Wilson honors memorial day and defends League of Nations
In Paris at Suresnes American cemetery on Memorial Day President Wilson spoke to thousands of soldiers and civilians including Marshal Foch, praising the League of Nations as the instrument to prevent another war. He urged united counsel and warned against secret diplomacy, saying support for the league is essential and will prevail.
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Suresnes
America
France
England
Italy
Belgium
League of Nations
Union of the States
Wilson
Democrats Praise President in Chicago Meeting
The Democratic National Committee concluded a two day session in Chicago by adopting a resolution from Rhode Island committee member BP. HW. Quinn. The measure lauded President Wilson and the Democratic congresses and urged independent and progressive voters to back these policies in the 1920 campaign.
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Plan Anti Lynch Campaign Nationwide Probe
New York report states the NAACP will campaign for a congressional investigation of the Weeking case in response to the mob killing of Jay Lynch, a white man, in Tamar, Missouri. The effort aims to address rising mob violence and push for federal scrutiny.
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New York
Bern
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Tamar, Mo
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Costa Rican Revolt Collapses Near Managua
A rebellion against the Tinoco government in Costa Rica collapsed after a severe defeat by government forces at El Jobo ranch on Monday afternoon. Rebels reportedly disband and retreat as authorities tightened control in the region.
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Managua
Tinos
EL Jobo Ranch
Army Budget Increase Allocated by House Committee
A House Military Committee proposes a larger Army budget for the coming year, showing an increase of 800 million dollars over the prior 710 million. The plan was presented to the committee but faces uncertain prospects before full house consideration.
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Army
Washington
House
Red Troops Take Rovno, London
The Belshaviki have driven the Poles from Rovno after fierce fighting and occupied the town according to a dispatch from Moscow. The Russians claim to have captured large quantities of military stores.
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Rovno
London
Moscow
England Faces Police Strike in London Vote
England faces a potential countrywide police strike as the Metropolitan Police await a ballot on the issue. Liverpool officers have already voted to stop work, signaling possible widespread action. In Washington, Boy Scouts raised wreaths with two cents each to honor American dead at the Suresnes memorial near Meaux, France.
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London
Metropolitan Police
Liverpool
Boy Scouts
Washington
Boy Scouts of the
United States
Wilson Lal
Suresnes
Mueis
Germany proposes counter terms to the peace treaty
Berlin reports Germany will seek a peace based on Wilson's points, reject territorial changes without local consent, demand 12.85 billion marks for wartime damages, offer to disarm battleships if mercantile fleet is restored, free Danzig port, neutralize the Vistula, evacuate occupied lands in six months, and continue colonial administration under a League mandate, with reparations totaling up to 100 billion marks in gold through 1927 onward.
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Planning Better Highways Ties Grand Junction and Vernal
Business interests from Grand Junction Fruita Cole and Vernal met Tuesday to discuss financing a truck automobile highway link joining the Grand valley with the Utah basin in a coordinated plan.
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Yaqui Indians Attack Mine Truck Train Killing Passengers
A group of about twenty Yaqui Indians attacked the La Colorado mine truck train en route to Hermosillo from San Xavier, killing American H. S. White and several Mexican workers. The incident occurred near the border as the ore convoy traveled through Douglas, Arizona.
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la Colorado
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
San Xavier
H. S. White
Early passage of the vill to provide employment and royal homes
Secretary Lane urged before the House Public Lands Committee for wartime measures to aid soldiers and sailors with jobs and housing. A gruesome local death in Sioux City involved Mike Chapouls, a machinist and operator, found decapitated and dismembered in a fertiliser churn at the Armour Packing plant, underscoring hazards in industrial work during the great war era.
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Washington
Lane
House Public Lands Committee
Sioux City
Mike Chapouls
Armour Packing Plant
NC-4 Seaplane Completes Atlantic Crossing to Lisbon
The NC-4 seaplane under Lieut. Cmdr. Albert Cushing Reed lands at Lisbon completing the first Atlantic crossing by an airship under its own power. The May 27 arrival follows an 800 mile leg from the Azores, with total Newfoundland to Lisbon flight time 26 hours 41 minutes. Naval officials attribute delays to weather, not the aircraft.
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Albert Cushing Reed
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Portugal
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Azores
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
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America
Blockade to Force Obedience in Germany
Allies prepare to resume the blockade of Germany if German delegates refuse to sign the peace treaty. Paris planners await the 72 hour notice after which British French and American forces would advance into Germany while enforcing the blockade as tightly as possible.
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London
Paris
Germany
Seaplane Crew Decorated in Lisbon Ceremony
The crew of the American seaplane NC, first transatlantic aerial passage from the Azores via Lisbon, were decorated with the grand cross of the Tower and the Sword by Portugal's foreign minister, as reported from Lisbon.
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London
Lisbon
Azores
Saya
Ruth Law Plans Trans Atlantic Flight Attempt
Ruth Law, noted aviator, announced Tuesday her plan to attempt a trans Atlantic flight within six weeks. She will fly a new Curthas land biplane equipped with two 400 horsepower motors.
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Ruth Law
Chicago
Mexicans Build Airplanes At Mexico City Factory
Washington reports progress in Mexican aviation with the national factory on the outskirts of Mexico City producing one complete airplane per week as officials take note of the development.
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Washington
Mexico
Outakiite
Mexico Ciy
Hawker and Grieve Rescued After Transatlantic Attempt
Harry G Hawker and Lieut Commander Mackenzie Grieve were picked up at sea near latitude 50 20 and longitude 20 30 after their Sopwith aircraft suffered engine trouble. They had spent about ninety minutes battling heavy seas before entering the Mary steamer and were landed in Scotland in good health. The Daily Mail prize division is voided, with a consolation prize of 25000 to be shared between them.
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Harry G. Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
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Scotland
Admirality
Hawker
Grieve
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Mail
Mail
Britain
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Portrait of Sir Joseph Rickett, English paymaster general
A new and characteristic portrait of Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Compton Rickett, paymaster general of England. He is the author of several interesting books and frequently contributes to current journalism.
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Joseph Compton Rickett
England
Linotype Company Employes Strike in Brooklyn
Nearly all line workers at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Brooklyn walked out Friday to press for a forty four hour working week. Black Hill men honor Roosevelt in Chicago on July 4 by naming the peak Mount Roosevelt. Ken dore Roosevelt Beth Mu liok Thou wood W. D. announced writs.
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Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Brooklyn
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Chicago
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Ken. Dore Roosevelt
Beth Miuliok
Thouwood
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Villa backs revolt fuels Mexican crisis in 1914
The article reports Villa forces proclaim General Felipe Angeles provisional president and Villa as secretary of war, signaling a peak in the Carranza conflict. Washington weighs permission for U S troop movement through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to protect Americans in Chihuahua amid Felicista activity in southern Mexico. Official comments are withheld pending confirmation.
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Villa
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Felicista
Angeles
State Department
Carranzi
Chihuahua
Polk
Memorial Day Message From President Wilson
President Wilson on May 29 cabled a memorial message to the American people. He says Memorial day carries added significance as the nation observes the war’s end and the world’s liberation. He honors the fallen, urges dedication to liberty, and recalls the crusade spirit of the soldiers who sacrificed for a united, free world. Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodlow Wilson
Noted diplomat Col Robert Bacon dies in Rye hospital
Colonel Robert Bacon former ambassador to France died Friday at Rye and Bar hospital after an operation for mastoidine. Born in Boston July 5 1800 he graduated from Harvard in 1880 in the same class as Theodore Roosevelt.
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Robert Bacon
France
New York
Rye and Bar Hospital
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Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Bandit Prion Sentenced in Vancouver Yacht Club Robbery
Sidney Prion named leader of a trio that held up the Vancouver Yacht Club caretaker and attempted to steal the power yacht Tylalas. He received ten strokes of the load and ten years in jail, as stated by police.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sidney Prion
Vancouver Yacht Club
Fight for Daylight Saving Law Repeal Seeks Nationwide Protest
Marcus M. Marks president of the National Daylight Association has mailed appeals to chambers of commerce across the country urging a protest against repealing the daylight saving law.
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New York
Marcus M. Marks
National Daylight Association
Chambers of Commerce
Welth
England's Debt to America Set at 84 Billion Pounds
London chancellor J Aust Chamberlain told the House of Commons on Friday that the current indebtedness of the British government to the American government stands at 84.2 billion pounds.
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England
America
London
J. Aust Chamberlain
Exchiquer
House of Commons
Hog Raiser Faces Federal Charges In Missouri
Riker, president of the Associatus Swine breeders' incorporation, was arrested in Kanaia City Missouri on a telegraphic warrant to face federal charges of misappropriating eighty thousand dollars. A Lippenwing rebel lion in Ireland has been the subject of prominent articles in several Lande newspapers in recent days, with hints of imminent drastic government action.
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Francisco—Douglas HH
Riker
Associatus Swine Breeders' Incorporation of
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Ievader
Kanaia City
Ireland
Lande Newspapere
Wyoming Brief News Notes Snapshot of State Events
Woolgrowers in Kemmerer district lock in wool at 60 cents per pound. Casper Moose Lodge buys land for a 15000 building this summer. Sheridan plans a June 21 horse racing meet with 150 head already in town. State fair board sets September 9 to 18 in Douglas, aiming for a record exhibition. A six year old girl in Pinedale killed by a backing truck. Lincoln county wool sellers set a 3000 head sale price record at 20 per head to Bennion brothers of Cokeville. Lingle to build an eight room school to ease crowding. Elkis of Casper to build a top state clubhouse on Third and Walcott with 30000 transfer deal. A dynamite cap explodes harming a Wilson boy, possibly blinding him. Baxter couple from Butte plead guilty to morphine sales in Cheyenne. one year plus term. Thermopolis aids Mothers League and Red Cross with canteens for soldiers. Verdia Mooney acquitted in self defense in Buffalo. Four convicts escape Rawlins penitentiary via chapel manhole. W. K. Bush sues Dr. Chilcott over amputated leg after trapping injury. Forester engineers monitor Wood’s Creek road survey up to state line. funding 12500 from federal and state. Road to shorten Laramie to Walden distance by about eight miles.
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Moose Lodge
Casper
Sheridan
State Board of Fair Managers
Douglas
Cooper
Pinedale
Duncar Peterson
Lincoln County
Bennion Brothers
Cokeville
Wyoming
Lingle
Elkis
Third and
Walcott Streets
Frank Carlow
Wilson
Northwest
David Baxter
Bessie Baxter
Butte
Mont
Cheyenne
Leavenno Kangas
Hot Springs
Buffalo
Mooney
Fou
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
W. KE. Bush
Hart Mountain
Cody
W. L. Chilcott
Belfrey
How Do Bees Dispose Of Their Money
A school visitor asks the claves how bees handle money and a bright boy answers with a witty line. The scene, from a London Answers-style quip, frames a playful classroom moment about cleverness and financial humor.
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London
Better Still. An Angel or a Mistake in Marriage
A reader recalls Jack marrying a woman he believed an angel yet discovered errors in character. He notes disappointment and later approval of her good cooking, reflecting on evolving perceptions in marriage.
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