Germany Delays Signing as Allied Ultimatum Looms
Paris dispatches report Germany struggles to name plenipotentiaries for Versailles as Meuller and Hindenburg shifts rile. Allies consider issuing an ultimatum with a strict deadline to sign the peace treaty and fleet disposition at Scapa Flow debated by the council of three.
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Associated Press
Associated
Paris
Council of Four
Versailles
Bauer
Germany
Herman Meuller
Haniel von Haimhausen
Berlin
London
Hermann Meuller
Tageblatt
von Hindenburg
Weimar
Reuter
Council of Three
Clemenceau
Lloyd-George
Wilson
Scapa Flow
House of Commons
Horatio Bottomley
South Hackney
John Bull
Bottomley
Lloyd George
Elbert
Weimar Plot to Assassinate Philipp Scheidemann Foiled
London report says several soldiers were arrested in Weimar on charges of planning to arrest and murder former premier Philipp Scheidemann. The conspiracy named a Monday evening time for the attack, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
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London
Weimar
Copehagen
Philipp Scheidemann
Woman Identifies Assault Suspect in Martinsburg Trial
Mrs. Ernest Zimmerman positively identified Hugh Ferguson as the man who attacked her at her Morgan County home in April. She fainted after testimony as 500 spectators wept. Ferguson denied the crime as guards and officials maintained constant custody in Berkley Springs court.
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Martinsburg
Hugh Fergison
Ernest Zimmerman
Morgan County
Berkley Springs
Zimmerman Os
Ferguson
Terrell
State Penitentiary
Rotting Produce on New York Piers Amid Strike
Produce rotting on New York piers as strike by teamsters porters and chauffeurs tightens. A Department of Labor representative arrived to aid talks while farmers in several states urge Governor Smith to intervene. Eight hundred freight cars valued at a million dollars may be diverted if no settlement is reached.
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New York
Commission
North Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
California
Smith
Department of Labor
Joseph R. Buchanan
New Jersey
B C Teachers All Re appointed by Regents
The board of regents met in Charleston and re appointed all teachers at the Bluefield Colored Institute with slight salary increases. The appointment of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute staff at Institute was not finished. Resignations from Gideon E. Smith of chemistry and G. B. Fowler of mathematics were accepted. Discussion focused on WVU funding and teacher raises. Appointments at the university will occur tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield Colored Institute
Board of Regents
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
Gideon
E. Smith
G. 3. Fowler
University of West Virginia
Peace Declaration Resolution Blocked by Senate Committee
In Washington on June 25 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected immediate action on a peace declaration by congress. The panel, voting 12 to 4 to defer, saw strong opposition from League supporters. Senator Fall anticipated a favorable report at a later date. Senator Borah launched a three hour debate on treaty issues, arguing the League Covenant would raise armament.
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Washington
League of Nations
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
League
Lodge
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Fal
Fali
Senate
Five Trainmen Killed in Tennessee Collision
Five trainmen killed and two seriously injured when a heavily loaded coal train northbound and a southbound section crash together near Fawon Tennessee shortly after midnight on the Memphis division of the Louisville and Nashville. The crash occurred one mile north of Fawon. Authorities investigate the wreck.
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Nashville, Tenn
Fawon
Tenn
Memphis
Louisville and
Nashville
Industrial boom predicted for Pittsburg district soon
Colonel WW S Pierce of the US Army ordnance department said a world wide industrial boom is imminent, praising the War Industries Board and War Claims Bureau for prompt settlement of large wartime contracts. He noted the Pittsburg district claim office will finish in three weeks and then be abandoned.
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Pitsburg
Pittsurg
WW. S. Pierce
Ordnance Department
United States Army
War Claims
War Industries Board
War Claims Bureau
Pittsburg
Pierce
Germany Faces Nationwide Rail Strike Over Wages
Berlin reports a nationwide railroad strike for higher wages affecting the Gorlitz and Breslau routes. Government negotiations are under way to stop the work stoppage, which authorities say is driven largely by communist propaganda.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Gorlitz
Breslau
War Brides Arrive With Santa Teresa Troop Transport
The Santa Teresa docked in New York from St Nazaire with 1 915 troops and twenty nine war brides. Most troops aboard were detached units.
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New York
Santa Teresa
St. Nazaire
Second Bravest Man Produced by the War
Private Frank Gaffney of Company G 108th Infantry received the Congressional Medal of Honor at Camp Dix New Jersey as the second bravest American war hero. He single handedly led to an objective machine gun nest at Ransart on September 29 and returned eighty Germans to American lines despite a wound costing him an arm. The award was presented by Major General McHale.
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Camp Dix
N. J
Frank Gaffney
108Th Infantry
New York National Guard
Alvin York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Gaffney
McHale
Ransart
Wright Milling to Expand with New Grain Elevator in Bluefield
Bluefield's Wright Milling Company announces a $50,000 grain elevator project with 50 000 to 60 000 bushels capacity. The cement and steel fireproof facility, built by Deverill Spencer Co of Baltimore, will employ about 40 workers and boost regional output. The firm, led by C O Wright and George Phillips, has expanded capital stock to 200 000 and serves West Virginia Virginia North and South Carolina and Georgia with export through the US Grain Corporation.
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Bluefield
Wright Milling Company
C. O. Wright
George Phillips
Deverill, Spencer Co
Baltimore
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
United States Grain Corporation
Bluefield Promises Cool Summer Nights at 2700 Feet
Advertises Bluefield as a summer retreat with pleasant nights. Elevation 2700 feet, clean mountain springs, and no nearby water sources breeding mosquitoes. Claims a city of 20,000 with every city advantage and invites readers to ask locals who know the area.
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Bluefield
Separate bills eyed for enforcement prohibition laws
After an all day session the House Judiciary Committee reached a decision to report a straight wartime prohibition enforcement bill tomorrow and separate it from the constitutional enforcement measure viewed as the most drastic liquor bill yet presented to Congress.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Prohibition
Representative Steel
Pennsylvania
Gard
Ohio
House
Volstead
National War Labor Board Ends Activities
Washington reports the National War Labor Board will stop taking new cases or applications as it prepares for dissolution by the president. Ongoing disputes not finished by June 30 will be reassigned to the joint chairman or a board section for disposal, and administrative duties and records will transfer to the Labor Department. Board members pending dissolution remain at the president's call.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Department of Labor
Censure Resolution Demands Johnson Action in House
Washington June 25 A resolution seeks to censure Kentucky Representative Johnson for remarks criticizing Ohio Senator Pomerene. Introduced by Senator Robinson Arkansas the measure delays consideration until tomorrow. Johnson accused Pomerene of collaborating with profiteers over war rent control bills in DC during postwar repeal proposals.
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Washington
Johnson
Kentucky
House
Pomerene
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Early return of all troops now foreseen
Washington reports the War Department will withdraw offers of service in Europe for volunteers and abandon sending regular officers overseas. With peace nearing, only a small occupation force remains, as plans to bring home units are tightened to three divisions about 120,000 men.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Army of Occupation
Baker
Paris
Germany
Erisis
Department
Senate approves larger Army funding amid war ending debate
The Senate passed an army appropriation bill of 888 million dollars with 400000 troops planned for next year, increasing funds by 171 million and personnel by 100000 over the House version. A peace-with-Germany amendment was withdrawn by Senator Fall, and naval funding was then taken up with 646 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
New Mexico
Germany
Austria
Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
House
M National Guard
Ordance
Dayton
Ohio
Lenroot
Republican
Wisconsin
Wright Field
Army
Rioting at Radical Cloak and Suit Workers Meeting
In New York 800 attendees at a meeting to organize a soviet style union clashed as two men argued. Police and Rebel Worker business manager Sehhumley struggled to restore order amid widespread fighting.
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New York
Cloak and Suit
Cloak and Suit Makers
American Federation of Labor
S. 8S
Sehhumley
New Pacific Fleet Readied as New Mexico To Fly Flag
Secretary Daniels announced the Pacific fleet, formed from Atlantic units, will depart Hampton Roads for the west coast between July 15 and 20. The New Mexico will fly Admiral Rodman’s flag. Pennsylvania remains Atlantic flagship. The fleet will visit San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Puget Sound en route to proposed canal-zone facility upgrades.
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Washinton
Pacific Feet
Hampton Roads
West Coast
Daniels
Pacific
Panama Canal
New Mexico
Hugh Rodman
Pennsylvania
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Congress
Navy Department
Canal Zone
Atlantic
New York
Sanrancisco
Helen Boyle Paroled From Western Penitentiary
Helen Boyle, released on parole after twenty five years for her role in the Billy Whitla kidnapping, was greeted by her brother William Mc Dermitt and left by train for Akron then Chicago. Jimmy Boyle remains a life sentence inmate at the same penitentiary.
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Pittsburg
Rioting in Hamburg and Copenhagen Attacks on Factories
Serious rioting occurred in Tramburg Hamburg and Copenhagen on Monday and Tuesday with mobs attacking food preserving factories. Bodies of dogs and cats were alleged to be found and managers dragged through streets. The war provision department was attacked and offices wrecked as troops tried to restore order firing on rioters.
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Copenhagen
Tramburg
War Provision Department
Winnipeg Strike Called Off Ends Six-Week Walkout
Winnipeg's general sympathetic strike ends after six weeks as the Central Strike Committee orders workers back to duty at 11 am tomorrow. Calgary and Edmonton also announce resumption of strikes in sympathy with Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Central
Caleary
Edmonton
Alta
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NEW Pacific Fleet
Parana Canal
Helen Boyle
Hamburg
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