Monarchist Coup Tops Berlin Amid Revolt
Revolutionaries enter Berlin and topple the government as Dr. Wolfgang Kapp is named chancellor. The Fatherland party leader allies with monarchists to restore the monarchy while Noske orders arrests, plants fear of Versailles fallout, and Hindenburg is courted as a candidate.
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London
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Ebert
Fatherland Party
General Luttwitz
Gustave Noske
Dr. Kapp
Pabst
Mar
Reichswehr
Gustav Noske
Kapp
pan-Germania
Bompers Attacks Palmer in Carnegie Hall Speech
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, assailed Attorney General Palmer in a Carnegie Hall address. He criticized the coal strike injunction and opposed the Supreme Court ruling on stock dividends and the United States Steel Corporation.
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One York
Samuel Bera
American Padecetins of Labor
Palmer
Carnegie Hall
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
Warfield Suffers Leg Injury Forcing Immediate Return
New York report says leading actor David Warfield broke his left leg between ankle and knee while performing. David Belasco wired the Auctioneer company in Los Angeles to cancel engagements and return to New York within ten days. Belasco noted Warfield is not permanently crippled and should resume duties soon.
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New York
David Belasco
Los Angeles
Belasco
David Warfield
Warfield
Allies submit Germany war guilt test list to Berlin
The allied list names forty six accused and calls for death sentences. Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha are among those named as targets for trial. The report notes tensions over the Leipzig tribunal and the Ebert government while warning Holland to guard the ex Kaiser.
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Paris
Mar
Germany
Berlin
Leipsig
Enver Pasha
Young Turk Party
Talaat Pasha
Will Restore Hohenzollerns to the Throne
The piece discusses the potential overthrow of the German republic by conservatives and monarchists. It argues public confidence in the radical government is fading, fears radicals may seek counter revolution, and notes the fall of Ersberger weakens the regime. It weighs the army's role and the chance of a Hohenzollern restoration if conservatives prevail.
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W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
Europe
Germany
Ersberger
Nationale
Kapp
German Revolution Prompts Allied Meetings in Paris
Paris reports intense German upheaval with monarchists in Berlin. Foch summoned premiers to reconvene as the revolution spreads. Berlin dispatch says monarchy proclaimed. western Berlin under rebels while government buildings stay loyal in the east. Versailles terms to be carried out by the new German government.
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Paris
Marshall Foch
Supreme Council
Foch
Berlin
Germany
London
Sims Says Navy Hid Key War Moves From Him
Admiral William S Sims told the Senate naval committee that the Navy Department kept him in the dark about critical 1917 operations. He cited delays and missteps as allied confidence eroded, with Hoover affirming the perilous spring of 1917 and detailing specific belated information in Washington led decisions.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
Mar
Wm. S. Sims
Navy Department
Europe
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Sims
America
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
Atlantic
Brest
Bordeaux
McCormick moves to repudiate Wilson comment on France
Senator McCormick plans a Senate resolution disavowing President Wilsons claim that France is run by militarists and imperialists It would state the United States would not stand by idly if France were unjustly attacked and affirm friendship with the French people The move follows a French inquiry into the presidents remarks and reflects cross party sentiments to distance Congress from the letter while backing France
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Washington
Mar
United Press
Senate
Wilson
France
McCormick
Illinois
United States
Hitchcock
Berlin
Ilson
Congress
Japan orders aircraft in France for war effort
Paris reports that Japan has placed orders in France for airplanes, with official confirmation detailing substantial purchases as part of military buildup. The exact quantity and model remain undisclosed.
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Paris
France
Supreme Council
Japan
New German Leaders Signal to Uphold Peace Terms
Washington reports a wireless proclamation from Germany announcing the overthrow of Ebert and promising the new government will carry out the terms of the peace treaty. The Nauen station had been silent for two days and then reopened with the proclamation. The move is labeled a domestic affair.
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Washington
Germany
Ebert
United States
Nauen
German Chancellor Kapp Born in New York in 1858
The New York Evening World reports that Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, newly appointed chancellor of Germany, was born in New York on June 24, 1858. his father came to the United States during the 1848 revolution. The piece notes Major General Baron Von Luettwitz, married to Miss Mary Cary of Cleveland, was born April 9, 1865 and served as Belgian military governor and Verdun front commander.
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Wolfgang Kapp
Germany
New York
New York Evening World
Baron von Luettwitz
Mary Cary
Cleveland
von Luettwitz
Belgium
Verdun
Flood stage expected at Wheeling by Sunday
Martins Ferry report by J. H. Hill of Dam No 12 says the Ohio river may reach 85 feet by noon Sunday. The level would be a foot above flood stage at Wheeling but cause no damage at Dam No 12 location.
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Wheeling
Martins Ferry
J. H. Hill
Ohio River
Dickens Descendant Plans Wedding to English Actor
Miss Mary Galatea Fitzgerald, a descendant of Charles Dickens, will marry John Clarke, an English actor now in New York, after arriving from England to wed.
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Dickens
Mary Galatea Fitzgeras
Pune
Charles Dickens
Gerald
New York
John Clarke
Delays in Peace Forecast a German Russia Alliance
New York reports speculate a peaceful German revolution could lead to monarchist rule and possibly a Russia Germany coalition. Analysts note Ludendorff may have left for Russia while Russia's army and German industrial strength could align to swap grain and raw materials for organized transport and manufactured goods.
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New York
Ludendorff
Berlin
Russia
Trotsky
Germany
Europe
Lodge Substitution on League Pact Faces Final Vote
Senate debate centers on Senator Lodge's modified reservation to article X of the League covenant. Democratic allies forecast a safe majority for the Lodge substitute, while Republicans press the case against any U S interference in disputes between other nations.
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L. C. Martin
United Press Staff
Washington
Senator Lodge
Senate
League of Nations
United States
Mar
Sony
Lodge
Simmons
Ebert government flees Berlin after ultimatum
A Berlin dispatch reports the Ebert government fled Berlin at 5 A M after refusing to concede to the revolutionists ultimatum Chancellor Kapp dissolved the Prussian assembly. Detachments of soldiers patrolled Wilhelmstrasse and the Hotel Adlon as traffic remained normal.
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London
Berlin
Lokal Anseiger
Ebert
Kapp
Wilhelmstrasse
Adlon
Company L 4th Infantry Officers Meeting Called Sunday
Officers and non commissioned officers of Company L 4th Infantry are urged to meet at the armory Sunday at 2 p m Captain Judd T Stinchcomb will preside
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Co. L. 4Th Infantry
Armory
Judd T. Stinchcomb
Dayton Stivers Tops Cambridge 20 3 in Southern Semi Final
Dayton Stivers beat Cambridge 20 to 3 in the southern division semifinal here. Cambridge scored all points from fouls as Dayton dominated. A large Dayton crowd traveled on a special train to Delaware to cheer the victory.
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Delaware
Dayton
Stivers
Cambridge
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First Reichswehr
Die Friehert
Hohenzollerns
Douglas Fairbanks
Beth Scully Fairbanks Evans
Douglas Jr
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