
Ngolstadt
Thieringia
Erfurt
German Fleet Sinks as Crew Surrenders at Scapa Flow
Reports from Kiel and Scapa Flow recount German battleships and cruisers scuttling to prevent capture. Admiral von Reuter may face international trial alongside U-boat commanders. fourteen hundred sailors landed, some killed or wounded in clashes with guards.
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London
von Reuter
Scapa Flow
Naval Armistice Commission
Paris
Thurso
Scotland
Emden
Gove
Moltke
Zeidlitz
Derflinger
Hindenburg
von Derlann
Africa Day at Centenary Exposition Highlights
Africa Day at the Centenary exposition features a 2 PM Coliseum program led by Bishop Hartzell with the Kaffir boys choir and sixty Southern university singers. Speakers include Dr. D I Mumpower Congo Africa, Bishop Camphor Liberia, Rev Frease North Africa, and Dr Samuel Swe mer Egypt. A native caravan with Zulu regalia will parade through the grounds alongside special events in Cleveland Philadelphia Cincinnati and Pittsburg. Governor Henry J. Allen discusses fair labor practices and boss-relations during Kansas Day remarks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kaffir Boys
Southern University
Joseph Hartzell
Africa
D. I. Mumpower
Congo
A. P. Camphor
Liberia
E. Frease
North Africa
Samuel M. Swemer
Egypt
Africa Building
Exposition Grounds
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Coliseum
Red Cross
France
Youth Injured in River While Swimming in Hocking River
Harold Wise son of Mr and Mrs H T Wise sprained his left hip Saturday evening at six while swimming in the Hocking River at Herold Place. He and companions were performing acrobatic stunts when he fell into a drift of logs and debris, crawled to shore, received aid from friends and was taken by Wise automobile to a physician. He was reported as doing as well as could be expected while confined.
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Harold Wise
H. T. Wise
Hocking
Herold Place
Young Wise
Altho
Federal bills seek national licensing of meat packers
Bills introduced in both houses propose federal licenses for all meat packers within two years. They would bar business without a license, revoke licenses for unlawful or unfair practices, and regulate related industries. The Kenyon bill also creates public markets to cut living costs and extends controls to unrelated businesses. Kendrick's measure largely mirrors it but omits those provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Kendrick
Wyoming
Anderson
Minnesota
Drive to Build Guard Outfit Now Under Way
Captain Stinchcomb and Lieutenant James Fry launched a recruitment drive in Athens county to form a new guard unit. About thirty prospects joined at launch. a minimum of sixty-five recruits is needed by June 30 to secure the armory. Recruits will drill 24 rights monthly for six months, earning 1.25 dollars per drill.
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Stinchcomb
James Fry
Athens County
Old Guard Company
Samuel
Paris Peace Treaty Signing Delayed to Wednesday
The French foreign office said arrangements for formal signing of the peace treaty cannot be completed before Wednesday. The piece ends with a stray note about an old-fashioned girl who believes love implies marriage.
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Paris
Booze Hunters Barred from Private Homes
Washington June 23 The house judiciary committee voted down a measure that would allow indiscriminate searches of private homes for intoxicating liquor after prohibition. The Anti Saloon League provision requiring affidavits from two credible persons was removed and a warrant must be issued by an authorized court. Wets won a point by eliminating the minimum fine and sentence. maximums remain $1000 and one year.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Wets
Infant burned by overturned beans in Jacksonville
The ten month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shirkey was severely burned when a pot of hot beans toppled onto him during a bath. The child suffered burns to the hips and legs but is expected to recover.
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Jacksonville
Frank Shirkey
Dyer predicts repeal of wartime prohibition after peace treaty
Representative Dyer of Missouri claims the President will repeal wartime prohibition by Wednesday or soon after the peace treaty is signed. He offered no authority for the statement but urged friends to bet on the repeal.
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Washington
Dyer
Missouri
Tornado Devastation Hits Fergus Falls Minnesota
News reports from Fergus Falls say a tornado wrecked the Grand Central Hotel and business district killing about forty or more. A relief train reached the city and officials predicted higher casualties as hospitals filled and debris blocked routes.
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ST. Paul
Minn
W. F. Rhinow
Fergus Falls
Grand Centract Hotel
ST Paul
Fergus Falle
Fergus Faille
Grand Hotel
Willig
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Burnquist
Rhinon
Minnesota
Dakota
Hell
Grand Central Hotel
Larsem
Northern Pacific
Portation
P. H. McCauley
Northern Pacific Railway
Rough Roadside Searches Spark Protests in Michigan
In Bessemer Michigan on June 23 rum guards patrolling roads from Wisconsin faced protests as motorists objected to searches. Two cars were pushed into a river and the others were stoned.
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Bessemer
Mich
Wisconsin
Willy Company Faces Urgent Hiring After Four Week Strike
Elyria Ohio June 23. Officials say the Willy company will fill strikers positions immediately and resume production, threatening to replace workers who do not return.
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Elyria
Ohio
Willy Company
Athens High School Band Delivers Popular Saturday Concert
Crowds filled Court Street Saturday evening for the Athens High School band's first concert under Prof. P. Be McCormick. Miss Gladys Saunders sang solos as the band accompanied. The one hour concerts appear to be a popular success.
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Court Street
Athens High School
P. BE. McCormick
Gladys Saunders
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