War debt toll and future costs to Allies and Central Powers
The article asserts annual costs to Allies near six billion dollars for interest on war debts, with Central Powers facing about two billion for Germany and around 1.3 billion for other central powers. It notes casualties and monetary losses, predicting heavy postwar taxation and potential bankruptcy unless debts are managed.
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Central Powers
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Germany
Vietor
Venquighed
Bad telephone service cited by Japan Times editor
A Tokyo anecdote notes utter telephone failings with a joke about Job and boils and a woman who left Karuiwata and spoke to herself in Tokio six hours after arriving. Also mentions Liberty Loan subscriptions via Atlantic National Bank and a local notice about a Catholic Ladies Club gathering at Locust and bid streets.
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The
Japan Times
Japan
Tokio
Karuiwata
Karulwars
San Francisco
Liberty Loan
Atlantic National Bank
Catholic Ladies Club
Question on Scapa Flow armistice breach referred to experts
Paris June 21 the council of threes referred the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow to a commission of experts to decide if armistice conditions were violated.
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Associated_ Press
Paris
Council of Threes
Scapa Flow
Germany to Sign Peace Terms Triggers Patriotic Demonstrations
London reports patriotic parades across Germany after the government agrees to sign the peace terms. Soldiers sing war songs in Berlin and Munich, while an officers association asks the Dutch government to deliver the former emperor to the Allies. Paris notes widespread disapproval over burning of French battle flags by Germans, seen as a treaty violation.
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London
Germany
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Berlin
Munich
Officers’ Association
Associated Press
Eet
Paris
Woman Loses Her Race With Death in War Lover's Return
Miss Lelia Smith journeys to support her lover, George Spence, after he returns from France ill with tuberculosis. He dies just as she hurries to his bedside at a New Mexico sanitarium. Her mother accompanies the couple. the soldier to be buried at home. A note on glasses and a Knights of Columbus meeting closes the item.
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Lelia Smith
Harlan
Lovel
George Spence
New Mexico
War Department
France
Smith
New York
Trial of Alfred Cocchi for Ruth Cruger murder in New York
Bologna dispatch reports Alfred Cocchi to be tried for the 1917 Ruth Cruger murder in New York City. Italy refused extradition. New York police evidence sent to Italian officials. Prosecution cites brutal ripper-type killing and body found June 16 in Cocchi cellar.
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Alfred
Associated Press
Bologna
Italy
Alfred Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
New York City
United Press
Ruth Crude
Ruth Croger
Cocchi
Miss Cruger
U. S
Florence
Grace Hamiston
Crugers
Alfredo Cocchi
New York
Aatgly
United States
West 127Th Street
Hamiston
Cruger
Mayor Commended for Action Against Open Cutouts
Citizens praise Mayor Burnes for directing police to arrest drivers with cutouts open and cars speeding through streets. Lawyers like H. Rudolph say the crackdown helps curb dangerous noise and reckless behavior, urging continued enforcement to end the nuisance.
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Burnes
French Celebrate Signing of Foe Pact Across Ports
June 24 Paris reports nationwide euphoria as Germany agrees to sign without reservation. Toulon and Brest naval guns fire twenty one salutes. Paris city hall and squares glow with lights while bands play.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Germany
Toulon
Brest
Wright and Hobart to Head Baseball Team at Athletic
At a city hall meeting fans and players decided to organize a baseball team in Athletic. Max Hobart will act as manager and Max Wright as captain. Material will be lined up at once and a game may be played next Sunday with a game planned for July 4.
Hessian Fly Appears With Army Worm in Cass County
Farmers report Hessian fly appearing alongside army worm in Cass County grain fields. No great damage yet, as army worm damage is being checked where poison bran mash is used, proving successful in stopping ravages.
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Cass Coounty
Undefined Arrests Delay Extradition and Trial
The report describes an arrest and failed extradition attempts, with Italian authorities declining a proposal to appoint a special prosecutor. War-related conditions delayed the trial, which was set for today but faced postponement factors tied to postwar adjustments.
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Cocchi
Plane crash at Rye Beach claims two lives in Mineola
In Mineola New York on June 24 Lieutenant Shelley M Wathon and civilian mechanic M Ireland were killed when their airplane fell several hundred feet at Rye Beach The machine caught fire and the bodies were burned beyond recognition in the catastrophe observed by Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Shelley M. Wathon
M. Ireland
Rye Beach
Spends Her Money and Then Deserts
Alta I. Newman files for divorce alleging J. W. Newman squandered about $3,000 inherited from her father on autos and luxuries. He allegedly left her to care for farm and stock and cons pired with his uncle to defraud her by selling stock and crops. They married Oct 13, 1913 in Omaha. one child, Frank, age three. Attorney W A Follett represents Mrs. Newman.
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J. W. Newman
Alta I. Newman
Newmans
Omaha
Newman
Four hundred dollars buys eighty acres near Atlantic
Andrew Madsen paid $400 for an 80 acre farm on Olive street road just south of the city limits. The property, adjoining the city, is well improved with near new buildings and good land. Clar ence Squires, who moved there recently, sold the place after buying it months earlier as he plans to acquire a larger farm. Madsen had just sold his 160 acre Bear Grove farm for $240 an acre.
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Atlantic
Andrew Madsen
Clarence Squires
Olive Street
Squires
Marcel
Madsen
Bear Grove Township
Elk Horn Farm Sells For 3300 At 240 Acres
Evidently Gode Godesor and William Hoegh pay $3300 for a 240 acre farm south of Elk Horn from Andrew Esbeck. They believe in the eternal goodness of good farmland and describe the place as a good site.
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Gode Godesor
William Hoegh
Elk Horn
Andrew Esbeck
Ramsy beer bill paused by Pennsylvania Senate
The Ramsy house bill permitting brewing and selling beer with 2 percent alcohol content was paused by the Pennsylvania Senate. The report files from Harrisburg dated June 24 note the halt in the measure’s progress.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Senate
Formal End of War Reaches Signing Moment at Versailles
War-weary nations move toward final peace as German delegates ready to sign the Versailles treaty. Reports from Paris and Washington place signing anticipated by Thursday or Friday, with key leaders Clemenceau and Muller overseeing the process. Official word confirms German delegation instructed to sign, while blockade lifting may follow the pact.
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Baker
Bentley Mott
Paris
United Press
Versailles
Herman Musilér
Associated Press
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la Liberte
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Dutaste
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United States
Great Britain
France
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Japan
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Henry White
Roue
Edward M. House
Tasker H. Bliss
Georges Clemenceau
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Council of Ten
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