Reds Plotting Against America Warned by Beers at Old Guard
Judge A B Beers sounded a stark warning at the Old Guard club on Main Street about Bolshevik and I W W propaganda, urging veterans to stand ready to defend the nation. Mayor Wilson highlighted National Guard history. Beers listed honorary members and urged loyal service, with a buffet lunch and Coast Artillery band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Beers
Old Guard Club
Main Street
LW. W
John Johnson
Wilson
National Guard
Judge Beers
Hesala
Bolsheviki I. W. W
Red Movement
Thomas L. Watson
Louis J. Herrmann
Jumps From Jitney to Escape Driver's Advances
Annie Vance, 17, of Long Hill, leaped from a jitney to flee a driver's advances on a road at night. She sustained injuries to her left leg and reported the incident to police. Authorities seek to identify the driver and determine his actions after she escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Vance
Long Hill
Miss Vance
Do Not Leave Town This Summer Warning
Public notice warns residents not to depart for summer without arranging mail delivery by The Standard Telegram. Daily subscription is 50 cents by mail.
Fifteen Year Old Enlists in Navy as Police Search Ensues
Fifteen year old Anchel Wasserman of 1215 East Main Street walked into a Navy recruiting station and, after passing as older, enlisted and headed to Newport. His parents alerted authorities when he did not report for work and received a special delivery letter confirming his enlistment. They plan to intervene with proof of age to bring him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchel Wasserman
East Main Street
Navy
Newport
Wasserman
Dr. G. J. Schuele Dies in Hospital at 31
Dr. George J. Schuele, 31, of 485 Noble Avenue, died after a 90 minute appendectomy at Galen hospital. A Yale-trained obstetrician who served as army camp surgeon and sanitary inspector, he returned to be among Wallingford’s leading physicians. Funeral set at the family home with burial in Wallingford, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Schuele
Noble Avenue
the Galen Hospital
Schuele
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
Chicago
Yale Academic
Newark Hospital
Newark
N. J
Bellville
New Jersey
New York City
Blue Lodge of Masons
Wallingford
Conn
Pioneer Camp
Evelyn JT. Schuele
George J. Jr
Los Angeles
Cal
Copa
Harriman Bank Refuses Burleson's Explanation
The Harri man National Bank of New York loss of 63000 believed destroyed in an airplane fire remains a postal mystery. Missing funds are in checks drafts and papers. Burleson defends mail transfer from train to plane but Steenerson demands investigation and questions authority.
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Washington
Harriman National Bank of New York
Postal Service
Burleson
Steenerson
Rouse Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Harriman
Plana
New York
Tye
De Valera greeted by massive New York crowd at threefold meeting
At Madison Square Garden a flood of 12 000 supporters welcomed Irish Free State president Eamon De Valera. Justice Cohalan chaired a threefold event to honor the Irish Republic, welcome Irish commissioners home, and protest the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Priess
New York
Sayerml
Madison Square Garden
Friends of Irish Freedom
Hamonn de Yslern
Irish Republic
Supreme Court
Cohalan
League of Nations
Bedlam
de Valera
United States
York
Trekind
Navy NC4 color medal tale of early Atlantic flight
New York July 10 Lieut Commander A C Head received the Aero Club of America gold medal for the NC 4 pioneer Atlantic flight. Lt Commander J H Towers and Lt P N L Bellinger also earned aviator merit medals for craft that reached the high seas but did not complete the voyage. Baron D Moustournelles de Constant urged an aerial police force as defense for the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. C
NC4
Atlantic
Aero Club of America
Club
Joan HW. Towers
P. N. L. Bellinger
Baron D'Mstournelles de Constant
Aviation Commission
French Senate
League of Nations
Baron de Constanut
Germany
Injunction to Compel Railroads to Carry Beer Denied
In San Francisco on July 10 United States District Judge William Sawtelle denied without prejudice Rainier Brewing Companys bid for an injunction to force the Railroad Administration to transport a shipment of 234 percent beer. The motion was dismissed after railroad officials stated an employee acted without authority in refusing the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
William Sawtelle
Rainier Brewing, Company
United States Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
President views dampen hopes of wets in postwar era
President Wilson linked demobilization pace to Germany's treaty terms and ratification, stirring debate on wartime prohibition. Prohibitionists forecast demobilization beyond January 16 constitutional dry date, while repeal advocates expect action after the army shrinks to 223,600. Congress resumes debate on enforcement with House and Senate panels weighing measures. Representative Steel argues constitutional prohibition needs concurrent state action.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Army
War Department
House
Enate Judiciary Committee
Steel
Pennsylvania
Robbery on Fairfield Avenue Leaves Police Puzzled
Thieves stole about $1,600 in cash Liberty bonds War Savings stamps jewelry and silverware from the homes of Nathan Bittner and Nathan Block at 2967 Fairfield Avenue. The loss occurred while families were away between 5 and 8 45 last night with no sign of forced entry. Neighbors recall no suspicious activity. A safe was looted and valuables including silver spoons and a gold watch were taken from the Block residence below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Bittner
Nathan Block
Fairfield Avenue
Bittner
Block
Hey
Wittners
Crosby Nominated to Succeed Spellacy as U S Attorney
President Wilson nominates John F. Crosby of Hartford to be United States District Attorney for Connecticut. The nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation. Crosby has been acting district attorney since Thomas J. Spellacy left to join Roosevelt’s cabinet.
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Washington
Wilson
John F. Crosby
Hartford
Tor
United States
Connecticut
Senate
Crosby
Attormaney
Thomas J. Spellacy
Europa
Roossvalt
British airship R-34 speeds eastward toward British shores
Reported July 10 that the R-34 dirigible, aided by strong westerly winds, paced above the Atlantic on its return to East Fortune Scotland. Messages from New York and Halifax traced positions from 650 miles east of Bar Harbor to 240 miles south of Sable Island, with speeds up to 80 miles per hour and daily weather advisories toward a January 11 recovery.
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Dirigible
Bar Harbor
Washington
Atlantidle
East Fortune
Scotland
Navy Department
Maine
Mineola
Long Island
G. H. Scott
Weather Bureau
Newfundland
Ontario
New Foundland
Foreaaster
E. H. Bowie
Halifax
Barrington
New York
Here
Naval Atatlor
Sable Island
Bridin
G. M.T
B&. Knats
President Wilson outlines stand on Shantung and Irish issues
President Wilson discusses Shantung and Irish questions with Senate members after delivering an address. He opposes Japan’s Shantung transfer, cites informal consensus for eventual Japanese-Chinese agreement, and rejects Irish-American representation due to links with Revolutionary elements. He defends no binding indemnity on Germany and opposes Senate reservations on ratification. The visit lasted under two hours before ratification debates begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Ireland
Shantung
George
Senate
Wilson
Germany
Lloyd George
Fiume
Congress
United States
League
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson speech sparks mixed Senate reaction over peace treaty
Washington July 10 Democratic readers hail President Wilson’s address to the Senate as one of his best state papers while Republicans largely criticize it. Senators Lodge and Knox declined comment. Borah Harding Moses Brandegee dismiss the speech as impractical or vague. Hitchcock offers praise for its calm, persuasive case.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Lodge
Mass
Knox
Penna
Borah
Idaho
League of Nations
League For Peace
Harding
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Brandegee
Connecticut
Songnane
Lata
Versailles
League
United States Sought as Seat for Trade Federation
Samuel Gompers announces that American delegates will push to have the United States named as the seat of a new international federation of trade unions at the Amsterdam Labor Congress. He travels with Daniel J. Webb and J. J. Haynes as fraternal delegates and notes the movement may relocate administration away from Europe, though he doubts European willingness.
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New York
Amsterdam Labor Congress
United States
International Federation of Trade Unions
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Daniel J. Pebin
J. J. Haynes
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ International Alliance
International Trade Union Movement
Berlin
Amsterdam
Gompers
Coun
Eccentric French ace Navarre dies in air collision
Sub-Lieutenant Jean Navarré, once a war ace famed for 12 to 19 enemy planes, crashed near Versailles while avoiding other aircraft and died in a military hospital. He had retired after controversial escapades including a reckless automobile incident and possible mental evaluation.
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Paris
Associated Press
Jean Navarré
Versailles
Navarre
Villacoublay
Jean Navarre
Piacemen
Illicit Still Found on Vanderbilt Estate in Asheville
Asheville scene as county sheriffs raid the Biltmore area under Mrs Edith Van derbilt widow of George W Vanderbilt. A hidden still was discovered and destroyed with whiskey and beer seized. The operator escaped and previous plant finds have occurred on the vast estate.
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Asheville
N. C
Biltmore
Edith Vanderbil
George W. Vanderbilt
Tin County Sheriffs Department
President Warns U S Cannot Turn Back From Vision
President declares America must fall the vision with lifted eyes and forward faith as the League of Nations and Versailles treaty face Senate votes. He stresses moral leadership, safeguards, and that isolation is ended, while acknowledging political division and the need for practical compromises.
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Ireland
Senate
League
Shantung
Spain
United States
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Scott
British
O. K
Nav A
England
Naval Communications Service
Otter Cliffs
Boston
Martha's Vineyard Island
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Capitol
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China
U. S
International Trade Federation
Labor Congress
Vanderbilt
Ashville, N.C
President Tell
Eys
Caps
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