President Wilson pleads for peace treaty before Senate
President Wilson addresses the Senate urging ratification of the Versailles treaty. He outlines aims for world settlement, the League of Nations as essential to enforce justice, and the need to end wars of aggression while safeguarding rights and sovereign nations. He recalls U S timely aid, the battlefield morale, and the mission to secure enduring liberty.
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Washington
City
Senate
Forrest J. Prettyman
Wilson
Germany
Versailles
Paris
Congress
United States
Aimerlen
Chateau Thierry
Parle
Trontiera
France
Siar
Danalg
League of Free Nations
League of Nations
League of ‘Nations
League
Conference
Europe
Giant British dirigible lands in United States
Mineola New York July 7 The giant British airship R 34 the first lighter than air machine to fly Atlantic crossed from Europe to America and landed at Roosevelt field after 108 hours 12 minutes aloft covering 5034 miles 8690 from England to Trinity Bay and 1844 to Mineola The ship had enough fuel for 90 more miles and landed with little incident The British officers were reticent but called the trip uneventful and rather sweet.
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Europe
Germany
France
Paris
Ameriea
America
Lon
Mineola
L. L
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt Fiord
East Fortune
Scotland
England
Trinity Bay
Lineola
Honor. Memory of Fryatt
London honors Captain Charles Fryatt executed by Germany in 1917. His coffin arrived at Charing Cross, was borne on a gun carriage by bluejackets, and escorted by naval band through silent crowds to St. Paul’s. Flowers from Bruges and Antwerp surrounded the casket before interment at Dover Court parish churchyard. flags flew at half staff.
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London
Charles Pryatt
Charing Cross Station
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Bruges
Antwerp
Edith Cavell
Dover Court
Captain Fruitt
Biggest Year for Exports Reaches Record Total in History
Washington reports May exports valued at 6 006 879 500 dollars. Based on June estimates, exports for the year ending June 30 total 6 600 000 000 dollars, the largest in American foreign trade. The prior high was 6 280 000 000 in fiscal 1917.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Boat Disaster Drowns Fifteen Near Sioux Falls
Reports indicate an excursion steamer on Lake Madison about forty miles northwest of Sioux Falls overturned after striking a quay. Fifteen people are reported drowned, with only meager details arriving as wire communications reach the city.
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Sioux Falls
Lake Madison
News From Far and Near Seven Drowned in Dubuque Riots
A compilation of global events reports a cloudburst deaths in Dubuque Iowa, resumed streetcar service in Cleveland and Paris dispatches noting Austria to pay reparations, battles in Galicia, plebiscites in Upper Silesia, and military and political movements across Europe with U.S. troop updates and domestic political actions.
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Cleveland
Jean Navarre
Brance
Versailles
Austria
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Rome
Petrograd
Kolchak
Council of Five
Paris
Paria
Vienna
Budapest
Brest
Washington
Joseph
Novak
Chicago
Camp Grant
Leavenworth
Tue
France
Upper Silesia
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Missouri
Jefferson City
North Randall
Dudley
Galicia
Gregow
Frank L. Rain
Fairbury
Neb
Elbe
Atlantic City
N. J
Albert T. Brophy
Brooklyn
Gustav Noske
Citizens’ League
Berin
Navy Department
Mineola
L. J
Clemenceau
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Chaancellor
Nansemond
Marela
ReaTtalia
Marseilles
Santa Olivia
Deepwater
Bordeaux
New York
National Labor Party
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen and Enginemen
Denver
Colo
Italian Food Riots Continue in Italian Cities
Dispatches from Rome report continued improvement in most Italian cities amid disorders caused by the high cost of living. Bari remains an exception with ongoing disturbances.
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Coane
Paris
Rome
Bari
Markets Report With Grain Livestock Prices And Ranges
Market listings show corn, wheat, rye and oats prices with ranges for new timothy hay, prairie hay and various brands. Cattle and hog sections provide prime to standard grades, veal calves, and bending terms along with weights and pricing, including spring lambs and sheep.
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Bologna
Ight
German Assembly Ratifies Peace Treaty in Weimar
Weimar reports that the German National Assembly ratified the June 28 1919 peace treaty and its accompanying protocol, with the act to take effect upon promulgation. Erzberger warned of heavy future taxation to fund indemnities and curb unemployment as Germany shifts to a peace time budget system.
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Paris
Weimar
Aevell
Rhineland
Berlin
National Assembly
Mathias Erzberger
Germany
Eraberger
Herr
Ministry of Finance
Rzberger
Erzberger
Aking
Veterans Ask to Join Legion Convention Wisconsin Resolution
Milwaukee July 2 The American World War Veterans association of Wisconsin in convention has adopted a resolution petitioning the national body of the American Legion. It asks that the Wisconsin organization be accepted as a branch of the Legion and that independent posts in Wisconsin with charters be reorganized as units of that body.
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Legion
Milwaukee
War Veteranst Associ
Wisconsin
American Legion
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