World War I Peace Treaty Signed in Hall of Mirrors
On June 28 in Versailles German delegates signed the peace treaty at 3 12 pm. President Wilson followed at 3 14 pm with Lloyd George and Clemenceau signing shortly after. The ceremony occurred in the Hall of Mirrors with Herman Mueller and Dr Bell as German signatories.
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Hall of Mirrors
Herman Mueller
Dr. Bell
Hunball
Wilson
América
Lloyd George
England
Clemenceau
France
Orlando
Italy
Crown Prince in Holland Still at Wieringen Island
Berlin and The Hague report Frederick William Hohenzollern remains on Wieringen in the Zuider Zee as tensions mount over a possible reestablishment of a German monarchy. London notes the prince plans to return to Silesia after peace. other dispatches describe Prussian plots to create a northeast German state and to challenge the postwar order.
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Wieringen
Silesia
Berlin
Germany
Danzig
Tageblatt
Weimar
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
Hoersing
Upper Silesia
Hoer- Ssing
Wig
Posen
Ami Wes i
T Heoxer
Duke of Mecklenburg
East Prussia
West
Itl
Adolph Batocki
Schnackenberg
West Brussia
Buelow
Il Treffinaynn
Brest-Litovs
Russia
William
Holland
Stuttgart
Neue Berliner Zeitung
Nuremberg
Neue Berliner Zeitune
Kaiser
the Hague
Frederick William Hohenzollern
Greman
Zuyder Zee
London
Brusser
Barly Minorso
Prussia
Poland
Local precincts count votes on Non partisan league laws
Reports from 740 precincts show 22 633 for and 25 283 against the Non partisan league's laws in Fargo North Dakota on June 28 and reflect a decisive defeat for the measure across the area.
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Fargo
N. D
League
Senate Considers Sundry Civil Bill Amid War-Time Provisions
The Senate opened debate on the sundry civil appropriation bill detailing wartime controls on explosives, a $1.4 million to $2 million rise for general crime suppression, and $85 million for aviation. It adds a troop level of 191,000 from September and a $12 million pay boost, with an post February 1 wartime enlistment status extended.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
Bureau of Mines
la Follate
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Distinguished Service Cross recipients named in press release
Washington from the war department lists American Expeditionary Forces officers and enlisted men awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing. Names include Captain Albert F Baxter of Fairmont Nebraska and Lieut Royal H Stith of Southye Gorham Maine, with a long roster of sergeants corporals and privates from various states.
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Washington
War Department
Gen. Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
Albert F. Baxter
Fairmont
Neb
Royal H. G. Stith
Southye Gorham
Sergenants Chiude T. Cavene
Bess
May
Tex
Thomas W. Murphy
New Haven
Conn
John. Kesey
Holyoke
Musa
Mrecderici
J. Hawke
East Greenwich
Joseph C. Hahn
St. Louis
Thomas Surtiong
Denver
Col
oMrivarew Ciiford G
Kidd
Smitth
Dever Gol
Leo Lo Sendmnn
Barrington
Dwight F. Dabson
Livin Tver
Tan
Quincy Kk. Seymour
Rantowk
Kan
Fred Forbis
Holt’s Sunwit.o
August Hegeman
Glen Ulling WN
Olaf Brekke
South Bergus Falls
Minn
William J. Hughes
Goodhope
Wilson bids Yankees good bye at Paris farewell meeting
In Paris on June 28 President Wilson attended a final conference with members of the American delegation and Gen. Pershing, the American commander in chief, at American headquarters to bid farewell.
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France
Pershing
Paris
Gen. Pershing
Wilson Plea for Peace Treaty League Covenant Acceptance
Wilson addressed the American people on the signing of the peace treaty urging acceptance of the League of Nations covenant without changes or reservations. The message framed the treaty as essential to postwar stability and international cooperation.
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League of Nations Athout
Versailles Signing Marks Territorial Settlements
World rejoices as Gen Smutsm, delegate from the Union of South Africa, signs to certain territorial settlements in Versailles. At 3:44 the cannon boomed, signaling the ceremony’s completion.
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Versailles
Gen. Smutsm
Union of South Africa
OPEN QORIVE ON BOLSHEVIK! Gen Zakauskas Attacks Bolshevik Forces
Dispatch from Kovno Lithuania dated June 24 reports General Zukauskas with an army of 25 000 has driven Bolshevik forces from most of Lithuania and now plans an offensive near Dvinsk and Riga. American relief workers follow the Lithuanian army under Gen Zukauskas.
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Zakauskas
Lithuania
Paris
Zakatuskas
Dvinsk
Cxarasey
Howell Forman
American Tactic Relief Administration
Kovno
Herbert Hoover
Interdined Relief Commission
Zukauskas
Hoover
Austrian Ex-Kaiser Charles II1 in Prangins Health Fears
Reports from Prangins say former Emperor Charles of Austria remains indoors for a week. A Swiss doctor attends him as his health causes anxiety in Geneva.
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Geneva
Prangins
Charles of Austria
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Coblenz
Kaiser Wilhelm
Amerongen
Fatherland
Soviet
Gustav Noske
Germagny
Greater Berlin
Noske
Hamburg
Richard Mueller
Herr Daumig
Mueller
Roops
Communista
Cormunist Lechérs
Ique
Hindenburg
Ludendorft
Mackensen
Yanks
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