World News Briefs From Capitals and Fronts Across the Globe
A roundup from Cologne to London and Washington reports plunder in Belgian towns after fines for a Belgian sentry shooting, Russia opposing British Wrangell Island occupation, Germany’s emergency measures including currency confiscation, and reparations tensions. Also notes potential German cabinet end, aircraft talks, coal costs, Philippines dispute, and multiple domestic incidents.
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Russia
Wrangell Island
Arctic
Tchitcherin
Britain
England
Poincare Demands Firm Reparations From Germany
Premier Poincare asserts Germany must pay reparations as France did in 1871. He rejects any reduction, citing France's 5 billion francs paid and warning against German aims to dominate Europe. He argues international experts would set Germany’s capacity to pay, and recalls fears of a German political and economic rise.
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France
Ruhr
Germany
Chessey-Beaupre
Poincare
M. Poincare
Streseman
United States
Europe
Mail Flight Tests Endure Severe Crosscountry Run
Chicago officials report one of aviation historys harshest trials as mail planes shed loads in New York and San Francisco. Within a day they completed east west transcontinental hops, nightly along a lighted airway from Chicago to Cheyenne, proving feasibility and planning a future conference on air mail service.
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New
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Klansman slain in Pittsburgh riot at Carnegie
Hundreds of police reserves and deputy sheriffs rushed to Carnegie after a riot between mill workers and Ku Klux Klan members. One Klansman died, F Levell of Steubenville was shot. many injured on both sides, with ten Klansmen severely hurt. Karlists arrested as Pittsburgh officers moved prisoners to the county jail.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie
F. Levell
Steubenville
Leveler
Odd Fellows Leader Returns From Europe With Relief Fund
Judge L. J. Eastin of St. Joseph Missouri grand sire of the Order of Odd Fellows of America arrives on the steamship Roussilon returning from Europe where he distributed a $30,000 relief fund to Odd Fellows in Germany.
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Odd Fellows’ Head Returns
New York
L. J. Eastin
St. Joseph
Order of Odd Fellows of America
Roussilon
Europe
Odd Fellows
Germany
Eleven Floggers Face Trial in Wagoner Rioting Case
Eleven men from Wagoner Oklahoma are held for trial in Tulsa on charges of rioting tied to the flogging of Ben Wagner. The men face prosecution over the recent incident as authorities pursue legal action and accountability.
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Wagoner
Ben Wagner
Tulsa
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Amarillo
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