Victory Parade Honors Wounded Heroes In Paris
Paris July 15 Armed forces and allies paraded past the Arc de Triomphe to salute champions of the war. Marshal Joffre, Marshal Foch, Gen Pershing and an American force led by a flagged Pershing, with 40 regimental banners, 126 man band, and nearly 1,000 troops amid cheering crowds and daily life in postwar Paris.
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Paris
Austerlitz
Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
President Poincare
France
Place de la Republique
Marshal Foch
Marshal Joffre
Arc de Triomphe
the Marne
Pershing
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
H. G. Harbord
George C. Marshall, Jr
John G. Qhekemeyer
Thurston Hughes
Army
Henry T. Allen
John L. Hines
Meyer
Vine
Don Candido Aguilar in Washington Discusses Mexico Affairs
Don Candido Aguilar son in law of General Carranza spent several days in Washington meeting with U S officials on Mexican affairs. He and his party have departed for Europe.
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Senor
Don Candido Aguilar
Carranza
Washington
United States
Europe
Beer Move 1s Beaten by House on Prohibition Reform
Washington July 15 An amendment to the war time prohibition enforcement bill allowing the sale of 2 percent beer was defeated in the house by 128 to 184 Rep Dyer of Missouri introduced the amendment after a brisk debate and amid moves to repeal the war time dry act The house also defeated 128 to 84 an amendment to strike out the clause defining an intoxicating liquor as a beverage containing one half of 1 percent alcohol The session included a point of order on an amendment by Lea California to permit manufacturing by weight and discussions with Commissioner Roper about enforcement and constitutional questions involving the wartime prohibition program
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Washington
Dyer
Missouri
House
Allee
Dem
Representative Lea
California
Lea
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Representative Argoe
Roper
Internal Bureau
Wilson
$25 Million Sought for Wounded Veterans Rehabs
Washington July 15 The house appropriations committee was told by James P. Munroe vice chairman of the federal board of vocational education that at least 25 million dollars will be needed this year to rehabilitate and educate wounded soldiers sailors and marines Fourteen thousand men have applied for vocational training an increase of six thousand in a few weeks Sanctioned programs aim to aid veterans in transition and job readiness.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
James P. Munroe
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Board
Munroe
Senators Hit at Treaty of Peace Fight Row Over League
Senate debate opens as foreign relations panel reports minor resolutions on the Versailles treaty with no action on inviting President Wilson to join committee talks. Swanson hails the League covenant as vital, warns against sulking in the world crisis, and defends the Teague proposal while affirming U.S. sovereignty and duty.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Versailles
Wilson
State Department
Japan
Germany
Bliss
Lansing
Henry White
Shantung
Costa Rica
la Follette
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
McCumber
North Dakota
Johnson
Rep
California
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Swanson
Virginia
United States
League Covenant Debate Shapes Senate View On World Peace
Virginia senator argued the League would not be a superstate nor powerless. He warned dissolution rights and withdrawal prove sovereignty, describing the covenant as a treaty under our Constitution. He praised the plan for disarmament but stressed congressional sanction is needed for any binding action.
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Virginia
League
Association of Nations
Congress
Terrific Battle in Italy Report from Lucera
A severe clash between armed strikers and police in Lucera southern Italy leaves six killed, three dying and twenty five wounded. Local authorities report heavy casualties as troops attempted to quell the unrest.
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Lucera
Rome
Italy
Senate Passes Resolution for National Budget System Plan
Washington July 15 After brief debate the senate passed a resolution by Senator McCormick Rep Tilt nels providing for appointment of a committee to work out a plan for a national budget system.
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Washington
Senate
McCormick
Tiltnels
Pershing Home Soon as Records Ready for Shipment
General Pershing and his personal staff are nearing early return from France. Crating of the expeditionary forces records at the central office is nearly finished and will be shipped to a seaport soon. Major General Allen receives arming prerogatives, while war department officials deny sustained friction between Pershing and General March.
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Washington
Pershig
Saa
France
Central Records Office
Allen
Rhine
Pershing
Chaumont
General Pershing
General March
War Department
Enlisted Men Die in Buckley Mine Sweeper Loss
The Navy reports one officer and six enlisted men killed when the mine sweeper Buckley was destroyed after hitting a mine in the North Sea. Among the dead are Commander Frank King, Homer Perking of Washington Court House Ohio, Floyd Harmen of Roan Indiana, and George Rezab of Waterman Minnesota.
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Buckley
North Sea
Frank King
Homer Perking
Washington Cort House
Ohio
Floyd Harmen
Roan
Indiana
George Rezab
Waterman
Minn
Abyssinian Mission Hails Wilson at White House
Washington July 15 The Abyssinian mission arrived in formal attire to congratulate the United States on a victory by allied nations. They offered gifts including ivory tusks gold boxes and messages from the Abyssinian queen and heir. Dadjuzmateh Naido spoke in his native tongue and President Wilson replied at length.
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Washington
Associated Nations
Dadjuzmateh Naido
Wilson
New Aspect on Kaiser Case
London reports that Germany, not Holland, will be asked by allied governments to hand over the ex Kaiser for trial. Peace terms require surrender by the ruler’s country, and international law experts say Holland must be bypassed through German-Dutch negotiations to extradite Wilhelm Hohenzollern.
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Germany
Holland
London
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Netherlands
Minimum wage set for Washington women workers
Washington women in mercantile establishments will earn 16.50 dollars per week under a conference of employers and workers convened by the district minimum wage board. The scale is described as the highest yet reached by global minimum wage efforts for women.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Scae
Girl Cashier Held Up in Chicago Bank District
Three bandits attacked Miss Goldie Tritkin twenty, a cashier for Belson Lire wholesale merchants at 168 North Peoria Street near Washington Boulevard and North Peoria Street. They escaped with 1002 dollars as she was heading to the bank.
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Chicago
Goldie Tritkin
Belson & Lire
Wholesale Commission Merchants
North
Peoria Street
Washington Boulevard
Wilson Confers on Treaty Discussion at White House
President Wilson spoke at length on the peace treaty with Senators King of Utah and McKellar of Tennessee among a group of White House visitors. The meeting revealed ongoing discussions on the terms and future steps toward ratification.
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Wilson
Washington
King
Utah
McKellar
Tennessee
White House
Wilson Not Called Before Senate Committee
President Wilson will not be summoned before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for discussion of the peace treaty features though he has consented to appear in person if required. The decision limits the president’s appearance to questions about the treaty without compulsory testimony.
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Wilson
Senate
Two Killed in Biplane Crash in Dayton and McCook Field
Dayton Ohio July 15 two men Capt William S Jones twenty five of New Richmond Indiana and George Duzane thirty mechanician of Mc Cook field died from injuries after their biplane crashed to earth near Dayton. One man and possibly three more died when a naval seaplane during a fragile flight over the Delaware River nosedived about a mile from the navy yard. Dryers have gone to the scene to salvage the machine and search for bodies.
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Dayton
O. Taly
William S. Jones
George Duevane
McCook Field
Jones
New Richmond
Ind
Duzane
Lve
Chicago
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Navy Yard
Pogroms Feared in Hungary After Galician Arrests
Vienna July 15 Three thousand Galician Jews arrested in Budapest according to advices received. Bela Kun head of the Hungarian soviet government replies to a Polish protest declaring pogroms are bound to come here but Hungarian Jews should not suffer for Galician Jewish speculators who infest this. We refuse to return money found on their persons.
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Vienna
Budapest
Bela Kun
Martial law declared in Texas town over race riot
Longview Texas, July 15 martial law has been declared in Longview and Gregg county following race trouble sparked by a clash between white and colored men. The incident ended with the fatal shooting of a black man who resisted arrest.
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Longview
Tex
Greeg County
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